After several days of spring rain, the green grew a shade deeper.
The village school was out for the day, so Zhang Huai went with He to weed the cabbage patch. This second crop of cabbage was almost ready for harvest. They had just been fertilized a short while ago and were growing very well.
The earth, washed clean by the spring rain, was a vibrant, emerald green. He spotted some wild mushrooms in the grass by the mountainside, so she picked them and set them aside. But as she searched here and there, she found more and more, wandering deeper and deeper up the mountain.
When Zhang Huai saw this, he called out loudly, "Ma, what are you doing? Why'd you wander up the mountain?"
He heard him and looked back to see that she had, without realizing it, strayed into a thicket on the mountain. She couldn't help but chuckle, then headed back to the edge of the field, carrying the mushrooms she had bundled in her outer jacket.
