Seeing Zhang Huai carrying Juhua's creel, Qingmu took her hand and asked softly, "Are you alright to walk?"
Juhua nodded. "I'm fine, not too tired. We really had a great haul today. If Liu Xiaomei finds out I picked so many mushrooms without calling her, she'll probably curse me out. I was going to call for her earlier, but you guys were rushing me to leave."
Qingmu smiled. "You can just ask her next time. It'd be best to have Sanshun or Ershun go with her, though. After what happened with Meizi getting bitten by a snake, everyone's reluctant to let girls go up the mountain without someone watching them. It wouldn't be a big deal for us to bring her, but if we couldn't watch over her and something happened, it would be hard to answer to her parents."
