Li Guifen thought her daughter's house lacked vegetables, so she carried a basket of them and set out. But then she saw Song Tingfan's face was red and swollen, and she was startled, "Tingfan, what happened? Did your sister-in-law hit you again?"
Song Tingfan remembered her saying that if his sister-in-law hit him again, she wouldn't recognize her as a daughter anymore. He shook his head, "No, I fell by accident."
"Don't fool me, is it your sister-in-law who hit you?"
"No, my sister-in-law didn't hit me, I accidentally fell on the mountain yesterday."
"What? Why did you go up the mountain again, and did you hurt yourself?"
Li Guifen wanted to check his legs and hands, but Song Tingfan didn't let her, knowing she'd realize he was lying. "Auntie, I'm okay. Have you eaten? My sister-in-law just cooked some food."
Just then, Lin Qiao came back, and upon seeing Li Guifen, she instinctively looked at Song Tingfan and stepped back several steps.
