Perhaps hearing the children's clamor outside, the courtyard gate clanged open. Grandma held onto the doorframe and called out, "Xiao Man, Xiao Man, hurry up and come inside!"
Mo Xiaofeng, who had been wailing loudly, also heard the gate open. She immediately stopped crying, stood up, and picked up the large basket of clothes at her feet. Fumbling her way toward the gate, she cried out with a choked voice:
"Grandma! Grandma, you have to let me in! My mom said Mo Xiaoman is the one who did this to me. She either has to come home with me, or she has to support me for the rest of my life! I'm going to live here now. Whatever Mo Xiaoman eats, I'll eat! Wherever she lives, I'll live!"
Grandma's face was grim. She ignored Xiao Feng, instead urging insistently, "Xiao Man, hurry inside! Grandma's closing the gate! Every family deals with their own children. Grandpa and I can't be responsible for someone else's!"
