Bai Ruozhu watched as he hurriedly left, her intuition telling her that he seemed to be fleeing in disarray. Had she asked something wrong?
After a moment of thought, she was still unable to figure it out, and feeling that the problems of Du Family were none of her business, she dismissed Du Zhongshu's issues from her mind, continuing to enjoy her meal with great efforts.
While Du Zhongshu was present, she had to pay attention to her manners and her meal was somewhat constrained. Now that she was alone in the private room, she could eat however she wanted— whether sitting, kneeling, or lying down.
Having finished her meal, she went to the Blacksmith Shop to buy an iron pan for making pancakes at her booth. After purchasing some necessary tools, she took a donkey cart back to Back Mountain Village.
As soon as she arrived home, Lin Ping'er started complaining, "You, as a mother, are really not attentive enough. The baby was crying out in hunger, and yet you returned so late."