Both children carried schoolbags on their backs, and each had a basket hanging on their arm. The baskets were filled with wild vegetables and herbs.
After setting down their schoolbags and baskets, the two brothers found chores to do on their own.
Wu Lang picked up two baskets. The wild vegetables needed to be chopped and mixed with bran to feed the chickens, while the wild herbs were an extra meal for Little Yellow Ox.
Xiao Qi took another basket and ran off to the mixed grove to gather duck eggs.
By this time, Lady Zhang had already tidied everything up. The workers had all bid farewell and left, leaving only Lady Zhao and Lian Yeye, who began to prepare their own family's midday meal.
