After finishing the household chores, Xiao Yu changed into dirty clothes to administer medicine to someone, and after feeding the medicine, she carried a bamboo basket on her back to chop firewood in the grove.
Her younger brother continued to chisel steps at home, and it would take about another day to reach the bottom of the stone steps.
She made four trips in total to carry firewood home, not stopping until it was dark.
When she returned home in the evening, her brother had already prepared his medicine, and it was now warming over the fire.
Their dinner was not yet cooked, and in their dirty clothes, they fed the man his medicine first. After taking his medicine, at least he knew he needed to eat and drink.
"I'm hungry."
