Sun Mei dusted off the dirt on Zhao Zhitong, picked her up, and quickly headed towards the school. "What have you been up to, young lady, getting yourself all dirty like this?" she asked.
Zhao Zhitong wrapped her arms around her mother's neck and answered honestly, "I was digging up wild vegetables."
"What do you want those for?" Sun Mei asked. "Don't we already have vegetables in our vegetable garden?"
Zhao Zhitong shook her little head. "It's not the same; that one is a treasure, you know."
Sun Mei laughed, not taking her seriously. "How can wild vegetables be treasures?"
Zhao Zhitong leaned into Sun Mei's ear and whispered, "It's a secret, shhh."
Seeing the mysterious look on the young girl's face, Sun Mei merely smiled at her mischievousness and didn't press further. After arriving at the school, she gave Zhao Zhitong a few instructions, then went to find Country Gentry Wei.
