When they caught up with the group, Zhao Ger saw that the three of them looked a bit bedraggled, and the sack wasn't even full.
That wild pear tree was quite old—it was huge, with plenty of pears. It looked like more than just one sack's worth.
His husband was the kind who'd strip a chicken to the bone and pluck every last feather off a passing goose. Normally, if the sack wasn't full, he definitely wouldn't come back. What happened today? Did something go wrong? But it didn't seem like anything had gone wrong, because the two children seemed very happy, their eyes shining, laughing the whole time, clearly excited.