The incident happened abruptly. The commune members dining under the trees on the slope outside cried out in surprise. Seeing the person involved was only covered in dirt but otherwise unharmed, they then burst into a roar of laughter.
The widow Qiu, infuriated upon hearing the commotion, came out and started berating at the top of her lungs.
Someone retorted loudly, "Widow Qiu, you're being completely unreasonable. It was your daughter who knocked your son down the slope. What has that got to do with us? Are you just looking to take your anger out on us?"
The commune members, eating from their large, coarse porcelain bowls, all chimed in, "Exactly, Widow Qiu, you're being far too overbearing."
Having no choice, Widow Qiu pulled up her son, who was in a pitiful state, shot her daughter—who stood there not daring to make a sound—a glare, and marched back into her own courtyard.
