Zhao Guihua: "We left early in the morning and started heading back in the afternoon. Even the latest to return would have been back before dinner. If they left late and had to walk the whole way, they would have missed everyone. It's normal not to have met them."
"They left after lunch, so they should have arrived by the afternoon."
"But that's not necessarily true. Do they have bicycles? And do they have money for a bus? If they had to walk the whole way, even a few kids wouldn't make it by evening."
"That's true."
"Aunt Su, do the kids have money for a bus?"
Aunt Su vigorously shook her head, but then said, "Even if they don't have money, my Jinlai is very smart. Maybe he found a way to take the bus."
"It's hard to say. Since no one met them, it's unlikely they took the bus."
"What should we do?"
"My poor Jinlai, where are you? You're killing me! If you're lost, I won't live either..."
"Stop wailing and start looking along the road to the city outskirts."
