Perhaps you listened to your grandpa, or maybe his loud voice frightened you; anyway, you kicked me hard, and it was your kick that woke me up.
At that moment, I decided, no matter what trouble your dad might be in, I must never do anything that would let you down. I have to think about you for a lifetime, making sure you grow up healthy and live well.
That's how people are. Once you figure things out, everything changes. Of course, I worried about your dad, but I was more focused on protecting you and myself well, so that your dad wouldn't blame me when he returned.
As it turned out, as you've probably guessed, two days later, another telegram came in saying they found your dad and four others, all fine, just starving and weak.
When your dad came back, he told me about that day. He said he and five other people from the town had been carrying stones out of that cave. Cui Jiagui went in that day too, because he heard some leaders would be there and wanted to look good.
