What can I get in exchange for two multigrain cakes?
She rescued a poor scholar who fainted from starvation in a ruined temple and gave him a mouthful of food; from then on, he kept a "lifelong account" - every income was her smiling face, and every expenditure was the rest of his life.
She taught him how to chop wood and carry water, and he helped her to overturn the case in court; she drew evidence of every insult, and he wrote down every piece of justice he wanted to demand.
From wild onions for rice to flower parades, from market stalls to Shili Hongzhuang.
What he kept was not a debt, but a home he owed her.
"In this life, all the principal and interest will be repaid."
It turns out that the best thing in the world is just you cooking pancakes and me chopping firewood, year after year.
