Mom and Dad made a fuss over me whe

Mom and Dad made a fuss over me when I got home, asking me all kinds of questions. They said I shouldn't have walked home by myself at night. If something had happened, I wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. I laughed it off. "I really wanted to run into a ghost, but the ghosts were afraid to come out to see me."
Mom said, "Children shouldn't say such crazy things!"
When Dad made to smoke, I rummaged around in my bag and pulled out the agate pipe. "Dad," I said, "I ran into Mr. Zhao just now as I was coming into the village. He said he owes you five Yuan, and he asked me to give you this pipe to settle the debt.