Then his mother crouched down until her eyes were at the same level as Lin's, and said earnestly: Mom has to go "far away" to work now, so she hopes you will be able to keep track of the time yourself, that after school you will go right on time to the shop run by old Auntie on the first floor and wait there, and not wander about.
接著媽媽蹲下，視線恰與小義傑同高，然後認真地跟他說：媽媽要到「很遠的地方」工作，希望你能看好自己的時間，放學要準時回到樓下阿婆的店裡好好待著，不要趴趴走。