Discussion of 他们俩又闹别扭了，好几天都不说话了。/他們倆又鬧彆扭了，好幾天都不說話了。 [tā men liǎ yòu nào biè niu le, hǎo jǐ tiān dōu bù shuō huà le .] They bickered again, and they have not talked to each other for several days. - Trainchinese

1 - Why isn’t it: 好几天都没说话（了）？ Is it because 说话 in this context means “talking/speaking”? E.g. “They haven’t been talking for several days now” Rather than “They didn’t speak / have not spoke for several days”?

1 - 契问何故：数日缄默（矣）？抑或在此语境中，“说话”一词实则指代“交谈/发言”？例如：“他们至今已数日未曾交谈。”而非“他们未曾发言/已数日未曾说过？”