In the afternoon, just when it was almost time to eat, Mrs. Yang Zhang unexpectedly came to find Er Niang, saying she needed to go back for a while.
"Go back?" Er Niang was surprised. "It's quite late now, by the time you get back, dinner might already be over."
But Mrs. Yang Zhang insisted, "It's fine, I ate well at lunch, and I'm not feeling hungry right now. Don't worry, I'll make sure to come back early tomorrow morning and won't delay the work."
Since she had said so, Er Niang didn't say much more and only replied, "Then you wait a moment."
Saying that, she turned and went back into the house, and after a while, came out with a few steamed buns.
"These were steamed at noon and haven't had a chance to be reheated. You take them and eat slowly on the way, chew well."
