After Tong Huaqiong finished her meal, she took a group of bad bamboo shoots and went to the old house at the west end of the village.
She went there just to keep up appearances.
What's more, she wanted to see what trouble the second family and the two elders might stir up.
She also had a question: why did they suddenly return when everything was going well outside?
In order to silence others, Tong Huaqiong didn't go empty-handed.
She ordered Jingzhe to carry some window paper, Taohua carried two boxes of pastries, Dahuan carried a bucket of flour, Liu Yueer carried a quilt, while Man Er, Yaozu, and Xiao Long followed behind. A group of people swarmed into the old house.
Honglian cried to Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu behind her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jia.
She cried about how good the fabric her elder sister-in-law wore was, and how shiny the bracelet on her hand was. Now times were better, she was thriving, yet she didn't leave them even a meal.
