Tan You: "That's true. From now on, I'll bake whenever I want. No need to hide from anyone. Besides, with Grandma running interference for me, they wouldn't actually dare to come to our house and demand anything, would they?"
Tan Deming: "I doubt they'd have the nerve to show up. We ran into quite a few people at the supermarket today. I'd guess the whole village knows about it by now. After all, ours is the only bread oven in the village."
"Then let's not worry about them. If they know, they know. What's it got to do with them anyway?" Tan You didn't dwell on it. It was hard to keep a secret in the village; everyone knew everything, no matter how private.
Everyone knew that Tan You used her bread oven to whip up tasty treats at home every few days. Those kids came to the Tan family to ask for food every single time, and the villagers probably knew that too. But the fact that their parents could play dumb and pretend not to know was quite telling.
