He saw that Juhua doted on Huai Zi and that the young couple was very affectionate, which made her very happy. She said with a beaming smile, "Your father is right. You just need to take care of Huai Zi. We're old, so it doesn't matter if we live a little more carelessly. Huai Zi, come back early tonight. Go to Li the carpenter's place and bring back the wooden basins and buckets we asked him to make. Also, check if your bed is finished."
Her son's wedding had been too rushed. They could only add these household items one by one.
Zhang Huai nodded. He helped Juhua draw a few buckets of water from the well and waited for her to quickly wash their changed clothes and hang them up to dry before he went to eat.
In the afternoon, out by the fields, He was hoeing weeds for the recently planted August-bursting Huangdou soybeans. She quietly asked Huai Zi, "Huai Zi, are you and Juhua doing alright?"
