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Just as the three of them went off to check their traps, Wang Meilan, who was in the storeroom feeding the roe deer, suddenly heard Jin Xiaomei from next door calling her, "Sister, Sister!"
"Coming!" Wang Meilan quickly put down her work and ran out to see three people standing in the neighboring yard.
One was Jin Xiaomei. Another was her younger brother, Jin Xiaoshan, who was also Li Baoyu's uncle. The third person was a stranger to Wang Meilan, but he didn't look old—around thirty.
Wang Meilan recognized Jin Xiaoshan and nodded to him with a smile. "Xiaoshan, you're here."
"Sister," Jin Xiaoshan replied with a smile. Then Jin Xiaomei, who was beside him, said to Wang Meilan, "Sister, can you watch the dog? We're coming over."
"Alright, come on over." Wang Meilan agreed, walking to her gate to welcome them.
With a stranger present, Jin Xiaomei didn't have them hop the wall. Instead, she led them out her main gate and into the Zhao Family Courtyard.
