Auntie Cui stood in the yard, collecting the winter quilts that had been hung out to dry during the day.
She saw from a distance a taxi stopping at the gate.
Stretching her neck over the courtyard wall, she saw Jiang Yi getting out of the taxi.
Auntie Cui put down the cotton quilt in her hands, walked to the front gate, and opened it for Jiang Yi.
"Didn't you say you were coming back on the weekend? Why did you come back early?"
Faced with Auntie Cui's question, Jiang Yi acted as if she hadn't heard.
Her face deathly pale, she walked past Auntie Cui and headed straight inside.
Perhaps Auntie Cui also felt that something was wrong with Jiang Yi, so she put aside the quilts still drying in the yard and chased after Jiang Yi into the house.
In the living room on the first floor, Elder Chief had just sprayed some water on his beloved flowers with a watering can.
He watched the beads of water slide over the green leaves, following their texture to the tips and then dropping off.
