"Quite good, everyone praises it," Wu Jiayu said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Xiu E makes the best pig's head meat, even better than what's served in the town's restaurants."
Lian Manman also laughed. The town and the village were merely two or three miles apart. Without paying attention, one could ignore it, but if one deliberately inquired, there was almost nothing that couldn't be uncovered. On the third day of the Chinese New Year, Zhao Wencai's family had guests over, and Erlang claimed that Zhao Xiu E was accompanied by her mother. Later, Lady Chiang pointed out that Erlang had come from the feast, and Lian Manman started to have her doubts.
On the fourth day, Lian Shouxin went to Zhao the Butcher's house for a feast, and among the attendees were a few who had been to the Zhao family's feast. Without even trying to inquire, it became known that that day Zhao Xiu E did not come to Thirty Mile Camp, but instead returned to her maternal home to help with the feast preparations.
