Mother Zhang left the house, thought for a moment, and went back to the main room to take some money with her. She checked her clothes, smoothed them out, fixed her hair, and hurriedly said something to the two daughters-in-law in the kitchen before leaving.
She left the courtyard and walked briskly towards the Xiao Family at the village entrance. When she reached outside the Xiao Family courtyard, she wasn't sure if anyone was home at this work hour. She shouted from outside, "Sister-in-law Xiao, are you home?"
"Yes, who is it? Come in quickly." A voice came from inside. Mother Zhang happily pushed open the courtyard gate.
The Xiao Family courtyard wasn't big but was well kept. They had a single lineage with only Xiao Shitou as the son. After he married, he had two grandsons and a granddaughter, which made Old Xiao very happy. He set off firecrackers in the mountains in the middle of the night, making the villagers think something big had happened, causing quite a stir.
