Old Mrs. Cheng smiled as she admired Zhang Guoqing and his mother performing a skit together; by this time, she already understood the reason for their visit.
As Ping'an began recounting all sorts of distorted rumors, Old Mrs. Cheng cooperatively nodded from time to time to show agreement.
"...Xiang's father went to the reeducation camp, while his mother is heavily pregnant." Ping'an gestured with his small arms making a large circle, "Even with a yard, they couldn't live there. She carried his sister around and wiped her tears at the station."
Zhou Jiao noticed that Mother Zhang's cheerful demeanor had turned serious, causing a pause in her heart—hopefully she wasn't overly worried about the two sisters-in-law, but rather her mother-in-law.
She gave her son a look, signaling for him to change the topic, and served a small bowl of soup to her mother-in-law: "Mother, try this and see how it tastes. Is it too bland?"
