Did the tire go flat on the way home, causing you to leave early only to arrive late? For a split second, Xu Changqing was tempted to poke fun at Bai Chenggang.
"Ten forty."
'Alright!'
'Not too late.'
Playing the part of the dutiful older brother, Bai Chenggang unclasped his hands from behind his back with a very serious expression. He extended his right hand and waggled a finger at his simpleton of a cousin.
Xu Changqing couldn't help but break into laughter.
"You goof!" Bai Chenggang ruffled her hair, then turned and went to the window of the west inner room. Now that his aunt was done with her postpartum confinement, the window didn't have to be kept shut anymore.
Leaning forward and craning his neck, he could see his little cousins, a boy and a girl, lying on the kang. His aunt and Grandma Xu were just finishing changing their diapers.
