Xu Changqing had no idea what her mother would say to her father after she and Shen Weimin left, but she figured their conversation would revolve around the same old topics.
When it came to her daughter, her mother was either worried she'd try to move their entire stockpile from the old house to the new one, or that she would scare off the promising son-in-law she so approved of.
It wasn't that she was unfilial; it was because of this that she didn't even dare bring a single watermelon to the new house. Aside from the crabapples still in their family's cellar, she steered clear of transporting any other fruits or vegetables.
Take this trip, for instance. She hadn't actually left much at the new house. The only reason she'd left a note was to avoid getting an earful from her mother.
Simple chitchat would have been fine—just reassuring her mother that she could take care of herself when she was home alone. But if the topic turned to the Shen Family and her future son-in-law?
