The wait stretched until five in the morning, when Leng Yuan finally returned with the young men from the village.
As soon as they got back, they didn't say a word and went straight inside to sleep.
Their families saw them return so late and knew they must be exhausted, so no one disturbed them.
When Leng Yuan returned home, Chen Xiaoli and Yu Fangfang got up and left.
The two of them came out of the room to find the sky already beginning to lighten. They had been busy all night!
Luckily, it wasn't the busy farming season, so it didn't matter if they skipped a day of work in the fields.
When the two women got home, they saw their husbands were also getting ready for bed, so they decided to go to sleep as well.
The village chief had also been busy for most of the night.
