Liu Xiaomei thought about how Juhua rarely visited, then glanced at her Third Brother. She bravely nodded and said, "I'll go get her. I'll tell her that my brother caught a lot of small fish and invite her over to roast them—she's done it before and said she really likes it." The Liu family had also been selling fish recently.
Fatty Liu quickly said, "Yes! That'll work. I'll head out for a visit then. And you," he said to his wife, "take Second Brother's wife to Eldest's place for a bit. It'll keep the house from being too crowded and awkward. Besides, we have to be careful what we say around Second Brother's wife—we only found out about that gossipy habit of Xiaonian's wife two years after she married in. Who knows if she's the same? Even if she isn't, it would be bad if she let this slip outside."
Mei's mother hurriedly nodded and agreed.
