Knowing that it was his son who was bringing the guest back, the Patriarch didn't pay much attention, thinking that the guest must be a good friend of his son, otherwise he wouldn't have sent someone back to clean the Plum Garden Courtyard first.
After giving instructions to the servants to prepare for the visit so as not to be rude, he put the matter out of his mind.
In the back cave, a middle-aged man came to the cave and reported to the Old Predecessor of the Wang Family: "Master, the eldest son had someone come back to clean the Plum Garden Courtyard, saying that he was bringing guests back to stay for a few days. Everything else in the house is as usual, except that today I heard the Patriarch arranging things as if he were celebrating your birthday."
On hearing this, the old man was slightly surprised and said, "You mean that Yu'er had the Plum Garden Courtyard cleaned up and said that there was a guest coming to stay?"
