Dabao pouted. "Mother's not stupid..." he said pitifully, tears brimming in his eyes.
Madam Guo laughed in his face. She looked at her mother-in-law and laughed uproariously again, "Look at them! They're claiming their mother isn't stupid! How foolish they are!"
Madam Wu asked, "What have you eaten for the past three days?"
Dabao wrinkled his brow. He said very softly, "Mother fished. We ate fish for days."
Madam Wu went silent.
Madam Guo frowned. "She can fish?"
Qi Yuancheng said, "She's really no longer stupid if she can do that..."
Qi Yuanxiu and Qi Yuanye shared a look. Their wives had no authority to speak in their family, so they merely watched as everything unfolded.
Madam Wu hopped down from the bed-stove, looking calm. She sat down at the short table, rapping her knuckles rhythmically against the wood. "We don't need to be so nervous, we'll wait here. She'll surely be back in a while."
