Su Wenwu immediately ran to the village when he returned. He started panting because he ran too fast.
He thought of surprising his parents when he came home. Of course, his job was dangerous then, so he took longer to return. Still, he earned two silver taels and was so excited that he could not wait to give them to his parents.
Su Wenwu knew everyone would also be excited as even he had never seen two silver taels in person before. He was thrilled.
However, he was standing at the door looking at the scene inside and smelled the strong fragrance. Su Wenwu thought he was hallucinating, so he dared not step inside as he wondered whether or not that was his home.
He had not been home for more than three months, yet his home had drastically changed. Su Wenwu knew his family's conditions best as they typically ate coarse grain buns with wild vegetables.
