She approached them with a small red bucket of whatever bait T4 had managed to procure for her.
"Muyang," she said when she approached them. "Why are you carrying her, I thought your plan was to catch the biggest fish in the lake. You wont catch anything if she is playing around with the rod."
"I can do both." Muyang replied arrogantly. "I saved you a spot." He indicated to the chair next to his.
"Mama, mama, fish." Mei-Mei clapped excitedly as she explained what she was doing with her father.
"Yes, Mei-Mei is the best fisher baby in the world." She encouraged the little girl. She was a hopeless case but she could not kill her precious daughter's enthusiasm. She would always be her biggest cheerleader.
She sat in the chair and handed him the bait, "Use this." She said. "By the way, the crowd is larger than we anticipated, what is going on? "
