Qilidun.
Wang Yongzhu suddenly left home, and except for Old Granny Zhang who knew why, the rest only vaguely learned from Old Granny Zhang's lips that Wang Yongzhu had gone to the county town on business.
As for what business, Old Granny Zhang did not say, nor did anyone dare to ask.
Wang Laozhu did grumble a bit at night, saying how inappropriate it was for a young girl of the family to travel to the county town alone, without accompaniment, that people would gossip behind her back.
But he was promptly silenced by a few words from Old Granny Zhang.
With Wang Yongzhu, the local authority, gone from home, there was still Old Granny Zhang, the firm anchor.
With her daughter not at home, Old Granny Zhang worried even more, fearing that her sons and daughters-in-law might slack off and neglect the family business.
