Xia Jianren stopped and nodded slightly towards her, greeting, "Hello, sister-in-law."
"Good, good, good..." Xia Aiguo's wife stretched her smile to her ears, then turned her head and called out loudly to the inner room, "Mom! Jianren is back!"
"Jianren! You must have made your mother miss you so much!"
Suddenly, an exaggerated shout came from inside the house, and soon after, Old Mrs. Xia was seen eagerly hobbling out with her cane.
Like Xia Aiguo's wife, Old Mrs. Xia did not care for Mrs. Xia either, but she adored her younger son.
"My good boy has lost so much weight. Come here, come, stay and eat with your mother tonight," Old Mrs. Xia's eyes were red, and her wrinkled, aged face quivered as she pulled his hand into the house.
"Little brother!" Uncle Xia also came out of the house, beaming with joy as he pulled him along, "Tonight, we brothers will not return until we're drunk!"
"Sure! We will not return until we're drunk!" Xia Jianren laughed.
