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"I haven't thought it through yet," said Song Yitang. "I've heard that the policies back home have been relaxed, so I figured I might as well use my savings to open some random store to get by."
Fu Qiang hadn't figured out what to do either. He just wanted to let his wife safely give birth to their child first and nurse his elderly back to health before making any plans.
Song Yitang encouraged Fu Qiang to start a new business.
Initially planning to stay for just a week, Song Yitang ended up spending almost half a month before rushing back to the capital.
Upon receiving the news, Sun Sui and Ding Lixiu waited for her at the train station early on the day of her return.
"You're finally back. If you hadn't returned, we would have thought someone had kidnapped you!"
"Yeah, didn't you say you'd only be gone for a few days? Why did you come back so late?"
Ding Lixiu and Sun Sui took over her luggage while the three sisters walked arm in arm out of the train station.
