Li Xianglan and Zhao Caixia helped clean up the table, and only after washing the dishes did they head back. Gu Xi bid farewell to the last to leave, Lai Changqing and his wife Li Xianglan, then turned around to walk into the yard, feeling light-headed and unsteady, as if stepping on cotton, with little strength in her legs.
"Village Chief Gu, you better get some sleep. You drank too much! Remember next time, don't be so earnest when drinking with these people, they are intent on getting you drunk to see you make a fool of yourself. Can't you see?"
Jiang Xiaobai supported Gu Xi into the house, urging her to lie down. Gu Xi, having consumed alcohol, felt hot all over, exacerbated by her layered clothing. It was late autumn, and she had already put on a lightweight down jacket, having heard that the countryside was colder and windier, only to find it wasn't much colder than the city.
"I feel so hot."
