Gu Fei had no choice but to get up and get dressed.
She walked into the courtyard and fetched some water to wash up, only to hear a ruckus erupting from the neighboring homes.
Her eldest uncle was shouting, "Kill the chickens, quickly! They'll be a hassle on the road."
"We can't kill them! Bao'er needs to eat an egg every day. If we kill the chickens, Bao'er won't have any eggs to eat," Ms. Qian said as she tied the chickens' feet and tossed them onto the oxcart.
Her younger uncle's dog, Ah Huang, was barking wildly. The younger uncle snapped, "Stop barking! Keep barking and I'll kill you."
The dog whimpered pitifully.
Her own family wasn't much better off. Mrs. Chen was directing Gu Qing and Gu Erlang to move the water vat from the entrance onto the mule cart.
Gu Fei couldn't help but shout, "Mom, we don't need to take that, do we? That thing is dead heavy. The mule will collapse."
