Cheng Su had been lying down for more than two hours when she heard laughter and chatter outside. She glanced at the time on her wrist; it was already four thirty. She guessed the village women had come over to the Qi family to help.
"Granny Qi, hasn't your eldest son's wife come back yet? Jianguo got into university; as his brother and sister-in-law, they ought to come back to celebrate, right?"
"He's stuck with the troops in Taiguo; he's out on a mission. But his wife did come back!" Mother Qi replied.
"Why haven't we seen her?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Su knew something was amiss. She quickly got out of bed to get dressed, and sure enough, she heard Mother Qi's dissatisfied voice: "She's still lounging inside."
She almost didn't say I was being lazy!
