On the second day during breakfast, Yang Dong spoke, "I, oh, no, I told Auntie Lan Hua that from today I won't be going to her fields anymore. I'll head over to the fish pond to help Fifth Uncle."
This statement left the whole family stunned. It wasn't because Yang Dong wasn't going to Yang Xiaocui's place to work, nor was it because he didn't mention this the previous night, but because he was saying it just now.
They were shocked by Yang Dong's deliberately altered accent. Clearly, he was used to speaking the local dialect, so why suddenly change now?
No more saying 'I' in the local dialect, but changing it to standard speech.
The second sister-in-law was even more surprised and asked aloud, this fourth brother was acting too unusual; yesterday he suddenly wanted to learn words, and today he's changing his accent, what's gotten into him? "Fourth brother, what's this play you're performing? Why has your tone changed?"
