In the kitchen, Xu Changqing first emptied out the chopped meat from the half-rabbit she'd brought. She found some ginger, garlic, and chili peppers, then grabbed a few potatoes and started chopping away.
When Xu Sanhu came in, he knew what she was up to. Without a word, he set the basket on the cutting board. He didn't even bother lifting the lid before sitting down in front of the stove to start a fire.
Seeing that only Xu Sanhu had come in and Bai Chenggang was still nowhere in sight, Xu Changqing knew he must have gone to her great-uncle's house, even without glancing into the courtyard.
It wasn't that he was rushing to be a messenger. It was just that, aside from when he was boarding at school, the boys from her third maternal uncle's family almost always ate their meals at her great-uncle's house.
If Brother Gangzi didn't head over soon, his aunt would surely come looking for him. Then she'd grab him and chew him out nonstop. Brother Gangzi was terrified of his aunt.
