When they got home, Grandma was waiting in the main hall. Two glasses of freshly boiled water sat cooling on the table, one for Xiao Man and one for Grandpa.
Grandpa took a couple of sips of the scalding water, shaking his head and sighing. He recounted for Grandma his visit to his sister in Shangling Village. It was only after they started arguing that he learned his sister had never given up on the idea of foisting her grandchildren on him to inherit the "family business."
