Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, more than a year had passed.
The family of three was still renting a place in the county town. In July, Xiao Furen graduated from high school. With his schooling finished, he had to go home and figure out what to do next—find a job or return to the village to farm.
"You two aren't getting any younger. Now that Xiao Wen has graduated, I think it's about time you had a child. You need to start taking it seriously," the old lady said irritably, watching her daughter come home from work only to flop onto the bed, cross her legs, and lounge around without a care in the world.
