After listening to the righteously indignant complaints of the neighbors for quite some time, Luo Qiao checked the time. It was time to prepare lunch. She greeted the neighbors and returned to the courtyard.
Elder Rong and Rong Daniang came from the back yard carrying vegetables, just in time to see Luo Qiao closing the gate as she returned home.
Rong Daniang spoke up: "Qiaoqiao, what's going on outside?"
Luo Qiao took the vegetables from her hands and walked into the kitchen, explaining what she had overheard back there.
Rong Daniang prepared a basin for picking the vegetables: "That Zhou Jiwen is truly a character. When he was capable and able, he spent his efforts raising someone else's kids. Now he's half-dead, yet he wants his own children to care for him. Really shameless.
