Lin Lan and her three companions went to Yang Dingbang's house, but an old woman told them that Yang Dingbang and Yang Xiaoman hadn't returned from the hospital yet.
So, the four adults took the four children to the department store. He Li had already tidied up and was about to close. Old Li handed Li Xiangyang a passbook containing all the daily earnings.
After Li Xiangyang took a look around across the street and returned, the whole group headed to Lexing.
The straw in the roadside paddies had been completely harvested. New, tender shoots were already sprouting from the rice stubble. A few children, carrying baskets on their backs, were in the fields cutting the sprouts to feed their livestock.
When the group arrived home, they found a barbecue table already set up in the yard. Qiaohui, Tong Xinglan, and Yang Zhigang were already there, and the three of them were helping out.
