Lady Zhou thought she had already tamed the entire Lian Shouxin family. Seeing that Lady Zhang and her daughters were all obediently making baozi and not speaking, she didn't become suspicious. Of course, this was also because she was confident enough to believe that the Fourth Household wouldn't dare to act without her approval.
The wick of the oil lamp had been trimmed twice already. Looking at the sky, it seemed that Zi Hour had passed. Lian Manman yawned; she couldn't remember how many baozi she had made, her hands were sore and she was also tired. Looking at the table, there was still a large dough mass while the basket of leaves was nearing empty.
Just hold on a little longer, she thought, until all the leaves were used up, then she would go rest.
"Take Xiao Qi to our room to sleep," whispered Lady Zhang when Lian Shouxin came back in to carry the baozi.
Xiao Qi was already sleeping soundly beside Lian Manman.