By the time they reached the old residence, they found the courtyard utterly silent; Ms. Wang and the Land Officer's wife looked at each other in bewilderment. Had no one from the grandmother's family come to attend the child's baptism, or had they simply not arrived yet?
Ms. Wang looked up at the sky—the sun was not yet set, by all accounts, they should have arrived by now.
As they approached the entrance of the fourth branch of the family, they could hear Ms. Luo cursing with a lack of confidence.
Wondering whether to enter, Ms. Liu came out from inside, paused upon seeing the two women, and upon noticing the baskets they were carrying, understood the situation.
"So it's just you who still remembers—her own father doesn't care at all."
"What happened?" asked the Land Officer's wife eagerly.
"Could Fourth truly have failed to report the good news to his wife's maternal uncle's home?"