Cheng Yong, without any doubts, enthusiastically recounted to her who had been invited, and the current progress of construction, but Hua Xiaomai had already lost interest in listening. She responded perfunctorily before hurrying back to Daoxiang Garden.
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This evening, Old Lady Meng said she was going to look for Aunt Feng and left earlier than usual. When Hua Xiaomai returned home after the shop was closed, Meng Yuhuai was in the bathhouse washing up. Old Lady Meng, unusually still awake, rushed out of her room and pulled Hua Xiaomai into the kitchen.
