Nanzhi had just lulled the three children to sleep when she heard her mother and her two sisters-in-law talking in the courtyard.
"Pang Ya, is there any hot food?"
Nanzhi could hear the tiredness in her mother's voice and hurriedly went out of the house.
"Yes, there is. You rest first, I'll bring the food out".
After pouring water for her mother and sisters-in-law, Nanzhi went to the kitchen to prepare their food.
The ingredients for their stall had been selling out these past few days, and Nanzhi always remembered to set aside some food for them when she got home.
"Business was good today then?"
Nanzhi asked her mother.
Today, due to the increase in foot traffic, they had prepared more food at their stall than usual. They hadn't expected to return home an hour and a half earlier than the day before.
"Not long after you left, a load of people swarmed the city. Among those merchants, there were people leading some, um… something really ugly."