As a simple and hardworking member of the laboring masses, Jiang He fully exhibited her industrious virtues. After tidying up the house, she took the entire family, young and old, to clean the shop, before heading to the old house to attach couplets and do some cleaning.
The flower shop wasn't far from the old house; they didn't drive and simply walked there.
Unwilling to exert himself, Xu Qing, followed by an equally reluctant Xu Shi'an, moved sluggishly down the road. Jiang He, holding Xu Jin's little hand, would only see them move when she urged them on.
"Daddy, why are these manhole covers round?"
Xu Shi'an had many curiosities about the world and sought to familiarize himself with life on Earth with the help of adults.
This was such a foolish question that not even Jiang He had ever asked. Xu Qing didn't know who the boy took after, or were all kids this foolish?
"To prevent someone from asking why it isn't square."
"But..."