After all, Manbao and the others didn't wait for Xia Yi and his wife to return. They set up all three beds. Seeing that it was getting late, Manbao decided to head back to the city.
Before leaving, Ms.Qian pulled Manbao aside, took out three strings of coins, placed them in her hand, and gave her a look, "Take these, consider them meet and greet gifts from you, as the elder sister, to your younger siblings."
Originally, she wanted to say it was a meet and greet gift for the cousin, but remembering that Manbao didn't seem to like Xia Yi very much, she changed her wording.
Manbao's eyes lit up; it was the first time she got to be an elder sister by age.
She reached out to take them, and instead of giving them in public, she pulled the three aside and quietly handed the coins over, whispering, "Don't tell your parents, keep this for yourselves, it's my meet and greet gift to you all."
