Cheng Su and her husband returned home to find the Qi family already preparing the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. They came back late and brought a bundle of fireworks, which caused Mother Qi's face to stretch long with displeasure.
"You went drinking, didn't you?" Mother Qi's nose was very sensitive, and she smelled the alcohol on them.
"We bumped into Jianming on the way and had a couple of drinks," explained Taiguo.
Mother Qi pursed her lips and walked into the kitchen.
Cheng Su stuck her tongue out at Taiguo and followed her mother-in-law in, enthusiastically offering, "Mom, what else needs to be cooked? Let me help!"
Mother Qi instructed Cheng Su in the cooking while she seized the opportunity to pull Taiguo aside as he was chatting with Father Qi.
"Mom, what's up?"
Mother Qi hemmed and hawed, thinking of the grandchildren she had yet to see and plucked up the courage to ask, "About that, didn't you and your wife say you wanted to wait a bit before having kids?"
