The knocking at the front door was not heard by the Gong family, but they heard it at the back, and Gong Liang hurriedly ran to the door to open it. Master Jing did not answer Zheng Da's question before that.
Gong Liang quickly welcomed Master Jing inside: "Master Jing, please come in quickly. It's windy outside, don't catch a cold. I just heard from my mom this afternoon that you caught a cold recently."
Master Jing walked in slowly. The two sacks of coconuts that Gong Liang brought back were sitting in the living room. One was only half full, as the nearby neighbors who lived close by had been notified by Gong Liang to come and collect their coconuts, one for each household.
Though not many, since these were rare items that Gong Liang specially brought back from Qiong Province, everyone was excited and it felt like the cheerfulness of receiving goods during the New Year.
