Yuan Si and her husband were perfectly happy to leave the child with the old lady. They didn't have much to do at home anyway, so playing with the baby was a welcome diversion.
The old lady, feeling she had already reached an understanding with her daughter, stayed home on the afternoon of the Lunar New Year's Day. She sat on her bed, gathered all the old clothes in the house, and prepared to make some more diapers for the baby.
Zhou Yaping hadn't brought many, and the ones she did bring reeked so strongly of urine that even the old lady found them disgusting.
"I can handle this myself. You two go on and do your thing," the old lady said, waving her hand to shoo her daughter and son-in-law out to have some fun.
They should have gone out to make New Year's visits that morning, but since Li Mubo hadn't left yet, it had been postponed. Now that they had free time, a stroll through the village was in order.
