Grandpa Xiao looked at Xiao Xiao. "You can at least tell me how big it was, right?"
"Was it really that big?"
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao gestured to show its size with both hands.
Grandpa Xiao looked a little surprised.
"It really was pretty big."
"It must have been heavy, right?"
Grandpa Xiao felt a little regretful.
He should have listened to Old Zhang and asked someone else to go with his grandson.
"It was okay."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He raised an arm. "Grandpa, you know I'm pretty strong."
Grandpa Xiao chuckled.
"That's true."
"You can tell how strong you are just from your appetite."
Where else could all that food go?
Xiao Xiao's lips curved slightly.
He was quite pleased that his appetite had grown.
He loved good food.
A bigger appetite meant he could eat more delicious food.
That was great.
"Grandpa, Dad, do you need a hand?"
With the end of the year approaching, business at the teahouse hadn't changed much.
It hadn't gotten any better.
But it hadn't gotten much worse, either.
After all, most of the teahouse's customers were elderly people who had the whole year off.
Young people were busy with work these days.
They only got to go home for the New Year around the holiday itself.
Even now, the elderly still had time to while away at the teahouse.
Still, the cold weather meant that there were fewer customers.
"No need."
Grandpa Xiao waved him away.
"Go play in the courtyard."
"Your dad and I can handle things here."
"More people would just get in the way."
The old man sounded a little dismissive.
"You just brought all that stuff back. Go get some rest."
Father Xiao smiled.
"It's not busy these days."
"Your grandpa and