Staying a little while and chatting was fine, but after too long, the northwesterly wind would give people headaches.
Everyone had waited a while and was getting impatient. As soon as Ye Yaodong spoke, they all agreed. The whole crowd rose and headed toward his house, even leaving the Motorcycle in A-Cai's care.
The Zhou brothers remained where they were, watching the large group follow him away, with all the villagers crowding around them as they headed to Ye Yaodong's house.
It was rare to see such excitement, and no one wanted to leave before seeing it through. Since the officials were going to Ye Yaodong's place, everyone naturally followed to take a look.
The brothers suddenly felt as though all their efforts had benefited someone else. They were clearly the ones who had spent ages getting this rare thing back, then spent half the morning contacting people everywhere to invite them over.
Yet now these officials had turned around and accepted Ye Yaodong's invitation to his house?
Meanwhile, they were still standing in the northwesterly wind, watching, not daring to move a single step away...
However they looked at it, didn't they look... foolish?
Second Zhou watched the large group recede into the distance and muttered, "Why does something feel a little off?"
"It does. We were the ones who invited them, so why have they all turned around and gone to A-Dong's house?"
"Eldest Brother, why didn't you invite the officials to our place for tea and a meal just now?"
"Well... wasn't it because I never got a chance to speak? I... I didn't have the nerve, either. It felt so awkward. How... how could we get such important officials to come?"
"But now they've all gone to A-Dong's house..."
"Who knows how he knows them..."
A-Cai