Lin Xia's decision to sell the house did not only leave Lin Aiguo and Liu Shuqin puzzled, but it also set off a wave of gossip among the neighbors nearby.
Now, in the height of summer with the weather scorching hot, every household kept their windows and doors open.
Wang Lan had nothing to do and often glanced towards the Lin and Wu families, hoping to catch some juicy gossip.
But, to her disappointment, nothing interesting came of it.
Day in and day out, she watched, and whether it was the Wu family or Miao Xue, they all went to work as usual.
In the afternoon, the sun beat down mercilessly on the earth.
Carrying her son, Wu Zhenghong entered Sun Family's little store to buy popsicles.
Wang Lan took a creamy popsicle out of the wooden box and handed it to Wu Zhenghong, casually asking, "Dahong, is Lin Xia's family planning to move out entirely? I heard that they had cleared out their market stand over by the greenhouse area a while back!"
