It was a little after six in the evening, and the sky was still bright. Grandpa Tang's and Tang Qingshan's cars pulled up, one after the other. Xiao Man ran out to greet them, holding the hands of the two little toddlers, with Grandma and her mother following behind. The courtyard filled with joyous laughter and the lively sounds of "Grandpa!" and "Dad!"
The little brothers, having their sister, didn't want their dad to hold them. When they saw Grandpa with his arm around their sister, they squeezed in to stick close to her too. Xiao Man and Grandpa each picked one of them up. Calling for Grandma to join them, the four of them—grandparent and grandchildren—went inside laughing, leaving Hao Wenli and Tang Qingshan to unload some things from the car.
Tang Qingshan complained, "Look at these two bossy little rascals. They don't want me to hold them, and now they won't even let me get close to my daughter."
