Zhao Xiangyang looked at the fine things the old woman had just laid out on the kang and figured his mother-in-law's story was full of holes.
The old woman noticed his gaze and smiled faintly. "But we have a good relative now who helps us out from time to time."
Li Yuanshan's curiosity was piqued. She racked her brain but couldn't think of any such relative. The closest family they had was her paternal uncle's, but their circumstances weren't much different from her own. They certainly couldn't afford to be helping them out.
"Haha, don't waste your time thinking. You don't know him," the old woman said with a knowing, unruffled air. "The relative I'm talking about is the master your little sister just took."
Everyone at the table turned in unison to look at Yuan Si.
Yuan Si just gave everyone a placid smile and went back to her congee.
