"Ni'er, come, sit on the 'kang', have some rock sugar water and eat persimmon cakes," said the old lady. "You used to love sweets when you were little, and I've saved some for you."
"Would you like some meat? You liked meat, didn't you? I'll go and cut some for you right now! So that your mother can stew it for you!"
The old man who made Patterned Money and his wife attended to Li Sui incessantly, their smiles never leaving their faces.
"Right, Ni'er, how did you get back? Didn't I hear you were sold by that beast to——" The old wife had just started to speak when the old man beside her stepped on her foot.
"Why bring up such unlucky things during the New Year's celebration? Let's talk about it after today is over!"
Li Sui was getting somewhat impatient with all their fussing, not understanding at all what the two of them were actually talking about. "Didn't you say you were going to teach me iron forging? I want to learn iron forging."