The next morning, Yang Dan quickly tidied up the house and took her parents back to Beijing in Memberland's car.
There was quite a commotion when they left; the neighbors came to see them off, and Yang Dan's older brother and his wife were all smiles, even bringing some homemade sausages to put in the car.
Yang Dan didn't refuse, considering Memberland had split the cigarettes and alcohol he brought the day before, giving half to her older brother and the other half to her sister and brother-in-law.
Her brother-in-law, Hen Changchun, had been scolded by her before, and her sister had argued with him a couple of times since. Whether he had come around or not, he seemed somewhat better than before. The most important thing was, for all his loose talk, he was not remiss in helping out at home.
Like the time Yang Yan took her mother to the hospital, Hen Changchun muttered about how someone of such an age should be more careful – what if she broke her leg...