When the sturdy Eldest Brother Zhao and the lean Zhao Wanghou returned home, the fourth child immediately informed them that their father, Zhao Fugui, wanted them to report to the village’s east end for a meeting the moment they arrived, citing urgent business.
The ninth child, Zhao Wuyang, and the second sister-in-law were not required to attend; everyone else was to go.
Thus, having just returned and not yet even seated, Eldest Brother Zhao, Zhao Wanghou, and Zhao Tingting hurried off to the east end of the village with the fourth child. The fact that their father, Zhao Fugui, had excluded only the fool, their ninth brother Zhao Wujiang, and the second sister-in-law suggested that the matter was not simple—perhaps even grave. They dared not delay.
Chapter 148