Early in the morning, the village loudspeakers started playing the news from the Central People's Broadcasting Station.
Luo Yanfeng was woken up by the simultaneously familiar yet slightly strange sound of the broadcast, groggily got dressed, and crawled out of the boat cabin, ready to start a fire and cook as usual.
It wasn't until she saw the small brick steps by the river, the houses on the shore, and the curling smoke tinged with the scent of grass ash that she suddenly remembered her boat was parked by her in-laws' side of the river, not moored in the Yangtze River.
She ate all three meals on shore, so there was no need to cook on the boat.
Being on the river all year round, suddenly being in an inland river made her quite unaccustomed.
While she was dazed, Old Ji came down the steps to the side of the boat and asked, "Did the mother-in-law and father-in-law wake up?"
"They played cards too late last night with you, still sound asleep."
