“Lihu-ge, I am here to remove your
suture!” Gu Ye pushed open the door to Hunter Zhang’s house carrying her large
medicine chest in her small arm.
Aunty Zhang, who was preparing breakfast,
poked her head out from the kitchen and smiled, “Hey there, little Ye-er.
You are here so early! Have you had breakfast yet?”
Other than during the busy times of fall
harvesting and sprint planting, the villagers usually only eat two meals a day.
Breakfast was between 9 – 10 AM, dinner between 4 – 5 PM. But as Gu Xiao had
two growing children at home and he was in no shortage of month, their
household had an additional meal, making their breakfast earlier than the
others.