And so, the elderly couple from the Liu family followed their daughter-in-law to Hua Village.
Adding in the four vehicles from Hua Ergu's family, they made two trips, only then managing to transport all the people and items that were mostly grains and necessities; no furniture or large items from their home were taken.
A big lock was used to secure the main door, and it wasn't until Liu family's elder brother came knocking when the villagers went up the mountain to escape the flood that he realized his third brother's family had long departed.
Without much thought, he knew they must have been taken away by his wife's family. The elder brother, who had always cared about face, was certainly unhappy that the third brother left without saying anything and took their parents along. Yet, apart from kicking the door in frustration, there was little else he could do, so he left in anger.
