The two quickly fell into conversation, and before long, Zhao Guihua had a good grasp of the courtyard's dynamics. It turned out that almost everyone in the courtyard worked at the machinery factory. Next door to her was an elderly master craftsman and his family.
Next to them was the Su family, who had gotten married the previous year. It was said that the young wife had fled from famine.
Then there was the Zhou family, a household of three, and next to them was another family with a three-month-old son named Bai Fendou. The backyard was also home to several families, though none of them were particularly large.
In these chaotic times, it was common for families to lose loved ones. Even Wang Xiaocao's family had suffered losses.
