The woman leaned over to her son, whispered a word toward the door, and then brought to the table the freshly cooked vegetables and four steamed buns.,The three sisters had all reached marriageable age, but no one came to propose marriage. The reason was simple: the Yan family was too poor and couldn't afford dowries.,Thinking about it, Yan Xiaosi had no choice but to often go to the pond a mile away from the village to catch fish and roast them for eating. So he ran out of the village.。