It was not that she did not want to carry him. It was that Huihui did not even allow Mother Zhou to touch him. She was always waiting for Mother Zhou to admit her weakness and please her. But Mother Zhou could accept everything, except for someone else's anger toward her.
She had been tough and strong her whole life. Would she let her daughter-in-law, Huihui, gain a hold of her? She was already of such an old age. She had raised her granddaughter, and she had also raised her own son. It was not as though she had never carried children. She was not losing out on anything.
She was not allowed to carry him? That was just as well. Not only did she save her own strength, but she had also saved herself some trouble.
