In fact, they didn't care whether the painting was real or not. It wasn't important anymore. It was just that the two elders had gotten used to fighting.
What they cared about, or rather, what was important, was that what they said was reasonable and what they thought was right.
There was a saying that the old were like children.
Other than saying that the elderly should be like a child and take care of him, it also said that the temperament of the elderly and children was similar.