"Your second sister-in-law fancies herself a city dweller and looks down on us peasant folk," she said, "Since she doesn't live with us anyway, I can't be bothered with her. All these years married to your second brother, and she has only given birth to a daughter, no son. She can't hold her head high in front of Mother, nor can she carry the air of a city lady. If she dares to act haughty in front of me, I'll threaten to have your third brother divorce her."
"And your third sister-in-law's family sought us out back in the day, but now they've fallen on hard times and can hardly afford to eat, let alone support their married daughter."
It was only then that Wang Yongzhu truly understood the complex relationships within her family.
