Mrs. Zhuang Lin watched her daughter-in-law fly away. That just wouldn't do. She knew her own son, and his reputation was worse than the water in a foul sewer. How could anyone be willing to marry him! Xu Wenhui was her last hope! Even she herself wouldn't want to marry such a person, let alone be forced.
But ever since that ungrateful wretch ran off with someone, she was left alone to look after two elders. Her son would lose his temper and beat someone, and her husband spent his days gambling or eating till he was full and sleeping. Once he woke up, he'd eat again. The burden of a big family: housework, farming, earning silver, taking care of two young and two old, all fell on her shoulders. Life was too hard! One way or another, she had to get someone to help her share the burden.
