After so many years together, though they had their quarrels from time to time, they had never been as intense as this time. When dealing with a woman's issues, he was particularly inept. Now, when Zhang Shulan started being unreasonable and making a scene, he was at a loss.
If these were his subordinates, he could simply put them in confinement or something, but with this wife of his, he just didn't know what to do.
While he was standing there, looking troubled and not knowing what to do, Zhang Shulan stopped crying. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She had spent half her life managing the household, and now, it seemed she was not as good as some young thing outside.
Why had she come here, leaving her children behind, to accompany him? She might as well go home. So, she got up and started packing her bags. When he saw this, he panicked and immediately went up to stop her, saying, "What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you taking them for?"