Qian Ergui was furious to the point of death, angry that Qian Mandua had so foolishly married into the Li family, unclear-headed, and now just a few months after her husband's departure, she was being treated so abominably. He was also heartbroken over Li Ahcao being sold to sacrifice to the River God and over Li Ahcai being beaten.
Useless Qian Ergui paced around the house in despair, unable to come up with a good plan, and he could only wait for his son Qian Manhe to return home to discuss what to do. Lady Tang was not upset about her granddaughter but distressed about Qian Mandua being detained and Li Ahcai being beaten, and above all, she was concerned about the nine taels of silver. She kept cursing, "That nine taels of silver is the money from selling Ah Cao, and it should all go to Mother Duo, why should the old pious woman and those two beasts split it?"
