That night, Qiu Shuping tried every trick in the book to squeeze more money out of her daughter-in-law, Shen Yunfang. She dragged Yunfang into lengthy discussions, exhausting all manner of persuasion—soft approaches, hard approaches, good arguments, and bad. Yunfang's mouth went dry from the relentless haggling, and Qiu Shuping even gave her specialty of making a scene a small try.