Mother Qi hung up the phone, momentarily dazed, realizing that the advice she had just given her eldest sister could also apply to herself.
Her eldest sister is at an age where there is only one son, Weixia, left to rely on at home, including for elderly care and funeral arrangements. Besides the son, there is also the daughter-in-law. If she firmly refuses to accept Weixia and Wenjing and keeps on pushing them to the brink or to madness, what would be the outcome?
The worst result would be that they run away. If Weixia and Wenjing ran away once, they could run away a second time and might never return. Then who could her eldest sister rely on?
So her eldest sister has no choice but to accept, and even endure, because she is old and has physical limitations, requiring care. There are always some things that the son is inconvenienced to do, so she must rely on the daughter-in-law.
If she doesn't treat the daughter-in-law well now, will she care when she's old?
