"The old woman looked at me with a face full of bitter malice, as if she was about to hit me. I could see that she was very jealous, very jealous of my youth and appearance, almost as if she wanted to tear me apart... But you know, with my strength, how could I be afraid of an old woman? I saw she was too tired, so I helped her home to sit down and even made her a pot of tea."
"After that, although the old woman remained sharp-tongued towards others, she became considerably more amiable towards me. The hostility in her gaze diminished, and she no longer seemed envious... She's an old resident here, rumored to have lived in the city in the past. I've inquired about many things from the time of King Jing and gained quite a bit."
"I also discovered gradually that the elderly lady wasn't always so sharp and mean-spirited—she was even well-read and cultured, surely a noble lady from a scholarly family in her past, but for some reason, she left the city to live in the countryside."
