Especially because… everyone is only playing a role, not doing things from the bottom of their heart.
As for intermediate goals, they are relatively much harder.
Roughly things like resolving a family conflict once, or completing a household supply run while keeping within the budget.
It doesn't sound hard, but in reality… if you are the wife in the family, and there is no "love" in this family, and the household budget is very limited, yet the shopping list is required to include certain items…
These tasks will drive people to distraction.
Advanced goals are even harder, and for most people they are goals one would almost instinctively choose to give up on.
"Maintain the integrity of the family (that is, no matter how outrageous your husband's behavior, you must still maintain the façade of marriage, and still keep your mood pleasant.)"
Or, "Make your husband genuinely fall in love with you."
In Wen Xishu's view, this too is very hard to accomplish.
