When they exclaimed, their voices weren't controlled, the neighbors next door definitely heard it, either hiding at home with ears perked or openly walking into the yard to listen.
"Yes, splitting the family, the kids have grown up, they have their own ideas, they think I'm too controlling, then we'll split up."
"I was thinking, in a few days at the beginning of the month, they'll have to cook for themselves, and that'll require some practice, they'll have to learn to cook, wash dishes, do laundry, and such."
"But when I asked them to wash the dishes," Zhang Yu shook her head helplessly, "not one of them listened..."
If the news of splitting the family was shocking earlier, what she's saying now is even more so, "Let them cook for themselves?"
