One of the wives pursed her lips and said, "Isn't it obvious? They probably have a full meal one day and starve the next. Just look at the shoes on Changming and his father's feet. Tsk tsk, what a sorry sight. Outside of winter, they never take off their straw sandals."
Huai Zi's mother glanced at Li Laoda's courtyard, thinking to herself, 'That woman is just shameless. To neglect her own children like that, is she even human?' She couldn't be bothered to watch any longer. She still had to go home and mend clothes for Zhang Yang, so she turned and left.
Cheng felt that this couldn't go on, so she carefully tried to smooth things over. "My dear in-law, let's talk inside. Perhaps Changming's mother was just hungry and thought she'd eat this pancake first, then make more for Changming later."
