Daohua was astonished as she looked at the two boxes of clothes her mother-in-law had sent over. Hearing this, the family head laughed and said, "I think it's quite good. It's better for a young lady to have a fiery temperament, so she won't be bullied."
Guo Ruomei chuckled: "That's true indeed."
Daohua leafed through the items Guo Ruomei had sent: "Mother, why have you sent so many things over?"
Guo Ruomei stood up and walked over to Daohua, pointing toward the boxes, "One is prepared for Daozi, and the other is for Daomang and Daomiao. I don't have anything impressive to offer, I just made some clothes for the three children, so that they can think of me, their grandmother, when they wear them."
Daohua, troubled by these words, said: "Mother..."
Guo Ruomei interrupted Daohua and pulled her to sit down: "The An Family has spread rumors back in Beijing about my living in the Prince Residence; you know about this, don't you?"
