In the morning, the Lu Family's madam strained her back muscles by bending over to pick up something yesterday, making it inconvenient for her to do household chores. Manman hurried her mother to her own room to look after the children and took over the housework for her mother. This was the first time she cleaned the entire Lu Family house on her own, even entering her parents' bedroom, which she normally had no chance to enter.
When she wrung out a rag to clean her mother's dressing table, she saw, prominently placed on the left side, an antique dressing box from the Qing Dynasty, once belonging to an elder named Lin. Clearly, the madam of the Lu Family cherished this gift from her daughter and son-in-law, given to her through their hard work, and, worried about it collecting dust, she usually covered it with a piece of silk. On the right side of the dressing table, there was a frame holding a newly taken family portrait, which was photographed just before the New Year.
