Even when she gave birth to her fourth child, Wang Lan used her only dowry, a bracelet, to buy pig's trotters for her.

Wang Lan smiled, "Alright, alright, you're all good children. Yu Niang, why don't you stay for a day?" Then she realized that women didn't have the final say; it all depended on her son-in-law's opinion. "Son-in-law, is everything busy at home? Why don't you stay?"

Li Changpu readily agreed, saying, "Respect is not as good as obedience; I will listen to my mother-in-law."

After changing the medicine, Li Changpu went to the front yard to chop firewood, while the mother and her children chatted in the back yard. Wang Dahe's mother came to visit, carrying a basket with a few eggs inside. They were all people she had known since childhood, and had even gone into the mountains together to chop firewood. As they got older, they liked to get together and talk about the past.

Wang Dahe's mother sat by Wang Lan's bedside, quietly looking at the room. Her eyes were filled with undisguised envy, not only for the house's beauty but also for its cleanliness and the absence of any unpleasant odors.

Wang Lan's room didn't have many things: a wardrobe about half a person's height, a drawer cabinet next to the bed, and just a bed with two thick mattresses, covered with a thick cotton quilt, and the quilt cover was smooth and shiny silk.

Even though she couldn't move her leg, Wang Lan's hair was still neat and tidy, and she wore a clean silk undergarment, showing how attentive the person taking care of her was.

Old Mrs. Wang Dahe sighed, “Old sister, you are so lucky. Your daughter-in-law takes such good care of you. Last year, Grandma Ajin also injured her leg. When I went to visit her, the house smelled of feces and urine as soon as I entered. Her daughter-in-law and son only cared about not letting her starve to death. They didn’t care about anything else. She cleaned up the bedding and the house herself after she was able to walk again.”

However, at that time, no one in the village spoke ill of Ajin's daughter-in-law and son. The main reason for the village to survive was the availability of labor. An elderly woman who had injured her leg and could not move had lost her ability to work. As long as she was kept alive and not driven away, it was already considered filial piety for her son and daughter-in-law to give her food.

Wang Lan was beaming and praised Zhao Fang several times. She also said a few good things about Wang Dahe's wife. Wang Dahe's wife was six months pregnant and the pregnancy was going well, so Wang Dahe's mother was naturally happy.