Since Xu Qing invited Yizhen for tea, Old Hu and his eldest daughter have been enjoying a happy life where the old are supported and the young rely on them.
Cheng Caiyun, who loves to gossip, tells everyone she meets about how filial Old Hu's daughter is. She not only takes the old man to a tailor to make new clothes but also brings him to the theater to listen to opera and to the temple to pray for blessings.
"I wish I could have such a daughter," she said.
"Boss Cheng is not yet thirty, still in her prime. Those who fancy her could line up from one end of the street to the other. If she wants a son or a daughter, it will surely be easy to find..."
When Cheng Caiyun heard Xu Qing's praise, her face turned red. Then she flirtatiously batted her eyelashes and said:
"If the scholar's wife has a request for Scholar Xu..."
Not a chance!
