Old Lady Xia now felt that such a daughter-in-law was harder to find than one with a lantern; how could she bear to let her son look for another outside? Anyone else wouldn't earn money for the family the way Madam Xia Chen did, and certainly wouldn't be as filial.
"It's only natural to dress up a bit once you have some money. Running around in rags all day makes people think our Xia family mistreats you. Don't you want Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle to find wives?"
Old Lady Xia kept in mind that her third daughter-in-law had only been acquired because she herself had been generous, and she refused to ruin her own reputation.
Chapter 19