"I hear that scavenging pays pretty well too. Second Brother Cui, look at you—how can you bear not to spend your money on decent food? You just drink a bowl of porridge and eat a single steamed bun, not even buying a side dish. What on earth are you saving all that money for? I hear your three children are all a handful. They only know how to eat, drink, and play, never doing any work or earning any money, relying entirely on you to support them by scavenging. Even with such unfilial kids, you bust your gut raising them, and they don't even appreciate it. When you get old, they won't be filial to you either."
"Well, thank goodness I didn't end up family with you. Otherwise, with a bunch of stepchildren who only know how to eat, drink, play, and bully people, goodness knows how much hardship I would have suffered. I'd probably age faster than you. Thank goodness, thank goodness."
"Look at us—even standing here together right now, we look like two different generations. I've got money and a house, and obedient children. My life couldn't be happier. So I'm telling you, if a woman marries a good-for-nothing husband, she's better off not marrying at all and making her own way. Thank goodness I succeeded."
Chapter 451