If the main house stopped withholding from the family's funds and Lady Gu mother and daughter-in-law brought out some of their private savings
If Lady Zhou were willing to bring out one or two pieces of the dowry saved for Lian Xiuxiu
And if...
Wouldn't this family still be harmonious and happy?
"One by one, none of you understand, none of you make my life easier...," Old Master Lian felt a headache coming on, "We've not accumulated enough virtue, not enough virtue at all."