"There's such a thing as bringing prosperity to a husband, and now there's bringing prosperity to a wife too?"
"Since there's such a thing as bringing prosperity to a husband, of course there's bringing prosperity to a wife. It's just that most men in this world treat women like mere foils and never really take it to heart, that's all.
Back then, I thought, well, that works, marry him and at least this life of mine can be safe and smooth."
"A person only lives once, who can thump their chest and guarantee that the next sixty years will go smoothly and steadily without any damned vexing trouble?"
"No one."
"So I married, just like that. At the start, Zhengwen's grandfather didn't fancy me. I was just a little nun back then. Sure, I thought I looked decent enough, but that Zhengwen's grandfather already had a well-bred young lady of a matching family lined up."
"So I cast a curse. First time using that sort of thing. That well-bred young lady dropped dead on the spot."
