Mrs. Li, who was usually so gentle and never got angry or fought with anyone, was often very forbearing towards others.
Had her daughters not beaten the matchmaker with sticks, given her temperament, she might have just scolded the matchmaker and told her to go back and stop discussing the matter.
When her daughters took action, she, as their mother, could no longer hold back her anger and was quite unreserved in hitting back.
Mrs. Lai, who hadn't heard clearly what they were talking about in the courtyard, only saw her granddaughters beating the matchmaker with sticks, then saw her daughter-in-law hitting the matchmaker. The pent-up frustration and anger of the last two days made her irresistibly joyful and relieved, her chubby hands clapping:
"Hit her, hit her, scare her so much she never dares to come back to arrange another match."
