Mr. Gu paused and said, "Stealing things from the aunt is too serious a crime, it's all because of poverty. In the past, when our village was suffering from famine, many families sold their daughters for grain to feed their sons, you've seen it yourself. If there wasn't any other way, who would sell their daughter?"
Tong Huaqiong said, "Then why not sell the son? Since there's no other way, why only sell the daughter and not the son."
Old Madam Gu proactively stood up to defend the men in the family and said, "How can a daughter be compared to a son? A son is the family's legacy, if a son dies or is sold, we have no descendants. Daughters belong to other families. If there's money, sons and daughters are treated equally; if absolutely necessary, a daughter should be exchanged for a son."
This is Old Madam Gu's true attitude towards daughters and sons.
