Mr. gong asks his wife if women really take marriage seriously. She says that marriage can provide a woman with "a sense of security" and that men are more concerned with this than women are. He tells his wife that he's not pampering his wife enough to make her feel secure. He also tells her that his son, qianchu, is competing with his sister's husband, shi di, for the position of the family's president. He's shopping with her all day long and leaves all of the work to his father. The servant tells him that after their marriage, the two quarreled. The reason, the servant says, is because of him. In order to give his wife a perfect wedding , he wouldn't take any painkillers. Now he'll quarrel with her.