Lady Zhou, in a fit of frustration, originally intended to say that if it were Old Fourth's wife, Lady Zhang, she definitely wouldn't be able to do this. However, upon further consideration, she realized that Lady Zhang's clamoring for a division of the household had driven her own son away from her, which ultimately was not a good thing. If she were to voice this thought, she would be giving face to Lady Zhang and slapping her own face, so after opening her mouth, she swallowed the last sentence back down.
"Each and every one with a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs, lost their conscience, wishing that we old folks would drop dead right away..." Lady Zhou, distressed at not having a good daughter-in-law, now found her home stripped bare and sat down on the kang, bursting into tears.
This made Lian Shouli, who had been about to enter, stop in his tracks outside the door, standing there stunned for a moment before dragging his head back to the West Wing Room.