Shamelessly asking her for meat, yet not caring to weigh some for her own children to eat. Of course, if she were truly poor, that would be one thing, but to clearly have the money and not spend it on her son, preferring instead to give it to the bloodsuckers back in her parents' home, and then to come asking her for meat—it's no wonder she doesn't give her face anymore!
In the past, the Ruanlin Family matriarch never mentioned this in front of the boys, but this time she just wanted Ruan Chi and the others to see what kind of character their mother was.
Ruan Jiandang had no proper job and mostly scrabbled about in the fields, occasionally taking odd jobs in the town to earn at most twenty yuan a month, and that was only when there were no farm errands and he had ample time.