In Jiang Qing's perception, their family's situation was not very good, with nothing to their name and having been driven out of the house by their grandmother. Even after hearing their explanation on Grand Cloud Mountain, Jiang Qing still harbored doubts, so much so that when she saw the new house with three rooms and a large courtyard, she was shocked and worried that building this house might have exhausted all of their family's savings.
Jiang Xia told Jiang Qing that nothing needed to be prepared, but Jiang Qing thought it was just because Jiang Xia was too young to understand the need to economize and spoke so casually.