"Easier said than done."
Mrs. Wen glanced at Zhuang Qingning impatiently: "Do you think I, an old woman, don't understand this principle?"
"I'm already older than you, I've eaten more salt than all the rice you've ever had. How could I not see through such a thing, am I worse than a little girl like you?"
"But you need to know one thing, in this world, knowing is one thing, doing is another. It's like everyone knows that ill-gotten wealth should not be kept, but they can't control their own hands. It's like some people know it's wrong to steal, but when they see the goods, they can't move on."
"Now, it's the same for me. All these years, I've been reminding myself that I have to do this to succeed. After twenty years of practice, it has become a habit. How could I change just because you tell me to now?"