Xue Yifu said, "Didn't Xue Shi say someone would take good care of her, and that she'd eat and drink well? You shouldn't bother with this. Xue Shi also mentioned that we shouldn't go to the town to see her for fear that we might encounter misfortune. I think Xue Erfu is right; if the child really is one of our family's, once it's born, the best thing we can do for the child will become clear. Surely when the child grows up, he or she will be able to understand why we did what we did."
Although Li Hehua agreed with these ideas, she was still a person with too tender a heart. Even though she nodded and seemed to utter a sound of agreement, she still didn't lie down to sleep.
Lying down for a while and seeing that his wife had not lain down as well, Xue Yifu opened his eyes and said, "Well, do as you like, but we really need to listen to the family and not go ourselves. The family won't harm us. We don't have such clever minds; we might end up being controlled by her."