Sun Kang fumed, scolding his third son, "Good, my foot! You're the smartest one in this family, so how can you not learn medicine? And now you insist on going into business? Do you think business is that easy?"
Sun Kang continued his tirade relentlessly.
Inside the house, the eldest and second daughters-in-law, along with their mother-in-law, Zhao Guifen, were busy with needlework. Hearing the commotion outside, they exchanged familiar glances, accustomed to such scenes, and didn't interfere, letting the men argue.
Outside, the more Sun Kang spoke, the more his heart ached, and the more acutely he felt he had failed his ancestors.
The Sun Family had practiced medicine for generations, but who would have thought that in his, Sun Kang's, generation, this tradition would suddenly halt.
He had three sons, yet none of them had the aptitude for medicine.
