Mother Yang's anger boiled over. She had been holding back, but hearing this hag insult Juhua, she shot back without yielding an inch, "So what if my Juhua is unwanted? I'm her mother, and I'll keep her! Your Liu'er is so wanted, why don't you just lead her out to be sold? After you're done, you can weigh her and see how much she goes for per pound!"
Their shouting match escalated into a blazing fury. Both women felt that words were no longer enough to vent their rage, so they started clawing at each other again. They immediately became a tangled mess, tumbling to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust from the dry, parched earth. It was a perfect example of the old saying: "When young women fight, it's all scratching and pinching!"
