"What's wrong with a daughter, isn't she your child, isn't she my granddaughter?"
Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes at her third son, wishing she could slap him across the face if not for the distance.
"We simple folks don't understand all that, what the country says, we do. Besides, what era is this, women can hold up half the sky."
Father Lu agreed, "Your mother is right, you and your wife shouldn't feel any pressure either; a boy or a girl, they're both the same."
Susu praised her enlightened parents-in-law, "Dad, Mom, you two are truly enlightened."
...
The old couple, coaxed by their son and daughter-in-law, beamed with joy, fed their grandchildren until they were full, and only then did they start eating with smiles.
The weather was cold and the roads slippery. After seeing off the third son and his wife, the family started their walk back home.
