In the past, Old Master Yu and Old Madam Yu would rotate living with several families, but since she married into the Zhou family and got her parents a more spacious house, the two old folks have been staying at their place more often.
In such a household, the one who should have been the master, Cong Qiuying, turned out to be the least respected outsider. If ranked by order, the hierarchy in this family would be—Old Master Yu, Old Madam Yu, Yu Guangjiu, Yu Gang (the eldest brother), Yu Qiang (the second eldest), Yu Xiang, Wang Meiyu (the eldest sister-in-law), Li Xinlan (the second sister-in-law), Yu Mei, and then Cong Qiuying.
If Uncle and Auntie came over with their nephews, nieces, and all, Mom's status would fall even further.
A woman's standing in her husband's family is given by her husband, that saying is completely accurate, because Yu Guangjiu's disdain for his wife led to everyone in the Yu family, including the younger generation, disrespecting Cong Qiuying.
