For the "daughter-in-law", the"mother-in-law"is a tender consanguinity, the representative of authority and order in one family, the doer of power and desire, as well as the undertake of the pains and responsibilities; however, for the young "Daughter-in-law", no matter she intends to inherit or surpass, submit or protest is usually the suitor of freedom and desire as a new power and individual.

A comparison of Wang Xifeng′s image with that of good wife in Chinese folk literature reveals three shared features,that is,"the female is better than the male","quick solution to difficulties" and "a sharp contrast between cleverness and stupidity".

The bride, despite not being the protagonist of the short novel plays quite an important role.