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Upon her husband's request, the mother makes the man a nice robe with the piece of cloth but takes no pleasure in the work. She has become hardened and silent since that fight, refusing to look at him even though she knows the blue robe would suit him well.

The conflict between the couple elevates when the man fights with the mother for her three pieces of silver, which the mother brought with her before their wedding. But the man spends them all on a piece of fine blue cloth without giving it a thought.

In the following two episodes, we hear about the most intense fight between the mother and her husband. The conflict ensues as a pedlar approaches the couple selling his fine clothes.

Considering himself a handsome and smart man, the husband feels stuck living in a small village with crying kids and doing hard labor. He just feels like a fish stuck in a well.

Out of her deep love for him, the mother soothes the angry husband even after he wasted his earning on the fake ring.

A fight breaks out between the couple after the husband spent his meager earning on a fake gold ring.

Grow up, get married, raise kids, people in this village have lived like this generation after another. However, the husband is fed up with this set pattern of living, feeling unhappy and hopeless.

As the story goes along, the mother gives birth to her fourth child. She called upon their cousin's wife to assist her with the delivery, while her husband went off gambling.

The days seem to repeat themselves, but they are never dull for the mother, who is very content. In this episode, we hear how the mother rises to each new day with zest, taking good care of the old mother in the house.

The mother asks her husband to buy medicine for their daughter's eyes, but her request is met with a rude response. Instead of arguing with her husband, she controls her emotions and keeps silent.