But Sun was not, after all, her own mother, and later had six children of her own to look after. At that time, the country was in crisis, and Wang's father, as a government official, was often transferred from one post to another. You can imagine how hard life was for Wang's stepmother.
孫氏又生了六個弟妹，其時國家多難，身為政府要員的父親經常變換任所，繼母的忙碌與辛苦可想而知。