Hsiao Ming's mother never got along with her mother-in-law, and after Hsiao Ming came up to Taipei, there were even more problems. He wouldn't listen to his mother and he'd lie. He wouldn't do his homework, and he'd change things in his parent-teacher communication book.
媽媽與阿嬤間原本就有婆媳問題未解，再加上小明北上後不但不服從媽媽的管教，說謊、功課不寫、自行塗改家庭聯絡簿等問題不斷，還不時向阿公阿嬤告狀，甚至祖孫聯手數落媽媽的種種不是。