Refusing to admit defeat, Hong worked hard on her writing so that her husband finally had to admit defeat himself and give her the responsibility for keeping the accounts. "My mother-in-law's philosophy was: even if you don't treat me right, I will do my job well; if you treat me nicely, I will be grateful the rest of my life."
不服輸的她，硬是練出一手好字，讓先生心服口服地讓出記帳大權來。「婆婆的人生哲學就是：即使你對我不好，我自己也要『做到足』；如果你對我好，那我會感恩一輩子。」