Hearing her describe her son and spouse as being "as clever as wood," a neighbor sticks up for them: If they weren't talented, their business would never have reached all the way to West Point Academy and "done us all proud!"
她形容自己的頭家和兒子「人『柴柴』的，像木頭一樣」，街坊鄰居聽到了，直勸她不要嫌了﹘﹘父子二人是「技術本位」，才有本事把生意做到美國西點軍校去，「替斗南人掙面子！」