He didn't attach as much importance to my two elder brothers who chose other careers, "says Mei Baojiu." But my brothers weren't jealous. They understood that Father was making an earnest investment in my person, giving me every form of favorable condition in the hope that the father's art would have an inheritor. This sustained a luster for the household. "
「父親常將我介紹給藝術各界，對於兩個做外行工作的哥哥，就不是那麼注重」，梅葆玖說，「但是哥哥並沒有吃醋，他們明白父母在我身上投資的用心，把好的條件都讓給我，希望父親的藝術有繼承人，維持家庭的光彩。」