When their eldest son was born in Washington, D.C., Mrs. Yu's mother was unable to come all the way to the United States and help her daughter with the month of recuperation and special diet required by Chinese tradition. Mother-in-law then wrote to son-in-law exhorting him to be sure to stew a chicken for the postpartum mother, to help her regain her strength.
大兒子在華府出生後，岳母大人因路遙無法赴美幫愛女做月子，寫信叮囑女婿別忘了給產婦燉雞湯進補。