#housewide

As neither of them had been blessed by a modern education, his wife had not been privileged to receive a serviceably dignified given name for public or private use. A more traditional sort of husband would have made do with Taitai, or ‘lady-wife’, but Fang was too progressive for that. 'Hey!’ was his improvised alternative. His wife dispensed even with this nicety: as long as she was looking at him while she spoke, both understood that whatever she was saying was directed at him.

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