That way, Grandma could quickly accept her. In fact, a fundamental reason Grandma was always thinking of Ye Meiru was that she always stood out like a boy in everything she did. Grandma liked girls who were ambitious.
Her own mother had raised the four of them, yet in Grandma's eyes, she wasn't an outstanding woman. On the contrary, Grandma genuinely preferred the third aunt, who, despite her unlikable temperament, was the hardest working among the daughters-in-law of the Zhou family.
Of course, the main reason was related to the third uncle's demeanor. The third uncle was very gentle and wasn't proactive in seeking advancements at work. Among the three brothers of the Zhou family, his career was the least successful.
And yet the third aunt was fiercely competitive; to save face without depending on the third uncle, she naturally had to rely on herself...
