I thought she was snotty.”, in the words of Jing-mei. Their mothers were always comparing them to each other. To put it differently, in “Chee’s Daughter”, Chee considers his wife’s parents as family only because of his wife and daughter. his wife had died earlier in the year and he wants to keep the connection to the Little One’s grandparents but that doesn’t mean he has to like them. In general both stories show how families can be family even when the going's rough. Chee traded food that would keep his in-laws fed over the winter for the Little One when they didn't have any money from their failing business. Jing-mai and her mother stay together even after a big argument they
I thought she was snotty.”, in the words of Jing-mei. Their mothers were always comparing them to each other. To put it differently, in “Chee’s Daughter”, Chee considers his wife’s parents as family only because of his wife and daughter. his wife had died earlier in the year and he wants to keep the connection to the Little One’s grandparents but that doesn’t mean he has to like them. In general both stories show how families can be family even when the going's rough. Chee traded food that would keep his in-laws fed over the winter for the Little One when they didn't have any money from their failing business. Jing-mai and her mother stay together even after a big argument they