"" reflected the life in a village where for hundreds of years the pattern of everyday life seemed to have remained largely unbroken. It also inspires a lot of social qualities. The feelings that the story mourned over are very universal and common in people during that time. All the family in the village ran a silkworm business. They were ran by their own family too because hiring people would cost more money. Family member was definitely the cheapest and safest human resource. Old T'ung Pao's family was quite successful when he was young. Ho ....