A long time ago in China, a girl named got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time found that she couldnt get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and was angered by many of her mother-in-laws habits. In addition she criticized constantly. Days passed days, and weeks passed weeks. and her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was that according to ancient Chinese tradition, had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing the poor husband great distress. Finally, could not stand her mother-in-laws bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it. went to see her fathers good friend, Mr. Huang, who sold herbs. She told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so that she could solve the problem once and for all. Mr. Huang thought for a while, and finally said, , I will help you solve your problem but you must listen to me and obey what I tell you. said Yes Mr. Huang, I will do whatever you tell me to do. Huang went into the back room, and returned in a few minutes with a package of herbs. He told You cant use a quick-acting poison to get rid of your mother-in-law, because that would cause people to become suspicious. Therefore I have given you a number of herbs that will slowly build up poison in her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal and put a little of these herbs in her serving. Now, in order to make sure that nobody suspects you when she dies, you must be very careful to act very friendly towards her. Dont argue with her, obey her every wish, and treat her like a queen. was so happy. She thanked Mr. Huang and hurried home to start her plot of murdering her mother-in-law. Weeks went by, months went by and every other day served the specially treated food to her mother-in-law.