问题
According to chapter 43, what question did Minli ask?
Why was Ba slightly surprised?
After reading the story told by Ma, what do you learn from it?
翻译
But she could see his delicate, wrinkled hands, skillfully tying the figures in his lap together with a red thread.
The woman also remained unhappy; her displeasure grew like weeds — uncontrollable and tangling.
The woman begrudged the barren mountain and the meager land and swallowed her plain rice with bitterness.
要求：
1.尽量回答上面问题
2.思考：
Minli felt like a fish gasping for air. 本句生动形象地描写出了Minli内心的纠结。作者分别对比描写了Minli的两种思想斗争，这样描写有什么作用呢？
