After their marriage,Huang combined their two yards into one.They had more luxuries than the officials.Ma said unhappily,"My thirty years of asceticism have been ruined by you.I am not a real man,for I live off a woman.Others want to be rich,but I long for poverty."Huang told him that she wanted them to be richer so that they wouldn't be laughed at by their descendants.Ma was convinced and felt ashamed of himself.