The mother in this scene believes in the principles of feng shui, and she believes that a mirror at the foot of a bed will make someone's "marriage happiness bounce back and turn the opposite way." The mother tries to fix the situation by putting another mirror at the head of...
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the bed, propped up against the headboard. She says that the mirrors reflecting into one another will "multiply [the daughter's] peach-blossom luck." This seems to have something to do with fertility, sine the mother then goes on to anticipate having a new grandchild within the next year.