The reader can infer that the father is the one who makes the most important family decisions.
Click the three sentences from the text that best support this inference.
The two young women thanked the wise child and went on their way rejoicing. After a pleasant
visit to their old homes, they took a lantern and a fan, and returned to their father-in
-law's
house. As soon as he saw them he began to vent his anger at their light regard for his
commands, but they assured him that they had perfectly obeyed him, and showed him that what
they had brought fulfilled the conditions prescribed. Much astonished, he inquired how it was
that they had suddenly become so astute, and they told him the story of their journey, and of the
little girl who had so opportunely come to their relief. He inquired whether the little girl was
already betrothed, and, finding that she was not, engaged a go-between to see if he could get her
for a wife for his youngest son.
Having succeeded in securing the girl as a daughter-in-law, he brought her home, and told all
the rest of the family that as there was no mother in the house, and as this girl had shown herself
to be possessed of extraordinary wisdom, she should be the head of the household.