"The Chrysanthemums"

This story was kind of pointless. She seems to be happy but just has too much time on her hands and it seems like she would like to live a different life. It also seems like her husband doesn't pay that much attention to her. He told her she looked nice and she got almost mad and defensive about it and questioned why he would say that. When she first met the guy with the covered wagon she seemed almost annoyed by him and didn't want him to fix anything for her. As they got to talking with him she almost seemed intrigued by what he does and maybe thought she would like to do that. But yet when she saw him ahead of them on the road she didn't want him to see her. But she did notice he had kept the pot. What was the significance of the pot? And why didn't she want to see him directly? It seems like she is happy with her life currently but would like to have something new. This story seems to have missing parts or specific details left out or something like that.