Chapter 8
Mrs. Ma said she couldn't stand her son, so she had to go to the other two daughters-in-law.

"Mom, I still have a lot of embroidery work to do."

The second daughter-in-law, Qian's, didn't even open the door: "I have to pay tomorrow, and if the count is wrong, I will be fined."

Qian's embroidery is very good, and she and Li Xue'er will take on some embroidery work together on weekdays.

When you are lucky, you can earn one or two taels of silver a month.

Madam Ma dared not ask her not to do embroidery work because of such trivial things as cooking: "Then you hurry up and do it, and you don't need to do things at home."

The eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, had just put her younger son to sleep, when she saw Mrs. Ma outside the house, she hurriedly asked, "Mom, what's the matter with you?"

"You go to the mountains and cut some mother-in-laws and come back to feed the chickens." Mrs. Ma said unceremoniously: "Hurry up and cook when you finish it. If the head of the house comes back and there is no hot food, let me see how I will deal with you."

After being rejected twice in a row, Mrs. Ma's tone was bad, and her face was very dark.

Mrs. Li didn't dare to touch Madam Ma's brow, nor did she want to do the work.

It's not that she didn't have a son, why should she do this job.

"Mother, I still have to watch Xiaobao." Li Shi used his son as a shield: "When I wake up, I will lose my temper again if I don't see me."

She used this trick very well, but this time it didn't work.

"I'll show you Xiaobao."

Mrs. Ma doesn't like her grandson, who is loud and noisy.

She would never take a second look if there was nothing to do on weekdays, but today there was really nothing she could do.

Li's smile froze on his face: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to do the work. The three daughters-in-law in the family can't just do it by me."

Her voice was very loud, and Ma Laosan in the room could hear her clearly.

What does it mean that the three daughters-in-law in the family cannot work by herself.

Which of the daily work at home is done by her, isn't it all done by his wife and three maids?
The more Ma Laosan thought about it, the more angry he put on his shoes and was about to argue, but was grabbed by Mrs. Wang.

"How can you, a big man, care about women and spread the word to make people laugh."

Wang scolded: "Isn't it just cooking and feeding the chickens, I can do it, and it's not the first day."

Ma Laosan's words didn't sound good to Ma Laosan's ears, it was his daughter-in-law, why should her daughter-in-law do so much by herself.

He grabbed Wang Shi: "Don't go, you are still in confinement."

The secret formula for giving birth to a child given by Wang's mother said that if you can't work hard, you should rest more.

"But mother..."

"Don't worry about her."

Today he also earned 300 taels of silver by selling girls, why should this job not be done by their house.

The third daughter-in-law is protected by her son, the eldest daughter-in-law can't do anything about it, and the daughter-in-law dare not do it around.

The chickens at home lay eggs every day, and now they are hungry and thin and cannot be sold at a good price.

Old Madam Ma resigned to her fate, carried the bamboo basket on her back, and walked up the mountain step by step.

Of the three daughters-in-law, none of them are needed at critical times.

Mrs. Wang saw all this but remained silent, and turned to sew socks for his third brother.

Mrs. Ma is 58 today, and she hasn't done any work since she had a daughter-in-law.

Now he came out with a bamboo basket on his back, making people wonder: "Where is this going?"

"Are you going up the mountain so late?"

Old Madam Ma was very embarrassed, and every greeting from the villagers seemed to mock her for not caring about her daughter-in-law.

She silently made up her mind in her heart that she would sue severely after dinner tonight.

It's not too early for old man Ma and the eldest child to come today.

They had a lot of work today, so they worked for a while, and didn't come back until they couldn't stand the hunger.

As soon as you enter the door, there is cold food and cold stove at home.

The eldest daughter-in-law saw that the child fell asleep, and the second daughter-in-law was still busy doing embroidery work.

Ma Laosan was sleeping soundly, and Wang Shi fanned him beside him.

Old man Ma's face darkened suddenly, and he didn't see Mrs. Ma after looking around.

"Where's your mother?"

Mrs. Li was most afraid of Old Man Ma, so she tremblingly said she didn't know.

"Boss, daughter-in-law, go cook!"

"Second daughter-in-law, go feed the chicken!"

"Third daughter-in-law, go boil the water!"

Old man Ma was growling with hunger, and had to tell his daughters-in-law to do things: "Be quicker with your hands and feet."

"My embroidery work will be handed in tomorrow. If I don't finish it today, I will pay others tomorrow."

Qian Shi doesn't care who calls her, anyway, she is too busy to do her work.

"Then you go to do embroidery work." Old man Ma said with a straight face: "Next month, cut down on contacting and put your mind on home."

"It's not like we can do as many jobs as we want.

If you don’t do it this month, no one will look for you next month. "Qian Shi didn't like this: "If Dad thinks that my embroidery work will affect the family, I won't take it after tomorrow's delivery. "

It's not that Wang's temperament is soft and easy to handle, she will not fight back when she is beaten or scolded.

Her embroidery work earns at least one tael of silver a month, and sometimes two or three taels of silver.

She didn't believe that her father-in-law was reluctant to part with this money-making business.

She guessed right, old man Ma just couldn't bear it, and even though he was reluctant, he still let her go back to work in the house.

"Old man, after feeding the chickens, go and boil the water."

This job was done by the third daughter-in-law in the past, but now she can do it more or less while she is in confinement.

"My mother gave me a secret recipe for having children, and I can't work during this time." Wang did not back down.

"Don't you dare not listen to me?" Old man Ma stared so frightened that Wang went straight to hide behind Ma Laosan.

She hid behind Ma Laosan and gently tugged at his sleeves. Her eyes were covered with mist, which made me feel pity.

"Don't be afraid!" Ma Laosan patted the hands behind him: "Father, Ping'er can't do her work."

"Others can do it, why can't she do it?"

"My mother's secret recipe for childbirth is that the most important thing is not to work hard."

"That's right, Dad!" The third child interjected, "I may have a son after all, so don't make Ping'er work."

He hasn't had a son for ten years, isn't it because his wife is tired of working?

"Boss daughter-in-law, you go, let your mother bring the child to you!"

"father……"

"Hurry up!" Old Ma shouted loudly.

The eldest daughter-in-law didn't dare to talk back, so she immediately went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Old man Ma was smoking a dry cigarette, sitting at the door and waiting for Mrs. Ma.

It wasn't until the food was served that I saw someone asking angrily, "What are you doing?"

Mrs. Ma was first choked by three daughters-in-law and forced to go to the mountains to cut off her mother-in-law.

After a busy afternoon, I cut half of the frame, and I hurried back to see if it was dark and I was afraid that I would not have time to cook.

At night, the mountain road was difficult to walk. I didn't notice that she fell again.

At this moment, she was very angry, and she heard someone ask her: "Are you blind and can't see that I am mowing the grass?"

Old man Ma's eyes bulged with anger: "What did you say?"

Only then did Mrs. Ma see that it was old man Ma who asked her, and she was so frightened that she couldn't speak fluently: "Dang, the head of the house, you, you listen to my explanation..."

Old man Ma doesn't care so much. Today is not the first time he has been criticized.

Without even thinking about it, he vented all his anger on Old Madam Ma.

After being punched and kicked, Mrs. Ma lay on the ground with blood all over her face, unable to get up.

The daughters-in-law were too frightened to move, and the sons did not dare to go up to stop them.

The angry old man Ma felt much better: "Eat!"

(End of this chapter)

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