RPAGF Chapter 52 What can be done in 2 days, let's do in 5 days!
Chapter 52 What can be done in 2 days, let's do in 5 days!
Liu, slightly out of breath, wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Father, what Tang'er said makes sense. In previous years, we harvested all twenty acres of crops. Even when they went to the fields, they did very little work. Now that we've separated the family property, they can't do as much work all at once, so they should think of us."
After all, a few days ago, his mother-in-law came to their door asking them to help her weed.
They're too lazy to do even the smallest tasks like weeding, but they boss the couple around, insisting they come to do the heavy physical work of harvesting crops.
She sighed, "Tang'er, you are so thoughtful. Your father and I didn't even think of that."
That's incredibly stupid!
Fortunately, my eldest daughter reminded me!
Shen Qingchuan remained silent for a long time, struggled for a moment, and then said firmly, "Alright, let's do as Tang'er said, work while resting, and do in five days what can be done in two days!"
His father ate the leftovers of his family, which was a loss of conscience, but he still gave him a meal and raised him to adulthood. He couldn't be as heartless as his father.
Now that the family has separated, he's willing to help his father in any way he can.
But it's impossible for him to work as hard as before and finish all the work in the fields!
It's impossible now!
He is honest and simple-minded, but he can't be a fool and a coward forever!
Liu spread a handful of harvested rice on the ground. "Tang'er, Yu'er, you two sit here and play for a while. Your mother and father will eat first."
Xiaoyu obediently agreed, "Mom, I know. You and Dad eat... and then rest a bit before you get back to work."
"Okay, mom knows."
Ms. Liu was very pleased to receive her daughter's concern.
She was the third child in her family, with an older brother, an older sister, and two younger brothers. Her family was extremely poor, and she was the least favored among them.
In order to help her two younger brothers find wives, her parents married her off to the Shen family without even asking around, even though they lived in two different villages.
They believed that her father-in-law was a teacher at a school and came from a wealthy family, so she could help her two younger brothers if she lived a good life.
Who knew that as soon as she married into the family, her mother-in-law would start tormenting her, making her have endless chores to do every day, and she could only go to sleep in the middle of the night.
When her parents realized they couldn't rely on her, they immediately changed their attitude. They treated her with hostility and spoke to her with barbs, saying she was useless and incompetent.
Having heard too much ridicule and sarcasm, she stopped visiting her parents' home until the New Year, when it was mandatory to do so.
Although life was difficult in her husband's family, it wasn't much better for her in her parents' family.
She went from being neglected by her maternal family to being tormented by her stepmother-in-law in her husband's family.
Fortunately, her husband treated her well. Even though he himself was ostracized and mistreated by his father and stepmother, he did most of the work in the fields. He would let her rest under the tree, and he would grind tofu for her after he finished his work.
Now she also has two well-behaved and sensible daughters, especially the eldest daughter, who is clever and intelligent and helps her with a lot of chores on weekdays.
Since the family separated, she no longer had to be ordered around by anyone or be urged to do chores. With her husband's love and her daughter's care, she finally felt that she truly had a home.
She realized that life could be lived like this, and that there was hope every time she opened her eyes!
So what if she has two daughters? She just loves daughters!
"Mother...Mother, what's wrong?"
Shen Xiaotang waved her hand in front of her mother's eyes and continued, "Mom, what are you thinking? The food will get cold if we don't eat it soon, and eating cold food will easily upset your stomach."
These days, even a stomachache requires herbal medicine, it's so bitter.
When Liu heard her daughter calling her, she came back to her senses, shook her head, and smiled wryly.
"Mother is fine, she's just thinking about the past. Mother will eat now."
She opened the three-tiered wooden food box her husband had made. The top two tiers contained two plates of green vegetables and several cornbread buns, while the bottom tier contained two bowls of thick corn porridge.
The harvest is almost complete, and now we can even drink thick porridge without worry.
Shen Qingchuan wiped his hands and walked over. The couple squatted down beside the rice to eat.
The two daughters played for a while, then picked up the scattered rice grains in the field.
The Shen family.
In the evening, Mr. Shen, his son, and grandson finished school and went home together. On the way, they met many villagers carrying rice on their backs.
When I got home, the house was quiet and there was no sound.
Did the old wife take her two daughters-in-law to work in the fields?
This is like the sun rising in the west! He thought he was going to have to assign tasks to the whole family.
He opened the door and went back into the room. He put down his satchel and turned around to find his wife on the bed.
Even at this hour, she's still lying in bed!
He immediately roared, "Sun Shulan, don't you even know what time it is? You've been lying down all day! How can you stand it?"
Since marrying into the family, her childhood sweetheart husband felt guilty for making her, a young woman, his second wife. He was usually very tolerant of her and indulged her in everything. He rarely argued with her or raised his voice. But unexpectedly, he yelled at her as soon as he got home from school!
Sun was stunned by the shout!
She froze for a moment, then felt extremely aggrieved. She jumped off the bed with a "whoosh," put on her shoes, and started crying.
"Shen Yunting, why are you yelling at me? You suffer humiliation outside, and instead of taking it out on me, you bring it home. Are you even a man? I work hard for this family every day, and even if I haven't done anything great, I've still put in the effort. Is this how you treat me?"
"God, why am I so unlucky to have been stuck with such a family? I worked so hard to raise my stepson, only to find he's an ungrateful wretch. Now that I'm old and past my prime, and my child has been raised by someone else, they don't need me anymore. What's the point of me living? I might as well just kill myself."
"Woooooooo..."
"God, have pity on me, please take me away as soon as possible and be free from this suffering..."
She cried with snot and tears streaming down her face. She glanced at the door and saw that her sons hadn't come yet. She thought she would rather bang her head against the wall than actually do it.
The second son's room was a little closer to theirs. Hearing his mother crying, he peeked out to listen more carefully before shouting for his younger brothers to run over together.
As soon as her sons arrived, she immediately started crying and banging her head against the wall.
Her sons immediately pulled her aside, some talking and some trying to persuade her.
Seeing his mother crying so bitterly, Shen Jiangchuan immediately spoke up for her.
"Dad, why are you yelling at Mom for no reason?"
Mr. Shen angrily rebuked, "How dare a child interrupt when adults are talking? You dare question me? Why don't you ask first why your mother is lying at home in the middle of harvesting crops and dinner hasn't been cooked yet?"
Lazy!
Shen Jiangchuan shrank back, feeling somewhat embarrassed. He really couldn't speak up for his mother with a straight face.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Sun hastily wiped away her tears and snot with her sleeve, finally understanding why her husband had suddenly become angry with her upon returning home.
She retorted defiantly, "Ten acres of land, are you trying to kill me by having me do it all by myself? If we're going to work, let's all work together!"
Anyway, she doesn't want to do it!
Mr. Shen stared at his wife with disbelief on his face.
"What do you say?"
"Let's do it together?"
"Would you go bankrupt if you did more work? When we go to school, why don't you lead the second and third sons' families to work first?"