"Come on, give me a hug."

Mrs. Li obediently gave her daughter to her mother to hold.

"Look at your pretty face, you are blessed." Grandma nodded at Tang Shiqi's little face with a kind look on her face.

Tang Shiqi's big and cute eyes were turning around, staring at her grandmother's face. Her grandmother's old face was tanned and had dark spots on her face. She was a bit like her mother, but her expression was different from that of Lai's grandmother.

, are grandma and grandma different?

At this time, she still didn't know the name of this body. When she was reading this book, she saw such a cowardly Li. She stopped reading after two or three chapters, thinking that she would just die if she died?

I benefited my stepmother and suffered a lot for her five daughters, but I never expected that I would be involved in it and my feelings would be different.

Li's submissiveness may be due to this society where men are superior to women. It is also because she gave birth to a daughter. She was ashamed of her husband's family's thoughts and was treated like this by her mother-in-law. She had no intention of resisting. What is even more difficult to accept is that her father is

A "filial son".

"Mom, it's time to eat." For the first time today, Ms. Lai did not go to her eldest daughter's place to take care of the children. She went to the kitchen to cook in order to maintain her dignity.

Tang Shiqi and Li didn't go out to eat. Today, they could see eggs in their mother's bowl.

The happiest day for Daya and her three younger sisters is when grandma comes and they can have dinner on the table instead of eating rice porridge.

Their second aunt and third aunt were competing at the dinner table, not at all as elegant as the older girls.

"In-laws, we didn't have much land to farm, and we had to feed so many people. Fortunately, Acer and his father are both carpenters, so they can supplement the household income a little."

Lai was complaining openly, but he was actually showing off. Who from all over the country didn't know that there were two carpenters in his family who were very skilled in craftsmanship and even let them make furniture for rich people.

"Well, when our two families got married, we also wanted your family to be more prosperous, but... although a woman gives birth to a baby girl, it is not something she can control. You should be patient and let her heal her body until the next child.

I can give birth to a baby."

Mrs. Li's mother, Mrs. Qi, knew very well that the in-laws and her family were being treated badly by people from all over the country. She also knew how the family treated her daughter and could not blame her too much for fear that she would be in trouble again after she left.

his own daughter.

After that day, Mrs. Li was unable to have confinement. There were bugs growing in the rice fields and she had to catch them. The weather was getting hotter in August and September, when the rice was blooming. She had to go home to cook after working in the fields every day.

On days when the weather is good, we have to keep picking up firewood.

As Tang Shiqi continued to grow, she could still take two more breasts at night, and during the day she could only wait for Mrs. Li to come home.

There was nothing else to eat except Li's milk, so she could only starve.

She has never wet the bed once since she was born, and does not need diapers. Such an easy-to-carry doll gives Li a lot of peace of mind. Five-year-old Erya can take care of her little daughter without having to wash diapers.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Mrs. Li gave birth to a full moon baby. Not to mention red eggs, there was no full moon wine.

Every time she goes out to work, she meets people from the village or neighbors.

Others were kind-hearted and asked her not to touch the cold water and come out to get some air and work.

Mrs. Li could only smile bitterly when she heard other people's words. If she could not go out to work in the air or get wet with cold water, then she would enjoy happiness at home as her mother-in-law said. She had heard the word "enjoyment" so many times that she lost count.

Mrs. Li came back from working outside and found a carriage in the yard. When did their family have such a wealthy guest? He guessed that she asked her husband to do carpentry.

On the other side of the thatched house, a stranger was sitting there drinking tea with Acer and his father.

When I was about to prepare lunch, I observed a guest sitting in the living room with wooden furniture.

This guest is a 50-year-old woman wearing a brocade skirt, a gold hairpin in her hair, a jade bracelet on her left hand, and silver and gold earrings on her right hand. She is drinking tea with Mr. Lai in the living room.

He waved Mrs. Li into the living room, looked her up and down, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, it looks good. I wonder if her milk is enough?"

"That's enough! All the babies in the family don't need to eat other food. They all grow up on her milk." Lai's greedy eyes saw the money that was about to be obtained. Li became a wet nurse and received monthly silver.

They don’t have to cultivate the land and they can just buy food.

"Are you willing?" the mother-in-law asked Mrs. Li.

"What?" Ms. Li lowered her head. She felt inferior in front of such a wealthy woman and did not understand what she meant.

"Our rich man is the richest man in the county. We have a two-year-old son at home. I want a wet nurse. I came here under the introduction of others. You can pack up and come with me. There are two wet nurses every month.

Two months' money will provide you with food and shelter, and I will let you put on good clothes."

"Can I not go? If I go, what will happen to my daughter?" Ms. Li is not greedy for a few taels of silver at all, knowing that the money will definitely not go into her pocket. She went to work as a wet nurse, but only her daughter, the youngest, was pitiful.

Her baby is only one month old, how can she bear it?

"Ms. Li, you are not a bad person. You only have two taels of silver. If you behave better there, you might be rewarded." Lai was used to bossing her daughter-in-law around with her domineering and harsh words.

"As you say, there are the rules. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you don't do well, you will be punished." The mother-in-law observed the details and knew that this daughter-in-law was so honest and cowardly, and such a person could still be more obedient when she came to their home.

"This...can I take my little daughter..." Mrs. Li knew that she had no strength to resist, so she hoped to fight for it before that.

"I can't... The young mistress gave me instructions when I came here, and the old lady also gave me instructions. You signed a living contract, and you can come back to visit one day a month. No one else can make the decision."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Mrs. Li burst into tears when she thought about not seeing her girls for a month.

The mother-in-law went out to the carriage, brought in a set of lake-blue skirts, and handed it to Mrs. Li.

Lai stared at her daughter-in-law's dress and wanted to snatch it away. She thought of the money she had just received and resisted the urge.

Mrs. Li went back to her room to change clothes, hugged her daughter on the bed, and fed her before leaving.

"Mom, what a beautiful dress." Erya and her two younger sisters surrounded Ms. Li.

"Well, you have to take good care of your sister during my absence. She has no milk to eat. Ask your sister to cook rice soup for her."

Mrs. Li glanced outside. Da Ya had gone out to work and hadn't come back yet, so she couldn't tell Da Ya personally.

"Mom, why don't you come back?" Erya had never left her mother and couldn't understand what she meant.

"Li, hurry up," the mother-in-law urged outside.

Mrs. Li changed her clothes with tears in her eyes, simply packed up two more sets of clothes, put on her best shoes, and kissed each of her daughters on the face.
Chapter completed!