Chapter 8 None of the three wives are useful

Mrs. Ma said she could not find her own son, so she could only find two other daughters-in-law.

"Mom, I still have a lot of embroidery work that I haven't finished yet."

The second daughter-in-law, Qian, didn't even open the door: "I have to pay it tomorrow. If I don't count it correctly, I will be fined."

Qian is an excellent embroiderer, and he and Li Xueer would do some embroidery work together on weekdays.

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

Old Mrs. Ma didn't dare to let her stop doing embroidery work because of such a small thing as cooking: "Then you hurry up and do it, I don't need you to do things at home."

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

"You go to the mountains to cut some chickens and feed them to the chickens." Mrs. Ma said unceremoniously: "Hurry up and come back to cook. If the boss comes back without hot food, let's see how I deal with you."

After being rejected twice in a row, Mrs. Ma had a bad tone and a very dark face.

Mrs. Li didn't dare touch Mrs. Ma's brow, and she didn't want to do any work.

It’s not like she didn’t give birth to a son, so why should she do this job?

"Mom, I still have to keep an eye on Xiaobao." Mrs. Li used her son as a shield: "If you wake up later and don't see me, you will lose your temper again."

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

"I'll keep an eye on Xiaobao for you."

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

Normally she would never take another look if nothing happened, but there was really nothing she could do today.

Mrs. Li's smile froze on her face: "Mom, it's not that I don't want to do the work. I can't be the only one with three daughters-in-law in the house to do the work."

Her voice was so loud that Ma Laosan in the room could hear her clearly.

What does it mean that there are three daughters-in-law in the house and she cannot work alone?

Which of the daily chores at home was done by her? Wasn't it all done by his wife and three girls?

Ma Laosan got more and more angry as he thought about it. He put on his shoes and was about to argue, but Wang grabbed him.

"How can you, a grown man, argue with a woman and make people laugh if word spreads about it?"

Mrs. Wang complained: "It's just cooking and feeding the chickens. I can do it. It's not the first day."

Ma Laosan didn't like what he said. It's just a daughter-in-law. Why does her daughter-in-law do so much by herself?

He grabbed Mrs. Wang and said, "You are not allowed to go, you are still confinement."

The secret recipe given by Wang's mother to give birth to a baby said that you should not be tired and need to rest more.

"But mother..."

"Don't worry about her."

Today he also made three hundred taels of silver selling girls, so this job shouldn't be done in their house.

The third daughter-in-law is protected by her son. The eldest daughter-in-law cannot do anything about her, but the daughter-in-law dare not do anything about her.

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

Old Mrs. Ma resignedly carried the bamboo basket on her back and walked back up the mountain three times a step.

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

Mrs. Wang saw all this but remained silent. She turned around and sewed socks for her third brother.

Mrs. Ma is fifty-eight today and has not done any work since she had a daughter-in-law.

Now he came out with a bamboo basket on his back, which made people wonder: "Where are you going?"

"Why are you going up the mountain so late?"

Old Mrs. Ma was so embarrassed that every greeting from the villagers seemed to be mocking her for not caring about her daughter-in-law.

She silently made up her mind that she would make a serious complaint after dinner in the evening.

It's not too early for Old Man Ma and Boss Laoer to come today.

There was a lot of work today, so they worked a little longer, and didn't come back until they couldn't stand it anymore and were hungry.

As soon as I entered the house, the food was cold and the stove was cold.

The eldest daughter-in-law watched the child fall asleep, while the second daughter-in-law was still busy doing embroidery work.

Ma Laosan was sleeping soundly, and Mrs. Wang was fanning him beside him.

Old Man Ma's face suddenly darkened, and he looked around but didn't see Old Mrs. Ma.

"Where's your mother?"

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

"Boss, wife, go and cook!"

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

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

Old Man Ma's stomach growled with hunger, and he had to tell his wives to do something: "Be quick with your hands and feet."

"My embroidery work will be handed over tomorrow. If I don't finish it today, I will have to pay for it tomorrow."

Qian didn't care who called her, she was just too busy to do any work.

"Then you go do the embroidery work." Old Man Ma said with a straight face, "Don't do much work next month and focus on your family."

“This is not a job we run ourselves and we can take on as many jobs as we want.

If you don't do it this month, no one will look for you next month." Qian didn't accept this: "If dad thinks my embroidery work is affecting the family, I won't take it after the delivery tomorrow."

She is not a Wang who has a soft temper and can be easily manipulated. She will be beaten and scolded without fighting back.

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

She didn't believe that her father-in-law was reluctant to part with this lucrative 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 the house to do her work.

"Lao San's house, you go and boil the water after feeding the chickens."

This kind of work used to be done by the third daughter-in-law, but now she can do it more or less during confinement.

"My mother gave me a secret recipe for having a baby. I can't do any work during this period." Ms. Wang did not give in.

"You dare not listen to me?" Old Man Ma stared so frightened that Wang hid behind Ma Laosan.

She hid behind Ma Laosan and gently tugged on his sleeves. Her eyes were covered with a faint mist, which made me feel pity for him.

"Don't be afraid!" Ma Laosan clapped his hands behind him: "Dad, Ping'er can't do the work."

"Everyone else can do it, why can't she do it?"

"The most important thing about my mother's secret recipe for giving birth is not to work too hard."

"That's right, Dad!" The third child interrupted: "It's easy for me to have a son, so don't let Ping'er do the work."

He has not had a son in the past ten years, isn't it because his wife is tired from working?

"Boss and daughter-in-law, you go and let your mother take care of the child for you!"

"father……"

"Go quickly!" Old Man Ma shouted loudly.

The eldest daughter-in-law did not dare to say anything back and immediately went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

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

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

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

After working hard all afternoon, I cut half of the frame. It was getting dark and I was afraid I wouldn't have time to cook, so I hurried back.

The mountain road was difficult to walk at night and she didn't notice that she fell down again.

Now she was very angry and heard someone ask her: "You are blind and can't you 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 the person who asked her was Old Man Ma, and she was so frightened that she couldn't even speak: "Dang, the boss, you, please listen to my explanation..."

Old Man Ma doesn't care so much. This is not the first time he has been talked back to today.

Without thinking, he directed all his anger at Mrs. Ma.

She was beaten and kicked until Mrs. Ma lay on the ground with blood all over her face and couldn't get up.

The daughters-in-law were too frightened to move, and the son did not dare to stop him.

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