Green Lotus Peasant Girl

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She was fine with the two people living in the house to help with the work but at the same time, she does not like the presence of outsiders in her house. As for the chores like cooking, the two can still do it together and talk about it.

Zhou Chengkang, who was sitting beside her took the lead, "We don't like to have outsiders in our home."

The couple looked at each other, a little disappointed, and sighed, "We also have no choice but to ask for this favor. Our parents are biased and the land they gave us was in a very remote and deserted location. It is not as good as your family's field and is less than one acre. The two of us usually stay at home and we earn money by working for others for a short term. Not only this, our parents even want us to be filial… I thought that madam has a kind heart so maybe we can ask for work. But it seems we can't work."

The couple turned around and planned to pack up and leave.

Zhou Chengkang thought for a while, "If you are willing, I will build a house on the other side of the pond. You will live there, help me with my work during the day, and help me look at the pond at night."

Hearing this, the couple was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked them.

"The salary will not be much. I will only give you three silver taels per month." Zhou Chengkang said in a solemn tone, "But you have to work hard, and I can dismiss you at any time."

Hearing this, the couple agreed with seriousness.

The work in their field was completed. The other families of the village also completed their field work. Zhou Chengkang took Mr. Yu to Mrs. Zhou's field to work for two days.

"I heard that my mother-in-law gave birth to him when she was grinding grains." While Mrs. Chen was busy sweeping the yard, her mouth was also not idle and she was talking to Li Qinghe who was sitting under the eaves in the sun, "My father-in-law was married to a rice miller and my husband was the second child. He has an elder sibling, who knows how to behave and a younger sibling, who knows how to be careful. In many families, the middle child is at the most disadvantage. I'm also a middle child. I have an elder sister and a younger brother. Usually, my parents also ignored me a lot. As long as they gave me food to eat, they didn't give me any attention. I had to take care of myself, even when I was sick. I remember once I was very sick and groggy due to fever. I was ten years old at that time and no one was at home to take care of me. I woke up and ran to the roadside and plucked some grass and boiled it in the water and drank it. I didn't know if those were the right herbs, but it did save my life."

She propped her chin on the broom, "Anyway, at that time I made up my mind that if I have children in the future, no matter how many I have, I will never be partial! We have suffered enough from partiality."

Mrs. Chen said that while shaking her head. This was the first time she heard this, and Li Qinghe couldn't help but laugh. Her heart was also a little sour. She felt that Mrs. Zhou was quite good and wasn't biased toward anyone. Anyway, as long as she doesn't take advantage of her son, they can always have a good relationship.

After the autumn harvest was completed, one day early in the morning, Zhou Chengkang set up a carriage and took the Zhou family, including the pregnant fifth sister Zhou to town. They all went to the old lady Liu's courtyard.

Fifth sister Zhou and her husband mainly came to the town to visit the doctor. For the past few days, everyone was busy with the autumn harvest. Although the fifth sister Zhou didn't have to work in the field, it was impossible for her to not do the housework. While everyone was working, she felt embarrassed to lie down to rest, so yesterday she went to the kitchen to cook and fell.

She didn't feel any pain when she fell, but at night she started to feel pain in her stomach. She couldn't help but tell Zhao Liyuan. Zhao Liyuan was so worried that he didn't sleep all night and early in the morning he went to Zhou Chengkang to ask him to take them to the doctor.