When Yue Jiuyue, the mother-in-law, wanted to relinquish control of the household, Liu's first reaction was joy, but she didn't actually want it. Her second reaction was fear.

The power of housekeeping means managing the whole family: laundry, cooking, childcare, house cleaning, being dutiful to the mother-in-law, taking care of the husband... She can do all these things, but she can't shoulder the responsibility of a family!

This responsibility is too great for her to bear!

"You just gave it to me like that? Why don't you take over the household while I'm still alive and kicking? Do you expect me to wait until I kick the bucket? Are all four of my sons useless? Can't you let me, your mother, have a couple more years of peace and enjoy your good fortune sooner?"

Who would dare to respond to Yue Jiuyue's words?

Left with no other choice, Lady Liu could only accept the reins of the household, moved to tears.

The girl in the courtyard: (??д?)b

Good heavens!

That old woman handed over the management of the household so easily? It makes me want to be her daughter-in-law!

Unfortunately, she's too young, only eleven.

However, looking at the fourth brother, Lin Chaobei, who was only seventeen years old, she actually had some thoughts.

It's still a pity. No matter how far apart they are in the extended family, they are still family and cannot marry.

So, she should think carefully about how to get Yue Jiuyue—no, now that Liu Shi is in charge—to agree to let her stay? Or how to get Liu Shi to provide her with three meals a day?

The little girl rubbed her rumbling stomach, frowning in thought.

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Having unleashed her trump card, Yue Jiuyue paid no heed to the fact that everyone was stunned and disoriented, and leisurely went to the lake alone.

She went there carrying a shovel, wanting to see if there were any clams, crabs, or loaches at the bottom of the lake after half a year of nourishment. Consider it her exercise for the day. She couldn't help it; she was in a really good mood today and had excess energy, so she had to burn it off.

Huffing and puffing, huffing and puffing...

Yue Jiuyue, who hadn't worked in the fields for many days, experienced the feeling of being exhausted again.

Last time, during spring planting, after hiding all winter, she suddenly had to go to the fields to work. She even suspected that she had turned into Lin Daiyu, and she couldn't stand it.

How can a farmer be defeated by the clods of earth that he used to manipulate?

So she endured her physical discomfort and managed to get through that month.

"Auntie, what are you digging for here?"

Dog Egg's third cousin suddenly pulled Little Man over and asked curiously.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she asked Yue Jiuyue again, somewhat uncertainly:

"Auntie, are you digging for oyster shells in search of pearls?"

Last year, this old woman led the way in digging for pearls in the lake. Her second sister dug one and gave it to her grandmother, but she didn't find anything.

Not only her, but her second sister was the only one in her family to dig up that one. Her second sister even foolishly gave it to her grandmother, which made her so angry that she didn't talk to her second sister all night.

Now, is it time to dig for pearls again?

Then she must work harder this time, dig up more pearls, and hide them all away...

"Hmm? It's only been half a year, how could there be pearls? I wanted to see if there were any crabs or loaches, they're meat too."

The little girl didn't believe Yue Jiuyue's truth. She thought Yue Jiuyue was saying it on purpose to fool her so that her family could keep the pearl at the bottom of the lake for themselves.

"Oh, then I'll help Auntie dig!"

Trying to fool her? No way!