Yu Jiao smiled and said nothing.

When they arrived at the field, Song saw Yu Gancao and his wife coming to help, and greeted them with a smile.

Although Li Hanqiu is a little fat, he and his wife are both good at farm work. With the help of Yu Gancao and his wife, the work in the fields can be done much faster.

At night, Song went to her neighbor Wang's house to borrow an ox cart, bundled the wheat that had been harvested during the day, and pulled it home on the ox cart. It took more than ten trips back and forth before all the wheat that had been harvested in the field was pulled home.

During dinner, Zhao couldn't help but tease the eldest wife, "Sister-in-law, you and the eldest brother are so lazy. You just leave all the work in the fields to us? Say you are sick. Our father is a doctor. Ask him to prescribe a prescription for you. Hurry up and go to work in the fields!"

Zhang said nothing and just lowered her head to eat. Yu Qiaoshan sighed. He wanted to go to the fields to work, but Zhang would not let him.

Yu Ruhai frowned and glanced at Yu Qiaoshan and his wife, feeling dissatisfied. Just because he was going to the county school, now his words as the head of the family were no longer effective and they even dared to go against him.

"Boss, you all go to the fields to harvest wheat tomorrow." Yu Ruhai said.

Zhang smiled coldly in her heart. No good things would ever happen to their eldest wife. Whenever it came to work, they would be the ones who were thought of.

"My chest hurts, and my eldest son has a headache, so we can't get out of bed." Zhang glanced at Yu Hanshan and his wife, "The third son and his wife are so capable, why do we need to get out of bed!"

After saying that, he put down his bowl, pulled Yu Qiaoshan and went back to the east room.

Yu Ruhai angrily threw his chopsticks on the table and was speechless for a long time.

Yu Zhou was busy trying to comfort her in a soft and gentle voice.

Yu Gancao and his wife felt very uncomfortable staying at the dinner table and did not dare to continue eating. They quietly put down their bowls and chopsticks and went back to the room to persuade Zhang.

After dinner, Yu Jiao took a walk in the small courtyard to digest the food as usual. After washing the pots and bowls in the kitchen, Song took out a linen sheet made of rags and, with the help of Yu Mengshan, spread it in the yard. She also put the harvested wheat ears on the linen sheet.

Yu Jiao found it very novel and helped to pick up a lot of wheat ears. When the whole linen sheet was covered with a thick layer of wheat ears, Song pulled the round stone mill from the corner onto the sheet and rolled it back and forth on the wheat ears with a grunt.

"Are you husking the wheat?" Yu Jiao asked curiously.

Song nodded, wiped the sweat from her face with the towel around her neck, and continued running while pulling the millstone with difficulty.

In the past, these heavy work were done by the men of the Yu family, but now Yu Mengshan has a broken leg, the eldest son and his wife are angry with the old man, and the third son Yu Hanshan is lazy, so Song can only do it herself. The wheat has been harvested, and they can't just leave it there.

Yu Qiaoshan in the west room heard the noise in the yard and said in a muffled voice, "I'm going to grind the wheat."

Zhang glared at him, and Yu Gancao quickly smiled and pushed Yu Qiaoshan, "Dad, you should go quickly. Second Aunt is exhausted by herself. I will persuade Mom again."

Zhang snorted, "Don't try to persuade me. Your grandparents are too biased. As long as they don't agree to send Zhizhou to the county school, I won't be able to do the farm work!"

Yu Gancao had been trying to persuade her mother for quite a while, but seeing that her mother was unmoved, she could only say, "Third uncle and third aunt are not hard-working people at all. They went to the fields to cut less than a bundle of wheat and then sat on the ridge to rest. You and dad didn't go to the fields, and Second aunt was exhausted."

Zhang still refused to give in. Yu Gancao sighed, "Mom, Han Qiu and I have to go home tomorrow, and we can't help Second Aunt with much work. Second Uncle's legs are in that condition. What if Second Aunt gets sick from exhaustion?"

"You and Han Qiu are leaving tomorrow?" Zhang got up quickly, dug out a basket of duck eggs from the bottom of the cabinet, counted out more than 20 eggs and put them in a cloth bag, "These are given by your eldest sister-in-law's family. Mother has been hiding them. Take these home."

Looking at the bag of duck eggs, Yu Gancao was happy. If she took them home, her mother-in-law might look better. But she still refused, "No, these are brought by my sister-in-law from her parents' home. How can I take them?"

"Take it back and feed it to the little girl. Your mother-in-law is always shrewd. It's the busy farming season now. Did she say anything when you brought Han Qiu to work?" Zhang said.

Yu Gancao smiled bitterly, not wanting to say more and make Zhang worry, so he just shook his head and said, "No, I didn't say anything."

Zhang was relieved. "It's good that she didn't say anything. Your mother-in-law is very troublesome. You and Han Qiu only have a little girl. It's time to try hard to have another one. It's better to have a boy as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Yu Gancao's face showed a trace of sadness. She has not been pregnant since her miscarriage three years ago. Her mother-in-law, who was already difficult to get along with, is now making things even more difficult for her.

Seeing the look on Yu Gancao's face, Zhang's heart sank and she asked, "Gancao, you haven't sent any news in the past three years. Could it be that something is wrong with your body?"

She pulled the corners of her lips, pretending to be nothing, and shook her head with a smile, "Mom, don't think too much. I'm in good health. There's nothing wrong with me."

Zhang didn't notice her abnormality and still asked doubtfully, "Is there really nothing wrong with you? Could it be that your son-in-law..."

Yu Gancao quickly interrupted, "Mom, don't talk nonsense, Han Qiu is in good health!"

"You're feeling well now, so just get another one. Gancao, you have to keep this matter in mind." Zhang reached out to pull Yu Gancao, wanting her to sit on the edge of the bed so that the mother and daughter could have a good chat.

Who knew that as soon as she touched Yu Gancao's arm, her face turned pale and she dodged away in panic.

This sudden and abnormal action made Zhang's face change. She grabbed Yu Gancao's arm hidden behind his back, rolled up his sleeves, and all she could see were purple bruises.

Zhang was immediately furious and asked angrily, "How did this happen? Did Li Hanqiu hit you?"

As he said this, he was about to go find Li Hanqiu who was talking to Grandpa Yu in the main room.

Yu Gancao hurriedly stopped him and explained in a panic, lowering his voice, "Mom, this has nothing to do with Hanqiu. I accidentally touched it."

Zhang was both distressed and angry. With red eyes, she gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think I'm a fool? This is clearly twisted and twisted. Is it your mother-in-law who is so insidious?"

Yu Gancao wanted to say no, but before she opened her mouth, tears fell. She hurriedly wiped them away. She didn't want to cry, but when her mother asked her this, all the grievances in her heart came up.

"How dare that wicked old woman from the Li family torture you like this? You're such a jerk to Li Hanqiu!" Zhang felt as if a fire was burning in her heart. She turned around and rushed out the door to settle the score with Li Hanqiu.

Yu Gancao quickly grabbed Zhang and defended her husband, "Mother, it has nothing to do with Han Qiu. He has always protected me and Yu Jie'er in front of mother-in-law. Mother-in-law attacked me when Han Qiu was not around."

Zhang grabbed Yi Gancao's other arm, lifted up her sleeves and saw that it was also covered with purple bruises. Zhang gnashed her teeth in hatred and asked, "Can't Li Hanqiu see the condition of your body?"