Ideals are lofty, but reality is harsh.

When the two women saw what Grandma Sun had prepared for them, their faces turned ashen.

"Mom, we've come all this way for us to come back, and this is all you've prepared?"

Looking at the two half-sacks of grain, two hoes, and two sickles placed in front of them.

"What are you saying, child? If I gave you more, could you even carry it?"

Old Liu tapped his pipe. Don't think he didn't know what the two young girls were thinking. The old woman was soft-hearted, and he couldn't be fooled.

When they first arrived at this place, they had nothing either.

It's already quite good that he's willing to provide some grain and farm tools to his two daughters' families.

You have to understand, each of these farm tools cost a fortune to acquire.

This dynasty had very strict control over ironware; even exchanging old for new would cost a lot of money.

Many families can use the same kitchen knife for a lifetime.

Every household needs repairs and maintenance, and we use it year after year.

Moreover, it is currently the time of transition from spring to summer, and wild vegetables are everywhere on the mountains and fields.

If you're diligent, it's not difficult to fill your stomach at this time of year.

It's said that you can help someone in an emergency, but not someone who is poor. It's impossible for the two daughters to move all of Old Liu's belongings to their husband's house.

Moreover, everything in the house was earned by the eldest son and his wife; the elderly couple are too old to earn any more.

He wouldn't risk offending his eldest daughter-in-law for the sake of his two greedy daughters.

"Father, my eldest sister and I have always been diligent."

"Leaving aside the farm tools, the grain is really too little. What use is this?"

"I'm not saying we should get four or five hundred catties, but we should at least get 100 catties of grain, right?"

Liu Erya was somewhat unwilling, and after much pleading with the old lady, she only managed to get 100 coins.

Although her family unexpectedly provided farm tools, the amount of grain was far too little.

"You make it sound so easy. If you give each person 100 jin, that's 200 jin of grain!"

"These days, the normal yield per mu is only a little over 200 jin. So, it seems like we, an old couple, have been working for nothing, and all the money we earned has gone to subsidize your two families?"

"Are you trying to leave us two old folks starving?"

Liu Erya's words broke Old Man Liu's heart.

He couldn't use his son's earnings to subsidize his daughter; the grain was what the elderly couple had saved up on their own.

Don't underestimate the small amount of grain (50 or 60 jin), because in those days, the average yield per mu was only 200 to 300 jin.

If it weren't for the grain seeds that Lin Xue provided, Qingshan Village's grain production wouldn't have reached five or six hundred jin.

But this matter cannot be spread, and everyone must keep it strictly confidential.

"Dad, please don't be angry!"

"My second sister is too young to understand this!"

Although Liu Daya was unwilling, she also understood that the yield per mu was only two or three hundred jin now, and normally it could not reach three hundred jin.

The food their parents gave them was enough to last them a month.

A month later, the vegetables at home were planted. If we could just hold on a little longer, we could get through this difficult period once the grain was harvested.

Besides, if she takes fifty or sixty pounds this time, she can just come back to her parents' house to beg for money again next time.

When Liu Erya heard her older sister say that, her expression softened.

"Father, it's all my fault!"

"I never expected that fleeing this famine would empty my family's savings. I was so anxious that I said the wrong thing!"

Liu Erya could tell what her eldest sister meant just by looking at her expression.

These two sisters really have a telepathic connection.

After seeing her two sisters-in-law off, Wang went to Lin Xue's place.

"Xue Niang, you don't understand. Those two sisters-in-law are absolutely heartless."

"Back when you two weren't married into this family, you caused me a lot of trouble!"

"My parents just gave those two ungrateful people a lot of things, and they didn't even say thank you once. They even complained that it wasn't enough!"

"Sister-in-law, you have no idea!"

"My heart is so heavy..."

As Wang spoke, tears began to fall from her eyes.

Despite treating her in-laws like her own parents, they still sided with her two sisters-in-law.

Wang felt truly wronged.

I wonder what my own parents are like. If my own parents came to ask for my help, I wonder if my in-laws would be as generous as they are today?

"Sister-in-law, how about I take you out to earn some money?"

Wang was heartbroken and upset, so she came to Lin Xue to vent her frustrations.

He didn't expect Lin Xue to help him with anything.

"Oh dear, what a life I have..."

Wang wanted to cry again, but when she realized what her third sister-in-law had just said, she immediately stopped crying.

"Third sister-in-law, what did you just say? You're going to help me make money?"

After a long while of crying, Wang Shi, who was still in a daze, finally remembered what Lin Xue had just said.

"I'm so bored staying at home all day, busy with the meager harvest in the fields! To be honest, I'm dying of boredom!"

"How about I take you out to earn some money, and I'll bring your second sister-in-law along too!"

“If the three of us sisters-in-law make something of ourselves, then even our in-laws and the men of the Liu family will no longer dare to ignore us!”

Since becoming pregnant, Lin Xue has been protected by Lao Liu's family, who forbid her from doing this and that.

In addition, her husband Liu Qing was a henpecked husband who never let her do any housework.

Lin Xue felt that she was born to enjoy life, except for occasionally earning a little money by treating villagers and prescribing medicine.

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