"Me? Let whoever wants to do it do it, I certainly won't!"
The younger brother quickly shook his head, fearing that staying there any longer would get him into trouble, and hurriedly ran away.
Gan Tao Niang glared at her son, then turned to her daughter and made her decision:
"I think you should come home every day. Otherwise, if you leave and I'm sick, who will do all the housework?"
Gan Taomu said calmly, her face expressionless: "My younger brothers are all grown up now, it's time for them to learn how to do chores."
Gan Taoniang denied it without hesitation: "How can that be? This is not a job for men."
After saying that, she realized her words were somewhat biased and awkwardly laughed to make amends:
"The main problem is that they are still too young, how could they understand what they are doing... Tao'er, things are difficult at home right now, so I can only ask you to work harder."
Gan Tao sneered, "I know my family is struggling, so I want to earn more money. Staying there will not only earn me fifteen more coins a day, but I'll also save on two meals. Over a month, that'll add up to several hundred coins more."
Gan Tao Niang knew this perfectly well, but thinking that if her daughter didn't come home, all the housework would be enough to give her a headache, she still insisted:
"Let's choose the class that costs 45 coins a day."
Although she had known for a long time that her mother would make this choice, Gan Tao still couldn't help but ask her after hearing it with her own ears:
"It's alright now, but in winter the days are short and the nights are long. Mother, have you ever thought that even if I set off back at half past noon, it might be completely dark before I even get halfway there?"
"It's not that exaggerated. Besides, times are good these days. Even if you're black, you're not afraid. Nothing will happen!"
Gan Tao Niang's eyes darted around, a little guilty, but she insisted on not giving in. Worried that her daughter wanted to stay at the restaurant, she quickly made up an excuse:
"Actually, I'm doing this for your own good. Your affair with Gan Quan was known throughout the village. If you stay at the restaurant and spend your days and nights with Gan Quan... who knows what rumors will spread in the village?"
Gan Tao had long considered that if she went to the restaurant, the villagers might gossip, but she never expected that even her own mother would say such things about her, and anger welled up in her heart.
She stood up abruptly, but when she saw the impatience hidden in her mother's eyes, a wave of exhaustion washed over her. She had no strength left and didn't want to argue anymore, so she turned and went back into the house.
Seeing the door slam shut, Gan Tao Niang was furious.
This girl's temper is getting worse and worse!
Moreover, she hasn't even said whether she agrees or not to work for forty-five coins a day!
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