Two meals a day, feeding the chickens and geese, herding the cattle and feeding the pigs, cutting pig feed. Three days after giving birth to her baby, Lu Xiaomei was made to work, carrying the baby on her back to cook, wash clothes for the family, and cut pig feed.
He couldn't neglect any aspect of life, and finally one day, he couldn't get up anymore.
The old lady indirectly accused Lu Xiaomei of faking illness to avoid working in the fields, saying that she herself had been bedridden for half a year. At first, Lu Xiaomei was still able to eat one meal a day, but in the first month after Ge Sanlin returned, she wouldn't give Lu Xiaomei any food for two or three days at a time.
Sometimes, Little Bean would bring back half a steamed bun for Little Sister Lu.
Until Xiaoyue arrived, and she saw someone completely different from herself.
I vent my anger whenever I feel it, and I never let others wrong me, no matter how good or bad things are for me.
She refused to be Ge Sanlin's concubine, treated him and Xiaodouding equally well, and found him a doctor despite Old Madam Ge's objections.
When he was wronged, he stood up and protected himself.
The thought that once she recovered, the Ge family might start bothering Xiaoyue again made Lu Xiaomei frown.
Xiaoyue had been secretly observing Lu Xiaomei. Seeing her frown, she quickly asked with concern, "What's wrong, Third Sister-in-law?"
After Lu Xiaomei finished expressing her concerns, Xiaoyue smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Ge family wants you to go home, but unless you're willing, no one can take you away, including Ge Sanlin."
Lu Xiaomei's eyes widened in surprise. "You?" she exclaimed.
"Yes, I will make them compensate me for my money."
"What money?"
"Don't forget you're the Ge family's daughter-in-law. Your food, lodging, and medicine might cost a hundred taels of silver. They only pay three taels of silver for a wife. I don't believe they'd spend that much to redeem you."
"Based on my understanding of the Ge family, they wouldn't do that."
"Wouldn't that ruin your reputation?" Lu Xiaoyue said.
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