She fought back tears and continued, "He also said that if I couldn't get this land in order, he absolutely wouldn't let me step into the house."
"But look at this! It's such a big piece of land. I've been working on it since morning, and I've only managed to tidy up a tiny bit of it. Even if I had three more days and three nights, I'm afraid I still wouldn't be able to complete this arduous task!"
"I'm afraid to go back. If I go back like this, my mother-in-law will definitely scold me severely again. Waaah..."
In the end, Ma Aning could no longer hold back her grievances, and tears rolled down her cheeks like beads from a broken string.
"Old Mrs. Shen is going too far! Your belly is so big, how can you possibly finish cleaning such a large area?" Doctor Shen said angrily.
At this moment, Ma Quan and Wen Li came over carrying a basket of eggs and wild vegetables.
"Girl, Dr. Shen, what are you doing here?" Wenli asked in confusion.
"Mom and Dad, what brings you here? I was out for a walk and got so tired that I sat down to rest. I just happened to run into Dr. Shen, who was returning from a house call." Ma Aning pretended not to dare tell her parents the truth.
She looked at Doctor Shen with pleading in her eyes.
"Father, Mother, you still haven't told me why you're here," Ma Aning changed the subject.
Wenli smiled and held up the basket in her hand, "I brought you a basket of eggs and some dried vegetables."
Ma Aning's eyes were red; her parents and two younger brothers had given her all the good things they had.
"Father and Mother, please take these back and eat them. I have food. You should take good care of yourselves. Don't be stingy with the eggs," Ma Aning said, holding back her tears.
"Why should we eat such expensive things at our age? Your two younger brothers are strong and healthy, they don't need any supplements. It's you who's pregnant. If you don't eat something good, how will the baby get nutrition?"
Upon hearing her mother's words, Ma Aning could no longer hold back her tears.
"Mom, take it back. Even if you send it over, I won't be able to eat it. Every time you leave, my mother-in-law takes the eggs." Ma Aning couldn't hold back any longer and poured out all her grievances.
This includes washing the family's clothes and working in the fields.
Although it wasn't the first time the elderly couple had heard this, they were still very angry.
"Father, Mother, I don't want to be here, I want to go home." Ma Aning's tears flowed more and more as she spoke.
"This is outrageous! Shen Zishan promised you so readily when he married you, and it hasn't been that long!" Ma Quan roared angrily.
“Come home with me, we won’t put up with this humiliation,” Ma Quan said, pulling Ma Aning back home.
Wenli wiped away her tears, picked up the eggs, and followed. After a few steps, she turned back and said, "Dr. Shen, thank you. We'll be going now."
Dr. Shen was dumbfounded. "What's going on?" He quickly ran back.
Dr. Shen ran back to the village, panting, and arrived at Shen Zishan's house. "Old Shen, Old Shen, are you home?"
He had just returned from the fields and was smoking a pipe under the eaves.
"Shen Laosan, what are you doing? Why are you yelling like that?" He put down his pipe heavily.
"Your third daughter-in-law has been taken back to her parents' home," Doctor Shen said, panting heavily.
"What do you mean, 'brought back to her parents' home'? How did you bring her back to her parents' home? Explain yourself clearly." The question was heavy with doubt.
"Oh dear, there's no time to talk, hurry up and come with me to catch up with your in-laws." Doctor Shen anxiously pulled on the heavy arm, wanting to chase after them.
"Oh dear, it's just him going back to his parents' home, what's the rush?" He pulled his arm away slowly and deliberately.
"You! Fine! You're more anxious than an emperor. Don't blame me for not warning you later, this time it won't be so easy to resolve." Doctor Shen calmed down and stopped rushing around.
"Shen Laosan, tell me what's going on? Why was my third daughter-in-law taken back to her parents' home?" Shen Chen asked, taking a deep drag on his pipe.
Dr. Shen looked at Henry with suspicion. "Are you really unaware, or are you pretending not to know? I don't believe you're unaware of the situation at home."
"What could possibly be wrong at home? Everyone gets by like this." Hen Chen said dismissively.
Old Mrs. Shen, Qian Daniu, came out of the kitchen. "Hey, Shen Laosan, what brings you to my house? You're just spouting nonsense."
"Since you're not in a hurry, I don't have anything else to say. I just came to let you know that your daughter-in-law fainted in the field, but I managed to wake her up."
"Her parents happened to come to see her with a basket of eggs and dried vegetables. They discovered all the abuse their third son's wife had suffered at your house and took her back," Dr. Shen said directly.
The heavy pipe in his hand fell to the ground. "What the hell? What abuse did you suffer in my house?"
"Brother Chong, don't tell me you didn't know that your wife has been abusing your third son's wife at home." Doctor Shen said with a heavy heart.
He looked heavily at Qian Danu and asked, "Old woman, what have you been doing?"
Qian Danu (from now on, we'll call her Qian Danu, not Zhao Laotaipo) darted around, "What could I have done? I really didn't do anything! I just did a little bit of chores, so what? Why are you being so delicate?"
"She actually ran back to her parents' home! Humph, if she's so capable, then she should never come back!" Qian Daniu shouted indignantly, hands on her hips.
He pointed angrily at Qian Daniu and cursed, "You good-for-nothing! Your third daughter-in-law is already so pregnant, and you still make her do chores? What are you thinking?"
Hearing the harsh scolding, Qian Daniu felt a little guilty, but she still replied stubbornly, "Oh, I didn't make her do any heavy work! I just asked her to help wash a few clothes and then go to the field to pull some weeds. How tiring could that be?"
“When I was pregnant, I still had to work in the fields, but she was treated like a precious treasure,” Qian Danu complained indignantly.
Heavy wasn't buying it. He glared at her, his anger rising, and roared, "You ungrateful good-for-nothing! Those were all tasks assigned to you. I specifically assigned you easier tasks and didn't make you work in the fields."
"I only asked you to do some light housework. I never expected you to go so far as to push all the work onto that pregnant mistress. You're simply..."
He roared in uncontrollable rage, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes wide open as if they could spit fire.
Before he could finish speaking, he raised his right hand high, drawing an arc in the air, as if he was about to slap Qian Daniu hard across the face.
The palm, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, was about to land on Qian Daniu's fat face.
Seeing this, Qian Daniu turned pale with fright, and her fat body trembled.
Like a startled, fat rabbit, it hurriedly dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack.
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