Zhang Shuiniang's face turned pale and then red. She had to be able to actually call upon her family members...
But if she can't be persuaded, wouldn't that make her seem unloved?
Li Jiaojiao said anxiously, "Hmph... Grandpa naturally couldn't bear to see my mother suffer. But, Grandpa never imagined that the Li family would be so pathetic, without even anyone to harvest the crops."
Li Zhiyuan was furious: "Then tell me, why don't we have anyone to harvest the crops? Aren't you surnamed Li? You and your brother are the youngest and strongest, so go down to the fields and harvest! If you go, we won't need your grandfather's help."
Ever since Li Jiaojiao made a foolish mistake and was swindled out of two hundred taels of silver, Li Zhiyuan has had a lot of complaints about her.
Then, one thing after another caused trouble at home, and Li Zhiyuan became increasingly impatient with Li Jiaojiao.
Li Jiaojiao's face froze. How could she do such lowly and rough work!
She is a reborn woman; she is different from them!
Besides, wouldn't harvesting crops in the fields be exhausting? Why should she suffer like that?
Li Ziming said, "Father, don't worry... We'll go to Grandpa's house to ask for people in a bit. It's not that we don't want to work, it's just that... Father and I are both scholars and can't do manual labor, but we are two grown men after all, and it would be really awkward to make a few women work in the fields."
Li Zhiyuan felt a little better and looked at Zhang Shuiniang: "Shuiniang, I need your help with this matter."
Zhang Shuiniang pouted and gave a haughty snort: "It's nothing."
...
Zhang Fuhu's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets as he looked at Zhang Shuiniang and her two children standing in front of him, asking him for help to harvest the wheat.
"I've never seen a daughter get married and then have her family reap the rewards. Aren't you lazy bums?"
"Are your hands or feet broken? You're all big and strong, yet you're so lazy! Why don't you just die! Get out of here!"
Zhang Shuiniang and the other two shrank back in shock at the insults.
Zhang Shuiniang gritted her teeth. If her family didn't help her, how could she maintain her air of a rich young lady in front of Li Zhiyuan?
Li Jiaojiao said, "If I remember correctly, the Zhang family has thirty mu of land registered under my father's name. How much land tax have we saved Grandpa? Humph, if Grandpa doesn't want it, then move those thirty mu of land out of the family and stop taking up the quota!"
"If we spread the word that thirty acres of land will be registered under my father's name, and he'll only pay us half the land tax, and he'll help us with the harvest and planting, plenty of people will be willing!"
"We're not asking for half of Grandpa's land tax; we're just asking him to send someone to do the work. Is that not allowed?"
Zhang Fuhu's expression changed.
Grandma Zhang quickly said, "Alright, alright. Shui Niang, you should go back first. I'll have Aunt He and Da Xing help you tomorrow."
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