Chapter 295 Thoughts
Therefore, Eldest Sister-in-law Lin simply gave up the idea of finding a husband for her sister-in-law and began to use her as a long-term laborer who didn’t cost a penny.
Initially, Lady Lin felt somewhat embarrassed to be eating and living at her brother and sister-in-law’s home for free, even though it was her parents’ home. But as a married woman who returns to her parents’ house, she lacked confidence.
So she took to cooking and laundry, grabbing any household chore she could do.
Later, when her sister-in-law sent her to the fields to work, she was reluctant. But, without having found a man of her own and with nowhere else to go, she had to endure it.
But Lady Lin hadn’t expected that the Lin Family, which had not yet split its household, would rely on her alone for their several acres of land. No matter how capable she was, she was still a woman, and her physical strength could not keep up.
The most hateful thing was that Eldest Sister-in-law Lin set her daily work at the same level as that of other families’ men; she had to prepare breakfast for the whole family every morning, only get half a vegetable bun to eat with cold water before heading to the fields.
At noon, she had to rush back home to clean up the dishes and wash the entire family’s clothes.
Once she finished that, she had to head back to the fields to continue working until it got dark. She didn’t even have time to drink water before preparing the entire family’s dinner.
For dinner, she also only got half a vegetable bun with a bowl of rice soup so watery she could see her reflection in it.
After the Lin family had cooled off in the courtyard or gone to bed, she still had to wash dishes in the dark before she could sleep.
At first, she compressed with her nieces in the Lin Family home, but then they began complaining that it was too hot and that her snoring kept them from sleeping.