I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

Zhao Tao came out with a mission, otherwise why would Old Lady Yang let her out? If she went back without completing the mission, who knows how Old Lady Yang would scold her.

Ever since she married into the Shen family, she realized how difficult life was for the Shen family. In order to support Shen Wenren's studies, the whole family had to live frugally and eat only coarse food, and all the expenses in the family were spent on Shen Wenren first.

Although she is Shen Wenren's wife, the treatment she receives is completely different.

The Shen family has not split up. More than 20 people in the family live in one courtyard. Old Lady Yang has four sons. In addition to Shen Wenren, there are five other grandsons. All the money earned is given to Old Lady Yang to manage.

Over the years, the other three families have long been dissatisfied with this. Why should their sons use their hard-earned money to support their cousin's studies, while Shen Wenren can enjoy the best treatment in the family without doing anything? If Shen Wenren can pass the examination next year, this family may be able to survive...

Zhao Tao had never thought about what would happen if Shen Wenren failed the examination to become a scholar. She didn't dare to think about it. After all, this was the good marriage she had worked so hard to get, how could he fail?

Shen Wenren's father was the fourth son of the family and had only one son, Shen Wenren. He had four daughters. It would have been fine if all the aunts were married, but she had five cousins-in-law above her!

Before Zhao Tao entered the Shen family, her five cousins ​​took turns doing housework. But since she entered the family, her grandmother-in-law would assign her work to do every day, from morning to night. She always complained that she was not doing well enough and said that her previous good reputation was made up by her family.

In fact, Zhao Tao didn't do much housework before she got married. It's not that Old Lady Zhao was partial to her and didn't let her do it, but that she would every now and then make the excuse of not feeling well and ask Zhao Li to do the housework. Every time Zhao Tao pretended to be unwell, Zhao Li would believe her and let her go into the house to have a good rest.

Gradually, Zhao Li felt that her cousin was too weak and rushed to do any work.

As for Zhao Tao's good reputation for being a hard worker, it was of course spread by her mother, Li.

People often compare the sisters Zhao Tao and Zhao Li. When you see Zhao Li's fair complexion, you know she definitely doesn't do much housework at home. Although Zhao Tao is not very dark, she looks much darker when compared with Zhao Li. Naturally, people think that she got tanned from working so often.

Zhou was so busy every day that she had no chance to defend Zhao Li.

Who would have thought that Zhao Li has a physique that won’t get tanned?

Now that it was time to test her true abilities, she was exposed, wasn't she? Old Lady Yang saw that she couldn't do anything well, so she naturally wanted to teach her how to work while she still had the strength to manage the household. Otherwise, how could she expect her to take good care of her precious grandson in the future?

Seeing that Zhao Li was still hesitating, Zhao Tao's face turned ugly: "Li'er, we are cousins, we grew up together, and we have only been married for a few days. I asked you for such a small thing and you are unwilling to help me?"

"I have to discuss this with my husband first, cousin. It's not that I don't want to help you..." Zhao Li frowned. Of course she wanted to help her cousin, but she didn't have the final say in family matters.

"Will he agree to help you if you discuss it with him?" Zhao Tao continued to complain, "If it weren't for the fact that the herbs Ye Ze made could be sold for money, why would the villagers stop doing odd jobs and run up the mountain to look for herbs?"

In fact, they all went up the mountain with a fluke mentality, thinking that Ye Ze, who was not very good at making money by selling herbs, why couldn't they? Besides, they might not be able to find a job in the town.

If it was just a little bit of herbs, no one would be so embarrassed to ask for help, but yesterday almost all the members of the Shen family went up the mountain to look for herbs, and everyone dug up several baskets. If it were exchanged for copper coins, it would be about two or three hundred coins, right?

Not to mention others, even Zhao Tao's family dug back several baskets of herbs. Everyone hoped that after selling the herbs, they would have money to buy food. Otherwise, who would feel comfortable if they didn't sell them?

Zhao Li helplessly said, "How can you blame him? He didn't ask them to all go..."

"Li'er, why have you become like this? He was the one who first suggested collecting herbs. Tell me, who should we blame if not him?" Zhao Tao looked at her with disappointment, as if she didn't know Zhao Li.

Zhao Li: “…”

"Why don't you go in when your cousin comes?"

Just when Zhao Li didn't know how to answer Zhao Tao, Ye Ze's voice suddenly came from not far away, and the two sisters turned their heads to look over at the same time.

Zhao Li blinked her big eyes and looked at him: "Why are you back?"

"There's nothing you need my help with, so I came back." Ye Ze said with a relaxed smile.

Just now he saw Zhao Tao coming to see Zhao Li from a distance. He wanted to remind Zhao Li last time to have less contact with Zhao Tao in the future, but he never found a chance to explain it to Zhao Li. Who knew that Zhao Tao came to see her again just two days later. Ye Ze knew why Zhao Tao came this time, but she came to see him because she was worried.

Zhao Tao looked at the direction where Ye Ze was coming from, quietly tugged at the corner of Zhao Li's clothes, turned her back to Ye Ze, looked at Zhao Li with a reproachful look and whispered: "He's coming, tell him quickly and ask him to agree to accept it."

Zhao Li pursed her lips and nodded in agreement. When Ye Ze came closer, she asked, "Husband, do we still collect herbs at home?"

Ye Ze raised his lip. As expected, those people saw that they couldn't convince him, so they went directly to find Zhao Tao and asked Zhao Tao to plead with Zhao Li.

"Hello, what's wrong?

Zhao Li: "Then...can you help my cousins?"

Zhao Tao also turned to look at him. Would he agree? After all, he was so good to Zhao Li. Even if Zhao Tao didn't want to admit it, she had to say that Ye Ze was really good to Zhao Li.

Ye Ze said, "I've seen what they brought. Most of them are dandelions and plantains. These are herbs, or wild vegetables. They are good to wash and dry, and can also be used to make tea. Why do they have to be sold?"

"This... who would keep the vegetables to dry if they can be sold for money? You can buy anything with the money," Zhao Tao retorted.

Ye Ze shrugged: "It's up to you, but what does it have to do with me?"

"We all live in the same village, can't you help out? It's obviously a simple thing for you. How can you be so cold-hearted?" Zhao Tao angrily accused.

I really gave you face, didn't I?! You don't even have the attitude to ask for help, do you think I'm easy to talk to? Ye Ze's face turned cold: "Do they have anything to do with me? You are so enthusiastic, just keep it." If it wasn't for Zhao Li's face, Ye Ze would not bother to say a word to her.

Zhao Tao choked and said in a weaker tone: "You, can't you do this for the sake of me being Li'er's cousin?"

Ye Ze shook his head: "I won't do anything that is thankless. Since cousin has nothing else to say, please go back." After Ye Ze finished speaking, he walked past Zhao Tao and took Zhao Li home.

Just let Zhao Tao stand outside the door, jumping up and down in anger.

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