Third watch, requesting pink blossoms.
"I know. She calls me a hundred and eighty times a day, if I don't answer once, she says you went out. Your granny is really shrewd." Lady He said, contradicting what she said earlier, yet somehow not contradictory.
"So do you go back for meals? Does she give you food?" Lian Manman asked again.
"Why wouldn't I go back for meals? The grain harvested has my share, and so does the grain Erlang provides." Lady He was finally a bit moved, "You all have split off, living well, and only we are left suffering."
On this topic, she needed no prompting as Lady He went on and on.
"Everyone knows about the big boss and his son. They're just show-offs, useless in the fields. Just those two grown men aren't even worth one of our men. Inside the house and out, it's our people doing all the work." Lady He said, leaning forward towards Lady Zhao, even clapping her hands to show her indignation.
