Chapter 517 Starving Fiercely

Wang Yongzhu gave her a cold glance, "Since you've said it yourself, being the Wang Family's daughter-in-law and carrying a child, how could we let you work? I've watched with a cold eye, you can't even wash radishes cleanly, it seems you didn't do any work at the Sun Family either. We can't bear the responsibility if you come to work for our Wang Family and something happens, wouldn't people say it's our Wang Family's fault? I think you'd better—"

"Auntie! Auntie, I'm fine! My pregnancy isn't even showing yet! Besides, we peasant women are not so delicate, what's a pregnancy? It won't hinder my work, I'll go wash them now, I'll wash them now—" Sun Shitou's wife hurried back to the well, drawing water and starting to wash again.

Wang Yongzhu also knew that what Sun Shitou's wife said was the reality for the vast majority of peasant women.

Peasant women still worked while pregnant, some even gave birth in the fields, and others carried water to the fields with big bellies.