When Old Woman Fu learned that her granddaughter-in-law’s family had hired a cook and were eating fish and meat every day, she insisted on swapping places with her daughter-in-law, Yingzi. She wanted to go to the Zhao household to do the cleaning and laundry, while forcing Yingzi to return to the Fu home to wait on Fu Yaozu alone.
Yingzi did not want to switch. Life at her son-in-law’s house was wonderful; the work was light and she ate well every day. If she returned to the Fu house, never mind whether she would be able to eat meat, the sheer exhaustion of waiting on her son alone would be enough to kill her. However, Old Woman Fu pulled rank as her mother-in-law to pressure her, insisting that she had no choice but to comply.
Once at the Zhao residence, Old Woman Fu took advantage of her status as Fu Yuanlin’s grandmother to put on airs. She would do a little work, then spend the rest of the time nagging.
Chapter 1058