Qian Hongmei urged her, "Sister-in-law, this is how it is once you're married. You can't expect it to be like when you were a girl at home. Once you're with your husband's family, you have to live according to their moods. You need to look on the bright side—isn't it just a bit more housework? Look at all the girls in our village who have married off; which one of them doesn't have to work in the fields to earn work points, only to come home and do more chores, serving their entire husband's family? Everyone has lived like this. You only have to do some chores; you don't even have to work in the fields. You're already luckier than most people. Sister-in-law, you should be content."
But Ma Xiangling was not content.
There were three daughters-in-law in the house. The eldest and the third didn't have to do a lick of housework; they even made her wash their clothes. On what grounds? They weren't paying her a salary.
Chapter 490