In fact, most people are like this, not only now, but also in the future. Given the opportunity, who wouldn't want a son?

While others also loved their sons more, they didn't treat their daughters as badly as the Lin family.

"Yes, Lao Lin, your family can't go too far. Even the rats don't go to Yue'e's house anymore. You should return what belongs to Yue'e to the child, at least so that the child can survive. I went to check, and in the kitchen, there wasn't a single pot, not even a bowl or plate, not even a chopstick."

Grandma Wang lived right across from Lin Yue'e. How could she not know what Lin Yue'e's family situation was like?

"But Yue'e, your husband is gone, are you really going to have this child?"

The news that Zhang Tiedan wanted to marry Lin Yue'e was spread by Lin Jinbao yesterday, and now many people in the village know about it.

But if Lin Yue'e really wanted to keep Gu Jingyan's child, would Zhang Tiedan still marry her? In their opinion, Lin Yue'e was just a woman and shouldn't have kept the child.

If this child stays, Lin Yue'e will have a hard time making a living. Given her family's circumstances, how could they possibly take care of her?

"Although your mother was a bit wrong in this matter, what she said was the truth. You're all alone, and life won't be easy after this child is born."

In no time, the villagers all started to persuade Lin Yue'e.

Even Secretary Chen spoke up in disapproval:

"Yue'e, now those educated youth have either gone to school or returned to the city. You're not the only one in our village. Look at Li Shuang from the Li family, she had two children, one four years old and the other two years old, and that bastard surnamed Zhao just abandoned them. Li Shuang has her family taking care of her, so you can't argue too much with your parents."

Secretary Chen still felt it was Lin Yue'e's fault. Although she would suffer some losses, it was better than no one caring about her at all.

"Listen to what everyone is saying, that's the truth. Yue'e, I'm your mother, how could I not think of you? Just listen to your mother, this child can't be kept. Come with me to the hospital and get an abortion. We'll find you another one later. I think Zhang Tiedan is a good person. Although he's a few years older than you, Tiedan knows how to care for people."

Hearing so many people speaking up for her, Zhang Guifen immediately went up to Lin Yue'e and tried to take her hand.

"Secretary, I disagree with that. Although the child has lost his father, he still has me. As long as I work hard, I can support him. It's just that I can't do too much during my pregnancy, but I'll find a way."

Lin Yue'e thought to herself, "I have so much stuff in my space, not to mention supporting my daughter and me, I could support an entire village."

"You...you're being shameless..."

Lin Xiangqian thought that his daughter would have to give in and obey, get an abortion, and then marry Zhang Tiedan, so that his family could receive another dowry.

Unexpectedly, this brat insisted on giving birth to this bastard.

"Alright, alright, since you put it that way, here's a job cutting grass to feed the pigs and sheep, but it only pays two work points a day, and you probably won't get much grain, not even enough to feed yourself."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guifen immediately became smug and threatening:

"That's right, don't go back to your parents' house crying when you don't have enough to eat. Nobody has any surplus food."

Zhang Tiedan stood in the crowd, having just overheard everyone advising Lin Yue'e to have an abortion. He was wondering if he could marry her again.

Seeing that Lin Yue'e was determined to have that child, he became anxious.

"I won't ask you for anything else, but you have to give my things back. My pots and pans, my dishes, and my clothes and bedding. I don't want anything else from you besides these."

Lin Yue'e thought that at least these superficial things had to be recovered. As for the rest, such as the money and grain they had been tricked into giving her, she would settle accounts with them later.

Even if she were to use it to feed pigs in the future, she wouldn't want to give it away to this family.

"Fine, fine, go ahead and do it. I want to see how you manage without our help."

When Lin Xiangqian heard this wayward daughter bring up those things in front of so many people, he felt utterly humiliated. Enraged, he grabbed his tools and plunged into the cornfield.

"Hmph, what an ungrateful child I've raised."

Zhang Guifen neither said she would give nor refused, and like Lin Xiangqian, she went straight to the field.

"Uncle Chen, I know what I'm doing."

Lin Yue'e saw that Secretary Chen still looked like he wanted to persuade her.

"I'll go gather pig feed."

Others might not know, but how could she not know? It's only been two or three years. After this year, it should gradually become a responsibility-based farmland system. At that time, she and the child in her belly will be able to get a little over two acres of land.

Paying grain taxes is simple; you have your own grown grain in your spatial storage. The land allocated by the village is just for show.

If she can endure a few more years, and her child grows up, she can start her own business. She can make money doing any kind of business.

"Fine, since you insist, then so be it."

Secretary Chen now wondered if Gu Jingyan had really left money for Lin Yue'e when he left, otherwise how would she have dared not to earn work points?

Thankfully, the girl is now sober. She's stopped taking things from her parents' home and even knows to ask for them back.

Lin Yue'e took the sickle and the straw basket and headed towards the mountainside.

She wanted to find a less crowded place so she could utilize the space to store more grass and save some effort.

The pigs, sheep, and cattle in the village are all fed together, and she's not the only one doing the grass-cutting work; there are also some children and elderly people.

They're all just people who can't do much work, they just try to earn work points, cut some grass, and make sure the livestock don't go hungry.

And things are much more relaxed now. They're not as strict as they used to be.

Lin Yue'e found a rock on the mountain and sat down to enjoy the scenery.

The area below the mountain is mostly covered with vast cornfields. And people are quite busy there.

Luckily, I have an excuse to avoid doing heavy work, otherwise I would be exhausted.

After resting for a while, Lin Yue'e began to cut grass. She piled the cut grass into heaps. Cutting grass was not a heavy job, but the heavy job was to carry it from the mountain to the cowshed at the entrance of the village, where several former intellectuals who had been sent down to the countryside lived.

I've only been working for two hours, and the grass in the space is piled up like a mountain. This is definitely enough for today.

She then symbolically carried a basket of grass down the mountain. Unexpectedly, carrying the basket of grass felt effortless. She then realized that the spiritual spring water in that space must be useful, just not very noticeable. Drinking it regularly would definitely be good for her health.

She still needs to register with Secretary Chen; she has to collect ten baskets of grass a day.

I handed in four baskets by noon. I can't hand them all in now. If I hand in all ten baskets, people will see that I'm idle and they'll gossip. So this work has to be done slowly, and I have to know how to dawdle.

Nobody wants to put in the effort; they'll put off the work as long as possible. Even those who are currently working are the same; they just want to finish their tasks for the day before the workday ends.

Finally, after finishing work at 4:30 pm, Lin Yue'e had already returned and was sitting at the entrance of the Lin family's house waiting. She had to get her things back today.

When the Lin family returned home, they saw her from afar. Their faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.

She actually dared to come and ask for it back, but things that have already entered her own home are just a pipe dream, no way.

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