"Such thoughts are no good, this home isn't just yours alone. Seeing you work so hard every day, I want to contribute to our home too. Even Dalang and the children know to pick up firewood from the mountainside to ease the household burden. As their mother, how can I be inferior to the children? Besides, I won't be going to the market alone to sell things. All the village daughters-in-law do it, so please just let me go."
No matter what, for his peace of mind, Zhao Erhu was determined not to let Lin Yue go. "How can that be the same? The long-tongued and brassy wives in the village cannot compare to you. You're young and naive, not knowing how dangerous those outsiders can be. They seem nice and friendly on the surface, but they're all full of schemes inside. And you, being pretty—if those with bad intentions deceive you, what then?"