"You? Can you handle it?" Old Mrs. Yu asked, her tone skeptical.
Mrs. Li patted her chest, making a guarantee, "Of course! You always said I laze around in this house, haven't you?
This task of nursing the baby is hard work, what with feeding and diaper changing, sometimes getting up two or three times at night. If I take on this task, I can't be lazy anymore, can I?"
Mrs. Li's explanation eased some of Old Mrs. Yu's concerns.
She thought, Mrs. Li always eats and drinks for free in this household, doesn't do any work. It's fine for a short while, but over time the whole family would have complaints.
So, it's better to find some work for her!
Just as Mrs. Li herself said, nursing a baby is hard work!
Perhaps, through early rising and late retiring, knowing life's hardships, she'd mend her ways and be a decent person?
Thinking this, a decision formed in her heart!
