The old lady worked for two days and then quit, saying to everyone she met that the Tian Family was stingy, paying one person's wage and expecting the work of three or four. Only a fool would go there.
Gradually, the reputation of the Tian Family spread among traffickers, and no one wanted to deal with them.
Eventually, they were left with no choice but to buy two maids for rough work.
Later, they seized the opportunity on the fifteenth to offer porridge and distribute grain under the guise of praying for their pregnant daughter-in-law, and even donated silver to a countryside temple to gild the statue of Guanyin, the deity of childbirth.
For a time, this managed to suppress the stingy reputation of the Tian Family, instead spreading a charitable name far and wide.
Wang Yongzhu, however, had no time to worry about the Tian Family as she was busy learning medical techniques from Imperial Doctor Du.
