She cannot tell her eldest daughter that she's been pretending to be sick just to make her do more work.
"Mom, let's go, if you don't bring money, we can charge it to Dad's account."
The steel factory has its own hospital, and family members can see a doctor without bringing money, they just charge it to the household's steel factory employee account.
Yuan Chun dragged Mrs. Zhong along.
Someone saw them and asked, "Yuan Chun, where are you taking your mom?"
"Oh, Aunt Zhao, my mom's health has been so weak, she can't even do basic cooking, laundry, or cleaning. Just think, she's still so young, not even forty, and already in poor health. I feel bad for her, so I want to take her to the hospital for a checkup. But my mom doesn't want to go."
"Ms. Ma, this isn't right, your health is poor and your child is so filial. You should go for a check-up. But Ms. Ma, you look pretty healthy to me. Are you really too weak to do housework?"
