At the mention of work, He Ze lowered his eyes in shame. Back when he had just been fired, Gu Yuwei had also run off. He had to look for Gu Yuwei while also taking care of the children, and every day was a complete mess. On top of that, whenever he went out to work in the fields, he would always hear people gossiping about him behind his back. He Ze felt like he couldn't even hold his head up.
He had been a worker for several years and suddenly felt as if he no longer knew how to work the fields. It was like he was wearing Kong Yiji's long gown and couldn't take it off. But he still had children at home to raise, mouths waiting to be fed every day, so he had no choice but to go to work. This led to his current predicament: his heart wasn't in his work, but he couldn't afford not to do it. He was caught in a dilemma.
