The woman's name was Li Man, she asked her to call her Mother, while others called her Man Niang, Ma Lu didn't really mind, after all, she was just there to complete a task, so she called her that.
What seemed like casual words to her, moved the woman to tears.
Perhaps because she felt she had some security in her old age, the woman told Ma Lu to stay home and recuperate, while she went out to look for work for her.
But if there was good work, she wouldn't be washing clothes or picking up garbage for a living; still, she diligently searched for work for her, taking three full days, and finally found a job in a city restaurant that provided meals and lodging, but without wages.
"I'm sorry, Mother is useless, letting you live with a bunch of guys, but there's really no other way, this was already given to us because they saw me as a fellow villager."
No wages meant no money, and without money, there was no way to save capital. To be honest, she was not keen on doing it.
