If a person stays in one place for a long time without anything to do, they tend to overthink.
Only by going out, exercising, and occupying oneself with work can one avoid constantly focusing on trivial matters at home. They won't be so entangled with things that don't need to be.
"Men and women working together make things easier!" As long as Emma Smith agreed to work with Robert Thomson, he was certainly willing. To be honest, now that she was not by his side, and only Christopher Wilson was around to help him, he felt things were not going smoothly. Moreover, while working, he was always distracted by worries about his wife and child. It would be better to have Emma work by his side, so that he could see her all the time. How great that would be!
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Indeed, the next morning when Mrs. Smith hurried over, she began to lecture Emma Smith and Robert Thomson again.