I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

"Sister, Mrs. Feng's husband died, and she quit her job. This was made by another tailor.

I also want to do a better job, but who has the heart to work now? Look, how many shops are still open on this street?

You don't know if you are not from the county town. Life is hard these days. When our cloth shop went to the capital to buy goods, we heard that it was a mess. Some were fleeing from famine, some were robbing, and some were stealing food.

We don’t know how long our cloth shop can survive.”

You Erjie said with a gloomy expression.

Ji Xiaobei glanced around the room. There were so many fabrics last time he came, but this time there were fewer patterns.

"How many of these cloths do you have here?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"There are a lot in the warehouse, but they are hard to sell. Rich families try to save as much as possible. Coarse linen is selling better these days."

"I'll take all of them, no matter how many you have," said Ji Xiaobei.

"Ah, sister, you..." You Erjie thought she was joking.

"But it has to be cheaper, and I also want to pick out some tassels, silk threads, etc..." Ji Xiaobei added.

"Yes, we have them all. Come with me to the warehouse to have a look." You Erjie was very happy. She had met a big buyer. What a sucker. This cloth was really hard to sell in the county town.

The boss was worried last night, as he had it in his hands. If something happened, he wouldn't be able to take it with him, but it would be a pity to throw it away.

Ji Xiaobei bought fifty or sixty pieces of cloth, a large bag of silk thread, and 20 kilograms of woven ears of corn from You Erjie.

She bought all the things that You Erjie wanted to sell, spending a total of 100 taels of silver.

You Erjie sent the God of Wealth out, and as soon as she entered the house she burned a plate of incense and kowtowed several times.

Fu Jichang asked: "With so much material, do you really want to open a tailor shop?"

"To be precise, it should be called a handicraft shop," said Ji Xiaobei.

Fu Jichang didn't know anything about hand-made tailoring and didn't ask much. He felt that as long as the woman wanted to do it, she would be able to do it, but who was she going to sell it to?

He had just glanced at the clothes. It didn't look like a stage costume, and it didn't look like a yellow robe. He couldn't figure out who would wear such strange clothes.

He didn't ask, after all, she wouldn't tell him even if he asked.

They went to Cuiyinlou again. As soon as Ji Xiaobei entered the door, the old shopkeeper with a long beard came out to greet him.

"Young lady, you're here!" The shopkeeper looked happy. "Young lady, you don't live in Wei County, right?" the shopkeeper asked.

Ji Xiaobei nodded and walked around the jewelry store, but there was nothing new.

"Young lady, are you really not going to sell the crystal bracelet you brought last time?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Sell it. I have a few new styles here. Please take a look." Ji Xiaobei took out a gold dog head crystal bracelet from his pocket.

The shopkeeper's eyes widened at once: "I have seen many zodiac ornaments, but the craftsmanship of this one is quite unique. It is very pleasing to the eye with these sparkling crystal beads."

"Young lady, how much do you want to sell it for?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Your is the largest silver shop in the county. Let's put out a few samples first to see if we can sell them. You decide the price!" said Ji Xiaobei.

As for the price of this bracelet, she really didn't know what the appropriate price should be.

Ji Xiaobei left five samples and the shopkeeper gave him a deposit of 2 taels of silver.

Since he wouldn’t be at a loss anyway, Ji Xiaobei took the money and left the jewelry store.

The shopkeeper looked at Ji Xiaobei's back and thought to himself: I don't know which family this lady is from. She is so generous that she puts things here for a deposit of two taels of silver.

He saw a young man sitting on a donkey cart loaded with firewood. Ji Xiaobei climbed forward and sat on the firewood.

The shopkeeper was a little confused. What on earth did this stout lady do...

There was a full cart of cloth. In order to avoid being seen, Ji Xiaobei bought some firewood on the roadside and covered it with it.

Fu Jichang drove his donkey to the market and bought some medicinal herb seedlings, including those from Ji Lizheng and Aunt Song's family.

Neither of their families followed. They said that they didn't understand anyway, so they just wanted whatever Ji Xiaobei's family bought.

After buying the rice seedlings, Ji Xiaobei took Fu Jichang and rushed to Weixian Food Street.

There were valuables in the car, and Ji Xiaobei didn't dare to leave them in the car dealership, so he asked Fu Jichang and Ma Debiao to wait at the street corner.

The food street is crowded, narrow and difficult to walk on.

Ji Xiaobei had been gone for half an hour and still hadn't come back, so Fu Jichang walked around Ma Debiao countless times.

Ma Debiao was also hungry, and kept making “uh…uh” sounds.

Another quarter of an hour later, Fu Jichang looked up and saw a tall and sturdy man walking towards him with a chicken in his left hand and a chicken in his right hand, and a large cloth bag on his back.

Ji Xiaobei threw the big cloth bag onto the car and said with a smile, "There's food in it, go get it yourself!"

Two chickens clucked and were tied to the back of the car.

Fu Jichang was starving, and he happily opened the bag: candied haws, fried rice cakes, crispy Sanzi, small cakes, raw eggs, roasted sweet potatoes...

Fu Jichang looked through the food but found nothing he could eat.

He put his pocket down in frustration and said, "Can we go eat something else?"

Ji Xiaobei nodded, climbed onto the donkey cart, put the bag on his legs, and ate the fried cake with raw eggs, which was extremely delicious.

Wait for Fu Jichang to come back and drive the donkey cart home.

The sky was a little overcast. When they reached the grove north of Cishui Town, Ji Xiaobei was still feeling frightened. He almost died here last time. He thought he wouldn't be in danger again this time.

Fu Jichang glanced at the grove and was still worried about the lost knife, but he didn't want Ji Xiaobei to think he was a voyeur, so he didn't ask.

Somehow, Ji Xiaobei felt a chill on his back and asked, "Will we not run into robbers again?"

Fu Jichang looked nervous, he also felt that something was not right.

This place is so desolate that there is no village or shop nearby. The woods are deep and the place is extremely deserted. Not far away there is a dilapidated temple, which looks run-down and desolate under the dim sky.

Suddenly, a flock of birds flew up from the woods.

Fu Jichang: This woman is such a jinx!

Ji Xiaobei: I was right, I ran into robbers again! What kind of world is this? Do we still have the right to live?

Ma Debiao's steps became disordered, the hair on his donkey's back stood up, and he was breathing heavily...

"Are there wild beasts? Or robbers? Or horse thieves..." Ji Xiaobei asked.

"In the woods, you can take Ma Debiao away first later, don't worry about me..." Fu Jichang said in a low voice.

Ji Xiaobei: He wants to be a hero and save the beauty? Who knows who will save whom in a moment.

Ji Xiaobei grabbed the cloth bag, stuffed a raw egg into her mouth, and ate two fried cakes and a fried chicken leg. When she was drinking water, Fu Jichang glared at her coldly: What time is it, and you are still eating? You really can eat a lot!

Ji Xiaobei: If you don’t eat enough, you won’t have the energy to fight and your legs will feel weak…

Fu Jichang ignored her, held his breath, and stared at Lin Zi with burning eyes...