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

Ji Xiaobei and the other two went to the ancestral hall and saw from a distance a few young wives gathered there. When they saw Ji Xiaobei coming, they hurriedly walked forward.

Ayun hid behind them embarrassedly.

"Sister Xiaobei, a few of us would also like to work in the handicraft shop. Are you still short of people?" asked a young wife.

"Sister Xiaobei, we all know how to embroider. We learned it before..."

Ji Xiaobei looked at the young wife and thought to himself, you all have learned it, so why didn’t you come to sign up when the recruitment first started?

It turned out that they did embroidery work at home and took it to the embroidery studio in the county to sell. If a handkerchief was embroidered well, they could earn more than ten cents.

However, it takes several days to embroider a handkerchief.

But yesterday when they asked someone to sell handkerchiefs, the embroidery studio in the county was closed. They said that the boss had gone to the provincial capital to live with relatives.

Ji Xiaobei thought to himself, all the embroidery rooms in the county are closed, is the county more chaotic than before?

Before I could think about this, another young wife said, "Sister Xiaobei, we have brought all the embroidery work with us. Can you take a look at it?"

Ji Xiaobei called Ma Xiaoqi out.

Ma Xiaoqi nodded and said, "My sisters-in-law are good at embroidery. I think I can start making it right away, but I still need to ask my mother!"

Mrs. Ma was explaining the essentials of sewing to the seamstresses. After taking a quick look at the embroidery work, she was quite satisfied.

Ji Xiaobei did not hesitate and asked them to come to the embroidery room to work.

They were so grateful that they didn't know what to say and just kept thanking me!

Ah Yun, who was at the back, blushed and asked Ji Xiaobei: "Xiaobei, can I come to your house to work?"

Ayun was a troublemaker. When Ji Xiaobei's family was reclaiming wasteland in the mountains, it was she who instigated the old women to go on strike.

Ji Xiaobei was forced to go to the town to find someone.

Later, she was punished by her mother-in-law and her husband also gave her a beating.

Only then did Ayun become more obedient.

She saw that Ji Xiaobei's handicraft shop was really doing well, and so many young wives came here to earn money.

Although I was not convinced, I still asked shamelessly.

Ji Xiaobei didn't want her to come, so he asked, "Can you embroider or sew?"

"I, I can sew, but I'm not very good at it. But I can learn, I can learn it..."

Ji Xiaobei smiled coldly and said, "The training period has passed. Madam Ma doesn't have time for training. You can come again next time when there are new people coming!"

Ji Xiaobei found a reason to reject her without offending her.

After Ji Xiaobei finished talking to her, he went into the house. She didn’t want to waste time arguing with Ayun.

For Ji Xiaobei, there is no need to waste time on an insignificant person.

She went to the embroidery room, where Mrs. Ma was explaining the precautions to the new young wives.

Ji Xiaobei saw that all the embroiderers in the room were unhappy. Some of them pouted, while others glared at the newcomers.

Ji Xiaobei has heard some rumors these days.

People are afraid of having no work.

There are so many people and so little work to do. What if it is all finished?

When the seamstresses saw that there was a new person in the embroidery room, they secretly felt lucky that the work was not assigned to them.

The situation outside is getting more chaotic day by day. I'll earn every day I can. If I have any extra money, I'll buy food.

The grain shops in the town have limited supplies, selling a certain amount every day until they are sold out.

Therefore, having money does not necessarily mean you can buy food.

Everyone in the family would queue up early to buy food, but they could only buy about 20 kilograms a day.

Ji Xiaobei asked the seamstresses to come to the embroidery room to talk to them about something.

When the ladies in the embroidery room heard that their boss was going to give them a lecture, those who had just expressed strong dissatisfaction were so scared that they didn't dare to look up, for fear that Ji Xiaobei would fire them.

After Ji Xiaobei expressed his thoughts, the whole room fell silent.

"Xiaobei, can you explain it to me more? Are we earning more or less if we are paid by piecework?"

A woman asked.