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

"Here, we want..." Fu Jichang shouted. He had not eaten enough yet.

"Okay, sir, can you also have the roasted whole lamb of the female guest?" the waiter asked with a smile.

"send over!"

The boy ran away happily.

Heita came forward and asked, "Master, shall we settle this account?"

Fu Jichang just started to hit him, bringing up something that was not relevant.

He cursed, "From today on, you have to practice eating hard. Your whole body is thick except for your throat..."

Heita pouted in grievance, put down the small porcelain spoon in his hand, held the bowl of mutton soup, and took a sip.

With his mouth filled to the brim, he put down the bowl with a red face, stared, and swallowed hard...

flutter……

It almost sprayed on Fu Jichang.

Heita held the bowl silently, squatted at the foot of the wall, and reflected on his mistakes.

When Ji Xiaobei and the others came out, Ji De had just finished his meal, and his fur was brushed till it was shiny.

Ma Haixia sat leisurely on the shaft of the cart, feeling very contented.

"Boss, shall we go see the Anemarrhena seedlings first?" Ma Haixia asked.

"Walk along this street and see if there's anything delicious to eat ahead?"

"Boss, aren't you full?" Ma Haixia asked in confusion.

"If you don't tell me, I won't be angry. You ate more than half of a sheep. A man with good kidneys should eat a lot. I ate more. Do you think I can be full?"

Ma Haixia lowered his head silently. Humph! We are fighting as a team. As long as we win as a whole, why should we care about the details?

Ji Xiaobei showed off five fried cakes, a candied haws, and two radish pies along the way to cheer himself up.

"Which is the largest silver shop in the county?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"Cuiyinlou is on the street next to the county government office. It is a branch of Cuijinlou in Beijing. The jewelry there is very new. Girls from wealthy families in the county all go there to buy jewelry."

Ma Haixia had worked in a pawn shop for several years and was very familiar with all the silver shops in the county.

"Then let's go to Cuiyinlou!"

"Boss, the jewelry in Cuiyinlou is good, but the price is high. The headwear of similar style is much cheaper in other shops."

Ma Haixia thought Ji Xiaobei wanted to buy some head ornaments. The Dong family members were a little big in stature, but they were not ugly. If they dressed up a little, they would look more like a woman.

"Let's go to Cuiyinlou." Ji Xiaobei felt sleepy and dozed off leaning on the side of the car.

The road in the county town was much smoother and I could barely sit on it. I had just eaten and was feeling very sleepy under the sun.

Seeing that his boss was drowsy, Ma Haixia drove Ji Decai away steadily.

After a while, Ji Xiaobei finally opened his eyes and saw a huge sign "Cuiyinlou" in the distance.

She got out of the car and walked in, walking around the counter. The hairpins and jewelry were of various styles, exquisite and dazzling.

She chose a silver hairpin with flowers and kingfisher feathers and put it on her head, which made her look much more lively.

"Young lady, this hairpin suits you very well. It is elegant and simple. When you wear it on your head, our hairpins will look much more noble!"

The shopkeeper praised with a smile.

Don’t worry about whether what he said is true or not, it’s comfortable to listen to anyway.

Ji Xiaobei was very satisfied with this shopkeeper. He was nothing like the owner of a tailor shop who was scared to death when he saw him.

Or maybe the owner of a big shop has seen the world.

Ji Xiaobei happily picked one for Xiaohua and Xiaoju and paid for them.

"Boss, look at my bracelets. Will you accept them?" Ji Xiaobei took out two bracelets and placed them on the counter.

The shopkeeper held the beads in his hand and rubbed them, then looked at them in the sunlight for a long time and said, "Young lady, this thread is quite common, but I have never seen this bead before. How can it be so transparent?"

The shopkeeper frowned, puzzled.

Ji Xiaobei: If you understand these crystal glass beads, it would be strange!

"Boss, how much do you think it's worth?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"It's really hard to estimate the value of this pearl. With its transparency and glossiness, it should be worth at least 100 or 200 coins!"

The shopkeeper twirled his beard and said thoughtfully.

"Okay, thank you!" Ji Xiaobei took the beads back and was about to go out.

The shopkeeper came out trotting, holding his long gown.

"Young lady, please forgive me for being blunt, but your beads don't look like local products. Can I ask where you bought them?"

Ji Xiaobei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The old shopkeeper has a good eye. It is indeed not a local product. My father led the army to fight in the northern border, and he asked someone to bring it back for me."

The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and nodded: "No wonder, I was wondering why I had never seen it before. Young lady, do you want to sell this pearl?"

"This is what my father gave me. I can't sell it!" Ji Xiaobei put it in his pocket and went out.

Ji Xiaobei thought to himself: I can’t sell this. I’ll open my own shop in the future and it will be the only one in the entire Great Northern Dynasty.

Hahahaha, sell it for whatever price you want.

The shopkeeper looked at Ji Xiaobei's tall and majestic back and thought to himself: She really looks like a woman from a martial arts family.

Ma Haixia was sitting on the donkey cart and scratching his head: Didn’t the owner of these beads say that he bought them from a peddler in the county?

How did it become something her father gave her?

Isn't her father dead?

No, it’s about being a deserter. No, that’s fake news.

Ma Haixia was a little confused. He had no idea what was going on with his boss's father.

Who cares? He’s not your father.

My father died a long time ago and I don’t even remember what he looked like.

"Let's go to your house. After you get your clothes, we'll go to the medicine garden, then buy a hen, and then go home." Ji Xiaobei said.

Ma Haixia reminded her, “When we were leaving, Aunt Lin told you to go to the pharmacy to see a doctor. Don’t forget.”

"I eat more than you do. How could I be sick? Let's go!"

At Ji Xiaobei's urging, Ma Haixia drove Ji Decai back home.

I walked along the wide streets, through the narrow alleys, and arrived at a remote and bumpy street.

"This street is full of residents who rent houses. Just cross the vegetable market in front and you will reach our home," explained Ma Haixia.

Ji Xiaobei nodded.

This place should be on the edge of the county town, belonging to the urban-rural fringe.

The market is not big. After noon, most vendors have left, leaving only a few who are packing up the remaining vegetables.

In the northeast corner of the vegetable market, a few people gathered and made a lot of noise.

“People over there pick up vegetable leaves. When the vendors leave, they leave a lot of leaves behind.

The children around here would pick them up, keep the good ones to eat, and feed the wilted ones to the chickens. My sister and I would often come here to pick them up.”

Ji Xiaobei glanced at Ma Haixia, who seemed to be in a rather gloomy mood, and a strange sour feeling rose in his heart.

She remembered the friends who used to pick up rotten vegetable leaves with her, no, the relatives and friends who used to play with her.

A little bit of sadness!

As they got closer, Ma Haixia suddenly jumped off the donkey cart, and the gloomy look on his face turned into ferociousness.

"My little sister is over there!"

Ji Xiaobei came back to his senses and saw clearly that several children around seven or eight years old were surrounding a little girl and pointing at her.