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

Ji Xiaobei smiled and explained, "I recently took on a business of making costumes and purses. You can make clothes, and Xiaoqi can do embroidery, so I just happened to be looking for someone."

The Ma Haixia family looked at each other and thought, they had met a living Bodhisattva!

Haixia's mother held Xiaoqi down and asked her to kowtow to Ji Xiaobei, and Ji Xiaobei quickly pulled Xiaoqi up.

She can't afford it and is afraid of shortening her life!

The Haixia family went back to pack their things, and half an hour later, they had filled a whole donkey cart.

"As for wages, let's calculate it on a monthly basis, one tael of silver a month. Xiaoqi does embroidery work, so she gets 1 coins a month." Ji Xiaobei didn't know how much to pay, so he referred to Ma Haixia's wages.

Mrs. Ma was startled and said hurriedly, "The boss gave us too much, and you even arranged a place for us to live. It's too much!"

"Aunt Ma, I'll raise your wages when my business picks up. This is it for now!" said Ji Xiaobei.

Ma Haixia looked at his boss in surprise. He lived in his boss's house, so how come he didn't know what business she had?

He knew that she had stockpiled some food and bought a shop in town.

Their family alone earns two and a half taels of silver as much as the Ji family in a month.

He was too worried about his employer. What if he couldn't come up with that much money? Would he have to kick his family out?

Even with the boss's lavish spending, the money earned from selling grain can't withstand such a toss.

Haixia has a lot on his mind, but he can't ask. He feels so suffocated. He feels so suffocated!

After walking for a while, Ma Haixia couldn't help asking, "Boss, my mother and the others are here. Where are they staying?"

There are only a few rooms in the boss's house, and he, a teacher, has to sleep together with his students.

Although the weather is warm now, my mother and the others cannot sleep in the yard.

Ji Xiaobei waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, in such a big Jijiawan, can't you find an empty house to live in?"

Seeing that she was confident, Ma Haixia felt relieved.

Not until the donkey cart left did the people in the alley open their doors, secretly watch the donkey cart going away, and finally they felt relieved.

After leaving Ma Haixia’s house, I went straight to the medicinal garden, looked at the Anemarrhena seedlings, and learned about the prices.

It will take some time for Huangshan to open up. It won’t be too late to come and buy it after it’s done.

After leaving the medicine garden, Ji Xiaobei bought five hens, two geese and four ducks.

She bought all the poultry that can lay eggs and be eaten as meat.

Ji Xiaobei and Ma Haixia came back with chickens, ducks and geese, which scared Haixia's mother. Rich people are generous with their money.

She also came here from the countryside. When she lived in the village, she never could afford to buy so many poultry.

She longed for rural life, where she could grow some vegetables, pick a handful of onions here and a handful of beans there, and stir-fry them in a pot to make a meal.

During the years I lived in the county town, I had to buy everything and everything required money.

In order to save money, she asked Xiaoqi to pick up the vegetable leaves that farmers didn't want.

Along the way, Haixia Niang felt a little excited.

Xiao Qi tilted his head and looked around curiously.

Halfway through the journey, the wind started to blow. The strong wind brought with it yellow sand, which hit my face so painfully that I dared not even open my eyes.

Ji Decai's pace also slowed down and he kept sneezing.

Ji Xiaobei covered his mouth and nose and sat on the soft quilt.

I cursed in my heart: What a horrible weather! Can’t it wait until I get home to blow? The soil is full.

Not long after, Ma Xiaoqi fell asleep on her mother's lap.

Haixia's mother pulled out a flowery scarf from her bag and asked Ji Xiaobei to wrap his head with it.

When Ji Xiaobei saw the dazzling colors, he refused to wrap it.

"Ms. Dong, be careful not to get your face hurt by the pebbles!"

When passing a high hill, some small stones were blown down by the wind and hit the side of the car with crackling sounds.

Ji Xiaobei stopped resisting and was pulled over by Haixia Niang, who wrapped him up tightly, leaving only his eyes exposed.

Ji Xiaobei squatted on the bundle like a sturdy hen, swaying up and down with the bumps of the donkey cart.

Haixia put on a hat with a neck strap and sat on the shaft of the cart, waving a donkey whip.

It looks like a western cowboy galloping on horseback in the wind and sand.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the wind became stronger and stronger, carrying sand from the sky. Ji Xiaobei wrapped his scarf tightly and buried his head in his arms.

I heard a cry from the front...

Ji Xiaobei looked up and saw Ma Haixia with his tongue hanging out, his face flushed, and he frantically touched the hat behind his neck with his hands.

Ji Xiaobei smiled unkindly, and Ma Haixia's neck was strangled by the hat rope and he was almost suffocated.

When they reached a place sheltered from the wind, Ma Haixia stopped the car.

He couldn't walk anymore, he really couldn't walk anymore. Ji Decai was so tired that he was panting, his legs were shaking, and his stomach was heaving.

Ji Xiaobei touched its belly and comforted it.

Ma Haixia took the bucket from under the car. There was half a bucket of orange-yellow sand in it. He cursed and poured out the sand in the bucket.

Haixia Niang took out a kettle from under the quilt. Before going out, she filled the kettle with water and wanted to drink it on the way.

It’s okay if people don’t drink, but animals are pulling things and people, so they have to drink.

Haixia fed the water to Ji Decai, and after drinking it, he felt much better.

They had to drive against the wind all the way, with hundreds of kilograms of things and people in the car, and Ji Decai felt a little overwhelmed.

The sun was like a beaten egg yolk, hanging in the sky. I had to keep going back, otherwise I would not be able to get home before dark.

After discussion, Ma Xiaoqi took the car, and the others accompanied Ji Decai down and walked.

Ma Xiaoqi refused and pouted, wanting to share the joys and sorrows with everyone.

So, when everyone was walking, only Gide was walking quickly, pulling the luggage.

At first, it was Ma Haixia who pulled the reins, and later the Ma family of three trotted after the donkey cart.

Ji Xiaobei held the reins and walked side by side with Ji Decai.

Haixia Niang almost fell to the ground several times, and Xiaoqi was sweating all over from running.

Thanks to running with Shitou every day, Ma Haixia can barely keep up with Ji Xiaobei.

But he had to support his mother, and it was difficult for him to walk, and soon he was left far behind.

Haixia Niang and Ma Xiaoqi were forced into the car by Ji Xiaobei.

The mother and daughter collapsed on their bundles, gasping for breath.

How could it be that the boss drives the donkey cart? Haixia's mother felt very bad about it, but there was nothing she could do as her legs and feet were not strong enough.

The sun was hanging on the top of the mountain, and the distance was dim and it was hard to tell where the sky was and where the earth was.

There was a narrow path ahead with low-lying bushes on both sides. Ji Xiaobei pulled Ji Decai and walked very slowly.

Suddenly, several people rushed out from the grove in front and ran towards them, wrapped in the wind, with their clothes and hair fluttering in the wind, holding weapons in their hands, all of them with their fangs and claws bared.

Ji Xiaobei pulled Ji Decai's reins tightly, and the dog... uh, neighed long and loudly.

Was this a robbery?

Ji Xiaobei turned around and took a stick from the cart. Sticks were always placed on the donkey cart in case of emergency.

Ma Haixia widened his eyes and stared ahead. He jumped onto the donkey cart and picked up the rolling pin from home.

Mrs. Ma was so frightened that her whole body trembled and she hugged Xiaoqi tightly.

The chickens, ducks and geese hanging on the back of the donkey cart were so scared that they flapped their wings and screamed...