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

"It's so itchy, itchy..." Ji Xiaobei burst into laughter and twisted his strong body as soon as he was touched.

Lin was so angry that she poked Ji Xiaobei's forehead and made some gestures.

"You've been ticklish since you were little. You're still ticklish now that you're this old. By the way, Bei, have you been to the clinic?" Lin asked with a smile.

"I went to see him, and he said it was fine. He didn't even prescribe me any medicine. He just told me to eat more eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, etc., and that would be enough to replenish my body."

Ji Xiaobei lay down yawning and closed his eyes again.

"No, Xiaobei, even though you brought Ma Haixia and his family here, you can't just slap your thigh and say you want to open a tailor shop!" Lin asked naggingly.

"Mom, I have an idea. Let me sleep first. I'm so sleepy!" Ji Xiaobei yawned continuously.

"Okay, sleep well! I'll go make some clothes for you!" Lin was about to get off the kang, but was pulled back by Ji Xiaobei.

"Mom, please sleep with me. The bandits were so scary today. They were the only ones I could see as soon as I closed my eyes. Wuuuu..." Ji Xiaobei held Lin's arm tightly.

"Oh, my dear mother! It's okay, it's okay, go to sleep, mother is with you!" Lin patted Ji Xiaobei's back gently.

Ji Xiaobei fell asleep in a second.

Ji Xiaobei had a dreamless night and woke up at dawn.

Lin was no longer in the room.

Today's meal was a big project, so Xiaoju simply asked Ming'er to stay and help with the cooking. She wouldn't miss out on a bite anyway.

Early in the morning, the two little girls cooked a big pot of thick porridge, made a pot of flatbreads, and a big bowl of cold wild vegetables. They were so tired that they saw stars.

Lin went to the fields early in the morning, although none of the soybeans planted in his own fields had grown.

There was a yellow wind yesterday, and there was a thick layer of yellow sand on the ground.

The young seedlings that had just grown were severely damaged again, and the villagers began to cry again.

The water in the creek has turned yellow again. This kind of weather has been happening frequently recently, but the wind was a little stronger yesterday.

People seemed to have gotten used to it. No one made a fuss. They just stood quietly by the river, watching the muddy yellow water carrying the fallen leaves flow into the distance.

Lin walked around the fields and returned home in a depressed mood.

Ji Xiaobei has already started inviting everyone to eat.

There are so many people in the yard, the three members of the Ma family, Xiaoyao and his master and servant, Ming'er, and their four children.

There were 10 people in total, including myself, making a total of people, and each of them opened their mouths to eat.

Oh my god! Lin's chest was aching and she couldn't bear it any more. She turned around and was about to leave when Ji Xiaobei called her.

"Mom, you're back. It's time for dinner. Come and line up for your meal!"

Ji Xiaobei stood at the door of the kitchen, with his sleeves rolled up and holding a spoon with rice grains on it, shouting.

People in the yard lined up according to their age and went to Xiaoju and Ming'er to get bowls and chopsticks.

Xiaohua held Xiaoqi's hand and jumped up and down, shouting, "Mom, come quickly, stand in front of your brother!"

Xiaohua was so excited that she didn't sleep much last night. This time when her elder sister went to the county town, she brought back a lot of living things.

The most important thing was to bring back a playmate. After dinner, she took Xiaoqi to play with Tiedan and Tieqiu.

In the past, no matter what they played, there was always one person missing, so they had to pull San Ya over. San Ya’s mother scolded her and wouldn’t let her go out.

Heita, who was standing at the back, stretched his neck to look forward with an impatient look. Fu Jichang pulled his big head back and glared at him, saying how useless he was and how could he have never eaten.

Fu Jichang stood on tiptoe and counted on his fingers how many mouths were feeding.

I was so annoyed by Heita’s snoring last night that I felt hungry early in the morning.

Lin took out a large piece of radish from the pickle jar, rinsed it with water, and cut it into thick strips.

"Mom, you cut it too big!" Xiaoju whispered.

"You stupid girl, go get a bucket of water and put it on the stone table!" Lin said, rolling her eyes at Xiaoju.

Xiaoju didn't understand. This porridge wasn't thick enough to be added with water, right?

Xiaohua and Xiaoqi each had a small bowl, and the rest of the people each had a large bowl. There were pickled radishes on the stone table in the yard, and you could help yourself.

Ma Pozi's family had never eaten such thick porridge. It was good enough to have porridge to drink, and there was no need for pickles at all.

Xiaoqi didn’t have time to eat. He quickly finished his drink and went out to play with Xiaohua.

The rest of the people didn't even look at the pickles and just focused on drinking the porridge.

Fu Jichang picked up a piece of pickled vegetables with chopsticks and put it in the porridge bowl. Isn’t it just right to eat porridge with pickles?

He wondered why others didn't eat.

When Heita saw his master picking up some pickles, he also picked up some with his chopsticks.

Lin watched silently, let out a sigh, and then lowered her head to drink the porridge.

Fu Jichang ate one and then drank a big bowl of porridge. It was so salty.

He ran and drank two bowls of cold water to get rid of the salty taste in his mouth.

Heita frowned and ate all the pickles. He was not the kind of person who would waste food.

Later, he drank the whole bucket of water.

Xiaoju then understood why her mother asked her to put a bucket of cold water.

Now the water in the stream has turned yellow, and cool water has become a treasure. It is generous of mother to let them drink cool water.

Ji Xiaobei was so upset for Heita, Lin's move was quite good! ~

Lin walked over, took the rice bowls from Fu Jichang and Heita, and said with a smile: "Young Master, our farmhouse food is just so simple, just make do with it. When your foot injury is healed, you can go home. I can tell you are the child of a wealthy family!"

Lin looked at the clothes he was wearing. Although she couldn't tell the color, the fabric was obviously different from what she was wearing.

Fu Jichang said honestly, "It's great to be able to eat these these days. Thank you Aunt Lin for taking me in."

To thank Auntie Lin for her hospitality, Fu Jichang took out a silver ingot and said, "Auntie, we two have caused you a lot of trouble here. Take this!"

Lin's expression paused, then a smile appeared on her face immediately: "Little Brother, you are so polite. Do you need more rice? There is still some in the pot. Ju, go and serve rice to Little Brother and Heita."

She put the silver ingot in her pocket.

Xiaoju sat there motionless, looking at her mother in confusion. When did her mother become so scheming?

Heita held his stomach, shook his head and kept saying, "I'm full, too full!"

Fu Jichang said: "Then let me have some!"

Lin smiled and served everything in the pot to the youngest child.

"Aunt Lin, no pickles, no pickles!" Fu Jichang said hurriedly when he saw Lin running towards the bowl of pickles.

Xiaoju and Ji Xiaobei were smiling at the side.

Mrs. Ma was holding a bowl in her hand, her face slightly flushed. She took a walk around the easterly yard this morning. There were only three thatched houses and two side rooms.

With such a configuration, how can it look like a tailor shop?

The three of them earned two and a half taels of silver from the Ji family every month.

Judging from the situation, the Ji family can't even earn 2 taels of silver a month.

Fortunately, I didn’t touch the things I brought. When I left, I just carried them on my back.

Oh! I shouldn't have been so impulsive and followed her here.

Mother Ma glared at her son, thinking that the brainless child had stayed in the Ji family for so many days but still didn't understand the situation in her family clearly.

After dinner, Ji Xiaobei called Ming'er and Xiaoju, who were washing dishes, over.

There were about ten people in the yard, looking at Ji Xiaobei eagerly.

"Everyone is here, let me say a few words." Ji Xiaobei coughed twice.

Lin leaned against the wall, looking hopeless...