Jin Xiaoye didn't understand why Jin Moli lived like this even though she had her uncle's support.
But she was too lazy to care. After finishing the odd jobs at hand, she went back to the house to rest and took a palm-leaf fan to fan herself.
At this time, Li Damao and Li Ermao had fallen asleep, but they were not soundly asleep and kept scratching themselves from time to time.
Children attract mosquitoes. These two children have many mosquito bites of different sizes on their bodies, and some places have even been scratched by them.
The two children fell asleep, but Li Qingzhi didn't. He felt a little better today, so he spoke to Jin Xiaoye in a low voice.
Although he possesses the original owner's memories, the original owner and Jin Xiaoye have been separated for five years.
He knew that Jin Xiaoye would not have a good life raising the child alone, and what Jin Xiaoshu said today also proved this, and he wanted to know more.
Jin Xiaoye is not a talkative person, but she answered whenever Li Qingzhi asked her, and she didn't hide anything. So Li Qingzhi knew about her situation in recent years.
Their village is not far from the county town, only ten miles away.
Most people in the village only go to the county town during festivals, and many people don't even go to the county town once a year.
These people are too timid from the bottom of their hearts to set foot in that place.
But Jin Xiaoye was a courageous person. After learning that Li Laogen owed others more than one string of silver, she gritted her teeth, took the eggs stored at home and the snails that Li Laogen caught from the river, and went to the county town with Li Laogen.
There are actually a lot of people selling vegetables and eggs in the county town. Those who have boats and business acumen will collect vegetables and eggs from the countryside and row their boats to sell them in the county town. Some people in the city even make a living from this.
Jin Xiaoye didn't even have a boat, so he couldn't carry much stuff. He just sold a few eggs and snails, and couldn't make much money.
But it was only a little over a thousand coins at most, which she could still earn if she worked hard. Besides, she was pregnant at that time, and some people felt sorry for her and would buy her things.
She saved up money bit by bit and finally paid off her debts. She also got to know some people in the county town.
Later, she would take Li Laogen with her and carry Li Damao and Li Ermao to the county town to sell things from time to time. When Li Damao and Li Ermao grew up a little, she would go to the county town to do odd jobs.
Some wealthy families in the county would find temporary workers to help out during festivals when they were short of manpower for household chores.
They usually don't look for strangers when looking for short-term work. Jin Xiaoye went to the county town many times, and people who knew her felt sorry for her because her husband ran away, so they recommended her to do the job.
If you go to the county town and do odd jobs for others, you can earn fifty cents a day, and that includes food!
Unfortunately, there are only a few such jobs a year.
In short, in the past few years, she relied on selling some things and doing odd jobs for others, and she managed to save more than four thousand strings of cash with great difficulty.
She had planned to start a small business once she had enough capital, such as buying some salted fish and kelp from the seaside at the county dock and then selling them in nearby villages.
It is impossible to make a lot of money doing this. The jobs that can really make a lot of money have already been snatched up by other people. But it is still possible to earn some hard-earned money. Salted fish and dried kelp will not go bad if you keep them at home.
Also available for sale are small items such as needles and thread.