It’s impossible for her to go to work. If she works nine to five, she can’t be lazy in bed. However, “No, we have to wait until I find a job first, but you can’t tell anyone, okay? If people find out and I haven’t found a job, they’ll laugh at me.”

Finding a job is true, going to work is false. She found a good way to make money – selling jobs.

Once she finds a job, she’ll sell it. Isn’t that a faster way to make money? With the money earned, she’ll buy a house, rent it out, and when it’s demolished in the future, the returns will be even greater.

So, forget about selling stuff on apps for petty cash.

However, even if the things on the app sell well, she never considered going to the black market.

A person who values her life like her wouldn’t go to the black market.

Starting from tomorrow, Ning Shu would start inquire jobs in the county town.

As soon as they heard that their mom would be laughed at, Yibao and ErBao covered their mouths and shook their heads together.

“We won’t tell anyone.”

They weren’t kids. How could they let others laugh at their mom?

“You’re so good. When I find a job, I’ll reward you. What do you want?” Lately, because of the autumn busy season, her wooden block paintings hadn’t been completed yet.

The children’s only activity was San Bao’s toy ball.

Erbao’ss eyes lit up. “I want to eat braised pork.” It’s been a long time since he had meat.

There hadn’t been any fresh meat on the app recently, so Ning Shu hadn’t made any meat dishes for a long time.

Occasionally, she would steam some beef paste, but it wasn’t the same as fresh meat.

“Okay.” This month’s meat coupons had been exchanged for sugar coupons at the post office.

She’ll buy meat when next month’s meat coupons arrive. “What about Yi Bao, what do you want?”

Yi Bao thought for a moment. “Mom, is this a wish too?”

She didn’t need to be so particular with her own children, so Ning Shu was very tolerant. “Of course, what do you want?”

Yi Bao’s face lit up with an eager smile under the kerosene lamp. “Mom, I want to… I want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative, is that okay?”

“Of course it’s okay.” Ning Shu thought that this wasn’t really a reward or a wish. “Why do you want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative? Do you want to buy something?”

Yi Bao shook his head. “I heard from Zhuang Xiaopang that the supply and marketing cooperative is a very powerful place, and since you often go there, Mom, I want to see it.”

“In that case, when this farming busy season ends, our whole family will take the ox cart to the supply and marketing cooperative in the county town, and then we’ll go to the state-owned restaurant to eat the braised pork Er Bao wants. How does that sound?”

She didn’t say she would go after finding a job. What if she couldn’t find one? She didn’t have that confidence.

Er Bao: “Great.”

Yi Bao: “Mm, thank you, Mom.”

Ning Shu smiled. “Alright, let’s go to sleep.”

The room immediately quieted down, with only the flickering light of the kerosene lamp swaying in the room.

Since Ning Shu came, she never turned off the kerosene lamp at night.

Even if it consumed more kerosene, she wouldn’t turn it off.

On a night without light, it was very unsafe for a woman to be alone with three children.

Keeping the kerosene lamp lit gave Ning Shu a bit of security.

In other words, it made it easier to go outside to the toilet.

The next day after breakfast, Ning Shu took the sweet potato vines from the house and spread them out in the yard to dry, then she headed out.

With one mu of sweet potato vines weighing 1500 catties, along with the rice straw that was also given to feed the chickens, it meant that for a long time, Yi Bao and Er Bao didn’t have to go find bugs or dig wild grass to feed the chickens.

Feeding chickens with rice straw wasn’t just about the chickens eating the straw. They also ate the rice ears that weren’t cleaned up from the straw, as well as those flat rice ears without rice inside.

If those rice ears were put through the rice huller, what would come out was bran.

Actually, when it came to the second half of the year when the grains were distributed, what was given out was also rice.

The rice also needed to be put through the rice huller to remove the husks, and at that time, the bran would also be used to feed the chickens and pigs.

In addition, the chickens were also fed sweet potato skins. So, during the busy farming season, the chickens and pigs never lacked food for their mouths.

Today, with the sweet potato vines drying in the yard, Ning Shu left Yi Bao and Er Bao at home to look after them.

She gave them oranges and dried bananas to eat, then she set off.

The oranges were bought previously for 15 yuan per batch, with each batch weighing 5 jin.

She bought 10 batches, and she and the children ate several oranges a day, but they still hadn’t finished them.

Oranges could be stored for a long time, so it was fine.

After reminding the two brothers, Ning Shu rode her bicycle and left.

Fortunately, she left late, so even though everyone hadn’t gone to work, they were busy in their own fields, so Ning Shu didn’t encounter many people.

However, not long after leaving the village, Ning Shu encountered Lin Zhenxing and Qin Ya.

Ning Shu was stunned. Lin Zhenxing was pushing a cart, and Qin Ya was sitting on it.

Ning Shu felt that this Lin Zhenxing was probably a romantic fool. If she were his mother, she’d have to separate him from the family early if he was a romantic fool, and if he had a romantic fool daughter, she’d have to marry her off early.

Being attached to a romantic fool at home was just making trouble for herself.

Lin Zhenxing and Qin Ya also spotted Ning Shu.

The roads in this era weren’t smooth, so when a bicycle passed by, there would be some noise, unlike in later years where the roads were smoother, and one might not notice someone passing by.

The two of them turned their heads to look, and they saw Ning Shu.

Qin Ya’s complexion didn’t look good. Since borrowing the bicycle hadn’t worked out yesterday and now running into Ning Shu riding a bicycle today, she felt embarrassed.

However, even though her expression wasn’t good, she still stiffly greeted, “Ning Zhiqing.”

“Sister-in-law.” Compared to Qin Ya, Lin Zhenxing’s voice was much warmer. “Sister-in-law, are you going to the county town?”

“Yes, I’m leaving first.” Ning Shu pedaled her bicycle past them at a fast speed, using the same strength as when she fed San Bao milk.

Before long, Ning Shu was separated from Lin Zhenxing and Qin Ya by a stretch of road.

Qin Ya sat in the cart, pursing her lips. However, she didn’t say anything.

She knew that Ning Shu’s in-laws were related to Lin Zhenxing’s family, so she didn’t want to speak ill of Ning Shu behind her back and ruin her image in Lin Zhenxing’s heart.

But during the journey, Qin Ya’s mood was particularly bad, and no matter what Lin Zhenxing said, she responded half-heartedly.

Ning Shu naturally didn’t know what Qin Ya was thinking. Even if she did, it would just be a waste of a disdainful glance.

After arriving at the county town, Ning Shu went to find Li Fei. She didn’t go empty-handed. She brought six oranges.

“Sis…” As soon as Li Fei saw Ning Shu, her voice raised. Although she hadn’t seen Ning Shu much before, probably only once or twice a month, ever since Ning Shu gave her citrus fruits, she had become more affectionate towards Ning Shu.

She was hoping that Ning Shu would have more goods for her.

“Sister…” Ning Shu also smiled warmly. “I was so busy with farm work recently that I didn’t come to see Sister. Look, after not seeing each other for a while, Sister seems to be getting prettier and prettier.”

Modern people were much more open-minded than people from this era. If she wanted, Ning Shu could compliment others a lot.

Sure enough, Li Fei’s face flushed with her laughter. “You’re so good with words. If you talk about being pretty, how can you not be pretty? Look at your skin, it’s so tender it looks like it could drip water. It’s even better than a young girl’s.”

She wasn’t just saying that. If she hadn’t known Ning Shu for many years and knew that she really lived in the countryside, she would have suspected that she lived in a villa.

Otherwise, how could she take care of herself so well?

Moreover, even though the old Ning Shu raised herself well, it was completely different from now.

Her spirit and energy were different. Now, she was full of vitality, and her complexion was rosy.

Before, she didn’t have much spirit, and her whole person lacked energy.

Ning Shu smiled. She was just about to put down her basket and take out the oranges when she heard Li Fei say again, “By the way, little sister, do you want some defective fabric? There are quite a few defects, but it’s also cheap. The fabric came from the clothing factory in the county. It was originally intended for making clothes, but the storage wasn’t done properly, so there were problems with the color. Therefore, the director contacted us to sell it at a loss.”

The purchase of fabric from the clothing factory was a large quantity. If a whole batch had problems, it wasn’t something that could be solved by a few customers buying it.

Therefore, this batch of fabric had been in their supply and marketing cooperative for a week and there was still a lot left.

“Can I take a look first?” Ning Shu didn’t immediately agree. Their family didn’t lack clothes, so they didn’t lack fabric either.

If the defects could be fixed, she’d be willing to buy it, but she wanted to see the extent of the defects first.

Li Fei: “Of course, you have to take a look first. I’ll take you there!”