Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

It's late July. In a blink of an eye, it became the time when figs were ripe.

Figs were one of Su Danhong's favorite fruits. She ate a lot of them every year when they matured, and this year was no exception. Although she was still breastfeeding, she ate them regularly. She felt that her milk supply was more abundant after eating figs.

Xiangxiang became white and chubby from being well fed. When he was taken up the mountain, Mother Ji would dote on him for a while. It was not just Mother Ji, even Father Ji was the same. When he saw his white and chubby little grandson, he would hug him for a while.

Her family grew a lot of figs, and the yield was very good. Every fruit tree was full of fruits, and there were more than 20 fig trees.

That was just from the first orchard, there was also the second orchard.

The figs were all very sweet and moist, and tasted pretty delicious.

Su Danhong was relatively free, but Ji Jianyun was, without a doubt, busy. He ordered a lot of special transparent plastic boxes to package the figs. Each box had four figs and was priced at 30 cents. This was not cheap, and was considered expensive.

But with his meticulous packaging, business was doing very good, especially in the college town.

The combination of packaging, price, and really delicious fruit was great to personally eat or give as a gift. The fruit was sweet and juicy once the skin was peeled off.

For eating at home, buying three or four boxes was enough. But as a gift, more than five boxes was needed

Thus, the figs were very popular.

This year, they hired a lot of part-time workers to help out during the fruit season. Su Danhong was still the boss lady like always—taking care of the children and cooking. Everyone was used to it.

Some people also privately grumbled. Wasn’t she being too lazy? There was work, so why didn’t she help?

But some people countered that if Jianyun was happy to support his wife like an empress and did not need her to do any work. Otherwise, why would they be hired?

What was there to be jealous of? Some people were just lucky!

Look at how well their three children were raised—each one was more handsome than the one before. Some young wives in the village liked them so much that they even wanted to come over and work for free. After finishing work, they took some fruits back to eat and hoped that the child in their belly would look like Renren and the others.

Ji Jianyun was busy with several orchards, and he had to take care of the reservoir. Of course, he wasn’t involved with the heavy work, but he still had to go there to check on it occasionally.

When he came back that evening, Su Danhong had prepared a delicious dinner for him.

The soup was seaweed soup, and the other foods were tomato scrambled eggs, two jin of tilapia braised with soy sauce, ginger, and onions, and braised pig's trotters. It was all hearty dishes.

Ji Jianyun ate to his heart's content. While he was busy every day, other people said that his wife was idle and had nothing to do. However, he knew that it was because his wife was busy taking care of him every day, no matter how tired she was. That’s why he was always healthy.

“There is honeysuckle water boiled in the kitchen. Go and get a bucket to soak your feet,” Su Danhong said while clearing the dishes.

“Let's soak together.” Ji Jianyun looked at her.

As soon as Su Danhong saw the look in his eyes, she knew that he was in the mood tonight. She rolled her eyes at him and said, “Soak by yourself. Remember to wash the dishes.”

She went out with Renren and Qiqi. She took Xiangxiang in the stroller. They went with Da Hei, who was loyally guarding them.

Ji Jianyun smiled and went to wash the dishes. He was happy to help his wife with some housework. If his wife was feeling good, he might have some more meat to eat that night.

Later, Ji Jianyun had two servings of meat and was extremely satisfied.

Su Danhong was also content. Her Jianyun was getting more and more skilled. He always sent her to the sky and she reached the top twice. How could she not be content?

When she woke up the next day, she looked so radiant. Ji Jianyun's throat tightened at the sight of her wonderful appearance.

They already had three children, so they were like an old married couple. Yet, why was his wife becoming more and more charming every day?

“You must be tired from last night. Rest at home today,” Ji Jianyun said.

The truth was, he didn’t want his wife to go out and be seen by others.

How could Su Danhong not know what this man was thinking? She rolled her eyes at him and said, “Go and do your business.”

He was already in his thirties, but when it came to that, he acted like a young man who had never eaten meat. It was really dangerous.

Ji Jianyun went to work. This man couldn't stay idle. He had to be doing something. It didn't matter if it was hard work, he could endure it.

The weather was very hot. Su Danhong was worried that he would suffer from heatstroke, so he drank honeysuckle and isatis root (banlangen) every day to help him cool down from the heat.

She also prepared other things like malted milk. She would often make him a cup to enjoy like a snack.

This man had many things to do, so she prepared delicious food for him at every meal. But he still got hungry quickly. Su Danhong’s solution was to have a lot of food ready for him at home when he came back.

Sesame cakes, peanut cakes, and mung bean soup were available every day. They had fruit trees at home, so there were always various fruits available every day.

Mother Ji would make a pot of mung bean soup every day , and then invite everyone over to drink it because it was hot. Each person drank one or two bowls of it, which was very effective in relieving the heat.

So even though it was the peak of summer, not that many suffered from heat stroke.

Su Danhong’s eldest brother suffered from a heat stroke because he had to work in the fields. He took a two-day break and then returned to work.

Her eldest brother’s attitude did not change much. He was still afraid that Ji Jianyun would fire and replace him, and his dream of building a house would be ruined.

And now that Ji Jianyun raised his salary to be very high, which man in the surrounding villages was not watching in the hopes of a job to take over?

So he was afraid.

Others suffering from heatstroke also didn't want to rest. Ji Jianyun had to insist that they go back home and rest so that the others would not get sick. Thus, they took a break for a day or two, and then came back to work as usual.

There was a lot of work to do. There were 35 pigs to raise.

Ji Jianhe suffered from heat stroke, but he only rested for one day. The next day, he continued to transport sweet potatoes and vegetable stems to the reservoir, or sent them to his father to feed the pigs in the second orchard. It was also a part of his daily routine to deliver goods to some nearby shops.

Ji Jianhe also had to handle accounts. Each time he made a calculation, he had to be correct. Last time, he did not do it correctly, and it almost led him to being dismissed. It was only because he found the error and corrected it, so Ji Jianyun didn't do anything to him.

But this incident still scared him to death.

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