Xiao Yiming quickly closed the half-opened window. The rumbling thunder outside was extremely scary as bolts of lightning struck down one after another.

Xiao Yiming climbed back onto the brick bed, seeing his body shivering non-stop. Frowning, he unhesitatingly lifted the blanket and hugged Luo Manman.

Luo Manman was moved at first, but after hearing the familiar smell, she became quiet.

After he pinched the horn on her forehead and kissed it, Xiao Yiming finally fell asleep, satisfied.

The moment Luo Manman woke up, she found herself in Xiao Yiming"s embrace. The force seemed to want to socketed her in his bones and blood, imprisoning her to the point where she almost couldn"t breathe.

No wonder when she dreamt of being chased by bad people, she was gasping for breath. So there was a reason behind everything that had happened.

She subconsciously moved, wanting to struggle free from the restraints. Xiao Yiming"s powerful arms suddenly tightened, almost strangling her to death.

"My wife, don"t be afraid. I will protect you." This time he was mumbling like he was in a dream.

Luo Manman speechlessly rolled her eyes, and what she saw was Xiao Yiming moving her lips slightly: My wife, are you not afraid of thunder?

Luo Manman"s face was so red that it could drip blood, her weak memories regressed. Seems like there was really thunder last night, when she looked up and saw the dripping water on the roof, the water in the wooden bucket had already leaked out.

"It"s also getting brighter. Have you forgotten that we"re going to the market today?" Luo Manman reached out and pinched Xiao Yiming"s handsome face.

"Ah?" "Is today the market day?" Xiao Yiming was still in a daze, he muttered to himself as he opened his sleepy eyes.

Last night, lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled. The house leaked water in the middle of the night. He used a wooden basin to clean up the water traces. He hadn"t slept well at all and was still feeling dizzy.

However, Luo Manman quickly put on her clothes and said: "It"s a bit late today, why don"t we take the oxcart later, it"s faster this way."

"Alright." Xiao Yiming was also half awake from his drowsiness, and quickly sat up and dressed up.

When he got off the brick bed and saw that there was a large puddle of water in the house, Luo Manman could not help but frown and raise her head to look at the roof of the house.

He reckoned that half of the house had been blown away by the wind last night. Alas, he had to find a way to earn some money as soon as possible.

Xiao Yiming then said embarra.s.sedly: "Cough, cough, don"t look anymore. When we return from the market, I will fix this roof."

"Yes, let"s leave it like this for now."

"Wifey, go eat porridge first, I"ll make it here." Xiao Yiming stored all of the wood products in this basket.

His wife had sold one basket at home, leaving him with only this one basket.

After Xiao Yiming finished packing, he saw Xiao Niang who was initially embroidering in the hall walk over, and pa.s.s him a cloth bag.

"These are embroidered fabrics. Take them for delivery. Also, do not forget to bring the eggs from home to the town for sale. There are already 40 to 50 of them."

"So many?" Xiao Yiming placed the basket of eggs to the side and looked at the basket filled with eggs. There were quite a lot of them, so he reckoned that they could be sold for some money.

Xiao Niang seemed to understand his doubt, "You haven"t gone out for almost a month, there must be a lot of them piled up together. Alright, it"s getting late, hurry up and go eat some porridge."

"When Xiao Yiming went to the kitchen, he saw that Luo Manman had finished eating the porridge. A bowl of porridge was placed on the table, and at the same time, she was pouring some charcoal into a gunny sack.

"Wifey, don"t be busy. I"ll come and get it later." Xiao Yiming saw that her pair of pure hands was now completely black.

"Yiming, hurry up and eat. I"m almost done, I"m just waiting for you. "It"s getting late. If we don"t hurry up, the ox-carts in the village will be gone. When we get to the town later, who knows when we"ll go there?"

After Luo Manman finished speaking, he already neatly tied up the gunny sack. She actually had half a bag of charcoal, which could be sold for some money.

The two of them hurriedly brought the things to the entrance of the village and saw Old Uncle Zhang"s ox-cart waiting there.

At this moment, the ox-cart was empty. Fortunately, they had made it in time, so they thought the ox-cart had left. This time, they had to walk to the town.

"Uncle, good morning. Why is there no one here today?" Old Uncle Zhang spread out the straw in the oxcart evenly and replied:

"Tomorrow morning. It was a thunderstorm last night, so everyone woke up late. You"re riding on an ox-cart today, right? Come on up first, they"ll be here soon."

Riding on the ox-cart, Xiao Yiming gave his uncle 24 words, counting as two people traveling back and forth.

"Why are you in such a hurry? It"s fine if you just come back with the car money."

"Well, I"ll give you the odd copper coins I have." Xiao Yiming grinned and smiled.

While speaking, the Sanniang and the w.a.n.g Ergou had caught up and boarded the carriage.

Although the oxcart was quite large, the five of them, in addition to their personal belongings, felt rather crowded.

Luo Manman looked at the few people on the carriage and had the urge to jump off, but Old Uncle Zhang laughed and said:

"Everyone"s here, let"s go!"

He shouted excitedly as he waved his whip, and the big yellow bull started to run with all its might. The mountain road was not smooth, and the cart swayed a little. Luckily, he was good at driving cattle, so the b.u.mpiness was not that bad.

It would only take half an hour to get to the town by oxcart. The journey would be quite lonely, so the women would have to clench their teeth and grit their teeth.

"Why did you bring your wife here today? Don"t you think it"s too expensive to ride an oxcart?"

The one who said that was the Liu Yao, he loved to talk right and wrong, he liked to choke people every time he spoke, his pair of yellow eyes were filled with ridicule.

Xiao Yiming was not annoyed by his words, his hand grabbed onto Luo Manman"s waist, afraid that his wife would accidentally fall down.

"Liu Yao, I rarely ride on ox-carriages, but I don"t think it"s too expensive. Don"t spout nonsense with your mouth, Big Uncle Zhang won"t be happy to hear it later."

"Ha, Yi Ming said that. You are an aggressive person who has even paid for your car, how can you think that it is too expensive? Liu Yao was wrong about that. " Big Uncle Zhang didn"t forget to laugh as he drove the ox cart.

"Hmph …" Liu Yao"s face turned red at these words.

Sanniang, who had been watching the entire scene, laughed: "Liu Yao, you old granny, don"t try to get along with someone. I think that Yi Ming is pretty good, working hard and capable, and his wife can earn money, so the couple is pretty good."

"Hmph …" It"s just that if we get some benefits, we"ll be stuck on both sides of the wall, so what"s the big deal. "

Liu Yao snorted. She used to be on good terms with Sanniang, but ever since she got closer to the Xiao family, Liu Yao no longer cared about her.

What made her most uncomfortable was that Sanniang was already half a step old, so why would he need to daub whitening mud s.

Liu Yao spat in her heart. She would never admit that Sanniang"s skin was much better than before.

"Alright, alright, stop being so noisy. If you can calm down, will you let me sleep?" w.a.n.g Ergou shouted unhappily as he half-closed his eyes.

He lazily leaned against the burlap sack on the oxcart. The sun had already risen in the early morning, making him feel rather comfortable and sleepy.

If it wasn"t for the fact that these two women were blabbering on endlessly, he really could have taken a nap to recuperate.

"Oh, Ergouzi, you"re still napping on the ox-cart?" This wobble will make it hard for you to fall asleep. Could it be that he went to become a thief last night? Which widow stole it? "

Seeing that he was not in high spirits and had dark circles under his eyes, the Sanniang could not help but ridicule him.

"I say, Sanniang, don"t make fun of me, Ergou. How can you have a widow waiting for me to steal it? It was a thunderstorm last night, and I was busy collecting things in the middle of the night. "

The w.a.n.g Ergou was a little wretched, but his heart was not bad and he was funny.

He did not even look at Luo Manman, he was too lazy to think about other people"s wives, this time he missed Hei Ya so much that he missed him.

"Still busy collecting things? You went to town just to catch up on the market, and didn"t take some of your family"s side dishes to sell, to trade for some copper coins. "

Liu Yao interrupted her. Although she was unhappy that she was stopped, it was life-threatening for her to not say anything.

"The side dishes can be sold for a few dollars, so it"s no problem at all. I, Ergou, went to the town to buy some food."

"Look at Ergou"s empty baskets, and look at Xiao Yiming"s two big baskets full of things! He sure can sell them for a lot of money."

Sanniang"s eyes lit up, as if he could see a huge pile of copper coins falling, but unfortunately, it was not her family"s money.

"Sanniang doesn"t say much, not much." Xiao Yiming scratched his head and smiled shyly.

"Sanniang, I"m not talking about you, but you"re envious of me for this little bit of money. How much can these things be worth? Don"t forget that the Xiao family still owes the Qiu family five taels of silver? I might not even be able to raise enough money. "

These words caused Xiao Yiming"s face to darken. Luo Manman, who had been silent all this while, had a gloomy face: "The things that Liu Yao does are managed by others, he does more than even the village chief. Whether our Xiao family can raise enough silver is none of your business."

"Hmph …" The day to return the money in a few days would come. What would you do then? "Hmph …"

Big Uncle Zhang called out: "We have arrived at town."

Only then did the people in the car stop. They paid the driver, picked up their stuff and went into the bustling market.

On both sides of the street, there were tea shops, restaurants and p.a.w.nshops. The streets were crowded with people, and both sides of the street were filled with empty s.p.a.ces.

They were all people from different industries. Some were selling tea, some looked good, some were selling groceries, and many were holding oil-paper umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun.

There were countless pedestrians on the street. Some were carrying burdens while others were driving ox-carts.

Luo Manman had long antic.i.p.ated that there would not be any good seats, so she was not angry: "Yi Ming, let"s go sell the eggs and charcoal first."

"Fine, daughter-in-law, let"s go to the same restaurant as last time. We"re collecting eggs anyway."

Very quickly, 40 eggs were collected at a price of 60 gold coins and 30 kilograms of charcoal at a price of 180 gold coins. Xiao Yiming frequently came to this restaurant, so he had to pay the usual price.

After handing in the Xiao Niang"s embroidery mission, the two of them found a market stall.

Coincidentally, it was the same stall from last time. However, this time, it was no longer the same stall that sold cabbages, but a vendor that also sold wood products.