Ji Huaizhi swallowed the bun in his mouth and said, "It's all right. I'm not particular. Just don't get too tired." He noticed that Li Yang wasn't wearing the clothes he bought her yesterday, and there were only a few old clothes hanging in the yard. He asked, "Don't you like new clothes?"

Li Yang shook his head: "I like it, but I'm a little reluctant to wear it.

Besides, my family is keeping a close eye on them now, and I don’t want them to have any inappropriate thoughts because of this.”

Her main concern was that she had just refused Feng Mei and the others' request for money, and then she put on clothes that looked not cheap, which exposed her act of playing the victim.

She had died once, so she was not afraid of being entangled with them, but she could not let Ji Huaizhi be entangled by them again because of her.

Secondly, she seemed to have long ceased to care about food and clothing.

In her previous life, the clothes she wore were either discarded by her uncle's daughter, or wrinkled street goods Feng Mei found somewhere. Even when she married Fu Jin, Feng Mei reluctantly took out two yuan and said, "There's no need to buy those ready-made clothes. They're expensive and ugly. Just go out and buy some cloth and make them yourself."

But she knew in her heart that part of the salary she was required to hand over every month was used by Feng Mei to subsidize her parents' home. Half of the clothes worn by her cousin, who was always dressed brightly and beautifully, were bought with her salary.

Fu Jin's mother already had a problem with Feng Mei asking for an extra betrothal gift. When she saw her enter wearing cheap clothes, her disdain reached its peak: "Tsk, I'm surprised you didn't spend a penny of all the money I gave your family?"

Because of this incident, she was looked down upon more and more by her husband's family.

In the late 1980s, Guangzhou was influenced and impacted by foreign countries and Hong Kong cities in all aspects, the most obvious of which was people's clothing.

The young girls in the factory would often get together to discuss the most fashionable hairstyles and the most popular clothing styles. Whenever this happened, she would stand far away and not participate.

It’s not that I don’t want to, but I dare not.

She was afraid that they would laugh at her clothes, which would be torn with the slightest tear.

From the moment she was born, she was deprived of the rights that other little girls could enjoy.

Hearing this, Ji Huaizhi raised his eyelashes and glanced at her, his cool peach blossom eyes revealing nonchalantly: "Just dress up beautifully and do what you like. I'll take care of the rest."

"But……"

"No buts." Ji Huaizhi put down his bowl and chopsticks. "If they come looking for you again, just tell me when they get back."

Li Yang was stunned: "You know everything."

Ji Huaizhi put away his casual expression and spoke with a serious tone: "You just need to remember, as long as I am here, I will protect you. Here, you are no longer the little girl who needs to please others and has no one to support you."

Li Yang: “…”

Looking at Ji Huaizhi's handsome eyes and eyebrows, Li Yang was not only moved, but her old heart also began to tremble uncontrollably.

Damn it.

You are so old, yet you still dare to have sexual thoughts towards your benefactor.

Fortunately, she didn't have the guts to do that.

She nodded: "Okay, I understand."

*

After they had breakfast, Ji Huaizhi took her to a jade processing workshop.

The boss was a middle-aged man in his forties. When he saw Ji Huaizhi, he greeted him with a smile: "Little Ji, you're here so early?" Then he looked at Li Yang, his eyes flashing with surprise, "Oh, is this the new wife you mentioned? She's so beautiful!"

Ji Huaizhi nodded calmly and introduced him to Li Yang: "This is Boss Wu, he runs a jade business."

Li Yang didn't hesitate and greeted Boss Wu with grace and grace: "Hello, Boss Wu, my name is Li Yang."

Boss Wu took the bag of stones from Ji Huaizhi's hand and led them inside, briefly introducing his workshop to Li Yang.

It turns out that Boss Wu inherited his father's business. After the reform and opening up, he picked up the industry left by his ancestors. Relying on his unique vision and craftsmanship, he gradually accumulated his own customers and his business is booming.

Li Yang listened and thought to himself, if her left eye could really see the essence of jade, could she also start a jade jewelry business?

Just purchasing jade and jewelry raw materials requires extremely high costs. She has no money now. Isn't this a stumbling block?

Fortunately, she was optimistic by nature and thought that she would wait until the stone was opened, and there would always be a way.

Boss Wu led them to a machine, opened the bag, took out the stone inside and examined it carefully. He touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "I think there's hope."

For those working in this industry, the most exciting thing is to see good products.

The stones that Ji Huaizhi brought were completely unremarkable from the surface. Although some of them could produce good quality goods, most of them were mediocre.

But it was rare that Ji Huaizhi brought his wife to him to mine stones, so naturally he couldn't be too confident. After all, miracles happen sometimes, right?

He took the largest elephant-skin-like stone in his hand, looked at it again and again, drew the most suitable cutting line in his mind, plugged in the cutting machine, sat on the stool in front of the machine, and began to cut the stone.

Because of the curiosity, Li Yang also gathered around and watched Boss Wu cut the stone carefully.

When a tiny crack was cut in the surface of the stone, revealing a little bit of color from inside, Boss Wu's eyes suddenly widened and his face lit up with excitement.

Li Yang's heart tightened upon seeing this: "Boss Wu, how is it?"