July 18th.

It was a little after four in the morning, when it was just getting light outside, and Ji Ling opened her eyes.

In the previous life, I was determined to create a world for myself so that everyone would look up to me. I worked hard from dawn to dusk, but when I traveled through time, I brought the habit of waking up early with me.

The agricultural machinery company's staff quarters were located in the northeast of Bei County, four streets away from the main street. It was a very remote location. Ji Ling walked around to the front row of bungalows, looking inside as she walked. She remembered that Tian Jing lived in the front row of her house, but she was not sure which house it was.

It was early in the morning and not many families were up. Ji Ling visited each family hoping for the best and saw Tian Jing, who also got up early, hanging clothes in the yard.

She called out, "Tian Jing."

Tian Jing heard the noise and looked towards the gate. Seeing Ji Ling, her eyes lit up a little. She put her wet clothes on the rope and walked out of the yard. "Ji Ling, isn't it too early to go to school now?"

The college entrance examination results will be released in two days. Today is the day to go to school to estimate the results. University reporting is usually around mid-September. During the fifty days in between, Ji Ling plans to find a temporary job to earn some pocket money.

Seeing that Tian Jing had misunderstood, Ji Ling directly told her the purpose of looking for her, "During the exam in Taipei City, I heard you say that you were going to work as a temporary worker in a brick factory. Are they still hiring? I want to find a temporary job before school starts."

Tian Jing and Ji Ling had only been together for a few days, and since they didn't know each other well, it was hard to persuade them. She took off her apron and said, "Temporary workers at the brick factory can go there anytime. I'll take you there now."

The brick factory is further north, on the street.

With Tian Jing's introduction, Ji Ling quickly made an agreement with the brick factory. She would come to work at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and get off work at 5 o'clock every evening. Her salary would be one yuan a day.

When the two came back, the people in the staff quarters had just woken up. Tian Jing had to hurry home to make breakfast. When they parted, she made an appointment with Ji Ling to go to school later.

"Okay, thank you for bothering you today." Ji Ling said with a smile.

"What's the trouble?" Tian Jing glanced behind Ji Ling, waved and left.

Ji Ling turned around and saw Ji Jianhua standing in the yard.

Ji Ling came into the yard and greeted him, calling him "Brother". Ji Jianhua nodded, but before he could say anything, Xu Fang came out of the house.

"Jianhua, it's time to eat." Her hands were stained with flour. Her son had to go back to work today, so the couple got up early to make dumplings. When they saw their daughter, they complained, "Where have you been so early in the morning?"

Ji Ling said nothing.

Fortunately, it was time for dinner, and Xu Fang didn’t want to be unhappy.

However, the meal was interrupted halfway through.

The person who came was Tian Jing's mother Li Hua.

Xu Fang didn't interact much with the people in the family compound. When Li Hua came to her house early in the morning, Xu Fang knew something was wrong.

She put down her chopsticks and said, "Li Hua, what are you doing here?"

Li Hua glanced at Ji Ling. Ji Ling was confused. She had been here for a short time and had been reading at home. She had no idea that the woman in front of her was Tian Jing's mother.

"I think this is not a small matter, so I have to come and talk to you about it." Li Hua recounted the story of his daughter taking Ji Ling to the brick factory to find work that morning. "Moving bricks is tiring and hard. Ji Ling is a little girl. I can't bear to hear what she would look like after moving bricks for a month."

The Ji family is considered a wealthy family in the agricultural machinery family compound, and Xu Fang is very concerned about her reputation, so how could she let her daughter move bricks?

Li Hua was very good at speaking. On the surface, he felt sorry for the girl's hard work, but he explained the matter clearly in a few words and finally got his daughter out of trouble.

The Ji family was having breakfast. Li Hua didn't sit for long. He said that he would ask his daughter to call Ji Ling to go to school together to estimate their scores, and then he got up and left.

Ji Ling took the opportunity to quickly stuff a few dumplings into her mouth.

Xu Fang is very concerned about her reputation, so there will inevitably be a quarrel.

At the table, Ji's father and son had lost their appetite. They looked at Ji Ling eating dumplings in silence, not knowing what she was thinking.

This was the scene Xu Fang saw when he came in with a gloomy face.

She strode forward and pinched Ji Ling without saying a word, cursing as she did so.

"You really want to go against your family, don't you?"

"I was asked to recruit workers, but you did this to embarrass me."

"You want to learn from that college dropout from Dong Fang's family in the front yard and repeat your studies for five years, right?"

Ji Ling felt pain and instinctively dodged. Seeing her dodging, Xu Fang became even angrier and hit her harder.

"You still dare to hide? You have brought shame to my life. From childhood to adulthood, I have never been worry-free. Look at your sister, and then look at yourself."

Xu Fang came from a wealthy family and was not that rude before. Ji Yong was frightened by her attack and forgot to hold her back for a moment.

Although Ji Jianhua was surprised as it was the first time he saw his mother fighting since he was a child, he was still the first to react and stop her.

"Xu Fang, you can scold me but why do you have to hit me?" Ji Yong came back to his senses at this time and went forward to persuade his wife.

Ji Jianhua pulled his mother and said, "Mom, this is not a big deal. If Xiaoling wants to exercise, just let her go. She knows how tiring it is to work all day, and she just complained that she didn't want to work anymore."

Ji Yong also acted as a peacemaker, "Yes, she earns money with her own hands, which is good."

"Is this good?" Xu Fang's eyes were filled with anger. "You are right. I am the one who is wrong. How can she be wrong? Look at how promising she is. She refused to take a good job and insisted on moving bricks. She wants others to laugh at her behind my back, right?"

Ji Ling didn't want to make things too awkward, so she explained, "I will be reporting to the university in mid-September, and I only have a little over a month for summer vacation. I'd rather give the job at the zipper factory to someone who needs it."

She is not the original owner, so she is too lazy to say much when something happens.

As for her biased family, she had no feelings for the original owner's family, nor any expectations, and she had nothing to complain about. Having been reborn, she also wanted to live a good life again, not to be so competitive and tired like in her previous life, building a career but not enjoying a single day of happiness.

In this life, she just wants to live a relaxed and comfortable life and enjoy it.

"Listen to this, listen to how conscious this is. She would rather work as a bricklayer than give up such a good job opportunity to others. I really have a good daughter." Xu Fang gritted her teeth in anger, "University enrollment? If you can get into university, I'll call you mom."

Ji Yong's face darkened, "Xu Fang, your words are too harsh. You are a well-educated person, look at what you look like now."

Xu Fang seemed to be frightened by her own crazy behavior. She was stunned for a moment, then covered her face and sobbed.

Ji Jianhua pursed his lips and said to Ji Ling, "Xiaoling, admit your mistake to mom right now."

At the same time, another voice sounded cautiously at the door, "Ji Ling, are you going to school to estimate your scores today?"

Tian Jing stood at the door with an embarrassed look on her face, not knowing whether to go in or back out.

(End of this chapter)