No one knew when Old Madam Fan would be able to get the money. They all had their families to take care of. If they did not go out to earn money, did they want their family members to starve to death?
Even though everyone else had given up, Old Madam Fan did not give up. She waited bitterly in the snowy cold weather for Li Gui to appear. However, after staying outside for too long, Old Madam Fan's body could not take it anymore, She caught a cold and had to go home to recuperate.
There were many people who went to work in Qiao Mei's "little corn courtyard" every day. At first, most people were unwilling to do it, but when they saw how those who worked had benefited from it, more and more people decided to take part.
"Hey, do you know that Old Madam Fan has fallen ill?" Sun Juan said to everyone as she plucked the corn kernels.
