Wanjia Village is not a wealthy village, but since the household contract responsibility system was implemented, as long as the villagers are not lazy and take good care of the few acres of land they have been allocated, they will not go hungry. Basically, every family has surplus food. If they are more diligent and go out to do some small business or odd jobs, they can save some money every year.

The villagers don’t have big ambitions. If they have some money, they just want to rebuild their house and leave it for the next generation to marry a daughter-in-law...

Over the years, except for a few households, many of the thatched houses and adobe houses in the village have now been replaced with red brick and tile houses. Even the poorer ones will cover the outer walls of the adobe houses with a layer of red bricks, at least the outside looks bright...

Kela's family is one of the few families that still lives in adobe houses. His yard is built with adobe bricks. After years of wind and rain, it has collapsed long ago, leaving only two adobe houses that are habitable.

When he left, the village had no electricity. When he came back this time, he pulled a wire from his neighbor's house and hung a light bulb for lighting.

When Wan An Ning and Old Aunt Pan arrived, there was no one in the yard of Kela's house. Only the lights were on in the house, and there was even a man's laughter coming from the house.

Before entering the house, old lady Pan started shouting in a loud voice: "Is Ke La at home? I heard that you made a fortune and brought a city wife. Let your sister-in-law take a good look at what this city wife looks like?"

Kela was drinking in the main hall with several captains and some prominent people in the village. When he saw Lao Pan and Wan An Ning coming over, Kela stood up, and his face, which had been smiling all day, became a little stiff: "Sister-in-law is here? Why don't you come in and have a drink with us?"

Old Pan glanced at the people sitting at the Eight Immortals Table in the main hall and curled his lips: "Oh, forget it. I am just an ordinary citizen. I dare not sit at the same table with you famous people. Where is your wife? I heard that your daughter is already several years old? Let me see..."

As Lao Pan spoke, she deliberately used her broad shoulders to support Kela's thin body and lowered her voice: "Tell the truth to sister-in-law, is that girl your real daughter?"

The smile on Ke La's face froze, and he coughed dryly: "Look at what my sister-in-law said? The daughter my wife gave birth to is my daughter..."

Old Pan curled his lips and said, "Then she's not your biological child. But it doesn't matter. The child is still young. As long as you treat her well, she will be close to you when she grows up. Don't you think so?"

Ke La frowned, obviously not liking what Lao Pan said, but he didn't get angry, just nodded and smiled: "Sister-in-law is right, it's getting late, sister-in-law, why don't you go back first?"

"Why are you going back? I couldn't squeeze in during the day, so I came here to see your wife at night. What's wrong? You won't let me see her?"

"No, no, sister-in-law misunderstood. I... your sister-in-law is also tired after a day and has gone to bed. How about you come over tomorrow?"

"No way!" Old Pan moved his shoulders, knocking Kela to stagger, and dragged Wan An Ning's hand into the inner room, muttering: "Tomorrow? I have things to do tomorrow. Kela, wake up quickly and let your sister-in-law take a good look at you..."

Wan An Ning followed behind Old Pan without saying a word. To be honest, she was shocked by Old Aunt Pan. She used to go to school and knew very little about the people and things in the village. After Feng Xiangmei got into trouble, the relationship between the two families gradually became distant. She never had the chance to see Old Aunt Pan's mouth, but it was really... she dared to say anything!

There was no light bulb in the inner room, and with the light from the outer room, one could barely make out a woman sitting on the bed. When she saw Lao Pan and Wan An Ning come in, the woman moved but did not get out of bed.

Ke La followed the two into the inner room and said to the woman, "Is the child asleep? Don't come down, don't wake the child up and make him cry. This is our sister-in-law Pan. She is not a stranger, she won't mind..."

Old Pan sat on the edge of the bed and stretched out his hand to slap the woman, but she dodged it by turning sideways. She was not angry, but said to Kela, "Kela, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but if you don't pull out the light bulb, at least light a candle, right? It's pitch dark, no wonder the child is scared and crying, why don't you light up the whole candle!"

Ke La seemed a little impatient, and reached out to pull Lao Pan: "Sister-in-law, you see the children are asleep, and your sister-in-law also needs to rest, why don't you come back tomorrow? We won't leave right away, so there's no need for a little while..."

Old Pan slapped Ke La's hand and said, "What's wrong with you? I came here today because I think highly of you. Yesterday doesn't count. Today is the first day you brought your wife back home. This is also your wedding night. I came to make trouble for you, okay? I may not go even if others invite me. I'm telling you, don't be ungrateful..."

Kela wanted to get angry, but when he thought of those people outside, he suppressed his anger and said through gritted teeth: "Okay, you wait, I'll go get a candle."

When the candles were lit, the room suddenly became bright.

"Oh, that's right. It's unlucky to be in the dark. I tell you, it's best not to put out the candle all night, otherwise you won't be able to live long..."

As Old Pan spoke, he looked around and spotted the fruit plate on the black lacquered box at the head of the bed. He took it over without hesitation, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and handed them to Wan An Ning, then he held the fruit plate and started to crack them.

While eating melon seeds, he talked to the woman on the bed: "Hey, girl, how did you know Ke La?"

The woman sat on the bed with her head lowered, her expression unclear. She was holding a neatly dressed child tightly in her arms. She didn't even look up when Lao Pan spoke to her.

It was not until Lao Pan reached out to touch her child that she suddenly looked up and blocked Lao Pan's hand with her hand.

It was at this moment that Wan An Ning saw the woman's appearance clearly. He was shocked and his face showed a bit of shock.

She had seen this woman in her previous life, but not in Kela's house, but in another village...

In his previous life, Wan An Ning did not come to Kela's house so early, and had never seen this woman!

After Feng Xiangmei's death, the family was in a mess. Not only did they have to deal with Feng Xiangmei's funeral, they had to take care of Wan Guofu who had a broken leg, and they also had to appease the uncles and cousins ​​of the Feng family who came to make trouble.

At that time, she naturally didn't have the time to come to Kela's house to watch the fun, nor was she in the mood to listen to the village gossip, so naturally she didn't know that Kela had brought a woman back.

Later, when she finally sorted out the mess at home, she heard that Kela had a profitable project and was looking for investors.

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