Rebirth of a Farmhouse with Space

The sea breeze was blowing gently, accompanied by the sound of waves hitting the beach. Nanchen was enjoying a rare relaxing time while grilling sea fish for his family.

There is everything you need in the space, including all the condiments. The grilled sea fish is delicious and sizzling with oil.

Ms. Dong picked up a piece of the most tender and delicious fish face meat for Nan Zhaozhao with chopsticks, "Xiaobao, try it quickly, isn't it delicious? This piece of meat is the best piece of meat on the whole fish!"

Nan Zhaozhao puffed up her cheeks and blew on the still steaming hot fish. Ms. Dong smiled and said to Nan Chen, "I'm not saying this, my daughter is really smart. How come she knows at such a young age that if it's too hot, she needs to cool it down before eating. Our daughter is really a little genius!"

Sea fish is different from freshwater fish. Sea fish tastes more tender and delicious, and has fewer fish bones. The whole family was very satisfied with the meal. Nanchen lay on the beach chair, eating grilled fish and drinking beer, sighing at the beauty of life!

When he woke up the next day and opened his eyes, Nanchen thought of something he had promised a few months ago. He said that as long as the first order of the factory was shipped and the balance was paid, he would invite everyone in the factory and their families to dinner at his home. Later, he was busy with village affairs and had no time. When he had time, he forgot about it. The employees in the factory were too embarrassed to mention it.

"Oh, look at my brain!"

Ms. Dong asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Are you crazy so early in the morning?"

"I said a long time ago that I would invite the factory employees to my home for a meal. It's been several months, and I still haven't fulfilled my promise. This is really wrong!"

Ms. Dong turned over and sat up, saying as she put on her clothes, "What's the big deal? Just give the factory a day off today and let them come to your house for a meal. By the way, how many people are there in the factory?"

Nan Chen also stood up and put on his clothes. "Forty-five people, mainly because I told them to bring their families. Will you make it in time?"

"It's too late. I'll go find Dahua Wang Lan and Sister Chen for help. Ask them to come over for dinner in the evening. It's definitely too late for lunch. We also have to go to the county town to buy vegetables. It will take most of the day to go back and forth."

"Okay then, let's schedule it for the evening. Forget about the holiday. We can just let them get off work early in the afternoon!"

The couple discussed what they were going to do today and then went about their own business.

Nan Ye got up early and went to the mountain. This was what he insisted on doing every day. One reason was to exercise himself, and going up the mountain to chop firewood was the best cover.

Nan Huai and Bai Yucheng were busy with the housework together. With a large family, there was a lot of housework to do. On weekdays, when Ms. Dong was not busy at home, she would do all the housework. When Ms. Dong was busy with other things, the housework fell on the two of them, doing the laundry, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of Nan Zhaozhao. In their spare time, they would read books and learn to read.

Nan Huai was reading medical books, while Bai Yucheng was reading their respective literary books.

At first, Nanchen was surprised to know that Bai Yucheng could read and write. He thought it was amazing that he could recognize so many characters at such a young age. But as time went by, Nanchen got used to it. Whenever he was out doing business, he would go to the local bookstore to buy some books for Nanhuai and Bai Yucheng, for example, the various medical books and classics that Nanhuai wanted to read, and the literary books that Bai Yucheng wanted to read. These were mainly books for learning!

"Sister Hua, are you getting up?" Living in the countryside, Ms. Dong has become accustomed to the rural lifestyle, getting up early and going to bed early!

Just as the sky was beginning to turn pale, which is around four o'clock in the morning in modern time, Ms. Dong came to Sister Hua's house to call for help. Sister Hua was also a person who was used to getting up early, and she was already making breakfast.

When I opened the door and saw that it was Ms. Dong, I was a little surprised. "Why, so early? What's the matter?"

Ms. Dong was not polite and said bluntly, "It's like this. My family is inviting people from the factory to dinner at home today. I can't handle it alone, so I want to ask you and Wang Lan to help me. You two families don't have to cook today, just come to my house to eat."

Sister Hua wiped the water stains on her hands on the apron around her waist and agreed readily, "I know. I'll go tell my daughter, Dani, that there's coarse grain porridge cooking on the stove. Tell her to get up and watch over it. I'll come later!"

After saying that, Sister Hua turned around and went back into the house. After a while, she came out and the two of them went to Hu's house together, and then went to Chen's house.

The four women set out for the county town early in the morning. The road down was much faster than the official road, but the small road was difficult to walk on. They walked for two hours and entered the county town gate at around 8:30. As soon as they entered the city, the four of them went straight to the vegetable market. Ms. Dong didn't care about money at all. She bought a whole pig, five bags, 200 kilograms of coarse grain noodles, two boards of white tofu, 50 kilograms of vermicelli, more than 30 cabbages, and more than a dozen stalls of wine!

There were so many things bought that Ms. Dong rented two ox carts to help transport the things home. By the time they got home, it was already past one in the afternoon. The four women didn't dare to delay, so Wang Lan asked her father-in-law to help cut up the pork!

Sister Hua soaked all the vermicelli in water without stopping. Then she started to mix the dough and steam the buns!

Ms. Dong, Sister Chen and Wang Lan each had a kitchen knife, but they had to cut the meat and lard to make a pot of oil so that they could use the lard to cook later!

Seeing the Nan family suddenly buy so many delicious ingredients from the county town without making any noise, many people came to see the fun and asked if they were going to have a wedding. Ms. Dong explained one by one, "Hey, it's not a wedding, my husband wants to invite the factory workers and their families to dinner at home. Everyone has worked hard, so we want to reward them!"

Upon hearing that they were just inviting the workers from the cement factory to dinner, many people felt disappointed and regretted why they were not employees of the Nanjia Cement Factory!

Ma Damei squeezed out from the back of the crowd and came to the front. She said in a sarcastic tone, "Dong, you are really dishonest. Why do you have to classify people when you invite them to dinner? Those who work in your cement factory can come to dinner, but those who don't work in your cement factory can't come to dinner? We are all from the same village. Isn't it too embarrassing for you to do this?"

Ms. Dong had a lot of work to do, so she had no time to argue with Ma Damei. She retorted bluntly, "Ma, you are kind-hearted and generous, so you can pay for a meal for the whole village. If you can't do it, don't stand on the high ground and criticize me. I am, my husband and I are just ordinary people. We will give back to those who treat me and my family well and help us. I can't be as selfless as you, Ma Damei, I don't have time to talk to you today, and you don't have to gossip here!"

Ma Damei's chest kept rising and falling in anger. "Dong, aren't you being too harsh? I just said a few truths, and you're so desperate?"

"Yes, yes, hello, you are not harsh. We are waiting for your family to show their performance and for you to treat the whole village to a meal!"