Rebirth of a Farmhouse with Space

"You...! I..." Ma Damei wanted to say, I'll treat you, don't think you're the only rich family in the village. But as soon as she said the word "I", she was pulled out of the crowd by her man, Wang Ganlin.

Ma Damei was unhappy, "Why are you pulling me here? I haven't scolded you enough!"

Wang Ganlin was so angry at Ma Damei, "Ma Damei, why do you always have to pick on Li Zheng's family? Did the couple provoke you?"

"What do you mean she didn't provoke me? They live better than me. They just provoke me. Look at how proud Dong is. She is busy with this or that all day long. She also chats and laughs with the men in the village from time to time. What is this? This is called lowliness and unfaithfulness. A woman who is not obedient should be put into a pig cage and drowned in a pond. Who is like her and has no rules at all!"

Wang Ganlin cursed, "What's it to you? The man didn't say anything. What qualifications do you have to care about other people's affairs? I think you are just too idle. Don't blame me for not warning you. If you dare to talk nonsense and make trouble in the village again, I will..."

"What do you want to do? You want to divorce me? Mr. Wang, remember this, the family's money is all in my hands now. If you dare to push me too far, I will leave without leaving a penny for you!"

"you dare!"

"See if I dare!"

It is said that the difference between an honest person and a bad person is only a thought away. Wang Ganlin is honest, but there is also a big ferocious beast in his heart. If Ma Damei really forces Wang Ganlin into a corner one day, Wang Ganlin will really do something unimaginable!

"You are unreasonable!" Wang Ganlin waved his sleeves and went back. Ma Damei didn't care and wanted to go to the Nan family to watch the fun. However, those who had come to watch the fun had already gone back. Although they also wanted to go to the Nan family for dinner, they also had to save face. It would not be good for them to stay at their house when they had no relatives or friends there!

Seeing that there was no one watching at the Nan family’s door, Ma Damei went back angrily!

After the annoying guy left, the Nan family returned to a lively and busy scene. Ms. Dong cooked the first pot herself. She cooked braised pork. In order to make it taste and look like what modern people eat, she asked Nan Zhaozhao to take out two kilograms of old rock sugar, four packets of table salt, two bottles of dark soy sauce, two bottles of oysters, a large barrel of cooking wine, and some spices such as cinnamon, bay leaves, five-spice powder, and star anise from the space supermarket.

In preparation for this banquet, she specially bought an extra-large iron pot from the county town and set up a stove directly on the open space in front of her house. The old man of the Hu family helped to light the fire. She heated the pot over high heat, poured a few tablespoons of freshly boiled lard into the pot, and added rock sugar to boil it for color.

Wang Lan also called her husband, Mr. Hu, to help. When Mr. Hu saw Ms. Dong take out a large piece of old rock candy that he had never seen before, he asked, "Daughter-in-law Nanchen, what are these large pieces of ice-like things?"

Ms. Dong smiled and replied, "Grandpa, this is called rock sugar, it's very sweet!" Then she handed a piece to Grandpa Hu, "Here, try it!"

Mr. Hu felt a little embarrassed and quickly refused, "No, no, no, I won't try it!"

Ms. Dong didn't have time to be polite with the old man, and directly stuffed the candy into his hand, "It's okay, this candy is sweet, it's good for your health to eat some candy!"

The elderly in ancient times did not have so much diabetes and cholesterol. To put it bluntly, these are diseases of affluence. For these elderly people, let alone sugar, they cannot even eat wild vegetables and coarse grains freely, and they are in a semi-starved state all year round!

Grandpa Hu used his fingernails to pick up a little bit of sugar from the edge of the rock candy and put it into his mouth to lick it. The next moment, his expression was delighted, "Well, you know what, this thing is really sweet. Nanchen's wife, what is this candy made of? How can it be so sweet and so crystal clear?"

Ms. Dong didn't know the production process of rock sugar, but she did know that the raw material for making rock sugar was sugar cane, so she could only tell the truth, "I don't know how it is made specifically, but I know that this thing is also made of sugar cane!"

"Isn't sugar made from sugarcane juice red? How come this is so white?"

Ms. Dong shrugged. "I don't know either. I bought this candy from a merchant from the south when I went to the provincial capital to discuss business."

“Isn’t this candy cheap?”

Ms. Dong replied as she flipped the pork belly in the wok, "Yes, it's really not cheap!"

"You are so generous. How can you be willing to use such a good thing to cook? It's such a waste!"

"Uncle, it has been several months since Xiangyang Village was established, and no one has ever held a banquet. My family is the first family in the village to hold a banquet and set up a table. Nanchen said that if we don't invite guests, then we should give the villagers something good to eat. So no matter how much it costs today, the most important thing is to let the guests eat well and be satisfied at my house!"

Ms. Dong spoke frankly, and Mr. Hu was very moved when he heard it. The couple from the Nan family are honest people and are young people worthy of respect from others!

A big pot full of braised pork, stewed until soft and tender, with a bright red color and overflowing fragrance, making the neighbors around drool.

Afterwards, she also made a dish of cabbage stewed with vermicelli, pork ribs braised with potatoes and several cold dishes. She made four large pots of hot dishes alone. Every dish was delicious and shiny, which was so tempting!

Except for a few wealthy families like Qin, Li, Guo, Wei and Wang who can eat well every day, most of the families in the village still live a tight life. Although they can fill their stomachs every day, they only eat wild vegetables. At most, they go to the county to buy some coarse grains and make porridge. There are even many families who cannot afford coarse grains.

The food they eat contains no oil or salt, not to mention unnecessary condiments like soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar.

Seeing how much money Ms. Dong spends on cooking, everyone can’t help but sigh that perhaps only the Nan family in the village can treat the villagers so sincerely.

The meal at home was almost ready, so Nanchen started calling people and specifically asked everyone to bring tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks from home for dinner. Everyone understood that they could buy ingredients for the banquet, but there was no need to buy tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks. No one could prepare so many tableware and chairs!

Coincidentally, the village chief’s family in Liuzhou also arrived today, so Nanchen had no choice but to let the village chief and Uncle Zhao bring all their family members with them!

The Nan family's backyard is very large and can accommodate hundreds of tables for banquets. When everyone arrived, there were more than twenty tables with eight people at each table. Sister Hua and Wang Lan were responsible for serving the dishes, and each dish was served in a large pot. Mrs. Chen and Ms. Dong were responsible for serving the dishes. Large pots of delicious and juicy dishes were continuously served. Each person had two snow-white fine flour buns, and then a bowl of fine flour noodles. The guests were so satisfied!

Many people said that if they could eat such a meal in their lifetime, they would have no regrets even if they died immediately.

Nan Chen sat at the table to accompany several older elders and the village chief and his son. The wine was bought from the county town, and the alcohol content was not high, only about 20 degrees. Every adult man could have a bowl of it. Those who loved wine picked up the wine bowl carefully, afraid to spill a drop. After taking a sip, well, their souls were sublimated.