Rebirth of a Farmhouse with Space

Ma Damei said, "Yes, there is really nothing we can do with just a few of us. But, if everyone in the village stands on our side, we can first ask him to resign from his position as the governor, then hand over the cement factory business, and then transfer the business in the back mountain to us. Isn't that perfect!"

Lin said, "It's easy for you to say it, but it's not easy to convince the villagers to stand on our side. Most families in the village have people working in the cement factory in Nanchen. The salary is stable and the benefits are good. How could their families help us to deal with Nanchen!"

"You also said the majority. Isn't there still a small group of people who have never received any benefit from the Nan family? As long as we let those people help to make trouble in front of the village chief, the village chief will not turn a blind eye!"

"Will this work?"

"You won't know if it works until you try it!"

Lin asked, "Ma Damei, do you have any grudge against Nanchen and his wife?"

"I don't have any grudge against them, I just simply don't like them and want to make things difficult for them. Why is that not possible? Think about it, why is Nanchen so lucky, he was promoted as the director right after he came, and then he opened a cement factory and made so much money!" Ma Damei wanted to say, especially Dong, when she first came, Dong's face was sallow, she was as thin as a bamboo pole, and her skin was rougher than that of a man.

Nan Chen did not despise such an ugly woman, and treated Dong like a newlywed couple. Now he even treated Dong like an unmarried girl. Her skin was so white and delicate that it could be pinched to extract water. How could she not be jealous!

The Nan family, after some discussion and research by the whole family, named the farm in the back mountain, not Good Luck Inn. After they had the name of the store, the family began to act separately. Ms. Dong was responsible for drawing the design of the layout and interior design of Good Luck Inn, as well as the interior furniture. This was the major she studied in school in her previous life. Although she had not designed anything for a long time, she still remembered the general knowledge.

In addition to taking care of his own cement factory business, Nanchen is also responsible for recruiting workers, digging foundations, and building houses according to the design drawings drawn by Ms. Dong!

Nan Ye, the eldest brother in the family, was also not resting. He asked his parents for two taels of silver and asked them to exchange the five taels of silver for copper coins. With the copper coins, he summoned all the boys in the village. He said that he wanted to collect stones from the river beach, both big and small, but the bigger the better. Big ones would cost two for a penny, medium ones would cost five for a penny, and ten stones the size of an adult's fist would cost ten for a penny. Pay for any stone you find, no default or cheating!

The river is not far from the residential area, just across a large piece of wasteland. There are many boys and girls around ten years old in the village. Apart from helping their families to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables in the mountains, they don't have much else to do. If they help Nanye pick up stones, they can earn several cents a day if they are diligent. Not to mention the children, even the elderly and women who are free at home will run to pick up stones for Nanye. They are stronger than the children and can earn at least twenty or thirty cents a day!

Someone asked Nan Ye why he collected so many stones. Nan Ye replied, "I want to use the stones to build a wall around my home!"

He said he was building a wall, but in fact he wanted to build two rows of stone houses inside the wall, not for anything else, but for Xiaobao's lofty and grand ideal. Now that his parents are busy with their own business, building the houses can only be done by him as the eldest brother!

On the other hand, Ma Damei, Feng, Lin and old lady Wei never tire of saying bad things about Nanchen and his wife whenever they meet someone in the village. When they have nothing to do all day, they talk about how selfish Nanchen and his wife are and how they only care about making money for their family. As the village administrator, Nanchen ignores the livelihoods of the villagers and only cares about making a fortune for himself. How can such a shameless and selfish person be worthy of the identity of the administrator of Xiangyang Village!

No matter how popular the Nanchen couple are in the village, they can't stand Ma Damei and Feng saying bad things about them every day in the village, ruining their character, and spreading rumors about them everywhere. Even if something didn't happen, it would become true if people kept telling them about it every day!

Finally one day, some people in the village could no longer bear it, so they organized themselves and went to the village chief, demanding that he give them an explanation.

Coincidentally, that day Nanchen was at the village committee office handling the matter of pouring cement on the official road area under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Village.

The village chief and Nanchen have been busy like dogs all day long for the development of the official road behind the mountain. They don't even have time to go home for lunch at noon. As a result, this bunch of idle people in the village come to cause trouble for them, which really makes them angry to death!

Zhao Yunchuan picked up a paperweight from the desk and slammed it hard on the desk. "What do you want to do? Are you bored? Have you prepared firewood for the winter? Have you stored enough food for the whole winter? Huh?"

Old Lady Wei took the lead and said, "Village Chief, Nanchen is not worthy of being the governor of Xiangyang Village. He is selfish and only cares about his own business and making money, without considering the livelihood of the villagers. He abuses his power for personal gain and approves land for himself to build a house under the banner of governing. Don't even mention that Nanchen has no share in the shops built in the back hills. I, an old lady, don't believe it!"

Ma Damei said, "Yes, what the old lady of the Wei family said makes sense. Nanchen is not qualified to be the village governor. I was wondering why all the good things happened to him. It turns out that he is using his power for personal gain. He is so despicable!"

With the two of them taking the lead, many people in the crowd started to say, "He doesn't deserve it, he doesn't deserve it!"

Nan Chen, the person being sued, was not angry, but rather happy. "Well, since you all say that I am not worthy of being the administrator, then I will do as you all wish. How about I resign from the position of administrator today?"

Ma Damei curled her lips in disbelief that Nan Chen was so easy to talk to. "If you have the guts, just resign now. I think you are just talking, you must be very reluctant in your heart!"

The village chief yelled, "Ma Damei, shut up!"

Nan Chen looked at the village chief and said in a gentle voice, "Village chief, I have already resigned from you. I thought I would leave when a suitable person took over. But now it seems that I can't stay any longer. I will be fully responsible for pouring cement on the official road, and I will not ask about other matters!"

After saying that, Nanchen returned to his desk, packed up all the materials for pouring cement on the official road, and then left.

When everyone saw Nan Chen leave as soon as he said, some of them were still in shock. The village chief pointed at the villagers who were making trouble and said, "Ma Damei, the old lady of the Wei family, the second daughter-in-law of the Wei family, the third daughter-in-law of the Wei family, good, good, you are really great. I will remember you well, and we will settle this account later!"

Ma Damei wanted to argue, "Hey, Village Chief, I came here with everyone else, why are you pointing fingers at just us...!"

After saying this, Ma Damei looked behind her. It turned out that they were the only ones who were trying hard to move forward. The others were standing far behind them, but they were the only ones who wanted to rush into the village committee office.

Seeing this, Ma Damei hurriedly stepped back. Several women from the Wei family also looked back and quickly retreated into the crowd.

The village chief pointed at the crowd and gnashed his teeth, "You bunch of idiots, Nanchen is in charge of the government and uses his power for personal gain! Then let me ask you, if Nanchen is not in charge of the government, can he move the cement factory?"

No one answered, so the village chief answered himself, "Yes, he can. His cement factory was established in an open and aboveboard manner with approval documents obtained from the imperial court. He is a legitimate manufacturer protected by the imperial court! We need such talents to boost the village's economy.

Nanchen has the identity of a government official, so when he recruits workers for cement, he will give priority to people from our village. But if he does not have this identity, he can recruit people from other villages to work for him.

Also, Madam Wei, you said that Nan Chen used his power for personal gain and had his own shops along the official road. That's right. Not only that, but there are quite a few of them. Because he bought the land from me with real money and I issued the title deed for him. What's wrong with him buying the land through formal channels and building his own shops? If you have the guts, you can also buy them with money!"

"Village chief, you are too biased. You let Nanchen do all the good things and the things that can make a lot of money. Do you take us villagers seriously?"

The village chief said angrily, "How can I be biased? After the second batch of main houses in the village were built, a notice was posted, saying that those with money can come to the village committee office to buy farmland. The two countries have traded with each other, and our village has developed the back mountain road section. It's no secret that I also posted a notice asking you to come to my shop if you want to do business. It's because you are not active. Can I force you to buy it?"

Someone was not convinced and said, "We didn't know about the trade, so we thought you were wasting our money by building houses on both sides of the official road. We didn't expect Nanchen to be so sneaky and do big things without taking us villagers with him!"

"That's right. If we had known that we could make a lot of money by doing business along the official road, we would definitely not just stand by and watch!"

The village chief was too lazy to argue with these people. Since they were jealous of the Nan family's business, they could just do it themselves. What's the point of nagging here? "It's not too late now. There are still dozens of shops that haven't been sold. Whoever wants to buy can go back and get the money now!"

When the shop was being built, Nanchen and the village chief had discussed that it would be better to do business together. Firstly, merchants can see at a glance what they want to buy without having to run around. Secondly, it is safer for people from the same village to do business together. In case bad guys come to cause trouble, they can take care of each other and help each other!

Zhao Yunchuan felt that Nan Chen's words made sense, so he gritted his teeth and emptied out almost all of the village committee's money to build a hundred shops on both sides of the official road.

At that time, there was just a plan, and the shop had not even been built yet, but several wealthy families in the village had already paid the deposit.

Because the purchase was limited to five shops, many families bought five at a time. For example, Qin Wan'er, who lived in Room 1, bought five shops and asked a manager to manage them. She started a cloth business!

The Guo family also bought five shops and started a tea business.

The Huang family bought two restaurants and started a food business.

Several wealthy families from the neighboring Yangliu Village also came to buy many shops, some doing fur business and some doing mountain product business.

Right now there are still more than seventy shops that have not been sold, and these people are just jealous of Nanchen. If they have the ability, they can do it themselves.

Li Dan asked, "Village Chief, how much is a shop?"

"The price is discounted for people from this village, fifty taels of silver per room!"

Ma Damei was surprised and asked, "Fifty taels? Village chief, why don't you go and rob?"

"Fifty taels is already a special price for you. People from other villages who come to buy from me pay eighty taels per room!"

Another person asked, "Why is it so expensive? The houses built in our village only cost a few taels of silver, and they are large houses!"

The village chief glanced at the person who was speaking, and then replied unhappily, "The labor for building houses in the village is all yours, and most of the materials needed for building houses are free. The most important thing is that the village committee sells your houses to break even and not to make any profit.

But shops are different. Shops are used to do business and make money. If the village committee doesn’t make more money, how can it support the lonely elderly in the village, build bridges, roads and dams? Besides, shops are built with bricks, tiles and cement. In addition, the masons and bricklayers and strong laborers who build shops are all hired from other villages. They don’t need money! You can go and see how thick the walls are and how smooth the cement floor is. "

"Village chief, that has nothing to do with us. We only know that you made a lot of money from selling the houses in the village. Even if you invested in the second batch, you also made a lot of money from the second batch. Now you are selling shops again, and the shops are sold at such a high price. Anyway, we can't afford these shops!"

"That's right, that's right. Other villages build their own houses and do whatever they want. But in our village, everything must be built uniformly. Who knows how much money you and Nanchen have made from this?"

Zhao Yunchuan was so angry that his chest was tight. "No wonder Nanchen doesn't want to continue to be the governor. I don't want to be the village chief now!" He took a deep breath and continued, "I just want to ask you, what do you want to do?"

Li Dan said, "We don't want to do anything, we just want Nanchen to lead us in business and make a lot of money!"

Zhao Yunchuan slammed the table and cursed, "Did Nanchen eat your family's rice or drink your family's blood? He owes you! You are all crazy about money, so you should earn it with your own ability!"

"Hey, village chief, you can't say that. Nanchen is our governor, so he should help us get rich together!"

"But he is no longer in charge of politics. You forced him to resign!"

"We didn't force him to resign. That was all caused by Ma Damei and the Wei family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It has nothing to do with us. We still recognize him as the person in charge of the government!"

"Do you still have any shame? Why didn't you speak up for Nan Chen just now?"

"Okay, even if Nanchen is not in charge of government affairs now, he was in charge in the past. For the sake of the past, he should help us!"

Zhao Yunchuan sneered, "I think you want to make a fortune with Nanchen without spending any money, right?"