Rebirth of a Farmhouse with Space

Everyone cheered, and each of them wanted to lift up Nanchen and his wife and cheer!

Not only that, Nanchen also invited cement employees to come and collect New Year's goods, as well as year-end bonuses. The rewards were all the same. Although the cement plant stopped production early, the work at the cement plant was hard, so Nanchen had to treat everyone equally. Even the workers in the neighboring Yangliu Village were notified to come and collect New Year's goods and bonuses.

For a moment, the whole Xiangyang Village was as lively as the New Year.

Many elderly people would hold Nanchen and his wife’s hands when they saw them, and said gratefully, “You two are really the great benefactors of our entire village. If it weren’t for you, we would probably be starving now!”

What the old lady said was really true. The cold in the north was extremely cold, and the daily necessities here were both scarce and extremely expensive. A pound of refined rice was fifty cents, and brown rice and coarse grains cost fifteen to twenty cents. Cotton was ninety cents a pound, refined salt was one hundred and twenty cents a pound, and charcoal was sold at a sky-high price of one hundred and fifty cents a pound.

Fortunately, in Xiangyang Village, every household has a kang. Before winter, they prepare enough firewood for the whole winter at home. In addition, the houses they live in are thick and warm. Therefore, even if the temperature outside is minus 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, as long as the kang is lit in the house, the temperature can be maintained at around 10 to 20 degrees Celsius.

These are all Nanchen’s achievements, even the village chief thinks so!

Of course, even so, those families whose members worked for Nanchen's family used all the money they earned to buy winter food and cotton.

Some families, with more than a dozen people, still have insufficient money even if they use all their money to buy food and cotton. They live a tight life. When they heard that Nanchen could give bonuses to the employees of the cement factory, they were so happy that they didn't know what to say!

Nan Chen smiled and said to everyone, "Everyone eat well, sleep well, and get enough rest this winter. When the work starts next year, you should work hard. Each of you should strive to earn 30 taels of silver next year. Even if you use half of the money to buy food and daily necessities, you can still save 15 taels of silver."

"Thanks to the good words from the boss, we will definitely work harder next year!"

Everyone was encouraging themselves to work harder next year and strive to do as Nanchen said!

On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household begins to prepare New Year's goods and other things needed for the New Year.

Ms. Dong invited some of her good friends to go to the county town to buy New Year's goods. The mountains were blocked due to heavy snow, and other places were impassable. However, the cement road from Xiangyang Village to the county town was very easy to walk on because Nanchen often brought people to clean it.

The women spent the whole day buying basically everything they could think of, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, rice, flour, grain, oil, peanuts, melon seeds, dried fruits, sweets and cakes, etc. When they came back, they hired several ox carts.

Many families in the village are extremely envious, but they are not jealous, because they also have men in their families working in Nanchen. They know that these women do as much work as men every day, and are very capable in helping Dong manage the farm. Therefore, they can spend lavishly on New Year's goods now, and they don't remember at all. On the contrary, they also hope to go to the farm and work with Dong after the New Year!

"Hua widow, come out here, you shameless bitch, slut, if you want to find a man don't stare at my family, there are plenty of bachelors in the village, why are you staring at a married man!"

Early in the morning on the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, Ma Damei, wearing a thick coat, ran to Dahua's house and yelled and cursed, and her curses were extremely harsh.

The loud voice scolded everyone from the surrounding families. The old woman of the Guo family, who slept little and got up early, opened her window and looked outside. Seeing that it was Ma Damei who was making trouble again, she asked unhappily, "Wang family, what are you trying to do so early in the morning? Can't you just live a quiet life?"

In the past, when Ma Damei was unhappy, she would curse and scold everyone she met. Now it is different. She has become much smarter. "Auntie Guo, you don't know, the widow Hua, she seduced my man!"

Ever since she came back to live with Wang Ganlin, Ma Damei felt that her man was different from before. He was not as obedient and caring to her as before. He would give her the cold shoulder from time to time. Most importantly, he always compared her with the widow Hua. He said, "Look at the widow Hua. She has no man around her, has two daughters, and lives a prosperous life with Mrs. Dong. Look at you. You are idle all day long, do nothing, and like to gossip behind people's backs. Why did I marry someone like you?"

To be honest, Wang Ganlin still had feelings for Ma Damei, otherwise he would never have let her come back just because of Nan Chen's words. However, they could never go back to the life they had before the divorce.

What kind of person is Ma Damei? She can't stand anything bad happening to her and she is very straightforward. Seeing Wang Ganlin being cold and indifferent to her all day long, she already suspected that Wang Ganlin had a woman outside. Now that he said this again, Ma Damei immediately exploded.

It's just a pity that the widow Hua was caught in the crossfire. The three of them, mother and daughter, were still sleeping in the warm bed when Ma Damei came to their house and scolded them for no reason, which scared them.

Ma Damei quickly got dressed, got off the kang and went out to take a look. As soon as she opened the door, she heard Ma Damei telling Aunt Guo next door that she had seduced Wang Ganlin.

It's so funny. Even if she, the widow, is addicted to men, she would rather find a male dog on the street than look for Ma Damei's man!

Widow Hua was so angry that she turned around, went into the house, scooped up a basin of cold water and poured it on Ma Damei. Fortunately, Ma Damei dodged quickly, otherwise she would have been frozen into an ice sculpture in an instant in such a cold day.

"Ma Damei, if you have the guts to come to my house and bark early in the morning, don't hide!"

Ma Damei pointed her finger at Dahua and rushed over, "Widow Hua, you bitch, you actually dared to splash water on me, you are so vicious!"

"I'm going to throw it at you! I'm going to beat you up too. I let you come to my house so early in the morning to ruin my reputation!" As he said that, Dahua threw the wooden basin in his hand into the snow beside him, and walked forward to grab Ma Damei's hair.

During this year, Widow Hua had done all kinds of hard work and seen all kinds of situations while following Ms. Dong. She knew very well that if she was bullied by someone, she had to fight back hard until the other person was scared, otherwise the problem would never end!

When Dahua's two daughters saw Ma Damei coming to their house to bully and fight with their mother, they immediately went up to help. The two of them did not fight, but each of them held one of Ma Damei's hands. Dahua took the opportunity to slap Ma Damei several times.

Ma Damei cried while fighting with Dahua, "This is terrible! Someone come and take a look at that! Three people are fighting against one person. This is unjust!"