Rebirth of a Farmhouse with Space

This guy's words really deserve a beating. How could anyone be so shameless as to flatter himself? Everyone thought that Nanchen was just bragging!

At this time, the village chief came over with his father, Zhao Bo. They first apologized to Nan Chen for being late, and then Zhao Bo said, "What do you all want to do here?"

Several of the men hurriedly waved their hands and said, "No, no, no, we are not here to cause trouble, we just want to watch the fun!"

"Watching the fun, huh, what's so good about it? Go back! You can't even figure out your own business and yet you're watching other people's fun!"

Nan Chen raised his hand and said, "Hey, wait, now that everyone is here, I have something to announce to everyone!"

The man who just came to watch the fun asked, "Village head, what's going on?"

Nan Chen smiled and replied, "It's like this. Starting tomorrow, I will recruit ten strong laborers to work with me. I want to build a small workshop in our village. I have to make it clear in advance that this is my personal matter and has nothing to do with the village!"

Someone asked, "How much is it per day?"

Of course, this is also something that everyone is curious about. Nan Chen replied, "How much do you do for odd jobs outside?"

Someone replied, "Seventy cents." Another person replied, "I used to work odd jobs for others and I was paid eighty cents a day!"

Nan Chen said, "Okay, I'll charge you 80 dollars a day, but you have to sign a contract. It's a long-term job for three to five years. My workshop is not for anyone to come in and out as they please!"

"Of course. Are food and lodging provided?"

"Food is provided but accommodation is not. As for food, two meals a day are provided and salary is settled once a month!"

Ms. Dong and her two children were shocked. Nanchen had never told this story at home!

But they kept their composure and were not in a hurry. They went back and talked behind closed doors first!

This job is good, the pay is eighty cents a day, the salary is paid monthly and two meals are provided, so many people signed up on the spot!

Ma Damei, who had run away in front, came back at some point and provoked him, "I haven't told you what kind of work I want to do, but you guys just keep coming forward. What if I ask you to kill someone or burn something down?"

Just as Mrs. Hu was about to open her mouth, Sister Hua started to scold her, "You're still killing people and setting fires, why don't you just say you're starting a rebellion! Don't you open your eyes and take a look at what kind of people are in our village? They have no food to eat, and their ribs are thinner than chicken ribs. They can't even carry a butcher knife. Ma Damei, if you still want to stay in this village, then be quiet and stop making trouble in the village all day long!"

"Hey, widow Hua, who do you think you are? I'm not talking to you, why are you everywhere? Do you have the right to tell me whether I want to stay in this village or not?"

Uncle Zhao pounded his cane hard, "Shut up!"

Zhao Yunchuan said slowly, "Widow Hua doesn't have this right, but I should have it!"

This time Ma Damei didn't dare to say a word. She turned around and tried to find her man for support, but found that she couldn't find him at all. She didn't know that Wang Ganlin had gone home since Ma Damei opened her mouth to say the first sentence. She really couldn't afford to lose face in front of him!

"I, I, I didn't say anything!"

Sister Hua said, "You haven't said anything yet. You hope that the whole village will be instigated by you and the relationship between neighbors will be messed up, right?"

Zhao Yunchuan said, "Since everyone is gathered here, I, as the village chief, would like to say a few words. Although our village has a small population, it is large and has a wide jurisdiction. I firmly believe that more people will settle in our village in the future, so we need talents like Nanchen to drive the economic development of our village. I hope that one day our Xiangyang Village can be upgraded to a township or even a county. As long as we unite, I believe this wish will come true one day!"

"Great!" Many men cheered and applauded. "One day, when Xiangyang Village becomes a town or a county seat, we won't have to go to other places to buy daily necessities!"

"Not only that, you don't have to go far to make money, you can earn it in your own village!"

"That's right, I really hope that day will come soon!"

Nan Chen raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. He wanted to say a few words, "May the day you hope for arrive soon. What we lack most at the moment is unity. Unity is strength. Nothing can be accomplished with unity. Whoever wants to sign up tomorrow morning can come! I warmly welcome you!"

Zhao Yunchuan also said, "That's it, let's all go and do what we need to do."

Everyone had left, but the mother and son of Sanlai were still standing there. No way, they just left like that? The matter of the braised pork hadn't been explained yet?

Ms. Dong came up to Sanlai and his mother and asked, "What's wrong with you two?"

Sanlai's mother was very embarrassed. "Dong, Sister Dong, I, I didn't mean to provoke you. It's just that we haven't had a proper meal for three days. Every day we either gnaw on tree bark or dig grass roots to eat. Sanlai smelled the meat and he couldn't help it! I'm sorry!"

San Lai Niang bowed deeply to Ms. Dong. Ms. Dong and her husband San Lai Niang asked, "What's the situation in your family? Tell me!"

Before San Lai Niang could finish her words, tears started to flow down her cheeks. "Sister Dong, we, mother and son, have such a miserable life! Thinking back to a year ago, I also had children around me, my parents-in-law were still alive, and my husband and I were a loving family. But it was all because of the barbarians who were so evil. They came into the village and burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. My two daughters were kidnapped by the barbarians, and my father-in-law tried to stop them but was beaten to death by the barbarians. When my mother-in-law saw my father-in-law being beaten, she couldn't even catch her breath and died!"

San Lai Niang wiped her tears with her sleeve and continued, "After this incident, the village was quiet for a while, but God didn't favor the poor people. There was no rain for three or four months, and all the crops died. The whole village had no harvest! There was really no other way, so the village chief asked everyone to escape. Otherwise, who would be willing to leave their familiar home! Later, my husband and I fled south with our three children, but we met refugees heading north from the south. My husband said that we might not be able to go south, so we followed the crowd and came here. His father and two sons starved to death on the way, leaving us mother and son to depend on each other. Fortunately, we met Zhao Bo and his group who helped us to survive until today!"

Well, Ms. Dong took a deep breath. It was really miserable! "Where do you live now? Have you settled your household registration?"

San Lai Niang quickly responded, "We have settled down, we have settled down, our household registration is in Xiangyang Village, and my mother and I live in the third household in the second row!"

Ms. Dong asked again, "How old are you? Can you read? Do you have any skills?"

The Sanlai mother and son replied nervously, "I am forty years old, I can read a few characters, I learned from my father, I don't have any skills, I can only sew and mend!"