When the family returned home, Liu Guang took his younger brothers and sisters to practice calligraphy.

Liu Yuhan and her grandmother, mother, and aunt sorted and put away the New Year gifts.

Each basket contained two kilograms of brown sugar wrapped in paper, one kilogram each of malt sugar, peanuts, melon seeds, and dried fruit, two kilograms of flatbread, and two strips of bacon per household, each weighing about one kilogram. Each household also received eight sheets of colorful door stickers—this was what the gift baskets contained.

Liu Yuhan prepared to cut red paper to write two big "Fu" characters for couplets for each family, usually one for the courtyard gate and one for the main door.

The three pigs will be delivered tomorrow. I have asked the butcher to cut them in advance, into strips of fat and lean meat, about 5 pounds each, one for each family.

Each family gets 50 kilograms of brown rice and 10 kilograms of white flour, which she will pack in her space. She will give one portion to each of the 60 or so households in the village.

For my uncle, my aunt's family, Li Dazhu and Li Erzhu's family, add 5 more pounds of pork, an extra can of Tusu wine, and an extra gift basket.

Only one gift was given to Village Chief Lin and others, and the amount was larger, including 50 kilograms of brown rice, 50 kilograms of white flour, 10 kilograms of pork, two cans of Tusu wine, and two gift baskets.

After the family had dinner, they lit two kerosene lamps. The family members helped cut paper, and Liu Yuhan and Liu began to write the big character "Fu".

Their handwriting was vigorous and powerful, and very impressive. Liu Guang, Liu Lu and others were envious and secretly vowed to learn to write as well as they did.

After finishing the calligraphy, everyone in the family went to rest.

Liu Yuhan entered the space and divided the food into portions. "I haven't written in a long time, and my arms are still a little sore. I'm not going to work tonight. I'll set the alarm and go to bed early."

At 8:00 AM, the butcher brought over three butchered pigs, weighing over 600 jin (approximately 1000 jin) and costing ten taels of silver.

The butcher really likes this family! They have recently bought a lot of pork, and their business is getting better and better. They even go to other villages to buy pigs. In previous years, there was no such good business. This family buys pigs one by one, and the house they built is very good.

It’s hard to believe that these people are fleeing from famine. This family is very capable and we need to build a good relationship with them.

If they bought a whole head of pork, he would sell it to them at 16 cents per pound.

Except for Liu Yuhan, the two elders and two couples, all the other young people in the family were sent to deliver gifts. Liu Yang took his younger brothers and sisters, put all the gifts on the carriage, and delivered them to each family one by one.

After delivering the things, I came back to move them. I couldn't make any mistakes. After a few trips back and forth, all the things were delivered.

Some more things were brought back from the carriage, including rice cakes made by the villagers themselves, lard residue squeezed out, candies and dried fruits given to them, and so on, all kinds of things.

Liu Yuhan...

Why does it feel like I gave it away and then took it back? It’s all about the thought, and the thought is what matters most.

Since the adults did not go with them, they naturally did not know how grateful the villagers were.

Some people brought their things into the main room and tears came out of their eyes.

They had borrowed money from the Liu family to build a house and buy some household items for the New Year, so there wasn't much money left. They had thought that now that they had a house, they could just live casually this year and have brown rice porridge to drink.

I didn't expect the Liu family to be so kind and send them such a generous New Year gift! They sent so much grain, noodles, and pork, and they were so thoughtful to send them door stickers and blessing characters with blessings.

The children said that the character "Fu" was written by their family themselves. They just helped with some work, so why did they deserve such kindness from the Liu family?

Liu Yuhan's family didn't know that because of the New Year gifts they gave, many villagers would regard their family as the leader, respect them and revere them, and even believe in and follow their suggestions in the future.

Because his elder brother's life was getting better and better, Liu Xiaoman often benefited from his elder brother's kindness and drank some wine and ate some delicious food with him.

Seeing that the eldest brother's family has given them gifts for so many years, they are still worried about how to return the favor. As a younger brother, they can't just not give anything.

Yang Nianhua would give gifts to the two old people every holiday, but he didn't expect that before he even gave them out, they would receive so many gifts over the years.

The couple was filled with emotion. If they had not followed them to escape the famine, they would not have the good life they have now.

Yang Nianhua's house also has a small courtyard, and with the main hall, it has a six-bedroom apartment. The small courtyard looks very nice and well-organized.

They also asked Liu Yang to teach them how to divert water, and they also diverted water from the mountain. The couple planned to go back to the town after the New Year to resume their old business, and sent their two sons to study under Zhang Lizheng in the town.

Li Dazhu and Li Erzhu's family. Wang Daya and Wang Erya received such a valuable gift and quickly told the two brothers who were busy working about it.

The two brothers had a lot of work to do before the New Year and received a lot of orders. When they saw that their sister's family had sent so many New Year gifts, they were filled with emotion.

Their sister's family is really getting better and better, and they are all happy for their sister. The two brothers discussed that they would go and ask their sister tomorrow if she needs any furniture, and they would help make it.

Village Chief Lin and the others who had received the gifts were also very happy. The one-armed strong man told them to chop the pork and he would cook it so that they could drink some good wine tonight.

The Liu family is a grateful family. They just put in a lot of effort, so why should they be so polite?

We have to mention the Liu Laizi and Xu Fugui families in Fulai Village. The two families were neighbors, with their courtyards next to each other, separated by a wall.

Old Xu took into consideration that Xu Fugui was going to get married, so in addition to the main room, he built a five-bedroom apartment so that when he had grandchildren, they would have a place to live in the future.

Seeing how big their house was, Liu Laizi followed their example and built a five-bedroom house with the same layout.

The two of them had previously shared an extra 40 taels of silver from the bandits, so the pressure to repair the house was not that great.

Liu Laizi and Xu Fugui have completely different personalities, but they became friends and even brought along Liu Yang, who is much younger than them.

Liu Yuhan thought their combination was rather strange.

There's nothing wrong with that. People with very different personalities often become close friends. Furthermore, they've experienced the same famine together, so their feelings are naturally different.

There are still five original residents in Fulai Village. These five families looked at the hundreds of people who moved in. Most of the men were tall and strong, and some of the girls were even taller than them. At first they were quite afraid of them, but after getting along with them for a long time, they realized that these people were very generous.

The relationship is not very close, but fortunately there is no conflict.

Liu Mang has already told the villagers that they should not have conflicts with the previous residents, and they should not get angry if others are unwilling to pay attention to them. They are the ones who moved in later, and many relationships have been cultivated slowly, not to mention strangers.

After waiting for half an hour, their furniture was finally brought over, with 8 ox carts and 16 people.

One person was in charge. He moved the furniture to the designated room and began hammering and assembling it, which took a full hour.

After they finished, Liu Yuhan and his family checked every room. After finding no problems, they paid the balance to the person in charge.

Liu Daling led the group to the main hall, took out some snacks and hot tea, and asked them to eat. After they had their tea, they went back.

Oh wow, she finally has her own room!!