The two young wives and the men were grateful to Fang Jie, but they also knew their limits and didn't let the children come with them the next day.
Within a month, the overall framework was in place.
Next comes the topping-out process.
The roof was sealed within two months.
All three houses had brick-built kang (heated brick beds), cement was laid on the ground, and courtyard walls were built.
At Ying Fangjie's request, their courtyard wall was raised by 20 centimeters.
By the way, we also raised the wall around the old courtyard by twenty centimeters.
Finally, the courtyard wall connecting to the old house was demolished.
The courtyard is really grand.
Fang Jie was overjoyed.
Song Fanxing also likes large courtyards.
The eldest son's yard must hold a lot of chickens and pigs.
Her mind is now filled with all sorts of things: raising animals, making money.
The food at Fang Jie's house was so good that the men who worked for her didn't want to leave.
Fang Jie gave each of the men and the two young wives a bag of walnuts, a bag of chestnuts, five catties of soybeans, and twenty eggs as a thank you gift.
Everyone's impression of Fang Jie improved, and they left happily.
When Li Zhen saw Fang Jie's big house, she felt a pang of jealousy.
After Fang Jie separated from the family, her life got better and better, but theirs became more and more miserable.
In the past, the couple didn't have to work, and they could still get a share of grain at the end of the year. The mother-in-law would occasionally give them some money to supplement their income, and they lived a very comfortable life.
Ever since the mother-in-law's money was stolen and the brother-in-law stopped caring about her, their family's life has taken a sharp downturn.
The couple not only had to work themselves to the bone, but they also couldn't earn many work points, and at the end of the year they wouldn't get much grain.
During the Lunar New Year, every household slaughters a pig, but their family has no pig to slaughter.
Now, their family has become one of the poorest households in the village.
That's so tragic...
Ever since Fang Jie's new house was built, Old Lady Song has been standing at her door every day cursing.
She was unhappy, and she wanted to make Fang Jie unhappy too.
Fang Jie didn't hold it against her because she was an elderly woman.
Song Fanxing was still a child and didn't have many concerns.
If she does something barbaric, she might get a few words of criticism, but no one will take it too seriously.
Song Fanxing carried a basin of water and ran angrily outside the yard. She was strong and could easily carry a large basin of water.
Splash! A large basin of water was poured over Old Lady Song.
In April, it's still quite cool in Northeast China.
Old Mrs. Song trembled as she was splashed with water.
"You brat, you dare splash water on me? You're asking for it!"
Song Fanxing: "Whoever curses at my doorstep, I'll throw something at them."
“I’m your grandmother, how can you do this to your grandmother? I’ll beat you to death!”
After saying that, Old Lady Song rushed over and hit Song Fanxing.
Fang Jie's heart skipped a beat with nervousness, and Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua rushed over quickly.
Song Fanxing nimbly dodged, while Old Lady Song chased after her, hitting her.
Song Fanxing ran along the village road, and the whole village came out to watch the spectacle.
"Oh dear, this is terrible! Old Mrs. Song is going to beat Xingxing!"
"That old hag Song has gone mad! She laid a hand on a four-year-old child! Shameless! Vicious!"
Song Fanxing's legs moved incredibly fast, and Old Lady Song couldn't keep up with her at all.
Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua were worried for nothing.
Grandma Song chased Song Fanxing around the village ten times, until she was out of breath.
"You...you brat...wait for me..."
Song Fanxing gave her a disdainful smile and happily ran home.
Old Mrs. Song was soaked to the bone, and when the cold wind blew, she fell ill as soon as she got home and could no longer get up and move around.
When Song Fanxing found out, she muttered, "Serves him right!"
Soon it will be time to adopt piglets again. The villagers of Songjiatun tasted the benefits last year and will adopt two piglets again this year.
Fang Jie's pigsty has been expanded again, and she confidently took in six piglets.
Everyone knows her strength, and no one dares to look down on her this year.
Songjiatun was in the spotlight last year, and this year other villages are following suit, with many farmers adopting two piglets.
Six piglets entered the pen, lively and energetic.
Song Fanxing conjured up some sweet potato vines and pumpkins. Fang Jie chopped up the pumpkins and sweet potato vines and poured them into the pig trough. The six piglets scrambled to eat them.
Before the spring planting season, Fang Jie tidied up the yard.
The yard is large, and a square plot of land has been reserved for growing vegetables.
Song Fanxing plucked a peach sapling from her spatial storage and planted it in the yard.
Fang Jie has tidied up the land, and she can plant vegetables after the spring planting season.
A few days later, the carpenter they had found arrived.
We made doors, cabinets, and used the leftover wood to make two small tables.
All three rooms were tidied up, and with some quilts laid on the kang (heated brick bed), they were ready for people to live in.
Fang Jie took some time to visit the supply and marketing cooperative, bringing her daughter with her.
She's gotten to know the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative now, and I heard she wants to buy some cloth, but she doesn't have any cloth coupons.
The leader immediately helped her find a solution.
The supply and marketing cooperative discarded several bolts of defective cloth before the Lunar New Year. The patterns were unattractive, and no one wanted to buy them. The factory didn't want to take them back and told them to dispose of them themselves.
He took Fang Jie to look at fabrics, and Fang Jie happily bought them all.
The patterns on these fabrics are perfect for making bed sheets and duvet covers.
The leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative were worried about what to do with a few bolts of cloth when Fang Jiequan took them, solving a major problem for them.
Finally, the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative sold all the bolts of cloth to Fang Jie at cost price.
After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Song Fanxing secretly put the cloth into her spatial storage when no one was looking.
Next, Fang Jie and Song Fanxing arrived at a small cotton-fluffing workshop in town.
The cotton fluffer was an old man who had been doing this job his whole life. He was very skilled, and people from all around would come to him to fluff their cotton quilts.
Song Fanxing had a lot of cotton in her spatial storage, and when they arrived in town, she casually conjured up a sack of it.
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