Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space-Chapter 811: Mold Making

"Brother Wei, Brother Yang, Village Chief Li."

"Shuanzi, what are you up to?"

"I’m making molds; it’s almost done. I used to work at a ceramics factory, so I know how to make molds."

"That’s great news!"

Wei Kaiyun was also very excited. If they had molds, they could start mass production.

Wei Kaiyun saw that aside from the three people working with Master Lu, the remaining nine were making molds.

Seeing some parts of the molds completed, Wei Kaiyun was very pleased. "If the molds are finished and successful, everyone will get a fifty yuan reward."

With this announcement, everyone became excited and laughed, promising to make it happen.

Once the molds are ready, we can use molten iron; we’ll have to figure this out too.

Master Lu had already made three, which was quite a day’s workload.

Li Yungui had an excited smile on his face, looking at the situation. They could make four units a day, earning 160 yuan a day.

Wei Kaiyun and Shuanzi discussed the mold-making process. Old Yang watched the four of them work closely alongside Master Lu.

They worked until the last part was installed, marking the end of the day’s work.

"Village Chief Li, come over to my house for dinner."

Li Yungui didn’t stand on ceremony. The four left, each carrying an ear corn shelling machine home, while Old Yang loaded his directly onto a cart.

The nine others continued carefully crafting molds, while the three working with Master Lu cooked the meal.

Returning home, Wei Kaiyun found that dinner was dumplings—his wife making something special for him.

This time they split into two tables, with Old Yang, Li Yungui, and Shang Zhenkun drinking while Wei Kaiyun sat besides them, sipping tea and chatting.

Sister-in-law Liu boiled some dumplings first, and Jiang Xinyu fed the children.

"Mom, today’s dumplings are really delicious," Shi Jing praised his mother as he ate.

"I think so too."

"We haven’t had dumplings in a while."

Jiang Xinyu saw that Sister-in-law Liu had finished eating. "Make them a plate of fried peanuts."

After the mother and children finished eating and cleaned up, they gathered on the heated bed and listened to the radio.

The men drank for two hours before finishing, and Sister-in-law Liu cooked dumplings for them.

After everyone ate, Old Yang got the prepared dishes, and they saw him off.

Li Yungui also returned home. Wei Kaiyun heated the bathwater for his wife and then lovingly embraced her, uninterrupted.

After Old Yang returned home, Sister-in-law Wu put away the food, and Guodong carried the corn shelling machine into their room, so they wouldn’t have sore hands while working the next day.

After washing up, Old Yang climbed onto the heated bed and smiled warmly at his wife. Then he took out his commendation letter and honor certificate.

"Haha, it’s really nice. Even though there’s no bonus, it’s still nice."

"Yeah, but I got it for free."

"That’s because you have a good relationship with your brothers."

The next morning, after breakfast, Guodong carried the corn shelling machine, Zhao Xiaoqiang took a stool, and Jing Chu carried a large frame. The three of them headed off to work.

Wang Shulin saw them arrive with the corn shelling machine and immediately assigned them the output of two corn stacks.

The three coordinated their tasks: Zhao Xiaoqiang was curious about the corn shelling machine, so he started first. He was responsible for turning, Jing Chu fed the corn cobs, and Guodong collected the corn kernels and loaded them into the large frame, ready to be carried into the warehouse when full.

They also had to wait until the corn kernels filled a burlap sack before someone came to haul them off for drying.

When Zhao Xiaoqiang got tired, he switched places with Jing Chu, and Guodong took on the most strenuous task.

Many people envied the three of them, especially the educated youth, because they realized the machine was their own, and they weren’t having to shell by hand like the others.

Zhao Xiaoli couldn’t do much work now; her belly was big. Old Yang worried that sitting too long wouldn’t be good for the baby, so she mainly came to pass the time.

"Xiao Li, did you buy the machine yourselves?"

"Yes, Old Yang brought it back last night. The kids couldn’t hold chopsticks, so we spent some money to save them from suffering."

"Your Old Yang really pampers you."

"Yes, he’s just afraid we’ll suffer."

Ding Xiaojuan saw the happiness on Zhao Xiaoli’s face and thought about how her own husband treated her well too.

Before, living in the same compound, she never realized Chen Hui could be so considerate. After they got married, she understood it better.

Her health had greatly improved, her spirits were better, and her belly had grown. That’s the child growing.

However, some people couldn’t see clearly. Seeing the three outsiders using a corn shelling machine made them upset.

Wang Shulin wasn’t there today; he took some strong workers to harvest sweet potato vines.

The Jin Family Village had more fields and people, hence more sweet potatoes, so they harvested earlier than other villages.

Guodong and the others had been working for an hour. Jing Chu and Zhao Xiaoqiang switched places.

At that moment, a young girl came over, "I want to use this corn shelling machine."

Lv Jingchu looked up at her, "Not lending it."

"Who said I was borrowing it from you?"

"Haha, you want to use my machine with such confidence? Why should I let you?"

"Is it yours?"

"Yes, it’s mine."

"This machine belongs to everyone."

"I bought it with my money, and now it’s everyone’s? Do you really think I’m that easy to bully?"

"And you’re an educated youth? Don’t you have any awareness?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Yes, I don’t have awareness like you. Then, Comrade Wang Xiaohua, can you make your family’s money public? Just because you are more aware."

"You—"

"What about me? I bought this machine myself, and who dares to say it’s public property? We’ve come here to support rural construction, not to be pushed around by you.

Now, leave this place immediately."

Jing Chu was a sharp-tongued young girl, not usually socializing with others, and never in conflict, so this was the first time everyone saw how fierce the pretty girl could be.

"You outsiders dare to bully the locals?"

"If you say that again, I’ll report you for creating internal discord among the people."

Wang Xiaohua didn’t understand at all, but when she heard about being reported, she felt a bit scared.

Actually, she felt quite wronged, as her fiancé liked this female educated youth, which she couldn’t swallow, so she came to cause trouble.

Of course, the villagers sided with their own. After all, they were all kin in the village.

"Lv Zhiqing, you’re taking this too far."

Lv Jingchu raised an eyebrow, "No one said anything when I was being bullied, and now that I’m telling the truth, I’m being accused of taking it too far?

Today, I am taking it this far. What are you going to do about it?"