Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

He now lies alone on the kang every day, utterly solitary, and only now does he truly realize he has lost his wife and child.

At that time, he found it very annoying when the child cried at night, but now it's not annoying at all. It's so quiet that even the sound of turning over is particularly distinct. Such days terrify him, make him regretful.

But what could he do? Since he was young, his family had always been ruled by his father. His mother lived just like Xiao Ping.

So he didn't mind. After the child was born, his wife was in poor health, but his mother said she too went to work on the fields right after giving birth to him. She never spoiled her like that.

So he accepted it. It was the time for spring planting. Without planting, how would there be a harvest? So even when he saw his wife becoming alarmingly thin, he only thought of waiting until after the spring planting was over to let her recuperate properly.

He would think about how his wife would always get up to comfort the child whenever it cried in the middle of the night, even when she didn't have enough milk, she would give the child some water.

He wasn't unaware that she didn't eat well, but for so many years his mother lived like that, and he didn't give it much thought.

Now, there's nothing left. The wife and child are both gone, and it seems like the child will have nothing to do with him in the future.

Why did life come to this point?

In his heart, he blamed the Zhao Family a bit, wondering why they were so relentless. He knew he was wrong on his side. Couldn't he just be good to Xiao Ping from then on? Why did they have to persuade a separation?

The saying goes, "It is better to demolish ten temples than to ruin one marriage," doesn't it? They are Xiao Ping's relatives, yet they are harming her. Does she know how hard it is for a woman to live with a child?

During the daytime, even though Xiang Zhiqiang was in a bad mood, he soon fell asleep because he was exhausted.

Anyway, he became more silent day by day. Even when his family spoke to him, he ignored them.

After so many days, he figured it out. Now he's without a wife, and it doesn't matter what happens at home.

He also understood that with his family's reputation, wanting to marry again was entirely unrealistic.

He resented his family more than ever. What was a good family of his own was gone like this.

He knew very well how Xiao Ping treated him, it was all forced by his parents.

So every day, he pulled a long face. But the Xiang couple were not sensible people; they acted like the head of the family. How could they allow their son to give them the cold shoulder?

Thus, the Xiang Family erupted again ten days later.

Xiang Zhiqiang allowed his father to beat him without saying a word or moving.

Eventually, his father got scared. He stopped and saw his eldest son still kneeling on the ground.

"Qiangzi?"

Xiang Zhiqiang suddenly raised his head, "Have you beaten enough? If not, continue, but from today on, I will separate from this family. From now on, this family has nothing to do with me."

"Separate?" Mrs. Xiang cried out. The eldest son was the family's labor force, what would happen to the family's work if he left?

"I have fifty acres of land; I will tend to my fifty acres. As for the house, I will find a way. After the autumn harvest, I will go elsewhere."

"You beast. Do you plan to just watch your parents toil? You actually want to split from the family?"

"Split from the family? If splitting from the family, what will you give me? Stop saying it so nicely; everything that happened today, wasn't it all caused by you? I lost my wife, lost my child, are you happy now?

I don't want anything else, I just want the fifty acres, everything else is yours.

And I've been doing hard work since I was ten, I used to think I was the eldest in the family, I was willing, but now I'm not.

I will live my own life. I will go to find the farm office tomorrow."

No one spoke. The two younger brothers and sister of the Xiang Family also remained silent. The oldest was eighteen, the youngest fourteen.

Indeed, they did far less work than their big brother.

"I disagree."

"You disagree? Disagree, then go and bring my wife and child back. If it wasn't for your torment, I would still have a family, now there is nothing left."

After saying this, Xiang Zhiqiang staggered to his feet and went straight back to his room.

Actually, he was considering if they were more ruthless, kicked him out, would that really cut ties? Would they become strangers in the future?

He now secretly hoped to be driven out, but it didn't happen in the end.

After Xiang Zhiqiang said to bring back the mother and daughter, everyone in the Xiang Family fell silent.

His father, since being struck by lightning, had been reflecting on his life, feeling that he had indeed done too many bad things, which is why he was struck by lightning. Now, he was very timid, fearing retribution.

Mrs. Xiang, being a coward, was truly scared, fearing being struck by lightning. So really didn't dare to do anything else, also fearing to do too many bad things.

The three siblings of the Xiang Family didn't dare, either. They weren't really bad, just a bit selfish. What happened that day left a deep psychological scar in their hearts.

One could say that the entire Xiang Family now had a bit of a Buddhist demeanor.

The next day, Xiang Zhiqiang really went to find Team Leader Tian, and also went to the farm office.

Team Leader Tian specially went to Xiang's to mediate. He could be said to have a relative relationship with the Zhao Family, seeing Xiang Family like this made him happy.

In the end, Xiang Zhiqiang got fifty acres of sweet potatoes, corn, cotton, and wheat, with nothing given to the Xiang Family.

Xiang Zhiqiang thought fifty acres of sweet potatoes was fine; as long as he completed the task, his salary would be his own.

When the time comes, he could spend money to buy food, and make it through a year somehow.

"Director Feng, can you help me? I know I'm useless, incompetent, but I still want to live with Xiao Ping."

Feng Baoshan sighed. "I can't promise you anything about this matter now. I will find an appropriate time to talk with the Zhao family about this situation."

"Director Feng, you must help me. I know I was wrong, I will treat her and the child well in the future."

Feng Baoshan sighed again, if it were his own daughter, he would definitely not agree.

Zhao Yanping and the family didn't find out about this until the end of July.

Now Zhao Yanping's health had improved, so she went down to the fields with them, even helping the Li Family and Su Yuanyuan.

This year's cotton wasn't good, there were pests, and a lot of them, even if you caught them, they would quickly be covered again.

Su Yuanyuan saw it wasn't working, so she went directly to Feng Baoshan, who was also worried and had already gone to the city. There, they were also very serious about this matter. But if they wanted to import, it would take at least a month to get here. By then, everything would be too late, and the biggest possibility was that there would be no pesticides.

Now it seemed there was really no solution. When Su Yuanyuan got home, she frantically searched through ancient books.

Efforts were not in vain, and she really did find a remedy.