Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

After the crowd dispersed, Old Zhang shouted at everyone to continue working. He was right: the construction period could not be delayed.

Everyone started to work.

Yun Zhenzhen walked towards the main hall, and Xiao E followed silently behind.

"Sister Yun, I'm sorry that my parents have caused you so much trouble. It's all my fault. You don't have to pay me anymore. I'll just come over and help cook when I have nothing to do."

Xiao E wanted to cry as she spoke. She knew the character of her parents, but they had implicated Yun Zhenzhen, and now she was too ashamed to see her.

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and touched her shoulder: "Silly Xiao'e, what are you talking about? Am I the kind of person who doesn't keep his word? I will still give you thirty cents a day."

"what?"

Xiao E looked at her in surprise, then reacted and quickly waved her hands: "No, Sister Yun, not only did I cause you so much trouble today, but how can you still ask for so much money?"

Xiao E now feels extremely guilty. It's all her fault that her parents came to cause trouble.

"Xiao E, you didn't take this money for nothing." Yun Zhenzhen looked at her with a smile: "From now on, besides helping with cooking, you can stay at my house the rest of the time. If you are too busy, you can help out. I will then provide you with two meals. How about that?"

"Oh, okay, thank you Sister Yun." Xiao E looked a little ashamed and was so moved that she wanted to cry, but she still accepted the kindness.

She knew that Sister Yun was helping her. She didn't want to go back to that home anyway, so it was good to stay here.

"Then the damage to the yard today will be deducted from my wages for the past two days."

"Okay." Yun Zhenzhen didn't bother to be polite with her and agreed directly.

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the other side.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang returned home, Zhang Qiang came up to her eagerly: "How's it going, Mom? Did you get the money?"

"Money, money, money, all you care about is money." Old Mrs. Zhang scolded him angrily: "When you were running so fast just now, why didn't you think about asking for money..."

Old Mrs. Zhang wanted to continue cursing, but unexpectedly someone slapped her hard on the back of the head.

"You wicked woman, why are you yelling at your son? He is the only child of our Zhang family."

After being slapped, Old Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to get angry. Old man Zhang had always been the one in charge of the family, and she never had any say.

Otherwise, the father and son would not have abandoned her and run away alone.

"Speak up, are you mute?" Old Man Zhang asked her angrily, "Do you want this money back or not?"

Old Lady Zhang replied in a muffled voice, "Didn't you all hear us running away just now? You can't get your money back, and you're still yelling at us to pay you back."

"You don't know, because of today's commotion, Yun Zhenzhen reduced our Xiao'e's wages to five cents."

"What?" Zhang Qiang jumped out again: "Why does she do that? She clearly agreed to pay thirty cents before, and she's taking us for a ride."

"Well, this is what I begged for. She doesn't even want to use our Xiao'e anymore. When she's left with nothing, who are you going to complain to?"

Zhang Qiang frowned. He originally wanted to ask for money, but he didn't expect that after all his efforts, he didn't get any money in the end, and his wages were even reduced to a few cents.

Yun Zhenzhen really has a good plan, treating her own sister as free labor.

But my family really needs the money. When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

……

After cleaning up, Yun Zhenzhen prepared to cook dinner for her family. She looked at Old Lady Qin who was lighting the fire in the kitchen.

"Mom, what do you want to eat tonight?"

Old Lady Qin also knew that she had helped today, and raised her chin proudly: "I'm fine with it, just don't be too wasteful. With such a big family, you have to spend money everywhere."

Yun Zhenzhen knew that Mrs. Qin had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, so she was willing to indulge this arrogant little old lady: "Okay, then we can eat the braised meat provided by the hotel tonight, it's free."

The braised meat was cut into slices and put into a plate. Yun Zhenzhen also took a small plate home with Aunt Zhao.

Aunt Zhao also has many children at home. In addition to coming here to help with cooking every day, she also has to go back to take care of the food and drinks for the whole family.

After returning home.

Aunt Zhao saw her husband patting Xiaohua's hands and said, "Stop eating secretly. I told you to wait for your mother to come back. Why are you so greedy?"

Dahua, who was standing nearby, saw Aunt Zhao coming home and immediately ran to her side: "Mom, what delicious food did you bring home? It smells so good!"

"You little greedy boy." Aunt Zhao took out the bowl and placed it on the dining table.

Just then, Zhao Da Kui also walked into the yard. Seeing the meat in the bowl, he hurried over and said, "Mom, where did this meat come from? There's so much of it! I'm almost dying from the smell."

"It was given to us by Aunt Qin next door. She was so generous to us. You must remember her kindness, okay?"

"I know, Mom." The two little girls agreed sweetly.

Old man Zhao puffed on his pipe at the side. "This meat looks delicious. It must be quite expensive in town, yet she's willing to give it to us. It seems you were right. This Zuze family has really changed. They're such good people..."

The dinner table.

The whole family sat at the table and started eating. The braised meat was very tasty. Zhao Da Kui had also eaten the dishes brought back by Aunt Zhao a few days ago. The taste was really unforgettable. It was not easy to have another meal together, and the whole family enjoyed it very much.

Zhao Da Kui's mouth was greasy as he ate, his face filled with happiness: "Mom, this meat is so delicious. It would be great if we could eat it every day."

Aunt Zhao was also eating happily and flicked her forehead: "Eating meat can't stop you from eating. When you grow up and become successful, I will buy you meat too."

Zhao Da Kui nodded and continued to eat the meat.

After dinner, Aunt Zhao hurriedly cleaned up and went back next door to help cook the big pot of rice.

Yun Zhenzhen took out some white flour and mixed a lot of corn into it, preparing to make brown rice noodles tonight, and then pair it with minced meat and eggplant as a sauce, which smelled extremely delicious.

The people who were working smelled the aroma of meat wafting from the backyard. Old Zhang couldn't help but speak first, "Madam Yun, what delicious food have you made today?"

He has lived for decades and worked for many masters, but no other family would provide such good food to the workers every day when they were building a house. The food would either be meat or broth, which would make the workers feel full of energy after eating it.

Generally, after lunch in the afternoon, there will be special sweet water to drink. It is made from cooled boiled water. After drinking a sip, your whole body will feel refreshed.

To be honest, Old Zhang really hopes that he will never finish this work in his lifetime.

Yun Zhenzhen heard his voice and replied with a smile: "Everyone worked hard today and helped take care of that family. I'll make noodles tonight and make sure everyone has a full meal."

The group of people outside were drooling at the aroma of meat, and they became more motivated to work.

Yun Zhenzhen didn't know how to roll out the noodles, so Aunt Zhao took charge of the operation. Xiao E was also a frugal person, and she controlled the heat very well.

After a while, a pot of steaming noodles was ready in the backyard.

Use chopsticks to scoop it out, pour the sauce on it, and the bowl of noodles will instantly become delicious.

The workers who had finished their work lined up to pick up their chopsticks and were stunned to see the white noodles in the pot.

Hand-rolled noodles and meat sauce, they were already very satisfied to have such a meal during the New Year, and Madam Yun was actually willing to give it to them.

Just as he was stunned, Qin Li brought out the noodles in portions. The noodles were a little yellowish, probably because they were mixed with corn and other grains, but there was meat in it, which was already an extremely rare meal.

No one was reserved. Everyone took a bowl of noodles and squatted next to the vegetable patch in the backyard, eating happily. If there was not enough, the pot would continue to cook, and everyone ate until their stomachs were full.