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

Qin Li packed up the things he needed to take and drove the ox cart towards the town.

Time passed quickly as we chatted and laughed with Uncle Niu along the way.

the other side.

Chen Buya was standing on the roadside wearing a bright red skirt. She looked pretty and charming, and passers-by kept looking back at her.

This is the only way from Qinjia Village to the town. She has been standing here waiting for a while.

Soon, an ox cart slowly came from a distance, and sitting on the cart were Uncle Niu and Qin Li.

Chen Buya quickly stood up straight, adjusted her hair and collar, and after making sure that nothing was wrong, she smiled shyly and looked up at the ox cart coming towards her.

Uncle Liu was driving the car in front. He was the first to see someone standing by the roadside. "Hey, isn't this Miss Chen from Chenjia Village? I heard she married a wealthy man in town. Boss Qin, are you going to send this thing to their house today?"

"Yes." Qin Li nodded slightly.

Uncle Niu tactfully stopped the carriage and said, "Chen girl, are you waiting on the roadside for him to deliver the goods?"

Chen Buya smiled and said, "That's right, Uncle Niu. My husband asked me to come over and pay him."

"Then I..." Uncle Niu looked at the two of them hesitantly.

"Just drive the car to the Wang family's gate. It's just a few corners away. Someone will come out to move the things. I'll calculate the silver with him here."

Hearing this, Qin Li got off the car. Uncle Niu continued to drive the car and soon drove away.

Qin Li got out of the car, but didn't walk over. He stood far away and said, "Why are you here to count the money? Shouldn't someone from the Wang family be here?"

It's morning now.

The early morning sunlight was a little dazzling.

Chen Buya stood under the shade of a tree, her new red dress very eye-catching and obviously worth a lot of money.

She raised her head slightly, staring straight at Qin Li, with tears in her eyes. Her big eyes blinked, and her hands kept wrapping around a handkerchief.

"Brother Qin Li, I was the one who introduced the Wang family to this business. I heard that you opened a small stall in Sanchaji, and I want to help you."

"Thank you very much." Qin Li said calmly: "I will give you the referral fee after the money is settled."

Hearing this, Chen Buya spoke softly, her voice full of resentment: "Brother Qin Li, are you alienating me? What are you talking about money?"

As she spoke, she took two steps towards Qin Li, and the distance between them instantly closed.

He was so frightened that he stepped back quickly.

Looking at her shy appearance, he suddenly remembered what his mother said to him during their conversation that night, and goose bumps instantly appeared on his body.

He found that when he faced this girl again, there didn't seem to be much excitement in his heart.

My mother is right. People cannot escape. Only by facing difficulties can they solve the problems.

"Brother Qin Li..." Chen Buya took another step forward: "You said you would always treat me as your sister, so why are you unwilling to even talk to me now? Why are we so distant..."

Qin Li was inexplicably annoyed: "Miss Chen, you also said that was in the past. Now you are going to get married, so we must keep our distance."

"The Wang family is well-off, and you've found a good home. You'll be fine in the future."

"No!"

Chen Buya's face was filled with sorrow. "Brother Qin Li, you don't know that I was deceived by Wang Ye. He said he would marry me, but he didn't say that I would be a concubine. What's more, you don't know that he already has two concubines at home. What would it mean if I went in again..."

"I just want to find someone to chat with. Brother Qin Li, you've been the best to me. I shouldn't have said that back then. Can you forgive me? We'll..."

"Stop!" Qin Li glared at her. "You chose this path yourself. What happens now has nothing to do with me. Besides, the Wang family is well-off. Even a concubine can have enough food and clothing. Isn't this what you were looking for?"

"It's no use regretting the path you chose. I just want to live a good life and be with my mother and my siblings. I hope you won't bother me anymore."

Chen Buya's face froze, and she wanted to catch up and say a few more words, but at this moment, Uncle Niu drove over.

She was too proud to chase after him, so she could only watch Qin Li jump onto the carriage and disappear from her sight.

As soon as Qin Li returned home, he told Yun Zhenzhen in detail what had happened today, as well as the three hundred copper coins she had given him. He felt uncomfortable holding this money.

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and patted his shoulder: "You did a good job. She is getting married now. Try not to get involved with her in the future, otherwise it will affect your reputation."

"Yeah." Qin Li breathed a sigh of relief, his body relaxed, and he felt like a stone in his heart had fallen to the ground.

The mother and son chatted in private for a while, and then Yun Zhenzhen went out to discuss the matter of repairing the earthen kang with Old Zhang.

He had only been shown a rough blueprint before, but recently, as he carefully recalled his memories from his previous life, he remembered that he also needed to add a smoke exhaust area and a windbreak wall...

She followed Old Zhang to the inner side of the master bedroom, where the outline of a kang (earthen bed) had already been formed.

The men helping outside saw some people crowded inside and came over out of curiosity.

Qin Zheng saw a mud bed and asked in confusion, "Sister Yun, why are you using mud to build a bed? How can you sleep on it? If you really don't know a carpenter, I'll ask my dad to introduce you to one and make you a proper wooden bed. It's much better than this."

Aunt Zhao helped to speak up: "You kid, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense. What if Sister Yun has her own ideas?"

"Young people nowadays like to sleep on hard beds, so please don't interfere."

Yun Zhenzhen was a bit amused when she heard this explanation: "This is the earthen kang I built. I chatted with a northerner who passed by before. It's very warm to sleep on in the winter. There's also a connection to the kitchen stove underneath, so we can warm it up when we light a fire."

Winter in the south is not as cold as in the north. The north has kangs, so the south just endures it. Only this place that is neither south nor north is the most torturous.

When she was a child, she couldn't afford a down jacket and could only rely on layering sweaters to survive the winter. Every year, she relied on stomping her feet and breathing out air while running to warm her body. When she grew up, her life became much better because of better conditions. Now she doesn't want to go through that torture again.

Since a new house has been built, let’s build a kang as well, and do it in one go, so that both the children at home and myself can live better.

The men in the village are used to living in hard times. They are not afraid of the cold and can endure the winter. Besides, it is not late autumn yet and they cannot think so far ahead, so they don’t take this matter seriously.

Only some women who have given birth and children care about it. They have weak constitutions and are afraid of cold when they are older. This is a common problem for many elderly women and children.

It becomes even more uncomfortable in winter. Not only are my hands and feet always cold, but my entire lower back also aches. No woman can forget that feeling.

Some women who were in charge of the household gathered around Yun Zhenzhen to ask questions. When the news spread, many aunts also came to join in the fun, thinking that if the effect was good, they would let the men in the family learn to repair one as well.

This thing doesn't seem to cost much money, and it will help my family get through the winter.