Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back
Chapter 145 Asking Jiang for Help
late autumn.
The construction of the house is proceeding in an orderly manner.
It has rained several times in the past three to five days, and the river near Qinjia Village has gradually filled with water. From time to time, you can see the water flowing in it, and it looks sparkling under the sunlight.
Many more men from the village came to help, and the house was built at an extremely fast speed. A floor was also built at the door, which was paved with stones transported from the mountain. Apart from the labor cost, basically no money was spent.
The whole yard looked much cleaner and tidier in an instant.
In two days, the potatoes in the field will be harvested. Qin Li is busy with business, so the weeding in the field is left to Yun Jing and Qin Wen, and Xu Linger will also lend a hand.
The second child had been following his eldest brother in tilling the fields and applying fertilizers since he was young. At a young age, he was already a farmer, leading his two older brothers and sisters in the work. He knew many details better than Yun Zhenzhen.
After Qin Li finished his business today, he came back with his load to discuss things with Yun Zhenzhen.
"Mom, I think this business is pretty stable now, and I'm thinking of expanding it."
"In addition to Sanchaji, I think we can also do this business in this town and the neighboring Taiyin County. It's just that I can't handle it alone, so I can find two people to help, and then we can just pay them the wages."
After hearing this, Yun Zhenzhen asked, "Do you have a stable supply of braised food and wontons? We have to ensure everything is in order before we can expand. Otherwise, you'll be trying to do both and won't be able to take care of everything, which will only ruin your reputation."
"Sure." Qin Li thought about it seriously. "The cooperation with the butcher in Sanchaji is very stable. He promised to give me an extra 20 kilograms of meat in the future. The butchers in several villages have also had good harvests recently, so there is sufficient supply. If I want to expand my business, I plan to go to the town again and find a few more butchers to discuss cooperation."
"So, do you have anyone to choose as a helper?" Yun Zhenzhen nodded affirmatively.
"If we expand the business, we might not be able to handle it at home. I thought Aunt Zhao comes over every day to help with cooking, so could we let her do this job?"
Qin Li continued, "When I go out to set up a stall, I want to ask my eldest uncle and second uncle to come with me. They help out here every day and their character is also good. What do you think, mother?"
Yun Zhenzhen nodded.
Aunt Zhao has been helping out at home for almost a month. The whole family, both adults and children, are reliable. As for the eldest and second brothers at the old house, the eldest brother's family are very reliable. However, there are too many things to deal with in the second brother's family, Chen, so she needs to think about it again.
The two of them first found Aunt Zhao's family and told them about this matter.
The daily wage for a helper in the town was twenty cents, which was six hundred cents a month. Yun Zhenzhen wanted to just give her a monthly contract, paying her seven hundred cents.
When Aunt Zhao heard this, she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. Adding the two jobs together, she could earn more than one or two taels of silver a month.
This was higher than the wages of some master chefs in the town, but she was just an ordinary peasant woman and could not even find a decent job as a helper in the town, let alone such high wages.
For their family, they may not be able to earn this much money in a quarter. Just by helping the neighbors cook, knead dough, and make dumplings, they can earn this much money. It is simply pie in the sky.
"Oh... Sister Yun, I... I don't know how to thank you." Aunt Zhao's face was full of guilt. "Look at me, I haven't helped you much in the past, but I'm getting such a high salary from you. I'm embarrassed as an old woman..."
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I earned my money through my own labor. Besides, Sister Zhao, you have a good heart. When our family was a mess before, you didn't look down on us. This is what you deserve."
Yun Zhenzhen smiled and continued, "What's more, we might need to borrow your space to do the hand-wrapping, so just take this money with peace of mind."
"Don't worry about that." Old man Zhao held his pipe in his mouth. "This piece of land of ours is available for use at any time as long as you give the order. You don't have to move your things back then. Just leave them at my house. We old couple will watch over them for you and guarantee that nothing will go wrong."
After saying that, Yun Zhenzhen walked out the door and headed towards the old house.
Before I even entered, I heard voices coming from inside.
"Mom, tell me about my third sister-in-law. We are family, but she is building a new house and she doesn't even ask us to cook. What's going on? If this gets out, people will laugh at us."
Old Lady Qin snorted coldly and glanced at her: "Don't think I don't know what you are planning. Didn't you hear that helping with cooking would pay you 20 coins a day? You went there just to help, didn't you? You went there just for the money. You are really greedy."
Seeing that her secret had been touched upon, Chen still stiffened her neck and said, "We have to pay anyway. It doesn't matter who we give it to. Why not give it to our own family? I think my third sister-in-law is just being ungrateful. And she didn't tell me about the wages earlier. If I had known there would be wages, would I have stopped my husband from helping out..."
She saw with her own eyes that day that Qin Shouren took back several hundred coins, paid 50% to the government, and still had more than a hundred coins in his own pocket.
The eldest wife suddenly became rich. She even bought a new set of clothes for her sister-in-law two days ago. But when she looked at the discolored and torn clothes she had washed herself, she was so angry that she wanted to bite her.
"Who can you blame for this? It's all your own fault." Seeing that she was getting more and more excited, Old Lady Qin put down the wild vegetables in her hand, stood up, pointed at her and scolded her.
"Besides, we've already separated. How much money your third brother's wife earns or who she hires for help has nothing to do with you. If you weren't so greedy and didn't let the second brother help, you wouldn't have ended up with nothing..."
"Second sister-in-law, mother is right. Third sister-in-law has already helped our family a lot..." Jiang, who had been busy nearby, also stepped forward to help smooth things over.
Yun Zhenzhen stood outside the door, listening to the conversation inside, and was also considering whether she wanted the second brother to help.
Qin Shouyi's workmanship is indeed impeccable, but his wife is really difficult to deal with. If she whispers in his ear and ruins the business, it will be a waste of time.
Chen stood in the yard and wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Qin Shouyi.
"Okay, stop talking. Big brother earned the money, so he deserves it. I didn't contribute anything, so I can't blame others for not reminding me. Besides, didn't Big Brother use the money he earned for us? The food you eat now was all bought with that money."
"We should be grateful. Third brother's wife has been very good to us. Don't be unreasonable."
"Second brother, if you can't control your wife's mischief, just move her out as soon as possible, so that she won't make me angry every day at home." As Old Lady Qin said this, she sat on the stool, almost suffocating.
Seeing this, Qin Shouyi hurried over to appease Old Lady Qin: "Mom, what are you talking about? We won't split up the family while our parents are still alive. You two are still in good health. I won't split up the family no matter what I say. I will always be at home to take care of you."
Seeing that the second son was clear-headed, Old Lady Qin did not bother him too much. She asked them to cook at home and then prepared to go help the third son's wife.
Seeing Qin Shouyi speak for her, Yun Zhenzhen, coupled with her understanding of him over this period of time, also had her own considerations, so she pushed the door open and walked in: "Mom!"
"How come you have time to come here? Aren't you busy at home?" When Old Lady Qin saw that it was Yun Zhenzhen, her face was full of smiles.
There is nothing to say about my third son's wife. Although she did a lot of bad things in the past, she has come to her senses now, and all the villagers applaud her for what she does.
Building a new house, making farm tools, teaching children, and doing business really made this old woman feel ashamed.
Unlike the second son's wife, who does nothing all day and just makes trouble.
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