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

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The children had just finished cleaning up and were about to go to bed when there was another knock on the door.

There are quite a lot of people coming to her house tonight.

She walked into the yard and opened the door, only to see Old Man Wu standing outside the door with an awkward look on his face and his fists clenched nervously.

"Niece, I hope I didn't disturb you by coming here so late."

Yun Zhenzhen didn't have a deep impression of the old man, but she still politely invited him in.

Xiaonan and Awen saw that it was Old Man Wu and called out affectionately, "Grandpa Wu, come and sit down."

Yun Zhenzhen went to the kitchen to get some water, and Awen followed behind her inconspicuously: "Mom, Grandpa Wu must have something to do to come here so late. Can we help him?"

She raised her eyebrows: "I'm not familiar with him. Were you close before?"

"Yes." Ah Wen said with a smile: "When Dad was still alive, he had a very good relationship with Grandpa Wu. Although there was a big age difference between them, they could always chat together. Later, after you came home and Dad was not at home, Grandpa Wu didn't come over much, but he would still secretly give us delicious food."

"Okay, I'll do whatever you want."

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and brought out a bowl of tea. Old Man Wu took it but didn't drink it. He put it on the table.

He nervously tugged at the corner of his clothes, rubbed his fists, and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Uncle Wu, don't worry. Take your time and tell me what I can do for you."

Hearing this, Old Man Wu finally opened his mouth and stammered, "Shou Ze's wife, if my family wasn't really in trouble, I really wouldn't have the nerve to come to you."

When Old Man Wu spoke, the corners of his eyes drooped and the wrinkles on his forehead were very deep. Although he was only in his forties, he looked very old.

"The harvest was not good this year, so I thought about going out and doing some small business. When I'm not at home, it's already difficult for me and my daughter-in-law to take care of the few acres of land at home, so I didn't plant potatoes. In addition, my daughter-in-law is pregnant and can't let her go hungry. But there is not enough food at home, and we have to save some for seeds."

"I came here tonight to borrow some potatoes from you. I'll return them to you next year after planting them. I can also pay you a little more interest then..."

After Old Man Wu finished speaking, he hung his head, waiting for the current head of the Qin family to speak.

Among the hundreds of households in Qinjia Village, none of them had any extra food. Only the Qin family, who had just harvested potatoes, was relatively well-off.

The old couple can eat less and save food rations, but the pregnant woman cannot go hungry because she is carrying the only child in the Wu family.

Before Yun Zhenzhen could say anything, she saw Qin Wen and his sister looking at her, as if saying, "Mom, please help Grandpa Wu."

It can be seen that Old Man Wu has helped the two siblings a lot in the past.

She nodded: "No problem, you didn't lack the rules before, and now that he's gone, it's my duty to help you. How much do you think you need to borrow?"

Old Man Wu suddenly looked up, his eyes full of surprise, and tremblingly stretched out five fingers: "Fifty... fifty kilograms is okay?"

He ate the potatoes today and was very full. He will save some for seeds so that he can have new food next year.

Yun Zhenzhen asked Awen to go to the yard to pick potatoes for him, indicating that he could decorate more.

He received the signal, ran to the potato pile, and began to put the potatoes into the backpack with a grunt, filling a whole backpack.

"Grandpa Wu, I've packed it. I'll leave the backpack with you and I'll pick it up when the time comes."

Old Man Wu was also an old farmer. He took it and shook it, and he immediately realized something was wrong. This kid Awen must have given himself too much. He was worried that Yun Zhenzhen would scold him if she knew.

Just when he didn't know what to do, he saw her looking at him with a smile on her face. What was there for him not to understand? It was obviously Yun Zhenzhen's instruction. His lips trembled slightly, and after a while, he stomped his feet hard, said thank you and walked out.

......

Early the next morning, it was just dawn.

The two brothers Qin Shouren and Qin Shouyi got up early, put on their most decent clothes, and went out refreshed.

The two of them carried the things they had prepared at home, opened the door and walked towards Yun Zhenzhen's house.

Aunt Zhao and her husband next door also got up early to prepare things. They had made the dumplings last night and cooked some braised food. The two of them loaded the things onto the ox cart together.

This is another ox cart in the village. Yun Zhenzhen subscribed to it on a monthly basis. It makes two round trips a day, and each trip costs five cents.

This was the first time for the two men to do business. They kept recalling the skills and key points that Qin Li had told them before he left, and the two brothers kept talking along the way.

The two of them walked from dawn until sunrise before they arrived at Sanchaji.

When he returned home, Qin Shouren found Yun Zhenzhen.

"Sister-in-law, I heard some time ago that you wanted to buy an ox cart. Today when I went to Sancha Market, I happened to come across a fine old ox. Would you like to come with me to take a look?"

Yun Zhenzhen's eyes lit up, and after packing up the things in front of her, she set off with him.

Now that my family has a lot of business, it’s not a good idea to keep borrowing other people’s ox carts. I might as well buy one for myself so that I can do everything more conveniently.

Half an hour later.

Yun Zhenzhen looked at the cow in front of her. Its hair was shiny and it was in good spirits. It was obvious that it was well-maintained.

"This cow is only three years old, which is when it's strong and docile. It's very convenient for carrying people or goods."

The owner of the cow smiled and said, "I know its original owner. If it weren't for a family emergency that required urgent money, he would never have sold it. How about it, young lady? Do you like it?"

Yun Zhenzhen walked over and looked around, feeling around. The boss hadn't lied to him, the cow was indeed good. "Boss, how much are you selling it for?"

"This cow is not expensive." The boss thought for a moment and then spoke again: "How about this, if you are sincere in buying it, I won't charge you a high price. Just give me ten taels of silver."

Qin Shouren originally wanted to touch a handful of cow hair, but when he heard that it would cost ten taels of silver, he immediately exclaimed, "This... is so expensive?"

"It's not expensive anymore. The original owner wanted twelve taels of silver. I'm selling it at a loss." The boss said as he stuffed the bullwhip into Yun Zhenzhen's hand: "If you don't believe me, try it. This bull is really strong."

If it weren't for his recent lack of funds and the urgent need from the client, he would have wanted to keep the cow for himself.

Yun Zhenzhen held the bull whip and said, "I've never driven an ox cart before. I wonder if it will go berserk."

The boss stroked his chin. The girl was so young, and it looked like she really couldn't do it. "How about this, I'll ask my nephew to come over and teach you how to drive. There's an open space next to it, and you'll learn it in no time."

Half an hour later.

The entrance of Qinjia Village.

Yun Zhenzhen was driving the ox cart back in a crooked manner, and she could hear people shouting from the side.

"Hey, it's from the Shuze family." Aunt Zhao looked at her in disbelief: "Why did you bring back an ox cart?"

Yun Zhenzhen was sitting on the ox cart and greeting everyone, while Qin Shouren looked embarrassed.

He was really a bit dull. What others could learn in a quarter of an hour took him an hour to learn, and he also wasted his third brother and sister-in-law's time.

He lowered his head in shame, looking at the new clothes he had just worn out in the morning, which were covered in mud, and his mood became even uglier.