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

"Of course not." Aunt Yang followed the echoes from the surroundings and climbed up the ladder: "The old saying is right, getting married is a woman's second life, so you have to be careful. It's best to find a rich family, otherwise he will suffer for the rest of his life."

She enjoyed the admiration of the villagers, with her neck held high, as if she had become a wealthy person.

"Tsk, if you don't know, you'd think she married an official. She's just a concubine of a rich young master, not even a legal wife. She's eating the blood of her own niece, how dare she..."

The person who spoke was another aunt in the village. She had always been at odds with Aunt Yang and was a very upright person. After hearing her bragging for several days in a row, she really couldn't stand it anymore.

"You...you are just jealous!" When Aunt Yang heard someone insulting her, she was about to go over and tear her apart.

Just then, Yun Zhenzhen came over, the surroundings became quiet instantly, and Aunt Yang's attention was also attracted.

She looked at the dozen or so piglets left on the ox cart. Indeed, each one was as energetic as the boss had said, but they were all black and kept running around in the basket.

In this era, all pigs were black, and modern white pigs were a breed introduced from abroad. Therefore, she did not understand why Xiaonan named the black piglet at home Xiaobai.

She took out a string of copper coins from her waist bag and handed it over: "Boss, help me pick out four piglets to take back."

After the autumn harvest, every household had extra money, and many people also planned to buy piglets. She couldn't buy them all at once.

"See? Who says a woman has to marry a good man or a rich young man? She can live a good life even if she is alone." Aunt Xia, who had just argued with Aunt Yang, continued to stare at her with a playful look on her face and snorted coldly.

"Everyone, please don't be misled by her words and just think about marrying into a rich family. Even though Miss Chen is so beautiful, she's just a concubine. What good will it mean for you if you marry into a family? You'd better be self-sufficient and live a down-to-earth life. Don't try to learn those unorthodox ways."

Aunt Yang pulled the corner of her mouth a little unnaturally: "What's wrong with the concubine? She's living a prosperous life now."

Now Chen Buya has become a role model for women in their Chenjia Village. Whenever anyone mentions her, they will praise her for her ability and capability, and for being able to help their family. Unlike these peasants, who are destined to toil all their lives.

But she didn't dare say this in public. After all, she still lived in Qinjia Village. She could only snort coldly and walk home with her piglet.

Just watch this group of people, it’s best not to ask her for help when you have problems in the future.

Yun Zhenzhen ignored this little incident and asked the pig seller to bring the pigs to her. She and the children each took one back and drove them home.

They took the piglets home, and the others who had not gone out immediately surrounded them.

Erya rolled up her sleeves and walked over: "Aunt, my eldest cousin is not at home. I'll go help fix the pigpen. I saw my grandfather do it when I was home."

"Why would you be needed, little girl? We grown men haven't said anything yet." Yun Jing said with some disapproval, then he looked at Wang Ze.

At this moment, Wang Ze was squatting on the ground teasing the piglet. Unexpectedly, it grew up to be so ugly, but it was very cute when it was a child.

Suddenly, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him from behind, and then he turned back reluctantly: "What are you doing? I'm the son of the county magistrate, and you want me to repair your pigpen?"

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After a while, Yun Jing and Wang Ze both collapsed on the ground. Not only was the pigpen next to them not repaired, but they also knocked the original door off.

Finally, Old Zhang couldn't bear it anymore and called his nephew to help repair the pigpen.

Yun Zhenzhen went to look at the powder that had settled in the yard. The water had become clear, and she could vaguely see white powder stains underneath. "Jing'er, come and lend a hand. Help me pour out these buckets of water. Just like this morning, be gentle and don't disturb the powder inside."

"it is good."

When the other children heard that they were going to make potato flour, they all rushed over to help.

Yun Zhenzhen said as she poured the food, "Erya, go to the kitchen and help Auntie light the fire."

"okay!"

The yard suddenly became bustling with activity. Everyone had work to do, and when they saw someone who was overwhelmed, they would rush over to lend a hand.

After all the water was poured out, Yun Zhenzhen took out the gauze she had bought and hung out some powder, which she could boil directly in water later. The rest was hung up to dry.

She took out a basin, added a small amount of powder to hot water, brewed it into a paste first, then added powder to the basin gradually, pressed it down hard, and finally played with the powder. When she felt it was almost done, she took out the gourd ladle to make the powder.

She took out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Xu Ling'er: "Ling'er, when you see my noodles leaking, wait until they float up and help me quickly scoop them into the basin and rinse them with cold water."

On the other side, she had already prepared a basin of cold water on the stove to hold potato flour. It would become more chewy after being rinsed with cold water.

Xu Ling'er had never cooked fresh food herself before. Her hand holding the chopsticks was shaking slightly, and she was a little excited: "Sister Yun, can you just scoop out the noodles? Will I do it wrong and mess it up..."

"It's okay, I believe you. I was always by your side and I will help watch over you."

As she spoke, Yun Zhenzhen's powder had already started to rise from the ladle. She gently tapped the inside, and the powder fell down very smoothly. Even white lines fell into the pot, slowly becoming transparent, and then floated up.

Seeing the potato starch floating up, Xu Linger quickly fished it out and rinsed it with cold water.

"Well done!"

Yun Zhenzhen even found time to tease her. The two of them became more and more skilled in working together. One was leaking the noodles while the other was scooping them out. In just a few moments, they had already made a large bowl of noodles.

Xiao Nan was waiting on the side, smacking her lips unconsciously, and she was eager to grab some noodles to eat.

Yun Zhenzhen knew from a glance that the little girl was greedy: "It's not cooked yet, don't eat it yet, or you'll get diarrhea."

Xiao Nan withdrew his hand feeling a little guilty, but still waited obediently by the side.

"Mom, is this potato flour? It looks like noodles, but it's thicker and definitely tastes better."

Yun Zhenzhen put the vegetables into the pot and said with a smile: "You little greedy cat, wait a moment, you can eat it soon."

She threw the potato tips and bok choy into the pot, stirred it back and forth, and when she saw it change color, she put the potato flour back into the pot to cook.

Pour out the excess water, then season it directly by adding salt, soy sauce, vinegar and peppercorns, stir it, and cook it for a while before eating.

Sprinkle wild garlic sprouts and chopped green onions in the bowl, add a few drops of lard, and scoop a spoonful of broth, and the aroma will come out instantly.

Heat oil in another pot. When the oil starts to smoke, scoop it into a bowl of chili powder. Pour the hot oil in and with a sizzling sound, the chili oil is ready.

Except for Xiaonan's, everyone else added chili peppers. Xiaonan was still young, and I was afraid he couldn't eat too much, so I only added a little to taste it.

"It's ready to be served. Tell everyone to wash their hands and eat!"