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

The village chief has spoken, and everyone has organized themselves spontaneously, but each family has very little food left, and everyone is saving food.

In the end, they managed to scrape together less than five kilograms of food.

Five kilograms of food would only be enough for one person to eat for about twenty days, even if he only drank water every day, but there were five people in his family.

Aunt Qin looked at the few pounds of food in front of her and thanked all the villagers. When she stood up and returned to the door, she suddenly fell down.

Old Mrs. Qin also heard the whole story. She ran back home and hid the food in her home overnight without even sleeping.

Of the Qin family, only Yun Zhenzhen's third branch moved out. The first and second branches still lived in the old house. Including the children, there were a total of ten people in the family.

Fortunately, Old Mrs. Qin knew how to manage her life. She tightened her belt to save money and food on a daily basis, and the family had saved up fifty or sixty kilograms of food. If they ate sparingly, they should be able to last until the autumn harvest.

Old Mrs. Qin hid the food in different rooms. She didn't understand what it meant to have three burrows, but she understood that one should not put all eggs in one basket.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

The thief was not caught, and the Qin Zhan family only had five kilograms of grain, which was not enough to last until the autumn harvest.

The most important thing is that this year... there may not be an autumn harvest.

......

Early in the morning, there was quite a commotion in Qin Zhan's house.

"Dad, please don't sell me out, okay? I want to be with you. I'll eat less in the future and I can go out and find food by myself. Please don't leave me and I'll be very obedient."

The second daughter of the Qin family knelt on the ground and broke down crying.

Erdou, who was standing by, also hugged his second sister tightly and yelled at his father: "If you want to sell her, sell me. I won't let you sell my second sister!"

"Sell me, Dad. I eat a lot. If you sell me, you can hold on for a while." The eldest daughter of the Qin family was also crying heart-wrenchingly.

"Boss." Aunt Qin couldn't help sobbing: "This is our own daughter..."

"How could I not know that she is my biological daughter? Do you have any other solution? If we don't do this, our whole family will starve to death. Don't worry, I will find a good family for Shaoyao and make sure she doesn't starve."

Having said that, Qin Zhan's face was full of worry.

If there is really no other way to make a living, who would be willing to sell their child? It is simply against the will of heaven.

Yun Zhenzhen happened to pass by their house when she went to fetch water in the morning.

After returning home, he thought about it, took out the two pounds of coarse flour made from the two pounds of plums left over from the last time, and walked to his door.

Leaning against the wooden door, Yun Zhenzhen spoke casually, "No matter how poor or hungry my family is, I've never thought of selling a child. I wouldn't even want to give up a child who isn't my own, let alone one of my own flesh and blood. Even if I starve to death, I want my family to be whole."

As he said this, he handed over the few pounds of food in his hand.

"I don't have the money to buy Shaoyao back, but my family is short of help, so I'll give her some food in exchange for helping me.

Without waiting for the other person to nod, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Peony, don't just stand there. Come over to my house and make a fire."

Qin Shaoyao knew that Aunt Qin San's family situation was not very good, but compared to the current situation at home, she immediately followed Yun Zhenzhen.

Aunt Qin also felt sorry for her daughter, so after they left, she quickly closed the door, fearing that Qin Zhan would chase them out.

Qin Zhan didn't say anything, just sat in the yard, puffing on the pipe in his hand.

Miss Qin ran over and picked up the bag on the ground. It was heavy. When she opened it, she found that it contained several kilograms of brown rice and plums.

Brown rice is a rarity these days.

"If Aunt Qin San can live a good life, why can't we?" Aunt Qin looked at the family with an extremely firm gaze: "Even if I have to gnaw on tree bark and eat leaves, I will keep my own child."

Qin Zhan put down his pipe and sighed heavily: "Let's just hold on for now. If there's a harvest in the fields, I won't sell the child."

But if they fail to gain anything, I am afraid that by then, it will not just be one or two families that will sell their children.

......

Yun Zhenzhen brought Shaoyao back to her yard, walked into the kitchen and started preparing to cook.

While making a fire, Yun Zhenzhen looked at Shaoyao, who was silent, and said, "If your father really wanted to sell you, no matter who goes there today, he will still take you away.

Peony shed tears silently.

Yun Zhenzhen looked at her and sighed helplessly. In this era, favoring boys over girls is a common problem. Qin Zhan's family has two daughters and one son. The eldest daughter does more work, and the youngest son is a treasure. Only Shaoyao, who is in the middle, is always ignored.

Only when selling a child would she be the first choice.

"Get something to eat first, then go to work."

Yun Zhenzhen heated up the pot and boiled water. She took out the white flour and brown rice from her home, mixed them together and cooked the remaining vegetable leaves. She cooked it into a thick soup and gave each person a big bowl.

The delicious smell of food soon wafted from the kitchen.

Qin Shaoyao's hands were also stuffed with a bowl of vegetable porridge.

"Auntie, this won't do..."

Qin Shaoyao was about to get down from the table as she spoke. Her aunt had just brought a bag of grain to her family. She had been told that it was her turn to do the work, but she hadn't done anything, so how could she eat for free?

It’s still such a thick paste that I can’t even eat it at home.

The boys and girls in the family all enjoyed the meal very much and were not at all uncomfortable with Shaoyao's arrival.

Qin Li, however, noticed the kindness released by Yun Zhenzhen. She... had really changed.

"Eat quickly, Shaoyao. You'll have work to do this afternoon." Yun Zhenzhen said with a smile, "How can you work for your aunt if you don't eat enough?"

After half a day of mental struggle, Shaoyao finally picked up the delicious food on the table.

As soon as she took a sip, Shaoyao was stunned and her eyes widened.

How can it be so rich and delicious?

Didn't my mother always say that Aunt Qin San's family couldn't afford to eat? Could there be another Aunt Qin San in Daqin Village?

"Here, these are for you." Little Qin Nan handed her two hawthorn balls. "These are so sweet and delicious."

Qin Nan was young, but she vaguely remembered that her sister had secretly given her some steamed buns to eat. Because she was young, that was one of her few memories.

After dinner, the busy day begins.

Yun Zhenzhen assigned tasks to everyone in the family. She asked Shaoyao to take Qin Nan to dig wild vegetables. They could go home after filling a basket.

Shaoyao was shocked. She had eaten so much at noon, and this was all he was doing?

Isn't it a bit too easy?

Yun Zhenzhen took the boss into the mountains again. The situation in the fields was not optimistic, so they went up the mountain to see if there was any other food.

As soon as I reached the foot of the mountain, I met an acquaintance.

The rich aunt who had tried to snatch mushrooms from her on the mountain before.

Aunt Fugui rolled her eyes at her and said, "Tsk, a widow..." and then walked away.

Qin Li was a little angry and wanted to follow up to argue, but was stopped by Yun Zhenzhen.

“Don’t argue with fools, don’t compete with fools, and don’t waste your energy on unworthy people or things.”

Qin Li's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had learned something new from his stepmother.

Even though Aunt Fugui, who was not far away, had never been to school, she knew that she was calling her a fool, and she was holding back her anger.

Quietly followed Yun Zhenzhen and the other one.