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

Early the next morning.

As soon as Yun Zhenzhen opened the gate, she found that Yaoyue Jiulou's carriage was already parked outside waiting.

In addition to old acquaintances Zhang Hong and Manager Xu, a beautiful young woman also came with them this time.

He looks to be less than 30 years old.

"Good morning, Madam Yun!" Shopkeeper Xu came forward cheerfully to greet her. "This is Zhang Rong'er, one of my old friends who runs the cloth shop with me. She's very interested in the blanket you made this time."

"I rushed out a few days ago just to look for her. Her Zhang family has many cloth shops, not only in our town, but also in Yunding County."

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and nodded, and the two of them glanced at each other subtly.

He has an oval face, phoenix eyes, luxurious clothes, two strings of jade earrings on his ears, and a fierce look between his eyebrows. He is completely different from the shopkeeper Xu who always does business with a smile.

This was Yun Zhenzhen’s first impression of Zhang Ronger.

However, at this age, he is already in charge of several cloth shops, so he must be a capable person.

On the other side, Zhang Ronger was also constantly looking at Yun Zhenzhen. On the way here, Old Xu kept telling her what an amazing woman there was in Qinjia Village.

At first she didn't believe that any big shot could come out of the village, but when she saw the woman for the first time, she knew that Old Xu was right.

The person in front of me was not very old, with a pair of crescent-shaped eyes. She smiled before she spoke, and her posture was calm, neither humble nor arrogant. Her whole demeanor was not that of a peasant woman.

After introducing her, Shopkeeper Xu turned to Zhang Ronger and said, "This is the Madam Yun from Qinjia Village I've been telling you about. Don't underestimate her because she lives here. Her abilities and insights are beyond the reach of ordinary people."

After looking at each other, the two nodded slightly.

She didn't waste any time, and as soon as she sat down, she got straight to the point: "I won't beat around the bush with you. I've already seen the blanket that Shopkeeper Xu brought. It's of great quality and very warm. I can sell it to Rongjia Textiles, but I'm wondering what your lowest price is?"

As soon as the voice fell, Shopkeeper Xu spoke up: "Madam Yun, Rong'er is not an outsider either. Please name a price."

Yun Zhenzhen thought for a while, organized her words, and was about to speak when she heard the loud voice of Village Chief Qin coming from outside.

"Niece Yun, are you home?"

Qin Liying went out and opened the gate: "Village Chief, my mother is talking to someone inside, why are you here?"

Village chief Qin also saw the carriage at the door, but he happened to have something to do, so he thought since he was already there, he might as well ask. At worst, he could wait until the guests left before going in.

The boss invited the village chief to sit at the stone table in the yard, brought him a pot of tea and asked him to drink it slowly.

inside the house.

Yun Zhenzhen tapped the table lightly, drawing everyone's attention back. "I've worked with Manager Xu many times, and it was always a pleasure. Since you're Manager Xu's friend, you're naturally also my friend, Yun Zhenzhen."

Zhang Ronger raised the corner of her mouth slightly. This little girl speaks very nicely.

"Let me be honest with you. The raw material we use is animal hair specially transported back from Zang County. The journey was tiring. The round trip alone took seven days. In addition, the processing is also quite troublesome. We also hired a lot of people to help. The cost is included here..."

"I believe you two are connoisseurs of this. This blanket is at least ten times warmer than other thermal insulation materials. If necessary, we can also customize it according to your requirements and make clothing such as clothes and gloves."

Zhang Ronger listened carefully: "So what do you think is a reasonable price?"

"A blanket weighs nearly four pounds of raw materials, and the finished product can be sold for one ounce of silver per blanket. I wonder if this price is acceptable to you?"

Village chief Qin was not eavesdropping while sitting outside, but the wooden door was not soundproof, and the people talking inside did not deliberately lower their voices, so the sound of bargaining naturally reached his ears.

One tael of silver!

He recently heard that his niece Yun had asked many people in the village for help and was tinkering with something new, but he didn't expect it to be so valuable.

"One tael of silver?" Zhang Rong'er asked with some embarrassment, rubbing her fingers constantly, but she didn't refuse. "The price I paid from you is already so high, so how many taels should I sell it for?"

"Don't worry about the price. It's already mid-November. When there's a heavy snowfall in a few days, there will definitely be a lot of people looking to buy warm clothes."

Yun Zhenzhen said with a smile, "My blanket is a rare commodity. I can guarantee that there is no other shop in the entire county that can make it. Besides, I don't have many in stock right now."

Yun Zhenzhen is not particularly good at doing business, but she has the confidence to say these words. After all, things are valuable because they are rare.

It is approaching the cold winter, and blankets are the easiest to sell. There is no shortage of market, and there is no need to fear competitors.

Zhang Ronger exchanged glances with Shopkeeper Xu for a moment, then opened her red lips and said, "Deal!"

After receiving a positive answer, Qin Li walked into the inner room and took out ten woven blankets for the two to inspect.

They also agreed to come back seven days later to pick up the second batch of goods, twenty blankets, with a deposit of ten taels of silver.

Zhang Ronger readily took out a silver ingot from her bosom and handed it to Yun Zhenzhen.

Qin Lizhe quickly wrapped the blanket with oil paper and tied it with a hemp rope. Together with Zhang Hong behind him, he moved the things to the carriage.

After a few more pleasantries, they prepared to leave.

Village chief Qin, who witnessed all this in the yard, looked a little depressed. When he saw Yun Zhenzhen coming back, he didn't know how to start the conversation.

He came here today, actually to ask his niece if she had any good ways to keep warm. The weather has been cold recently, and the villagers can't afford good warm clothes, so they can't go out in winter.

But they had just negotiated a deal for a quilt for one tael of silver, so coming over to ask about it seemed a bit too pretentious.

We can't let him sell it to him at a lower price just because he's a fellow villager. That would be too shameless. After all, his life has just started to get better.

Forget it... I'd better think of another way.

Village Chief Qin thought so and walked out on his own.

Yun Zhenzhen was a little confused and chased after him: "Village Chief, didn't you come here to talk to me about something? Why are you leaving?"

The village chief scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "No...it's okay..."

Even a fool can see that something is wrong with him. He is so old, but he still looks absent-minded when walking. I hope nothing happens to him again.

Yun Zhenzhen stared at him intently and said solemnly, "Village Chief, if you have something to say, please tell me. If you don't tell me now, are you worried about me?"

Qin Li also followed after him.

Village Chief Qin's heart hardened, and he loosened his clenched fists. He gritted his teeth and said, "I see that the weather has been cold recently, and I wanted to ask if you have any methods to keep warm. But I just heard that you sold such a high-priced blanket, and I was afraid that you would mistakenly think that I came to borrow your wool. I can't lose face..."

"You've done so many great things for the village. Whenever something happens, I want to talk to you about a solution. I'm not doing my job as village chief."

"But I'm really worried about the villagers. Last year, because there weren't enough warming measures in the winter, no one dared to go out, and they had to go through the cold winter hungry..."

Village chief Qin's voice became lower and lower, and finally he sighed softly and stood there in a daze. His usually straight back was hunched over, and he looked much older.