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

old house.

Chen's family had just finished their meal and had not yet cleared the table when they saw Old Man Qin and his companion walk in and put a large bag on the table.

"Mom, my sister-in-law and her family invited you over for dinner. They brought something back. Let me see what it is." Without waiting for anyone else's approval, Chen unwrapped the oil-paper. "Wow, so much braised meat! My sister-in-law and her family must be living a very good life. This stuff smells so good... Even though I just had dinner, I'm feeling hungry again..."

Several children smelled the aroma and looked over eagerly. Erdan's mouth was drooling: "Mom, this meat smells so good, can I have a piece?"

Old Lady Qin said angrily: "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating. Didn't you just finish your meal? How can you still eat something?"

Chen didn't feel embarrassed at all. After all, this was real meat. "Mom, I don't really want to eat it. I just saw that the children haven't eaten meat for a long time, so I asked on their behalf..."

With such a big bag of meat, the kids can always have a couple of bites after they finish eating it, so it’s a good deal no matter how you think about it.

"Eat, eat." Old Lady Qin tore off the oil paper directly. There was no need to waste dishes and chopsticks. She let the children eat with their hands: "This is what your third aunt brought back specially for you to eat. Their own children didn't eat much, so they packed it up and brought it back for you to eat. You must remember your aunt's kindness."

"Know it!"

The children all spoke, and several pairs of small hands reached into the oil paper frantically. Chen also took advantage of this opportunity to grab two pieces of meat and stuffed them into her mouth. Her mouth was full of oil, and she asked while chewing.

"Mom, I heard they said it's snowing heavily outside and the main road out of the village is blocked. That means we can't go out either. There's no bacon left at home this year. If we don't go to town to buy some, we won't have anything to eat during the New Year."

When talking about this matter, Old Mrs. Qin also felt depressed.

Recently, she has been helping out in a woolen workshop and has no time to go to town. Now that she has finally received her wages, it is snowing heavily, and she will definitely not be able to buy fresh meat this year.

The market is not good this year, and few villagers raise pigs. Even if they do, they kill them for their own consumption. They are afraid they won’t be able to buy them even if they want to.

But New Year’s Eve is just a few days away, and if I don’t eat meat, I’ll always feel like something is missing.

Old man Qin puffed on his old pipe and smacked his lips. "Didn't we serve some dried wild boar meat earlier? It's okay to eat it, but the taste is really hard to describe. I finally have some money, but I can't spend it. Who can I go to for justice..."

Qin De quickly swallowed the meat in his mouth: "Some time ago, I saw the second uncle next door catch a small pheasant. Although it's not fat, it's enough for his family to eat for several meals..."

"You little brat, stop daydreaming about those unrealistic things. Can't you stop craving delicious food?" Jiang couldn't help but slap her son. "It's snowing so heavily these past two days. We're not sure if there's still a road up the mountain. If you get caught by a snowfall, you're doomed. You don't have to eat fresh meat for the New Year. Stay home and don't have any bad ideas, or I'll beat you to death!"

Qin Shouren nodded and said, "We've made a lot of money selling braised meat recently, and we still have some meat left. We're freezing it in the cellar now. We can take it out and braise it for ourselves during the New Year."

"You forgot that one year, the village chief wanted to go up the mountain to see if there was any food, but he ended up being half buried in the snow. If someone hadn't happened to pass by and pulled him out that day, who knows what would have happened."

"That's right, safety is the most important thing."

"Tsk, who's bringing up my sad past behind my back?" The village chief's voice suddenly came from behind him, tapping Qin Shouren on the head with his fingers: "You little brat, you're really bringing up things that aren't related to the topic. This happened years ago, and you're still bringing it up. Be careful or I'll beat you up."

Jiang quickly defended her husband, saying, "Village Chief, that's not what he meant. He's using you as an example to warn the children not to run around. This is all for the sake of order and stability in our village. Come and sit down. We still have some braised meat. Please help yourself. My third sister-in-law asked my mother to bring this for us. It's so delicious."

The village chief had eaten at home before coming here, but looking at the braised meat on the table, his mouth still watered. He could only quickly turn his eyes away: "You...you guys really have a good life. I'm full and you come here and look hungry. Let me try the cooking of the Yun family's niece. I haven't eaten it for a long time and I'm really craving it."

Pick up a piece of braised meat and put it in your mouth. The sweet and spicy taste accompanied by the aroma of meat instantly blooms on the taste buds, stimulating the secretion of saliva, making people want to swallow it together with their tongue.

After eating two pieces, he didn't move his chopsticks again. There were several children at the table, and he couldn't snatch the food from them.

The old man was reluctant to drink water and silently chewed the minced meat in his mouth, savoring the delicious taste.

At the same time, it also strengthened his determination to get some meat to eat together. It would be a waste of time if we didn't eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

"Today is the Little New Year, and in a few days it will be New Year's Eve. In the past, no matter how hard life was, we would go to the town to buy some meat to eat, no matter how much, we had to satisfy the cravings of our family." The village chief said with a long sigh.

"Thanks to the Yun family's niece, almost every household in the village has some extra money this year. We can't go without meat for the New Year, right? I was thinking, can we find a way to get some meat for the villagers?"

Old Man Qin put down his pipe and looked at the village chief with interest: "Brother Village Chief, you have come all this way. I believe you have some ideas in mind. Tell us now."

Only a few families in the village raise pigs, but they are not big enough yet. Even if they are killed, they are not enough to feed the whole village. Some people also raise chickens and ducks, but they keep them to continue laying eggs and are reluctant to eat them at this time.

We can only think of other solutions.

"I've observed that there's an area behind our mountains that's completely snow-free. It's just that the meltwater on the road has made it muddy and difficult to walk on, but at least it's safe." The village chief continued, "Didn't we catch a wild boar this year? There must be plenty of game in the mountains. If the villagers work together to get some... well, we could even save money on meat this year and have a good year for the whole village."

"That won't do!" Old Lady Qin rejected it directly.

The eyes of everyone else in the room immediately focused on Old Lady Qin.