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

The village chief continued earnestly, "I asked everyone to bring the salt lake water down because I know many families in our village have run out of salt. If the snow continues and we can't leave the village, then our bodies will definitely suffer from not eating salt during this period. For the sake of our lives, I, an old man, have no choice but to disobey the imperial decree and temporarily use the salt lake water. Once the road is open, I will personally apologize to the higher authorities."

When Granny Wang heard the apology, she immediately said in fear: "Village head, if we eat the imperial court's food without permission, will the whole village be beheaded?"

"That's not that serious. I'll take the blame." The village chief waved his hand nonchalantly and looked at everyone in a gentle tone: "Everyone knows our county magistrate. He's not the kind of ruthless official. As long as our reasons are sufficient and it's for the sake of protecting everyone's lives, then there won't be much blame."

"So the one thing I want to emphasize to everyone now is that no one in our village is allowed to go up the mountain to use the salt lake water without permission... If any family is short of salt, please tell me so we can distribute it. If someone really doesn't want to live anymore and uses the salt lake water without permission, this unprocessed water is harmful to the human body. If they die at home one day, don't come to me..."

"I've already made it clear to everyone in advance. The Ruyi'an people are currently processing the salt lake water in their homes. After processing, it's almost the same as what's sold on the market. You can come here every day to collect it as needed. Each household and each person can take a fixed amount."

When everyone heard this, they finally felt relieved.

By the next day, the pots in Yun Zhenzhen's house finally produced 50 kilograms of edible salt. This was done using three pots together, and with the help of Aunt Zhao, the village chief's daughter-in-law and other aunts, they were able to finish the work without stopping.

Each household comes to collect salt according to the number of people in the household. A few grams of salt a day is enough.

Before people had tasted this salt, they didn’t know that Yun Zhenzhen could really make the same one sold on the market.

But after eating it once, all the villagers fell in love with this light-tasting salt. It has no obvious bitterness and is delicious when added to vegetable soup.

"Oh my god, the salt made by the Yun family's niece is so delicious! I can hardly taste the bitterness when I put it in the dishes. It's even better than the salt sold on the market."

"Of course I did. I tasted it with my finger while I was cooking yesterday, and I couldn't detect any strange taste when I ate it alone. It's absolutely amazing."

"Oh my God, if this thing were to be sold, I can't even imagine..."

"You're crazy..." She was interrupted by someone beside her before she could finish her words: "Have you forgotten what the village chief said yesterday? Selling salt illegally is a capital crime. Aren't you trying to take our entire village with you to death? Don't you dare say that again in the future."

"understood……"

This little episode did not interrupt everyone's enthusiasm for the salt, and soon the heated discussion began again.

With salt, delicious meals can be made. People who eat food with salt will not feel weak all the time. With strength, the villagers will not be so anxious.

The villagers spent a few relatively peaceful days.

One night.

A few furtive figures were stealthily walking towards the mountain where the salt lake was.

"Listen to me, this salt is the most precious thing. Let's go get some and take it home to dry. When the road to the city is passable, we can sell it. I can't imagine how much money it can get."

"Brother, we won't be discovered, right? The village chief specifically emphasized a few days ago that we can't take this thing home without permission."

"You're such a fool, you young fool!" the leading man cursed the figure behind him. "The salt lake is so vast. Even if we fill a few cans and take them home, who would know? Even if they did, they wouldn't know it was us. We could then secretly transport it to the next county and sell it. It would be so stealthy that no one would know."

"Oh." The shadow behind him thought it made sense after hearing what he said, so he could only nod and continue to follow.

The two men hurried up the mountain under the cover of night, carrying two large jars of salt water, and then sneaked back to their home.

These two people were none other than the Chen brothers from the end of Qinjia Village. They usually did nothing serious. They had gone to Yun Zhenzhen's house to look for work before, but because they were discovered to be lazy at work, they were not allowed to come.

I was reluctant to use the salt I collected two days ago, and I planned to save it and sell it in the city. Today I carried down two large jars of brine and prepared to boil it overnight.

Chen Xiaodi said with a smug look on his face: "Don't you think they are stupid? There is real salt on the edge of the salt lake, but they are still wasting time using brine. Look at what we have. We can eat it directly without boiling it. I will cook two dishes for you to try."

He took out a fire starter and lit the pot, then clumsily took out the ingredients and prepared to cook.

During this period, the two brothers would dip their hands in the salt from time to time to taste it.

The town's salt control is very strict. Not only does the price soar on weekdays, but they can't afford it. What's more, they can't leave the village now, and their family has been out of salt for several days.

Looking at the two large jars of salt in front of them, both of them looked unusually excited.

From their eyes, it seemed as if they had seen them walking around leisurely with the silver in their hands after selling the salt. Thinking of this, the two of them smiled at the same time.

"Brother, can you please give me a taste of the wine that your childhood friend gave you a few days ago? I haven't had it yet." Little Brother Chen looked at him pleadingly.

"No." Boss Chen refused directly: "That yellow wine is the best brand sold in town. If he hadn't asked me to do something, he wouldn't have given it to me. I haven't even tasted it myself. Wouldn't it be a waste to give it to you?"

"Brother..." Chen Xiaodi said with a face full of hope: "Think about it, we are going to be rich soon. When we have money in the future, you can drink whatever you want. This pot of wine is a celebration banquet for us, okay..."

"You're going to do big things in the future, how can you be so obsessed with this small pot of wine? Besides, I'm your biological brother. This pot of wine is for the two of us to drink, not for outsiders. Don't be so reluctant. Have you forgotten what your parents told you when they passed away? They asked you to take good care of me..."

Brother Chen couldn't resist his brother's pleading and could only nod impatiently: "Okay, okay, the wine is under the bed in my room, you can take it yourself."

"okay."

In this way, the two of them drank a sip of wine with the dishes and salted vegetable soup that were added with a lot of salt.

Their faces turned redder and redder, and suddenly, they felt the temperature in the room getting higher and higher...