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

When the man saw Yun Zhenzhen, he hurried over.

"Madam Yun, you are finally back. I have been waiting for you for half an hour."

The person who came was Zhang Hong, a waiter from Yaoyue Tower. Seeing this, Yun Zhenzhen quickly opened the gate and invited him in to have a drink of water.

Zhang Hong's throat moved when he thought of the sweet water last time, but he changed his mind and did not take the next step.

"Madam Yun, I'm here today to tell you something important. I'll come back in five days to buy shaved candy. It's still fifty cents a pound. I hope you'll be prepared. The more the better."

"Sold so quickly? Last time, there were more than eight kilograms." Yun Zhenzhen's face was filled with shock.

"You don't know, but one gentleman praised our dim sum highly after eating it. He went home and told his old friends about it. Many people knew about our dim sum, and it's now even more popular."

"I've been out for a long time. I won't say much to you. See you in five days."

After saying that, he left in a hurry without even going in to sit down.

Yun Zhenzhen was also very excited when she heard this. It was like someone came to bring her a pillow just when she dozed off.

After a quick lunch, he took Qin Li up the mountain again.

The sun was at its peak, making people feel listless. But when Yun Zhenzhen thought about going to the bookstore and not being able to buy anything, she suddenly felt full of energy.

The trees on Mangshan Mountain are densely foliaged, and the strong sunlight shines on the earth, leaving only scattered spots.

Along the way, Yun Zhenzhen also met many women bringing their children to the mountains to find food. Since the wild boar group was eliminated, many more people in the village have gone up the mountain.

"Oh, there are so many wild vegetables in this mountain!" A woman exclaimed in surprise, with excitement flashing in her eyes. She squatted down, took a small shovel to dig out the wild vegetables and put them into her backpack.

"It's true. I found it here too." At the same time, the joyful voice of another aunt came from not far away.

Everyone lowered their heads to look for it. Although the dish was not rare, it could at least fill their stomachs.

The news quickly spread throughout the team, and everyone began to look for the vegetables seriously. For a while, the mountains were filled with laughter and the atmosphere was very warm.

Qin Li was a little anxious when he saw this scene, and quickly turned back to look at Yun Zhenzhen: "Mom..."

"It's okay." Yun Zhenzhen gave him a comforting look. The villagers only knew that the safflower was edible and didn't know its other uses.

Yun Zhenzhen walked to a higher point and said loudly, "Aunts, I will buy two kilograms of the vegetables you dug today for one penny. If you need them, you can come to me to exchange them."

Hearing this, Qin Li became anxious: "Mom, I can dig it without them."

"How much can you dig in a day by yourself?" Yun Zhenzhen laughed a little: "Besides, we still have to make sugar, so we are too busy."

We can make money together, so they won't have time to cause trouble.

Qin Li nodded thoughtfully.

"From the Shuze family." Aunt Zhao came over with a puzzled look on her face and asked, "No one buys these things called shaved vegetables. Everyone takes them home to fill their stomachs. Why are you spending money on them?"

"Shouze came back earlier and told me that Qin Shouze could make something." Yun Zhenzhen used Qin Shouze as a shield without blushing or beating her heart. "I just wanted to give it a try. If I can make it, it will provide more opportunities for my family."

Aunt Zhao scratched her head in confusion. She had been eating this thing since she was a child, so how come she didn't know what else it could be used for?

But since he could exchange it for money, he couldn't just sit there and do nothing. He quickly called his son who was playing madly over and said, "Dacheng, come here quickly and help me dig some vegetables."

When several women who were not far away heard this, they hurried home to find help.

They also heard that a few days ago, Aunt Qin San sold some braised meat and sold out all the wild boar meat, which was about 100 kilograms. She must have made some money.

Other families in the village also took it to sell, but because the wild boar smell was too strong, the highest it could be sold for was five cents per pound.

For a while, the women and children in the mountains were frantically digging vegetables, fearing that if they gave the money to Aunt Qin San too late, she would not have enough money.

In a short while, someone came to find Yun Zhenzhen.

"Aunt Qin San, look here should be enough for four pounds."

"Auntie, I dug up eight kilograms of it. Can you collect it?"

"I have six pounds. Does that count as three cents?"

Yun Zhenzhen looked at the several backpacks in front of her. They were all filled with vegetables, which probably weighed about thirty or forty kilograms in total.

The adults and children in the village are incredibly active. As expected, if you don’t know how to lead a team, you will just work yourself to death.

Yun Zhenzhen asked the people who dug the vegetables to exchange for money to help carry them to her door to pay. If she carried them herself, her waist would probably break from the fatigue.

Before leaving, he said, "If you have any vegetables in the future, you can come to me to sell them. The limit is 50 kilograms a day."

She also wanted to make more, but the pot at home was so small and there were only so many people working.

As it gradually darkened, some of the younger children could not bear it any longer and insisted on going back, so they had to let the older children take them down the mountain first.

The women continued to stay in the mountains, hoping to find more vegetables. Even if they couldn't sell them, they would be great to eat at home.

Yun Zhenzhen returned home and started to prepare the vegetables, washing the roots and cutting them into pieces.

I borrowed a stone mill from Aunt Zhao. After making sugar several times, I found that the finer the choy sum was cut, the higher the sugar yield.

But cutting by hand takes too much time, and the two of them are not good at knife skills, so they always cut it into strips. So Yun Zhenzhen thought of grinding it into a pulp with a stone mill, which would be a direct way to do it.

After grinding the thirty kilograms in her hand, she soaked it in water overnight. Yun Zhenzhen put the water aside and got up to go to the kitchen to cook dinner.

There was a squeaking sound coming from the yard. Xiao Nan had been feeding the chickens with vegetable leaves these days and going out to find small insects for them to eat. The chicks were visibly more energetic.

"Good little chicken, grow up quickly so we can eat your meat..." Qin Nan's baby voice came.

Yun Zhenzhen couldn't help but laugh.

When she looked up, she saw several little heads peeking out of the courtyard gate. Yun Zhenzhen walked out of the door and found that there were a bunch of children outside, but they didn't dare to show their heads.

Aunt Qin San was notorious for beating children. Many people had heard her children crying and screaming, and these children were afraid that they would be beaten if they came in.

Yun Zhenzhen walked into the inner room and when she came out, she had things in both hands.

Yun Zhenzhen first weighed the backpacks the children had brought with them, and then paid them: "Here, take the money home, don't lose it."

The children looked at the copper coins in their hands, their eyes curved into crescent shapes: "Thank you, Auntie!"

Yun Zhenzhen's mood improved. Obedient children are the cutest creatures. She then gave each of them a piece of candy she bought from the town.

"Wow..." bursts of sighs were heard.

The children became even more excited and surrounded Yun Zhenzhen, calling her "Auntie" affectionately. A piece of candy captured the children's hearts.

"Mom, I want one too~" Qin Nan ran out happily from some corner.

"Okay, there's one for you." Yun Zhenzhen patted her little head and said with a smile, "It's in the room, go get it yourself, and remember to get one for your brother as well."

"I know." The little guy ran into the inner room.