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

Because of the existence of the salt lake, many strangers have come to the village in recent days. They are all Lord Liu's men, who say they are here to protect his safety.

After this group of people arrived in the village, they naturally looked for a place to live. Seeing that the adults lived in the village chief's house, they looked for a place to live nearby.

The village chief's eldest brother was also an honest man. He thought that as a member of the older generation, he should give up his house for them to live in. As soon as these officials arrived in the village, the village chief arranged for his family to move out and prepare to stay temporarily with relatives.

But the village chief has been frugal all his life, and his house has never been renovated. It looks very shabby, so only two people live in it, and the rest of the people go to look for newer houses nearby.

So, he immediately set his sights on the house of Mr. Qin Wuye in the village.

Uncle Qin Wuye, the village chief and the village head are all cousins. He is the fifth oldest in his generation and is known as Uncle Qin Wuye.

Uncle Qin Wuye is quite popular in Qinjia Village. He is a relative of the village chief. In addition, he is generous and willing to help his neighbors, so many villagers are willing to make friends with him.

His house had just been renovated this year and the area had been expanded a lot. It looked very spacious and bright, so naturally it became the target of those people.

"You know Uncle Wu's temper. Although he's kind, he can be very stubborn when things get tough. Plus, his daughter-in-law just gave birth and is weak, so he's not willing to give up his house no matter what." Qin Zheng couldn't help but sigh. "Those officers are used to being domineering and tyrannical. They refused to give in and directly pushed Uncle Wu away. Uncle Wu couldn't stand being treated like that, so he immediately showed off the moves he learned from Master Xiao Ning and started fighting with them."

"But he's old after all, and he's only learned the basics. How could he beat the young and strong officers? His sons and neighbors all rushed over to pull him apart, and I wanted to help..." He lowered his head, a little embarrassed. "In the end, the officers drew their swords and stopped the group of people. Fortunately, no blood was drawn, but they still beat everyone involved. Now my uncle's entire family of more than ten people, young and old, have been driven out. They are sitting under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village crying... It doesn't matter to the adults in the family. They can just wear thick clothes, but he has a newborn baby. It's freezing cold. What if he gets sick?"

"This is too much!" The village chief couldn't help but curse out loud, "I'd be willing to work like a slave for Lord Liu, and I'd have no problem finding them a place to live, but why are you forcibly requisitioning people's homes? And even driving the owners out? It's totally unreasonable."

Yun Zhenzhen also felt that they had gone too far this time. She always believed that if you take a step back, the sky will be wider and the people will not fight against the officials. However, the other party had already started beating people and directly drove the whole family out. No one could tolerate this.

The village chief couldn't help but slapped the table and said, "No, this is such a big deal. I must go to the county magistrate to seek justice. He is a good official and he will definitely not sit idly by."

"Useless father, when I came here just now, I heard that the county magistrate was invited back to Yuzhou by his superiors. He must have something urgent to do, so he didn't even have time to say hello to you." Qin Zheng sighed helplessly and reached out to comfort his father: "Even if the county magistrate was still here, what can we do? Lord Liu has a higher official position than him, and he can't control Lord Liu. It will only make the county magistrate anxious and angry with us."

The village chief was also deflated when he heard this. He sat down on the stool and said sullenly: "What should we do? We can't just let him bully our villagers and sit back and do nothing. He robs our houses today and kills and burns people tomorrow. We can't just ignore it."

Afterwards, the two of them looked at Yun Zhenzhen at the same time. In this critical moment, she had become everyone's backbone, and everyone was hoping that she could come up with an idea to solve the problem.

It snowed heavily during the Chinese New Year this year, which collapsed many houses. Now many people are living together with several families. If outsiders occupy the houses by force, it will be unacceptable.

I originally thought that the discovery of the salt lake was a great thing and that it would drive the development of the entire village. However, judging from the current situation, it may not be a blessing.

If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. This must be the truth.

Just as they were still fretting over this, Qin Li stumbled in from outside. "Oh no, Mom! Erlangzi's house has also been robbed. Those people are being rude now. They just go into any house they like, point a knife at their necks, and force their whole family to move out."

"The fool just asked when they could move back, and the officer kicked him in the chest, causing him to spit out a large mouthful of blood..."

Xiao Nan couldn't help but get anxious when he heard this: "Uncle Erlangzi is already very strong. He even practiced martial arts with Master some time ago, but he was kicked so hard that he bled. Those people really wanted to kill him!"

"That's too much!" Qin Zheng couldn't help but roar. "They're clearly guests, yet they barge into our village and bully the people. Do they really think everyone else in our village is dead? Dad, I don't care. I must go and ask for an explanation. No one of you can stop me today..."

He picked up the big hoe in the yard and pulled Qin Li to go out.

"Calm down for a moment. How are you going to fight them? Are you going to attack them with your hoes and knives?" Yun Zhenzhen said calmly, "They actually dared to attack openly in the village. This means they have the approval of the higher-ups. If anything goes wrong, they will have someone to cover for them. Do you think that this has been going on for so long without Lord Liu knowing about it? If you rush out with weapons now and come face to face with Lord Liu, you will be the ones who get hurt in the end."

In this dynasty, if a commoner assaulted an imperial official, he would at least be sentenced to death. If he caused a bigger problem, his relatives and friends might even be implicated.

The village chief was also very depressed: "This is the house that our villagers worked so hard to build. We thought that life would be a little better after discovering the salt lake, but we didn't expect this to happen. Can we really just watch it happen?"

"Even if we want to help the villagers, we have to learn to be circumvent. We need to first understand the source of this matter." Yun Zhenzhen looked at Qin Li and said, "Boss, go and invite Master Ning and Master Yan over. They are well-informed and have extensive experience in the outside world. They must have some knowledge of this. Lord Liu from Kyoto has the support of an aristocratic family, so they must have heard about it as well."