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

"Chi chi chi chi~"

The chickens in the yard suddenly started chirping.

Qin Li was pushing the millstone in his hand and looked outside the door. He saw Chen coming in uninvited, followed by Erdan.

"Second Aunt, why are you here at our house?" Qin Li did not stop what he was doing, but just glanced at him indifferently.

In the old house, this Chen had often mocked them, brothers and sisters, both openly and covertly.

Chen walked in on her own and began to look around restlessly. When she saw many chicks in the yard, her eyes lit up.

The corners of her mouth curled up in a stiff smile, her cheekbones prominent, making her look very mean. "Hey, what about you? What kind of business are you planning to do?"

"I don't know either." Qin Li said with a stern face, not wanting to talk too much with her: "I will do whatever my mother tells me to do."

"You're grinding the vegetables that Daya and the others brought over yesterday, right?" Chen looked at Qin Li busying himself and leaned over to take a look. "What delicious thing did your mother make with this that she would be willing to spend so much money on?"

When Qin Li heard this, his mind instantly became highly focused, but his expression remained calm. He knew that Gan Qing'er had come to inquire about the news.

"I don't know. It's Mom who's doing it. We're just helping out."

Seeing that he was unmoved, Chen leaned over and whispered, "Tell me how your mother does business. When the money comes, I'll give you half. Your mother definitely won't give you anything after selling it. It's better to give it to your second aunt."

After hearing this, Qin Li stopped talking and left her aside.

"You bastard, I'm your second aunt, how could I possibly harm you?" Chen stopped pretending. "That Yun is just your stepmother, not even a blood relationship with you. If she gets the money in the future, you might just run away with it. Why are you so clueless?"

When Qin Li heard this, he could no longer tolerate it. His stepmother had been so good to him, how could he let her slander him like this? It would be a shame if it got out. He immediately wanted to chase her away.

"Second sister-in-law, you're going too far." Yun Zhenzhen walked out from the inner room with a knife in her hand.

Chen immediately took a step back. After all, this troublemaker was at home. Wouldn’t what she just said be heard?

My sister-in-law is a ruthless person. She dared to quarrel with my mother-in-law before the family was divided. It would be hard for me to stop her from doing this. I laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, are you home? I saw the gate was open and thought you were not at home, so I came to see if there was anything I could help you with."

Ah.

What nonsense! I heard it in the kitchen just now.

"I'm going to have lunch soon, so I won't keep my second sister-in-law here." Yun Zhenzhen looked impatient and made it clear that she wanted to see the guest off.

Chen understood what was going on, so she took Erdan's hand and prepared to leave.

Erdan, however, sniffed and stared at Qin Nan in the main room, saying, "Aunt San, what is little sister Nan eating? It smells so good."

Qin Nan had just fed the chickens in the morning and helped pick vegetable leaves before he finally sat down on the stone steps to eat a few bites of mung bean cake.

There were only eight pieces of snacks in a bag, and she was reluctant to finish them all at once, so she ate one piece every half day. Just after she finished a bite and was about to save it for the afternoon, she looked up and saw Erdan's staring eyes.

The look was too obvious, so Qin Nan carefully took out a piece and handed it to Erdan.

Yun Zhenzhen didn't stop them. They were just two children, and it was a good thing that Xiaonan was willing to share.

Erdan took the snack and put it into his mouth in one bite. He chewed it twice and swallowed it. His eyes looked at Xiaonan's hand again.

Qin Nan subconsciously clenched the snack, hesitating whether to give it to him. He had already shared the afternoon snack with Erdan, and if he gave it to himself, he would have nothing to eat tomorrow.

give?

Or not?

If I don’t give it to my mother, will she think I’m a stingy child and no longer like me? In the past, when there were good things at home, my mother would give them to my cousin from the Yun family and teach me to share.

Yun Zhenzhen seemed to see through her thoughts. She squatted down to look at her levelly and asked softly, "Is Xiaonan eating enough?"

Qin Nan hesitated for a second, and finally shook his head.

Yun Zhenzhen patted her head and said, "You've already shared. You can keep the rest for yourself. Don't sacrifice yourself just to make others happy, okay?"

Qin Nan's eyes sparkled with light and he nodded heavily.

Then he stood up and stood in front of Xiaonan: "Second sister-in-law, I didn't make much lunch, so I won't keep you here."

"Yeah." Chen responded weakly, and went out with Erdan. Who cares?

The next second, the gate slammed shut tightly, almost trapping the corner of her clothes.

Chen was so angry that her face turned green, and she couldn't help but slap Erdan on the head.

"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat. If the family needs you, you'll always be there for them."

"Mom, you've never bought me any snacks." Erdan said weakly.

Seeing that he dared to talk back, Chen slapped him again...

As the two of them walked home, Erdan kept talking: "Second Aunt is too stingy. Xiaonan was ready to give it to me, but she still wouldn't give it to me..."

"That dessert is really delicious, soft, sticky, and sweet. It melts in your mouth the moment you bite into it."

Seeing Erdan still savoring the food, Chen poked his head vigorously with her finger and said, "You are such a loser. Go dig up more vegetables to make money when you have time, or they will all be dug up by now..."

Along the way, Chen kept complaining when an aunt came over from the other side.

"Hey, Shouren, why are you here?" It was Aunt Tian from the neighboring house. She had just returned from picking vegetables in the fields and greeted her when she saw her. "Two young men from Chenjia Village came to the village entrance and said they were looking for you. The patrol team was watching the two strangers and didn't dare let them in. You should go and take a look."

Since the last patrol team was formed, order has gradually improved. Strangers entering the village must register their names and reasons for coming, and must be accompanied by someone before entering.

Chen immediately turned around and walked towards the village entrance. She saw two figures waiting anxiously at the door. They were her nephews and nieces from her mother's side.

"Auntie, you're finally here! My grandma asked me to come and borrow some food." Before Chen even got close, she heard her nephew speak directly: "The fields in our village are almost dead this year. Grandma asked me to come to you specifically. You must help us."

Looking for me? Why? I can't produce food.

Chen thought so in her heart and said it out loud: "The grain in Daqin Village has not been harvested yet. My family is living a tight life now. How can I lend you grain?"

My mother-in-law is so petty that if she knew I was stealing food from my parents' home, she would skin me alive.

"Hasn't every household received wild boar meat?" the nephew said confidently, "We've never seen meat in our family. Aunt, please give us some. It's not much, ten pounds will be enough."

Ten pounds?

Our family was only given less than 100 kilograms of pork, and there were more than ten people in the family waiting to eat it. This person was asking for 10 kilograms, and he was really brave enough to ask.

It sounds nice to say that it's a loan, but I have taken enough food from my mother over the years, and she has never paid me back.

Thinking of this, Chen said unhappily, "Mother-in-law is in charge of that meat. How can I possibly get it? Go back first. I'll see if I can get some for you after the autumn harvest."

At that time, even if you secretly take out a few kilograms or ten kilograms, it should not be discovered.

After saying that, he had no intention of bringing them in and went home with Erdan.