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

When the second batch of shaved candies was taken away by Zhang Hong, Yun Zhenzhen told him that the next batch could not be picked up until ten days later, as it could not be finished at all.

There was a small silver ingot weighing two taels on the dining table in the main hall. The family had worked hard these days to make forty kilograms of shaved sugar.

For five whole days, I was either making candy or on the way to making candy.

In contrast, the people at the table looked pale. For the sake of these 40 kilograms of sugar, they slept later than dogs and got up earlier than chickens every day.

I am so tired every day that I can’t even lift my arms. Qin Wen has been cooking at home these two days.

This is not what Yun Zhenzhen wants, it is really too tiring.

Moreover, she wanted the boys to use their free time at night to study arithmetic, and they certainly couldn't do it endlessly day and night.

Children need to learn more knowledge, go out more often, and broaden their horizons. They can't just do hard labor.

Now someone is doing the work of digging the sweet potatoes, so I can make sugar myself during the day. I also need someone to take care of the vegetable garden and crops in the backyard.

Xiaonan and Awen could help out at home, but she planned to send her children to school, so she planned to go to the town to find out what was going on after she finished making this batch of candies.

"My thin arms and legs really can't bear it anymore." Yun Zhenzhen frowned.

At this time, Qin Li was lying on the side without moving, staring at the silver on the table.

"But if we stop, we'll lose a lot. In less than a week, we've earned two taels of silver, which others may not be able to earn in a year."

The boss was right. Money can move people's hearts. Yun Zhenzhen also likes money, but she likes her life more.

Yun Zhenzhen was silent for a while, then suggested, "Let's hire some help. Twenty cents a day, no hard labor, and I think a lot of people will come."

Who to look for?

Qin Li thought about it and felt that it would be safer to ask his family for help with this matter: "How about asking my uncle and his family?"

Our family's sugar-making skill must not be passed on to outsiders. It's no big deal if we don't make money, but if someone steals it and sells it to other families, we will be breaking our promise to Yao Yue.

The most important thing in doing business is integrity.

When Yun Zhenzhen heard him mention the old house, she thought of her second sister-in-law who had just arrived: "Not very good."

"The rest of the people in the old house may not have any major problems, but your second aunt is a troublemaker and is bound to cause some trouble."

Back when they were still living in the old house and had not yet separated, there was no man at home in the third house, and Chen had bullied them a lot, making things difficult for them both openly and secretly. It was precisely because of this that the original owner insisted on separating the family.

Seeing her like this, Qin Li didn't know what to say. Although his second aunt was selfish, she never treated them badly when their grandparents were at home. After the family split up, she would secretly help them from time to time.

"Let me go to town first, and then I'll discuss it with your grandma when I come back."

"it is good."

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The two men arrived in town and went straight to the blacksmith shop, where they bought a big pot for twenty cents.

Qin Li had been thinking about a question the whole way, and finally couldn't help asking it out loud. He looked at her curiously and said embarrassedly, "Mom, when Zhang Hong came to get the candy today, how did you calculate it was two taels of silver so quickly?"

He really couldn't understand how she could calculate so quickly, as if she had memorized the numbers by heart. He was still counting on his fingers, and his mother had already blurted out the selling price.

Yun Zhenzhen noticed that this boy was very smart and noticed this little detail in an instant. She smiled and said, "This is arithmetic. I learned it from your cousin Yun Jing. I'll teach you when I have time, okay?"

Qin Li nodded heavily: "Okay!"

The two of them went to the meat stall again and bought a pound of pork belly and ribs to improve their diet. Everyone was exhausted recently and had no time to make something delicious to take home as a reward for the little ones.

Yun Zhenzhen spent thirty-five cents on two pounds of meat. Seeing some leftover bones on the side, Yun Zhenzhen wanted to take some home to make soup, which is the most nutritious.

"Boss, how much is this big bone?"

"There's not much meat in that thing. I'll sell it to you for two cents per pound." The boss continued to cut the meat without even looking up.

In the end, Yun Zhenzhen took down another five kilograms of bones.

It took more than half an hour to get from Liuye Town to Qinjia Village by riding in a swaying ox cart before we finally reached the village entrance.

As the sun sets, wisps of smoke rise from every household.

The soup started to stew in the kitchen. The bones and ribs I bought were stewed together, and a small bundle of beans that my mother-in-law gave me last time was added to make a stew of pork ribs and beans.

Make some spicy stir-fried konjac, some cold wild vegetables, drizzle some oil on it, and with a sizzling sound, the fragrance will fill the house.

Heat the oil in a pan, add the icing sugar and stir-fry until melted, cut the pork belly into small pieces and stew it in the pan.

After a while, the sweet pork belly is ready.

Qin Wen cooked white rice at home, and a fragrance wafted out. Suddenly, the whole yard was filled with an indescribable aroma.

When Aunt Zhao next door smelled the aroma of meat coming from home, the brown rice in her bowl instantly lost its fragrance.

Qin Nan didn't care about the chicks in the yard anymore and ran into the kitchen.

"Mom~" Qin Nan grabbed Yun Zhenzhen's thighs and began to shake.

Yun Zhenzhen couldn't help but laugh. She picked up a piece of pork ribs, blew it cool, and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Little greedy cat, go call your brothers home for dinner."

As soon as Qin Li got home, he went to weed the fields. No matter how much money he earned, the crops in the fields could not be wasted.

Qin Wen continued to grind vegetables in the yard. This afternoon, more children brought him a lot of vegetables.

There was a noisy sound outside the door. Yun Zhenzhen went out to see that there were many women gathered outside, with large and small backpacks at their feet.

The children went up the mountain to find a few pounds of vegetables, and the adults exchanged them for money.

"Is the Shuze family making money from selling vegetables? Why does the yard smell so good?"

"That's right, I just smelled it. It's pork ribs stewed with beans. I just smelled it at the family's house in town a few days ago."

"I also saw big bones?"

"That stuff isn't expensive. You can buy a lot with just a few coins. After I change the money today, I'll go to town and buy some to satisfy my hunger tomorrow."

In the small pot in the kitchen, bone soup was simmering over a low fire, and the other meats were covered with lids to keep them warm. People were not allowed to go in and lift the lids to see what the good stuff was.

How rude.

Yun Zhenzhen looked at the group of people and said with a smile: "Please wait a moment, aunties. I will calculate the money for everyone now."

Hearing that the money was being counted, many people gathered around to watch. They wanted to see if Qin Yun could come up with so much money.

Looking at so many people, Yun Zhenzhen simply moved a table out from the inner room and asked Qin Wen to pay the bill and take a look at the results of his arithmetic training during this period.

Qin Wen was pushed to the front of the crowd. He was not used to it for a moment and said in a panic, "Everyone line up. Don't worry. Everyone can exchange money."

Yun Zhenzhen was reporting on the side and took out a piece of paper for him to practice writing.