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

"The third son's wife!" Old Lady Qin shouted, and several people in the room turned around suddenly, so scared that they didn't even eat.

"You, you, you, look at you, you just made a little money and you don't know how high the sky is, right? You squander it like this. You can buy so much brown rice with this money that you can eat for several months."

Yun Zhenzhen: “…”

We don’t eat white rice every day at home. We have been eating potatoes and brown rice cakes for many days. This is an improvement in our diet.

"You shouldn't spend money like this even if you have it. Can't you save a little? You're such a spendthrift..."

After the old lady finished her rant, Yun Zhenzhen finally started to explain, "Mom, aren't you tired from working so hard every day to earn money? They only want this one meal, so I thought I'd bring some over for you to try."

As she spoke, she slowly sat down, covered her chest with her hands, and continued with a sad face, "Alas! It's all my fault. These children have to get up early and go to bed late every day, working hard to earn money, and this is the only meal they can eat that is slightly better. It's all my fault that I have no ability and let them suffer..."

Having said that, she couldn't help but began to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Old Mrs. Qin had never seen her fierce daughter-in-law behave like this before, and she immediately panicked.

Her voice softened as she spoke, "That's not what Mom meant. I'm not telling you not to eat, am I? You should take it easy. I was too angry just now. I was thinking about the children, who still have a long future ahead of them."

"As the saying goes, if you don't have enough food and clothes, you won't be poor. If you don't plan, you will be poor. I'm worried that you won't have a plan for spending money, and the money you finally earn will be gone."

"Grandma, you can earn money again if you lose it. There's an old saying that goes, money is not saved, it's earned." Qin Li said confidently.

When Yun Zhenzhen heard this, she lowered her head and smiled, saying, "Well done! It's worth all my teaching these days. He is really my good son."

He didn't show it on his face, and said weakly: "Mom, our business is quite profitable, and it's not a big problem to have a meal occasionally. I'm planning to find a helper from the old house in a few days to help out, so that the boys at home can take some time off."

What kind of business is so profitable? The old lady also began to wonder in her heart. She frowned and a hint of doubt appeared on her face.

"If you're really too busy, just call the girls at home to help. They're just sitting around doing nothing anyway."

"It's not that I don't want you to eat well, I just want you to have a plan so you don't just live off your savings..."

Old Mrs. Qin kept muttering beside him.

Yun Zhenzhen didn't feel annoyed. She knew that the old man had a good heart, but he just didn't know how to express it.

He smiled and said to her, "Mother, I'm sorry to bother you with finding a helper. The work won't be much, just helping out. Please find a reliable and dependable person and give him five cents a day."

Old Lady Qin was suddenly terrified when she saw her third daughter-in-law smiling at her. She said unhappily, "You only know how to give me money. It's just a favor. Did you get that money from the wind?"

But then I thought, my third daughter-in-law is too reckless with her money. I'll just give her the money. At most, I can help save it. If I wait for her to save money and find good families for her grandchildren, I don't know how long it will take.

Then he hurried out of the door, leaving only one sentence in the wind: "Wait, I'll go back and find someone for you."

Yun Zhenzhen looked at the boys at home and said calmly, "From today on, we will make candy during the day and study at night. Xiaonan also needs to start learning to read."

The whole family had no objection. They could have enough food to eat and could read and write, which was unimaginable in the past.

After dinner, Qin Li took the initiative to take the responsibility of cleaning up the dishes and cleared the table with quick hands and feet.

A quarter of an hour later, a family of four sat around the table.

Yun Zhenzhen cleared her throat and said seriously, "Today, Xiaonan will learn to recognize numbers, and the eldest and second oldest will learn addition and subtraction."

Then he looked at Qin Wen and asked, "You've been playing with Zhuzi for three days. How many words have you learned?"

Qin Wen looked proud: "I know everything he knows, a total of twenty words."

"Okay." Yun Zhenzhen nodded. It was already very good. Everything has a beginning.

"After we finish our math lessons every day, everyone will learn Chinese characters with Ah Wenxue, learning five characters a day. The first one to finish can start reading the Hundred Family Names book we bought last time."

"Okay!" The three agreed in unison.

The sky had completely darkened, and the dim kerosene lamp shone on everyone's face, making the time seem peaceful and quiet.

"What's two plus two?"

Qin Li: "Uh..."

Qin Wen quickly answered: "It's four."

Qin Li: "Oh, yes, four."

Yun Zhenzhen glanced at him and continued.

"What is four minus one?" After Yun Zhenzhen finished speaking, she signaled Qin Wen not to answer.

"......one."

"What? How can four minus one only equal one? You have four apples, and you give one to Xiaonan. How many do you have left?"

"One."

"Why is there only one left? Count on your fingers."

"There's one for Xiaonan, one for Awen, one for my mother, and I only have one left." After saying that, he proudly stretched out a finger in front of her.

Yun Zhenzhen wanted to die after hearing this. She was originally in high spirits, but after the first two minutes, she became like a defeated rooster.

I've experienced the pain of never being a mother!

Half an hour later, the nerve-wracking arithmetic class finally ended, and Awen began to teach Qin Li to recognize words, while Xiaonan carefully wrote down numbers on the side.

Qin Li looked relieved when he heard that he finally didn't have to do math. His brain wasn't as quick as his brother's, so he found it a little difficult to learn.

Looking at her eldest son's terrible math skills, Yun Zhenzhen held her forehead helplessly. There was no other way. A child with no basic math skills could only take it step by step.

Qin Wen was completely immersed in the paradise of numbers, calculating tirelessly and even thinking about a deeper level.

He ran over with the paper in his hand and asked Yun Zhenzhen, "Adding two twos is easy, but what if we add ten twos? How can we do it faster?"

He found that if he kept adding slowly, it would take a long time to calculate and the result would easily be wrong.

Good boy! He's learned multiplication without any instruction. Yun Zhenzhen looked at him with satisfaction and glanced at the sky: "It's too late today. Mommy will teach you tomorrow, okay? Little by little, you can't get fat in one go."

Qin Wen nodded obediently and ran to the side to think about it himself.

Yun Zhenzhen walked towards Qin Li, who could read, and wanted to teach him how to read.

However, as time went by, Yun Zhenzhen's angry voice could be heard from the yard from time to time, which scared Aunt Zhao next door so much that she thought she was beating the child again. When she went over to ask, she found out it was a misunderstanding.

The whole night passed in such a noisy manner.

On the other side, the old house was not too quiet either.