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

As soon as Qin Li entered the house, he saw Yun Zhenzhen sitting in the yard, distracted, and then he walked over and sat down opposite her.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Qin Li asked with a little concern.

The family business has been doing well recently, and the food and money reserves are not short of money. What is it that makes her look worried?

"Boss, you went up the mountain two days ago. Did you feel anything was wrong?"

Qin Li heard this and pondered for a moment: "No, everything is fine, but..."

"The mountains are cooler this year than usual, and there are fewer critters around. Does that count?"

"Yeah." Yun Zhenzhen looked at the rice and flour she had stored, as well as the mushroom liver drying in the yard. She put aside the messy thoughts in her mind and gave Qin Li a reassuring look.

The most urgent task is to make more money and make more preparations. There will always be a way when the time comes.

The next day, the whole family slept until noon. It was cool at night, and it was the best time to sleep under the covers.

A lot of firewood has been used up in the house recently for making sugar. Qin Li asked Qin Wen to go to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood when he had nothing to do, and use an axe to chop trees to save up the stock.

Xiaonan was feeding the chickens with a small stool. Erya also came over early in the morning, carrying a bucket of water to water the potato seedlings.

In the kitchen, Yun Zhenzhen skillfully took out the bone soup left over from yesterday and prepared to make some bone soup noodles for today's breakfast.

After the bone soup boils, add the rolled noodles, add soy sauce, and simmer for a while before serving.

The aroma of noodles mixed with meat is mouth-watering. As the aroma wafts out of the courtyard, the villagers passing by the door can't help but sniff, secretly sighing that it is good to have a skill to make money so that they can eat meat.

Yun Zhenzhen also made some spicy stir-fried wild vegetables, spicy and sour potato shreds, and a bowl of bone soup to go with the noodles. It was delicious.

After having a full meal at noon, Yun Zhenzhen thought about going to the town to see if she could find a school for her children to go to.

Qin Li nodded in agreement and helped to clear the table.

After packing up, the family locked the door, got on the uncle's ox cart, and headed straight for Liuye Town.

It was still early when they arrived at the gate of Xingyang Academy. The mother and her two children found a stall nearby and sat down. Each of them ordered a bowl of mung bean soup to cool down.

Yun Zhenzhen looked at the children and asked, "Do you want to go to Xingyang Academy to study?"

The children remained silent, but the eldest touched his head and said, "I asked before. The monthly tuition fee for Xingyang Academy is half a tael of silver. We also need to buy writing brushes, inkstones, and paper. If we spend the whole set, we will have no money left..."

Qin Wen tugged at the corner of his clothes, his face full of confusion, but in the end he said nothing.

"Don't worry about that." Yun Zhenzhen looked at them with a smile: "As long as you want to study, there will always be a way. The main thing is, do you want to study?"

Hearing this, Qin Wen's face showed a trace of desire: "I want to study, but studying is really expensive..."

"The family business will slowly get better." Yun Zhenzhen touched his hand: "Don't worry about the money, just study hard, okay?"

The second and third children are old enough to go to school, but the eldest child is at this age...

At this time, the stall owner came over and said, "I'm afraid your children can't get into Xingyang Academy. They only accept students who are tongsheng (young students). Your children don't seem to have learned anything yet, do they?"

Tsk!

Yun Zhenzhen had forgotten about this and had to go to a private school before she could start learning. Since there was no private school in the village, she didn't even pay attention to it.

The nearest private school is in Yunjia Village, but it is too far away, and my relationship with the Yun family is very strained. I have to think of another way and see if the private school in the town will accept me.

After drinking the mung bean soup, I was about to leave with my child when I happened to meet students from Xingyang Academy leaving school.

Yun Zhenzhen had never seen an ancient scholar before, so she looked over there curiously.

The students talked a lot along the way, discussing what they thought, learned, saw and imagined.

"Droughts have plagued the land of Yuzhou for years, and the harvest is likely to be poor. Furthermore, the imperial court has yet to issue any decrees."

"Yes, I wonder what measures the court will take."

"I think this will be a hot topic in this year's county exam. We can discuss it."

"Have you heard? Qinjia Village is said to have discovered a new crop. Not only does it have a short maturity cycle, but it also has a high yield per mu."

"Is this true? There are such miraculous crops."

"It must be fake, haven't you heard that it was discovered by a village woman? Its authenticity and reliability are still worth judging."

"Exactly. Do you expect a village girl to discover some new species?"

"Ha ha ha ha......"

"..."

Yun Zhenzhen was very pleased to hear the first half. Even these students who were oblivious to the world outside knew about potatoes, which meant that large-scale promotion was just around the corner.

But after hearing the complaints, Yun Zhenzhen only wanted to say: "Country dog!"

What a lack of knowledge!

When the potatoes are ripe, you will realize how shallow your knowledge is.

"Mom, look who that is."

Yun Zhenzhen was still fantasizing wildly when Xiao Nan woke her up.

Qin Wen wanted to stop him but it was too late. Yun Zhenzhen had already looked in the direction she pointed and saw Yun Jing, wearing the uniform light blue school uniform and holding a pile of books in his hands, staggering out.

As if he felt several pairs of burning eyes staring at him, Yun Jing turned his head and his eyes met Yun Zhenzhen's.

Yun Jing immediately laughed. He was not mistaken. It was really his aunt.

Yun Jing likes his aunt very much. Most of his tuition fees were collected by his aunt. She is most likely here today to give him the tuition fees.

In the past, it was always my grandmother who came to send things off, and my aunt came less often.

Thinking of this, Yun Jing strode over.

Yun Zhenzhen also recognized that this was the nephew of her original body, and she vigilantly protected the children behind her. She didn't know what kind of person this person was.

The boys behind him also looked alert. After all, this was their mother's nephew. What if she was partial to him again? In the past, the three of them were no match for him.

Watching him walk forward, Yun Zhenzhen began to look at her nephew seriously.

A twelve-year-old boy is very rare in the entire Liuye Town. Because of this identity, the original body doted on him very much.

"Oh, Brother Yun, how come you have time to rest now? You're not studying and copying books in the courtyard anymore? If you have money, come out and wander around."

Yun Zhenzhen was a little surprised. Although this person called her Brother Yun, he didn't look down on her. She didn't expect that the darling of Yunjia Village would be ostracized in the academy.

She thought Yun Jing would be embarrassed, but she didn't expect him to be so calm: "My aunt is here to give me a gift."

After these words were spoken, the four people present, mother and children, were petrified.

Yun Zhenzhen held her purse tightly.

The little ones held on to their clothes tightly.

Qin Wen had a cold face. This cousin was so annoying. He asked for money so confidently.

Qin Nan was confused and thought that this cousin was going to snatch his mother from him again. His mouth pursed as if he was about to cry in the next second.

Qin Li lowered his head and said nothing. His mother hadn't visited his cousin recently, and he was afraid that his mother would give all the money she had earned recently to pay the tuition for his cousin.