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

An auntie who was very familiar with Yun Zhenzhen looked at the things on the ox cart and said jokingly, "Auntie Qin San's family is really rich. They can spend so much money on harvesting vegetables and buy so many things for the family."

Yun Zhenzhen patted the large vat on the oxcart and said with a smile, "I don't make much money, just enough to feed the kids at home. The things in my house are all broken and rotten, so I can finally buy new ones."

The talkative and noisy aunt stood up and was about to come over to climb onto the ox cart to find out what was going on. Yun Zhenzhen quickly asked the uncle to speed up the ox cart and disappeared from everyone's sight.

After watching the ox cart go away, the people at the village entrance started talking again.

"Did you see the bullock cart parked in front of her house last time? And there was a young man behind it."

"You just found out. I've seen it several times. Do you know who that young man is?"

"Who is it? Who is it?" Everyone immediately focused their attention on her.

"I saw him the last time I went to town and passed by Yaoyue Tower. He was a waiter at the big restaurant."

"real or fake?"

"Could it be that the Qin Yun family is really doing business?"

"Oh my god, she's amazing. Running a business, raising kids, her life is getting more and more prosperous."

"That's right." Everyone present was envious.

After hearing this, the auntie who was feeding her child under the tree said to an uncle, "Old Zhang, you are so lucky. You will be able to hold your grandson next year."

Old Zhang touched the back of his head and smiled innocently: "Yes, life will get better and better." But there was an indelible sadness in his eyes.

Recently, I followed Qin Yun to dig a lot of demon taro, so my family won’t go hungry. I also planted potatoes.

There is a pregnant woman at home. Fortunately, I earned some copper coins from selling wild boar meat a few days ago. I used them to buy fine grains and some chicks. I can pick eggs to eat next year.

No matter how difficult the world is, no one can suffer more than a pregnant woman. Thinking of this, Old Zhang was no longer in the mood to gossip. He stood up, picked up his sickle and walked to the foot of the mountain to see if he could find some mushrooms or something to exchange for money. He couldn't just sit at home and eat up all his savings.

After returning home, Yun Zhenzhen prepared to plant cotton seeds in the remaining one acre of land in the backyard. Fearing failure, she also kept two or two kinds of seeds.

The first step in planting cotton is to dry the seeds. Placing the seeds in the yard for an hour can increase the germination rate.

Take advantage of this time to ask the eldest and second oldest brothers to turn the land over again to make the soil loose and breathable.

Spread the dried seeds evenly on the ground and cover them with a small layer of soil.

Worried that the soil was not fertile enough, Yun Zhenzhen picked some golden juice and mixed it with chicken excrement to make natural fertilizer. The manure water should be thin rather than thick, and in order to prevent burning the seedlings, it had to be diluted dozens of times with water.

The seeds in pieces are fertilized by sprinkling, and the dung shovel is swung in an arc shape while the scoop handle is turned to make the dung water evenly form sheets.

The vegetable garden next to it has crops in rows. She just needs to water them intermittently to ensure that the manure and water are evenly distributed and uninterrupted. This is what Qin Li taught her recently.

After applying the fertilizer, Yun Zhenzhen took the eldest brother into the mountains, wanting to see if there were any new and exotic species in the mountains. The task of making sugar was left to the second brother.

In September in Mangshan, an autumn wind blew, making a rustling sound, and leaves fell from time to time, adding a bit of bleakness to the look.

They had been going up the mountain more frequently recently, and they were already familiar with it, so they went their separate ways to see if there was anything they hadn't seen before.

Half an hour later, Yun Zhenzhen sat on the ground with nothing. As expected, not every time you go up the mountain you can find good things.

At this moment, there was a rustling sound beside him. It was Qin Li who came back.

When he got closer, Yun Zhenzhen realized that his face was red, and she quickly asked him with concern: "What's wrong with you?"

"I found a poisonous plant." Qin Li scratched his head: "I touched it and my hand started burning with pain."

After saying that, he stretched out his red hand and handed it to her.

Yun Zhenzhen had a vague guess in her heart, but she was not quite sure, so she quickly asked him to take her to the place where the plant was.

The weather was relatively cool today, so walking was not tiring. The two of them arrived at their destination in less than a quarter of an hour.

Yun Zhenzhen took a look and found that her guess was correct. The large patch of red plants in front of her were the peppers she had been thinking about.

The place where the peppers were found was halfway up the mountain. They were crowded together and there was no end in sight. Many ripe peppers were rotting on the ground, which made Yun Zhenzhen feel distressed.

In my previous life, I was a fan of spicy food and couldn't live without it. After traveling through time, although I had Cornus officinalis as a substitute, the taste was far less delicious than chili peppers.

Yun Zhenzhen quickly squatted down and went in, and did not forget to call Qin Li to pick peppers together, talking as they picked.

"You don't know, using this chili pepper instead of dogwood makes the cooking so fragrant and delicious. I've been eating it since I was a child, and I guarantee you'll fall in love with it after just one bite..."

Qin Li pursed his lips and smiled, thinking that she was talking about when she was at the Yun family, so he didn't ask any more questions, but just picked the fruits more vigorously.

In the end, the two of them picked two full baskets before they stopped. If they just cooked for themselves, it would probably take them several years to eat.

The sun above their heads gradually set and the forest became much darker. After resting, the two prepared to go down the mountain.

Before leaving, Yun Zhenzhen did not forget to uproot a chili tree and take it home to plant, which would be faster than planting it from seeds.

Wrap a layer of soil around the roots of the peppers to prevent them from losing water and dying.

When passing by the pine forest, she found that many pine cones had cracked open. The pine nuts inside could be used as snacks. Thinking of the nuts of a squirrel in her previous life, Yun Zhenzhen became greedy.

Although I have potatoes at home and can make my own potato chips, it consumes too much oil. One batch is enough to feed the family for several days. My current conditions are not enough to support such luxury.

It's also nice to pick up some pine nuts and chew them in your mouth.

The two of them returned home with bags of various sizes.

I asked the eldest son to plant a pepper tree in the backyard vegetable garden, and I dried the peppers in the yard. Dried peppers can be preserved for a long time without worrying about rotting.

In the yard, Aunt Zhao was grinding bucket after bucket of vegetable roots, and Awen was making sugar inside. Seeing that he couldn't handle it alone, Yun Zhenzhen hurried in to take over.

There are two pots in total at home. This is the fourth pot of sugar I have made today, and I have produced more than five kilograms of shaved sugar.

Sure enough, having a few more hands at home means that work can be done quickly and efficiently.

Washing and cutting vegetables are not very technical tasks. Qin Nan and her elder sister were working hard in the yard, and the two of them were talking and laughing.

Erya was an honest girl. She felt that she was not worthy of the five cents because she did not do enough work, so she simply cleaned the yard inside and out before going home, and also washed all the clothes at home.

It made Yun Zhenzhen feel like she had found a full-scale child laborer.

The wages were paid every three days. I counted out sixty cents from my purse and gave it to Aunt Zhao. She took the money, said goodbye happily and went home.

The original intention was to let her come and be responsible for washing, cutting and grinding the vegetables, but Aunt Zhao was so enthusiastic that she even helped with the work in the fields.

Yun Zhenzhen felt a little guilty.

Before leaving, he specially filled a pot of sweet water for Aunt Zhao, fastened the lid and handed it to her: "Aunt, take this pot of water back and let your family taste it!"

Aunt Zhao took the kettle and smiled from ear to ear. She had been working at her house these days and had drunk a lot of sweet soup. She regretted that she couldn't let her husband at home have a taste of it, so she sent it to her.

After Aunt Zhao left, the family began to clean up the yard. Aunt Zhao worked efficiently, and the family only needed to clean up the mess.

The newly bought wooden barrels at home were still not enough, so she called Qin Wen, who was feeding the chickens outside, in and said, "Go to the old house and borrow a few wooden barrels. Bring your Erya sister's wages with you, and also bring back the bowls that you didn't bring back before."

No matter how many bowls there are at home, they can’t be taken out every few days, so they still have to be taken back.