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

The sun is shining brightly at noon.

When Yun Zhenzhen was carrying a lot of bags back home, Qin Li had already followed the village chief to other villages to promote potato planting.

Qin Wen cooked lunch at noon. After being exposed to the food in recent times, his cooking skills have improved a lot, and at least the food has a basic aroma.

There is simple white rice on the table, plus some stir-fried cabbage, tofu soup, and a garlic egg. After the egg is cooked, it is mashed with garlic and seasoned with a little salt and soy sauce. It is delicious and nutritious.

The lunch was simple, but it was the best meal in Qinjia Village. While other families were eating brown rice porridge and wild vegetable soup, their family had vegetables, eggs and white rice, and everyone was full.

After the eldest son left, the second son took care of all the big and small matters at home.

I bought two more piglets in town today. When they grow up, I will raise them and kill them as New Year pigs and make bacon. It will be much more cost-effective because I don’t have to go to the street to buy meat every day.

The chicks at home have grown a lot and need to rebuild a chicken coop. Qin Nan hugged a pile of hay and ran over to help. The two siblings were busy and had a lot of fun.

The chicks are kept in a fixed place in the backyard and let out for half a day every day. This will help them grow healthier. Their feces will also be cleaned regularly, allowing for both cleanliness and fertilizer application.

After cleaning, sweep the wood ash in the kitchen into the chicken coop to prevent avian influenza.

Yun Zhenzhen looked at her backyard. Half of it was a vegetable field, and the other half was planted with cotton.

After lunch, I strolled around the yard.

After coming here, I have never seen the world. Today, I took Xiaonan to the county, and only then did I clearly feel the huge gap between the rich and the poor in ancient times.

All the savings in his family could cover the expenses of other farmers for nearly ten years, but he could only afford a medium-quality skirt in the county town.

It was impossible for her to live in this small mountain village all her life. She wanted to get out of the mountains and take her children out of the mountains.

And money is their greatest confidence.

Reading and writing are the most basic foundation.

Yun Zhenzhen took out the Three Character Classic that she had bought from the county. The children had basically recognized all the Hundred Family Surnames, so they could start the next step of education.

He opened the first page and said to the two children.

"Awen, Xiaonan, I'll teach you to read this book thoroughly first, and then continue learning words from the reference books. I'm going to teach you everything I know."

"Okay." They both replied in unison.

"Man is born good." Yun Zhenzhen said seriously, holding a book in her hand.

I think of myself as a graduate student, and I will not stop until I have sent all of you to the position of student. As for the positions of scholar and juren and above, that depends on your talent and hard work, and cannot be interfered with by external forces like me.

"Man is born good." Two tender children's voices sounded. Qin Wen recited them fluently while removing the chicken manure under his feet with a shovel.

“Natures are similar, but habits make them different…”

"..."

The sound of reading could be heard in the yard.

Zhuzi, who was passing by the door, was stunned. This Aunt Qin had already taught the children to read since when, and she was even reciting the Three Character Classic. You know, it took him half a day to memorize these few sentences.

Zhuzi hurriedly ran home with the basket on his back.

"Grandma, Aunt Qin San is teaching the children to read, Grandma." Before Zhuzi entered the house, his voice came in impatiently.

The village chief's wife was sewing shoe soles in the yard. When she heard this, she froze in place and stopped working.

"When did Qin Yunshi attach so much importance to reading that she even taught her children to read... No, Qin Yunshi can read?"

Zhuzi's mother poked her head out of the kitchen and said casually, "I don't know, but I heard that her family has a nephew who is a student. Before he got married, he served her every day."

"Is that so?" The village chief's wife was a little speechless. "Maybe I learned something from her. As long as she is willing to teach the children to read, it's all good."

"It's a pity that our village doesn't even have a private school. Villagers can't afford to send their children to school in the county. If we could build a school like Yunjia Village did, the children would have some education. Maybe they could start a business when they grow up, instead of having to dig for food in the fields like their elders."

When Zhuzi's mother heard this, she also sighed.

This idea is really too extravagant. In this situation, we should be thankful that we are not starving to death. How can we expect to study?

Qin Yun was probably only learning the basics, and would probably return to his old ways after a while.

......

The sky has completely darkened.

In the kitchen, Qin Wen and Qin Nan were still taking turns reciting these sentences. The second child was older and had already started learning to write.

Qin Nan tried his best to keep up with his second brother's pace and managed to memorize everything he learned today in just half a minute.

The two of them learned with great interest by the light of the fire in the kitchen.

Tonight, I fell asleep to the sound of the two of them reading aloud, and I could even hear Xiaonan whispering before falling asleep.

In the middle of the night, when Yun Zhenzhen was half asleep, she suddenly heard a commotion coming from the chicken coop in the backyard.

Yun Zhenzhen stood up and just opened the door when she heard Aunt Zhao next door cursing.

"This damned yellow-skinned guy, how could he steal the eggs I just bought? I bought them to wait for my husband to come back and eat them. What a sin!"

Yun Zhenzhen quickly put on her shoes and ran to the backyard, only to find that a chick had been bitten away, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.

Qin Nan heard the sound and came out. When he saw that one was missing, his eyes suddenly turned red.

After buying a few chicks, she was the one who fed and teased most of them, and she had developed an affection for them.

Qin Wen looked at his sister's sad expression and said viciously, "If I catch this disgusting yellow-skinned bastard, I will definitely avenge Xiaoji."

Hearing this, Aunt Zhao's voice rang out from next door: "Xiao Wen, this yellow fox runs really fast. I've lived for so many years and have never heard of anyone who can outrun it."

Yun Zhenzhen agreed when she heard it. Besides, one cannot stay up all night guarding the chicken coop. It seems that she has to find a guardian.

The next morning, Yun Zhenzhen wandered around the village to see if anyone had extra puppies so she could buy one and take it home to raise.

The puppy is very sensitive and can bark to wake people up as soon as there is any movement at night. It can not only prevent snakes but also thieves.

Moreover, rural dogs are not picky about food and will eat anything given to them. They can be said to be the best guard dogs at home.

As she walked, she came to Grandma Li's house at the entrance of the village. Her eldest grandson Li Yang was cooking wild vegetable soup in the yard. The pot was half full of water, but there were only a few scattered wild vegetables. He threw in a handful of black flour, making a pot of black flour paste.

Li Yang stirred it seriously, swallowing saliva uncontrollably. Although he was only about ten years old, he already had a calmness that was not suitable for his age.

The little girl next to him didn't make any noise, but stared at the wild vegetable soup in the pot.

She heard from the village chief that Li Yang's mother died after giving birth to his sister, and his father and Qin Shouze were conscripted by the government and their whereabouts were unknown.

After Granny Li passed away, the brother and sister were the only ones left in the family to depend on each other.