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

Qin Li was the only member of the team left. At this time, Qin De was still standing aside, feeling sad and not paying any attention to the others.

"The twelfth one, Qin De." Qin Li spoke loudly to him.

Qin Degang was still in a daze, but when he suddenly heard his own name, he was instantly surprised. He knew that his younger brother could not forget him.

By this point, all the patrol team members had been decided.

Those who were not selected can only sigh and lament that they did not take the patrol team seriously before. Now they can only blame themselves for not being selected.

If they perform well in the future, when others are replaced, it will be their chance.

After this matter was resolved, no one left. The village chief followed Yun Zhenzhen to the field to inspect the condition of the patient. Everyone stood obediently under the big tree waiting for the village chief and others to come back.

Half an hour later, the village chief and his men came back and looked at everyone seriously.

"I've seen the insect pests in the wheat fields, and I'm afraid they'll be just as severe this year. If we don't stop them, I'm afraid it will cause the same tragedy as last year."

"The method Qin Yun mentioned is not entirely unreasonable. Back when I was traveling around, I also heard that wood ash has many wonderful uses. It's not surprising that it can be used to repel pests."

After hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly. Since the village chief said so, the method must be effective.

In the end, it was the village chief who made the final decision: "Everyone, hurry back and burn some more wood ash and spread it on the fields tonight. There are only a dozen days left until the autumn harvest. We must not let it ruin our year's hard work."

Everyone nodded and went home to prepare.

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Yun Zhenzhen patted the corner of Qin Li's clothes and said with a smile, "You've grown taller and thinner. I'll make you something delicious when I get home."

Qin Li was still a little uncomfortable wearing new clothes.

When a group of them went into the mountains to collect potatoes, their clothes were torn by branches. Some people's clothes could not even cover their buttocks. The county magistrate could not bear to see this and ordered people to change their clothes.

This piece of clothing feels very smooth and you can tell it's not made of linen.

He originally wanted to take it off and give it to his mother to wear, but she stopped him.

"You look great in it, no need to give it to me. When you go out and interact with people, you need to have some decent clothes to wear."

Qin Li wanted to refuse, but at this moment, the village chief came over and spoke with a serious face.

"Shuze family, can this wood ash really cure this disease?"

Yun Zhenzhen only knew that this wood ash could repel aphids, but it probably had little effect on inhibiting stripe rust.

"This disease happened a few years ago. In less than a month, half of the wheat in the field rotted. Everyone suffered terribly that year..."

The village chief sighed heavily. "There's been no rain this year, and the harvest is poor. If this disease really spreads, our village will be finished."

As the autumn harvest approaches, every household is already struggling to make ends meet and is just waiting for the grain to be harvested.

If the disease destroys this batch of grain, half of the families in the village will be out of food within a few days and will not be able to wait until the potatoes are ripe.

Yun Zhenzhen also knew the seriousness of the matter. Wheat stripe rust was already extremely harmful, and it was ancient times now. Without the fancy pesticides of modern times, she was afraid that she would end up with nothing.

Her mind kept recalling the details of her past life, wondering if there were any other ways to control the disease besides pesticides, but the more anxious she became, the less she could remember.

You stupid brain, turn around faster.

Yun Zhenzhen wanted to punch herself on the head as she spoke.

Seeing this, the village chief quickly comforted her: "Shuze family, don't be so excited, think about it slowly, go home and eat first."

Yun Zhenzhen also knew that it was useless to be anxious, so she decided to go home and think about it slowly. After chatting with the village chief for a few minutes, they each went home.

On the way home, Qin Li kept talking about what he saw and heard on the road.

"Mom, there are more than 30 villages in Yunding County. We've been running around for two days and have only found less than five villages. I was afraid that if we delayed any longer, everyone would miss the potato planting season, so I taught the local villagers how to find and plant potatoes, and then went to the next village."

"The county magistrate, mindful of our hard work, has rewarded us with the silver as promised. Mother, you won't blame me, will you?"

"Why should I blame you?" Yun Zhenzhen couldn't help but laugh.

"First, I taught my mother's method to others without permission. Second, I almost lost the County Magistrate's reward for doing so."

"But this trip was originally for you to teach them this." Yun Zhenzhen said gently: "Besides, in the face of human life, is money that important? You did the right thing and completed this task in the fastest time. Mother won't be able to reward you enough."

"Really?" Qin Li's eyes lit up.

Yun Zhenzhen couldn't help but touch his head: "Really, let's go home and make you something delicious."

As soon as the two of them reached the door of their house, they heard Aunt Zhao next door talking in the yard.

"That's not how you spend money! You haven't even earned an ounce of silver yet, and you've already spent thirty coins on pork. Not only did you buy the meat, but you also bought mung bean cakes and candy. Oh my goodness! This little bag is more expensive than a pound of pork."

Zhao Cheng quickly explained, "I just thought it's been a while since we've had any meat at home, so I bought some to try. Look at how skinny the kids are."

"Besides, we all made some money when we went out this time. Who wouldn't care about their wives and children? They would all buy some meat and save the rest. I'll work hard to make money in the future so that you and your mother can eat meat every day."

In the yard, Zhao Da Kui, Zhao Xiaohua, and Zhao Dahua just stood there, staring at the small piece of meat in their mother's hand.

Zhao Da Kui swallowed his saliva and said, "Mom, eat."

Zhao Xiaohua also cried out: "Mom~"

Aunt Zhao also felt sorry for these few dozen cents. If they were exchanged for brown rice, she could buy dozens of kilograms, enough to feed everyone in the family for a month.

But looking at the children's eager expressions, he couldn't bear it anymore and waved his hand: "Eat, let's have a good meal today and satisfy our cravings."

In the end, Aunt Zhao only cut half of it and put the other half in the kitchen to smoke it into bacon to eat later.

"Mom, I also brought some meat back." The two walked into the yard, and Qin Li took out the wrapped meat.

"I bought three pounds and spent forty-five cents." As he said this, he took out a lot of things one after another.

When Qin Nan saw her elder brother coming back, she ran over and hugged his trouser legs and acted coquettishly.

"Brother, you are back."

"Xiao Nan, these are the candies I bought for you, and the mung bean cakes from your second brother." Qin Li handed the things to her with a smile.

Qin Nan, who had gotten the delicious food, kissed him and then ran to the side to open it impatiently.

"Mother, here are the few hundred dollars left. Please count them."

He gave all the money in his pocket to Yun Zhenzhen.

After handing over the things, Qin Li stood aside with a conflicted look on his face, hesitating and not knowing how to start.