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

After a busy day, at night, the boys washed up and went to bed.

Yun Zhenzhen was thinking about something in the yard. Through the crack in the door, she saw Yun Jing still reading a book at the dining table in the main hall.

The candle that Yun Jing brought had only a small section left. He lit the candle, read the book by candlelight for a while, then blew it out, silently recited the passage he had just memorized, and then lit the candle again, repeating this process over and over again.

In those days, without electricity, the most common tools were candles and kerosene lamps. Candles were only affordable for wealthy families and students in academies, and a single candle cost dozens of coins.

Most lamp oil is animal oil. In that era, every household could not even get enough food, let alone animal oil. Generally, the oil they had would be saved and used to cook when there were guests.

Therefore, villagers usually finish their meals before dark, do some work under the moonlight after dark, and go to bed early after finishing their work.

Yun Zhenzhen walked into the kitchen, brought out a bowl of food, and came to Yun Jing.

Yun Jing heard the noise and subconsciously looked up: "Aunt, did I disturb your sleep?"

Yun Zhenzhen said softly, "It's okay, just watch your own thing. I couldn't sleep either, so I came out for a walk."

As he spoke, he placed the bowl in front of him and lit it.

"This is the lard I made when I was cooking two days ago. I made an oil lamp for you so that it won't hurt your eyes."

Modern oil lamps generally use kerosene, which is very bright and does not produce smoke. Animal oil lamps are the oldest lighting method. They produce some smoke, and the light is not very stable, so you need to pay attention to the wick at all times.

Even so, Yun Jin was already very satisfied. The flickering firelight reflected in his black eyes, and his voice, tinged with joy, could be heard in the darkness.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Yun Zhenzhen patted his shoulder and said, "I'm going back to my room to rest. You should go to bed early. Don't watch for too long. It will hurt your eyes."

Yun Jing nodded slightly.

When I returned to the room, Xiaonan was already fast asleep, snoring softly, with the clothes she had bought during the day still tightly in her arms.

Yun Zhenzhen walked quietly into the house and opened a locked box from the dark. Inside was some small change and the silver ingots that the county magistrate had rewarded her with two days ago.

After thinking about it, she decided to divide the silver into three places. She understood the principle of "a cunning rabbit has three burrows".

night.

In the quiet Qinjia Village, the treetops were rustling in the night wind.

At this time, outside Yun Zhenzhen's house, a dark shadow came up with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

After it got dark, he stayed nearby until the candlelight in the house was completely extinguished, and then he came over quietly.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, he was suddenly patted on the shoulder. The man was startled and turned around to see that it was Aunt Fugui.

"Why are you here? So late at night." Zhang Qiang exclaimed in surprise.

Aunt Fugui sneered, "I just came out to pour some water when I saw you sneaking over here. What do you want to do?"

"I've long seen that you have evil intentions towards the Qin Yun family. Having me is not enough, and you still want to flirt with other women."

Zhang Qiang cleared his throat and said in a low voice with confidence, "Come on, if I wasn't a playboy, where would you come from? Besides, Qin Yun is still as young as a flower, so isn't it normal for her to fall in love with her?"

Aunt Fugui poked her forehead with her fingernail: "You are so good, Zhang Qiang. I was wondering why you didn't come to see me recently. It turns out you have a new love, right?"

Zhang Qiang thought about his current situation and could only coax her patiently: "Oh, my dear aunt, I have to wait for the right opportunity to find you. Your wife doesn't go to town to work now and stays at home all day. Besides, we were almost discovered last time. If I hadn't escaped quickly, we would have both been put in the pig cage."

Aunt Fugui snorted coldly: "I don't believe it. Yun Zhenzhen's family has so many children at home, and you dare to come here in the middle of the night."

Zhang Qiang saw that Aunt Fugui had hit the nail on the head, and he shushed her: "Keep your voice down. Didn't she get so much money from the county lord last time? Although she spent it on buying land, she must still have a lot left at home."

Aunt Fugui's eyes rolled when she heard this and she held out her hand: "You can ask me to keep my voice down, but I have to give you half of the money you stole."

Zhang Qiang was not willing to do that. He had put a lot of effort into stealing and was taking all the risks himself. But Aunt Fugui acted like she was going to refuse to leave unless she agreed, so he finally nodded.

"Then it's settled. You stand here and don't move. And keep an eye on me and see how the wind sounds outside." Zhang Qiang said as he was about to climb in.

As soon as he stepped on the ground, Yun Zhenzhen in the room suddenly opened her eyes and stared at the door. Qin Nan was sleeping soundly next to her.

Zhang Qiang did not rush into the house, but went to the window to look inside. The original broken window was leaking air, and Yun Zhenzhen had bought new window paper to cover it last time.

Zhang Qiang was walking in the yard when he accidentally kicked a stone, which made a tinkling sound.

next second.

"Woof woof woof... woof woof..."

The barking of dogs suddenly rang out in the yard.

Dashan and Xiaoshan rushed out and started biting him.

"Ouch, my leg, it hurts so much." Zhang Qiang screamed, jumped twice on the spot, slipped and fell to the ground.

At the same time, several people in the house opened the door, rushed out, pressed on him, and then dragged him up.

He wanted to scream, but Qin Li grabbed a handful of dirt and stuffed it into his mouth. He turned around and said, "Mom, it's Zhang Qiang, the village scoundrel."

Qin Nan, who was in the room, was also awakened by Zhang Qiang's shout. When she got up, she saw the door was wide open and her stepmother was not around, so she got up quickly.

Qin Li and Yun Jing were holding Zhang Qiang down together, and when they saw Qin Nan coming out, they kept saying something.

"Little sister, find a rag."

Little Qin Nan picked up a piece of cloth from the ground and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Yun Jing was stunned by the scene. If he remembered correctly, he had just used this rag to wipe the butts of the two puppies in the yard that afternoon...

Aunt Fugui outside the door didn't expect that Zhang Qiang was so useless. He was discovered as soon as he entered. She hurriedly ran towards home, but before she took two steps, Yun Zhenzhen grabbed her collar and pulled her back.

"Yun Zhenzhen, what are you doing? I just came out to fight a night warrior. Why are you arresting me?"

She was jumping and yelling, but Yun Zhenzhen didn't tolerate her and slapped her in the face. Half of Aunt Fugui's face became red and swollen instantly.

"Go ahead and yell, yell as loud as you can, and wake up everyone in the village so they know you're not sleeping late at night and are here to steal from me."

Yun Zhenzhen pushed her into the yard.