Rebirth of the Evil Stepmother and the Four Villainous Children

"Manman, what do you want to do?"

Jiang Manman sat beside the car, thought for a while and shook her head.

"I don't know. I don't have anything I like. I just want to stay at home with my aunt."

In just a few days, Jiang Manman felt more than just gratitude towards Zhou Rongrong as she did at the beginning; she was more of an admirer. She had no idea that a woman could live like this.

She was just glad that she was bought home by Zhou Rongrong so that she could stay with Zhou Rongrong. She didn't know what blessing she had earned in that life.

Zhou Rongrong said.

"Then find out what you like and tell me."

Jiang Manman nodded and kept Zhou Rongrong's words in mind. She wondered what she really liked. After thinking for a long time, she really didn't have any idea. Anyway, now she just had to take good care of her aunt and the others.

After Zhou Rongrong came back, they started paying monthly salaries. Erlang's wife came in the middle of the month, so she only received daily wages last time. This time, she will be treated the same as everyone else, with not only wages but also bonuses.

They all knew that the wages were small and the bulk of the money was the bonus, so they were all looking forward to it.

They have clearly felt that they have made more pills this month. Before, they had free time to chat, but recently they have none of that, and sometimes they even have to stay to work overtime.

It seems that this month's salary must be more. Indeed, the demand in the army is not to be mentioned. Even Boss Li is always urging her to get more Ma Fei San. It is in great demand and in short supply.

Zhou Rongrong went into the room and started to count the accounts. The net profit this month was more than three hundred and fifty taels. Zhou Rong immediately decided how much money to pay.

Holding the change, she saw that they were still working, but their eyes glanced at her with anticipation, and Zhou Rongrong shouted.

"It's time to pay the wages."

Everyone stopped what they were doing and lined up neatly. Zhou Rongrong now understood why those capitalists always loved to give speeches to their employees to motivate them. Today she was going to give a speech as well.

"Ahem, our pills are selling very well. We have no problem buying them. You all should hurry up and make them. I have one more thing to announce to you all. My family is going to build a new house. Then you will have a new workshop too, and you won't have to squeeze into this small yard anymore.

In addition, this month's basic salary is 300 coins, with a bonus of 1 tael of silver and an additional 800 coins. A total of 2 taels and more than 100 copper coins."

Zhou Min said: "Congratulations to Sister Rongrong for building a new house."

After Zhou Min finished speaking, everyone reacted and said auspicious words about building a house. After all, building a house is really a big deal. Only Aunt Zhang was depressed in her heart and thought, you don’t know how grand it is.

Zhou Rongrong distributed the bonuses one by one. According to the convention, half of the rest was kept by Zhou Rongrong. The remaining two people, plus Erlang's wife, received the full amount.

She also knew why these people kept half of their money with Zhou Rongrong. After returning home, she took out her own wallet.

It started pouring onto the table.

Two small silver ingots and one hundred copper coins. Sanlang and the children in the family were all shocked. Usually, a dozen copper coins were common, but one hundred copper coins and some silver were something they had never seen before.

Aunt Zhang's lips were trembling and she didn't know what to say, and her eyes were full of tears.

Er Niang's wife can't care so much anymore. She is just like that as a mother-in-law. It's no big deal, said Er Lang's wife.

"I'll take a rest tomorrow. Erlang and Sanlang, follow me to the town to buy some food. I've calculated that five hundred copper coins are enough for our family's living expenses per month. I'll save the money and send the smarter child to school."

Zhang Dalang asked, "Sister-in-law, why are you still sending your children to school?"

You have to know that a family like theirs can't afford to support a scholar, and it's hard for them to survive themselves.

Erlang's wife said, "Look at Rongrong and her children. Which one of them can't read, write, and count? I am also learning from Rongrong now. When I learn, I will come back to teach you. You all should learn with me. Just look for the child in your family who has a talent for reading and send him to school. The whole family will support him. After the child finishes his studies, he will also help our family. We won't have to live like this in the future."

Erlang's wife thought very clearly. You see, the reason why their family was able to turn things around, besides Zhou Rongrong's ability, was because they could read and do math, so they wouldn't be cheated when they went out to do business. They could understand contracts and do the math clearly. They didn't expect their children to pass the imperial examinations or become Jinshi in the future. After studying, it would be much easier to find a job, and they could also lead their family to live a better life.

At this time, Zhang Dalang's child Hu Zi secretly remembered what he said. Study? Then he must study seriously with his second aunt. He wants this opportunity.

Since Erlang's wife has spoken, it is for the good of the family. She earns the money and she is the one who runs the family now, so they just need to listen to her.

So Erlang's wife told her family about Zhou Rongrong's plan to build a house.

"You have to go and help when the time comes. Don't wait for someone to call you. Just go."

Everyone said, "Naturally, naturally."

The next day.

The craftsmen who were responsible for repairing the house introduced by Boss Li came. Master Sun came with Little Master Sun.

Everyone saw that this was a famous master in the town. Many houses in the town were built by Master Sun. They were all built with blue bricks and large tiles, not mud houses.

Everyone understood at a glance that they just wanted to build a big tiled house, but they also wanted to build a better house for their children to live in for one or two hundred years.

Zhou Rongrong began to take people around to plan land roads.

"Master Sun, I bought all the land around my house. I calculated that there are ten acres. It must be enough."

Boss Li said that he had said that this young lady was not an ordinary young lady and that she had to be polite to others and not be arrogant. How could he not know that? He had met so many people while working everywhere, and this young lady Zhou was obviously a straightforward and capable person, so he was naturally much more polite when talking to Zhou Rongrong.

Master Sun talked about his profession with great enthusiasm, such as how to build pipelines, how to lay out the layout to save land, what materials to use, and how to lay the foundation.

Master Sun talked for a while, and Zhou Rongrong didn't quite understand what he said, so she said.

"Hi, Master Sun, Little Master Sun, I don't know much about building a house. You were introduced by Boss Li, so I trust you. But there are two special designs I want to tell you about."

Master Sun couldn't have expected that this young lady had her own designs, so he bowed and said.

"Please speak, young lady."

Then Zhou Rongrong took out a blueprint, which showed the design of the fire wall and the kang. The stove was connected to the kang, and the kang was connected to the fire wall. By burning firewood, heat was supplied, allowing the hot air to flow and dissipate in the wall, thus achieving the purpose of heating.

The drawing of the kang was not difficult for Master Sun. He could understand it at a glance, but he was very thoughtful. It was very cold in winter here. Even lying in bed all night would still be freezing. Rich people could burn charcoal, but ordinary people really had no choice.