Tong Huaqiong transmigrated to ancient times into the body of the malicious widow Tong Dajiao and witnessed the execution scene where the malicious widow and her children were wiped out. She returned to the year Tong Dajiao had just become a widow.

At the age of forty, she was already a grandmother, embodying the roles of both a wicked stepmother and mother-in-law. Naturally, the children she raised were bad bamboo shoots.

The only slight comfort she felt was that, as a widow, she didn't have to serve an old husband.

In this transmigration story, she lacked all the golden fingers like systems or noble birth.

She didn't even have the chance to rise through marriage. Who could a widow marry? Especially with a bunch of burdens.

She could only rely on herself and her bunch of bad bamboos at home.

Revitalize the family reputation, correct the children's behavior.

Treat stepchildren, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters kindly, dismiss the plan of her youngest son to sell his granddaughter to a wealthy family in exchange for tuition fees, force the youngest son to strive through education on his own, use a stick to awaken the second son from being lazy and spoiled to becoming the family's backbone, and rid the youngest daughter of laziness, greed, and love-brain.

Reclaim wasteland and plant crops using modern scientific knowledge, turning saline-alkali land into fertile fields, leading the whole family towards a moderately prosperous life; start a business from street vending, selling steamed buns, pastries, marinated dishes, raising pigs, beekeeping... gradually expanding their commercial territory.

The carriage stopped in front of what used to be the Crispy Food Garden pastry shop.


"Why bother buying it? Just mention the Zheng Family from Pingchuan County, the shopkeeper will know."


Nanny Cai never thought much of Xu Zaohua, who was born in the countryside, and her tone was laced with sarcasm.


The Eldest Young Madam had absolutely no knowledge of the Zheng family's connections.


Is there any need to buy hazelnut cake from Crispy Food Garden?


Nanny Cai snorted through her nose and sent a maid off the carriage, instructing her in a certain way.


The shopkeeper at Crispy Food Garden, upon hearing Zheng Family from Pingchuan County, would probably not only not charge but also personally wrap some pastries.


Nanny Cai looked in the direction the little maid went and noticed the plaque of the pastry shop, unable to help but read it out loud.


She wasn't mistaken, the Crispy Food Garden shop was right here.


Chapter 218 - Chapter 218: The Hazelnut Cake Incident