All Chapters of Reborn, Pregnant, and Plotting: Chapter 41 - Chapter 47

The evening was eventful for everyone except Vera. While the village was still buzzing from the new workers, new houses, new orders, and too many changes happening too fast, Vera sat inside her house doing hardcore calculations. She had twenty-seven adults here, plus the former queen, who did not need to be paid, and that alone was over four million coins per month. Last time, she sold everything and only made around four million. Based on what Anna showed her, the pre-orders for potatoes and pumpkins at the prices Vera had set would bring at least twenty million in profit, which sounded good until she started adding everything else. Since she was in exile, she did not need to pay taxes, and that was good, so with that money she could cover salaries for about five months.But now she had peppers, rice, and flour too. They could make testers of porridge and bread, and with the new pricing, that should bring at least another fifty million. Still, the land paperwork alone required one

Vera thought for a moment and looked at both men. They looked honest enough, but honest enough was not the same as safe. Still, Kate knew them. Her husband had saved Vera in the book, which meant his family’s character was not poor. Dan had helped Kate, and Caleb was offering actual property as security. Plus, if this was a scam, Vera could get two buildings out of it. Not a terrible outcome either way.“Okay, here is the deal,” Vera said. “I want the carrots, onions, and your seeds. If those seeds are promising, you get stock first. The pricing will be the following. I am giving you potatoes at two thousand per bag and pumpkins at three thousand per bag. You will send Anna how much you can actually store for a week. Each week, I will come, collect the money, and give you more stock. I also have peppers, rice, grain, rice flour, and regular flour. Those will be ten thousand per bag. One bag can last a month for a family. The ground flour will be twenty thousand.”Caleb and Dan were b

The next day was super busy. Planting resumed at full force, and when Vera saw how many pre-orders had already been placed, she sent the team straight to work. She decided to make more baked potatoes and pumpkins because everything would sell, and if she had extra, it would only bring in new clients. Everyone had a task now. Some villagers harvested, some washed vegetables, some sorted the best pieces for fresh sales, and others helped prepare the ones that would be cooked. The whole place moved like a proper settlement instead of a forgotten exile zone, and Vera liked seeing it. A few days ago, most of these people had been thirsty, hungry, scared, or half-lost in madness. Now they were working, arguing over baskets, laughing at the kids running between rows, and looking healthier every day.The grain was dry by midmorning, and Vera decided it was time to actually figure out rice before she embarrassed herself in front of anyone. She had eaten rice before the apocalypse, plenty of ti

Xen called later, right after Vera stepped out of the shower covered only in a towel. Her wet hair hung loose around her shoulders, dripping slowly over her skin, and the towel sat low enough that her chest was almost fully exposed. When the hologram opened, Xen went still. His throat moved as he swallowed, and for a moment, all the controlled general energy he carried cracked right through the middle. He tried to keep his face calm, but his eyes betrayed him before his mouth could. Vera saw it immediately and almost smiled.She was brushing her hair when she answered, moving slowly on purpose. Of course she did it on purpose. Their desire would flare, and the more they wanted her, the better for her. She was pregnant with their babies, and she had already done something shameless with three men at the same time, so being shy now was out of the question. If Xen wanted a chance, he could suffer a little while proving it. She tilted her head slightly as she dragged the brush through her