Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

"Hey, have you heard? Xiuhua's husband sent a divorce letter."

Under the big willow tree in Liushui Village, several rural women in grey cloth clothes were rubbing hemp ropes from time to time. Their hands were sloppy in their movements, but their mouths were busy.

A big event happened in the village yesterday. Zhang Xiuhua, who married an educated youth, finally received a letter from her husband. She was so happy that he would finally take her and her three daughters to the city. But she heard crying in her house at night. So the big-mouthed woman who lived next door to her knew about the divorce. At that time, people rarely got a marriage certificate. If they wanted to divorce, the two families would have to fight and never contact each other again. But it was different for the educated youth. They only needed to write a letter to inform him. The sky was high and the emperor was far away. Who would drop their work in the fields and run hundreds of miles to knock on the door?

Once Big Mouth Lady knew this, the whole village knew about it.

Soon, an aunt agreed, "I told you long ago that marrying an educated youth is unreliable! They can't carry anything. They talk about contributing to the countryside every day, but they're not even willing to work in the fields. These educated people with high aspirations and low skills are not as honest as us rural people."

As soon as this was said, someone slapped his thigh and responded, "That's right! Back then, my daughter insisted on marrying an educated youth, but I stopped her and made her marry a local. Now she has two children and lives a happy life."

"What should Xiuhua do? With two burdens, which man would want her?"

They all lived in the same village and watched Xiuhua grow up. They were not bad people. There was no bad person. Just now, they were gossiping, but now they were worried about her.

"Who says it's not true?" Some people were also worried. Nowadays, every household is tightening their belts to make ends meet. They have to eat the food rations in the city to feed two mouths. But how can such a family look down on rural girls?

"Unless she leaves the two children behind and remarries alone."

As soon as this was said, some people immediately thought it was unreliable, "Her stepmother is so powerful, I think it's going to be tough."

At this time, an oxcart came from a distance. When it got closer, I found that it was the captain's wife. She was also the most popular matchmaker in the village. She was wearing a brand new jacket that she only wore during the New Year, and Dacron trousers. She jumped off the oxcart happily with a basket as a straddle.

The aunts immediately came over to greet her, "Hey, are you just back from visiting relatives?"

The quick-handed aunt had already opened the cloth in the basket and saw a piece of meat inside. She took a quick look and saw that it weighed half a pound. Her eyes widened and she asked, "Oh? Meat?"

The captain's mother immediately glared at him, covered the man with the cloth again, and then explained, "My son's teammate went back to his hometown to visit his relatives, and came to see us. I just got the news yesterday, so I went to the county to buy half a pound of meat. I lined up at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative at four in the morning, and I just came back now."

Everyone's faces were filled with envy. The captain's youngest brother was a soldier in the army. Not only did he get food rations every month, but he also got a salary. Moreover, the boy was filial and sent money back every month.

The other villagers complimented the captain's mother and praised her for raising her son well.

The captain's wife was pleased, but she was modest on the surface, "We are all contributing to the country. We have to stand guard at the seaside in the winter, exposed to the wind and sun, it's hard work."

Everyone nodded.

Just then a hoarse voice sounded, "Aunt?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhang Xiuhua, the central figure of the topic just discussed, standing not far away. Her face was pale and she spoke weakly, as if she could be blown down by a gust of wind.

An enthusiastic aunt saw that she was in a bad condition and quickly ran over to support her. "Why did you come out when you are so sick? Why don't you just lie down at home?"

Everyone gathered around and told her to be more positive. Some even told her to go to the infirmary to see if she got sick.

Zhang Xiuhua forced a smile at everyone, "Aunties, I'm fine. It's just that the shock was too great. I'll feel better after a night's rest."

Zhang Xiuhua is Zhang Xiuhua, but she is not her. This body is hers, but her soul is from thirty years later. This morning, she was woken up by her daughter, who is thirty years younger than her. She felt it was unreal, and it was not until she pinched her arm that she was sure that she was really back.

To use a modern buzzword, she was reborn.

She asked her daughter carefully, and it turned out that this year was August 1975, 8. This year, her husband Gao Lixuan returned to the city and left her and the children. Before leaving, he said nicely that he would take her and the children into the city, but he turned his face away in the blink of an eye and only sent her a divorce certificate, and didn't want the child anymore.

When she just received the letter in her previous life, she felt that her second half of life was hopeless. She lay in bed at night and couldn't sleep, watching her two half-grown children tossing and turning. She caught a cold and had a low-grade fever when she woke up early. Now her body is still weak.

Although she had worked hard to save more than two million in her previous life, and returned to the days before liberation overnight, she was still very happy that she was 30 years younger. She had worked hard for most of her life, and she didn't expect that at the end of her life, God would treat her so well.

In this life, she will never leave her two children to be taken care of by others just to make money. She will protect her children herself.

The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

She wanted to make a good meal for the children, but her pockets were empty. The 20 yuan she had saved for seven years had been taken away by Gao Lixuan, leaving her with nothing. There was still a month and a half before the autumn harvest, and the rice bag was already empty.

Zhang Xiuhua had no choice but to shamelessly ask the team to borrow food.

The captain's mother came over and looked Zhang Xiuhua up and down with her cloudy eyes, looking at her worriedly, "Xiuhua, are you okay? There is nothing in this world that cannot be overcome. If you lose your man, you're gone. I'll find you another one."

Zhang Xiuhua was so hungry that she didn't even care about remarrying. She nodded perfunctorily. Afraid that the other party would continue talking, she interrupted her first, "Aunt, my family has run out of food. Can I borrow some from the team? I'll pay it back after the autumn harvest."

If someone starved to death in the team, it would be the captain's fault. The captain's mother saw that she spoke weakly and was afraid that something might happen to her, so she nodded immediately, "Okay. Come home with me, your eldest brother should be at home."

She waved at the others, "Hurry up and make the hemp ropes. Be careful or the scorekeeper will come and see you slacking off and deduct your work points."

The aunts laughed and sat back down and continued to twist the hemp ropes.

The captain's mother and Zhang Xiuhua walked side by side towards the village.

The captain's mother heard from her eldest son yesterday that Xiuhua's boyfriend had sent her a divorce letter. At this time, rural people rarely get marriage certificates, and sending a divorce letter is considered to be a way to sever ties. Gao Lixuan is still a good guy. Some men are immoral and remarry directly after returning to the city, leaving their wives in the countryside to wait for him.

The captain's mother felt sorry for Zhang Xiuhua, but was also worried that she could not support her two children with the few work points she earned, and would drag the team down. With the idea of ​​helping others to the end, she wanted to introduce a man to Zhang Xiuhua.

Needless to say, if there really is a suitable candidate, she almost couldn't wait to say it, "Xiuhua, auntie speaks directly, if you think it makes sense, just listen, if you think it doesn't make sense, just take a look again."

Zhang Xiuhua's heart was beating fast and she didn't want to say much, so she just nodded slightly.

Seeing that she was not opposed to it, the captain's mother spoke up, "Xiuhua, that educated youth Gao will definitely not come back. Don't wait for him. People should still look ahead. You are still young, and life is so long. You can't live alone. Besides, you can't support two children by yourself."

Not to mention that Zhang Xiuhua could only earn seven work points a day, even if a strong laborer earned ten work points, he would not be able to support two children.

Zhang Xiuhua finally understood what the captain's mother meant. In her previous life, it was the captain's mother who acted as a matchmaker for her to marry Xu Dayong with her two children.

Xu Dayong is a widower with no children. His family is poor and he cannot afford to marry a virgin girl, so he wants to find a widow, even if she has children.

In order to survive, and also because Xu Dayong was willing to accept two children, she married him.

Only after she got married did she know what hell on earth was.

There are some men in this world who are honest, generous and kind before marriage, and are eager to do housework. After marriage, their true nature is revealed. They are selfish, stingy, sloppy, and favor boys over girls. They are hands-off managers at home and let the whole family bully you. It is very difficult to divorce at this time. If she wants to get rid of it, she can only take medicine, but she is reluctant to die.

In order to survive and to feed her two children, she had to endure it with gritted teeth and blood. After the household contract responsibility system was implemented, the little farmland she was allocated was not enough to feed the whole family, and her two first-born children had to go hungry. For the sake of her children, she had to go to the south to work. She sent all the money she earned back home, hoping that the Xu family would take good care of the children because of her earning money, but one of her first-born children was abducted by human traffickers, and the other was left unattended, skipped school, fell in love, and married and had children early.

"The person I introduced to you is an honest person..."

Before she could finish, Zhang Xiuhua interrupted her again, "Auntie, I'm so hungry, I'm so anxious..."

The captain's wife was startled. Seeing that she was about to fall, she immediately supported her and asked, "How are you? Are you okay?"

Zhang Xiuhua leaned half of her body against her, crying out in pain, "Auntie, I haven't eaten since last night. I'm so hungry."

The captain's wife supported her with difficulty, "Hey, no matter how sad you are, you can't go hungry."

Being interrupted by her, the captain's mother no longer cared about matchmaking and hurriedly half-carried and half-dragged the person home.