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

Nowadays, primary schools finish classes at 3:30 in the afternoon, but Jilin is dawdling, while Baolin and Yaoyao are cutting weeds and feeding chickens, and they all come back earlier than him.

Baolin and Yaoyao threw the cut weeds into the chicken coop, turned around and found that their father had returned. They immediately surrounded him and asked, "Dad, did you bring us any gifts?"

Li Jianguo was embarrassed because he didn't have that much money.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "Your father bought golden fruits for you. I'll give them to you."

Baolin and Yaoyao immediately followed her into the house.

Zhang Xiuhua grabbed a handful for each of the children, and the two children immediately ran out to play.

After waiting for another half an hour, Jilin finally came back staggering with his schoolbag on his back. His slow movements made it seem as if someone at home had eaten him.

Zhang Xiuhua was both angry and amused, "Luckily I'm his biological son, otherwise people would think I did something to him."

Li Jianguo couldn't bear it and waved to Jilin.

When Jilin saw him, he did not speed up his movements, but only called out, "Uncle Li!"

Li Jianguo immediately took out the model box and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

Just looking at the packaging, Jilin's eyes sparkled, and he jumped in front of him in two or three steps, "What is this?!"

Li Jianguo was about to hand him the box and ask him to open it, but Zhang Xiuhua had already grabbed the box and said, "This is a ship model. If you want it, then you have to promise me that you will get up early and come back early at night. Don't waste time!"

This child is not slow at all when he sees something he is interested in. Zhang Xiuhua suspected that this child was just deliberately dragging his feet.

Jilin bit his lip, feeling conflicted.

Zhang Xiuhua showed him the picture outside the box. "Such a nice boat? It's so finely made. Uncle Li spent a lot of money on it. No other children have it, only you have it. Do you feel bad if you don't give something in return?"

Ji Lin stared at the picture without blinking, and Zhang Xiuhua suspected that he didn't listen at all.

I don't know how long it took, but after thinking for a while, I decided, "Okay! I promise you!"

Zhang Xiuhua immediately gave him the box.

Ji Lin ran to the dining table holding the box. There was nothing on it, so he opened the box.

The models at this time are not Lego, which you have to assemble yourself. Instead, they are already assembled. The fun is much less, but even so, Jilin still looks at them with great interest, "How beautiful!"

Seeing that he liked it, Li Jianguo immediately explained to him what the functions of these boats were.

Ji Lin was young and only knew that this thing looked nice and he was interested in it, but he didn't know the functions of the various parts on the ship. After Li Jianguo's brief explanation, he listened with great interest.

Seeing that they were having a pleasant conversation, Zhang Xiuhua stopped joining in.

While eating, Jilin still held the model tightly in his arms.

Baolin and Yaoyao thought at first that Zhang Xiuhua had borrowed the model from someone else and had to return it tomorrow. But when Jilin said it was his, they immediately became restless.

"Uncle Li, you are too partial. You only bought gifts for Jilin and not for us."

Yaoyao was not considerate at all, "That's right! Dad, I'm still your biological daughter. You just give me a handful of golden fruits and send me away."

The two kids attacked together, and Li Jianguo's scalp exploded. "I'm not biased, I just happened to run into it."

Zhang Xiuhua tried to smooth things over, "Alright! Don't feel it's unfair. Jilin got it in exchange for points. One hundred points. If you like, ask your dad to bring you a gift next time!"

Jilin is not as obsessed with food as other children. He doesn't mind eating anything. What he cares about most is the model.

When Baolin and Yaoyao heard that they would be deducted points, they immediately shut up and ate their food obediently.

After dinner, the children went to do their homework. Li Jianguo was in charge of washing the dishes while Zhang Xiuhua put the dried sweet potato flour into the bag.

After Li Jianguo finished washing, he came to Zhang Xiuhua and said, "Xiuhua, you have suffered a lot in the past few years. My two children ask me for things, and I am overwhelmed."

Zhang Xiuhua laughed, "It's just a small matter, and you're so worried? Youcai and Jidong are not home yet. Those two are the ones who are unreasonable."

Li Jianguo was a little confused. "I think other children are very well-behaved, but why are all our children so sharp-tongued? Even Yaoyao won't suffer any loss!"

"Isn't it good to be unwilling to suffer a loss?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that she had taught them well. "I can rest assured when they go out to work in the future. If they are hit on the left cheek and they turn their right cheek to the right, then I am not raising a child, but an innocent one! I don't like that."

Li Jianguo thought about it carefully and felt that what she said made sense. "Okay. She's just too noisy."

"What are you afraid of? If they want something, just ask them to exchange it for points. As long as this principle remains unchanged, nothing will happen." Zhang Xiuhua told him the benefits of points. It can make children self-disciplined, improve their arithmetic skills, and help them learn to adapt to rules.

Li Jianguo listened to her and said, "I underestimated its usefulness."

The next day, Li Jianguo went to apply for a loan early in the morning. In order to increase his chances of success, he went to the Postal Savings Bank in the county to apply.

After some consultation, he found out that he could apply for a loan at this time. It was usually used for building houses and agriculture. He wanted to build a chicken farm, which met the agricultural standard.

But he wanted to borrow 10,000 yuan at a time. The bank couldn't make such a big decision, so he needed to apply to the higher authorities.

Li Jianguo asked about the time and the other party asked him to go through the process.

He tried to build a relationship with an employee, invited him to dinner, and found out that it would take at least one or two years. This was still considered fast. If you applied for 10,000 like he did, it would take at least three or four years.

At this time, the bank's procedures were very complicated. In fact, it was not their fault, but the bank was too poor and had to save every penny.

Li Jianguo returned home and told Zhang Xiuhua the bank's response.

Zhang Xiuhua thought for a moment and said, "I received a letter from Zhou Pandi a few days ago. Why don't I write to her and ask if she has any money?"

Li Jianguo still had some impression of Zhou Pandi. "She is a student. Even if she has money, it is probably not much. I will go to my eldest brother to think of a solution."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded.

Li Jianguo went to find Li Jiandang. When Liu Shujun saw her son, she immediately asked him, "Your brother said that the house you built is not for living, but for raising chickens?"

Before, Li Jianguo asked his eldest brother to help build a house, and then he went to work.

Li Jiandang thought that he built a house because his home was not big enough for him, but Zhang Xiuhua did not hide it from him.

This incident caused a great stir in the village. Building a house for chickens! This was such a rare thing in the countryside.

You know, many people live in mud houses. But he built a brick house for his chickens.

Liu Shujun felt that Zhang Xiuhua had too much money to burn. "Jianguo, you can't let Xiuhua make such a fuss. Yes, it's hard for her to take care of six children alone. But your money didn't come from the wind. You risked your life on the battlefield to earn it. How can you let her waste it like this?"

Li Jiandang was not worried about the money. He thought further, "Jianguo, I think you should keep a low profile. If someone reports your wife's capitalist style, you will lose your job!"

Before Li Jianguo could even open his mouth, he was attacked from both sides by his two closest relatives, which gave him a headache.

"Mom, brother, we have reform and opening up now. It is not obvious here, but it has already started in the south. What do we count for? They have tiles on the outside of their walls, which is so impressive." Li Jianguo described to them in detail the scenes he saw in Pengcheng.

The two were stunned when they heard this, "Are you talking nonsense?"

"How can it be!"

"I didn't lie to you!" Li Jianguo was immediately anxious when he saw that they didn't believe him. "I swear on my life, if I lied to you, I would..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Shujun glared at him and said, "Why are you swearing nonsense?"