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

The villagers were talking about it, and Zhang Xiuhua let everyone discuss it and went home first.

Youcai, who had been clamoring to settle accounts with the bandits, became quiet as a chicken after being comforted by Jidong.

Seeing Zhang Xiuhua coming back, Youcai immediately rushed over, "Aunt Zhang? Is the matter resolved?"

"solved."

"Has the person been sent to the police station?" Youcai Baba asked.

"No."

Youcai immediately became anxious and asked, "Why not send him to the police station?"

Seeing that he was getting anxious again, Jidong signaled him to calm down, "Your Excellency has your reasons for doing this, don't be anxious."

Zhang Xiuhua knew that the child only saw right and wrong, so she told him everything. "If we really send them to the police station, the two villages will have a grudge against each other, and we won't be able to pass through their village in the future. We should both take a step back and save each other's face."

Youcai refused to listen, "It's too cheap for them. They ate our chickens and they still haven't paid for it!"

"They need money to pay compensation. If you ask people who only eat today and don't worry about tomorrow to pay compensation, it's a waste of time. The same goes for compensating for food." Zhang Xiuhua.

She took out a notebook to keep accounts.

Youcai and Jidong came over and asked, "Did you get your money back?"

Zhang Xiuhua shook her head, "No. Our equipment is too expensive. If we maintain it again, I think we can make back our investment."

While talking, Xu Chunying and Aunt Wang came over to help clean the racks in the chicken farm.

They also heard about Zhang Xiuhua's chicken being taken back, and fearing that she was still upset, they advised her to relax, "It's good enough that we can get it back. If we run into an unreasonable village and start a fight, that would be bad luck."

Zhang Xiuhua shook her head, "It's okay. I don't mind."

The two asked Zhang Xiuhua whether she made any money from raising chickens this time.

Zhang Xiuhua said no, the equipment was too expensive and she would have to maintain it a few more times to recoup the investment.

In fact, it would only take one more raise to get the money back. But Zhang Xiuhua knew how gossipy Aunt Wang was. If the villagers knew she was making money later, they would definitely be jealous and something bad would happen.

Now that people know she is still losing money, they feel more sympathy for her.

"Everyone in the village is discussing whether to raise chickens?" Xu Chunying sighed. "Chickens are easy to raise, but they are too expensive to eat. It's okay to raise one or two, but it's not cost-effective to raise too many."

Rural people raise chickens for laying eggs. If chickens only grow meat but don't lay eggs, it's not very cost-effective.

Finally, the team leader counted and found that most families did not plan to raise any. Only a few families decided to raise a few and kill them for meat. The families that raised the most were Li Jianxin and the team leader, who raised 20 each.

Zhang Xiuhua found out about this and thought it was a good idea. Free-range chickens are prone to disease, and since every family only raises a few, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

All the big chickens in the chicken farm were sold out, leaving only the newly hatched chicks. These chicks were easy to feed and produced less chicken droppings. Zhang Xiuhua could finally take a break.

After she finished her work, she waited for Jilin and Youcai to come back from school and did a surprise inspection.

"I'll give you five minutes to clean your room."

As soon as these words were spoken, the child who was playing at the door immediately ran back into the house and started cleaning.

Youcai's loud voice rang out, "Aunt Zhang, how come you didn't tell me anything? If you say to check, then check."

Zhang Xiuhua snorted, "I haven't checked for a long time. You don't want to get extra points, right?"

Complaints are complaints, but they can add points and everyone is still happy.

Even Ji Lin, who was usually slow, moved a lot faster.

Zhang Xiuhua found that Jilin's illness was intermittent. Since Li Jianguo bought him a boat model, he could get up early with his two sisters in the morning as long as he had school.

But on weekends, his true colors show and he insists on sleeping until he wakes up naturally.

The five minutes passed quickly, and Zhang Xiuhua was the first to check the boys' room.

Zhang Xiuhua checked every place to see if the desk was neatly arranged, if the clothes in the box were neatly folded, if there was any dust in the corners, and if there was any dust under the table.

When she was checking, Youcai did not forget to whisper to Jidong, "I found that the head teacher was very strict with me. Every evening self-study session, he would stare at me and ask me if there were any questions I didn't understand. During Thursday evening self-study session, he even called me to the office to supervise me while I was doing the questions."

Jidong not only couldn't understand his pain, but also looked envious, "Is your head teacher so good? Our head teacher never cares about my studies."

Youcai couldn't believe it. "Is this good? Every time I'm called to the class office, my classmates think I've done something wrong again."

Jidong laughed, "Who told you to always cause trouble?"

Zhang Xiuhua moved the table and pointed at the mark left on the corner of the table, "Deduct one point from this place."

Youcai opened his mouth in surprise and glared at Jilin, "What's wrong with you? You can't even clean such a small place?"

Zhang Xiuhua opened Youcai's box and saw his clothes were in a mess. "Deduct one point!"

Jilin and Jidong laughed at him. Youcai blushed and said, "I just didn't make it in time."

After checking the boys' room, Zhang Xiuhua went to the girls' room.

When Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying were here, the room was always clean and tidy, and always got full marks. But now? Neither of the two girls likes to clean.

"If the floor is not cleaned, deduct one point. If there are spider webs in the corner, deduct one point. If the boxes and clothes are not folded neatly, deduct one point."

After the inspection, Youcai immediately teased Baolin and Yaoyao, "You still say that we don't like to be clean, but you are not much better than us."

Baolin pinched his waist and refused to give in. "You were deducted one point less than us because you were not at home. If you were at home, you would be deducted more points than us."

Jidong stopped Youcai and said, "What's the point in arguing about this? Just clean up quickly."

In a blink of an eye, Li Jianguo returned home.

Zhang Xiuhua told Li Jianguo about her encounter with road robbers. When Li Jianguo heard her solution, he thought she handled it very well. "Let them off when you can. With the captain in charge, they shouldn't dare to do it again. I heard that in some places, the gangsters don't block the road near the village, but run to other roads, and many buses and trucks have been affected."

Since last year, countless educated youth have returned to the city, but they have not been able to find jobs. Some of them have become street urchins and committed crimes.

Zhang Xiuhua wrote down all the expenses this time.

They raised chickens in total, 252 chickens died, 2 were given to Youcai's class teacher, 2 were eaten by Zhangjiatun, 18 were eaten, and 9842 chickens were sold. The total income was.

The money they spent was: 1780 yuan for equipment, 800 yuan for eggs and vaccines, 6000 yuan for building a house, 935 yuan for feed, which included a deduction for chicken manure points, plus the bean dregs from her own tofu sales. The chicken farm's electricity bill was 2 yuan, Li Jianxin's marketing fee and Hong Bing's delivery fee were 934 yuan, and Xu Chunying and Aunt Wang's cleaning fee was 6 yuan.

They still lost 8 cents.

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "As long as we sell one more pen, we will have earned back all our investment. It is true that raising foreign chickens can make money."

Zhang Xiuhua counted out the money he had borrowed from his comrades and gave it to him. "Let's pay them back first, tell your comrades the good news, and let them build the house now."

Li Jianguo nodded, "Okay!" He thought for a moment, "And let's return the money to Big Brother. He's under a lot of pressure too."

"Row!"