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

Yaoyao also rushed out from the main room, looking pitiful.

"What's the matter? Who bullied you?" Zhang Xiuhua was a little anxious when she saw the two children didn't say anything.

Jilin came out of the house and she asked Jilin to speak.

Jilin, who was grumbling before, now said in a flattering tone, "They think the cooking of Auntie is not tasty."

Zhang Xiuhua burst out laughing. Was she slapped in the face?!

Baolin was a little unhappy when he saw his mother still laughing, "Mom, why are you like this? We are not eating well, how can you still laugh?"

Zhang Xiuhua held back her laughter. "Okay, okay, I won't laugh! What's the matter? Auntie isn't home to cook today?"

"No." Baolin pouted, "She was the one who cooked the meal. Yaoyao and I were even lighting the fire for her."

"Why is it not tasty?" Zhang Xiuhua understood after asking. Why else? Because Xu Chunying was reluctant to add oil.

During the Chinese New Year, Xu Chunying would grit her teeth and pour in oil to save face, but her family usually ate very frugally. "It's only for three days, so bear with it. I'll make you something delicious tonight."

Baolin also knew his limits and ordered immediately, "Then I'll have the chicken."

Zhang Xiuhua gritted her teeth and said, "Okay! Eat the chicken!"

All the foreign chickens in the family were sold, but the local chickens were still kept. She killed one, blanched it, plucked its feathers, and then braised it. She also added some beans and vermicelli.

Youcai came back and the food was served. The children ate with gusto.

Seeing how they were eating, Zhang Xiuhua felt so distressed that she kept serving them food, "Eat more!"

When they were about 70% full, Zhang Xiuhua reminded them, "Your aunt is a little frugal when cooking, but don't say anything. Otherwise, she will be embarrassed."

Their family had to support three children in school, which was a huge pressure. If the children were dissatisfied, Xu Chunying would be embarrassed.

Baolin nodded, "Don't worry. I know my limits, so I didn't say anything."

Yaoyao asked eagerly, "Can I bring some pickles over tomorrow?"

Zhang Xiuhua naturally wouldn't be reluctant, so she agreed immediately, "Okay!"

So the next day, when Zhang Xiuhua came home after delivering the food, Xu Chunying eagerly found Zhang Xiuhua and asked, "How do you make your kimchi? Yaoyao brought a bowl over, and the children all went for the kimchi. All the food I made was left over."

Zhang Xiuhua never expected that Yaoyao was holding kimchi. This kid is really picky. She briefly explained the method of making kimchi.

But every time she mentioned a seasoning, Xu Chunying frowned. Before she could finish, she waved her hand and said, "Stop! Stop now! You are not eating kimchi. Your kimchi is more troublesome to make than meat dishes. You use so many expensive things to match the cabbage. It's too extravagant."

Xu Chunying returned home, but the shock she felt from the incident had not yet subsided. She tossed and turned at night and could not sleep.

It was hot in the summer, and there was no electric fan at home. Li Jiandang was annoyed by his wife's pancake-like sleeping posture. He sat up and said, "What's the matter? Are you so anxious? Are you worried that the two children won't pass the exam? There's no point in your worrying."

Xu Chunying was not worried about the two children. She simply sat up as well. She couldn't be the only one worrying about this matter. "I found that our family's life is much worse than that of my second brother's family."

Li Jiandang said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" "Jianguo only earns 68.3 yuan a month. I can't make that much money in a year. Why are you so depressed that you have to compare yourself with my second brother's family?"

Li Jiandang felt that as long as he didn't compare himself to his second brother, his family was not living badly. He and his wife both earned 10 work points. His three children also helped to earn work points during the autumn harvest. As the captain of the second team, he could also receive a subsidy of one yuan per month. His family could make a surplus of more than 80 yuan a year, which was happier than many families in the village. His three children were all good at studying and might be able to go to college in the future. This life was unbearable.

Xu Chunying choked up a lot. Isn't life all about comparison? "My Hongwu and Hongxia both bring pickles from home to school. I asked Yaoyao, and Youcai and Jidong both get fresh vegetables from the school cafeteria. They spend five or six yuan a month just on vegetables. They can eat meat every now and then, but what about us? We can only eat it once during festivals. The green vegetables we eat are not as good as their pickles. The pickles are made with more than a dozen seasonings. They are all born to the same parents, but the children are so different. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Li Jiandang was also unable to sleep because of his wife's words. Yes, they were born to the same parents, and he was the eldest son, so he was more favored by his parents, but so what, "Jianguo was selected into the army by chance. I am not as lucky as him."

Xu Chunying waved her hands, "Forget about my second brother, but Xiuhua made a lot of money from raising chickens. I didn't calculate it carefully, but this year alone, she can earn..." She stretched out her palms in front of him, "Ten thousand!"

Li Jiandang's eyes widened and he blurted out subconsciously, "Impossible!"

My second brother had asked him to borrow money before, and told him that the equipment would cost 50,000 yuan. Later, he borrowed another 10,000 yuan from the bank and borrowed another 400 yuan from him. How could it be possible to recover the investment in one year and make a profit of 10,000 yuan?

Seeing that he didn't believe her, Xu Chunying immediately did some calculations for him, "I heard from Xiuhua that she sells chickens for 80 cents a pound, and the foreign chickens she raises weigh at least 5.5 pounds each. You should calculate carefully."

Li Jiandang's education level is the same as Li Jianguo's, both graduated from primary school. He was not stupid, he immediately took out his notebook and started to calculate, and his eyes widened after calculating. He could really earn so much.

But he sighed, "These chickens need to be fed with good food. If they are raised in the wild, more chickens will die."

Lijiatun is close to the mountains, and there are many wild animals, which often come down the mountain. Free-range chickens are easily taken away by wild animals. When 100 chicks are raised to adulthood, the mortality rate is about 50%. If it is foreign chickens, the mortality rate is about 70%. The native chickens can still fly when they encounter wild animals, but the broiler chickens cannot fly with their wings, so they die very quickly.

Their family also raised ten foreign chickens in May, but not only did they not grow as fast as my second brother's, they are now a little wilted.

Xu Chunying also sighed, "Xiuhua said that these chickens can't stand the heat, so she sold them all a few days ago. I'm thinking about selling the remaining chickens quickly to prevent another one from dying."

The chickens didn't die of illness, they died of heat. It wasn't that Xu Chunying was reluctant to sell them, but her chickens were not fed fine grains, but only wheat bran. They were two months old, but the chickens weighed only three pounds, and they looked like skeletons.

In July, the weather was too hot and one chicken died almost every two days. When chickens died in rural areas, they could not be thrown away, so Xu Chunying killed the chickens and ate the meat. But she felt sad when she ate them!

There were only two left, and Li Jiandang thought it didn't matter whether she sold them or not.

Xu Chunying heard him stay silent and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

"Nothing we can do! We don't have that much money to buy equipment!" Li Jiandang spread his hands.

Xu Chunying poked him a few times and said, "We don't have that much money, but the entire production team must have enough money added together."

Li Jiandang finally understood what his wife meant. He was a little bit incredulous, "How can that be possible? That's my sister-in-law's way of making money. You are eating out of her own pocket."

Xu Chunying glared at him angrily. "I said you have a pig brain, and you really do. Don't foreigners only have this kind of poultry? Don't they also have foreign ducks and foreign geese? Do you have to raise the same kind as her?!"

She actually wants to raise geese because the climate here is suitable for raising geese and is cold-resistant!

"But we don't know how to raise one." Li Jiandang felt that the captain was so cautious that he would not want to take too much risk. "Let's forget it. If the second brother knew that we were the ones behind this, he would definitely be angry."

Seeing that he was unwilling to speak up, Xu Chunying thought: Why is there such a big gap between people? My second brother's wife wanted to raise chickens, but my second brother borrowed money and loaned her money to let her raise chickens. But if it were her man, he wouldn't even say a word!