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

The next day at noon, the family was having lunch.

Ergou's father hurried over and asked Youcai if he had seen Ergou.

Youcai glanced at Zhang Xiuhua.

Zhang Xiuhua answered for him, "I saw him walking out of the village yesterday evening. I don't know where he went."

Ergou's father stamped his feet and ran away in a hurry again.

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Xiuhua learned from Aunt Wang that Ergou was missing and could not be found anywhere in the village.

Aunt Wang also lamented that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. Ergou's father is really a fool.

Li Jianguo came back at around 4pm. He knew Youcai would be getting his report card these two days, so he came back specially.

When he learned that Youcai scored 562 points and could apply to Yucai High School, he said, "Tomorrow I will take you to a state-owned restaurant for a good meal to celebrate for Youcai!"

Youcai ordered immediately, "I want seafood!"

He has never cooked seafood before. He wants to try it out.

Other children also rushed to order dishes, "I want to eat braised prawns!"

"I want to eat braised pork!"

“I want to eat sweet and sour pork!”

……

Li Jianguo agreed to all of them.

The children were having fun and playing, and Zhang Xiuhua finally had time to talk to Li Jianguo about raising chickens together.

Li Jianguo frowned, "We are not short of money, why should we bring them along?"

Zhang Xiuhua didn't want to either, but the first bird to stick its head out gets hammered. She told him about how she had been reported. "If I fail to report them, who knows if they will mess with me from behind. It's too easy to kill all the chickens!"

Li Jianguo thought about it carefully and realized that her worry was not groundless. After all, all kinds of bad things happened in those years. He even saw his son report him with his own eyes.

He sighed, "Okay! I'll listen to you. We can put some time on raising laying hens!"

"Buy me a few laying hens first. I'll let my children raise them in my own chicken coop and try it out." Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile, "and see if the egg production of chickens is really that high."

Li Jianguo nodded and agreed.

As they were talking, Li Jiandang came. His daughter was admitted to high school, which was indeed a happy thing. But it also brought pressure.

The tuition fee for a semester in high school is 20 yuan. He has no money on hand, so he wants to ask his second brother for help.

Li Jianguo agreed without hesitation. He took out fifty yuan and handed it to his elder brother. Suddenly he remembered, "Oh, right! Has the Hongwu score come out?"

Hongwu is taking the college entrance examination on July 7th. It’s been almost a month now, so the results should be out by now, right?

Li Jianguo nodded. "He passed the exam and got an average undergraduate degree. But the kid applied to a school far away."

At that time, there was no concept of first-tier and second-tier universities. There were only four categories: key universities, general undergraduate universities, junior colleges, and technical secondary schools.

"where?"

"Pengcheng! One in the south and one in the north. This kid is really troublesome. It will be difficult for him to come back during the holidays in the future." Li Jiandang was worried about Hongwu.

Zhang Xiuhua was surprised, "Why would this child apply for Pengcheng?"

"They are carrying out reform and opening up there. He heard from his teacher that there will be better development there in the future. He was tempted." Li Jiandang is a cadre of the brigade. He is worried that the policy will change. What if they start to crack down on capitalism again in the future? What will Hongwu do? !

Li Jianguo felt that he didn't need to worry. "He is studying at a university, not doing business. When he graduates, he will be assigned a job by the state. Nothing will happen in the short term."

Li Jiandang could only think so.

After breakfast the next day, the children urged us to go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner.

Before I left the house, Guoxiang came running over. The two were the same age. Guoxiang failed to get into a key high school and could only go to an ordinary high school. He was also beaten by his father last night.

Guoxiang cried and felt that his grandfather and father were too cruel. "When Ergou was beaten, grandpa ran to stop the fight. When I was beaten, he complained that my father didn't beat me hard enough! I was like a found child."

His eyelids were swollen from crying, like frogs, and looked a little funny.

Youcai rolled his eyes and said, "I told you to study, but you just wouldn't. Now you're being beaten, it's not unfair!"

Guoxiang couldn't believe it. This was still his good brother. He was beaten, but not only did he not comfort him, he also rubbed salt into his wounds.

He glared at him and ran away again.

Youcai didn't chase after him, but urged Jilin, "Hurry up! Why are you taking so long?"

After repeated urgings and requests, Jilin finally quickened his pace. The group walked out in a mighty procession.

As the family’s bicycles couldn’t carry so many people, Li Jianguo pushed the bicycle and waited until the children were tired before he rode on it.

The bicycle was parked in front of the state-owned restaurant. There were several diners sitting at a table in the room, talking about something.

The children were responsible for ordering food, while Zhang Xiuhua was bored and looked around.

Although the South has been reformed and opened up, there have been some changes in the North, that is, some small vendors dare to come out to sell things.

But when the security team came, they ran away.

Look at the entrance of the state-owned restaurant, there is a woman in her fifties selling snacks. She is far away and can't see clearly what she is selling. But there are quite a lot of people buying things. She sold several batches in a short time.

While selling things, the old lady looked around, obviously watching for the wind. This scene is a bit similar to the mobile stalls in later generations. When they are cooking, they will be alert to the urban management from time to time.

But this old lady's business is really good. Zhang Xiuhua was really curious, so she told Li Jianguo and ran out to see what the old lady was selling.

It turned out to be a donkey roll. At that time, there was no plastic box, and it was wrapped in kraft paper and tied with ropes.

This lady's packing technique is fast and accurate.

Zhang Xiuhua came back without buying anything. The children also ordered their meals and sat down.

At this moment, Zhang Xiuhua suddenly heard the guests at the table behind her talking, "Do you know? There was an accident at our commune's brick factory."

"What happened?"

"I heard that the factory manager was reported. It seems that he embezzled money."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't take it seriously at first. It had nothing to do with her. But Li Jianguo listened carefully. She suddenly realized, the director of the brick factory? Isn't that Zhang Sixi's father-in-law?

So she also listened attentively. Director Liu was under investigation and more than 50,000 yuan in cash was found in his home.

Nowadays, one can become the richest man with only 10,000 yuan. He has been the factory director for less than ten years, but he has 50,000 yuan in cash. It is self-evident where this money came from.

The people behind him were still discussing, "Who reported it?"

"I don't know. Maybe someone doesn't like him!"

Zhang Xiuhua estimated that these people were just ordinary employees of the brick factory and didn't know much about the situation.

"I think Zhang Sixi will definitely divorce Liu Xinyue. He married into the Liu family for work. Now that he has got the job, his father-in-law might go to jail. Can he continue to be a son-in-law of the Liu family?"

"Of course! Maybe the child will have to change his last name!"

"But he hasn't had a good life in the Liu family in the past few years. Director Liu always suppresses him. If it were me, I would also have to leave!" There was no objection to Zhang Sixi's approach in his words, only understanding and approval.