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

On the way back, Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo whispered, "Do you think Zhang Sixi will divorce his wife?"

Li Jianguo really didn't know, "They have a child."

"So what if they have children? The educated youth in our team had to leave after they had several children and returned to the city."

Starting this year, the authorities stopped sending educated youth to the countryside, but many of them returned to the city. Even if they got married and had children here, they still had to go back. And once they left, they would never come back. Those with consciences would send some money. Those without consciences, like Gao Lixuan, disappeared completely!

Li Jianguo laughed, "Who cares if he divorces or not? It has nothing to do with us anyway."

Zhang Xiuhua glared at him. "It's just some gossip. Does it have to be related?"

She told him about the previous incident where the brigade cadres approached Zhang Sixi to invest money. "Zhang Sanxi's father-in-law came to the team and immediately gave him 600 yuan, but Director Liu refused it outright. Don't you think this is too coincidental?"

Li Jianguo finally understood her subtext, "You mean Zhang Sixi reported his father-in-law? What good will it do him?! With his father-in-law's connections, he might be able to become a factory director in the future. If he reports his father-in-law, he might lose his job. He's not that stupid!"

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it carefully and realized it was true. Who reported it?

It was useless to think about it since she didn't even recognize all the people in the brick factory.

When she returned to the village, the children ran out to play happily. Aunt Wang came over mysteriously, "Xiuhua, do you know? Director Liu is in trouble."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't expect her to be so well-informed. "How did you know?"

"Zhang Sixi is back." Aunt Wang curled her lips, "He is discussing building a house with the village chief."

Didn't Zhang Lao's house collapse under the snow? That house belonged to Zhang Sixi, but he didn't build a house when he married into the Liu family. Now he came back to build a house, and his purpose was obvious.

"I told you, marrying a son-in-law is a bad idea. He will run away if something goes wrong!" Aunt Wang was very disgusted.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know what to say. Zhang Sixi had been going for his post from the beginning. Director Liu was not as open-minded as Zhang Sanxi's father-in-law, but was always on guard against him. But if Director Liu treated Zhang Sixi as his own son, would Zhang Sixi not run away after something happened? That's not necessarily true!

Character is something that is scarce. Especially when a man marries into another woman's family, it is different from when a woman marries another woman. They will feel ashamed. Once the woman falls, they will turn against her faster than turning the pages of a book.

The two were chatting when Baolin came running back in a hurry, "Mom, mom! It's terrible. Something terrible happened. Yaoyao fell into the river."

Zhang Xiuhua stood up suddenly, "What? Where?"

She shouted into the house, and Li Jianguo had already rushed out, "Which river?"

"Dahe!" Baolin turned pale with fright.

Li Jianguo rode his bicycle and pedaled furiously, turning the tire into a hot wheel. Zhang Xiuhua chased after him, but was soon left far behind.

By the time the men finally reached the river, Yaoyao had already been rescued.

Jidong and Youcai were soaked all over and were squatting beside Li Jianguo, watching him perform artificial respiration.

Zhang Xiuhua did not bother to ask. She just watched Li Jianguo do it again and again. After an unknown amount of time, Yaoyao finally moved and choked on the water.

Li Jianguo's forehead was covered in sweat. Youcai and Jidong sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.

"I was so scared, I thought you were going to die." Baolin burst into tears in fear.

Zhang Xiuhua's face darkened. "Who told you to come to the river to play? You can't swim, what are you doing here?!"

Youcai lowered his head guiltily, but Baolin would not cover up for him, "He was fishing over here! We came over to watch the fun, and when the fish was hooked, Yaoyao used a fishing net to fish it out from below, but instead of pulling it up, she was dragged into the water by the fish. She can't swim!"

Youcai heard this and interrupted her, "I jumped into the river to save her, but she grabbed me and dragged me into the water, and I almost drowned."

Drowning people are very strong and often drag rescuers into the water, and even drown together with them.

Youcai's eyes were red, he almost had a close call with death, "If Jidong hadn't come down to help me, I would have really died."

Yaoyao woke up with a sour and bitter taste in her mouth. When she heard her brother crying in grievance, she felt ashamed and said, "Brother, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it."

Li Jianguo wrung out Yaoyao's hair and reminded others, "Next time you rescue someone, don't hug them, pull their hair. Otherwise, they will take you away."

Zhang Xiuhua urged him to take the child home quickly, "Change into dry clothes. It's so uncomfortable to have wet clothes on your body."

Li Jianguo nodded and picked up the listless Yaoyao.

At this time, Jilin finally arrived. Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, he stood with his hands behind his back like a little adult and said, "You are very brave to run to the river even though you can't swim."

Zhang Xiuhua rubbed his forehead and said, "You came and left Zhuzhu alone at home?"

Ji Lin felt a little guilty, "I don't want to. I'm just worried that something might happen to Yaoyao."

Fearing that his mother would be worried, he then remembered to add, "I asked Aunt Wang to help look after her. Nothing will happen to Zhuzhu."

When I got home, Aunt Wang came up to me and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Li Jianguo put Yaoyao down and asked her to go back to the house to change clothes.

After the children changed their clothes and came out, Zhang Xiuhua discussed with Li Jianguo, "You should teach the children to swim tomorrow! If you are not at home, they will run to the river again and I can't keep them company."

Yaoyao was almost drowned just now, and she resisted with all her strength, "I don't want to go into the water!"

Zhang Xiuhua said, "Don't be afraid of things. We must face the challenges head-on. If you learn to swim by yourself, you don't have to worry about drowning next time!"

Yaoyao was still rejecting it and looked at her father pitifully.

Li Jianguo felt sorry for his daughter. "Since she is afraid, forget it. If she can't swim, she won't go to the river next time."

"What you said, you won't go to the river because you are afraid of water? How can you avoid this kind of thing?" Zhang Xiuhua insisted that he teach her.

Seeing her insistence, Li Jianguo looked at Yaoyao and said, "Don't worry, Dad and the brothers are here. We will definitely protect you."

"Yaoyao and Jilin will go to study together." Zhang Xiuhua looked at Zhuzhu.

Zhuzhu raised her hand, "I'm going too!"

"Okay! You can go and learn together!" Zhang Xiuhua was worried, "Don't go to the big river, just learn at the small river."

Yaoyao had a bitter face. She had always been obedient and was not used to disobeying her parents. Seeing that her father no longer objected, she could only agree calmly.

The next day, at noon when the sun was at its hottest, Li Jianguo took his six children to the river.

Zhang Xiuhua stood on the shore and watched. It was not that she didn't want to go into the river, but she was old and it would have a bad influence if she went into the river.

Yaoyao was very scared at first, but Li Jianguo was there to protect her. Only then did she dare to let go of her hands and feet and learn to hold her breath in the water.

Perhaps she had some psychological trauma and she learned to swim much slower than the other children, even slower than Zhuzhu.

Maybe she felt that she was the elder sister and it was embarrassing not to be able to learn as much as her younger sister. Yaoyao's swimming speed improved significantly afterwards.

In a blink of an eye, she could swim back and forth in the creek.

Zhang Xiuhua bought a cake for her and praised her for her courage to challenge difficulties and said she was the bravest child in the family.

As soon as she was given the compliment, Yaoyao immediately became very confident. "Aunt Zhang, I can swim really well. When I'm as tall as my brother, I can swim three times!"

Several children curled their lips in disgust, obviously thinking she was bragging.

Zhang Xiuhua was very supportive, "I knew Yaoyao was very smart and could learn things quickly."

Yaoyao puffed up her chest, as if she had forgotten the embarrassing incident of being scared and crying when she went into the water. The other children wanted to say something, but Zhang Xiuhua glared at them and they shut up and didn't dare to mention it again.