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

As the days passed, Zhang Xiuhua made tofu every day and then instructed several children to help make pickles.

The reason is simple: do you like it or not? If you like it, then make it! She must be exhausted to death making so many pickles by herself!

The weather in Northeast China is cold, so the method of pickling sauerkraut is very simple. Just put the vegetables into the jar, let them cool and boil, and then press them with stones. No salt is needed.

The Korean kimchi that children love the most needs to be prepared with great care. Various condiments are sprinkled on it, and the children are drooling with greed.

Baolin and Yaoyao’s skills in pickling vegetables became better and better, and they soon filled a whole jar of them.

The two chatted while pickling vegetables. Baolin told Zhang Xiuhua that the school textbooks would be changed from next year. I heard that there would be a reform and the five-three-three system would be used in the future.

Zhang Xiuhua was dumbfounded, "Ah! What about Jidong?"

Jidong, who was reading a book, smiled and said, "Aunt, I plan to skip a grade in high school. I want to think about the subjects in the new semester. Maybe they will be more difficult."

"But if this happens, there won't be anyone left in the first year of high school, right?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that this reform was a bit unreasonable.

Jidong shook his head, "No! Next year, half of the students will be selected to go to high school, and the other half will be kept for the third year of junior high school."

Zhang Xiuhua suddenly realized, "Then you can go to high school in the second half of next year."

No wonder I didn’t have to skip grades.

As they were talking, Youcai came back with his schoolbag on his back. He was in high school in the county town, so he got home later than the others. It was almost dark when he came back.

The key point is that after he came back, he dropped his schoolbag and ran away.

Baolin was still trying to order food, but she didn't even have time to ask a question. She was puzzled, "Why did Brother Youcai run away? He just came back!"

She immediately urged Zhuzhu to follow behind.

Zhuzhu was also a little smart. She stretched out a little finger towards Baolin. Baolin nodded, and she immediately ran away.

Zhang Xiuhua saw this scene and said, "You two are playing charades! What did you mean by that just now?"

Baolin pursed her lips, "Zhuzhu asked me to tell her a story tonight!"

Zhuzhu now sleeps with Baolin and Yaoyao. Maybe because of her age, she prefers to sleep with her elder sister, and Li Jianguo comes back every once in a while. She doesn't want to move back and forth.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The child couldn't read, so he found a teacher for himself. Not bad!

Zhuzhu came back quickly, "Brother Youcai and Guoxiang were whispering together, their voices were too low, I couldn't hear them. I didn't dare to get close."

Ji Dongqi said, "Didn't they just come back? Why are they together whispering again?"

"They are not from the same school. They probably haven't seen each other for a week, so they can't wait to play together after they come back." Baolin was completely uninterested and put the matter behind her, but she was soon slapped in the face.

Because she found Youcai brother too mysterious, mysterious to the point of being a little abnormal.

Normally he wouldn't go to school early, but on Sunday he actually went back to school half a day early.

He always went with Zhang Xiuhua before, but this time he went with Guoxiang.

Baolin and Jidong put their luggage in Zhang Xiuhua's car, and the three of them left together.

Baolin came close to Zhang Xiuhua and said, "Mom, I think Brother Youcai is in a premature relationship."

Zhang Xiuhua was startled, "Ah! How did you know?"

"I asked Zhuzhu to eavesdrop on the conversation between Youcai and Guoxiang, and she heard the word 'puppy love'. How could Zhuzhu know this at such a young age? She couldn't even make it up." Baolin believed his sister as a matter of course.

Zhang Xiuhua was a bit confused. She had been worried about Baolin falling in love too early, but she didn't expect Youcai to fall in love too early. The child was still far away in the county town, and it was difficult for her to keep an eye on him! What should she do? !

After much thought, she decided to go and find out the truth. Youcai's grades weren't very good to begin with, and he wasn't as self-aware as Jidong. If he really fell in love prematurely, he might have trouble graduating, let alone going to college.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't want to become a mother-in-law so early. She sent Jidong and Baolin's gifts to school, parked her bicycle at the commune, and took the bus to Yucai High School.

She went to Youcai's class but didn't find him. She asked a classmate and he said he was not in the dormitory either.

Didn't she say she was coming to school? She was half an hour later than him, and she was delayed for another half an hour on the way. He should have arrived earlier, right? !

She waited at the school gate to see what time Youcai would come back. She waited for three hours. At seven o'clock in the evening, Youcai rushed to the school despite the gate control.

He ran so fast, and the high school gate was quite wide, so he didn't notice Zhang Xiuhua standing next to the door.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at his anxious movements and had an idea in her mind.

She hurriedly took the bus back home, and then rode her bicycle on a country road. The road was pitch black, and she was almost scared to death.

I finally got home, only to find the lights on in the house.

Zhuzhu and Jilin were at home alone. They didn’t go to their uncle’s house?

Just as she was wondering, she heard a man's voice in the room. She pushed open the door and found that it was Li Jianguo who had returned.

Hearing the noise, Li Jianguo came over to open the door. Seeing her coming back, he was a little puzzled, "You sent two children to middle school, why did you come back so late?"

Zhang Xiuhua was hungry and tired. She waved her hands and didn't want to talk.

Seeing that she didn't eat, Li Jianguo immediately went to the kitchen to heat up some food for her and brought it to her, "What's wrong? You're so tired!"

Zhang Xiuhua ate until she was about 70% full before she told Youcai about his possible premature love affair. "I didn't see it with my own eyes. I just saw him coming back to school very late. You said he didn't know anyone in the county, so why did he come back to school so late?!"

Li Jianguo was a little bit unconvinced. He either suspected that Zhang Xiuhua was lying to him, or that Youcai was not in a premature relationship, and there might be other reasons, such as having an appointment to fight with someone.

Boys, especially during adolescence, love fighting the most.

Whether it's premature love or fighting, it's not a good thing. Li Jianguo thinks this matter needs to be intervened, "I'll go to the school tomorrow to keep an eye on it. If he really doesn't learn well, this child's future will be ruined."

Youcai is a man of loyalty and likes to stand up for the weak. He is also a bit impulsive.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "It's just right that you're back. I really can't handle it alone. I can't just ignore the children at home!"

Li Jianguo understood her difficulties and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me."

"Find out the truth before you confront him. I'm worried that this kid will keep silent in order to protect the girl." Don't doubt Youcai's tenacity. He was almost beaten to death by bandits for the ginseng. When this kid gets stubborn, no one can persuade him.

Li Jianguo also knew Youcai's temper, so he nodded and agreed, "Don't worry. I'll figure it out."

"Even if you catch them red-handed, don't make it public. Find a quiet place with no one around and have a good talk with them. Otherwise, they will become estranged from you." Zhang Xiuhua learned the lesson from her previous life.

In her previous life, she learned from Xu Dayong that Baolin had a premature love affair, and she was so anxious that she scolded Baolin for being disobedient in front of so many teachers and classmates at school. Later, Baolin used all his energy to fight with her and didn't pay attention to the people around him. Children grow up and need self-esteem, and parents must pay attention to it.

Li Jianguo couldn't believe it. "He fell in love too early, and I gave him face! I spent so much money to send him to school, just so that he could find a girlfriend at school! How old is he!"

"We have to remain calm. We can't let the children hate us! Even if they are in a premature relationship, it is not irreparable. We can't let the children stand on the opposite side." Zhang Xiuhua repeatedly reminded.

Li Jianguo's chest rose and fell violently. After her persuasion, he reluctantly agreed. At the end, he complained, "I'm raising a son, but he's almost as good as my ancestors! I'm not this careful with my dad!"

Zhang Xiuhua burst out laughing, "Don't let dirty laundry be aired in public. There's no need to let outsiders laugh at us!"

Li Jianguo's confusion finally disappeared.