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

The next morning, after eating, Li Jianguo rode his bicycle to send Jilin to school, then went to the commune and took a bus to the county town.

Following Zhang Xiuhua's instructions, he did not disturb the teacher, but stayed at the school gate to see if the students would come out for lunch.

The most abundant time for students is lunch and dinner. As long as they stay in school during these two periods, their early love object will be a classmate of the same school. Otherwise, their early love object will be a student from another school.

Li Jianguo stood guard at the door. He did not dress up because many parents came to deliver lunch at noon. Of course, there were also brave mobile vendors selling food.

The reform and opening up of the South also fostered the speculative nature of the North. Now all regions turn a blind eye to it, unlike before when the criticism of the Communist Party was carried out, at most people were arrested and their belongings confiscated.

This is done everywhere, and Li Jianguo has become accustomed to it.

He hid behind a telephone pole and kept staring at the school gate. After waiting for less than ten minutes, Youcai came out of the school in a hurry, and Li Jianguo immediately followed quickly behind him.

He had been a soldier, so he knew how to follow people. He put on a hat, got on the car, and stood some distance away from Youcai. Youcai didn't notice his father, but was worried.

When they arrived at the destination, Youcai got off the car, and Li Jianguo followed him out.

Youcai walked into an alley and met a boy. The two of them seemed to be discussing something. It was too far away for Li Jianguo to hear their conversation, but when the boy turned around, he recognized him. Wasn't that the captain's grandson Guoxiang? Why was he here?

While he was wondering, the two men looked around, bent down and turned into another alley, and then entered a residential building.

There was a lot of garbage piled around the house. When Li Jianguo was wondering, he suddenly heard a quarrel. When he got closer, he saw Youcai fighting with several men.

This group of kids are relatively young, around 17 or 18 years old, and Youcai is considered the youngest among them.

Not only that, there were only three people on this side, and there were five or six people on the other side. The situation was one-sided! Seeing that this group of people were about to use sticks, Li Jianguo could no longer pretend not to see it, "Hey, what are you doing!"

When these people saw him, they were so scared that they ran away. Li Jianguo's aura showed that he was a martial artist. They couldn't beat him!

The group of people were scared and ran away. Youcai chased after them and yelled, "You bastards! Why are you running? If you have the guts, come and fight me in a one-on-one duel!"

Li Jianguo grabbed the man and said, "Okay, stop chasing them. You are outnumbered and can't beat them!"

Youcai stamped his feet anxiously, "Dad! Why did you let them go? You should deal with them!"

Li Jianguo rolled his eyes at him, "I'll beat them up! And then they'll take care of you when I'm not around! Do you have a brain?"

Li Jianguo turned around and saw Ergou, "What are you three doing here instead of studying hard?"

Youcai was hit and his face turned blue. "Dad, why are you here?"

"I heard you were coming to school, so I came to see you and waited for you at the school gate. I didn't expect you to run so fast, and I almost lost you!" Li Jianguo's explanation was not very clever. If it was Jidong, he would definitely find the loophole, but Youcai has never been a shrewd person, and coupled with his natural trust in his father, he believed it without thinking too much, "Luckily you came! Otherwise, those people would not let it go!"

Li Jianguo was confused. "What happened? Why did those people beat you?"

Ergou's face flushed red, fearing that Li Jianguo would hit Youcai, so he hurriedly stood in front of him, "Uncle Li, Youcai is here to help me!"

It turned out that Ergou was forced to drop out of school by his father. He was unwilling to give up and took the remaining money to the county town to engage in speculation. With his cleverness, he got a lot of coal from Yongding Village and resold it in the county town. He made a lot of money. He was doing well and had indeed made a name for himself.

But he didn't expect that his business had been targeted by others. Since the educated youth returned to the city, many young people were unemployed and began to stir up trouble. Some even formed small gangs and robbed people everywhere.

Ergou made money reselling coal in the county town and was targeted by someone with ulterior motives. The person wanted to drive Ergou away and didn't want him to stay in this area.

But Ergou had finally established a good relationship with his employer, so how could he bear to give up? So the two sides had a conflict. Youcai and Guoxiang happened to be passing by on their way home and helped Ergou, so those people wanted to fight them one-on-one.

That's the whole process.

Li Jianguo looked at Ergou, "Aren't you going to school?"

Ergou shook his head. "I go to school because I need money more. My dad won't give me a penny."

Li Jianguo sighed. It is indeed not easy for such a young child to support himself and go to school at the same time.

But he still advised Ergou to give up this business, "You are facing so many thugs alone, and you dare not call the police. You can only protect yourself."

Ergou was reluctant to give it up. This was a way to make money that he had finally found. If he gave it up like this, what would he do in the future? But he knew that he had no choice but to give it up! Uncle Li had intervened, and Youcai and Guoxiang would not be able to help him anymore. Besides, he couldn't bear to hurt the two of them. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, then nodded, "Okay! I'll give it to them!"

Seeing that he was willing to give in, Li Jianguo finally breathed a sigh of relief. "The money you saved during the summer vacation should be enough for you to live on for a while. When winter comes, you can do some other business."

Ergou thought that he could exchange things with others on snowy days, so he nodded and agreed.

Li Jianguo took Guoxiang and Youcai away.

Youcai knew his father was angry, so he stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, "Dad, Ergou didn't ask us to help him, I wanted to help him myself. He is so pitiful. His father doesn't love him at all. He insisted that he come down to work to earn work points!"

Li Jianguo sighed, "I know you are loyal and want to help Ergou, but you are just a student, can you do it within your ability? If you fight with those hooligans, you can beat them. If I hadn't come looking for you and happened to run into you, the three of you would have been beaten black and blue by those hooligans!"

Guoxiang followed behind silently. After Youcai admitted his mistake, he spoke hesitantly, "Uncle Li, we were wrong. Please don't tell my parents when you go back! They will beat me to death!"

Li Jianguo glanced at him and decisively refused, "No! You and Youcai are good brothers, and your father and I are also good brothers. I can't hide it from him!"

Guoxiang tugged at Youcai's sleeve and winked at him, but Youcai dared not do that! Dad was angry.

Li Jianguo took the two to a state-owned restaurant and didn't order any good food for them. He just ordered six steamed buns, two for each person.

The two of them didn't dare to complain. Everyone around was watching this scene. Although life is not easy now, but going to a state-owned restaurant and ordering six steamed buns without even a plate of pickles, isn't this a bit too stingy? !

Li Jianguo saw everyone's looks, but he pretended not to see them.

Youcai whispered, "Dad, why don't you order a dish for yourself? We don't want to eat!"

"You two made mistakes and you really don't deserve to eat vegetables! But I'm your father, and I didn't take good care of you, so I don't deserve it either!" Li Jianguo said coldly.

Youcai pursed his lips, lowered his head and thought for a while, "Dad, I know I was wrong, I will never show off again!"

Guoxiang didn't understand why Youcai suddenly admitted his mistake, but since his good brother had already admitted his mistake, he could only follow suit, "Uncle Li, I was wrong too!"

Li Jianguo did not express his opinion, but urged them to eat quickly.

To be honest, Youcai hasn't eaten like this for a long time. In the countryside, even in the lean winter when the harvest season is over, if the family can't afford fresh vegetables, they can at least have pickles. But now? It's the autumn harvest season, when vegetables are the cheapest, so he can only eat steamed buns. Life is really getting worse and worse.

But he didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction.

Li Jianguo stood up and Guoxiang looked at him eagerly, thinking that he had ordered some dishes, but unexpectedly he brought boiled water and signaled them to drink this if they choked!

He didn't even want to order soup. The two half-grown children could only accept the boiled water and gulp it down.