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

Xu Chunying was defeated, but the others still did not disperse. Zhang Xiuhua continued to chatter, pinching her throat and imitating everyone else's tone, "If others say that you are so lazy and such a spendthrift, will you be happy? Jilin is still just a child. His mental quality is not as good as mine. What if he gets depressed?"

The members were confused. Why did Xiuhua speak so elegantly? What did "psychological quality" and "depression" mean? How could psychology be related to quality? What was depression? !

Everyone run away immediately, and remind your family members not to say bad things about the child in front of Zhang Xiuhua, otherwise she will really not give you face and will fight with you directly!

After dealing with these gossips, Zhang Xiuhua did not rush to work, but went to the threshing ground to see if Ji Lin was affected.

But she couldn't find Ji Lin, so she asked Hong Wen.

Hongwen pointed to the village, "He went home and said he was looking for something."

His eyes lit up, "Here it comes!"

Zhang Youhua looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, she saw Jilin running towards her. How rare! This kid is always slow in everything he does. Even when others are in a hurry, he won't speed up. But now, he's actually running!

He was holding a bench in his hand. Oh, no! He removed the four legs of the bench and moved two of them closer together, about a fist's distance apart. He then added an iron sheet in the middle. It's not quite right to call it an iron sheet, because he removed the handle of a sickle from home, leaving only the head of the sickle, and fixed it with nails.

When Ji Lin saw Zhang Xiuhua, he called out "Mom", then sat down excitedly and began to experiment with his simple tool for picking peanuts.

He put the bench on the ground, fixed its legs, and then placed the peanut vine in the middle. When he pulled it outward, the peanuts and the peanut vine were split into two, and the peanuts fell to the ground.

"Wow! This one is better and more practical! I can pull out so much at a time!" Hongwen came over and wanted to try it too.

Ji Lin generously handed him the bench and watched from the sidelines.

Not to mention that this thing is more practical than a bicycle. A bicycle can only pick a few at a time, but this can pull off more than a dozen at a time, of course it takes a little effort.

When the others saw this, they all came over.

"Hey, you know what, this one is better! It takes less time to pick peanuts!"

You should know that autumn harvest is the busiest season in the Northeast. They don't rush for time like the South, but they have a lot of land and it takes a month to harvest the grain. It can't rain during this period, otherwise the grain may get moldy.

Now there is this peanut picking magic tool, and most of the materials used are wood. Lijiatun has mountains, and there are many trees on the mountains. As long as we find an agricultural machinery station and fix some iron sheets, we can save most of the manpower.

The captain heard the noise and came over to take a look. He looked left and right and the more he looked at it, the better he thought it was. He could pull down many fish at once. Of course, he couldn't pull them all down at once, but he could just pick up the remaining fish that slipped through the net. It would save him effort.

The captain looked at Zhang Xiuhua with some envy in his eyes, "I always thought your Jidong was the smartest, but I didn't expect Jilin to be no worse than his brother! I'll ask the accountant to give Jilin 50 extra points. Reward him for his contribution to the team!"

Jilin's eyes sparkled, and he was a little shy. He also looked proud and pleased after being praised. The other children all looked at Jilin, with envy in their eyes.

Jilin was actually praised by the captain. He is really amazing!

If Guoxiang was at home, he would definitely be jealous.

Zhang Xiuhua touched Jilin's head, and her tone was also proud, "This kid likes to use his brain. He loves to tinker with these things. As long as it helps the team, it's fine."

The team leader's old face was full of wrinkles. "It's helpful. Very helpful! I'll find a farm machinery station to fix the iron sheet and let the whole village use it to pick peanuts."

As soon as the captain left, the others gathered around and wanted to try out this magical fruit-picking tool.

Members would exclaim from time to time, "Oh, this is great! It saves time and effort. It saves more effort than wrestling!"

Most members do not pick peanuts, but pound them, but this requires the strength of the elbows, and after pounding for a whole morning, the arms are sore and painful. But this is different, it does not require much strength.

Seeing that all the members were happy with the idea, Zhang Xiuhua chatted and laughed with everyone and then returned to the fields.

By the afternoon, everyone in the production team knew that Jilin had dismantled the bench at home and made a magical tool for picking fruit. Although it was a bit of a waste, this thing benefited the entire production team. Because the team leader said that this thing was easy to replicate, he planned to make more so that everyone could use it in the future.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the production team fell into silence.

The members who had previously criticized Zhang Xiuhua for spoiling her children had mixed feelings.

Some people secretly felt lucky that they didn't go to Zhang Xiuhua and say bad things about Ji Lin, but some people were embarrassed.

In particular, Song Pingmei, who had a big fight with Zhang Xiuhua, accidentally ran into Zhang Xiuhua. She was too embarrassed to apologize and could only avoid her.

After dark, Zhang Xiuhua asked the children to come back to sleep. Baolin came in from outside, holding a bunch of celery in his hand.

"Where did it come from?"

Baolin pointed outside and said, "I picked it up at the door."

Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled, but then she remembered something and smiled again, "It's okay! You guys go to sleep."

The next day at work, Zhang Xiuhua noticed Song Pingmei, who avoided her gaze, but when she looked over, she was calm and composed.

If she wasn't guilty, why would she have such an expression? Zhang Xiuhua guessed that the celery must have been sent by her.

They were all adults and lived in the same village. They would see each other every day. Zhang Xiuhua did not intend to cut off contact with the other party forever, so she greeted him and said, "You are doing a good job."

Song Pingmei was a little nervous when she saw her coming over, but when she heard this, she grinned.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and the children's busy farming season was over, and it was time to go back to school.

The other children were so excited that they jumped up and down, shouting, "We are finally free."

Only Zhuzhu was a little unhappy.

She started school in September and was in the first grade. She was fine in the first two weeks and didn't cause any trouble. Suddenly she didn't want to go to school, so Zhang Xiuhua had to ask.

Upon asking, I found out that the child felt that going to school was not as fun as picking wild fruits in the mountains!

At first, Zhuzhu would pick beans, but later she found it boring, so she went into the mountains with her friends to pick wild fruits, which was much more fun than going to school.

Zhang Xiuhua felt that this child might not have ever experienced the joy of learning.

Children in Lijiatun do not go from kindergarten to primary school, but directly to primary school. Without the process of playing games, they directly receive exam-oriented education, which inevitably makes children feel bored and develop a dislike for learning.

She remembered that in her previous life, Baolin Jidong's child cried and made a fuss to go home on the first day of kindergarten.

Zhang Xiuhua first coaxed Zhuzhu to go to school, and then took her to the county town on weekends.

When Zhuzhu heard this good news, she immediately packed her schoolbag and went to school.

Of course, this method works temporarily, as she can't take Zhuzhu to the county town every week. So she cultivates Zhuzhu's interest in learning.