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

Seeing him coming, Li Jianguo immediately asked him to come over and sit down.

"When did you come back?"

Li Jiandang was a little surprised to see them making dumplings, but after being surprised, he sat down on the chair calmly.

"Just arrived this morning. Hongwu finishes school earlier than the junior high and high schools, but it's too far away. It took me two days to get there by train." Li Jiandang took four southern fruits - mangoes.

Several children had seen it in books but had never eaten it.

Zhang Xiuhua asked Youcai to wash it and then cut it open with a knife.

Youcai happily took the mango and went out.

Li Jianguo asked his elder brother how things were going in the south and whether he had found a job.

When talking about the south, Li Jiandang was full of praise. The development there was very fast, there were many foreigners, and the clothes they wore were more open than here. At first, he didn't have a temporary residence permit and lived in Hongwu's dormitory, but there were always police patrols, and he was worried about affecting Hongwu, so he gritted his teeth and spent 200 yuan to apply for a temporary residence permit.

"What do you do there?"

"At the beginning, I did hard work at the construction site. Without a temporary residence permit, the salary was low. Only 100 yuan a month." Li Jiandang recalled his life during that year. "Later, when the work at the construction site was finished, the boss wanted to delay the payment of wages. We caught the foreman and wouldn't let him go. It was not easy to settle the bill. Later, I didn't dare to work at the construction site, and went to work in the factory as a porter. I got a temporary residence permit and the salary was higher, yuan a month. I could also live in the factory."

Zhang Xiuhua was not surprised to hear that there was so much money. In her previous life, she also went out to work after the reform and opening up and earned a lot of money.

Just then, Youcai finished cutting the mangoes, and Zhang Xiuhua asked the children to go to the inner room to eat the mangoes while the adults were making dumplings in the main room.

Li Jianguo exclaimed, "So you brought back nearly 800 this year, right? That's more than what I made as a flight attendant."

It would be a lie to say that Li Jiandang didn't envy his second brother before, but now he is envied by his second brother, and he feels a little proud and proud. "Yes. But I am a worker, and you have a fixed salary, it's different."

As they were talking, someone came in. They were some gossipy people in the village: Aunt Li Si, Aunt Wang Er, the team leader, and the team accountant.

I don’t know who told them, but they all knew that Li Jiandang was back.

With so many people coming in, the wind and snow poured in. Zhang Xiuhua shivered and went back to the inner room to get the stove.

I happened to see a few children sharing a mango.

Baolin pulled at his mother's arm, "Mom! You eat too!"

Look! This is the power of education. Because Zhang Xiuhua always gives herself a portion of food, the children will think of her when they share the fruit.

Yaoyao took another one and wanted to give it to her father.

Zhang Xiuhua took a bite and said, "Mmm, this mango is so sweet!"

The other children also ate with gusto, "It's delicious! So fragrant!"

“It has a special flavor.”

Zhang Xiuhua went out with the stove, and Li Jianguo was eating a mango under Yaoyao's shove.

Yaoyao left satisfied.

The adults watched all this, and Aunt Wang smiled and said, "Your children are so filial!"

Li Jianguo smiled contentedly, "My children are indeed very filial. They always give us a share of whatever they eat."

Under Zhang Xiuhua's discipline, Li Jianguo gradually changed his mind. He no longer gave the delicious food to the children first, but ate together with everyone.

The adults looked at them enviously, then turned to Li Jiandang and asked him about his work in the south.

Northerners are still very curious about the South, especially when it comes to reform and opening up, and they want to know whether the South will cut off its capitalist tail again.

Li Jiandang spent most of his time working as a migrant worker. As a migrant worker, he didn’t know much about these things, but he couldn’t say that. He could only answer based on what he saw and heard. “No! The development over there is very fast. Small fishing villages have all been built into ports. In the future, there will be a lot of cargo coming in and out.”

The captain asked him how much money he earned.

Li Jiandang did not hide it, so he received many envious looks again.

"Will you still go to work after the New Year?" The team leader took a puff of his pipe and looked at him expectantly.

The brigade accountant took one look at him and guessed his intention. To be honest, he had his own thoughts.

The others also looked at Li Jiandang.

Li Jiandang nodded, "Go! Why not? I worked so hard to get a temporary residence permit, I have to earn back the money."

Aunt Li Si asked anxiously, "Are they hiring female workers over there? What kind of work can I do with my physique?!"

"They are recruiting a large number of female workers over there, especially girls. They are most short of manpower. There is really no shortage of people like you." Li Jiandang told him everything he knew.

Aunt Li Si, who has a daughter, clapped her hands and said, "How old does the girl have to be? Can we take care of her at 15 or 16?"

"Okay! I've seen 13 or 14-year-olds, but child laborers get paid less." Li Jiandang spoke straightforwardly. Zhang Xiuhua coughed lightly and said, "Brother, don't brag. Although they are hiring over there, if you take me there and they don't hire, all the travel expenses will be wasted."

Li Jiandang was a truly honest man, and he answered whatever others asked without giving any thought to their intentions.

Li Jiandang also realized it belatedly and hurriedly tried to make amends, "Those textile factories and garment factories are all recruiting female workers. But I suggest you don't send them there. Those girls are dating outside and might get married there. Are you willing to marry your child so far away?!"

I haven't thought about this question. Aunt Li Si, who originally wanted her daughter to go out to work, also hesitated.

"If I marry in the south, I will only see my parents a few times a year. And the children are young and can be easily deceived." Li Jiandang has seen a lot during his trip. Especially in the south, which is influenced by foreign ideas, people holding hands on the street are common. Some girls may be deceived by men with a few sweet words.

He can't bear such a heavy responsibility.

Hearing his words, the team leader smiled and said, "I want Hongbing to go to work with you. You know our production team. We can't earn much salary a year just by working in the fields. It's better for us to go to work."

Li Jiandang thought about it and did not refuse. "It's fine if he comes with me. But I can't help you find a job. You have to find one on your own."

The team leader took a puff of his pipe. The team accountant was anxious, "Then how did you find a job?"

"I found it in the newspaper, and I will also go to work nearby. I have a temporary residence permit, so I'm not afraid of being caught. You don't have a temporary residence permit, so be careful of being caught and sent back. I also heard that those people would lock up migrant workers, beat them if they don't have money, and send them to the mines. I heard that working in the mines is very hard, and if there is a landslide, people can't come back." Li Jiandang had heard a lot of things in the south during his year. Although he didn't see them with his own eyes, they were very true. He analyzed the pros and cons for everyone.

No one spoke for a long time. The captain finally spoke, "Okay! Let Hongbing go with you. He can also take care of you. As for the temporary residence permit, it's better to get it."

The accountant of the brigade was also a little eager to make a move. "My son will go with you too. He will rely on his fellow villagers and won't be bullied."