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

Li Jiandang and his group stayed with them for half a day, but when it was almost time for dinner, they were called away by their family members.

After everyone left, Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua went to the kitchen to make dumplings.

Li Jianguo helped to light the fire, but he didn't say a word.

Seeing that he was silent and seemed to be worried, Zhang Xiuhua was a little curious, "What's the matter?"

"Do you think that one day in the future, the wages of private enterprises will exceed those of our state-owned enterprises?" Li Jianguo did not hide his thoughts from her. He felt uncomfortable because state-owned enterprises could not compare with private enterprises.

Zhang Xiuhua said without thinking, "Isn't that what should be done?"

Li Jianguo was slightly stunned.

Zhang Xiuhua told him about the political textbooks she had read, "The nature of capital is to pursue profits. In order to exploit the surplus value of employees as much as possible, they will definitely make employees work overtime. Don't big brothers work more than ten hours a day? You only work eight hours. And your welfare benefits are not good. They have nothing."

Li Jianguo suddenly felt relieved.

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "My eldest brother has made money, and I think my eldest sister-in-law is very proud. She has always been awkward with me before."

Zhang Xiuhua was no fool, she could see that Xu Chunying was jealous of her. But she thought jealousy was human nature. As long as her sister-in-law didn't do anything bad, she could still understand it.

Li Jianguo also knew that his sister-in-law was narrow-minded. "My sister-in-law is a strong-willed person. She wants to be better than others in everything. Her life is very tiring! We should not learn from her."

"I didn't learn from her. Her future children won't be as good as mine. Look at how she raised her three children. She worked herself into a workhorse and will get sick in the future. I feel sorry for her. She's like a candle, burning herself to illuminate others." Zhang Xiuhua thinks women shouldn't live like this. If no one loves a woman, she should love herself even more. Only by loving herself like a daughter can she live a comfortable life.

Li Jianguo liked her mentality and felt that it was better than anything else.

Zhang Xiuhua thought Xu Chunying would be very proud. In fact, she was very proud for a few days. But after a few days, she was not so happy.

On this day, Zhang Xiuhua was studying in the house, and the children were reading and doing homework. Li Jianguo was kneading dough. The children wanted to eat noodles today. He was strong and kneaded the dough to be chewy. The children all loved the noodles he kneaded.

He was full of energy when he was kneading the dough.

At this time, Xu Chunying came in, pushed the door open and saw Li Jianguo. She clapped her chin and cried out, "Why are you kneading the dough? Isn't Xiuhua here?"

Li Jianguo laughed and said, "The dough she kneads is not tasty. It's not as delicious as the one I knead. Sister-in-law, please come in and sit down."

Xu Chunying wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, it was none of her business. She stopped talking and sat on the chair. Seeing Zhang Xiuhua reading a book, and it was a junior high school textbook, she was shocked and said, "You also want to go to college? Schools don't accept older students now."

Zhang Xiuhua shook her head and said no, "I just want to learn more words."

Xu Chunying didn't ask any more questions.

Zhang Xiuhua asked her why she came.

Xu Chunying drooped her face and said, "It's still your elder brother, a fool!"

Li Jianguo glanced at her and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

"After he came back, he told everyone how much money he made in the south. I told him not to tell anyone, but he refused to listen. Now that's good, right?!" Xu Chunying clapped her hands, "Someone came to borrow money!"

"Have you borrowed it?" Zhang Xiuhua was curious.

"I stopped him. Your eldest brother felt ashamed and was angry with me. We had a quarrel, so I came to your house to vent." Xu Chunying became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. "It's not easy for me to work for this family. I have to take care of the old and the young. Hongxia and Hongwen are in high school and junior high school respectively, which is the time when they spend the most money. He even has spare money to lend to others. He knows what the situation is with Zhang Daxixi's family, isn't he afraid that his money will go down the drain? And he's still angry with me!"

When Xu Chunying finished speaking, her eyes were red and she even started to cry.

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo looked at each other, and she began to persuade, "Zhang Daxi borrowed money? What did they borrow money for?"

"He wants to build a house for his eldest son to get married. Now the whole family is crammed together and there is no place for them to live." Xu Chunying looked down on Zhang Daxi. "Everyone knows what their family situation is. They can't even afford the money to build a house for their eldest son, and we don't know when they can pay them back."

Generally speaking, it is easiest for the eldest son in a rural family to get married, because the family still has some money. When it comes to the youngest son, the money has been emptied out.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know much about Zhang Daxi's family. "How could his family be so poor?"

"Zhang Daxi likes to gamble! Our production team has strict management and doesn't allow gambling, so he secretly goes to other production teams. He has been caught several times. After the work points are settled at the end of the year, all the money must be spent overnight. It's as if money bites his hand." Xu Chunying was very disgusted.

Li Jianguo sighed, "That's true. Brother is confused."

Seeing that her second brother was also on her side, Xu Chunying immediately gained confidence. "Your eldest brother is a fool. He compromised because of the other party's flattery. He even said that he would only lend one hundred yuan. One hundred yuan is not a small amount of money? The richest family in our production team can only have a surplus of one hundred yuan a year. He thinks he is so great just because he earns a few hundred yuan! He really has too much money to burn!"

Zhang Xiuhua also advised her, "You can be more tactful and take him outside to discuss it. If you refuse in front of Zhang Daxixi, he might feel embarrassed."

Northerners are very chauvinistic. They are willing to kneel on a washboard at home, but they have to save face outside.

Xu Chunying was a little unhappy. "He lent the money without my consent. He was the first to disrespect me."

Zhang Xiuhua had nothing to say, and she didn't know how to persuade others.

Li Jianguo said, "I'll persuade big brother later. Don't argue with him. It's New Year's Day, and quarreling will affect the children."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiuhua felt relieved and went home.

As soon as she left, Li Jianguo complained to Zhang Xiuhua, "With money comes trouble."

"I think it's your elder brother's fault. He made some money and told the whole village about it." Zhang Xiuhua sighed. Maybe some people like to show off. "You can't learn from your elder brother. I once read a sentence in a book: You can live well, but not better than me. Everyone is jealous. As long as we know that we are living well, that's enough."

Li Jianguo thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, "Wife, you are really good at speaking!"

"Of course!" Zhang Xiuhua smiled proudly, "I read books and study every day. You can also read more newspapers and learn new knowledge in the future."

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "Okay! I'll be bored on the train later and I can read the newspaper to kill time."

In a blink of an eye, he went to find his eldest brother, tactfully advised him not to be angry with his eldest sister-in-law, and repeated what Zhang Xiuhua had said.

Li Jiandang was just looking for a way out, and in a blink of an eye he was reconciled with his wife.