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

Ergou's father walked up to Zhang Xiuhua and looked around. "Where's my son? He just came back last night. How come he's gone so early in the morning?"

Zhang Xiuhua was so angry that she laughed, "Your son is missing, and you came to me for him! You found the wrong person, didn't you?"

"Where is my son?" Ergou's father softened his tone.

"I don't know. We're having a banquet at home, and I don't have time to entertain you. If you want to find my son, go look somewhere else." Zhang Xiuhua rolled her eyes at him and went to the chicken farm to feed the chickens.

Ergou's father was very angry, but with so many people watching, he couldn't take his anger out on her, so he could only shout his son's name everywhere.

Seeing him about to enter the house, Xu Chunying stopped him and said, "Maybe the child went out to play. Didn't he just disappear this morning? I've never seen you so worried about your son before."

"He stole the money!" Ergou's father's face turned black, "I shouldn't have looked for him."

Hearing that Ergou actually fought back against his father, she smiled with gloating, "How can that be considered stealing? He clearly earned it. It's just returning the property to its original owner."

Ergou's father was so angry that he fell backwards and looked at her angrily.

Xu Chunying was not afraid of him at all. She smiled at him provocatively, with an expression that said, "I'm so mad at you that you deserve a beating."

Ergou's father looked around and finally left.

Xu Chunying told Ergou about stealing his father's money through the door. At the end, she clapped her hands and laughed, "This kid is so brave! He actually dared to steal money! I wonder where he went?!"

Zhang Xiuhua knew that Ergou had gone south to work. This was good, as he would have more money on hand and could apply for a temporary residence permit. Otherwise, he would have a hard time finding a job and would be worried all day.

Ergou's father was ultimately unable to find his son.

The banquet at Zhang Xiuhua's house began. The guests ate the first batch, and the family ate the second batch.

At that time, everyone had no money, so the banquet was only held once, that is, at twelve o'clock.

Zhang Xiuhua's family sat at one table, and Xu Chunying, Liu Shujun, Hongxia and Hongwen were with them.

During the meal, the children ate with gusto. Youcai was even more delighted and smiled widely, actively recommending the soup he made to everyone.

Li Jianguo told him to eat by himself and not to worry about them.

"This is the first time I've had such a sumptuous meal." Zhuzhu held her round belly, "This shrimp is so delicious."

Youcai was lucky today. When he arrived in the town, he happened to meet someone selling seafood. I heard that it was shipped from the next county. There was a lot of ice on it.

"I heard from the uncle that they would cut a lot of ice from the river in the winter and store it, and then use it to transport seafood when it gets hot in the summer."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed that the wisdom of farmers is infinite. They can come up with such a good idea.

She knew that Harbin liked to store ice in winter to build the Ice and Snow World. But there should be no such activity now. Using it to sell seafood is also a way out.

After the banquet, Zhang Xiuhua and her family began to sort the plates and return the borrowed tables, chairs and benches to each family.

After a tiring day, the children fell asleep as soon as they touched the pillows.

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo were also extremely tired.

The next morning, the whole family got up late. Zhang Xiuhua was awakened by the crowing of chickens in the chicken farm. She hurriedly woke up to feed the chickens. "Oh, when will this end? It's too hard."

When she came out after feeding the chickens, Youcai and Jidong had already prepared the meal.

After dinner, Jidong found Zhang Xiuhua and wanted to go to the county town for some practice. "I have two months. It's a waste to stay at home all day. I want to take Jilin to the county town to sell some things. He has always wanted to buy a model, but he doesn't have enough money."

Zhang Xiuhua chuckled, "Okay! Go ahead. Remember to take good care of your brother."

“Okay!” Jidong also took Youcai with him, and the three of them left home carrying their packed clothes.

Li Jianguo was a little worried, "You really don't need me to follow you? If they get into trouble like Ergou did, it would be terrible."

"Don't worry about Jidong's work. He knows how to make choices." Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "You can't follow them forever. You have to go back to work soon."

Zhang Xiuhua went to find Li Jianxin and asked him to help sell eggs.

The eggs saved in the past few days were all used for the banquet, and now the extra ones have to be sent to various supply and marketing cooperatives.

Because they were selling eggs, and it was exclusive, Zhang Xiuhua could not give him a high commission this time, so she gave him a monthly salary of 50 yuan. Later, there would be more eggs, so he only needed to be responsible for delivering them to the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Delivering to other supply and marketing cooperatives would be done by a special person, so he didn't have to go.

Li Jianxin had no objection.

Now the chickens have just started laying eggs, and the daily output is not high, only about 100 eggs a day. They only need to supply their commune.

Li Jianxin carried a basket of eggs, and the matter was settled.

"How many eggs can be produced every day during peak season?" Li Jianxin asked curiously.

"More than six thousand eggs." Zhang Xiuhua saw this written in the book.

Li Jianxin calculated carefully, "That's not bad. I heard from Director Wang that if we open the sale, we can sell at least a thousand eggs a day. It's just that farmers don't have that much supply. And these eggs are bigger than country eggs. Everyone likes big ones."

The egg-laying capacity of local chickens is not high, only about 200 to 250 eggs a year. However, the laying hens she raises lay to eggs a year, more than double the number.

Zhang Xiuhua could understand that at that time, there was no saying that local eggs were more nutritious. Everyone believed that foreign eggs were bigger than local eggs. At the same price, it was better to buy foreign eggs.

The eggs from their chicken farm are sold by the piece, not by the pound. The wholesale price of each egg is 5 cents, and the selling price at the supply and marketing cooperative is 8 cents.

Zhang Xiuhua was worried that the eggs would be crushed, so she found a paper factory and ordered a special container for the eggs. This container is made of waste paper or straw and is cheap.

Zhang Xiuhua was confident about the sales of eggs. When the two were chatting happily, Xu Chunying came in from outside, wiping her tears and seemed to be worried.

Seeing this, Li Jianxin quickly slipped away.

Zhang Xiuhua asked her to sit down, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

Xu Chunying couldn't hold back her tears. "Why did I give birth to so many children? They are all debt collectors! They are trying to kill me."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Xiuhua was completely confused. She was fine yesterday, why did she get angry today?

"Hongwen received a letter from his father. He lost his temper at home, saying that we were all liars! He also said that he would never study again." Xu Chunying pounded her chest, her eyes red with anger, "His father thought the model was too expensive and refused to buy it for his child. I asked him to wait a little longer, and I would buy it for him when I had money. But he thought I was lying to him!"

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "It's no wonder Hongwen is angry. He waited for a year and finally got the top spot. Do you think anyone can get the top spot?"

Xu Chunying clapped her hands, "I didn't say I wouldn't buy it for him. I just don't have any money. The chicken farm won't be settled until the end of the year. And what we sell is eggs, not chickens, so the return on investment won't be that fast! He asked me to steal or rob! I just don't have it! Even if he forces me to death, I still can't! What can I do?!"

Zhang Xiuhua could also understand her difficulties, "Why don't you explain it to Hongwen in a nice voice?"

"He didn't listen and insisted that I lied to him!" Xu Chunying had a quarrel with her son and started to talk without caring about anything. "What's the point of having so many children? They are all injustices!"

Zhang Xiuhua listened silently without expressing any opinion.

Xu Chunying was probably tired of crying. She wiped her nose and looked at her, "Why aren't you talking?!"

"What I said won't work! Maybe you think crying works! Then just keep crying." Zhang Xiuhua answered absentmindedly.

Xu Chunying choked up and said, "I cried because I couldn't find a solution."

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it and came up with an idea for her.