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

"I finally understand why Jianxin wanted them to stay at home. These two kids are really naughty. What was he thinking?!"

Zhang Xiuhua thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he can't bear to leave his grandfather. After all, he was the one who grew up under his care."

Everyone was sighing.

At this time, cremation is only implemented for some retired employees, or for the elderly in some big cities. The elderly in rural areas still practice burial.

After the coffin is sealed, relatives and friends come to burn incense. After the funeral is completed, the body is buried on the seventh day.

Zhang Xiuhua was busy carrying plates and serving food.

Some children were running around, so she had to be careful not to spill the hot soup or food on them.

Just as she was worrying, two children in ragged clothes ran by like a gust of wind. Zhang Xiuhua narrowly avoided them and the hot soup spilled directly onto her hands. In order not to waste the food, she could only hold it steadily.

Zhang Xiuhua put down the vegetables, soaked her hands in cold water, and wanted to tell them to slow down, but they were too fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Xiuhua thought the two children were relatives' children, so she stopped Miao Xiaohua's eldest daughter-in-law and asked her to remind the two children to run slower.

"What outfit?" Miao Xiaohua's eldest daughter-in-law didn't see the person, so she didn't know who she was talking about.

"They were dressed in rags and old clothes, like refugees, and as thin as monkeys." Zhang Xiuhua would not describe them like this under normal circumstances, but she had just been burned by the two children, and although there were no blisters, it was still very painful. Unexpectedly, Miao Xiaohua's eldest daughter-in-law's face changed immediately.

Zhang Xiuhua was very busy. When she saw her leave, she thought the other party had agreed and continued to serve the dishes.

However, Aunt Wang told her that the two were not relatives but children born to Miao Xiaohua's eldest son.

Zhang Xiuhua was so shocked that she didn't say anything for a long time. No wonder the other person's face changed. If someone else said her son was a refugee, she would be angry. But... is the family so poor? He wore such old clothes for such an important occasion. His face was as thin as a monkey. How did he keep it that way? !

She could only continue to pretend she didn't know, so as to avoid the other party becoming jealous of her again.

At noon, after Zhuzhu and Jilin got out of school, they sat here, ate, and then went back to school.

Customers came one after another, and Zhang Xiuhua kept serving dishes, and her arms were sore and tired.

She asked Li Jianguo to help her serve the dishes, and she washed the dishes herself next to the well.

Just as the noise was going on, she heard two donkey brays. She looked up subconsciously and saw Xiangxiang riding the donkey straight into the yard. She subconsciously dodged to the side.

The donkey rushed towards the paper mourning hall, and in an instant the hall was on the verge of collapse.

Several adults standing nearby subconsciously reached out to help, but the paper-made objects were not strong enough. Even though they reacted quickly, they were still a step too late.

"Why are Xiangxiang or Ruirui so naughty?!" The adults felt a little headache looking at the dilapidated mourning hall.

It's no wonder that adults can't tell them apart, the two children look too much alike. Even Miao Xiaohua, their grandmother, can't tell them apart.

Li Jianxin was burning paper in the main room when he heard the donkey's bray. He immediately came out of the room and saw his son riding a donkey through the mourning hall.

"How could this unlucky child be so good at cheating others!" Miao Xiaohua was so angry that she took off her shoes and wanted to beat the child. Too bad! She had to beat him!

He just did something weird last night and almost scared her to death, and now he is riding a donkey again. He seems to want to kill her.

Xiangxiang also knew that he had made a mistake. He looked at his father pitifully and said, "I didn't mean to do that. I brought it here to pull the coffin."

He heard the adults talking about carrying the coffin last night. The coffin was very heavy, especially in the snowy weather, the coldest time of the year, at least eight people were needed to bury it.

The adults discussed the number of people and seemed to have encountered a problem. He thought that they could use a donkey to pull it. And tie a carriage to the back, just like the donkey of the captain's family.

Miao Xiaohua couldn't control her temper and spanked Xiangxiang twice. The child felt aggrieved and started crying immediately.

Li Jianxin snatched the shoes from Miao Xiaohua's hand, "Mom, Xiangxiang has good intentions, he doesn't want to damage the funeral hall. Don't be angry."

Miao Xiaohua also felt sorry for her grandson, so when she saw Xiangxiang crying, she didn't say anything.

Li Jianxin's sister-in-law cursed, "What bad luck!"

It was definitely not possible to set up the mourning hall now, so it was eventually moved to the main hall.

Li Jianxin asked Xiangxiang and Ruirui to take the donkey home.

Xiangxiang wiped away his tears and refused to take the donkey home no matter what, "It can carry coffins."

"No! We have to carry him by ourselves!" Li Jianxin rubbed his head.

Xiangxiang didn't quite understand, "Why?"

Li Jianxin was not sure how to explain it. "This is a custom. You will understand it when you grow up."

Xiangxiang and Ruirui were just children after all and could not fight against customs, so the two brothers finally led the donkey back home.

After the funeral, Li Jianguo went back to work.

After half a month, Li Jianguo came back and brought a teacher with him.

He has invited the person back home. Zhang Xiuhua was extremely surprised. She invited the person into the house and asked Jilin and Zhuzhu to accompany the guest. She took Li Jianguo to the kitchen and asked, "What's going on? Didn't you say you wanted to ask? Why did you bring the person back?"

"He said he wanted to come here to look for suitable talents, so I invited him to my home to help me. He agreed." Li Jianguo explained that they met on the railway. He heard him chatting with a few friends and learned that the other party was the coach of the national team. He thought the opportunity should not be missed and went up to talk to him.

It turns out that the national team coaches often go down to select talents. The sports schools below are also happy to recommend talents, and these coaches can also receive rewards.

Li Jianguo told Baolin about his situation. After listening to his statement, the other party felt that Baolin did have some talent, but he wanted to observe it in person.

Zhang Xiuhua suddenly realized, "So that's what happened. That's really a coincidence."

She motioned to Li Jianguo to go back inside to entertain the guests and asked the children to come over to help.

She cooked an iron pot stew and served it to the table. The coach was a little flattered and said, "It's so rich."

The coach's name is Li Changmo. He doesn't teach ice skating. In fact, there is no dedicated ice skating team in the country yet.

"But there are athletes from China participating in this event. And they are from the Harbin Sports Team."

At that time, ice skating was an unpopular sport, and most parents just let their children play it for fun, and rarely let their children make it a career.

Hearing that Li Jianguo was willing to let his child learn this, and that the country might participate in the Winter Olympics in the future to enhance its reputation, he thought of it as a good relationship and came to see it. If it turned out to be a good seedling, he could also be regarded as recruiting a talent for the country.

People at that time were very simple, and they were all for the good of the country. Even if the national team did not have a skating team, and his promotion of Baolin would not bring him any benefits, as long as it was for the good of the country, he felt that his trip was worth it.

After eating and drinking, it was already dark. Li Jianguo meant to go to school tomorrow.

This time he didn't come back in time for the weekend, and the children had just had their holiday two days ago, so if he wanted him to come back, he would have to wait another ten days. Li Jianguo naturally couldn't let Li Changmo wait, so he planned to take him there tomorrow.

But Li Changmo was impatient and couldn't wait until tomorrow. "Let's try it tonight. I see there are many small rivers here, we can slide on the surface of the river."

Li Jianguo thought that he had something urgent to do and didn't want to delay his work, so he agreed.

He took his skates and went to middle school with Li Changmo.

Call Baolin out of the evening study classroom, take her to the lake near the school, and let her slide.

Baolin didn't understand what Uncle Li was up to, but she had been trying to scrape together money to buy a pair of skates these days, and now the money hadn't been scraped together yet, but the shoes had been delivered. She took them, squatted down, put them on, and skated on the ice according to Li Jianguo's instructions.

She had never learned any tricks, and her only teacher was the skating competitions on TV. She remembered the movements and speed of the contestants vividly. She imitated their movements and skated around and around.

There are many types of skating: figure skating, for example, focuses on the quality and artistry of the movements. Short track speed skating focuses on speed, technique, physical fitness, psychology and tactics. Speed ​​skating focuses on endurance, technique and other aspects.

Baolin's movements cannot be described as graceful, they are more for the purpose of saving energy. This child may not have much artistic talent.

"Has she learned it?"

Li Jianguo nodded. "She learned it from watching TV. No one taught her."

Li Changmo is not a professional skating coach, he is a track and field team coach, in fact, the selection criteria for sports are somewhat similar. He thinks Baolin has good explosive power and endurance.

"I suggest you take your child to a sports team for a tryout. There are professional coaches there. She does have some talent."

Li Jianguo was overjoyed and asked him for the address, planning to take a leave and take the children there.