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

When guests came to the house, they didn't sleep on the kang, but set up a table in the TV room.

When Qiaoling and Weiguo entered the inner room, they saw the color TV. They were stunned for a long time, blocking their way.

It was not until Sun Guangming urged them that they woke up from their dream and called their father, "There is a TV here! It's bigger than the one we have."

Sun Guangming also saw it, but he knew that his second brother-in-law worked in the Railway Bureau and had a good income, so he had enough money to buy a TV.

Li Jianguo turned on the TV.

The two children were so shocked that they were speechless when they saw it was a color TV, because their family had bought a black and white TV.

Sun Guangming couldn't help but ask Li Jianguo about the price.

Upon learning the price, Sun Guangming took a deep breath, "Your family has so many children, yet you can still afford a TV. It seems you earn a lot."

"You know that I get a fixed salary. It's my wife who is capable. She partnered with the villagers to set up a chicken farm, and the business is pretty good." Li Jianguo couldn't hide his pride in his words.

Li Fengjiao did not tell her husband about her investment in the chicken farm. Even her husband did not know about it. Why would she be on guard against the man next to her? This is complicated to explain. In a word, she and Sun Guangming were just suitable for each other. There was no love. When her husband did not help her when her parents-in-law made things difficult for her, she felt disappointed with him.

She started out investing with her husband and wife's savings, and later she used the profits as her own piggy bank.

When Sun Guangming learned that chicken farms could make money, he was naturally very tempted and asked if he could invest as well.

Li Fengjiao told him, "Chicken farms are not necessarily profitable. There are two chicken farms in the village, and the other one went bankrupt because I heard it didn't make any money."

When Sun Guangming heard about the risk, he immediately changed his mind and said, "Forget it! Let's just go to work honestly."

Even though the matter has been exposed, the two children are still very curious about color TV and stare at it intently.

The TV was still replaying the Spring Festival Gala, which they had already watched, but color looked much better than black and white.

Seeing that the two children were only concerned with watching TV, Sun Guangming could only urge them to eat their vegetables.

After dinner, Li Fengjiao left on bicycles with her husband and children.

In the next few days, the children had fun while someone took over Zhang Xiuhua's chicken farm.

Tie Lihua was in charge of the new chicken farm. She originally wanted to go to the south to work, but the team leader took into consideration that she had a child and Tie Niu would have no one to take care of him, so he decided to let her take charge of raising chickens.

As for Zhang Xiuhua's chicken farm, it was taken over by Aunt Wang Er and is relatively close to home.

The chicken farm deal was finalized.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, 32 people from the Lijiatun production team left, all of them going south to work. In addition to Lijiatun, there were less than 10 people from several nearby villages who followed. These people were relatives of the 32 people.

It was a spectacular sight to see so many people setting out together.

Many relatives were reluctant to see them off and told them to write back if they had any problems.

After seeing these people off, the village suddenly became much quieter.

Aunt Wang seemed to have become quiet. Except for sleeping, she stayed with Zhang Xiuhua almost all the time. In her words, when she returned home, she saw a cold stove and no one to talk to.

Zhang Xiuhua believes that people are different. Some like quietness, while others like noise.

Aunt Wang likes to be busy and even lets her husband go south to work. Zhang Xiuhua doesn't quite understand, "You're a little too optimistic. It's not like the family doesn't make money. Why go so far?!"

Aunt Wang was also worried. "My daughter Xinghua is married, but Tiegang is dating someone at the steel plant. She's from the city. Not to mention the betrothal gift, I'm worried that Caigang will be looked down upon by the girl. Can we live like this in the future?!"

"You're going to live in the girl's house from now on?" Zhang Xiuhua felt something was not right.

"They say he'll have to wait for the factory to allocate welfare housing, but I think that's a stretch. He's only been working for a short time, so it's unlikely to be his turn so soon." Aunt Wang was not afraid of her making fun of him. "He may live with the girl's family. Don't you think this is like a live-in son-in-law?"

There are two types of live-in sons-in-law: one is wary of the son-in-law, like Zhang Sixi, and the other is to treat the son-in-law as his own son, like Zhang Sanxi.

Aunt Wang was worried that her son would be wronged and disliked by his father-in-law like Zhang Sixi. So she wanted to make more money so that in the future...

"Let's make more money and see if we can buy a house in the provincial capital." Aunt Wang sighed, "Tiegang asked around and learned that a private house would cost at least three thousand, but we don't have that much money. That's why Xinghua's father is going to the south to try his luck."

Zhang Xiuhua understood. She said, at such an old age, why did she leave her family to live a good life and go to the south to suffer hardships? It turned out that she did it to buy a house for her son.

In the blink of an eye, Baolin, Yaoyao and Youcai started school. Baolin and Youcai were in the graduating class and had a lot of homework to do after returning home.

Once they leave, it will be Jidong's turn.

When he came, he only brought a few pieces of clothes, but when he left, he brought a big bag full of knitted sweaters.

"I will weave it again later. I will ask your uncle to send it to you then." Zhang Xiuhua told him not to worry.

Jidong nodded and asked his aunt to study Russian well. "I will help you find Russian tapes later. You can practice by watching and listening to the tapes."

When she was studying, the whole family provided convenience. Especially Jidong, who also studied with her. He learned much faster than Zhang Xiuhua, and came to teach her as soon as he learned a little.

She can now speak a few common phrases.

After the children left, elementary school started.

Zhang Xiuhua doesn't need to raise chickens and doesn't plan to raise pigs this year. She has a lot of free time and plenty of time to practice Russian.

It’s a pity that Jidong is gone, otherwise with a teacher, she would learn faster.

A few days after the Lantern Festival, Li Jianguo bought two minks, two foxes and two raccoon dogs from his friends.

Including our own fox, there are seven animals in total.

To prevent them from fighting, Li Jianguo also added a wall in the middle of the breeding pen to prevent them from coming in. In addition, he also covered it with barbed wire to prevent them from jumping out if they were too active.

"Are you selling the pheasant?" Li Jianguo looked at the only pheasant in the chicken coop.

This pheasant is really beautiful. Even after seven years, its feathers are still as bright and beautiful as ever.

Zhang Xiuhua thought for a moment and said, "Send it to the zoo? If we sell it, it will most likely be eaten. If we let it free-range, I don't think it will survive long."

She had raised this pheasant for so many years that it no longer had the ability to survive in the wild. Letting it go would be the same as letting it die.

Li Jianguo nodded in agreement.

In the blink of an eye, all the chicks in the new chicken farm were hatched. The team leader called a meeting of all members, and any member who wanted chicks could go and choose one.

Why do we have to give the chickens to the members? Because we only need hens for laying hens. And we can't tell the gender of chickens by eggs alone. So if we want to raise 10,000 hens, we need to hatch 20,000 eggs. The extra roosters will be distributed to the members below. It's free. This is just to avoid waste.

This is why Zhang Xiuhua raised 30 roosters last year. She is relatively lucky, as many families in the village raise 70 or 80 roosters. Roosters are not as profitable as hens, but that does not mean a loss. Roosters are sold faster. They can be slaughtered for meat after 100 days. Hens need at least 120 days to lay eggs.