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

Youcai put down the pencil case, always feeling that his words were strange, and put his arm around his shoulders, "I was just saying it casually, are you afraid that I will think Aunt Zhang favors you?"

Jilin looked up suddenly, "No."

He explained in a low voice, "I'm afraid you'll ask me to pay you back!"

He just heard that Youcai didn't have money to go out to eat and eat with his classmates. If Youcai hadn't lent him the money, he would have money to eat.

Youcai only remembered after he reminded her, "Oh, yes, you lent me fifty. I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me!"

Jilin blinked, "Ah! Forgot?!"

Youcai waved his hand, "It's okay! Aunt Zhang gave me extra food allowance, and I'm not in a hurry to use the money now. Pay me back when you have money."

Jilin breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Youcai didn't rush him, he felt there was no need to run to open the door early in the morning.

He wanted to stay in bed again on Monday morning, and someone was knocking on the door. He got out of bed, handed the key to the other person through the door, and ran back to his room to sleep.

Only after Zhuzhu heated up the breakfast did he come out of the house in a hurry.

"Are you not going to be the head of the locksmith or the head of the family?" Zhuzhu reminded him, "Mom said she wants to see how we perform. Only those who do well in class are qualified to be the head of the family."

Ji Lin told Youcai that he was not in a hurry to use the money, "I am the head of the family just for the salary. Since Youcai is not in a hurry to use the money, there is no need for me to treat myself badly."

Getting up forty minutes earlier every day is killing him.

Zhang Xiuhua washed up and sat down. When she heard what he said, her eyebrows knitted tightly. "Jilin, it's not right for you to do this. Youcai lent you the money because he was kind. If you keep owing the money and don't pay it back, who will be willing to lend you money next time you need it?! Now that your family doesn't raise pigs anymore, you have no source of income. Are you going to keep owing this money? Jilin, you can't be a deadbeat, understand?"

Jilin is always slow to do things and is often scolded by his family. He used to not feel embarrassed. But when he heard the name "Laolai", he still felt hurt. How could his mother call him "Laolai"? He usually keeps his word. It's really hard to get up early.

After dinner, Jilin hurried to school.

During the break, the head teacher talked to him and said, "I heard that it was classmate Xu who came to your house to get the key this morning. This is not right. I asked you to be the lockmaster so that you can open the door. If your role is just to keep the key, why don't I put the key in the hands of a classmate who lives closer to home?!"

Jilin lowered his head. Being criticized by the teacher, he felt a little sour in his heart. He wanted to cry, felt a little sad, and also a little self-blame.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the head teacher said in a stern voice, "If you don't want to come and open the door, I won't force you. Can you hand over the key?!"

Jilin fumbled for the key in his pocket, and thinking of his mother's criticism of him in the morning, he suddenly plucked up the courage and said, "Teacher, I was wrong. I will definitely come to open the door from tomorrow."

The head teacher didn't want to punish the child, so seeing that he seemed to have made up his mind, he said, "Okay! I'll trust you again."

After leaving the office, Jilin wanted to slap himself. Why was he showing off? He obviously couldn't get up, so why did he agree?

He held the key in his hand, wanting to cry but unable to cry, and kicked the wall from time to time. It was all because of his bad mouth! Ahhhh, his lazy sleep was gone forever!

After school at noon, Jilin went home to eat, but he was absent-minded.

Zhuzhu was chatting with her mother about the fun things she experienced as a class monitor. "Today the math teacher was sick and asked for leave. I was responsible for maintaining class discipline. I also assigned homework to my classmates."

Zhang Xiuhua looked at her in surprise, "Is your classmate capable?"

"I said it was assigned by the math teacher, but they didn't know." Zhuzhu snickered, "Am I smart?"

Zhang Xiuhua patted her head and praised her politely, "Smart!"

Zhuzhu asked again with a shameless face, "Mom, I'm the head of the family, how much living expenses do you give me every day?"

"One dollar and fifty cents a day." Zhang Xiuhua had already thought about it. It couldn't be too high, and it couldn't be too low either. After all, there were so many children to feed.

Zhuzhu's eyes lit up. One dollar and fifty cents? "I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat for three meals a day."

Zhang Xiuhua twitched her lips. Is this child stupid? Doesn't she know the price of meat? Not to mention eating meat for three meals a day, this money is only enough for one meal.

But she didn't discourage her, "We agreed that you're the boss, so of course you have the final say. If you want to eat meat, let's eat it!"

Zhuzhu was so happy that she danced with joy and ate her rice with big mouthfuls. "Then I will definitely be a good monitor."

Zhang Xiuhua encouraged her with a smile, "Okay! Mom is waiting for you!"

She turned her head to look at Jilin, "What's wrong with you? Are you planning to return the key to the teacher?"

Jilin told the class teacher that he had promised him that he would be a good locksmith.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him with new eyes, "How could you make such a decision? I never thought it would happen!"

This kid is incredibly lazy. Even when it thundered outside, he didn't even get up!

Zhuzhu poured cold water on him, "Didn't you not want to be the lock master before? The teacher asked you for the key, why did you insist on being the lock master?! What if you can't get up? It's like losing face twice."

She shook her head like a little adult. Obviously, she was not optimistic that Jilin would be able to get up. Getting up four minutes early could kill him, and getting up forty minutes early would be an earthquake-level disaster.

Ji Lin felt looked down upon by her and immediately straightened his back, "Who said that?! I can definitely do it! Stop looking down on me!"

Jilin ate a few mouthfuls of rice and ran to school.

Zhuzhu asked her mother, "How long do you think Brother Jilin can hold on?"

Zhang Xiuhua really wasn't sure because Ji Lin was very noisy in his previous life.

She didn't answer, and Zhuzhu held up a finger, "I don't think he can last even a day!"

Zhang Xiuhua naturally stood by her son and encouraged him, so she said, "I think Jilin can definitely hold on. At least..." She thought for a moment, "At least a week!"

I don't dare to gamble any more! This kid is so lazy!

Zhuzhu was happy, "Mom, I'll bet with you. The stake is one cent."

During the Chinese New Year, they would also play cards, but the limit was limited to one or two cents. Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Okay!"

Zhuzhu was in a hurry to go to school, so she pushed the bowl aside and skipped out the door.

She ran very fast and soon caught up with Ji Lin, who was regretting his boasting in front of her.

He just boasted again. As soon as he left the house, he wanted to slap himself.

Zhuzhu catches up with him from behind and tells him that she made a bet with her mother.

Ji Lin was a little touched when he learned that his mother bet that he could last at least a week, but... "Oh, it's so hard to get up!"

"In order to win money, I won't call you tomorrow. I want to see if you can get up!" Zhuzhu stuck out her tongue at him, obviously happy that she was about to get a penny for gambling.

Seeing her arrogant look, Ji Lin put his hands to his mouth and made a trumpet shape, "Don't look down on me! I won't need you to wake me up tomorrow. I can still get up early!"

It's just waking up 40 minutes earlier, what's so difficult about that?! He can definitely do it!

When Zhuzhu disappeared from the school gate, Jilin finally slapped himself. He had boasted again!