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

In the afternoon, after school, Ji Lin asked Zhang Xiuhua for an alarm clock.

Zhang Xiuhua had bought it specially before, but he didn't wake up when she put it next to his ear, so she was a little skeptical about the effectiveness of this thing.

Her expression clearly said "Do you want this thing?"

Jilin took a deep breath and said, "Let me try!"

In order to get up early tomorrow, Jilin started doing his homework now. After finishing his homework, he went to bed 40 minutes earlier than usual.

Zhuzhu was a little uncomfortable seeing him fall asleep so quickly, "Are you really going to bed so early?"

"Yes!"

Zhuzhu whispered to her mother, "Mom, Brother Jilin has made up his mind."

Zhang Xiuhua answered loudly, "Of course! Jilin always keeps his word. You should learn from him in the future."

Inside the room, Ji Lin was lying on the kang and could hear the two people's voices clearly.

Perhaps out of concern for disturbing his sleep, he quickly turned off the lights in the main room and went back to his room to sleep.

But Jilin couldn't fall asleep. He counted sheep, "One sheep, two sheep, three sheep... Oh, how nice it would be if I had so many sheep. Oh, I haven't eaten mutton for a long time. The lamb in the state-owned restaurant is really delicious. When can I eat it again?"

It is even harder to fall asleep if you are thinking about something and your brain is working. Jilin finally fell asleep at the usual time.

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The first ray of sunlight in the early morning shone into the house, and the alarm clock rang so loudly that it seemed to blow the roof off.

Zhang Xiuhua in the next room turned over and looked out the window. It was already dawn.

Zhuzhu also woke up and asked with hazy eyes, "What time is it?"

Zhang Xiuhua glanced at the clock beside the bed and said, "It's still early. Go back to sleep."

Zhuzhu yawned and continued to sleep.

Ji Lin in the other room was in a state of conflict. It seemed as if two voices were fighting in his ears.

One was gentle and patient: "Go back to sleep. The bed is so soft and the quilt smells so good. Children need to be guaranteed to sleep. Otherwise, they will be sleepy during class. It's not worth it to get up early."

One of them yelled loudly: "Get up! Do you want to be a deadbeat?! Do you want to be looked down upon by Zhuzhu?!"

The two voices were at war with each other, and one seemed to overwhelm the other.

Finally, Jilin defeated himself and got up from the bed.

He put on his clothes and shoes, and rushed to the school to open the door. When he arrived, his classmates had not come yet. However, when he came out of the school gate, he bumped into his classmates. He immediately puffed out his chest proudly, "You go in quickly. I've opened the door."

When he got home he was no longer sleepy. He went to the kitchen to cook porridge, reheated the steamed buns, and took some pickles from the pickle jar.

When Zhuzhu got up, she saw breakfast on the table. She felt honored, "This is so rare. We have been siblings for so many years, and this is the first time you prepare breakfast for me, right?!"

Usually when Jilin couldn't get up, she would do it all by herself. But she wasn't one to suffer any loss, as Jilin would do the dinner.

Jilin had already washed up, "Isn't it just getting up early? You lose!"

Zhuzhu was happy even though she lost money. "As long as you can get up early, it doesn't matter if I lose once! We can be the boss together in the future!"

"No! I want to be the master of my own house." Ji Lin refused decisively.

Zhuzhu wasn't angry either, "Okay! You take one day, I take one day. The weekend will be exactly two days."

After Zhang Xiuhua finished washing up, she sat over and Ji Lin immediately asked Zhuzhu to give her the money.

Zhuzhu took out a penny and handed it to her mother. "Jilin woke up on his own today without anyone calling him. I'm impressed by him!"

Zhang Xiuhua also praised him, "It's really amazing! You know what? What I admire most is not geniuses, but people with perseverance. Geniuses are gifts from God, there is nothing to be proud of. But perseverance is the most respectable quality of a person. He defeated himself. This is a rare quality. Jilin has this potential, which is particularly rare."

It was the first time Zhuzhu heard her mother praise Jilin like this. She said with a bit of sourness, "Mom, what about me? Do I have perseverance?"

Zhang Xiuhua thought for a moment and said, "You are still too young to tell for now. I want to see if you can hold on."

Zhuzhu immediately patted her chest and assured, "Mom, I can definitely be a good class monitor." She then asked who else in the family had the perseverance?

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "Jidong and Youcai both have a certain amount of perseverance. Jidong likes reading. Youcai likes cooking and has persisted for more than ten years."

Zhuzhu smiled, "Mom, I think you have perseverance too."

Ji Lin muttered, "Flatterer!" He actually wanted to say he came, but she snatched it away.

Zhuzhu rolled her eyes and ignored him, continuing with a smile, "Everyone in the village says that you are still learning Russian at your age, but you don't take their words to heart at all. You still insist on getting up early every day to study and practice Russian. You have perseverance."

Zhang Xiuhua was so happy that she said, "Then we should all keep insisting. No matter if there is any result or not, we have learned something. This spirit can help us get twice the result with half the effort in the future."

Zhang Xiuhua was worried that Jilin would be too enthusiastic, so she immediately said with a smile, "Jilin helped me win a penny today. I'll stew chicken for you guys at noon."

Zhuzhu and Jilin immediately jumped up and laughed, "That's great!"

The two of them danced and shook their hips. They only ate meat when their older brother and sister came back. They hadn't eaten meat for two days.

After being happy, Zhuzhu remembered one more thing, "Mom, we don't have chickens at home."

"It's okay! I'll buy one from another store. I'll definitely let you have it, don't worry." Zhang Xiuhua patted her chest and assured.

Her credibility has always been good and she keeps her word, so Zhuzhu and Jilin couldn't help but look forward to it.

After breakfast, the two children went to school.

Zhang Xiuhua read the words for a while, and Aunt Wang came over to feed the chickens and pick up eggs. When she finished her work, Zhang Xiuhua asked if her family had a grown rooster.

Aunt Wang has a lot of roosters at home. After all, chicks are free, so it would be a waste not to take advantage of them.

She nodded, "Yes! I wanted to stew it for Tiegang during the New Year. But I raised too many chickens and couldn't eat them all. So I kept raising them. I've been very busy lately and have no time to go to the commune to sell them."

Since Aunt Wang was in charge of raising chickens, she was tied to Lijiatun. She couldn't even go to the commune to buy salt, let alone visit her daughter in other provinces.

Zhang Xiuhua immediately asked her to buy one. Aunt Wang Er wanted to be polite and didn't want money, but she insisted on paying.

After buying the chicken, she started cooking.

After school at noon, when they heard the bell, Jilin and Zhuzhu rushed out of the classroom immediately.

The two could smell the fragrance from a long distance!

They opened the door of their home and found that Zhang Xiuhua not only made braised chicken nuggets, but also cooked the fish that Jilin liked to eat.

"Mom, where did the fish come from?" The two children ran to wash their hands and returned to the table.

"I bought it! Eat it quickly!" Zhang Xiuhua picked up some food for the two children.

Zhuzhu and Jilin couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat. "Wow! It's so delicious! So juicy."

"Chicken is delicious too. It smells really good!" Zhuzhu was so happy that she was bubbling with joy. "Brother Jilin, you have to keep insisting. When we become the head of the family, we can eat meat three times a day!"

Jilin looked at the delicious fish and couldn't stop eating. He said incoherently, "Okay! I insist!"