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

In the Northeast, crops only come out once a year, so the staple food is only distributed this time. Zhang Xiuhua insisted on buying more.

Calculated per person, she could buy food for six children and two adults, which was 1,000 kilograms. She had exchanged food coupons at the grain station before, so she knew the price of food. Rice was 1.75 cents per kilogram. Millet was 1.22 cents per kilogram, sorghum and corn were 1.1 cents per kilogram, soybeans were 1.5 cents per kilogram, and mung beans and peanuts were 2 cents per kilogram.

Because it is a national unified sales and purchase, the price is the same across the country. Even in the Northeast, a major grain-producing province, the price is the same.

Of course, this is the price at the grain station. They grow their own grain, so they definitely don’t ask for tickets. They directly exchange it for work points, and then convert it into silver money, so the price is lower than that of the grain station.

After a day of calculation by the brigade cadres, the work points were finally calculated.

The work value was 0.547 yuan, and one work point was equal to ten work points. In other words, a strong laborer could only earn cents a day with ten work points.

Zhang Xiuhua complained in her heart, no wonder the farmers at that time always wanted to be workers. You know, a worker's monthly salary is at least 20 or 30 yuan, which is more than what a strong laborer earns, and the work is easier.

Unfortunately, she had to educate her children and couldn't go to the city to work.

They were cleaning the utility room when someone outside called out to them to go to the granary first.

Because they have to spend money to buy work points, they have to collect food first so that they have money to share with other villagers.

Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua hurried to the brigade's granary. The children went to pick beans. It rained all day yesterday, and they had rested enough, so they wanted to pick some more.

When we arrived at the brigade headquarters, many villagers had already arrived and were queuing up to buy food.

Almost all the adults in every household went out to help. The food was so heavy that it definitely took strong labor to carry it back.

Li Jianguo rode a bicycle, and Zhang Xiuhua sat behind him. When they arrived, she jumped off the back seat and saw the end of the team. They were a group of young people, dressed like the villagers, and some of them even wore glasses. But Zhang Xiuhua could tell at a glance that they were educated youth.

Why did she know that? Because she knew the girl in the blue polyester coat.

The girl's name was Zhou Pandi, and she was also her former female boss. In 1992, Zhou Pandi had a child, and because she was busy with work and had no time to take care of the child, she hired her as a nanny.

Zhang Xiuhua learned a lot from her. Unfortunately, Zhou Pandi later went to Hong Kong to develop her career. Zhang Xiuhua was reluctant to leave her child behind and did not follow her.

She was watching intently. Zhou Pandi seemed to notice something and turned her head to look over. Their eyes met. Zhang Xiuhua smiled subconsciously. Zhou Pandi was obviously stunned and was obviously wondering who the other person was.

After Zhang Xiuhua smiled, she immediately walked to the front.

Li Xiaoying, who was standing with Zhou Pandi, asked curiously, "Do you know him?"

Zhou Pandi shook her head, "I don't know him."

"Why is she smiling at you?"

Zhou Pandi had no idea, but she never made enemies with anyone, so she just changed the subject, "I don't think I've seen her."

Li Xiaoying had never seen her before. Logically, this woman was older than them, so she shouldn't be a new bride. But why had she never appeared in the village? "Maybe she's a relative who came to visit?"

The two did not take it seriously until they reached the front of the line and other villagers left one after another, and then they saw Zhang Xiuhua.

After Zhang Xiuhua received all the food, Li Jianguo transported it back on his bicycle, and she stayed there to guard the remaining food.

Li Xiaoying curiously asked other villagers and found out that Zhang Xiuhua was indeed a newly married daughter-in-law with three children.

There were people in the village who were planning to take advantage of Li Jianguo. Were there no educated youth among them?

They are not like Xu Hongmei, who is motivated by a military filter and simply does not want to do farm work.

When they first went to the countryside, they were full of enthusiasm, thinking that they would have a broad space and a bright future. But after they arrived, they found that farming life was really hard. Especially for these female educated youth, they did not earn as many work points as men, and the food they were given was not enough to eat. The gap was too big, so they wanted to return to the city, but it was not easy to get a place to return to the city.

Since I can't go back, I might as well find a man to marry. But if I get married, does that mean I don't have to earn work points?

Look at those aunties and grandmas, they all work like men, doing hard labor like harvesting wheat. It doesn't seem easy at all.

So they wanted to marry workers. But there were too few young men from the village who went to the city to work as workers. After searching around, there were only a few, and they were all in high demand, having already been spotted by city girls.

Li Xiaoying and Zhou Pandi were both ordinary looking. Not only did the workers look down on them, but even the ordinary guys looked down on them.

At that time, not all city girls had good conditions. Take Zhou Pandi for example. She was the eldest of five children. She had a bunch of younger brothers and sisters who all depended on their parents' salary.

She had to cook and wash clothes for her family when she was four years old. Her skin color was no different from that of rural people. Her only advantage as a city dweller was that she had studied for a few years. But nowadays, people with education are not popular.

The government doesn't assign jobs. The tuition fees are so expensive every semester. It's useless to study. Rural people only let their children study for a few years, just to make sure they don't become blind. Few families are willing to support them to go to junior high school or high school.

Let me put it this way, there is no primary school in Lijiatun yet. Students still come from the neighboring village.

It’s not that the village didn’t want to build a primary school, but the higher authorities didn’t allow the school to be built, and their team didn’t have the money, so they could only make do with the education.

Li Xiaoying and Zhou Pandyi can only remain single, and it seems that they don't want to get married at this time.

When the educated youth lined up to receive food, Zhang Xiuhua leaned over and took a look.

The brigade accountant calculated the work points and said, "Li Xiaoying can get 320 kilograms of food."

After deducting the 250 kilograms of food for the population, her work points could only be exchanged for 70 kilograms of food. This food was naturally not enough to eat. So she asked the brigade accountant for more work points on credit.

When these educated youth first arrived, they had some money, but no matter how much money they had, it would eventually run out. Later, their money became tighter and they could only pay work points in arrears.

But they owed money every year and never paid it back. The team couldn't make up the bill, so how could the brigade accountant let the villagers suffer losses? This time he refused to do so, saying, "No more debts this year. If you don't have enough work points, you can buy it with your own money."

He also used Zhang Xiuhua as an example, "Li Jianguo from our village is also from our village. When his work points were insufficient, they paid him to make up for it. Are you closer to him than he is?"

The villagers naturally favored their own people. Good things were given to their own people first. When food was distributed, it was given to the people in the team first. The educated youth had to line up at the back.

The educated youth made a fuss at first, but the production team later allocated them plots of land and let them cultivate the land themselves.

These educated youth had no idea how to farm, so their harvests were far less than those of the villagers, and the food they received was even less.

So everyone learned their lesson and stopped making trouble with the team.

Li Xiaoying was so angry that her eyes turned red. Zhou Pandi stood next to Li Xiaoying and said to the brigade accountant, "Let's buy work points this year. If we don't have enough food, we will starve to death. If the commune sends people to investigate, you will be in trouble too."

As soon as these words came out, several brigade cadres looked at her.

The captain waved his hand and said, "Buy it for her."

Li Xiaoying hugged Zhou Pandi's arm and asked, "Where did you get the money?"

"Ask my parents for it." Zhou Pandi sighed.

Li Xiaoying thanked Zhou Pandi and said, "I will definitely pay you back in the future."

Zhou Pandi nodded, "But I don't have enough money, so I can only lend you ten dollars."

Li Xiaoying had a bitter face. She knew how stingy the Zhou family was to Zhou Pandi. Zhou Pandi had saved up a lot of money to lend her ten yuan. But ten yuan was still not enough. What should she do?

Zhou Pandi bought work points and received 450 kilograms of grain. Li Xiaoying didn't have enough money, so she only received 388 kilograms of grain.

The two men moved the grain onto a cart, waited for other educated youth to weigh the grain, and then pulled it back together.

Li Xiaoying is a heartless person. Her bad mood comes and goes quickly. She is also very outgoing and greets Zhang Xiuhua, "Where are you from?"

"We're from Jiang Province." Zhang Xiuhua smiled at the two of them.

"Why did you smile at her just now?" Li Xiaoying spoke directly and asked casually.

Zhang Xiuhua just reacted subconsciously, but when Li Xiaoying asked, she did not panic, but talked about another matter, "I have two children who have never been to school. Now that school has started, I would like to ask you to give them extra lessons, is that okay? Don't worry, I will definitely not let your help be in vain."

Li Xiaoying obviously didn't expect the other party to have this plan, so she turned around and asked Zhou Panddy for her opinion.

Zhou Pandi did not agree rashly, but asked her how old the child was and what he had learned before.

Zhang Xiuhua told Jidong and Baolin everything about their situation.

Jidong is seven years old, Baolin is six. In the countryside, going to school is easy. As long as you are six years old, you can go.

Zhang Xiuhua doesn't want Jidong to lag behind his peers. "Jidong has never been to school, but he is very smart. I want him to catch up with other children his age. Then he can go straight to the second grade."

Li Xiaoying leaned over and whispered, "It's not easy to teach a child. What do you give?"

Zhang Xiuhua thought for a moment and said, "Five cents an hour."

This was not a low salary, because at that time the salary of a rural primary school teacher was only 6 yuan, and the working hours were still ten hours a day.

Li Xiaoying's eyes were shining, and she wished she could agree right away, but she held back and subconsciously looked at Zhou Pandi.

"Let me see the child's aptitude first. If I can't teach him, I can't delay him."

"Row!"