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

The children had all gone to pick beans, so there was no way to test her now. Zhang Xiuhua could only make an appointment in the evening.

Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying were not in a hurry and nodded in agreement.

Another educated youth put the food on the cart, and the three of them pushed the cart towards the educated youth site.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at the direction they were leaving. It was only a little distance from the village, but not too far. It was only a few hundred meters away. From a distance, there was a layer of adobe walls outside, and inside were several adobe houses with tiled roofs. On the wall were painted red characters: "Serve the People". There was also a threshing ground in front of the door, but the area was much smaller than that of their village.

Just by looking at it from the outside, Zhang Xiuhua could guess that the life of the educated youth was not easy. No wonder Zhou Pandi never mentioned her going to the countryside.

She was so engrossed in watching that Li Jianguo came over on his bicycle with one last bag of food left. Zhang Xiuhua could sit in the back.

By noon, all the children came back.

Zhang Xiuhua told Jidong about the tutoring, and the point was to let Jidong go directly to the second grade.

"You are so smart, I think it would be better for you to go straight to the second grade." Zhang Xiuhua knows how smart Jidong is. Going to school one year earlier means starting work one year earlier. The opportunities will be different then.

Li Jianguo felt that she was forcing things too fast. "Jidong has not learned anything yet, and you let him go straight to the second grade. He will definitely not be able to keep up. The child will become tired of studying later."

Speaking of this, he rubbed Youcai's head and said, "This child doesn't really like going to school."

Zhang Xiuhua was a little hesitant. She was only thinking about Jidong's future development and ignored this point. So she asked Jidong, "What do you think? Do you want to go directly to the second grade, or the first grade? If you want to go to the second grade, I can ask the educated youth to come and tutor you. You have to study hard to keep up. If you really can't keep up, go back to the first grade. Try it first."

Jidong lowered his head and thought for a while, "Then I'll go to the second grade."

Zhang Xiuhua rubbed his head and said, "From today on, you can't pick beans with other people, and you can't play. You have to make full use of your free time to study. Can you do it?"

Jidong barely thought about it and said, "Yes!"

After dinner, Li Jianguo found a school for his two children.

The school is located in Zhoujiatun. The tuition and miscellaneous fees for each semester are RMB 1.5. The cost of books is separate, but the price is not expensive, only 40 cents per book.

But there were definitely no books now, so Li Jianguo borrowed three sets of books from the older children in the village.

It is the busy farming season and school teachers also have to go to the fields to earn work points, so the children naturally have holidays.

School officially starts on October 10th. There is still half a month left, Baolin should be able to catch up. Jidong is a bit dangerous. That child is smarter than ordinary children, but he is not a genius who can learn more than a year's content in half a month.

But the child was happy and Xiuhua followed the child, so Li Jianguo couldn't say anything.

After taking the book home, Jidong and Baolin didn't mind that it was old, and they touched it lovingly.

Youcai pointed at the two of them and laughed, "Your hard days are coming. If you don't study hard in class, the teacher will spank your hands."

The teachers at this time are very dedicated, and parents will not go to the school to find the teachers because of corporal punishment.

Standing in the corner for not doing homework is considered a light punishment. In serious cases, the punishment may include spanking on the calves or palms.

Baolin was a little scared when he heard him say that.

Zhang Xiuhua touched her head and said, "No. As long as you study hard, the teacher will like you very much."

Jidong didn't take Youcai's words to heart.

In the evening, Zhou Pandyi and Li Xiaoying came to attend class.

The two children really have no foundation at all.

However, these two children are more enthusiastic about learning than other children. Unlike other families, children are not forced to study by their parents.

Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying decided to teach them.

So the two of them divided the work, Zhou Pandyi was responsible for teaching Jidong, and Li Xiaoying taught Baolin.

The two had never taught before, and their teaching methods were a bit rote.

Zhou Pandi is a meticulous teacher, Li Xiaoying has little patience and likes gossip. Baolin has a lot to talk about with her, and although they didn't attend many classes together, they did talk about a lot of gossip in the village.

Zhang Xiuhua overheard outside and coughed softly. Li Xiaoying then realized belatedly that she was there for class.

Because of this incident, Li Xiaoying's face was red when she came out of class.

Looking at Zhang Xiuhua, he said a little embarrassedly, "My class today doesn't count."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't care about the money, what she cared about was missing classes, so she suggested that they switch.

Jidong has a dull personality, so if Li Xiaoying attends the class, perhaps they can complement each other.

Li Xiaoying hesitated, "I am not as good as Pan Di in my studies."

She could tell that Zhang Xiuhua had originally wanted to find Zhou Pandi. Baolin had only missed one month of classes, so he could probably catch up in half a month. Jidong had missed more than a year of classes, so he would have to make up for it over the winter. She and Zhou Pandi were friends, so it was not good to steal her opportunity.

Zhang Xiuhua insisted that she teach him, "It's okay. I'm not asking you to teach him high school. You should have no problem with elementary school knowledge, right?"

She looked at Zhou Pandi again, "Baolin has missed a few classes, but she is a bit erratic, and I'm afraid she will be a flash in the pan, so I hope you can teach her in advance so that she will be more confident in class."

Baolin's IQ is not as good as Jidong's. In her previous life, Baolin's academic performance was very poor, and she failed two courses. She was hit hard by a poor test, and her grades got worse and worse. In the end, she dropped out of school before graduating from elementary school.

If she wanted Baolin to like learning in this life, she had to increase her self-confidence.

Zhou Pandi nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll help her sort out the knowledge."

The two children then had classes every night. They were not idle during the day. In the morning, they had to finish the homework assigned by the teacher and then review it. In the afternoon, they had free time. They could go pick beans or play in the village. It was up to them.

Yaoyao likes playing with Baolin very much. When she sees Baolin studying, she follows her and learns from her. Baolin likes this little sister and is happy to teach her.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiuhua asked Zhou Pandi to teach Yaoyao at the same time. It was agreed before that each person would teach one child, and one more child would be charged an extra cent. Zhou Pandi naturally had no objection.

While the children were busy, Zhang Xiuhua was not idle either.

The distribution of grain did not mean the end of farm work. They still had to plant autumn vegetables.

Since the Northeast gets cold earlier than other places, it is impossible to grow two crops. So after harvesting corn, they plant autumn vegetables, such as radish, cabbage, carrot, mustard, buluk, eggplant, cucumber, spinach and other cold-resistant vegetables.

In her previous life, Zhang Xiuhua often lay in bed and watched TV. She saw that people in the Northeast would grow green onions, and some were taller than others. But this variety did not exist at that time. Not only green onions, but also the most common long white radishes in later generations did not exist. It is estimated that this variety was developed later.

There was no need to pay public grain when growing cabbage. Some of the money was distributed to the members and some was used to raise pigs. In order to harvest early, the seeds were grown in advance.

Now we are transplanting the vegetable seedlings directly into the ground.

The people who were paid 10 work points were plowing the fields in front. There were no tractors in Lijiatun, so the fields had to be plowed manually.

Growing vegetables does not require the same intensive cultivation as growing grains, where you just dig a hole, plant the seedlings in the hole, and cover it with soil. People are lazy when they can.

One person digs the hole, one person sows the seeds, one person buries the seeds, and one person waters the plants. With division of labor and cooperation, the whole village works together and can plant dozens of acres of land in a day.