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

Youcai himself didn't feel tired, so he asked Guoxiang, "Do you feel tired?"

Guoxiang shook his head, "Not tired!"

Physical fatigue is nothing. In his heart, mental fatigue is the real fatigue. His grandparents’ disdain and his parents’ scolding dealt a heavy blow to his self-esteem. But when he went to set up a stall with Youcai, he felt like he was alive again. It felt good to be able to make money.

It took four people until half past ten to finish everything.

If these two people were to do it, it would probably take until the early morning to finish.

There was no noodle machine at that time. If there was one, it would save a lot of trouble.

The two children went to bed after washing up, but Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua were not in a hurry to fall asleep.

After the usual tenderness, Li Jianguo asked Zhang Xiuhua, "Why is Guoxiang sleeping in our house? Isn't he going home?"

It’s just a few steps to a village, but Guoxiang is unwilling to walk there. This is obviously abnormal.

Zhang Xiuhua felt that he was too careless as a father. "Youcai's college entrance examination results are out, and you didn't even ask?"

This was a misunderstanding of Li Jianguo. As soon as he entered the village, someone told him that Youcai had already received an admission letter.

Seeing that he knew, Zhang Xiuhua stopped talking about his talent and told him about Guoxiang's poor test scores. "I heard from Guoxiang that he went to a regular high school, and no one in the school got into college. The highest score could only get him into a junior college. This school doesn't seem to be a good choice."

Li Jianguo was silent for a long time after hearing this. After a long time, he put his hands behind his head and said, "I think I know why their family is angry."

Zhang Xiuhua also knew that it was jealousy! The two children played together when they were young and their grades were similar. However, the difference in their college entrance examination scores was more than 200 points. The captain's family was embarrassed and felt that their grandson was not working hard.

Li Jianguo hugged Zhang Xiuhua and said, "I think marrying you is the best thing I have ever done in my life."

Zhang Xiuhua heard him praising her and pushed him, "I'm so proud when you praise me like that."

"You should be proud! You have cultivated a talented person into a talent. I really want to thank you." Li Jianguo was sincere. It wasn't a one-day thing that Youcai had poor grades. He had only thought that Youcai was stupid, and that he loved to play and didn't like to study. But he was in the army, and he was out of reach. He couldn't do anything about it even if he wanted to.

It was Xiuhua who never gave up on this child. She hired a tutor for this child and encouraged him. Not to mention him, even Youcai wanted to give up many times. It was normal for a child to have an unstable mind, and it was not his fault, but Xiuhua always encouraged him to study, told Youcai the benefits of studying, and coaxed Youcai with words.

"You treat him better than his own mother." Li Jianguo didn't mean that Chen Zhaodi was bad. In fact, Chen Zhaodi favored boys over girls. Among her three children, she loved Youcai the most, not to mention Zhuzhu. But in order to please her parents, she treated her nephew better than Youcai. She was so foolish.

After hearing his compliments, Zhang Xiuhua changed the subject and told him about Baolin's plan. She also shared her own dilemma.

Both children in the family are troublesome. Baolin wants to be an athlete, and Zhuzhu wants to be an actor. In Li Jianguo's eyes, these two professions have their own shortcomings.

Baolin became an athlete because they were afraid that she would get hurt. Zhuzhu became an actress because they were afraid that she would be flattered and then lose her way.

"Being a parent is so hard. I worry about them, but I don't know what to do to be good for them." Li Jianguo is in the same dilemma as Zhang Xiuhua. Although he doesn't spend much time with Baolin, he still likes her very much. This child is really lively and active. She always has endless energy. But she is not like Youcai who likes to mess around. She likes something, but she gets tired of it within three days.

As parents, they had never stopped her. But this time she was serious. Li Jianguo was a little confused.

Finally, he sighed deeply, "She has brought honor to the country. We can only think positively."

What else can we do? We can't stop the child from skating, right? The child clearly loves this.

He said something from the bottom of his heart, "Even though I have been a soldier for more than ten years, I actually don't like killing people."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned. "Only serial killers in this world like to kill people. It's normal that you don't like it."

Li Jianguo didn't mean that. "I mean that I haven't encountered anything I particularly like since I was a child. I joined the army because Fengjiao came to the city and notified me, then I applied and was selected. When we were poor, we only thought about filling our stomachs. Now the children have choices, and they have encountered things they like so quickly. They are really lucky. At least they are much luckier than me."

His words also touched Zhang Xiuhua's heart. In her previous life, she left her children behind to survive. Because of her lack of education, she could only work as a nanny, cleaner, and worker, but she hated housework the most. Everything was for survival.

What is she best at? What does she like the most? She can't answer. In fact, she and Li Jianguo are not unique. If you ask people in the village, who can answer what they are good at and what they like?

No one could answer. When everything was in a state of hunger, everyone was thinking about how to fill their stomachs.

Including her original purpose of marrying Li Jianguo was to support her three children and let them go to school, not because she loved him.

After a long while, Zhang Xiuhua sighed, as if she had made up her mind. "Let her go! What if...she really retires in the future? I'll support her!"

Her courtyard house will be worth at least 1 billion in the future. It will not be a problem to support Baolin.

Li Jianguo could only ask her to think positively, "Maybe Baolin will thank you one day when she stands on an international podium." He imitated Baolin's tone and said, "Thank my mother for encouraging me and buying me ice skates."

Zhang Xiuhua was amused by him and giggled for a long time. She wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "I didn't buy those shoes. You bought them, and half of the military medal belongs to you."

Li Jianguo didn't care about this. "Maybe our family can really have an Olympic champion. Maybe Baolin is the most promising child in our family!"

Zhang Xiuhua raised her lips, "That Baolin has brought honor to our Zhang family!"

That night, Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo dreamed that Baolin really became an Olympic champion. They sat in the audience and looked at their daughter with proud expressions. They wanted to tell everyone that the Olympic champion was their daughter.

**

The first ray of sunlight rose in the early morning and the sound of a tractor was heard outside. Zhang Xiuhua opened her eyes and found that Li Jianguo was no longer beside her.

He gets up at 6:20 every morning, and this has never changed over the years.

When Zhang Xiuhua came out after getting dressed, she heard Xu Chunying yelling outside, "Hey, second brother, why are you cooking?"

Li Jianguo motioned for her to speak softly, "Don't wake Jilin up."

Then he answered her question in a low voice, "Why can't I cook?! Several children at home are exhausted."

Xu Chunying knew that Zhang Xiuhua asked the children to cook, but she didn't expect Li Jianguo to cook too. The first time she saw it, it was a bit... subversive.

Zhang Xiuhua pushed the door open and came out, taking a cup of water to the well to wash up, not paying any attention to the two people's conversations.

Xu Chunying saw her skillful movements and realized that it was Li Jianguo who usually cooked for her when she came back. She opened her mouth for a long time and then closed her jaw by herself.