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

Guoxiang stayed here for half an hour and was soon called away by Song Lianhua.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him, sighed, and taught the two children, especially Jilin, "Look. To make a living outside, you either rely on your brain or your physical strength. If you don't study well, you will have to do physical work. You two should think carefully about whether you want to study hard."

Jilin was probably frightened. "Is working so hard? Why do those people come back smiling?"

Jidong sighed, "I just don't want my family to worry. In fact, the work on the construction site is very hard. You have to work for at least ten hours. Just imagine if you have to carry heavy objects every day, your back will be bent, right?"

Jilin thought about it carefully and nodded. That would be true! He held his little face, sighed heavily, and said like a little adult, "It's so hard to be a human being!"

Zhang Xiuhua was amused by his tone, "You have to work to survive. You are still young now, and we can support you. But I will be old one day. What will you do then?"

If she were to rank the IQs of her children, Jidong would be first, Zhuzhu second, and Jilin third. But this child is really difficult to deal with.

Youcai was the least intelligent person in the family. But he had one good point: no matter how reluctant he was, he would still listen carefully to the tutor she found for him in order to make sure her money was not wasted and for her kindness.

But what about Jilin? He is not stupid, he is just too lazy. Moreover, he is the type who will not give up until he sees the rabbit. She used benefits to lure him, but his desire was very low. From childhood to adulthood, other than being interested in the model, other things were dispensable to him. She couldn't even seduce him. You can imagine how difficult it is to educate him.

If you want a child who is highly intelligent but lazy to study, using tricks will not work for long. You have to make him truly feel that studying is useful.

Ji Lin answered for her, "I want to support myself! Alas, I still want to rely on my parents. But..." He looked at his mother and thought, it's over. His mother doesn't even like to do farm work, so how can she rely on him in the future!

He didn't want to rely on his brother and sister. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that once they got married and started a family, they would become two families.

Jilin held his little face in his hands, looking extremely sad.

Zhang Xiuhua knew that she could rely on him as long as she could, but now that she knew he couldn't rely on her, she began to think about the next step.

Just then, there was a noise outside, so Zhang Xiuhua went with everyone to see what was going on. It turned out that the person who was installing the telephone had arrived.

Many children in the village followed the workers to watch the fun, and soon the adults came over, including the team leader. When they learned that they were going to install telephones, the members of the cooperative expressed envy.

"More than 5,000? So expensive?" The members were speechless. Many of their families' total assets were less than 5,000, so this was too expensive.

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "It's expensive but I have to install it. My children are grown up now. I live so far away from home. I miss home but I can't go back. So I want to call home."

Hearing this, the staff were speechless. If you miss home, just write a letter. More than 5,000?! How expensive.

Seeing everyone's different expressions, the captain smiled and said, "It's good that Jianguo installed a telephone. When you go south to work and miss home, you can call back."

As soon as these words were spoken, the members' eyes lit up. They no longer thought that his family was stupid, but instead thought it was a good idea for his family to install a telephone.

The workers looked around the electric pole for a long time and found that there was a loudspeaker in their village, so they added a wire.

It was all installed in less than an hour.

It has just been installed and cannot be used yet. I need to go to the post office to apply for a phone number.

**

The next day, Zhang Xiuhua went to the post office to apply for a phone. Not long after she returned home, Yaoyao also came back, carrying a heavy schoolbag and countless homework.

Youcai had already finished the college entrance examination, and he started to show off. When he learned that Yaoyao had to make more than 30 handouts, he laughed out loud with gloating, "Oh, just hang in there. After these few years, the future will be bright. Going to college is really good. You can do whatever you want, and the teachers won't care about you."

Yaoyao was suffering, and he said something like that. He deserved a beating! Jidong patted him on the back and said, "Go out and have fun. It's useless to keep saying these things."

Youcai left Yaoyao and went out to play.

Jidong sorted out the question types for Yaoyao. In fact, math questions test knowledge points, and they are all the same. As long as you master the knowledge points, you can do them no matter how the question types change.

He circled a few question types and asked Yaoyao to try them out to see if she had mastered them. If she got them wrong, he would practice them over and over again.

If you already know how to do it, there is no need to do it again. It is a waste of time.

He gave Yaoyao some pointers, and Jilin came over with a book in his hand, asking him to help circle the key points.

Seeing that he really wanted to learn, Jidong was happy for him, "Congratulations! You finally got it."

Jilin sighed.

After Jidong finished marking the training points, he returned to his seat and began to cram for knowledge.

During lunch, Jilin chased Jidong and Youcai, "Is college really that good?"

Before Jidong could speak, Youcai nodded impatiently, "Of course!" He patted his round belly, "Can't you see that I've gained weight?"

This is so convincing!

Jidong rolled his eyes, "Jilin doesn't want to learn to be a chef! Your experience is of no use to him."

He explained to Jilin with a smile, "University is really good. We can learn what we like. For example, if you like models, you can go to the library to read all kinds of model books. All for free. You can also ask teachers for advice. They will also teach you seriously."

He paused and continued, "There is plenty of time in college. If you have enough money, you can buy the models you like and study them. No one will bother you."

Ji Lin's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Zhang Xiuhua saw his performance clearly. Okay! She understood that Jilin wanted to paint a pie for himself. As long as the pie was big enough, round enough and attractive enough, he could fight for it for a short time!

Note that it is short-lived, because once he goes to college, he may not struggle anymore!

In fact, the cake that Ji Lin drew not only fed himself, but also attracted Yaoyao.

To be honest, Yaoyao is having a hard time holding up under the high-pressure policy this semester. How could she have studied like this before?! But this new principal is like crazy. He just likes to give students extra lessons. She has done more questions in the past six months than in the previous seven years combined. What's more terrifying is that this will last for another three and a half years.

Just thinking about it, she collapsed! Now there was a cake that attracted her, and she suddenly felt that she could endure this life for a while longer. Victory was just ahead, and she could already see the dawn!

She couldn't wait to ask, "Then I can read all kinds of architecture books?"

Jidong nodded, "Of course! Not only can you read books, you can also go on field trips. The capital has the most historical buildings. You can observe and learn more. Big cities also develop faster than our small county. You can come and see them when you have time."

Yaoyao nodded vigorously, thinking that what Brother Jidong said made sense.

Zhang Xiuhua heard that Yaoyao was still very interested in architecture and that she liked architecture during their summer vacation trip. She just thought that the child found architecture fun. After all, children may like this today and that tomorrow. It is normal for them to change their minds.

To encourage Yaoyao, she added, "From now on, you will be the one designing our house! We may not be able to live in this house for long. Look, the wall paint is peeling off!"

This house was built fourteen years ago. It was very grand at first, but now the wall paint is peeling everywhere. It is like psoriasis, not only ugly, but also very unhygienic.

Yaoyao nodded, "Okay! I will definitely design a very nice house for our family."

Not long after dinner, everyone was playing in the yard.

Li Jianguo brought Baolin back. Several children rushed forward and looked at Baolin.

"Oh, Sister Baolin, why are you so thin?"

"Sister Baolin, your dress is so beautiful?"

"Baolin, when are you going to compete?"

The children were talking at once and Baolin didn't know which one to respond to first.

Li Jianguo helped Baolin carry the clothes into the house. Zhang Xiuhua saw them chattering around Baolin and hurriedly called them in, "Hurry up and let Baolin come in to eat. We'll talk later!"

The children surrounded Baolin and went into the house.