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

Zhang Xiuhua saw the captain leave in disgrace, looked at Ergou and sighed, "Is he jealous of you? What if he makes things difficult for you when you want to transfer your household registration?"

Ergou is no longer the same Ergou as before. "Godmother, a man like him shouldn't be in this position. He only knows how to smooth things over."

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him in surprise, "You don't like the captain?"

"If he really wanted to help me, he wouldn't have been trying to smooth things over every time. He is incompetent as the captain." Ergou said bluntly. He didn't hate the captain, but he also felt that he was not suitable for the position.

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it. As a villager, when she saw other fathers beating their sons, she could only persuade them and help them take the stick away. She couldn't do more. Every family has its own problems. They live behind closed doors. You can manage today but not tomorrow. Only the team leader can manage this matter. But the team leader has always been cautious, and he also believes in the theory of "no beating, no success", so he would never hit himself in the face.

Er Gou saw that Zhang Xiuhua was still worried and said, "If he refuses to help me, I will make sure that he will lose his position as captain!"

After Li Jianguo sent the captain off, he looked at Er Gou and tried to persuade him, "You can be flamboyant, but you can't break the law."

Ergou smiled and nodded, "I know."

He agreed readily, but Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo were still worried.

Just then, Youcai came in with the dishes and invited them to eat.

The weather was too cold, so the whole family moved to the kang to eat.

A big iron pot was brought to the kang, and on it was a pot of delicious food, including shrimp, fish, clams, cabbage, vermicelli, potatoes, beans, etc. It was a big pot filled to the brim.

Every winter, we make a big pot of dishes like this. Otherwise, the dishes cooked earlier will get cold quickly, and they will not taste good even if they are reheated.

There was also a stewed chicken soup on the stove. It was made from a few hens bought from the production team. They were specially kept for the New Year. There were a lot of mushrooms in it, as well as yam, wolfberry, fungus, red dates and spareribs, which were very fresh and fragrant.

"People in the South particularly like to drink soup. I didn't expect we have it here too?" Ergou was a little flattered.

Youcai smiled and said, "During the summer vacation, we went to travel in the south and drank that soup, which was very delicious. I learned it specially. The weather is too cold, so drinking some soup is nourishing and nourishing to the stomach."

I just took a walk outside and I'm really hungry and cold.

Ergou was wearing so little that he looked even colder.

Zhang Xiuhua blamed him for preferring elegance over warmth, "You earn so much money, why don't you buy yourself a cotton-padded jacket? It can also keep your body warm. Wearing a leather jacket in the middle of winter! Aren't you afraid of freezing to death?"

This child is really worrying.

Ergou was scolded by her, but he didn't talk back this time. He just took the scolding obediently. He even said with a smile, "Then make me a cotton-padded jacket."

Zhang Xiuhua rolled her eyes and said, "When have you ever seen me make a cotton-padded jacket?"

Zhuzhu, eating with her mouth full of oil, testified for her, "Mom can't make clothes. She can't even make shoes. The shoes we wear at home are all made by Aunt Lihua."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "After dinner, I'll take you to find Lihua and ask her to make you a dress. We have cotton and cloth ready at home!"

"Isn't she from Northeast China?" Ergou was a little worried.

Youcai saw that he had picked one and rolled his eyes at him, "What's wrong with the big Northeastern flowers? We wanted to wear them before but couldn't buy them anywhere. Look at you, you're so cold, why are you picking?"

Baolin was the one who could comfort people, "Don't worry, it's not a big flower pattern, it's the fabric my mother bought from the south."

She tugged at the clothes on her body and said, "This is the color. My mom asked a tailor to make it for me."

Baolin didn't go to the south for the trip, and Zhang Xiuhua felt sorry for her, so she asked a tailor to make several sets of clothes for her. There were light pink, light yellow, and sky blue that didn't resist staining, and there were gray and dark blue that resisted staining.

Ergou nodded. "Gray is fine. Gray looks elegant when worn."

Youcai heard him pick on his attire and thought of Jidong's previous guess, so he asked, "Are you smuggling electrical appliances?"

Ergou didn't deny it, "Yes."

"Hong Kong?" Youcai continued to ask.

"Yes!" Ergou admitted frankly, "The first time I went to Hong Kong, the people there looked down on me because I was dressed too rustically." Thinking of the past, he felt a little uncomfortable, but then he smiled with relief, "Clothes make the man, and horses make the saddle. You should also pay attention to your dress when you travel there in the future."

No one likes to be looked down upon, especially by one's own people. Everyone can understand why he is so picky about what he wears.

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "I heard that dealing with electrical appliances is very dangerous. You must have suffered a lot, right?"

Ergou's eyes were red, and he shook his head again, "There is no such thing as not having to endure hardships in this world. Except for those rich kids who will be reborn, those of us who come from grassroots backgrounds can only risk our lives!"

Zhang Xiuhua told Ergou that many people from the village went to the south to work. "Forty or fifty. Have you never met them?"

Ergou shook his head, "Where do they work?"

"On the construction site and in the factory." Zhang Xiuhua gave a brief account.

Ergou laughed, "I sell electrical appliances, so I have nothing to do with them. Besides, there are millions of people in Pengcheng. It's not that easy to run into them."

Zhang Xiuhua picked up some food for him, "Then eat more! The food in the south is very bland. Are you used to it there?"

Ergou ate a shrimp, which was spicy, juicy, and had the toughness of shrimp. "I'm not used to local food. But there are many restaurants opened by people from other places. There are also many restaurants that serve Northeastern cuisine."

"You're lucky. We had barbecue there, as well as Sichuan and Huaiyang cuisine. We didn't have any Northeastern cuisine."

Li Jianguo took a bottle of wine and poured it for himself. When Ergou saw it, he also asked for a cup and insisted on toasting Zhang Xiuhua as a ceremony to recognize each other as godparents.

Zhang Xiuhua took a small sip as a token of appreciation.

After putting down the cup, Ergou toasted Li Jianguo again and called him "godmother" and "godfather".

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo gave him a red envelope, which was called a fee for changing one's statement.

Ergou didn't bother to be polite with them and accepted both red envelopes.

Zhang Xiuhua asked her children to change their words.

Youcai and Ergou were born in the same year, but Youcai is older, so Ergou has to call Youcai "brother". Then from Jidong onwards, everyone calls Ergou "second brother".

Ergou was also very generous and gave everyone a red envelope.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at the bulging red envelope and said, "Don't give too much money. These kids will become arrogant once they have money!"

"Not too much." Ergou said with a smile.

Zhuzhu opened it first, and inside were ten big unity notes, totaling one hundred yuan. It was definitely a huge sum of money. Zhuzhu jumped for joy, "I'm one step closer to one thousand!"

She was still thinking about investing in Jidong's grocery store.

Youcai saw that he also had a red envelope, and felt a little embarrassed to take it, "I'm older than you, how can you give me a red envelope?!"

"Aren't you still in school? I've already made money." Ergou stuffed the red envelope into his pocket and said, "Take it! We'll be a family from now on. I'll need your advice later."

Youcai has always been a straightforward person. When he heard that he had something to ask for, he really believed it and kept the red envelope.

Yaoyao, who was usually taciturn, did not speak as usual, but now she could not help but said, "Second brother, when can that appliance be used? Can I take it apart and have a look?"

"Sure! I can install it! I'll install it for you after we finish eating." Ergou agreed readily.

Li Jianguo thought that Youcai would be the first to get anxious, but he didn't expect it to be Yaoyao. However, thinking that this girl wanted to study architecture, it seemed normal for her to be interested in electrical appliances, so he didn't say anything.