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

Zhang Xiuhua was busy delivering meals to Yaoyao for three consecutive days and ignored Zhuzhu and Jilin selling popsicles.

The county and town are all dealing with speculation, but this trend has not yet spread to the countryside. Because in the countryside, people just exchange things with each other, and no one will come to investigate.

Jilin and Zhuzhu enjoy riding their bicycles to sell popsicles every day. In order to increase sales, they even set up a sign selling popsicles at the door of their house.

After Yaoyao finished her high school entrance examination, Zhang Xiuhua stopped delivering meals to her and stayed at home. Many children from the village came to buy popsicles.

Last year, we made money from raising chickens, and since the adults went out to work, the wealthy families gave their children a few cents pocket money during the Chinese New Year.

The children usually had no place to spend money in the village, so when they saw Zhang Xiuhua's family selling popsicles for one cent each, they eagerly took out money to buy them.

Zhang Xiuhua can help sell about ten a day.

As for Yaoyao? After her exams, she didn't go to sell popsicles, but helped to look after the fruits in the orchard.

The fruits are not ripe yet, but Zhang Xiuhua is worried that some children will be impatient and pick the green fruits to eat.

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo built a fence around the perimeter, which was covered with thorns. There was only a gate on the slope for entry and exit.

That afternoon, Zhang Xiuhua was mixing cold noodles at home, planning to make them for her children at noon. Unexpectedly, the phone rang, and she went to answer it.

The person on the other end of the phone was from a film studio, who wanted to invite Zhuzhu to act in a movie. It wasn’t an important role, she would just appear on screen for two or three seconds and have one line.

After asking, Zhang Xiuhua found out that it was the director of "Journey to the West" who recommended Zhuzhu to play this role.

When she learned that the filming could start in August, Zhang Xiuhua agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xiuhua told Zhuzhu the news.

Zhuzhu shouted excitedly, "Really? I can still act?"

"Wait for your father to come back and let him take you there!" Seeing that she was happy, Zhang Xiuhua also became happy.

Jilin sighed, "What should I do? Should I sell popsicles by myself?"

"I'll look after the orchard later, and you and Yaoyao go sell the goods together." Zhang Xiuhua was stunned after coming up with the idea. One of them was too lazy to speak, and the other was shy. How could they sell the goods?

But she didn't take it back. After all, everyone has a first time. If you want to earn some pocket money, you have to work hard.

Soon, Yaoyao's results came out. She did very well, more than 30 points higher than the lowest score of the experimental middle school, and her results were better than Hongxia's. But Zhang Xiuhua's expectation of the top scorer in the high school entrance examination did not come true. It was not Yaoyao, and of course not a child from Lijiatun, but a child from another village.

But Yaoyao mentioned another thing, "Thirty students from our town's middle school were admitted to key high schools this year. The principal was so happy!"

Zhang Xiuhua laughed, "Your principal works so hard, so it's only natural that you're happy."

"Aunt Zhang, are we going to hold a banquet this year?" Yaoyao asked after hesitating for a long time.

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned, "So we're not going to hold the high school entrance exam?"

If it was the top scorer in the high school entrance examination, it would be okay to do it once with a thick face. But Yaoyao was not like that. She thought Yaoyao wanted to do it, so she said, "Wait until you take the college entrance examination and get into university, I will do it for you!"

Yaoyao saw that she had misunderstood and hurriedly shook her head, "It's not me, I wanted to treat the teacher to a meal. I was able to do so well in the exam thanks to the teacher."

Zhang Xiuhua wasn't sure if she could invite the teacher to dinner at this time. "How about this, I'll set a date and you go and invite the teacher over. Invite the principal as well. We can't leave the leaders behind."

Yaoyao looked at her expectantly, "Is it okay? This will cost a lot of money!"

"It's okay! It's just a matter of cooking a few dishes. Then ask the chef to prepare a table. It won't cost much." Zhang Xiuhua wanted her to come forward and invite people.

Yaoyao nodded, "Okay!"

Maybe it was because she invited her own teachers. Yaoyao was not as shy as when facing strangers. She invited her math teacher, Chinese teacher, English teacher, physics teacher, chemistry teacher, political teacher, biology teacher and the principal.

Two teachers are not in school, they have been transferred to the county town and have moved away. The other teachers have promised to come.

Zhang Xiuhua invited Old Man Xu to come and prepare the food. In order to let the teachers eat well, she prepared several dishes.

Steamed crab, braised lion head, braised beef, braised fish, braised pork elbow, scrambled eggs with chili, stir-fried shrimp, clay pot chicken, stir-fried black fungus, stir-fried green beans, cold celery, fried peanuts and yam, pork ribs and chicken soup.

The table was fully occupied. Zhang Xiuhua was worried that not enough people could sit at the table, so she called Xu Chunying to come and keep the guests company. Li Jianguo was specifically responsible for accompanying the guests to drink.

When they learned that their family had a top scorer in the high school entrance examination, that Zhang Jidong was their child, and that Li Hongwen was the child of their eldest brother, several teachers felt that this family was not simple. There was a teacher here who had taught Jidong and still remembered his intelligence vividly.

He praised Jidong more than once in class, and Yaoyao was also familiar with it.

"Education is very important. If an official graduates from college, his promotion speed will be as fast as a rocket." The principal spoke to everyone in a heart-to-heart talk.

Zhang Xiuhua also agreed.

After dinner, Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo personally escorted these people out. Yaoyao looked at the teachers reluctantly.

Zhang Xiuhua put her arm around her shoulders and said, "We'll see each other again in the future."

Yaoyao nodded.

She went back into the house and found Li Jianguo drunk and asleep on the sofa.

Xu Chunying was about to say goodbye and leave, but Zhang Xiuhua hurriedly asked her to take some of the remaining vegetables back, "It's hot, and these vegetables can't be kept. They will go bad later."

"Don't you have a refrigerator at home?" Xu Chunying doesn't mind leftovers. These are all good dishes.

"You can't eat so much." Zhang Xiuhua asked her to pick what she liked and asked Old Man Xu to take some as well.

Seeing that she was not being polite, Xu Chunying took a few delicious dishes and took them back.

Zhang Xiuhua washed the dishes and cleared the table, then asked Yaoyao to help her help Li Jianguo back to the house.

Yaoyao used all her strength to suckle, but couldn't move, so Jilin came to help. The three of them finally carried the person into the house.

Zhuzhu covered her neck and stepped back, "It stinks!"

Zhang Xiuhua came out of the house and touched her head, "Are you still dissatisfied? Isn't your father here to entertain the guests?!"

Zhuzhu chuckled, "Mom! Can my dad leave with me tomorrow?"

Before Zhang Xiuhua could say anything, "Your dad still has to go to the Railway Bureau to ask for leave. He can only go with you if he gets it! Don't worry, there's still half a month left, so there's still time."

Zhuzhu nodded, "Okay!"

Actually, it was not possible. Because Li Jianguo sobered up in the afternoon, Zhang Xiuhua told him about this matter, but Li Jianguo was embarrassed, "No! Recently our railway bureau has been catching traffickers, especially our international train, which is under the most intensive inspection! The leaders will not allow us to ask for leave."

Zhuzhu was stunned, and didn't care about the smell of alcohol on her father. She rushed over and said, "What should I do? I want to go to film!"

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo were both in a dilemma. They had an orchard at home, and it was about to be red. If no one was watching, the fruits would definitely be stolen. Zhang Xiuhua had to sleep in the orchard at night to watch over it. It was okay for Yaoyao to watch during the day, but you couldn't let the child sleep there at night?! It was too dangerous!