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

Soon, the children left the village, and Zhang Xiuhua had to look after the orchard at night and during the day. Except for eating and feeding the small animals, she guarded the orchard every day.

She was a little scared to be alone, so she took a dog from Xiangxiang's house to help watch over the orchard.

She built a small shed in the orchard and put a mosquito net on it, so she wouldn't be afraid of catching a cold when she slept at night. But that wasn't enough. She also built a kitchen next to it, where she could make a fire and cook.

In addition, she also specially found a well digger to dig a well here.

In a blink of an eye, the Gala fruit turned red. The layer of red illuminated by the sun was particularly beautiful. It was crispy and juicy when you took a bite.

The children in the village were very greedy when they saw the fruits. Those who had money came to buy some. If the children who didn't have money wanted to eat some, Zhang Xiuhua would let them come in to help pick the fruits and share them among them. This would save labor.

Li Jianxin loves his two sons very much and comes to buy Gala fruits for the children from time to time.

In fact, he also planted fruit trees in the private plot in front of his house, but for some reason, the Gala fruits there were not sweet at all and tasted sour, so he dug them up and planned to plant another one next year.

Today he came again to buy Gala fruit, but his expression was not very good, as if someone owed him eight million.

Zhang Xiuhua saw something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Jianxin picked a Gala fruit from the tree nearest to him, scooped water from the well to wash it, and stuffed it directly into his mouth, eating it with a grunt.

Seeing that the way he ate seemed like he was mad at someone, Zhang Xiuhua didn't care about him and picked a Gala fruit herself, washed it, and ate it together!

Gala fruit is very small, so he finished it in a few bites. Li Jianxin wiped his mouth, washed his hands, and then answered, "I had a fight with my mother!"

Zhang Xiuhua said "Oh", they often quarreled and she was used to it.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Li Jianxin picked Gala fruits with a basket and chattered on about the whole thing. "Just now someone was selling jelly, and my mother bought a bowl. As for the two children, she only gave one to Ruirui. Xiangxiang even cried!"

Zhang Xiuhua was surprised, "Why?"

The twins look the same, but Xiangxiang is more likable than Ruirui. Ruirui looks a little silly, while Xiangxiang likes to act like a spoiled brat. Miao Xiaohua should like the older grandson more.

Li Jianxin was very angry. "Why else? Because Xiangxiang's last name is An! That's what she told the child! Xiangxiang started crying."

Zhang Xiuhua was at a loss for words. They were both grandsons, but Miao Xiaohua treated them differently just because of their different surnames. It was really unbelievable.

"I won't need her help in taking care of the children in the future. The two children were fine before, but because of her instigation, they started to have conflicts." After Li Jianxin finished picking Gala fruits, Zhang Xiuhua weighed them for him. He paid the money and left with the basket.

Judging from his venting-like actions, there will probably be more quarrels!

The sun was not so strong anymore, and Zhang Xiuhua climbed the ladder and continued picking Gala fruits with a basket.

These will be delivered to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow. We have to deliver 500 to 600 kilograms every day.

The Gala fruit she planted had a high yield because she was willing to spend money on chicken manure and used dense planting. She planted 5,000 fruit trees on two acres of land. She roughly estimated that the yield per acre was about 7,000 kilograms.

Considering the agricultural level at that time, this output was quite high.

Because she used the dense planting method, each tree did not produce many fruits. But there was one good thing, the fruits were very sweet.

She had seen a video about planting fruit trees before, and it was necessary to lay reflective cloth underneath, so she spent a lot of money to buy this thing and lay it on the ground. What's more, with it, grass no longer grew on the ground, and the area of ​​the fruit that turned red was larger, and it was very sweet.

The Gala apples she bought were sent to the supply and marketing cooperatives and sold very well. They looked good in color, were very sweet, and were not expensive. People would want to eat more after having eaten them.

She has been cultivating Gala apple seedlings since the beginning of the year, but they will have to wait until next year to be transplanted, and will take three or four years to bear fruit. During this period, there are only these two acres of apple orchards.

As for the blueberry trees, I have already paid the deposit, but it is not suitable to transplant them in the summer, so they have to wait until autumn to be shipped over.

She was picking apples in the field when Aunt Wang came running over to chat with her.

There are people in the village during the day, so there is no need to worry about thieves coming to the door.

After feeding the chickens, Aunt Wang couldn't sit still, so she wanted to find Zhang Xiuhua to chat.

She helped pick apples. "I just saw Jianxin coming over. Did he tell you that he and his mother had a conflict again?"

"Yes! She bought a portion of jelly only for Ruirui and not for Xiangxiang!" Zhang Xiuhua looked down on Miao Xiaohua's behavior. "They are all grandchildren, but she is blatantly partial to one. It's too much. Every time Anrou buys things for the two children, she never favors either one."

"Yes! She is a little depressed. It doesn't matter whether she has the surname An or Li, as long as they are not surnamed Miao. Why is she so excited? Her husband was sick before and was not very good to her. But she is only thinking about her husband. She has a problem with her brain." Aunt Wang looked down on Miao Xiaohua.

She chatted for a while, then left in a hurry because she was worried that something might have happened at the chicken farm.

Ten days passed in a flash. Zhang Xiuhua was picking apples in the orchard with several children helping her.

Just then, someone called her outside. Zhang Xiuhua took a look and saw that it was Ji Lin and others who came back.

Zhang Xiuhua immediately asked the children to come out and gave each of them a few fruits. The children happily ran away with the Gala fruits.

Ergou took the children into the orchard. The children were like monkeys, picking fruits from the trees. Even though there were ready-made fruits in the basket, they insisted on picking them themselves.

Everyone picked a few Gala fruits that they liked, washed them by the well, and ate them while saying, "They are so delicious!"

Zhang Xiuhua asked Zhuzhu how the filming went. "Did anyone give you any trouble?"

Zhuzhu's face flushed with excitement, and she raised her eyebrows proudly, "Mom, I'm not playing a minor supporting role, I'm the heroine!"

Zhang Xiuhua opened her mouth in surprise, "Isn't the heroine an adult?"

Yaoyao explained for her, "It's the heroine's childhood. Her role is much better than before."

Jilin felt that they were missing the point, "Mom, Zhuzhu was able to get this role because her second brother helped her get it."

Zhang Xiuhua looked at Ergou, who had been silent the whole time and was only busy chewing Gala fruit. "You got it? You invested in this TV series so quickly?"

Ergou shook his head, "No! I tried to build relationships with the directors and asked them how much it would cost to invest in a TV series. He said it wasn't expensive, like the 80 film "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp," which cost yuan for nine episodes."

Zhang Xiuhua opened her mouth and said, "That was four years ago. If we shoot it again now, it will probably cost three hundred thousand."

Ergou nodded, "You're right! I asked him if he could make a TV series for 500,000 yuan. He said yes. Then he replaced Zhuzhu as the lead actress, and I didn't mention it to him!"

Zhang Xiuhua twitched her lips. He didn't mention it, but for his investment, the director had to return the favor.

"I heard that the budget for Journey to the West is three million." Ergou said, "I don't have that much money, so I'll just shoot about ten episodes. I want to test the waters."

"You invested all the 300,000 yuan. Do you have any money left?"

"Nothing left. Only about 10,000 or 20,000 yuan is left for food and drink." Ergou looked frustrated.

"This has drained all our family savings." Zhang Xiuhua is a little worried, "What if we can't sell it?"

Ergou was stunned. "How can it not be sold? There are not many TV series in our country. Those TV series are all invested by CCTV. They don't have that much money. Now that I have invested, they will broadcast it on their own station."

There weren't many TV stations at that time. If Ergou could get on CCTV, it would definitely be no problem to get it broadcast. Zhang Xiuhua was finally relieved. "What kind of drama are you going to shoot?"

Ergou didn't understand. "They decide. As long as they can pass the review, it's fine. My only requirement is that the female lead they sign is pretty enough, the male lead is handsome enough, and they have to sign a contract with my company."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned. "Ah? Signed a contract with you? You set up a company?"

"Yes. There is TVB in Hong Kong, but I don't have a TV station, so I just set up an entertainment company. I specialize in promoting celebrities. What do you think?" Ergou asked, and then explained the business of his company, "These actors are actually celebrities, they have commercial value. If they become famous, brands will ask them to advertise. Then I can earn a commission from it!"

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him with a different look in her eyes. This was the benefit of having seen the world. Nowadays, bosses in the mainland don't know how to build an entertainment company, but Ergou had been to Hong Kong and saw this market gap. His sensitivity to the market was really extraordinary.