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

When Zhang Xiuhua got home, she cooked a bowl of thick corn porridge that was so thick that you couldn't even put chopsticks in it and it wouldn't fall over.

She had some vegetables planted in the private plot behind the house, and she cooked a dish for the children. The two children looked at the food and were a little afraid to pick up their chopsticks, looking at her awkwardly.

Zhang Xiuhua urged them to eat quickly.

Baolin and Jilin were both a little nervous. The two little guys asked timidly, "Mom, is it a holiday today?"

Baolin is six years old this year, and Jilin is only three years old. At that time, there were no kindergartens in the countryside, only primary schools. The two children were at an age where they didn't know much, and they only knew that there were National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year. It is now August in the Gregorian calendar, and there is still more than a month before Mid-Autumn Festival.

Zhang Xiuhua touched Baolin's head and said, "Don't celebrate the festival. We will eat like this every day from now on."

The two children knew that their father had gone back to the city and would never come back, but being young had the advantage of being open-minded and they were happy to have something to eat, so they ate happily.

Although it was just stir-fried vegetables, the two children were as happy as if it were Chinese New Year. They ate with gusto and licked the bottom of the bowl clean.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at them with heartache. In the previous life, these two children were very filial, but they lived in poverty. One was undisciplined and dropped out of school early, and the other was deliberately taught badly by his adoptive parents, went astray, and could only do hard labor. In this life, her only wish was to stay with them, raise them healthy, let them study, and become educated people.

After dinner, Zhang Xiuhua took her household registration booklet and her two children to the police station to register their household registration.

The police station is not far from the village, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk there. For a country kid, this distance is nothing.

Gao Lixuan gave the two children their names. Names given by educated people sound nice. Zhang Xiuhua was already used to calling them by that name, so she just changed their last name.

She walked out of the police station holding one child in each hand, squatted down and solemnly told the two children, "From now on, you will all have the surname Zhang."

The two children were still young and didn't understand the significance of changing their surnames. Jilin was young and looked confused. Baolin pursed her lips and asked curiously, "Dad isn't coming back, is he?"

Zhang Xiuhua nodded and said, "I won't be back. But mom will protect you."

Baolin lowered her head in silence. Baolin had been active since she was a child, but she spent most of the day at home, so she probably heard about Gao Lixuan from the villagers.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't want to lie to her child, but she couldn't lie anyway, so she could only let her accept the reality as soon as possible.

She smiled at the two of them and said, "When we get home, Mom will make you some rice candy."

Baolin and Jilin were immediately distracted by her and joined the discussion with pouty lips, chattering, "But the popcorn boss didn't come."

This was the era of planned economy, but some craftsmen would go to the countryside to make popcorn for free, just some food.

Zhang Xiuhua smiled, "It's okay. We can do it ourselves." She paused and said, "But we have to go to the captain's house first."

The two children complied obediently.

It was already past one in the afternoon when they returned to the team. The brigade cadres were organizing the team members to weed the rice fields.

Zhang Xiuhua took her two children to the fields and didn't let them do anything. They just stood on the edge of the field and caught small fish with a net bag.

The water in the small ditch on the ridge of the field was not deep enough to drown people, so many children wanted to catch some fish to take home as a snack.

By the time she finished her farm work, her back and waist were sore.

The scorer recorded her half a day's work. Zhang Xiuhua shouted, and the two children heard the shout and came running over with their short legs.

When she got home, she asked Baolin to come and light the fire. She washed some rice and put it into the pot to cook. At the same time, she did not forget to teach her daughter how much to put in each time so that the rice would not be burnt.

Baolin didn't understand why his mother taught him, but he still studied hard.

The porridge was cooked, and the family of three ate all of it, along with the pickles and vegetables left over from lunch.

Baolin even patted his round belly, like a kitten stealing fish, "It would be great if I could eat this full every day."

Zhang Xiuhua touched her little head, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, scooped some water from the jar, washed the dishes and chopsticks, then took the bucket to the next door to fetch water and filled the jar.

They didn't even have a well, and even the cooking pot they used for cooking had been repaired three times, and they couldn't afford a new one. But even with such a hard life, she still felt content if she could live it again.

She locked the door, took the two little babies by the hand, and walked slowly towards the captain's house.

She arrived just in time. The captain's family had just finished their meal and were enjoying the cool air in the yard.

The captain had already known Zhang Xiuhua's plan from his mother, and he did not deliberately make trouble. He just asked Zhang Xiuhua to hand him the household registration booklet so that he could take a look.

Zhang Xiuhua handed it over. The captain took a look at it, raised his chin, and signaled his eldest son to call for help.

In just half a quarter of an hour, several team cadres, Zhang Xiuhua's biological father Zhang Wangcai, stepmother Jin Sufen, and her two sons Chen Guoqing and Chen Guoqiang all arrived.

Seeing his daughter here, Zhang Wangcai frowned subconsciously. After his daughter got married, they became two families. He ignored his daughter for many years and pretended not to see her when he saw her, and did not ask any questions.

Jin Sufen always felt that there was something wrong, but she couldn't figure out what could have happened to her cheap stepdaughter, so she specially called them over.

It can't be that her husband ran away and asked her family to support her and her three daughters, right? Then she must be crazy. She dared to dream in broad daylight.

If this bitch dares to make such a request, she will tear her mouth apart.

When everyone was present, the captain got straight to the point and said to Zhang Wangcai, "Logically, this is your Zhang family's business. As an outsider, I shouldn't interfere. But Xiuhua is wholeheartedly thinking about your Zhang family. She is so filial, and I can't refuse her wishes."

Zhang Wangcai was confused and didn't understand what the captain meant.

Jin Sufen was much more direct. "Captain, just say what you want to say. Don't beat around the bush."

The captain didn't waste time talking to them. "You should have all heard about Xiuhua's husband sending a divorce letter. Xiuhua divorced him, but the child can't be without a home. For the sake of the child, she plans to give the child the surname Zhang."

He showed the household registration booklet, "She has gone to the police station to change the surnames of the two children. From now on, the two children will be named Zhang. One is named Zhang Baolin, and the other is named Zhang Jilin. They are the offspring of your Zhang family. Gao Lixuan will be considered as a son-in-law."

Everyone was in an uproar, including the aunties and grandmas who were standing outside the yard watching the excitement, who exclaimed in surprise.

It was not uncommon for educated youth to return to the city and send divorce papers to their wives in the countryside. Zhang Xiuhua was not the first case, nor would she be the last. These abandoned women passively accepted the bad news. Some chose to remarry, while others could not bear the blow and committed suicide. Some did not plan to remarry and planned to stay with their children for the rest of their lives.

Zhang Xiuhua received a divorce certificate yesterday, and everyone is worried about her future. It is true that they love gossip, but it is also true that they are worried. What good family can a second marriage marry? Either the conditions are not good, or you become a stepmother.

Zhang Xiuhua herself has two children to support her, so the man who is interested in her must be very inferior to her.

Everyone felt sympathy for Zhang Xiuhua, but they never expected that she would do such a shocking thing.

It was the first time they saw someone take the initiative to change their child's surname, and even say that the divorced husband was marrying into the family.

Can it be operated this way? But why can't it be operated this way?

Gao Lijian didn't want the children. Zhang Xiuhua will have to raise two children by herself. She gave birth to the children and raised them. Why can't she change her surname?

Most of the onlookers were in shock. Changing the child's surname had nothing to do with their interests. They felt as if the door to a new world had been opened.

But Jin Sufen is different. The child's surname is Zhang, which means she has to rob the Zhang family's property.

What property does the Zhang family have? Of course, it is the homestead left by Zhang Xiuhua's eldest brother.

Jin Sufen glared at the troublemaker and said through gritted teeth, "No! I don't agree!"

Everyone looked at Jin Sufen. Some villagers who were smart had already thought of the reason for her objection and couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh.

Some people were also watching the show. Everyone had expected Jin Sufen to oppose it, but what reason did she have to oppose it? Her two sons did not have the surname Zhang.

Zhang Xiuhua looked past her and looked directly at Zhang Wangcai who had remained silent. "Dad, my eldest brother is dead, and Jidong was kidnapped. I am a woman, but the child I gave birth to has half the Zhang blood. Do you want to be called the last one in the family?"