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

Although Zhang Xiuhua planned to sell the equipment, it was actually not that easy.

Because many of the able-bodied laborers in the village were not at home, even if he convened a general meeting of all villagers, the women at home would not be able to make a decision on their own.

So Zhang Xiuhua could only withdraw 30,000 yuan in advance from the chicken farm to solve the urgent problem.

The village chief and Xu Chunying signed the contract readily and said that she didn't have to sell the equipment, but Zhang Xiuhua disagreed and insisted on selling it.

The village chief promised to wait until the end of the year when the able-bodied villagers returned and then let everyone raise funds.

Zhang Xiuhua got the money and transferred it to Jidong. He asked her to wait for a while as the goods would be sent directly to the county.

The children started going to school. Jilin was in the first grade of junior high school and started living in the school dormitory. Yaoyao also went to high school and also had to live in the school dormitory. Zhuzhu was the only one in the family who went to elementary school.

Zhang Xiuhua was going to the orchard that night and was a little worried about her. "Are you scared to be home alone?"

Zhuzhu shook her head and said she was not afraid, "I am old enough to look after the house."

Zhang Xiuhua always felt that this word was a bit... but looking at Zhuzhu's likable eyes, she ended up saying nothing.

In mid-September, the entire production team began to work in the fields. Zhang Xiuhua planted cabbages, and every day she would pick cabbages and send them to the county to sell, and then she would stay in the orchard to pick fruit.

However, Xu Chunying had to do the autumn harvest and deliver goods early in the morning, so she was so busy that she lost weight at a visible rate.

After sowing the seeds, the strong laborers promised to come back for the autumn harvest, but everyone waited and waited, but they never came back. The crops in the fields would not wait for anyone, so the women had to go to the fields to harvest the food themselves.

The children in the village began their autumn harvest holiday. Zhang Xiuhua asked Zhuzhu to help look after the orchard while she was responsible for delivering the vegetables to the city.

It was on this day that she received a call from Jidong, asking her to go to the county to pick up the goods.

She drove her own hand tractor into the county town and then went to the railway bureau to pick up the goods.

She had brought in a whole carriage of goods, and a hand tractor was not enough to store them. She could only take the extra goods home first. She did this forty times before she finally hauled all the goods.

Since the children were not at home, she filled their rooms with stuff.

Find the list of things and then stock the store. Don't put too much in the beginning, or there won't be enough space in the store to store them.

She loaded a whole tractor with what she found and delivered it to the store.

Two salesmen saw her coming, came out of the store, unloaded the items from the car and carried them into the store.

Zhang Xiuhua used paper to mark prices on the shelves. This was the prototype of a supermarket. Although it looked a bit rough, it was new to customers.

In particular, Zhang Xiuhua’s goods are shipped from the south, so the price is cheaper than that of the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the variety is more complete.

Before the items were even laid out, customers had already picked out several.

After all the goods were neatly stacked, Zhang Xiuhua made a list of quantities and asked the salesperson to fill out a form every day so that if any goods were missing, she could get them complete.

These two girls just graduated, didn't get into college, and couldn't get a job in a factory, so they work for private individuals here. Although they are looked down upon by their peers, at least they have an income, and their work attitude is still good.

"If you do a good job, I'll give you a bonus at the end of the month."

The two little girls looked at her in surprise, with a little more joy in their eyes.

After delivering the goods, Zhang Xiuhua did not leave in a hurry. On the first day, she was afraid that the two people were not familiar with the goods, so she acted as a salesperson here and explained them to the customers.

An old lady saw wedding candies being sold, and the wrapping paper was red, so she asked how much per pound.

Zhang Xiuhua quoted a price, and the old lady asked tentatively, "I only have a pound of sugar ticket."

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "We don't need tickets. You can buy as many as you want."

The old lady was incredulous, "Really?" She asked hesitantly, "Is your candy okay?"

"No problem." Zhang Xiuhua directly tore open a candy and motioned for her to eat it.

The old lady felt a little embarrassed. It was the first time in her life that a salesperson asked her to taste something, and she dodged and refused.

"This is for you to try. It's free."

The old lady took it and put the candy in her mouth. It tasted really good.

The old lady couldn't believe it and asked, "Why don't you want the candy ticket?"

"These are candies shipped from the South. We don't have any here. We'll have as much as you want."

The old lady was getting married and holding a wedding, so red candy was a must. The candy tasted sweet and hard, and it seemed that it had not gone bad, so she bought ten kilograms of it immediately.

Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that she couldn't carry it by herself, so she asked her if she could do it alone.

The old lady smiled and said, "It's okay. My house is close, I'll just stop and rest when I get tired!"

Only then did Zhang Xiuhua feel relieved.

After this order was placed, the store seemed to have turned on a switch, and customers from nearby areas came in one after another, rushing to buy. Without tickets, they usually had to be stingy when shopping at the supply and marketing cooperative, but now they could buy things in this store without tickets. So they didn't need to be stingy.

Zhang Xiuhua never expected that customers would swarm in. She asked two shop assistants to maintain order while she was in charge of the settlement.

Because there is no way to install surveillance cameras in the store, the store staff can only watch over the items. Not to mention that some people really stole things, after being reminded by the staff, they went to the front desk to pay without blushing.

Zhang Xiuhua stayed until after eight o'clock in the evening, when the customers gradually left.

Normally, the shop would finish at 6 o'clock, and it would be dark after 5 o'clock. But because there were many customers today, the two employees left work later than usual.

Zhang Xiuhua said she would pay them overtime and let them go home.

She grabbed some snacks, filled her stomach, and then counted the data in the store before driving the tractor home.

It was already half past nine when she got home. She made herself a bowl of noodles and then remembered that Zhuzhu was still in the orchard, so she hurried to pick up the child.

Zhuzhu had fallen asleep in the pavilion in the orchard. Because the weather was a bit cold, she built a small room near the pavilion. The space was small and could only accommodate one bed.

She took Zhuzhu home, and then went to the fields to pick cabbages to be sent to the county the next day. She was busy until 10:30 in the evening, and then she returned to the orchard to continue watching over it.

The next morning, Zhuzhu woke up early. She moved the cabbages from Zhang Xiuhua's field onto the tractor and went to the village chief's house to get other vegetables.

While she was busy, the villagers also got up. They got up earlier than her because they had to get up early to harvest the crops.

In the past, they would complain of being tired when they started work at 7 a.m., but now, they get up at 6 a.m. without anyone calling them.

Zhuzhu went to look after the orchard, where there were ready-made vegetables, seasonings and rice, so she could cook for herself.

When we arrived at the county town, the store entrance was crowded with people early in the morning. I guess the villagers nearby knew that this store sold all kinds of groceries and did not require tickets, so they came early to line up.

Zhang Xiuhua could only continue to help in the store. At lunch, she and the two had their meals separately.

This lively scene lasted for three days. During this period, she went out early and came back late every day. On the third day, probably the people nearby had bought all the necessities they needed, and the flow of people was controlled to a level that the two of them could handle. Zhang Xiuhua then stopped helping to sell goods.

After three days of such exhaustion, Zhang Xiuhua was exhausted. The next day, after delivering the goods, she fell asleep in the orchard.

Xu Chunying came to find her, and was envious of her when she saw her sleeping so comfortably. "You are the one. You grow cabbages in the field, and usually sell them all. But it's the same with grain. If you don't harvest soybeans in time, the beans will explode and fall to the ground."

Zhang Xiuhua yawned and stood up from the pavilion. "You didn't see me go out early and come back late a few days ago."

Xu Chunying asked her how her goods were selling.

"It's good." Zhang Xiuhua smiled, "There are too many merchants selling vegetables. Not only you are selling vegetables, but other vendors are also buying vegetables. And now there are no restrictions on farmers selling vegetables in the city. They sell as long as they are paid, and the price is very low, but the finished products I transport from the south have almost no competition."

Xu Chunying listened with envy, "Before you suggested that I ship goods from the south, but the goods were lost, so I gave up. You are really brave."

"You had less stuff in your shipment, so it would be hard to find it if it was lost. I had a whole truckload of goods, so it would be unreasonable if I lost it. The higher-ups would also hold me accountable." Zhang Xiuhua asked her, "Why are you not collecting food in the fields but coming to me? What's wrong?"

Xu Chunying nodded, "Yes! I need your help with something."