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

Ergou quickly took Zhuzhu away from Lijiatun and rested at home for one night.

Suddenly, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. Zhang Xiuhua was worried that Zhuzhu might get cold, but she couldn't make a phone call. She also didn't know where Zhuzhu was filming.

The snow has severely affected the vegetable business. Fresh vegetables used to be delivered to the county every day, but now they are delivered once every five days.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at the accounts they submitted and realized that the impact was huge. Vegetable prices soared and sales plummeted.

However, other finished products are not affected. Sales of seasonings, daily necessities, etc. are about the same as before.

Half a month after the snow, Zhang Xiuhua did business with Damao again. This time they wanted much more food than before. Before, they wanted at most three bags of food, but this time they wanted more than 10,000 kilograms.

Of course, she did not lose out. These people exchanged honey and iron products with her. She could not tell what they were, as they looked like they were taken apart from some larger object.

When she asked, she found out that it was dismantled from a tank. Although she didn't know how this person could dismantle a tank, and he didn't look like a soldier, but being hungry was not a good thing, so he probably didn't care.

Zhang Xiuhua also exchanged with him.

Not long after the deal with Damao, Ergou came back with Zhuzhu. Her scenes were not finished yet, and she came back for an exam.

It was past nine o'clock in the evening and she was still reading.

Zhang Xiuhua asked her to sleep, "If you don't sleep now, you won't have energy for the exam tomorrow!"

Zhuzhu made a bitter face, closed the book, and went back to her room to sleep obediently.

The next day, Zhuzhu went to school, and Zhang Xiuhua asked Ergou, "Did Zhuzhu read a book on the set?"

Ergou shook his head, "There are so many people over there, and there aren't even any tables or chairs, so she can't watch. And this is her first time filming so many scenes, so it's not as easy as before. The director has very high expectations of her, so she has to watch how others act and learn their skills."

Zhang Xiuhua understood. The director's requirements for the main role and the supporting role are naturally different. Zhuzhu had played the role of a passerby before, but this time she played an important supporting role. The requirements were quite high.

Zhuzhu never admits defeat and always tries to do her best in everything she does. This child is competing with herself.

Ergou took out some money and gave it to Zhang Xiuhua, "This is what the producer asked me to give you."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned. "Aren't you the producer?"

"No! I can only be considered an investor." Ergou laughed, "This is Zhuzhu's salary."

Zhang Xiuhua took it and took a look. The total investment of this drama was 300,000 yuan, and the actors' salaries added up to only 20%. Only the leading actress was a famous movie star, and the others were all newcomers.

"She acted in 10 episodes in total, and the lead actress' salary was yuan. It was the highest among all the actors."

Zhang Xiuhua took a deep breath. You know, a person with an annual income of 10,000 yuan at that time is equivalent to a millionaire in 20 years. The female lead can get 10,000 yuan for a movie. The prospects of this industry are really optimistic.

As for Zhuzhu's salary, she is a supporting role, and the producer set her salary at 500 yuan, which is equivalent to 50 yuan per episode. It is not low. After all, Zhuzhu is a newcomer and not famous. It is probably because of Ergou that she is paid so much.

Zhang Xiuhua put the money away and asked, "What do those directors think of her? If she acts in the future, will she be popular?"

Ergou nodded, "The director said she is very smart and not offensive even when she is naughty. But she may not have experienced hardship, so she can't cry as easily as other people."

Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled, "Are you still crying?"

"It's a sad drama, so she's bound to cry." Ergou added, "But she later found a way. She said that when she thought about herself falling down while skiing, she felt pain in her knees, and she could cry."

Zhang Xiuhua was amused. Was she crying out of physical pain? This wouldn't resonate with the audience, would it? But it seemed impossible for Zhuzhu to perform at a deeper level at her age. In the eyes of children, crying is just crying, there is no other meaning!

"Acting also has something to do with experience." Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "Zhuzhu's life has been too smooth, and she can't experience different emotions like others."

Ergou nodded, "Maybe it will be better when she grows up. She is still a child now. If she is as complicated as an adult, she may lose her spiritual energy."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned, and thought about it, it made sense. A smart child's eyes were innocent and optimistic, but if he really experienced so many joys and sorrows, his eyes would become resentful. No longer innocent.

The next morning, Zhuzhu went to school early. Ergou learned that a vegetable company had been built in the village, so he went to the village chief's house to join in the fun and see how they operated.

Zhang Xiuhua went to the county town early to deliver the goods.

When she came back at noon, Zhuzhu had already finished her Chinese test. She was still looking over her math paper. Zhang Xiuhua didn't ask her how she did.

Zhang Xiuhua urged Zhuzhu to eat. Zhuzhu ate while reading a book. When the time came, she hurried to school to continue her exam.

Ergou came back from the village chief's house with a strange expression on his face.

Zhang Xiuhua saw him like this and laughed too, "Are you surprised?"

Ergou didn't comment, but said something else, "I haven't told you before, but I think their vegetable company is doing pretty well. They should be able to accept this bad news."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't understand, "What's wrong?"

"When I was in Pengcheng, I saw the project they were working on, and it seemed to have failed!" Ergou had been hesitating whether to tell them. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him. If he spread the bad news, would the villagers blame him for being nosy? So he wanted to seek his godmother's opinion.

Zhang Xiuhua frowned, "Yellow? What does that mean?"

"I heard that the project manager embezzled the project funds and fled abroad. Those contractors probably won't get paid, and they may have worked for nothing for the past six months!" Ergou's words made Zhang Xiuhua gasp. She had been worried about this before when she learned that they were working on the construction site, but her eldest brother told her not to worry, saying that he knew the contractor. Now it's good. It was the one who ran away with the money. The contractor was also deceived.

"Are you sure?"

"I read it in the newspaper. I'm not sure whether it's true or not, but there's a high probability that it's true. Isn't the project they are working on the Sicheng Construction? They are building a very tall building, more than 30 stories high." Ergou remembered it very clearly. It was during the Chinese New Year when those strong laborers showed off how tall the buildings they built were. He also heard it, so he remembered it.

Zhang Xiuhua finally understood. "I said before, knowing that my wife and mother were the only ones at home, why didn't they come back to help with the autumn harvest? It turns out that they have no money to come back. They want to collect the debts over there. Can they get the money?"

Er Gou is also considered a half-gangster. He curled his lips and said, "I think it's going to be difficult!"

Zhang Xiuhua was undecided. Should she tell them? The villagers would surely be worried. Should she not tell them? She would feel guilty. It would seem as if she had deliberately concealed it from them. She was in a dilemma.

She was troubled until the afternoon. Only when Zhuzhu finished the exam did she regain her spirits and ask Zhuzhu how she did.

Zhuzhu made a bitter face, "I feel like I'm unsure about a question. It seems like I did it wrong, but it also seems like I did it right."

Zhang Xiuhua touched her head and said, "If you are not sure, don't think about it. Wait until the test results come out."

She handed the money Ergou had given her yesterday to Zhuzhu, "This is your pay! After you finish your exams, go and shoot the rest of the scenes. You have to finish the scenes before the New Year so we can celebrate the New Year together."

Zhuzhu opened the red envelope and found five hundred inside. She jumped for joy and said, "Great! After deducting the hundred, I still have four hundred. I made a profit."

Seeing that she recovered so quickly, Zhang Xiuhua patted her head and said, "Then you should act well! Since you have failed in your studies, you can't fail in acting again. You have to do at least one of the two."

Zhuzhu nodded heavily, "Don't worry, for such a large salary, I will definitely act well!"

Zhang Xiuhua looked at Ergou and said, "Let's pretend we don't know for now. Telling them in advance will only make them worried. We might as well see how they solve it."

Ergou didn't have any objection to what she said, "Okay! I'll listen to you."

The next day, Ergou took Zhuzhu back to the capital to continue filming.