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

After talking about this, Xu Chunying talked about another matter, "The chickens in the chicken farm can lay eggs. We harvested quite a few yesterday."

This year, both chicken farms are raising laying hens. It is the time when they start to lay eggs.

Li Jiandang nodded, "Then I'll deliver some vegetables and eggs to the city tomorrow."

Xu Chunying looked at Zhang Xiuhua with a bit of pity, "You didn't invest in the chicken farm this year, so you won't get any money."

"It's okay! My family has plenty of places to spend money. You can't force me to do all the good things." Zhang Xiuhua thought it through. The animals at home were annoying enough. There was really no way to do anything else.

Xu Chunying also laughed, "But your two small shops are doing pretty good business. Those supply and marketing cooperatives aren't doing as well as you are. The amount of vegetables they deliver every day isn't as much as you want."

Xu Chunying also helps out at the vegetable wholesale company. She has a relatively clear understanding of the accounts.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Not bad. The two stores are in good locations."

Li Jianguo negotiated with the store that we chose later. We painted the walls, laid cement, put up shelves, and opened the store. There was no major renovation.

Of course, it was not popular to decorate stores at that time, mainly because building materials were not available.

We finished our meal while chatting and then went home.

Li Jianguo went to the orchard to bring Ji Lin back.

The next morning, Li Jiandang went to the county town to deliver vegetables. Around noon, Xu Chunying hurried to find Zhang Xiuhua.

At that time, Zhang Xiuhua was cleaning the house.

This month it was their family's turn to take care of the mother-in-law. Early in the morning, Li Jiandang carried her out to the courtyard to bask in the sun. She opened the windows to get rid of the smell and then re-made the kang.

Seeing her sister-in-law coming, Zhang Xiuhua asked her to find a place to sit by herself.

Xu Chunying didn't bother to be polite with her, "Something big has happened! Fengjiao is going to work in the south."

Zhang Xiuhua was so shocked by this that the clothes in her hands fell to the ground. She did not bother to pick them up and looked up at her sister-in-law. "Why? Is it because of what happened yesterday? Is she having a quarrel with her in-laws?"

"She said no! She is an accountant. She found that the factory's accounts were not right and reported it to the factory director, who told her not to worry about it. But she was worried and thought that if she continued like this, she might be the scapegoat. Qiaoling happened to fail the college entrance examination, so she planned to take Qiaoling to work in the south." Xu Chunying clapped her hands, "She is so bold. She just gave up such a good job."

After hearing the reasons, Zhang Xiuhua thought it was quite reasonable. "She is really willing to do so!"

"She's too timid." Xu Chunying sighed, "I don't know how she got to where she is now."

Zhang Xiuhua asked her, "What did my brother-in-law say?"

"Your eldest brother went there but didn't see anyone. I think the couple is having a quarrel." Xu Chunying was very disgusted. "Her parents-in-law are worthless. They looked down on Fengjiao when they got married. Fengjiao has been enduring until now only because she is too kind. If it were me, I would make their whole family restless."

Zhang Xiuhua stroked her forehead. Everyone has different personalities. Those who don't care about anything and only seek their own pleasure are a minority. Fengjiao is a cultured person and thin-skinned. She can't do such a thing. "When is she going to leave?"

"I don't know. It will be soon! I heard your eldest brother say that she was packing her things." Xu Chunying touched her chin, feeling a little excited.

Zhang Xiuhua guessed something was wrong by looking at her expression, "What's wrong with you? Do you want to go out and work too?"

"Why should I work? We have so much land at home." Xu Chunying raised her chin. "I was thinking about Hongwen. He will go to school in a month. I have nothing to do anyway, so shouldn't I make some extra money?"

"Go to the south to fight? The round-trip fare is higher than my salary. Is it worth it?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that she was crazy about money.

"No!" Xu Chunying said happily, "It's easy for Hongwen to find a tutor with his grades. Hongwu used to make a lot of money as a tutor in Pengcheng. Didn't your two children pay for tutoring?"

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Yes, but they have already paid the money, and the teacher is the one teaching the class. If I withdraw, I will offend the teacher."

Xu Chunying rolled her eyes. "What are you thinking? I don't want him to teach your two children! With his fame, you can definitely find him."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know where her confidence came from. Hongwen's grades were good, but we were in the village, and there were far fewer rich people than in Pengcheng. "How much do you want to charge?"

"Hongwu charges one dollar an hour. Hongwen can't charge less than him. One dollar and fifty cents, please." Xu Chunying clapped her hands.

Zhang Xiuhua thought she was daydreaming. "One dollar and fifty cents for two hours of classes is three dollars. We farmers only make a few dollars a year. I think you might as well run a tutoring class at home. With more people, the price will go down."

Xu Chunying's eyes lit up, "Good idea!"

She excitedly went to Hongwen to discuss setting up a tutoring class, while Zhang Xiuhua continued to clean the house.

It was almost lunchtime when Sun Guangming arrived on his bicycle.

He came to Zhang Xiuhua first because Liu Shujun was here.

Thanks to the careful care of the two families, Liu Shujun can now speak more clearly than last year. She can also walk a little, but not too much. She has to stop and rest every five minutes.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't want to interfere in the affairs of her sister-in-law and her husband, so she went to the orchard to call Li Jianguo over and asked him to take charge of the matter.

Zhang Xiuhua was mowing the orchard, and a village kid came over to help her pick fruit for a reward, so she invited him in.

It only took one afternoon to pick most of the fruits.

A few were given to each person, and the children went away happily holding the fruits.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jianguo returned to the orchard.

Zhang Xiuhua was feeding the fox with prepared feed. When she saw him coming, she threw the spoon to him and went to rest on the side. "What's the matter?"

"My brother-in-law asked us to persuade Fengjiao not to go to the south to work, but Fengjiao was determined to go. We could only persuade him to go with her. But I think he didn't seem happy about it." Li Jianguo sighed.

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "They have been separated for a long time, right? If it weren't for the child, Fengjiao would have divorced him long ago."

Li Jianguo did not deny it. He was not a fool. The fact that Sun's parents tore up the notice yesterday meant that they did not want to save face for Fengjiao. However, he was a little unwilling to accept the divorce. "Fengjiao is not young anymore. How will she live after the divorce?"

"As long as she can make money and support herself, what does divorce mean?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that he had old ideas. "She is a worker. She doesn't rely on physical labor to make a living. She can support herself. It doesn't matter if she doesn't have a man."

"How lonely it will be when you are old. The children are grown up and have their own families, and Weiguo is still in high school." Li Jianguo sighed, "What if it delays his college entrance examination?"

This time Zhang Xiuhua did not answer. Because in her previous life, she had seen many couples who were in love but not in harmony. They were clearly in a relationship, but for the sake of their children, they insisted on holding on until the college entrance examination before getting divorced. She did not dare to say that divorce would not hurt the children, because that would be a lie.

She sighed, "It's only a few years left. I might as well go find a job somewhere else first. It will save me from feeling uncomfortable staying in that house!"

Li Jianguo nodded, "Yes."

It was getting late, so Zhang Xiuhua went back first.