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

Regardless of whether the other party has received the letter or not, Jidong’s goal has been achieved as long as the other party no longer bothers him.

Zhang Xiuhua told him not to worry about them, "You will be a senior next semester, so your studies should be the most important thing."

Jidong nodded, "Actually, our professor wants to recommend me to join the aircraft manufacturing factory. But I want to go abroad to improve my studies and then come back to join the factory. Our country's generators have always been a weak point."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't quite understand this. Seeing him reject such a good job, she didn't feel sorry for him. She just said, "It's right for you to study hard. You should apply first."

Jidong nodded.

After the meal, the three of them left the restaurant, and Youcai was still mumbling about how to cook the dish.

Zhang Xiuhua asked curiously, "The foie gras in our country isn't that big, right?"

Youcai nodded, "Yes! It's the Landes goose. This kind of goose has an enlarged liver and is suitable for making foie gras."

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "Then I will ask your father to raise a few more of these geese next year, and then you can use their foie gras to study the recipe."

Youcai's eyes lit up, "Aunt Zhang, you are so good to me! You must let my dad take good care of him. Don't rush to kill him, wait until I get home."

Zhang Xiuhua saw that he was acting like a child, and couldn't help but laugh and cry, "Okay!"

Youcai went to find Master Zheng and left happily.

Jidong had to go to school to do an experiment, so he left first, and Zhang Xiuhua went back alone.

She originally planned to take a nap and then go to work the next afternoon, but she didn't expect to see Youcai coming back happily with breakfast early in the morning.

He was a man who showed his happiness easily, so this meant that he had something happy. Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled, "Why are you so happy? Did your master teach you a new dish?"

Youcai grinned and said, "No! It was Zhenzhen who broke up."

Zhang Xiuhua opened her mouth in surprise, "So soon? Didn't we just get together?"

"My master broke up the couple, saying they were not suitable for each other." Youcai said happily.

Zhang Xiuhua hadn't heard of such things for a long time. "Nowadays, free love is practiced. Your master's approach is not good. It will drive Zhenzhen away from him. Don't act too happy. Zhenzhen's breakup doesn't mean you and her can be together. Don't let her dislike you."

Youcai nodded repeatedly, "I haven't seen her for several days. I heard that she had a quarrel with the master. I learned cooking from the master yesterday, and he looked down on the second junior brother, saying that the second junior brother liked to cheat and was not her ideal man."

Zhang Xiuhua suddenly realized that this was the case. The old man was very cruel and it was normal for him not to like his daughter to marry such a man. But she didn't understand, "If you don't like him to be sneaky, why did you accept him as your apprentice?"

"He is old and in poor health, so he wants to find an heir before he dies. Zhenzhen has no talent in cooking." Youcai spread his hands.

Zhang Xiuhua understood, so taking on so many disciples at once meant casting a wide net.

Zhang Xiuhua patted his arm and said, "Although Zhenzhen broke up, you should not get close to her, lest she thinks you are the one who instigated her to vent her anger on you."

Youcai nodded, "Okay, I understand."

"Your second junior brother must have some merits, right? What does Zhenzhen like about him?" Zhang Xiuhua was a little curious.

Youcai blurted out, "He is sweet-mouthed and eloquent, and he is even better at boasting than Ergou."

Zhang Xiuhua understood. No one doesn't like sweet talk, especially when Zhenzhen's father was sent down to the countryside. Zhenzhen lived alone, begging for a living under the care of relatives and living under someone else's roof. It was inevitable that she felt inferior. It was normal for her to be fascinated by a young man who praised her enthusiastically.

Youcai is straightforward and never thinks before speaking. One is one and two is two. Older people like him, but young people think he speaks without thinking.

"Whether Zhenzhen likes you or not is her business. Even if your master insists on bringing you together, you should consider it carefully." Youcai is the oldest child in the family, and Zhang Xiuhua really doesn't want him to marry a wife who doesn't have him in her heart. He can't stand the feeling of being rejected for a long time.

Youcai lowered his head and thought for a while, "I'll think about it carefully."

Zhang Xiuhua went back to work.

In a blink of an eye, she returned home. This time, she went to see Baolin on the way. When she returned home, it was already dark.

But the village was bustling, and the threshing ground was crowded with people, many of whom were holding flashlights and seemed to be discussing something.

School hasn't started yet and it's not time to harvest the crops in the fields. Why are you running to the threshing ground so late at night instead of sleeping?

Zhang Xiuhua did not go home, but turned a corner and went to the threshing ground. As soon as she walked outside, before she could ask anyone, she heard someone inside shouting, "It must have been those people who did it?"

Zhang Xiuhua was confused. Who did it? What happened? She pulled the person standing behind her and asked, "What's going on?"

The one in front was Zhang Juemei's mother. Seeing her coming back, she whispered, "The chicken farm in the village was pried open and dozens of chickens were stolen. I wonder who did it?"

Zhang Xiuhua's heart skipped a beat. "Which chicken farm?"

"It's the chicken farm next to the old village chief's house." Zhang's mother answered in a low voice, "It was Song Lianhua who had been feeding the chickens. After she finished feeding the chickens, she went home to sleep. The whole family was sleeping soundly and didn't hear the thief enter the house at all."

Since Zhang Xiuhua withdrew her share in the chicken farm, Aunt Wang Er has not participated in raising chickens anymore, because the old village chief said that whoever invests the most money can get a quota to raise chickens.

Raising chickens offers a fixed monthly salary and the work is not tiring, so many people are rushing to do it.

Aunt Wang Er did not invest in a chicken farm in order to raise money for her son to buy a house. She was not qualified to raise chickens. The job of raising chickens fell to the old village chief's family.

Zhang Xiuhua frowned, "Our chicken farm is equipped with a mechanism. When the thief opened the door, there was no sound?"

This alarm device was installed by Jilin after a thief happened. The principle is very simple. Tie a rope behind the door, and then there is a bell behind the rope. If someone breaks in, the bell will make a clanging sound.

If you are a chicken farmer, you can just use the key to block the bell before it rings.

Zhang's mother shook her head. "Who knows? Anyway, no one heard it. They were sleeping too soundly."

Li Jianguo is now the village chief. When a chicken was lost in the village, it was his responsibility to catch the thief. But the thief had already run away. They had a lot of suspicions but no evidence.

Someone suggested going to the police station to report the case, but Li Jianguo said, "The police are not omnipotent. They can't do anything if there is no evidence."

He waved his hand to signal everyone to go back quickly, and also reminded the old village chief and his family to be more vigilant in the future.

No matter how much they hated the thief, as the village chief said, the thief had already run away. They suspected this and that, but without evidence it was useless. The villagers went home after talking about it.

After the crowd dispersed, Li Jianguo saw Zhang Xiuhua and asked her if she had eaten.

"Not yet." Zhang Xiuhua's stomach growled with hunger. "How could I be so careless? Isn't there someone next to the old village chief's house?"

The location was so good, with people around him, but the thief was able to succeed. Was the mechanism installed by Jilin cracked?

Li Jianguo indicated that he should go home first.

"The chicken farm that Tielihua fed is not lost, right?" Zhang Xiuhua couldn't help but worry again.

Li Jianguo shook his head. "No. Her chickens are not lost. She lives next to the chicken farm. She would have heard any noise."

Since Tielihua took on the task of raising chickens, she built a small house next to the chicken farm and treated the chicken farm as her home.

Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled. Tielihua lived with her son, and there were few people in the family. If the thief had scouted the area beforehand, he should have robbed her house, why did he rob Laocun's house? From a geographical point of view, no one lived next door to Tielihua's house, so the risk of being caught was lower.

Zhang Xiuhua was full of doubts.