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

Zhang Xiuhua came out of the old village chief's house and followed the sound to the location. It was Zhang's house without any surprise.

When I got to the gate, I found that there were not many villagers and no outsiders. Why were they crying?

Aunt Wang Er and Aunt Li Si, two people who like to watch the fun, ran over early, but found nothing. They were a little speechless and walked home with their heads hung.

Zhang Xiuhua called Aunt Wang and raised her chin towards the Zhang family, "What happened to the Zhang family again?"

"It's okay! Their daughters in the south haven't come back and haven't sent any money. I called and they said they have moved away." Aunt Wang said with a hint of gloating in her tone.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't quite understand. "Didn't they move their household registration? Why did they move?"

"I guess the address I left for them was just temporary." Aunt Wang curled her lips, "Serves them right. Why are you crying now? What were you doing before?"

Compared to Aunt Wang, Aunt Li's scolding was more nasty. "Do you think they regret that their daughter ignored them? No! They cried because they had no money."

Even if the daughters were married off, they would have received gifts every year. But now that their household registration has been moved, the two places are thousands of miles apart. Not to mention sending gifts every year, it is estimated that they will not come back for several years. These three daughters have been raised in vain.

"From now on, their family will only rely on their son!" Aunt Wang said with a bit of sarcasm. She also had a daughter, whom she loved since she was a child. When Xinghua got married, she gave her a lot of money as a dowry. No daughter in their village had ever married, and her family didn't give her any dowry. But what about the Zhang family? Not only did they not give her any dowry, they also kept all the dowry. They didn't marry their daughter, they sold her. Since they were selling her, they couldn't blame their daughters for being cruel.

After listening to the gossip, Zhang Xiuhua went home.

The children went to the town to buy New Year's goods. Zhang Xiuhua saw that Li Jianguo had been busy for a year, so she let him take a day off. She made a list of New Year's goods, gave them money, and asked the children to buy according to the list.

Li Jianguo was the only one at home now. He was lying on the table, writing and scribbling, sometimes frowning, sometimes laughing out loud.

Zhang Xiuhua walked behind him and watched him clumsily writing something with a pencil.

She took a look and saw only a few words, "Da Yangge" and "Errenzhuan". What do they mean?

She sat next to him. When Li Jianguo saw her coming, he immediately told her that he wanted to hold a New Year's Eve party. "Everyone is here this year, and I think it would be nice to have some fun."

Nowadays, every household cannot afford a TV. Even if they have a TV, it is impossible to fit all the villagers in it. It is better to let everyone get together and have fun, just like celebrating the New Year.

This is a good idea, but Zhang Xiuhua raised a point, "Who will perform?"

"We are from the same village." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Every family has some talent. Singing and dancing are no problem."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It's good, but I think you're still a little short of motivation to get the villagers out of their warm beds in the winter."

Li Jianguo wondered, "What motivation do you need?"

In his opinion, having fun together is better than anything else.

"It's true that you are the village chief, but asking everyone to stand in the snow in the middle of winter to have fun is probably not going to work. They will think you are meddling in other people's business. You have to show your sincerity!" Zhang Xiuhua rubbed her hands, "For example, rewards!"

Li Jianguo was stunned. "But this is not a production team. The brigade has no funds."

When the land was divided up before, all the money was distributed. Now the brigade accountant is just a decoration and doesn't take care of a penny.

Zhang Xiuhua spread her hands, "So you have to find a way to raise funds yourself."

Li Jianguo thought about it and looked at her tentatively, "How about our family pay for it?"

Zhang Xiuhua rolled her eyes, pinched her waist and glared at him, "You're dreaming! I owe them! You really have a way of thinking! When they become officials, they take the money for themselves, but you take your own money for the public. You really deserve to be Zhuzhu's father, you can do the same thing!"

Li Jianguo blushed and scratched his head, he really couldn't think of any way to make money in the public sector.

It's no wonder he couldn't think of it. If he had been in the production team, he would have been able to do it. But now? He only takes care of trivial matters, and occasionally notifies the villagers of the tasks assigned by the town. Most of the time, he is idle.

There was no hope for money! With the production quotas assigned to each household, he had to hand in the levies and money collected from each household within one night. He had to add to the amount himself, fearing that the money was insufficient!

Zhang Xiuhua thought of an idea, "You can lead the strong laborers in the village to go fishing in the river."

The river behind them is quite close to their village, but the strong laborers in the village have never fished there. In the past, there were no hand tractors or fishing nets, but now their village has many tractors and fishing nets, so they can do it. Why not fish?! Anyway, the river is so wide and big, there are plenty of fish!

Li Jianguo's eyes lit up, and he immediately hugged her head and kissed her, "My wife is smart! I'll go organize some people now, and let them have a good New Year!"

Zhang Xiuhua saw that he believed everything he heard, like a child, and she was also amused by him. In fact, she was just greedy. She especially liked the fish from the river behind. Compared with the fish from 20 or 30 years later, they were not only fresher, but also had fewer bones.

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There is one advantage of Li Jianguo being the village chief. He said that if he organizes people, he can act quickly. As soon as Zhang Xiuhua mentioned the idea, Li Jianguo had already organized people. As the year draws to a close, every family has no work to do and stays indoors for the winter.

The fishing net in the village was not big enough, but it didn’t matter, he went to the town to buy a big one.

When they learned that they were going to go fishing, almost all the villagers took action. Not to mention the strong laborers, they were the main labor force. When the tractor pulled up the fishing net, they were responsible for pulling the fish out of the ice.

Women and children also came to join in the fun. After all, it's better to take the fish if it's free.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Xiuhua's proposal would not have succeeded.

Let’s not talk about anything else. Just talk about cotton-padded clothes. Every household is saving cloth and cotton. It is common for the whole family to wear the same pair of pants. Hiding at home in the winter is not for warmth, but simply because there is no clothes to change.

What about now? With the household contract responsibility system, every household has a better life and has extra money. They can buy cotton shipped from the south without tickets. This year, adults and children in every family wear new cotton-padded jackets. The children are no longer sniffling from the cold, but are grinning with red cheeks.

A hand tractor drove over. The ice was several dozen centimeters deep, so the children could play wildly on it without fear of falling.

They cast nets along the ice holes left by the fishing team, but after three casts, they only caught a few small ones.

Li Jianguo decided to dig a hole himself and go to a place farther away.

Then several strong men started to dig with iron rods. At that time, there were no electric ice chisels, so they had to use manual methods. The iron rod was pointed at the bottom and had a steering wheel on the top, which turned while poking. The speed was a bit slow, and they only chipped a few centimeters after a long time.

Li Jianguo had to keep changing people. It took him an hour to dig this hole. Then he dug the second, third, and fourth. Only then did he make the hole bigger.

This is how the fishing net can be cast!

The strong laborers were so exhausted that they could only sit on the side and catch their breath.

After four hours, everyone was exhausted. Only a few strong men stayed by the side to watch and wait for the fish to come online. The others all went home to eat.

Li Jianguo was the village chief, so he also had to watch over the place. Zhang Xiuhua went home to eat, and when she came back, she brought him some biscuits. It wasn't that she didn't want to bring hot food, but it was too cold, and if she took it out, the noodles would freeze, so she might as well eat biscuits.

After the strong laborers came back from their meal, Li Jianguo began to set up the fishing nets.

The first net, everyone is a little excited. Keep your eyes on the fishing net!

They hadn't fished down there in years. No one was sure how big the fish was.

Jidong, Ergou and Youcai also squeezed to the front and caught fish together.

"Wow! Here it comes! Here it comes!" I saw a two-pound grass carp caught on the snow-white fishing net. Not to mention, the fish's color was beautiful, and it was obvious that it was raised in clean water.

The fish was brought ashore and was still alive, but it was too cold and it would soon freeze to death.

He put the fish into the bucket and continued to pull it up. Another one floated to the surface. "Carp! It's so big!"

This carp weighed about 15-20 pounds. It came out of the water with its tail curled up.

The two consecutive fish gave everyone confidence and made us feel that all the previous hard work was worth it!

"Silver carp! This one is even bigger!" Zhang Xiuhua smacked her lips. This fish is really big, weighing about 10 kilograms. This river is so big that the fishing team only fishes once a year. The fish get a rest, so they are all very big.

Adults and children all crowded to the front, pointing at the fish and admiring it. Fortunately, there were no mobile phones at that time, if there were, someone would definitely take out a mobile phone to take a photo.

As the sun set, after casting four nets, they caught a total of thirty-six fish.

This harvest is not small! But it is not enough to share! There are so many families, and each family has contributed strong labor. As the village chief, Li Jianguo must not be partial to some and not others. This really made the brigade accountant very embarrassed. Not even one piece is enough for each family. How can he share it? He can't give each family half, right? It doesn't seem enough either.

After several cadres discussed it, Li Jianguo suggested that they treat the fish as gifts, ask everyone to perform, and then vote to decide who the fish belong to.

"Each company puts out a show, and when voting, you are not allowed to vote for your own company."

The villagers talked about it and found it interesting. In winter, everyone stayed indoors. Now there was an event and everyone was free anyway so they were happy to come out and join in the fun.