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

After Aunt Li Si's shouting, almost everyone in the village decided to grow fungus. However, they could not afford to build a greenhouse, so each family only planned to build one acre of land.

Xu Chunying's family plans to build a two-acre house, and she is a little hesitant about what vegetables to plant.

Over the years, she has only grown radishes, cabbages, celery, cucumbers and the like.

Zhang Xiuhua remembered Aunt Wang saying that strawberries are very valuable, "Do you want to give it a try?"

Xu Chunying was really moved. She was a vegetable wholesaler, and there was no one in the county that grew strawberries. If she grew them, the vegetable wholesale company would have one more variety.

She nodded, "Okay! I'll plant it."

Soon all the vegetables were sold out, and the villagers started to plant cabbage or radish. These are vegetables for the winter, and they must be planted in advance. If they are planted too late, the cabbage may not have a core and the radish may not grow big enough. They have to store the cabbage in the cellar by the end of October. Otherwise, if it snows and freezes, the cabbage and radish will be frozen in the ground, and the whole year will be wasted.

After planting the vegetables, it was July. Zhuzhu took her primary school graduation exam and she completely relaxed.

The only pity is that she had a movie to shoot this year, so she went to the orchard to help pick fruit.

In a blink of an eye, Ergou came over. Zhang Xiuhua gave him 200,000 yuan and signed a contract with him.

The instant noodle company was called "Master Li". Zhang Xiuhua was silent for a while when she heard the name. She was actually called by this name. "How did you come up with it?"

"My last name is Li. The word 'Master' is obviously the title of the chef. It sounds very professional." Ergou thought about it for a long time before deciding to use this name.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't say anything, she just told him her idea, "I think instant noodles should be made into bucket noodles, which can be soaked by adding boiling water. It is very suitable for selling on trains. The first variety you research should be this kind. I will promote it on the train when the time comes."

Ergou touched his chin and said, "You mean cup noodles?"

Zhang Xiuhua was slightly startled, "Yes. This is it!"

"Okay! I will add this category. But the cost of cup noodles is high, so we will also make packaged instant noodles."

Zhang Xiuhua thought for a moment and said, "Remember to make it fragrant and serve it with pickled vegetables, such as sauerkraut or kimchi."

Ergou nodded, "No problem. This is easy."

But he thought about it and said, "I don't think kimchi will work for now. Because it will ferment and the bag will burst. As for sauerkraut, the ones from our Northeast won't work either. Southerners don't like to eat this kind of sauerkraut, and our Northeastern sauerkraut mainly relies on low temperatures, so it's not easy to spoil. In the South, this method will easily spoil."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "There are so many ways to make pickled vegetables in the country. Find more people to experiment with and see which one is most acceptable, and then use that one."

Ergou had this in mind, "When making food, we must cater to the tastes of the general public in order to spread it across the country."

After he got the money and signed the contract, he rushed back to build the factory. He couldn't even wait one night.

When Li Jianguo learned that Ergou left so soon, he smiled and said, "With his enthusiasm, your investment will be paid back soon."

"He's always in a hurry, afraid of being a step behind others." Zhang Xiuhua also laughed, "If our Jilin had half the energy of Ergou, I wouldn't have to worry about his future."

"What's wrong with Jilin? Isn't he studying very hard now?" Li Jianguo didn't like to hear that. To be honest, he liked Jilin very much, because this child had no other shortcomings except laziness. He was not as noisy as Youcai, nor was he as silent as Yaoyao who fell in love early. What a good and well-behaved child.

"He's struggling with his studies now. I think he'll go back to his old ways when he gets into college." Zhang Xiuhua knows her son well. Once he achieves his goal, his true colors will show up.

"This is also good. He has a lower desire for material things and is not easily bewitched." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "I think Jilin is very suitable for research."

Because he is too lazy to move. As long as his basic conditions are met, he can stay in the lab all day. And he is not really lazy, he likes to use his brain, and he will not start until he has thought about it a thousand times and is sure that the steps are okay. This personality is also good, which can save the experimental team a lot of money.

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it carefully and it was true. "Maybe he can really get into the research institute."

However, it is not easy to get into graduate school, so she can only think about it for now.

Zhang Xiuhua stayed in the orchard for most of the day and then returned home, where she met Xiangxiang’s mother at the door.

It seemed like the other party was waiting for her on purpose.

"Xiuhua? Tomorrow is Xiangxiang's college entrance examination day. Are you going to deliver meals to them?"

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Yes!"

Xiangxiang's mother looked embarrassed.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at her in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Xiangxiang said that the school organized the children to eat at school. I was thinking about whether I should send her food. It's so hot, and if I bring it from home to the county, it will probably go bad." Xiangxiang's mother felt it was not a good idea no matter how she thought about it.

Zhang Xiuhua explained, "I brought ready-made ingredients from home to the county and asked the restaurant to prepare them."

But she paused and said, "The school provides meals. The food is not delicious, but it is hygienic."

Because the school now uses food stamps, the school does not provide meals during the junior high school entrance examination. However, during the college entrance examination, the school actually provides meals, and students can eat in the school cafeteria. However, she was worried that the food would be cold and taste bad when her child returned after the exam, so she insisted on delivering meals.

Xiangxiang's mother thought about it and it made sense. "Then I'll take the ingredients over too. That way they don't have to use rotten vegetables."

After saying that, she left first.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at her from behind and thought of Baolin. Baolin and Xiangxiang were classmates. If Baolin hadn't become an athlete, she would have taken the college entrance examination this year. Oh! What a pity.

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Xiuhua had forgotten all about this matter.

She went back to work and visited Baolin on her way back, only to learn that Baolin had gone abroad with his coach for training and would not be back for three months. Oh no! She didn't see him again.

In August, Jidong packed his bags and flew directly from the capital to Los Angeles in the United States.

Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that Jidong would be wronged there, so she gave him 60,000 yuan before he left. 20,000 yuan was from the public funds, and 40,000 yuan was her own money.

Jidong felt that it was inappropriate for his aunt to pay for his living expenses since he was already an adult, so he refused. "Aunt, I have money. The government will also subsidize my living expenses."

"That little money you have is not enough." Zhang Xiuhua insisted on stuffing it into his pocket. She stammered for a long time, wanting to open her mouth, but didn't know how to start.

Seeing her embarrassed expression, Jidong was a little confused, "What's wrong? Aunt, just say it."

"Jidong, you are studying abroad on government funding, the money is paid by the country. No matter how free and good life is abroad, you must remember to come back." Zhang Xiuhua knew that many college students went abroad to study at this time, and after being dazzled by the good life abroad, they were unwilling to come back.

To be honest, if Jidong received so much money for studying abroad but chose to stay abroad after graduation, she would think that this child was too sophisticated and selfish, to put it bluntly, he was ungrateful. She didn't want her child to become such a person.

Jidong suddenly realized, "So this is what Auntie is worried about? Don't worry, I will definitely come back. No matter how good foreign countries are, they are not as good as our own country."

Zhang Xiuhua smiled again, but she was still a little worried. "What if your classmates bewitched you? What if they offered you a salary of hundreds of thousands?"

She had read many reports before that many Chinese people never returned after going abroad.

Before Jidong could speak, Youcai couldn't help but said, "Aunt Zhang, this is too outrageous. Money in the United States doesn't come from the wind. Why should you pay him such a high salary? He is just a freshly graduated student."

Youcai started his internship in the second half of the year. He knows how low the internship salary is, and he also knows how low the salary of regular employees is. An intern who graduated from Capital University only makes a few dozen yuan a month. After graduation, the salary is less than 100 yuan. How can the United States offer a high salary of hundreds of thousands of yuan? How is this possible!

Zhang Xiuhua waved her hand to interrupt him, "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean Jidong can't do it. He is a high-tech talent, very rare, and it's not impossible to offer him such a high salary!"

Youcai was a little confused by her confident attitude, and just stared at Jidong. If the United States really offered such a high salary, would Jidong really stay there? He was panicking. If that was the case, he and Jidong might not see each other for the rest of their lives.

Jidong felt a headache looking at Youcai. He seemed to never understand the point. What his aunt cared about was not the salary, but whether he could come back. He held Zhang Xiuhua's hand tightly and assured her, "Aunt, no. I will definitely come back!"

Zhang Xiuhua breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good! You don't have to work there, you can save time and learn more knowledge. We go there to study, if you need money, call me."

Jidong nodded, "Okay!"

After sending Jidong away, Zhang Xiuhua did not stop worrying, because the United States does not ban guns. What if Jidong is unlucky and gets robbed, or gets caught in a gang fight, will he suffer?

It was not until Jidong arrived in the United States and called her from overseas that she finally felt relieved.