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

Zhang Xiuhua expressed her thoughts again, "You used chicken soup, which doesn't mean chicken can't be used to make soup, but it doesn't go well with sauerkraut. I've heard of sauerkraut fish, but I've never heard of sauerkraut chicken. Your combination is a bit out of touch with reality."

Ergou felt that what his godmother said made sense. He stroked his chin and asked, "If we use chicken soup to stew it, what ingredients are suitable?"

Zhuzhu was the first to raise her hand. "Yam. The yam chicken soup my mom often makes for us is especially delicious."

Ergou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "There's no way to add yam in there, it's easy to deform."

Zhang Xiuhua couldn't think of what to add to the chicken soup. Soybeans? But cooked soybeans are easy to spoil. Pickles? It seems that there is no suitable one.

Yaoyao finished a bowl of noodles, then looked up at Ergou, "Why do you have to add anything? Old hen noodle soup, isn't it good?"

Ergou was stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was actually feasible.

He smiled and said, "Chicken noodle soup, I'll think about it. I'll make this pickled cabbage beef noodle first. This one has a strong spice flavor and will be easier to open up the market."

Several of the children nodded to indicate that he was right.

After eating noodles, the children washed the dishes, Zhuzhu and Jilin took Ergou to the orchard to pick fruits. Yaoyao went back to her room to do her homework.

Zhuzhu asked Ergou, "How long will it take to shoot the commercial?"

"I'm thinking of an ad creatively now. It won't take long to shoot, but the creativeness is..." Ergou wanted to make it more creative, like the ones in Hong Kong, but he felt it was too subtle and Chinese people wouldn't understand it. It would be better if it was more genuine.

Zhuzhu didn't know what the creative idea was, so she asked eagerly, "Can I come back before school starts?"

"It should be possible!" Ergou smiled at her, "It won't interfere with your studies."

When they arrived at the orchard, Ergou also made a bowl of tea for Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo had just finished his meal and was really a little hungry, but seeing the child's enthusiastic look, he had to agree.

Zhuzhu went to pick fruits, and Jilin picked two and then lay down on the hammock to sleep. This was the hammock that Li Jianguo specially built for Zhuzhu. It was red with stripes and was particularly eye-catching in the green forest.

Ergou finished making instant noodles. Li Jianguo came over after smelling the aroma. "Wow, it smells so good! Isn't this cheap?"

"Yes! It's more expensive than ordinary instant noodles. But it's more convenient for traveling." Ergou thought of his godfather's appearance just now and immediately came up with an idea.

During the formal dinner, Ergou told everyone his idea, "A family of three was carrying large and small bags to go home for the New Year, and then the little girl..." He pointed at Zhuzhu, "her baby was lost, and she was crying on the train. Her parents couldn't comfort her, and at this moment she was attracted by a fragrance and saw a man eating instant noodles. The whole family was drooling. What do you think of this idea?"

Zhuzhu was the first to applaud, "Good! That's great! It smells good at first glance!"

Jilin also thought it was good.

Yaoyao also nodded and said "not bad" out of respect.

Zhang Xiuhua felt that this image was not straightforward enough. Most of the people traveling at this time were workers. If you want them to buy instant noodles, then the advertising slogan should be simple enough and catchy. "In the last scene, you can have everyone in the carriage holding up their noodles, so that there is a close-up, and then read the advertising slogan, 'Master Li's pickled cabbage beef noodles are delicious!' If you don't have enough advertising money later, you can just broadcast the last part."

Ergou gave her a thumbs up and said, "Godmother, what you said is great! Let's do it!"

He had finalized the creative idea, and after finishing his meal, he strolled outside the door to digest the food, planning to go back to shoot the commercial the next morning.

Zhang Xiuhua asked him what price he planned to set, and "What's the profit?"

Ergou has always liked high profits. He smiled and said, "It has to be at least 50%. I spent so much money. If there is no such high profit, I will not invest at all."

In her previous life, Zhang Xiuhua heard Jidong talk about business.

Jidong had also run a snack business in his previous life, and he set the price very low. After deducting almost all costs, it was only 10%. She didn't understand at the time, so she asked him why. She still remembers what Jidong said.

He said, "A long-term business must only make a small profit. Once the profit is too high, countless competitors will squeeze in, and you will create countless enemies for yourself."

Zhang Xiuhua knew that Ergou liked to make quick money, but instant noodles could be popular for at least 20 to 30 years, so he could definitely make a long-term profit. She repeated what Jidong said and used Santana as an example, "When Santana first entered our country, they planned to set the price at 30,000. Why did the country insist on 200,000? Because the country wants private business owners to see high profits, so that they will squeeze into this industry and develop state-owned cars. The same reasoning. Instant noodles are food. They will sell well for a long time in the future, and we will have a steady stream of income. If you set the price too high, you will have many competitors. On the contrary, if the profit is small and the mass base is established, they will not be able to compete with you even if they come in."

Ergou does business based on his sense of the market. He has never thought that pricing has such profound principles. But when he thinks about it carefully, his godmother's words are enlightening!

He thought about it again and again, "Godmother, I will think about it carefully."

Just then, someone came in from outside. It was already dark, Ergou couldn't see who it was, so he squinted his eyes and tried to identify him for a long time, "Who is it? What's up?"

The shadow took a few steps forward and raised his voice, "It's me!"

Zhuzhu washed her feet and poured the water into the well. When she heard the voice, she thought it sounded familiar. She waited until the person walked into the light before she recognized him. Why is it him? !

Ergou also recognized the other person. He looked a little unfriendly, "Why are you here?"

When Ergou's father heard his son's attitude, his face darkened. He subconsciously wanted to get angry, but when he thought of his son's attitude, he could only suppress his anger and said in a calm voice, "My hand is injured and I can't do heavy work. You...you give me some money."

He didn't mean to blackmail anyone. The whole village knew that he fell from a great height while building a greenhouse and injured his wrist, which was still bandaged.

Ergou crossed his arms and watched him perform quietly. He had long wanted to do this kind of condescending attitude.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Ergou's father immediately became anxious, "If you don't believe me, ask Zhuzhu's mother or other people in the village. I didn't lie!"

Ergou didn't ask at all. He waved his hand nonchalantly, "I know you didn't lie. But you want me to pay for your injured hand? Aren't you thinking too much? If you don't have money, then fine, let Xiaogou drop out of school to save some burden on the family. And do you want me to help you rent out the land so that you can have money for treatment?"

Although the land in the countryside cannot be sold, it can be sublet. And the rent is ten yuan per mu. His family has three mu of land, which can be rented for 450 yuan. It is definitely enough to treat wrist disease.

When Ergou's father heard his son asking him to rent out the land, he couldn't hold back his anger anymore. He pointed at Ergou's nose and yelled, "How can you be so cruel?! Are you trying to force me to death? If I rent out the land, what will I eat and drink?!"

"You saved a lot of money before you got hurt, didn't you? You didn't spend your own savings, but you shamelessly asked me for it. My leg was just broken, but you didn't send me to the hospital to save money. Who is more cruel between us?" Ergou would think about the past every once in a while. The most common dream was that he was lying on the bed with a broken leg, and they looked disgusted. Every time he dreamed of it, he would wake up from the dream. Seeing that he didn't pretend anymore, Ergou felt refreshed and spoke bluntly, poking his lungs.

Ergou's father looked grim. He stared at him for a long while, and was so angry that he couldn't help but say, "Okay, okay! I want to see what will happen to you for abandoning your father!"

He pointed at Zhang Xiuhua who came out of the main hall, "Don't think she is kind. She just wants to take you away from me! She is the worst person in the world!"

Zhang Xiuhua: “…”

She didn't know who she had offended. She wasn't good at quarreling, but that didn't mean she wouldn't defend herself. "You... weren't you unwilling to send Ergou to the hospital? If you were willing to send him, why would it be my turn? You have no conscience! The whole village is watching, and they know about this."

If Ergou's father really had no problems, and she did something to sow discord, the whole village would have cursed her to death. But until now, everyone is envious and jealous, and no one says she did anything wrong.

Ergou stood in front of Zhang Xiuhua, looking at his biological father with a bad face, "You don't have to blame all the mistakes on my godmother. She never instigated me to treat you badly. It was me who felt unworthy of being a father! When I was beaten, you hid far away. When I was injured, you directly gave up treatment and only fed me sweet potatoes every day. I pooped in my pants, and you didn't care! You wanted me to die of pain!"

He never told anyone because he felt disgusted. But since this person blamed his godmother, there was no need for him to hide it.

Zhang Xiuhua couldn't believe it. He actually abused a sick child. Is he even a human being?

Several children looked at him straight. They were not adults and did not know how to hide their emotions.

So many eyes were staring at him with disgust, even Ergou's father, who was as thick-skinned as a city wall, couldn't bear it. He opened his mouth to explain, "It wasn't me, it was your stepmother!"

"Don't blame her for everything. She at least brought me some sweet potatoes, but you didn't even look at me." Ergou interrupted him coldly. He really looked down on such people. It was obviously him who did everything, but in the end he pushed all the mistakes onto others.

In his son's black and white eyes, Ergou's father saw only ridicule, not a bit of respect, so he fled in panic.

Ergou looked at his tall father when he was young. His father was so arrogant at that time. As long as he made the slightest mistake, he would rush into the house hysterically and beat him to death. But now? This man has become a clown! A ridiculous clown!

Zhang Xiuhua patted Ergou on the shoulder and said, "Don't be sad. Some people just don't have a strong bond with their parents. You can't force it."

Ergou was not sad, but he didn't dare let his godmother see that he was making fun of his father.

Zhuzhu scratched her head, "I saw his hand was fine yesterday, why is it hanging again today?"

She was only twelve years old, and she had no idea that parents could play tricks on them.

Ji Lin hit the nail on the head, "Because the second brother can make money, but the money he earns has nothing to do with him, he feels unbalanced. Whenever the villagers see that the second brother is living well, they will laugh at him for being blind."

Ergou put his arm around Jilin's shoulders and said, "You're right. You're quite smart."

Jilin scratched his head, "Isn't this obvious?"

Ergou nodded, "So I will hang around him more often in the future. Make him jealous. As long as he is unhappy, I will be happy!"

Jilin scratched his head when he heard this. Although his biological father didn't like him either, he just pretended that his father didn't exist and didn't intend to have anything to do with him, but Ergou deliberately angered his father. He really didn't understand, but he respected his second brother's approach! Because he was venting his anger for his younger self. Maybe one day when his anger subsided, he would be able to laugh like a normal person? !