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

On October 2nd, Youcai and Zhenzhen held their wedding at the hotel.

The bride invited relatives and friends, while the groom invited talented classmates. Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo also attended as elders.

As for the other children, they don't have time to come because they have to wait until October 5th to hold their wedding in their hometown.

The wedding room was decorated in Zhenzhen's home. The walls were repainted, and there were washing machines, refrigerators, and televisions shipped from the south. They were all tied with big red flowers. These were shipped by Ergou from the south. But he was too busy, so he asked He Tingting to deliver the appliances, and he didn't come himself.

Because of the bridal chamber incident, Zhenzhen's relatives and friends thought that Youcai was marrying into the family.

Master Zheng told everyone that it was not the case. "I am in a hurry to get my two children married. Youcai's house is still under renovation, so I will use it as a temporary residence. When the renovation is completed, please come and see the new house."

A relative asked where the man’s family bought the house.

Master Zheng smiled and said, "Houhai. Youcai's parents bought a house there a long time ago. It's newer than ours, but it was rented out to someone else before, so the house is a mess and we can't move in right away. We have to renovate it. When the time comes, all these appliances will be moved over there."

When they heard that the house was so close to the Forbidden City, their faces turned green. They used to look down on Youcai, thinking that he was a grown man who married into the family for money and had no future, but when they learned that the man's family was rich, their expressions changed.

Youcai has always been a broad-minded person. He did not notice their change of expression and still greeted them with a smile.

After the wedding, they took the train back to their hometown together the next day.

The children's holidays were gone, so they took special leave. Only two people could not attend. One was Jidong, who was abroad. The other was Baolin. Baolin had to participate in the National Games on November 11, and she had to train and could not leave the team.

But Ergou hurried back.

Ergou served as Youcai's best man and blocked the drinking for him.

Only then did the villagers realize that Ergou had a huge capacity for drinking and could drink half a pound of liquor without even blushing.

The villagers teased Ergou, "Youcai is already married, you are the same age as him, shouldn't you get married too?"

Ergou laughed and said, "Don't worry. I'll focus on my career first."

Aunt Wang thought it was unreliable for him to do so. "It doesn't take that long to date someone. Your girlfriend is not young anymore."

"We broke up." Ergou was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he told her the truth.

Aunt Wang's eyes widened. "Broken up? They were fine, why did they break up? I think that girl is pretty good and capable."

Ergou couldn't keep chatting with her, so he casually explained, "We broke up because our personalities don't match."

He walked to another table to help block the wine, but unexpectedly came face to face with his father.

Ergou thought his father wanted to ask him for money again, but he didn't expect it to be the case. "Your brother also took the college entrance examination this summer and went to Fudan University. Did you know that?"

Ergou really didn't know. Because Zhang Xiuhua didn't think of telling him. When Ergou sent Zhuzhu back, he only stayed at home for one night and went back to do his own things. Ergou's father never had the opportunity to show off to his eldest son.

When Ergou heard that his younger brother was admitted to university, a smile appeared on his face. "He was admitted to university with such poor grades. If you had been willing to support me, I could have been admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University!"

Ergou’s grades were not as good as Jidong’s before, but compared with his younger brother Xiaogou, he was still much better.

Ergou's father's face turned green.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Ergou's face lit up with joy. He smiled heartily and toasted to the others, "Come on! Today is Youcai's big day, let's not say anything to spoil the fun. I'll drink for him! You guys can do whatever you want!"

He tilted his head back and drank the wine in one gulp.

At this wedding banquet, Youcai, the groom-to-be, was not drunk, but Ergou, the best man, was very drunk and walked crookedly. Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that he would yell and delay the couple's business, so she asked Li Jianguo to help him sleep in the orchard for one night.

Li Jianguo carried Ergou to the top of the mountain. The cold wind was blowing, which woke him up.

He climbed down from Li Jianguo's back, then sat on a rock, staring at the dark village at the foot of the mountain, his face in his hands in a daze.

Zhang Xiuhua sat next to him. "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

Ergou burped, his cheeks slightly flushed under the light, but his brows were furrowed, as if he was troubled by something. "How come he is so lucky? He doesn't have an elder son, but he still has a little dog to take his place."

Zhang Xiuhua knew, "Your brother's life is not easy either. You don't know how strict your father is with him. He is not allowed to go out to play. He has to attend tutoring classes during winter and summer vacations, and he can't go out during weekdays."

Since there was no hope for the eldest son, the couple placed all their hopes on the puppy, and the child was under tremendous pressure.

Ergou sighed, "It turns out he just doesn't love me."

Zhang Xiuhua shook her head, "It's not a question of love or not. You've already left your father, and if your brother is also so unfilial, he'll have no hope in the future. So he puts all his hopes on your brother."

"I have no ill will towards Xiao'er, and my suffering was not caused by him. But when I heard that he was admitted to university, I was very unhappy." Ergou pursed his lips into a straight line, "Am I a bad person?!"

"You are jealous of him!" Zhang Xiuhua thought there was nothing wrong with it. "I've read this sentence in a book before, 'Judging by deeds, not by heart, there is no saint.' It doesn't matter what you think in your heart, what matters is your actions. You didn't harm him, so you can't be considered a bad person. Moreover, you have the same father, but he can get the father's favoritism, but you have been targeted since childhood. It's human nature for you to be jealous of him."

Ergou smiled again, "Godmother is still the best. I am very happy to chat with you."

"Don't think too much. It's a good thing that your brother is successful. Your burden will be much lighter in the future. If he is a piece of mud, then the burden of supporting your father in his old age will be entirely on you. Will you be happy?" Zhang Xiuhua thinks that people should always think positively. Just like her, she was not loved by her father since she was a child, but in the end she still supported her father in his old age. She was not happy but there was nothing she could do, because that was what the law stipulated.

Ergou thought about it carefully and it made sense. He was rich, and if he didn't take care of his father, the villagers would blame him. It was really good like this now.

Li Jianguo came over from the kitchen with a hangover soup. "People should still look forward. You can make money now, and your brother has been admitted to university, but it will take him four years to make money. Even if he works, he can't make as much money as you. The good days your father fantasizes about are still far away."

After Ergou finished drinking the soup, he blew some wind for a while and let out a long sigh.

He then started to ask about helping to find beer equipment. "I have a client who is German. There are many breweries there. One brewery wants to transfer equipment for 800,000 RMB. If you want, I can go to Germany to buy it for you. I also need to go there. It will take at least half a year to ship it from Germany."

Li Jianguo asked curiously, "How much is the daily production?"

Ergou blurted out, "The daily output is 600 liters. According to the current specification of ml per bottle, it is about bottles."

Zhang Xiuhua did some calculations. "Now the price of a bottle of beer in the supply and marketing cooperative is 11 cents. The profit of beer is about %. In a month, we will..." She couldn't figure it out, so she went back to the room and got a calculator. "It will take about and a half months to recover the investment!"

Li Jianguo's eyes lit up, "Sure! The brewery is indeed profitable!"

Ergou laughed and said, "You are too conservative. In Northeast China, there are only state-owned beer factories, and they don't ship much. And they need tickets, but we don't need tickets, so we can raise the price a bit. Buyers won't mind if you sell it a little more expensive."

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo felt that what he said made some sense.

But Li Jianguo still has to take care of the orchard. He wants to build a factory in the village, "so that I can hire employees from our own village. Everyone will definitely be happy to work near their home."

Ergou thinks that anywhere is fine, "As long as you can negotiate with the village committee and requisition some land, there will be no problem."

Li Jianguo nodded, "Don't worry, I will discuss it with the villagers."

Zhang Xiuhua asked Ergou, "When can we get dividends from our instant noodles?"

Ergou was a little embarrassed. "Godmother, there is no way to distribute dividends for the time being. I want to buy a third production line. The current production line with three shifts is not enough. I plan to borrow money from the bank to buy a few more production lines."

Zhang Xiuhua learned that the instant noodle business was doing well, so she no longer insisted on dividends. She decided to keep the money for expanding the production line.

"I can give you the 100,000 yuan I lent you before for emergency use." Ergou added immediately when he saw that she was really anxious.

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "It's still not enough."

Ergou widened his eyes slightly, "How much more do you need?"

Li Jianguo disclosed all the funds, "There are about 200,000 yuan in the village, I have 60,000 yuan, Xiuhua has..."

Zhang Xiuhua added, "150,000."

Li Jianguo nodded, "Youcai has 20,000 yuan, you pay 200,000 yuan, and Youcai can still borrow 40,000 yuan."

Every time he mentioned something, Zhang Xiuhua would click on the calculator and finally report a number, "67."

This is a bit far from 800,000 yuan, and it is not enough to just buy equipment. You have to build a factory and occupy land, and you have to pay land occupation fees. Land occupation fees can be paid once a year. There are procedures to build a factory. You don’t need to pay too much money when you just start a factory, but you have to pay at least 10,000 yuan to build a factory. In total, there is a difference of 140,000 yuan.