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

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo gave up on building a brewery in Lijiatun and focused on growing oyster mushrooms, raising foxes and planting orchards.

In the blink of an eye, it was November 20th and the second snow had already fallen in the Northeast.

The National Games officially began. Zhang Xiuhua was lucky this time because she happened to be resting on the day Baolin participated in the competition.

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo stayed in the orchard watching TV.

There were two TVs at home, so Zhang Xiuhua moved the color TV from the bedroom to the orchard, where there were electrical wires. Li Jianguo would watch TV for a while every night before going to bed.

He used to work in the orchard in the afternoon, and now was the best time to prune.

But today was different. He heated the kang in broad daylight and watched TV with his wife.

The table was also filled with gala fruits and blueberries that he had washed, as well as some snacks. The couple sat on the kang, eating and watching.

Li Jianguo was very confused. "The National Games will be held in Guangzhou. The weather there should be very hot, right? We can use refrigerators to make ice, but how do we make snow?"

"There are special snowmaking machines," Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile. "I heard that they cost a lot of money. That's why there are very few skiers in the south. Most of them are in the three northeastern provinces. We have a unique geographical advantage for ice skating and skiing."

Li Jianguo agrees. "We have the advantage of location and time. There are more swimming athletes in the south. Maybe we can have a few swimming champions in the future."

"Yes!"

As they were talking, Baolin came on stage. This time she was already 18 years old and was going to participate in the adult group.

The youth group was competing with a group of children. Last time, I won the second place in the world. Although it was rare, this time I was competing with the adult group, which was full of masters, and each of them had superb skills and a stable mentality. Baolin was a rookie, and he might not be the opponent of those veterans in terms of both technology and mentality.

Zhang Xiuhua pinched the Gala fruit, leaving marks on the skin with her fingers.

Seeing how nervous she was, Li Jianguo smiled and praised her, "Look how calm Baolin is. This child is usually so cheerful, but I didn't expect that she would be so calm at the critical moment!"

"Yes." Zhang Xiuhua nodded. After being reborn, she paid extra attention to Baolin. She was afraid that he would fall in love too early, that he would act without thinking, and tried her best to cultivate her sense of responsibility. Now that the child has grown up and can compete on the national stage, although she may not win any prizes, Zhang Xiuhua has already felt an indescribable pride in her heart.

Look how smart her daughter is, look how pretty her daughter is, look...

"Hey, take a quick look and see if Ergou is sitting in the audience?" Zhang Xiuhua was still showing off, but Li Jianguo pushed her and interrupted her thoughts.

Zhang Xiuhua pulled herself back from her pride and looked carefully at the audience. Ergou had grown up under her watch, and she could recognize the boy's figure at a glance. Although the audience was so dim that she could only see a little outline, she still recognized him at the first sight, "Oh, it's Ergou. Wasn't he busy with the brewery a few days ago? How come he went to Yangcheng in the blink of an eye?"

Li Jianguo was also a little puzzled, "Maybe we can go to the clothing factory over there?"

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it carefully and it was possible. "This kid has a hard life, traveling between three places. Now he has to open a brewery, and the burden is even heavier."

Li Jianguo sighed.

The camera turns to the official competition.

This is not a live broadcast, it is edited and broadcasted. Baolin was there before, but she was not the first to appear in the official competition.

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo waited until five in the afternoon before they saw Baolin participating in the short track speed skating competition.

Short track speed skating includes 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m relay.

Baolin will be in the first round of 500-meter short track speed skating.

Zhang Xiuhua was holding a Gala fruit in her hand, but she didn't bother to eat it. She stared at the TV nervously. Li Jianguo was also nervous and watched without blinking. When the gunshots rang out, the two shouted in unison, "Come on!"

Five hundred meters was very fast and it passed in the blink of an eye.

Baolin came in third. This was the final, with 16 people in total. This was one group, and there was another group behind.

Li Jianguo was a little nervous when he heard the ranking. "Third place, this is a bit dangerous."

Zhang Xiuhua had expected this, "Baolin said before that she has great endurance, and she will have the advantage with more meters."

The implication is that Baolin might not get a ranking in the 500 meters.

Li Jianguo also became nervous, "That's not bad, at least she has a strong point!"

Soon the second group of competitions began, and the top three were selected to enter the next round.

The final match cannot be broadcast today.

The next race was a 1,000-meter race. Baolin finished higher this time, coming in second.

The next day, the TV broadcast another 1,500-meter race, and this time Baolin came in first.

In the afternoon we ran the 3,000-meter relay, which was a team competition. The ski teams from the three northeastern provinces competed together. Heilongjiang Province was the leader and got first place in the group.

Because there were not many teams registered for the group competition, we went straight to the finals and won the championship first.

However, Baolin was eliminated in the 500-meter final.

When pruning the fruit branches, Zhang Xiuhua was a little absent-minded. Seeing her like this, Li Jianguo could only comfort her, "Baolin is not good at 500-meter speed skating. It will be much better when you do 1,000 and 1,500 meters. Don't be so nervous."

Zhang Xiuhua was not nervous because she had calculated, "According to this broadcast order, I will most likely not be able to see Baolin's 1,500-meter final."

This was the event in which Baolin had the best chance of winning, but she had no chance.

The TVs at that time couldn't record videos either. What a pity!

Li Jianguo thought about it carefully and it was true. "It's okay. I'll watch it for you and tell you the result when I come back. Maybe the TV station will replay it."

"This isn't an international competition, where you win glory for the country and replay it over and over again. This is a domestic competition, so how can there be so many replays?" Zhang Xiuhua felt more and more regretful the more she thought about it. It would be great if there was a video of Baolin's competition.

Li Jianguo couldn't comfort her for a while, and it was not easy to ask for leave for such a matter. Moreover, she had just taken leave not long ago, so she couldn't ask for leave again.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiuhua was discouraged for a while, then she cheered up again and asked Li Jianguo to pay attention to the transaction with Damao.

Li Jianguo was just about to say this, "I don't know what's going on over there, they want to increase the trading volume. It seems that we are not strictly controlling it here."

When we were doing business before, the time was very strict. There were people patrolling the border between the two countries, and we could only talk for half an hour at most, and then we had to leave quickly. Otherwise, we would be easily caught. But now, no one cares for an hour.

"I heard that the previous troops withdrew."

Previously, the relationship between the two countries was tense, and many Soviet troops gathered on Zhenbao Island. But now the Soviet Union seems to be experiencing a famine due to its corn policy, and the relationship between the two countries has eased, so the border troops have withdrawn. The border is too long and the supervision is not very strict.

Li Jianguo suddenly realized, "When you went to Damao, did you find that they were short of food?"

"Yes! There is a shortage of food! People are very hungry." Zhang Xiuhua had also experienced hunger before, so she knew what it was like to be hungry. Her face was swollen, and her eyes glowed green when she saw food. She was terrified and didn't dare to go out and wander around.

Li Jianguo sighed, "Then I can make more money. There are many local specialties there, especially honey! And bear paws. The forests there are very large, and the population is smaller than ours. They are more short of food than us."

Zhang Xiuhua hesitated, "Bear paw? We can't sell it after we buy it, right?"

Li Jianguo was puzzled, "Why can't it be sold? It's selling very well. Our most classic dish here is braised bear paw."

Zhang Xiuhua looked at his serious expression and was suddenly stunned. Was it not forbidden to eat bear paws at that time? Then it could indeed be traded.

The next day, Zhang Xiuhua discovered that the TV station was not broadcasting ice skating but volleyball, so she had to go back to work.