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

After breakfast, the family went shopping in the private shopping mall that Zhenzhen mentioned.

As soon as she entered, Zhang Xiuhua regretted her decision, "Oh, if I had known the clothes here were so nice, I should have bought them here."

Li Jianguo also found it funny to hear her complain, "Zhenzhen couldn't stop you even if she tried."

"It's okay. As long as the children's clothes are comfortable, it's okay if they don't look good." Zhang Xiuhua comforted herself and took her two children to buy new clothes.

The clothes in the north are a bit outdated, the clothes here are better looking. The fabrics are also more special, soft to the touch and not irritating to the skin.

Zhang Xiuhua picked out a few clothes and asked Zhuzhu and Jilin to try them on. She whispered to Li Jianguo, "Why don't we have such a large private shopping mall in the north?"

Li Jianguo found it funny, "Such a large private shopping mall would cost a lot of money. Not many people would dare to invest!"

"It may be that it has not been liberalized yet!" Zhang Xiuhua speculated. She only saw private rental houses, and she has not seen any state-owned shopping malls close down. Even factories that are unable to make ends meet have not closed down.

"Oh, right," Li Jianguo finally remembered something, "Do you know the factory where Sun Guangming works?"

Zhang Xiuhua knew, "Didn't they say IOUs were always issued?"

"Yes! I heard that no New Year gifts were given out during the Chinese New Year. I guess the company will go bankrupt soon." Li Jianguo also heard this from his elder brother.

My eldest brother goes to the city to deliver vegetables every day and is quite familiar with the situation in the county.

Zhang Xiuhua thought of the disgusting things that family did, "Just because we are from the countryside, they look down on Fengjiao and also look down on us for speculation. I want to see how they will live in the future without a job."

Li Jianguo was a narrow-minded person. When his sister was bullied, he did not teach them a lesson. He was already controlling his temper.

After hearing what Xiuhua said, he also began to gloat.

Zhang Xiuhua bought a piece of clothing for each of her family members and went back. She wanted to shop for more, but Jilin thought shopping was too boring and the mall didn't provide a rest area at this time, so she had no choice but to go home.

When they got home, Yaoyao also came back. Zhang Xiuhua asked her to try on the clothes she bought. "I estimated the size, but I don't know if it will fit. If it's too small, go and change the size while the mall is still open."

Yaoyao took the cotton-padded jacket and took off her coat. This piece of clothing was bought last year. The style is a bit old, but it is still wearable.

The new one I bought is blue-green plaid, and it looks good on Yaoyao. Paired with a white scarf, she looks like a heroine in a romance novel.

Zhang Xiuhua thought it fit her well and said, "Okay, no need to change it!"

Zhuzhu pulled Yaoyao aside and asked, "Sister, Brother Youcai said that you are a teacher in the tutoring class?"

Yaoyao nodded, "Yes!"

Zhuzhu wanted to ask more, but Li Jianguo interrupted, "Where's Hongxia? Has she gone home? Let her come to our house for dinner?!"

Yaoyao shook her head. "She has a train tonight and needs to go back to pack her things."

When Li Jianguo learned that Hongxia was going to leave, he did not force her.

Zhuzhu grabbed Yaoyao's shoulder and asked her if the computer was fun.

Yaoyao briefly explained how the computer could be used. "It can be used for calculations and to look up various information."

Zhuzhu thought it was boring and it would be more fun than filming a movie.

Zhang Xiuhua also remembered that computers at that time had fewer functions and ran very slowly, and the monitors were also big and bulky.

In the afternoon, the family went to a restaurant for dinner.

Although it is Chinese New Year, the hotel does not close for holiday and the employees are busy all the time.

Zhang Xiuhua went to the kitchen, where there were three other chefs besides Youcai, all of whom were older than him.

Because the kitchen was too small, Zhang Xiuhua just took a look and left.

When the food was served, Youcai came over and told her something, "I saw a preview. There will be a Winter Olympics competition this afternoon."

There will be advance notice on TV at this time.

Zhang Xiuhua's eyes lit up, "I wonder if Baolin is there?"

"Mom, let's go back and watch it after dinner." Ji Lin had never watched his sister's game before, and now he finally had the chance, he didn't want to miss it.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded in agreement.

After dinner, Zhang Xiuhua paid the bill, said goodbye to Youcai, and hurried home to watch TV.

The whole family squeezed on a kang and watched TV.

Li Jianguo was afraid that they would be bored, so he went outside to buy some snacks and fruits.

There were very few kinds of fruits available in this season. He ran around the whole market and only bought apples and cucumbers. Cucumbers were not considered fruits, but vegetables.

However, the variety of snacks here is quite complete, not to mention the golden fruit, fruit danpi, and fried dough twist from my hometown, there are also cat ears, mung bean cakes, egg yolk biscuits, orange candy, etc.

He also bought the instant noodles sold by Ergou. They didn't sell them in his hometown because the shipping cost was too high and no one would go so far to buy them.

He returned home with a large bag of food. Instant noodles need to be boiled in water, and since everyone had just finished their meal and was not yet hungry, he placed the snacks on the kang table.

The children didn’t expect there would be so many delicious foods, so they started eating as soon as they opened the bags.

Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled, "Why didn't you buy melon seeds?"

Li Jianguo was stunned. He really had forgotten. "Then I'll go buy it again."

He looked at the TV and saw that Baolin hadn't shown up yet, so he hurried to buy some melon seeds. There were several flavors of melon seeds here, and he bought a little of each.

After buying things, he also climbed onto the kang and watched with everyone.

"Why hasn't he appeared yet?" Zhang Xiuhua grabbed a handful of melon seeds, ate them with a crunching sound, yawned, and felt a little sleepy.

"You should sleep for a while first. I'll call you when Baolin shows up," Li Jianguo suggested.

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it and decided to go to bed with the blanket. The children didn't need to go out because she was too sleepy.

Seeing Jilin yawning, Li Jianguo asked him to go back to his room and sleep, "I'll call you later."

Ji Lin rubbed his eyes and went back to his room. Yaoyao didn't go to watch the flag-raising ceremony. She didn't get up until eight in the morning and was not sleepy yet.

Li Jianguo looked at Zhuzhu, who was in great spirits, not sleepy at all, and was showing off to her sister about the TV series she acted in. "I heard from my second brother that this drama made him a lot of money. He plans to let me be the leading actor next year."

Yaoyao thought it was boring at first, but was a little surprised when she heard this. "You're the protagonist? What can you play at your age?"

"There are so many roles I can play. My second brother said that I would look older if I were on TV." Zhuzhu smiled proudly, "I heard it's a mythological drama."

"Can this kind of drama be filmed?" Yaoyao was a little skeptical. "The Shaolin that we filmed before was banned. Isn't mythology just feudal superstition?"

Zhuzhu is also unclear, "He said he would apply first, and only after it is approved by the higher-ups, he would invest in filming."

The two chatted without paying any attention to the TV. Li Jianguo, on the other hand, was staring at the TV. Suddenly, he noticed Baolin and immediately urged Zhuzhu to call Jilin, "They will be here soon."

Zhuzhu quickly got off the bed and called for help, and Li Jianguo also woke up Zhang Xiuhua.

Soon the game officially began. Because the referee was Canadian, they couldn't understand and could only listen to the host's commentary.

“It’s about to start.”

This is an international stage, and it is also a global event. Baolin participated in the adult short track speed skating competition for the first time, and he didn't even come back for the Chinese New Year to reunite with his family.

"She has a really good mental state and is not nervous at all."

Everyone stared at the person on the camera, but they were inexplicably nervous. Zhang Xiuhua had never believed in religion before, but now she put her hands together and prayed in her heart: I hope Baolin can win an award, so that Baolin's training will not be in vain.