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

On the other side, after giving instructions to Hongxia, Zhang Xiuhua went straight to Youcai's house.

She hadn't seen August for half a month, and she didn't know if the little guy still recognized her.

To be honest, if I don’t raise my child myself, I will love him/her very much if I hold him/her occasionally. Especially when August comes over, he/she will be a little bit bigger than before.

When they got home, the nanny came to open the door. Zhang Xiuhua successfully saw August and put the milk powder she brought on the table. This time she also brought an amber bracelet. "This bead is big, and the child's throat is small, so she can't bite it. You can let her play with it in her hands."

Zhenzhen felt something different when she touched it, "Is this real?"

"Yes! Real amber. Not plastic." Zhang Xiuhua took August, the little one had gained a few pounds, "The skin is smoother than before. When you go out, give her a hat. The capital is very windy and dusty, and it would be bad if she got blinded."

The child really changes every day. Before, his skin was blue and purple, but now it is white and rosy, like a peeled egg.

"Good!" Zhenzhen said with a smile, "She really likes going out to play now. She even goes out on rainy days."

"You stay at home every day and don't see new things. Go out more often, breathe fresh air, and see the leaves swaying. It's more colorful than home." Zhang Xiuhua held the baby for a while, and Zhenzhen brought the prepared milk powder to her and asked her to drink it.

Zhang Xiuhua wanted to breastfeed her, but the child was probably shy and didn't want her to hold her.

Zhenzhen had no choice but to hold the baby and feed her by herself.

"How sturdy he is!" Zhang Xiuhua touched the child's arms that were like lotus roots. She watched the baby tilt his head to suck milk, with one eye fixed on her, as if curious about "who is this?"

After feeding, August fell asleep in her mother's arms soon.

Zhang Xiuhua and Zhenzhen tiptoed out of the house and went to the living room. Zhenzhen told Zhang Xiuhua, "Baolin called the hotel yesterday and said he wanted to talk to you about something."

Zhang Xiuhua was slightly startled. Baolin knew when she would return home, but she actually called Youcai. There must be something urgent. She frowned, "Did Baolin say anything?"

Zhenzhen shook her head. "She didn't tell me. She asked you to call her when you get back to the capital. She's in Pengcheng, not in the sports team. Her phone number is at the hotel."

Zhang Xiuhua went to the restaurant immediately. Youcai recorded the phone number in the notebook. "It seems to be related to Ergou. I asked her, but she didn't say anything."

Zhang Xiuhua borrowed the hotel's phone and called back. Half an hour later, Baolin came to answer the call.

"Mom?" She seemed to be training just now and was running out of breath.

"You want to see me for something?"

Baolin said "hmm", and then told her about her visit to Ergou at the garment factory a few days ago.

Ergou was originally engaged in foreign trade business. Some time ago, he received a large foreign trade order for one million yuan. According to the rules of the industry, a 30% deposit is required, and the remaining payment must be settled within 30 days after receiving the goods. However, this customer is Indian, and the rules there are different. Once the goods are on the ship, they belong to the ship owner. And getting the money later is harder than climbing to the sky.

He had done business with India before and knew this, so he didn't trust this Indian customer. However, the customer was guaranteed by his former partner, who repeatedly assured him that there was no problem. He said that he had a close relationship with the other party. Only then did he agree to ship the goods. But after the incident, when he went to look for the other party, he found that the person had already run away.

"He can't get the final payment. He doesn't have that much money in his account. The fabric merchants are asking him for money. His clothing factory is likely to be transferred. He is in a bad mood! I can't find him." Baolin became more and more worried. "Mom, come and find him soon."

This was the first time Ergou had fallen flat on his face. His previous business ventures had been smooth sailing. Although he had encountered troubles before, he had always solved them. But this time, he was directly trapped in the valley.

Baolin had to train and would have a competition soon, so she couldn't leave the team and was worried about Ergou, so she asked Zhang Xiuhua to help find someone.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't dare to delay.

The next day, she boarded a train and arrived at her hometown. She then asked for a week's leave from the Railway Bureau. As time was tight, she did not go home, but took a two-day and two-night train directly to Guangzhou.

She found the factory manager according to the address of the clothing factory provided by Baolin and learned the whereabouts of Ergou from him.

Ergou's rental house outside the border. Zhang Xiuhua had never lived in such a place in her previous life. She found this place, looked at the low house, the walls that were leaking everywhere, the garbage everywhere, the temperature in the south was high, and the mosquitoes and flies were flying everywhere. This was not a place for people to live.

Zhang Xiuhua followed the factory director's instructions and asked people along the way. She finally found the place. She went up to knock on the door, but no one came to open it for a long time. She lay in the crack of the door, and it took a long time before she saw someone moving inside. She kicked the wooden door open and saw Ergou, who was drunk.

"How did you get into this state?" Zhang Xiuhua walked forward and lifted the bed sheet. Ergou's hair was messy and his beard was untidy. He hadn't combed his hair for a long time.

She opened the window, and he stretched out his hand to block the sunlight as he hadn't seen it for a long time.

"Your garment factory is gone, but you still have an instant noodle factory and a brewery. Why are you so decadent?" Zhang Xiuhua was angry and anxious.

Ergou lay on the bed, his shoulders shaking. Through the gap, his sobbing voice could be heard. "Godmother, this is different. I was framed by my own people. He was my brother who smuggled electrical appliances with me. We were friends for life. When he was caught, he didn't give me up. But when he was released from prison, he betrayed me. He knew I trusted him so much, but he betrayed me!"

He pounded the bed and roared to vent his dissatisfaction.

Zhang Xiuhua had never seen Ergou like this before. This kid has always been loyal, so it's no wonder he was angry when he was betrayed by his closest person.

Ergou couldn't understand why his good brother would become an executioner. He kept complaining, "He said he needed a job, so I made him the sales director of the factory. Wasn't I good enough for him? Why did he do this to me?!"

His tone was somewhat decadent, and contained an incomprehensible sense of grievance.

Zhang Xiuhua's nose was sore. She still remembered the sadness when he was disliked by his father. Now facing the betrayal of his good brother again, his pain can be imagined. Zhang Xiuhua touched his head and could only say, "You two could share the joys and sorrows in the past, but people in this world will change. You have such a big factory now and make so much money, so he naturally feels unbalanced."

Ergou cried for a long time, venting his grievances. When he regained his senses, he looked up and said, "Godmother, my clothing factory is going to be gone. This is the first factory I worked so hard to build. It was so profitable, and now it's all ruined."

Although he also had shares in the instant noodle factory and the brewery, they were joint ventures and not his own, and the money he made was not as fast as the clothing factory! If he was not as skilled as others, he would have lost, but now he was being cheated. He couldn't suppress his anger.

Zhang Xiuhua patted him on the shoulder and said, "Every failure makes you wiser. The instant noodle factory and the brewery can also make a lot of money. Especially the instant noodle factory, you have the largest share. As long as you work hard, you will definitely make a lot of money."

Ergou wiped his tears and said, "Godmother, why are you here?"

"Pauline told me."

Ergou's eyes flashed with panic. He wiped his tears and straightened his hair. "Baolin is here too?"

"She's been here before." Zhang Xiuhua saw how flustered he was. Knowing that he cared about his reputation, she didn't expose him. "Take good care of yourself. Don't make yourself so embarrassed! Even if you lose, you have to lose beautifully! Don't let people laugh at you!"

Ergou touched his hair, which was covered in oil. Thinking of his godmother who had just touched his hair, he hurriedly said, "I'll go wash up now."

Zhang Xiuhua looked around the rental house and asked, "Is there water?"

"Yes!" Ergou rummaged through the drawers for clothes, and then hurriedly ran to the bathroom to wash up.

Not long after, he came out, his hair still dripping with water, but his whole body was radiant.

Zhang Xiuhua washed her hands in the kitchen. Seeing him back to normal, she couldn't understand, "You said you weren't cheated out of all your money, so why are you so decadent?"

Ergou took his bag and walked out, "I'm not depressed, I just want to be alone for a few days."

"How many days of quiet? How can you be quiet in such a dirty and messy place?" Zhang Xiuhua looked around and seriously doubted that she would be able to sleep peacefully here at night. The wall was not made of bricks, but wooden boards, which were not soundproof at all.

Ergou sighed, "I rented here when I first came here. At that time, there were several of us brothers who ventured into Hong Kong together. We agreed to 'share the good times and the bad times together'."

Zhang Xiuhua had met too many people in her past life. When they got rich, they forgot their roots and wanted to erase all their past. This was the first time she met someone like Ergou who was nostalgic. "You are not wrong, they are wrong. Next time, you should learn from your mistakes. It's okay to be nostalgic, but you have to separate it from your business."

Ergou also realized his mistake, "Actually, I stayed here to see if I could catch him."

Zhang Xiuhua felt that he had waited in vain. "If he still remembered this place, how could he cheat you? He cheated you out of so much money, which means he wants to forget the past."

Ergou listened in silence. This incident really taught him a lesson. It also made him understand that people change. No matter how good brothers were, even if they had gone through hardships together, they might not be able to share wealth together.