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

Zhang Xiuhua didn't even bother to finish the conversation and motioned for everyone to leave.

Ergou went out first, walked towards Guoxiang with a smile, and shook his hand, "Where did you make your fortune?"

"In Yangcheng." Guoxiang also smiled. "I heard that you opened another brewery. Business is pretty good, right?"

"Not bad!" Ergou looked at the woman next to him. He felt that she looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her for a while.

Jidong came out of the house, and Ergou asked him, "Where's Youcai? Didn't he come back?"

"He has a daughter, but the child is too young to come back for the New Year this year. So he stayed in the capital." Jidong asked with a smile, "I haven't congratulated you yet. I heard that your daughter is over one year old?"

"Yes. The child is with her mother." Guo Xiang didn't see Youcai, so he started introducing the people around him, "This is Zhen Baili, a college student in the English Department. She's a junior. She'll graduate in a year."

Jidong smiled perfunctorily, "Very good."

Guoxiang was a little disappointed when he saw that they did not show any particular envy, so he hugged Zhen Baili and left.

Yaoyao always felt that this person was weird, but she was young and inexperienced and couldn't figure out the reason behind it.

Jidong looked at Guoxiang's back and sighed, "Fortunately Youcai didn't go home this year, otherwise I don't know how Guoxiang would show off."

Ergou was confused, what does it mean?

Yaoyao understood, "Oh! I get it. Is he still jealous that Youcai got into college while he didn't? So after he got rich, he found a college student to be his mistress. He brought her back to show off on purpose?!"

Jidong didn't expect Yaoyao to understand everything so quickly. He looked relieved. "Yes, sometimes people don't lose to others, but to themselves. As long as he has this knot in his heart, he will always be controlled by his emotions. This person won't go far in the future." He patted Ergou on the shoulder. "You, don't cooperate with this kind of person."

Ergou saw that he had seen through it, and he also smiled. He was doing business in the south, and he was very envious of the southern businessmen who liked to form groups, and he also wanted to find someone to form a group with. What a pity...

The fact that Guoxiang brought a woman back caused a huge uproar in the village and became a topic of conversation among the villagers after dinner.

Men envied Guoxiang for his ability, as he had two women following him wholeheartedly, while women envied Guoxiang for his wealth.

Aunt Wang thought Guoxiang was too unreliable. "When the child made a mistake, the adults didn't know how to discipline him. Guoxiang was a hooligan outside, but they were not ashamed of it. Instead, they were proud of it. I don't think their family tradition is very good!"

Zhang Xiuhua heard something behind her words, "What's wrong?"

"I ran into Song Lianhua this morning, and she was bragging about her grandson's abilities!" Aunt Wang couldn't understand. "It's fine if he just fooled around outside, but she brought him home to show off. Leaving her real daughter-in-law and granddaughter outside, is this something a good family would do?"

"Her family has always looked down on Xiaoli. They think she has no self-respect and lived with Guoxiang before marriage." Zhang Xiuhua felt sorry for Xiaoli. No wonder the kid insisted on taking his daughter away after living in the old village chief's house for a few months. Maybe she couldn't stand what she heard? !

"If you look down on her, you shouldn't have married her in the first place. You don't know how to cherish her after you marry her! I'm waiting to see the retribution for their family." Aunt Wang also has a daughter, so she especially looks down on families who abuse other people's daughters. She still can't figure it out, "That Zhen Baihe has good looks and education, why would she be with Guoxiang?"

In the past, Zhen Baihe would be a concubine, and her son would always be inferior to her. Now is not the past, monogamy, the status of concubines is even lower, and they can never be on the stage. No one would sympathize with her if the first wife came to her house and beat her!

"For money." Zhang Xiuhua has heard many versions of the story these days. "I heard her family is poor, and she is the eldest. Her brothers and sisters are all in school. Her parents didn't want her to go to college and asked her to drop out and work. When she met Guoxiang, she can go to school and support her brothers and sisters at the same time. It's like killing two birds with one stone!"

"Then how did she go to school before she met Guoxiang?" Aunt Wang curled her lips.

Zhang Xiuhua laughed, "Guoxiang is not the only man in the world."

Aunt Wang thought about it and it made sense. She showed a mocking expression, "It really is a mutual agreement. No one should look down on anyone!"

But she also talked about another thing, "I heard that the young men in our village also want to go to the south to make a living."

They are confident. Guoxiang can make a name for himself, so they are not much worse than him. Maybe they can succeed too. And their families are supportive too.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't say anything, "It's good to go out and try your luck."

There is a lot of land in my hometown, but farming has no future. Go out and see the world, maybe someone can really make a name for himself.

"The south is a mess. It's not as good as they think." Aunt Wang heard from her old man, "Especially young people. If you go there without a temporary residence permit, you will be arrested and forced to dig coal for several months. You have to pay money to redeem yourself."

Zhang Xiuhua worked in the south in her previous life and she has seen it with her own eyes. “I can only say that risks and opportunities coexist.”

As they were talking, someone came to the village entrance. Zhang Xiuhua looked carefully and found that it was Hongwu who came back with his wife and children. They were carrying large and small bags and entered the village in a mighty procession.

When he saw Zhang Xiuhua, he signaled his wife to call out with him, "Second Aunt."

Zhang Xiuhua looked at the little guy. He couldn't walk yet, but he looked chubby and cute.

Aunt Wang was amazed when she saw him. "Oh, he looks really strong."

Jidong and the others heard the noise outside and saw that it was Hongwu who came. They greeted him, "Brother Hongwu?"

Hongwu greeted them one by one and then took his wife home.

Aunt Wang smiled at her and said, "The child is less than one year old and can't even walk. You brought him from so far away. You don't have to worry about him getting bumped."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "Big brother hasn't seen his grandson in person yet. Bring Hongwu back for Big brother to see."

"That's right! It's a happy occasion that your family has a new baby this year." Aunt Wang said with a smile, "Next year I will also go to the city to take care of the child."

Zhang Xiuhua was slightly startled, "Is Tiegang's wife pregnant again? How many months has it been?"

Tiegang has been married for several years and gave birth to a son in the second year of marriage. This year she is pregnant again.

"She's about to give birth. If she slips this month, it will be terrible. I couldn't bear it, so I didn't let her come back." Aunt Wang was also afraid that something might happen on the way. It was icy and snowy, what was there to do? The train was crowded, she didn't dare to take the risk.

"Then you can't grow strawberries?" Aunt Wang originally planned to grow strawberries next year, but she has to take care of her grandson, so there is no way.

Aunt Wang sighed, "There's nothing we can do. Both of our children have to go to work. My grandson can't be left unattended."

Zhang Xiuhua saw her sighing during the Chinese New Year, "What's wrong? Are you not happy taking care of your grandson?"

"No! I've been to the provincial capital for a few days. I didn't know anyone there, and the neighbors were not very friendly. I'm afraid of being lonely there." Aunt Wang really doesn't like life in a big city. It's so small that you can bump into people's legs when you turn a corner.

Zhang Xiuhua was also reluctant to leave Second Aunt Wang. She felt that after she went to the provincial capital, she no longer had anyone to gossip with.

Aunt Wang was a little embarrassed to speak, "Actually, I want to bring my grandson back? The provincial capital is not too far from here anyway."

She was really moved by the idea her husband gave her. But - "I'm afraid my daughter-in-law won't agree. She won't want to leave the child?!"

Zhang Xiuhua felt that her concerns were not unreasonable. After all, she had carried the baby for ten months and gave birth to it. Besides, the older one was still in school, so Aunt Wang would definitely not be able to bring the older one back with her.

She was a little puzzled, "When your daughter-in-law gave birth to her first child, why didn't she let you go over to take care of the child?"

"Her father was still alive at that time. In the middle of this year, her mother remarried, and I didn't tell you." Aunt Wang was upset when she mentioned this. "Her father had just passed away, and it hadn't even been a month, and her mother brought the new man home. She broke up with her mother."

This kind of thing is really not uncommon. Zhang Xiuhua has heard a lot of it in her two lifetimes. "No wonder you are asked to take care of it."

Aunt Wang clapped her hands, feeling sorry for her daughter-in-law. "She's already old, and she's getting married for the second time?! She just likes to serve men so much?!"

Zhang Xiuhua laughed, "Maybe the man treats her well."

"What's good about that? If she's really good, why don't you let her take care of your daughter?" Aunt Wang sneered, "My daughter-in-law used to be a temporary worker, but she got a permanent job this year. It would be a pity for her to resign, so I said I would help you take care of the children." Although her son doesn't have to pay the mortgage, it's still difficult for one person to support three people. As an old woman, Aunt Wang must lend a hand.

"Since you have made up your mind, just go ahead. Only by taking care of your grandchildren more often can you become close to them." Zhang Xiuhua comforted her.

"That's all I can think of." Aunt Wang couldn't bear to see her son suffer, so she had no choice but to live apart from the old man.