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

Ergou's hiccups lasted for quite a while. Baolin was amused by him. She took two steps back and put some distance between them. "Am I so scary? You're so scared!"

Ergou's face flushed red, and the tips of his ears also turned red. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

While he was adjusting his thoughts, Baolin looked around and pointed to a store not far away and said, "That store is really delicious! Let's go! Let's go eat!"

Before Ergou could recover, Baolin pulled him forward.

After entering the restaurant and sitting down, Baolin ordered food by himself. Ergou still looked absent-minded, and even when Baolin asked him what he wanted to eat, he didn't answer.

After Baolin ordered the dishes, the waiter went to prepare them.

She held her chin with her hand and stared at Ergou opposite her, who was burping one after another.

Ergou felt embarrassed by her gaze and forced himself to hold back the burp. He lowered his head, drank water, and thought about something.

He really didn't expect that Baolin would like him. His mind was in a mess just now, but now he is very clear. Because he found that he actually likes Baolin too. He didn't know when it started. But when he saw someone being attentive to Baolin, he was unhappy. He didn't realize it at the time, but now thinking back, it turns out that he was jealous subconsciously.

It's just that he didn't react as quickly as Baolin, and didn't realize this. He was half a beat slower than Baolin this time, and he must be faster than her next time.

There shouldn't be any problem with my godfather and godmother. They have always liked me. When they buy a house in the future, they can bring my godfather and godmother over, so that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law issues that my godmother is worried about won't exist.

That's right! When it comes to buying a house, we have to live in the provincial capital, but the factories in Pengcheng and Nantong have to be closed. He is always on a business trip, Baolin will worry...

When the food was served, Baolin's stomach growled with hunger, "I'm going to eat!"

She picked up her chopsticks and started to eat heartily. The food outside was still delicious. She had no taste in her mouth after eating nutritious meals every day! It was too painful!

Wow! This sweet and sour pork is a little worse than what Youcai made, but it is sour and sweet and also very appetizing.

This minced meat and egg is also delicious, the egg is smooth, the meat is flavorful, and it smells good when chewed!

……

She was enjoying the delicious food when she was suddenly choked by Ergou's words.

"I will sell the garment factory when I return, and we will settle down in the provincial capital."

Baolin choked for a long time, patted his chest, and looked at him with wide eyes, "Why so sudden?"

"It's not sudden. After we get married, we will definitely live together. Living apart is not good for the relationship." Ergou continued, "I heard that the Northeast has also been liberalized, and state-owned factories are accepting private funds..."

Baolin felt that he was getting more and more outrageous, so he quickly reached out to stop him, "What are you talking about? Marriage? When did I agree to marry you?"

If she hadn't confessed first, she would have thought she had lost her memory. He hadn't replied yet, but he was already thinking about getting married?

"You like me, don't you? I like you too. It's only a matter of time before we get married." Ergou said as a matter of course, "My godmother gave me money when I came here this time to buy you a house."

Baolin looked at him in disbelief, "My mother knows about us?"

Is her mother so powerful? She actually found out that she likes Ergou? No! She just found out recently. She didn't even know, so how could her mother know?

Ergou saw that she had misunderstood and shook his head, "No! Godmother thought you liked the athletes from the sports team. Let me buy you a house here in advance so that you won't be late when the time comes."

Baolin breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that she had misunderstood!

She crossed her arms to stop him from thinking any further, and announced coldly, "I'm still young and don't want to get married so early. And there's no need for you to close the factory. I'm an athlete and I have to compete all over the world. I may even go abroad to compete. If you close the factory and build one here, if business is not good, you will vent your anger on me. We'll talk about the future later."

Ergou thought of his godmother's concern for Baolin's career. He thought there were still several years to go and there was really no rush. "Okay! Let's wait until you retire."

Baolin was finally satisfied.

Ergou picked up the chopsticks, picked up some food for her, picked up some for himself, and started eating. He didn't eat well on the train, and went straight to the sports team after getting off the train, so he was already hungry.

Baolin thought for a moment and said, "When I go back home for the New Year, I will tell Mom and Uncle Li about our relationship."

Ergou almost choked on his food. He pounded his chest and recovered after a while. He drank a sip of water to swallow the food. He interrupted himself and said, "Forget it, let's wait a little longer."

Baolin wondered, "Why wait? Are you worried that my mother won't agree?"

That shouldn’t be the case. Mom likes Ergou very much and treats him like her own son.

Ergou wasn't really afraid that they would disagree. He looked at her with resentment on his face, "You've been changing your preferences since you were a child. I'm afraid you'll regret it, and then our relationship will be awkward. Wait a little longer and see if your liking for me is a well-thought-out choice or just a spur of the moment decision."

Baolin was stunned. She held her chin and thought for a long time. She found that she couldn't say that she had thought carefully about the answer. Because her belief since she was a child was: life is only a few decades long, do what you like. Don't let yourself have regrets.

But she has liked so many things since she was a child. She wanted to be a soldier, but when she grew up, she found that she liked skating. She liked eating peanuts, but now she can only eat a few in a year. She liked painting, but now she is too lazy to even pick up a paintbrush! Just like she likes skating, but she is not willing to skate for the rest of her life. It seems that she is not loyal enough.

Baolin tilted his head and looked at him, "You should be able to meet a lot of women at work, right?"

"Yes." Ergou answered frankly, "But those are all work relationships, don't get me wrong. I'm not that kind of person."

Baolin raised the corner of his mouth in satisfaction, "I know you are not that kind of person, I am just asking. Why are you so nervous?"

Ergou sighed, looked at her, and hesitated to speak.

He seemed to want to say something but was too embarrassed to do so. Baolin couldn't stand this and slammed the table, "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you dithering? If you do business like this, you'll lose your chance."

Ergou was annoyed by her. "Yes! I think you athletes are like students in an ivory tower. You don't have much contact with the outside world. You are simple-minded and easy to be deceived. If my competitors talk nonsense in front of you, you will definitely make trouble with me regardless of your temper." He carefully extended a finger. "If you hear something that makes you unhappy in the future, before you take action, ask me first and listen to my explanation. If I really did something wrong, you can take action, okay?"

Baolin rolled his eyes. "Am I so brainless in your eyes? So easily provoked?"

"Of course not. People who do business are all evil-minded. I have been cheated many times. Do you dare to say that you have never been cheated since you were a child?" Ergou coaxed.

Baolin felt a little uncomfortable. She had been cheated before. She bought jade, but later found out it was fake. She wanted to buy a pearl necklace for her mother, but later found out the pearls were fake. She once lent money to someone, but later found out the person had run away. Not only her, but the entire team had been cheated.

She gathered her hair and said, "Okay! I promise, I will question you before I convict you."

Ergou breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine! I'm fine now."

Zhang Xiuhua had no idea that Ergou and Baolin were having a secret affair. Half a month later, she learned that Ergou had bought a house and hired someone to renovate it, so she dropped the matter.

When she returned home, Li Jianguo told her an important news about the garment factory.

Zhang Xiuhua acted as if she was all ears.

Li Jianguo, however, had a gossipy look on his face, "The clothing factory has changed hands again."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned. It had only been a month since then. "What happened this time? Did the new factory director have a conflict with the old one again?"

"Not really. The old factory director was appointed this time, and only half of the factory cadres were demoted to ordinary employees. The garment factory was also opened, but the boss had to drink when he went to apply for a license and went through various approvals. He couldn't drink much, so he was admitted to the hospital with gastric bleeding. After he woke up, he wanted to sell the factory." Li Jianguo also smiled bitterly.

Zhang Xiuhua never expected this to happen. She couldn't drink, so she was admitted to the hospital. This...

"We are very particular about relationships when doing things here. He has no connections so he can only make friends on the spot, which means drinking. But he can't drink much and can't stand this kind of business negotiation." Li Jianguo spread his hands, "He just quit."

"Who will take over the garment factory now?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that the garment factory was really ill-fated. It had changed owners twice in just half a year. Who knew what would happen next time?

"I don't know. We are still discussing it in a meeting. I heard that the bidding was published in the newspaper, but no boss from the south came. I think this garment factory is going to be a failure." Li Jianguo felt that the efficiency here was too low. "Look, Ergou opened a factory in the south in just one week, and all the procedures were completed."

He felt that this way of doing things would end sooner or later. If no boss from the south came to take over, except for some heavy industrial factories that would not go bankrupt, those thermos factories, clothing factories, and sugar factories would eventually become abandoned factories.

City workers have no jobs and cannot afford a place to live like in the countryside, so they can only go to the south to work!

"These leaders are just stubborn. They can't get things done more efficiently!" Li Jianguo was very disappointed. Factories in the south are doing so well that state-owned factories will definitely be impacted in the future. If they don't develop well now, they won't have a chance to grab them in the future.

Zhang Xiuhua thought about her past life. In the beginning, Northeast China was the eldest son of the Republic, and all the heavy industries in the country were concentrated in the north. Later, after the reform and opening up, young people went to the south to work. Perhaps this was one of the reasons. The most important thing is that she, an ordinary person, could not prevent this from happening.

"Officials here want stability. They are afraid that history will repeat itself!" Zhang Xiuhua could only think so and comforted him, "Maybe things will get better in the future."

Li Jianguo sighed, "I hope so!"