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

Chapter 443 Speculations (Additional chapters)

Zhang Xiuhua arrived at the orchard carrying her luggage bag, leaving a long trail of footprints behind her, like rows of large peanuts.

Li Jianguo heard the noise and came to open the door for her. Seeing how cold she was, he rubbed her hands with snow after entering the house. If you have been frozen, you cannot put it directly over the fire, or you will get frostbite.

After rubbing his hands warm, he poured her hot water and let her soak in it.

"Where's mom?" Zhang Xiuhua put her hands in the basin, and the warmth spread throughout her body.

"She fell asleep in the next room. I just massaged her feet." Li Jianguo went to the kitchen to help her heat up the food. There was no microwave here, so she had to use the most primitive method.

As the pot was bubbling with steam, Zhang Xiuhua asked him to open the bag. "I bought a down jacket for you and mom. There are many styles of down jackets in the capital, so I bought one for everyone in the family."

Li Jianguo put the stove in place and went to try on clothes. It was indeed quite warm and light, not heavy at all.

He asked about the price, feeling a little distressed, "Actually, my military coat can keep me just as warm."

Zhang Xiuhua glared at him, "We've lived half of our lives, and we can't wear something nice? Stop saving money blindly. Money is not saved, it is earned."

Li Jianguo was not angry at her complaints. He took out hers cheerfully and said, "Try it now!"

Zhang Xiuhua bought a military green one with a belt, which really shows off her figure.

Li Jianguo thought she was pretty good. "From behind, she doesn't look like she's 34 at all. She looks like a young girl."

Zhang Xiuhua was so flattered by his praise that she shook her neck proudly, "Of course! Being fat is not good, it will cause all kinds of diseases."

She chatted for a while and told him that she bought a down jacket for Tong Shuyu. "The child looked very excited. Alas, poor child. He probably has never worn a down jacket before."

Speaking of Tong Shuyu, Li Jianguo also had something to say, "I heard from Zhuzhu that every time she came back from vacation, it was Tong Shuyu who made breakfast for them. This child is quite grateful."

"Maybe she's just embarrassed." Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile, "If she can feel better, we can just pretend we don't know about it."

Li Jianguo nodded. "If she and Jilin can really make it, I think it's not bad. They are classmates and will be admitted to the same university in the future."

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "Let it be."

**

Xu Chunying was the first to discover that Zhang Xiuhua had a new child. At first, she thought that the child was just a classmate who studied with Jilin, but when she saw that he didn't go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the New Year, she felt something was wrong.

When Xiuhua returned to the village, she took advantage of the fact that no one else was paying attention and asked, "What's going on? Why is that female classmate always at your house? Is she Jilin's girlfriend?"

"No! We were classmates who studied together." Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that she would misunderstand, so she had to emphasize it to avoid ruining Tong Shuyu's reputation.

Xu Chunying still felt something was wrong, "Did you adopt another goddaughter?"

Zhang Xiuhua did not hide it from her sister-in-law, "Yes, her mother died, and her father had a stepmother, and he didn't want to support her education. I felt sorry for her and sponsored her."

Xu Chunying felt that her sister-in-law was really kind-hearted. "You helped Ergou before, so I won't say anything. But why did you help her?"

Zhang Xiuhua feels that sometimes people cannot communicate with each other. "I don't have any intention. I just think that she has a stepfather. I was in a similar situation as her when I was a child, so I feel sorry for her."

Xu Chunying looked at her for a while and said, "You really have too much money to burn. If you have more money, can you donate some to me? My life is so hard."

Zhang Xiuhua became unhappy when she saw that she was getting more and more unreasonable. "You don't have a stepmother!"

This one sentence made Xu Chunying feel so depressed that she fell backwards with anger.

When Xu Chunying got home, she told her husband about it. Li Jiandang was also exhausted. When he learned that his brother and sister-in-law had money to help other children go to school, he felt that this was not a simple matter.

"I guess that girl is Jilin's future wife. Aren't they classmates?"

Xu Chunying was stunned, "But my sister-in-law said no?"

"If it wasn't for Ji Lin, she would definitely acknowledge her as her goddaughter. Isn't this the reason why she didn't acknowledge him?" Li Jiandang felt that he had uncovered the truth.

Xu Chunying felt that he was wrong. When his sister-in-law helped Ergou, she did not ask him to recognize her as his godmother. It was only later when Ergou became successful that he took the initiative to come to her.

But later Ergou bought a bunch of electrical appliances for his brother and sister-in-law, spending tens of thousands of dollars.

Xu Chunying clapped her hands, her eyes sparkling, "Oh, I thought she was a fool! I didn't expect that the fool was me!"

She stood up, eager to go to her second brother's wife to verify the matter, but Li Jiandang quickly stopped her and asked, "Where are you going?"

Xu Chunying said as a matter of course, "I'll go ask her."

"What are you asking?" Li Jiandang was helpless when he saw that she believed everything she heard. "What would she say if you asked directly? Would the child think that your sister-in-law is asking for repayment? This is where your sister-in-law is smart. She is afraid that the news will get out and the villagers will call the child a 'child bride', and the child will rebel. She won't say anything now, and wait until the two children are admitted to university and are together. Then she will have both the inside and the outside."

After hearing his analysis, Xu Chunying suddenly felt that it made sense. "No wonder she wants to support the other party. Love is for her family. Then the people in our village praise her like a flower."

When Zhang Xiuhua took Ergou to the capital to treat his leg, everyone in the village praised her for her kindness. Xu Chunying was sometimes jealous.

Li Jiandang felt that it was okay to have selfish motives, after all, his brother's wife had spent real money. He sighed, "Even if we are family in the future, we are not really married yet. She is still risky. If it were you, would you be willing to take this risk?"

Xu Chunying really can't do it! Why? She has already invested so much money before getting married. University tuition is not free now. One semester is two hundred, two semesters is four hundred, plus living expenses, at least six or seven hundred. Four years is about three thousand. This amount of money is enough to marry a daughter-in-law now. Why bother to spend so much time and money.

Xu Chunying thought about it again and again and finally didn't ask in detail.

Soon, Aunt Wang came back from the provincial capital. When she saw Zhang Xiuhua, she didn't even go into the house, but complained to her, "Everything in the provincial capital is good. Food and daily necessities are just a few steps away. But it's boring. I don't know anyone."

Zhang Xiuhua was a little amused, "So you came back alone?"

"My daughter-in-law is on vacation, so I want to relax for a few days and come back to celebrate the New Year. Xiaoya is too young, and I don't want to let her take the train." Aunt Wang still likes the countryside, where you can go shopping everywhere. There is only so much space in the provincial capital, and you are afraid of bumping into the table when turning a corner.

Zhang Xiuhua smiled, "Tiegang is great, a son and a daughter, it makes a good couple."

Aunt Wang sighed, "What's good about that? Family planning is very strict in the city now. We were fined a lot of money for having a second child. We are struggling to make ends meet. I contribute a lot to our expenses, but I don't know what we will do in the future."

The whole country is now implementing family planning. It was just a slogan before, but it has been implemented in recent years. If a couple is a state-owned enterprise worker or a civil servant, they may lose their job if they have a second child.

Aunt Wang Er saw her in a daze and smiled to comfort him, "Your family is fine. Youcai's family gave birth to a girl, and he has a rural household registration, so he can have another child."

Zhang Xiuhua had never thought about this before, so she agreed to Master Zheng's proposal. Fortunately, August was a girl. If it was a boy, Youcai could have married into the family.

In a blink of an eye, Youcai came back with his wife and children.

Seeing a strange girl in the house, Ji Lin told her about Tong Shuyu's family changes.

Youcai also felt sympathy, and he also knew how to comfort people, "Aunt Zhang is kind-hearted. My second brother was also helped by my mother before, and he became my mother's godson. He will be back in a few days. Don't feel pressured."

Tong Shuyu shook her head, "I don't feel any pressure." Her only pressure now is worrying about not doing well in the exam. After all, she missed a month of classes before, and her grades were not good enough in other subjects, so she had to study hard and catch up.

With the return of this family of three, the Li family became much more lively.

Li Jianguo hadn't seen August for a long time, so he gave his orchard to Youcai to take care of, and took August out to play. He made snow rings for her to slide on, and also made icicles for her to play with.

Youcai is very jealous. When he was a child, he played ice skating and his father asked him to earn money to buy one. But when it was August's turn, his father actually made one for August.

He was jealous, and Zhuzhu was even more jealous. She thought she was the most favored child in the family, but looking at her father's attitude, it was obvious that her father did not treat her as well as his granddaughter.

August's return also made Li Jiandang and Xu Chunying feel surprised.

This year, Hongwu's whole family did not come back because Hongwu had to work overtime, and the journey back home was long and the fare was expensive. The last time they came back for the Chinese New Year, the child fell ill after returning and it took several days of fever to recover.

Hongwu's wife refused to come back for the New Year no matter what.

Li Jiandang and Xu Chunying couldn't see their grandson, so they felt very sad to see August, who was almost the same age as their grandson.

August is very well taken care of. He looks fair and clean, speaks in a cute way, and often makes adults laugh.

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