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

Zhang Xiuhua returned to her hometown in a blink of an eye. Li Jianguo was not at home. I heard that he went to apply for a business license again.

Zhang Xiuhua was not surprised at all to learn that he had not yet done it.

She cooked noodles for herself and fried a dish. Li Jianguo also came back and brought her clay pot chicken.

"I packed my bags from the restaurant." Li Jianguo's face was a little red, and it was obvious that he had drunk a lot of wine. He spoke with a lisp.

Zhang Xiuhua asked him to go back to his room to rest and sober up, but he refused. He was in a happy and sweet mood, and he kept giggling as if something good had happened.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you laughing like that? Have you got your certificate?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that it wasn't that fast?

In fact, it was not done. Li Jianguo shook his head, but he was still very happy, wagging his fingers in the sky, "No! It was the higher-ups who issued the order, so we can do it first and report later!"

Zhang Xiuhua didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

"In order to compete for the private market, the higher-ups decided to allow private factories to open first, and then slowly get the licenses." Li Jianguo pinched his waist and laughed up to the sky, as if he had vented all his previous frustrations.

Zhang Xiuhua was amused to see him so happy. "Even if you can do it first and ask for permission later, do you have the money to buy the equipment? That's one million. It's not a small amount."

Li Jianguo was speechless. He burped and looked at her hesitantly, "Um... Ergou really doesn't plan to distribute dividends this year?"

Zhang Xiuhua had no idea, "Even if there are dividends, you can't possibly get one million, right?"

Li Jianguo waved his hand, "No need! I can't get a share of one million. Let's get everyone to chip in."

Zhang Xiuhua was speechless. She had just received the dividends, and before she could even warm up to them, he was already thinking about them.

She didn't say anything. The more Li Jianguo thought about it, the better he felt his idea was. He tried to go to the living room to make a phone call, but he was drunk and went to the wrong room and went to the bedroom to sleep.

Zhang Xiuhua covered him with a blanket. After dinner, she thought again and again and decided to call Ergou. As soon as the call was connected, she asked directly, "Can the brewery distribute dividends this year?"

"In urgent need of money?" Ergou thought something big had happened at home.

Zhang Xiuhua immediately explained that the county had a new policy that allowed them to “act first and report later.”

Ergou thought about it carefully and said, "No need to distribute dividends, I can just build a branch of the brewery in our county, wouldn't that be enough?"

"Is it okay?" Zhang Xiuhua's eyes lit up.

"Of course. Godfather has a ready-made factory, so I don't need to build one. I can just buy the production line directly." Ergou paused and said, "But our county is on the border, so we can only sell beer to the neighboring county. I can only buy two production lines!"

"Two? One is fine. Your godfather has no experience. If you set up two production lines and produce every day, I'm afraid he won't be able to sell them and will be very worried." Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that Li Jianguo would get angry again if he couldn't sell the goods. He had never been a factory manager before, and it must be very stressful for him to take on such a heavy responsibility.

"No. With two production lines, I'm afraid there won't be enough to sell." Ergou told her to just rest assured.

Seeing how confident he was, Zhang Xiuhua no longer refused.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, Li Jianguo woke up hungry. He rubbed his aching forehead and asked, "Is there anything to eat at home? I'm so hungry."

"There are leftovers in the refrigerator, you can microwave them yourself." Zhang Xiuhua was watching TV. This was a family drama starring Zhuzhu. It had been broadcast before, and because of the high ratings and the fact that the country did not ban this type of subject matter, many TV stations bought the broadcasting rights.

Unfortunately, Zhuzhu can only be considered a supporting role. Even if the drama becomes popular, the audience's attention to her is limited to "the national daughter", and she is not as popular as the male and female protagonists.

"I'll have to buy a VCR later to catch up on the episodes I missed."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't stay at home for long, and each time she did it, it was intermittent. The plot didn't quite connect. She could only guess the plot of the earlier part based on the later part.

Li Jianguo brought the hot dishes over and watched TV with her. He had seen this plot before, so he said to her, "Which factory is Ergou working in now?"

Zhang Xiuhua glanced at him and said, "No need to call. I asked for you. He said he can buy you two production lines, even if it's the Mailang Beer Factory."

Li Jianguo was stunned for a long while, then he dropped his chopsticks and started dancing with joy, "Oh, my godson is so open and honest!"

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. A usually steady person was laughing like a child, and she covered her mouth and laughed non-stop.

Li Jianguo's face turned red, he scratched his head and sat down, feeling a little embarrassed.

After Zhang Xiuhua had laughed enough, Li Jianguo asked, "When did Ergou say the equipment would arrive?"

"He said by the end of the year." Zhang Xiuhua told him not to worry, "Good things are worth waiting for, so you should tidy up the factory now."

Li Jianguo nodded, "Okay, no problem!"

Zhang Xiuhua asked Li Jianguo, "Has the shopping mall in the county been transferred?"

"Not yet. It's still open." Li Jianguo also went to see it. "Business is not good. I heard that it's now issuing IOUs. I don't think it will last much longer."

Zhang Xiuhua mentioned that Xiangxiang's mall in the capital was doing very well, "If we take over the mall in our county, the business should be good, right?"

"It's good, but it's so far away, can those brands come here?" Li Jianguo seriously doubted, "We in Northeast China were indeed quite rich before, but after the reform and opening up, the south became rich. It's not the same here."

What he said does make sense. It's not about how much worse the Northeast is than the capital now, but their county itself is a small town, which is much worse than the capital city of Heilongjiang Province. Many factories have closed down in recent years. Opening a brand clothing store like this is just courting death.

Zhang Xiuhua showed him the clothes she bought.

Li Jianguo put the clothes on and they fit him well, but when he learned the price, he took a deep breath and said to her, "At this price, we can only sell a few sets in our county in a year."

Zhang Xiuhua originally had some ideas, but now they have all disappeared.

Seeing that she was in a low mood, Li Jianguo told her a recent joke that he heard from someone else.

A young man in Dandong forged documents and wanted to sell the Yalu River Bridge for 80 yuan.

This bridge was destroyed by bombing by the United States at the beginning of the Korean War. He then privately carved a set of seals for the Dandong Municipal Government and Municipal Party Committee. After arriving in Guangdong and the reform and opening up, there has always been a popular saying that "Guangdong people dare to do any business."

There was actually a bold businessman who took a fancy to the steel of the bridge and thought it was profitable, so he bought the Yalu River Bridge for 80 yuan.

But this businessman is not a fool, he will definitely conduct an on-site inspection.

There were always soldiers guarding the border. Seeing them running to the broken bridge again and again, they went over to ask them what was going on for the sake of caution.

Then the truth came out and the young man was arrested.

Zhang Xiuhua's eyes widened after hearing this. "How ridiculous?! How dare you!"

"This scam has been going on for ten years, since 1980. A businessman really believed it, and then it was exposed." Li Jianguo is the village chief. When he learned about this scam, his superiors asked them to spread it in various villages, so that villagers would not easily believe in investment. In addition to building relationships, he also had to urge the villagers to do this.

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "With such perseverance, why would he do anything else but cheat?"

"Not everyone can go to the south to work. There are limited jobs. And there is a high possibility that you won't get paid." Li Jianguo thought about this and asked Zhang Xiuhua, "I will definitely need manpower when the equipment is shipped over. Will we send people from our village?"

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Of course! It's better to use our own talents. They are all making money for our family, so they can be more dedicated."

The most important thing is who to hire. It is better for the factory to hire its own people.

Li Jianguo thought for a moment and said, "I'll wait until Ergou brings the equipment over before I tell the villagers, so they don't make a fuss."

Zhang Xiuhua agreed with him, but she still had a concern, "You're busy with the brewery, what about our orchard and land?"

The orchard is not only busy during the harvest season. Pruning is required in November, and in the spring we also have to check the flowering conditions, see if any fruit trees are sick, etc.

Li Jianguo was stumped by the question, "What do you think we should do?"

"We have ginseng on our land. When we are busy, we can hire someone to help weed." Zhang Xiuhua thought this was not difficult, but the orchard "had to be contracted out to someone else."

Li Jianguo was a little reluctant. "I planted the Gala apples and blueberries in our orchard, as well as the ginseng, which will be ready for harvest next year. If I subcontract it to others, it would just be a waste of money. Why not let my sister-in-law help look after it, and we can split the profits 50-50. Let's also subcontract our land to my brother and his wife. They can grow oyster mushrooms anyway."

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it and it was okay. But her elder brother and his wife were so tired.

Li Jianguo continued, "Nantong has ten production lines, and I only have two here, so we can definitely sell them. The employees below are responsible for shipping, and I just supervise. I can handle it even if I work four hours a day."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded. Both the orchard and the factory had been arranged. She continued to ask, "What about your mother?"

Li Jianguo couldn't think of a good solution. He could not ask the villagers to take care of the children. Every family was busy with farm work and no one was available.

He had to go to the county, so he definitely wouldn't have much time during the day, so he could only help with wiping the body, washing feet, and massage at night.

He tried to ask, "How about letting my elder brother and his wife take care of you during the day, and I'll take care of you at night?"

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could actually come up with such an idea. "Okay, but you're too tired."

"If I'm really too busy, I'll ask for help. When the orchard is busy, the villagers aren't too busy either. If my brother and sister-in-law are too busy, I'll find someone to help."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Zhang Xiuhua let him do what he wanted. "If you can't hold on, then you should give the job to someone else as soon as possible. Many people in the county are unemployed."

Li Jianguo also knows the principle of doing things within one's ability. "Don't worry, I will definitely not tire myself out."