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

Zhang Xiuhua's words were soon verified, and the Soviet Union really announced its dissolution on December 12. This incident seemed unrelated to China, but in fact it was very related.

The largest communist country fell, and they split up and became capitalist countries. That means there will be fewer and fewer communist countries in the future. As a communist country, China has become a target of the United States.

Western media were not optimistic about China's future and they withdrew their shares one after another, and many factories were transferred.

Because of the rush to withdraw investment, factory prices were reduced by 30% or 50% and they would rather lose money than leave.

Ergou took advantage of this opportunity and used the abundant funds in his account to buy the breweries in Pengcheng and Yangcheng. Their equipment was also purchased from abroad, and the equipment that usually cost one million yuan to buy now costs less than half a million yuan.

In addition to the brewery, there are also clothing factories, shoe factories and toy factories.

He didn't buy the toy factory, he bought it for Jidong. But Jidong was busy with research and development and had no time to visit the factory in Pengcheng. Opportunities don't wait for anyone, so Ergou bought it for him on his own initiative. Of course, Jidong also bought his own factory. He authorized the factory director to find the right time to take over the ownership of the factory.

Ergou also took the opportunity to acquire a lot of land. In the past, these lands were sold cheaply to foreign companies by the government in order to attract investment. Now that they have withdrawn, Ergou bought a lot of them at a very low price.

He also bought two electronics factories. He didn't understand this, but when he went abroad to buy equipment, he saw popular foreign electrical appliances, such as the equipment on computers, televisions, and refrigerators. Electronics factories specialize in producing these equipment.

He acknowledged that these factories could make money, but Zhang Xiuhua felt that he was too busy to handle it. "Your strength is limited. If you continue to do everything yourself like before, you will not be able to handle it even if you have three heads and six arms."

Although it was a lucky break, Zhang Xiuhua felt that her abilities were limited and she had to do what she could.

Ergou smiled and said, "It's okay. I just want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a profit. When the foreign companies come back, I will transfer these factories to them."

There is money in the account, but he cannot develop everywhere at the same time, and he cannot find so many talents suitable for factory management. In the past, Ergou had to repeatedly evaluate the leaders of state-owned enterprises before deciding whether to use them or not, because most of them are not suitable for private enterprises.

On the contrary, young people dare to think and take risks. Ergou thinks they are energetic and will give them a chance after inspection. However, they have never been factory managers, so Ergou can't just let them go. He has to watch them step by step and make sure they can get the hang of it and manage the factory independently before handing it over to them.

He would go to night school whenever he had time, because he found that as he managed more and more factories, he was unable to cope with the situation just by relying on his own dynamism.

He was worried about handing over the factory to outsiders, but he couldn't find a suitable solution. He heard that there were special courses in the university, so he wanted to find the answer.

Zhuzhu was a little confused when she heard that her second brother, a big boss, actually went to night school. "He makes so much money, why does he have to work so hard?"

If she had so much money, she would just spend it on eating, drinking and having fun. But my second brother wanted to work himself to death. I really don't understand what's the point of him making so much money.

"You think it's easy for him to make money!" Zhang Xiuhua gave an example, "His factories are located in three places. If he is not in the factory, will the factory director collude with the accountant and cashier to falsify the accounts?"

Zhuzhu was slightly stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, it was really possible.

"He must establish a company system to prevent them from cooking the books." Zhang Xiuhua didn't understand management either. In her previous life, she heard Zhou Pandidi say that private enterprises are more difficult to manage than state-owned enterprises.

In a state-owned enterprise, a management position is watched by countless people, and there are people who report corruption and bribery. But in private enterprises, who will report and take charge of corruption and bribery?

Zhuzhu suddenly realized, "Second brother is really not easy!"

"Have you finished recording your album?" Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that it would affect her studies. She had been singing all day these days. Even if she was good at academic subjects, she couldn't be careless.

"Soon. I'll fly to Shanghai for the recording on New Year's Day." Zhuzhu was afraid that she would ask again, so she ran away quickly.

Zhang Xiuhua was bored at home, so she went to the orchard to help prune branches.

Ever since Li Jianguo focused his attention on the brewery, the orchard has been half-taken care of, with all the work being left to his eldest brother and his wife.

This job cannot be done by city people because they have never farmed before, let alone planted fruit trees.

Fortunately, it was snowy and icy now, so there was no work in the fields. There were many idle people in the village, and Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that her elder brother and sister-in-law would be too busy, so she asked them to come over and do the work.

Wang Honghua also came to work. Her family planted corn, so there wasn't much work to do.

But she felt that something seemed not right. The scissors were not working properly and almost cut the entire fruit tree in half. Zhang Xiuhua was so scared that she had to shout to come back to her senses.

Wang Honghua looked down and realized that she had almost chopped down the fruit tree. It was a four-year-old tree and each tree would cost a lot of money. She apologized quickly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Zhang Xiuhua took a look and saw that the scissors had not cut down. She breathed a sigh of relief and asked her, "What's wrong with you? Why do you look like you've lost your soul?"

Wang Honghua looked around to make sure no one around could hear her, then whispered, "My mother-in-law seems to be dying."

Zhang Xiuhua's heart skipped a beat. "Has he been sent to the hospital?"

Wang Honghua waved her hands, "How dare I bring it up? Tiedan's father won't let me take care of it. Do you think I can really ignore it? If she really dies, we will be criticized by others in the future."

What she said was not without reason. Li Xingjia hated his parents because they withheld his admission letter to Tsinghua University and did not allow him to go to school. He had no contact with them for more than ten years. When he met his parents on the road, he did not even say hello. Li Xingjia's parents wanted to have a grandson, so they could only come secretly when their son was not at home.

Now Li Xingjia's mother is really sick. As a son and daughter-in-law, can we really just ignore it?

Zhang Xiuhua asked Wang Honghua to bring up the matter at home, "Speak out your concerns. The Xing family will understand you."

Wang Honghua was a little embarrassed. She had mentioned it before, but whenever Tiedan's father heard about his parents, his face would become very long. She didn't dare to touch his scar easily, but she couldn't think of a good solution.

Zhang Xiuhua was busy in the fields all day and came home. Li Jianguo had also returned and was eating and drinking beer in the house.

"It's not a festival, why are we drinking beer?" Zhang Xiuhua served herself some food and sat over to eat with them.

Li Jianguo shook his head. "The experimental department has improved the new formula and asked me to try it."

As they were talking, Li Xingjia came over from outside, "Jianguo! Shall we have a drink?"

Li Jianguo was slightly startled. He saw Li Xingjia holding a bottle of white wine in his hand and seemed to be worried. He patted the stool and motioned for him to sit down.

Zhang Xiuhua brought a cup and chopsticks to Li Xingjia, and went to the kitchen to serve him rice.

When the meal was served, Wang Honghua hurried over. Perhaps feeling embarrassed, she brought over the dishes from her home as well.

After putting the dishes on the table, Wang Honghua took Zhang Xiuhua outside to talk, "He was unhappy, so he came here to drink."

Zhang Xiuhua understood what she meant. "Let him drink. So many strong men in the village have gone out to work. He can only talk to Jianguo."

Since the whole village planted ginseng this year, there is much less work in the fields. The strong laborers in the village went south to work again. Because the whole country is now open, strong laborers are needed everywhere. It is easy to find jobs. However, they have been cheated before, and they are unwilling to work on construction sites no matter what. Most of them go to work in electronics factories or work as security guards in residential areas.

Wang Honghua sighed, chatted with Zhang Xiuhua for a few minutes, and then went home.

Inside the house, Li Xingjia was drunk and could no longer stand straight. He slammed the table and yelled, "Why? He has ruined my life for half my life. I still have to serve him in the future! Why doesn't he go find his beloved eldest son? He gave him everything, but he wants me to take care of him in his old age."

Without waiting for Li Jianguo to answer, he murmured again with a big tongue, "Yes! They kept me by their side just to provide for their old age. I must have been a murderer in my previous life for being attached to such selfish parents. I will not die a good death!"

After saying that, he slapped himself in the face, and Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo were shocked. Li Jianguo quickly grabbed his hand, "Why are you slapping yourself? It's not your fault!"

"It's not my fault? Why do you treat me like this?" Li Xingjia raised his hand. "I have been farming for so many years. Look at my hands. They are the hands of an old farmer. They are rough and cracked, with calluses all over them. If I went to school, I could use my brain to make money. I wouldn't live such a hard life! My Tiedan wouldn't have to stay in the countryside all his life!"

Li Jianguo tried to persuade him at first, but the other party didn't listen at all and was caught up in his own emotions, so he simply stopped persuading him.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Li Xingjia straightened up as if he had taken a deep breath, "Oh, right! There's a phone at your house. I want to call my good brother. He is a living Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering. Let him save me too! Save his mother!"

He stood up crookedly, walking sideways. The phone was clearly on the high table, only a few steps away from him, but he couldn't walk over. He fell three times in one step and hit his head on the stool.

Li Jianguo's heart was in his throat, and he hurried over to help him. Li Xingjia pushed him away, it was too much of a hindrance! "I'm not drunk, look, I'm walking in a straight line for you!"

He finished speaking with a slurred voice, and tried to step in a straight line, but his first step went astray.

Li Jianguo was afraid that he would fall again, so he half-carried him to the high table and picked up the phone, "Here you go!"

Li Xingjia chuckled twice, "Thank you, brother!"

He squinted his eyes and started dialing the number. Although he was drunk, his memory was still good and he got through right away.

"Hello? I'm looking for Li Xingye?!"

It was Li Xingye on the other end of the line. Hearing the voice sound like his second brother, he asked, "What's the matter?"

"Something happened! Mom is sick! You should come back to see her soon! See her for the last time!" After saying this, he couldn't even stand steadily and his whole body fell down. Fortunately, Li Jianguo kept supporting him and he didn't fall.

The microphone fell and was hanging in the air. Zhang Xiuhua went over to answer the call, but the caller had hung up. She put the phone back.

Li Xingjia lay on the sofa and started snoring after a while.