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

After Youcai came back, he followed Zhang Xiuhua back to his hometown to visit his relatives.

When Li Jianguo saw his son coming back, he first scolded him with a smile, "Why are you so fat?!"

Then he hugged his son tightly, "Now he's bigger than me!"

Youcai laughed and looked at his father's car, "Dad, you are becoming more and more like a factory director. You even drive a car?"

"This is not my car. It's used by the factory to deliver goods." Li Jianguo patted the pickup truck. "Our brewery supplies two counties. The next county is too far away, and it's too slow to deliver beer by tractor, so Ergou equipped it with a pickup truck. I've got my driver's license. Let's go home and I'll take you for a ride!"

Youcai climbed onto the car with difficulty, stepping on the tire. He climbed onto the car much slower than Zhang Xiuhua. Because he was too fat, the tire moved when he climbed onto the car.

After Li Jianguo started the car, it quickly drove out of the factory gate. Youcai immediately praised it, "Pickup trucks are still the best. This car is fast, not as slow as a tractor, and it is not noisy."

The noise from the walk-behind tractor was so loud that it could be heard two miles away.

Li Jianguo was so happy that his teeth popped out. "Go get your driver's license later, and then I'll ask Zhenzhen to buy you a car."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You can't say that. Zhenzhen will be so stressed after hearing that. She's going to open a branch soon and is renovating it. She needs money everywhere. The pickup truck is too expensive, so she should spend less."

Cars were really expensive at that time. A Santana cost 200,000 yuan, and a pickup truck would be even more expensive. It would be better to buy a shop with this money, at least the shop would appreciate in value in the future, while cars would continue to depreciate.

Li Jianguo just said casually, "Then you can drive it at home and take a ride. It's easy to learn and you can do it in no time."

Youcai was actually a little tempted, "Okay!"

After returning home, Zhang Xiuhua jumped out of the car. Not seeing Zhuzhu, she looked at Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo then remembered that he forgot to tell her, "After she finished the college entrance examination, Ergou sent his assistant to pick her up to film. I heard it was an idol drama. She was filming two dramas at once. She was the heroine in both."

Youcai smacked his lips, "Two dramas are being filmed at the same time, Ergou is really rich."

Before Zhang Xiuhua could say anything, Li Jianguo smiled and said, "Yes. Last year he bought several foreign-owned factories in the south. This year the foreigners came back and bought the factories back. He made nearly 10 million yuan in total. He opened beer factories and instant noodle factories in major cities across the country. He wants to advertise on CCTV."

Youcai felt like he was dreaming. "I always thought Jidong was the smartest person in our family, but I didn't expect it was Ergou who started it. His father must be regretting it so much, right?"

If he had such a promising son, who not only was unfilial to him but also treated him as an enemy, he would probably be depressed to death.

"What does he have to regret? Didn't his youngest son also go abroad to study?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that Ergou's father would not regret it.

It's true if you think about it.

When this matter was brought up, Li Jianguo had something to talk about. "I heard that Xiaogou has returned and is working in the south, earning quite a lot. He can earn 600 yuan a month, which is more than Hongwen makes. Ergou's father is very arrogant. If you meet him on the road, don't get angry with him."

Zhang Xiuhua understood the subtext of his words. Ergou's father must have shown off to him. Li Jianguo must have been bullied a lot.

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "You know what, even though he's not a very good person, his two sons are both very successful. It's really strange!"

She spent a lot of effort educating her children, reading books and asking experienced people for advice. But Ergou and Xiaogou didn't use any educational techniques, and they all have a promising future. It's really a shame to compare yourself to others!

Li Jianguo shook his head. "Who said it wasn't true? Because he showed off in the village, my sister-in-law had a quarrel with his family."

When Youcai heard the gossip, he stared at his father with shining eyes.

Li Jianguo did not keep the audience in suspense and told the whole story.

Xiaogou found a job in the south and had a good income, so he showed off in the village. It would have been fine if he just showed off, but he also had to compete with Hongwen.

Hongwen is a student of Peking University. Xiaogou was admitted to the university, but his grades were not as good as his. Ergou's father compared the two of them, and the meaning was obvious. So what if he graduated from Peking University? In the end, his salary was not as high as my son's? !

Youcai was so angry that he slammed the table and said, "What he said is too infuriating! It's just a place for me to study abroad, why is he being so proud of it?"

Zhang Xiuhua was a little curious, "Why didn't Hongwen study abroad? Logically, his grades were not bad."

Li Jianguo actually knew about this and had asked his elder brother and sister-in-law about it. “Although his school has more government-sponsored overseas students than other schools, Peking University is full of top students, and he is not really outstanding among them, so he did not apply for a place. After graduation, he was spotted by a foreign company and often went on business trips abroad. It saves a lot of money compared to studying abroad.”

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "It's a pity."

Studying abroad was very popular at that time. Private enterprises were eager to do foreign business and earn foreign exchange. For example, the clothing factory opened by Ergou offered very high salaries to the college graduates it recruited.

Thinking of Ergou, she suddenly felt something was wrong. "Hongwen just graduated and got 500 yuan salary. It's been two years. Shouldn't his salary have increased?"

She also worked in the south, and her salary increased year by year. The higher the education level, the more the salary increased. On the other hand, for low-level workers, the salary increased only once every few years.

Li Jianguo had never worked in a private enterprise, so he didn't know much about this aspect. "Really? I haven't heard from my elder brother and sister-in-law about this."

If Hongwen gets a salary increase, it will be impossible for her not to fight back when her sister-in-law quarrels with Ergou's father.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know what she was thinking about, and sighed heavily, "Did Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law give money to Hongwu again?"

Li Jianguo nodded, "They were also worried that the young couple would have a hard time. They used all the money they earned and the money Hongxia brought back to support Hongwu, in addition to paying off their debts."

Youcai finally understood what Aunt Zhang meant, "Are you saying Hongwen did it on purpose?"

Li Jianguo understood after a little thought, because his elder brother and sister-in-law knew that Hongwen had a high salary, so they let him save money to buy a house. They were both sons, but they only bought a house for the eldest son and not for himself, so Hongwen deliberately concealed his salary in order to let his parents subsidize him.

He felt sorry for his elder brother and his wife, and thought that the child was too unreasonable to be alienated from his parents because of such a thing. His elder brother and his wife were paying off their debts, so they couldn't afford to buy Hongwen. This child was actually jealous of his brother and his wife. He glanced at Youcai and swallowed his words.

They heard Aunt Wang's voice outside, and the three of them went out to see that it was Ergou's father. As expected, he was showing off his youngest son.

When he saw Zhang Xiuhua, Ergou's father raised his voice a few degrees.

Zhang Xiuhua was a person who would never let him show off. So when he was talking about the dog's grades, she interrupted him and said, "Hey, your dog is 24 years old this year, right? There are children of the same age in our village. You have to hurry up. The conditions are so good, you can't just settle for it."

When Ergou's father heard this, his face turned green. He wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a reason. He could only argue stubbornly, "It's not easy for my son to find a wife with his conditions. There are a lot of them. You just wait, he will definitely bring a wife back by the end of the year!"

Youcai was stunned. Aunt Zhang's provocation was so effective. How could someone make such a hasty decision on such a big matter as marriage? He silently sympathized with Xiaogou. He had just graduated and his marriage was arranged. How could he pick a good one in such a hurry?

Watching his receding back, Zhang Xiuhua was speechless. "If you didn't know, you would have thought he was getting married. He didn't even ask the puppy's opinion?!"

Aunt Wang Er knows the situation of his family. "His son has been forced to study since he was young. I heard that what the family eats and uses is decided by him and his wife. His son's opinion is not important at all. He has to keep it to himself even if he is dissatisfied."

Zhang Xiuhua was speechless. If you don't treat a child as a human being when he is young, don't expect him to be a human being when he grows up.

Zhang Xiuhua wanted to go to the field to look at the Gala fruit, so she gave the orchard to Xu Chunying to help manage. They split the money they earned in half.

Youcai also wanted to eat fruit, so he followed along. Li Jianguo was naturally not idle.

When the family of three arrived at the orchard, Xu Chunying had already picked several baskets of Gala fruits. When she saw them coming back, she invited them to rest.

Liu Shujun sat on a recliner under the fruit tree. Her legs and feet had gotten much better, and she would usually pick fruit in the slightly flatter areas of the orchard.

Youcai saw Gala fruits all over the mountains and ran over to pick them.

Zhang Xiuhua washed a Gala apple and ate it while walking inside. She wanted to see her ginseng.

Walking through the lush orchard, there were towering trees with ginseng planted under them. Not to mention, the ginseng had grown a lot thicker over the past year. In two months, she would be able to pick a batch and take it to the capital to sell.