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

After signing the documents, everyone went back home. Chen Guoqiang glared at Zhang Xiuhua. Anyone who was not blind could see the anger in his eyes.

Baolin and Jilin were frightened when they saw such a look and they crowded towards their mother.

Zhang Xiuhua hugged them, and when they left the captain's house, she suddenly walked up with her two children and called out to Chen Guoqiang.

Chen Guoqiang turned around and looked at her with a wary look. He had never taken her seriously and thought she was a fool. She was so stupid that she would not pay for the sake of the face of the educated youth. But today, he suffered a loss. It was really a dog that bites but does not bark.

There were people all around him, and no matter how much he hated the other person, he could only remain decent and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile, "It's really too crowded for Third Brother to live in my house. If you want to continue living in that house, that's fine. You can buy it. I'll continue living in my thatched house. What do you think?"

Chen Guoqiang was slightly stunned and looked at her again, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

She is definitely going to remarry, so it makes sense that she wants to sell the house now.

He paused for a moment and asked, "How much do you want to sell it for?"

"My brother built that house himself. He spent a lot of money on buying bricks and tiles. I won't hold it against you. We are a family after all. Just give me two hundred."

The house was indeed worth two hundred, but how could Chen Guoqiang pay the money obediently? If she hadn't argued, the house would have belonged to him. Now he was asked to pay for something that already belonged to him, would he be happy?

"If I remarry, I can sell you my current house. It's 10 yuan cheaper than others. You know how difficult it is to get a homestead now. It's a rare opportunity." Zhang Xiuhua doesn't plan to live in Liushui Village. It's not that this village is bad, but there are too few development opportunities in this place.

She did plan to remarry first to find a long-term living ticket for herself and her two children, so that when reform and opening up came, she could raise her children while making money.

Men at this time are more responsible than men thirty years later, and it is their responsibility to support their wives and children.

Of course, if she couldn't find a good one, she would have to risk going to the black market to make money. But she didn't plan to do that until that point. Because Liushui Village was geographically remote and far away from the county town, it took two hours to take the bus. It took four hours to go back and forth.

At this time, if she wanted to trade things, she could either become a middleman. She had to be closer to the county town so that it would be easier to sell goods. Or she could sell her own goods in the city. But the private plots in Liushui Village were only a few acres in front of and behind the houses. The crops she grew were not enough for her family to eat, so there was no surplus to sell. There were no mountains or rivers around, so there was no chance to get money from the government. She didn't plan to take this step unless it was absolutely necessary.

In fact, she could also throw the two children to Gao Lixuan, but that man in her previous life had never visited Baolin and Jilin once. Even if she gave the children to him, he would not take good care of them.

Ask him for child support? That's even more impossible. He's very poor. The 20 yuan he was taken away from her must have been spent on finding a job. It would be better for her to wait for him to work for a few years and save up some money before she comes to him.

Zhang Xiuhua thinks a lot, but Chen Guoqiang thinks even more than her.

He has three children, two sons and one daughter. The two sons must have homesteads, otherwise it will be difficult for them to find wives.

If Zhang Xiuhua really remarries, he can buy it.

Thinking about it this way, he didn't feel so painful, but two hundred was still too much. After the family split up, he had only saved two hundred and thirty-two yuan over the years. Now more than half of it was gone, leaving only a small amount. How could he bear to give it away?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhang Xiuhua guessed that he was being stingy, so she backed down and said, "If you don't want to, I won't make it difficult for you. There are still several families in the village who want homesteads. My brother's house is made of bricks and tiles, so you can move in right away, saving the trouble of building a house. It's much easier."

As she turned around and was about to leave, Chen Guoqiang immediately stopped her, "I didn't say I didn't want to buy it. I was just thinking about something and was a little slow to react. You're too impatient."

Zhang Xiuhua smiled, "Okay. I'll go home with you to get the money now."

As he spoke, he strode forward and whispered to the child.

Chen Guoqiang felt depressed when he saw the happy backs of his mother and her two children. So much money, all given away at once. His heart was trembling. No! He had to ask his mother to pay the money back.

Why should she build a house for her elder brother and not for him?

Chen Guoqiang breathed a sigh of relief when he thought that someone would help him get the money back.

When he got home, Chen Guoqiang's wife asked him why he went to the captain's house.

Chen Guoqiang repeated the matter about the homestead, and there was another round of quarreling.

Chen Guoqiang's wife is making indirect accusations.

Seeing that she didn't dare to mention her name, Zhang Xiuhua just thought she was talking nonsense and didn't say anything else.

Seeing that Zhang Xiuhua was so calm, Chen Guoqiang told his wife to stop scolding. The other party didn't respond. Scolding would only make him angry, so there was no need to waste her breath.

Chen Guoqiang took out the money, and Zhang Xiuhua was about to take it, but the other party reached out his hand again, indicating that he should go back to the captain's house and issue a new document.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded and did as she was told.

The captain was speechless when he saw them coming back. There were so many people here just now, but they didn't talk about this. After they left, they wanted to sell it again. What kind of operation is this?

The captain's wife looked at Zhang Xiuhua, and she gave her a suggestive look, meaning "the kickback will not be small", and the captain's wife felt relieved.

After re-signing the documents, Zhang Xiuhua received two hundred yuan and returned home with her two children.

She took some brown rice from the grain bag, poured some oil, and fried the rice in the oil.

In order to maintain the taste, she poured almost all the oil barrels in her home into it.

Take out the fried rice, pour in sugar and stir, then fry the peanuts, mix the three together, and finally use a spatula to help shape it.

There was no other way. There was no wax paper at home, so I could only use a spatula to press it into a rectangle.

After it was completely shaped, she used a knife to cut it into small pieces.

She gave two pieces to each child, then took a bowl and put six pieces in it and took the children to the captain's house.

The captain's mother heard the noise and came over happily.

Zhang Xiuhua secretly handed her twenty yuan. The captain's wife was so happy that her face was wrinkled and her mouth was grinning from ear to ear. "You are so polite. You gave me such a precious gift."

"Auntie, don't be polite to me." Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile.

The captain's mother gave one piece to each of her grandchildren and then cleared out the bowl.

Zhang Xiuhua took the bowl and lowered her voice, "Aunt, I want to ask you for something."

The captain's mother looked at her in confusion. She had just gotten the house, so she didn't want her brother's money, did she? That was not easy to get. After all, money was not a homestead, which was exposed. Outsiders had no idea how much money Zhang Shengli had left at the time. Besides, the money might have been taken away by Zhang Shengli's wife.

Zhang Xiuhua glanced at the two children in the yard. They were biting the rice candy carefully. Because it was so expensive that they might not even buy it during the Chinese New Year, they ate it with extra care. They even used their little hands to catch the rice crumbs from falling.

She thought of another child, who was also her closest relative. She looked away and looked at the captain's mother. "I got reliable information that someone saw Jidong in Muxi County."

Jidong is the son of Zhang Shengli and the nephew of Zhang Xiuhua. He was abducted by human traffickers during the autumn harvest when he was four years old. Three years have passed and he has not been found yet. In her previous life, she met Jidong when she was fifty years old. Although he was already successful at that time, he was not well fed or clothed when he was a child in his adoptive parents' home and was beaten every day. At the age of sixteen, he went to work in Pengcheng. He worked in that black-hearted factory for three years and contracted lung disease, and his health was getting worse and worse.

Later, by chance, he made a lot of money, but his health was so bad that no amount of money could make up for it. He had a head full of white hair before he was thirty and looked older than her.

No matter how much money a person has, if he does not have a good body, his life will not be very good.

So even though Zhang Xiuhua knew that he would make a lot of money in the future, she still wanted to bring him back.

In her previous life, it was her nephew who bought her a house to support her in her old age. In this life, she wants him to grow up healthy.

She had a good plan, but the captain's wife looked at her suspiciously, "Is this true? Could you be seeing things? The child changes every day. Jidong has been missing for three years, so his appearance has changed a lot. How can you recognize him?"

Zhang Xiuhua held her hand and said, "Aunt, you watched my brother grow up. Jidong looked exactly like my brother when he was a child. He said they look alike, so there's no doubt about it."

In other words, she has never left the county, otherwise she would definitely say that she saw it with her own eyes.

The captain's mother wanted to say something, but Zhang Xiuhua said, "Auntie, don't worry, I just want to ask the captain to send a few young men to accompany me. I will cover all the round-trip expenses. I will also give each person an extra five yuan as a reward. I won't let you go in vain."

The captain's eyes widened. It was just a casual remark from someone else, but she was willing to spend so much money?

"Aunt, I was closest to my brother since I was a child. Now that he's dead, Jidong is his only child. His mother remarried, leaving me as the only relative. It would be fine if he lived well in that family, but I heard that family has their own child again, and they beat him every now and then. I can't stand it."

Zhang Xiuhua covered her face and cried.

The captain's mother was not heartless, and Jidong was still so young. How could she not sympathize with him at her age? She thought for a moment, "Muxi County is in another province, and we have to take a train. It's such a long journey, I can't make the decision, I have to discuss it with your uncle."

"Okay! Thank you, auntie." Zhang Xiuhua stuffed another five yuan into the captain's mother's pocket, but this time she refused to take it. It was hard to say whether the child was Jidong. If not, all the money spent on this trip would be wasted. How could she bear to take the money?

"Excuse me, is this Zheng Jun's home?" Just then, a deep male voice sounded not far away. The two looked along the path and saw a soldier walking over. He was wearing a military uniform and a military cap. He had dark skin, clear eyes, and a straight posture. He saluted them in a proper manner.