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

Zhang Xiuhua hung up the phone, and Li Jianguo had already written the letter and planned to send it to the post office before work tomorrow.

Everything in Zhang Xiuhua's bag was gone. She was going to apply for an ID card and bank card tomorrow, so she opened her own cabinet, which contained the most valuable things in the house, such as the property certificate, household registration booklet, and money.

She took out her household registration booklet and the passbook, which was in Li Jianguo's name. He was in charge of the money before, and he used his ID card to open a passbook for easy access. Since she quit her job on the train, the family's joint funds have been transferred to her passbook. Of course, it was also for easy access.

How did this passbook get left outside? She was wondering, and took a look. There were actually more than 8,000 yuan in it, with every transaction recorded, one by one.

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it carefully. It seemed that he had no money-making business recently. The dividends from the convenience store and supermarket were settled at the end of the year. Where did so much money in his account come from?

She called Li Jianguo in. When he saw the passbook in her hand, he slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my memory. I just wanted to tell you, but now I have forgotten it. This is the money that the Xing family gave us."

Their family bought a combine harvester. Li Xingjia and Wang Honghua paid for the labor, while Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo paid for the money, and the two families split the profits 50-50.

The roads outside were frozen, and all the food from south to north had been stored. Li Xingjia and Wang Honghua returned a few days ago.

They settled the bill immediately and sent the money over.

It is because people at that time were honest and would not cheat. Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo did not follow them. Who knows how much money they made? It is still up to them to decide.

But Zhang Xiuhua checked the balance and saw that it was 8,600 yuan. This was pure profit, the money earned after excluding diesel.

Zhang Xiuhua thought that Li Xingjia and his wife were short of money, so it was normal for the other party to embezzle a part of it. However, she never expected that there was actually 8,600 yuan. She couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes, "How could there be so much?"

Didn't they say that we could harvest 50 mu a day? The autumn harvest only lasts forty days at most, but somehow it seems that it's more than just 50 mu.

Li Jianguo explained to her, "They work day and night to make more money. Now there is no limit on diesel, and no oil coupons are required. As long as you have money, you can fill up the gas. They work hard. They can harvest more than 100 acres of land a day."

Li Xingjia also picked plains for harvesting. Henan is a large plain, needless to say. Then he turned a corner and went to Shandong, which was also a flat land. Then it was Hebei, and finally the Northeast, all of which were the main forces.

The autumn harvest lasted for 40 days, but the couple did not dare to rest for even a single day. When they were tired, they slept in the car, and when they were hungry, they ate steamed buns and pickled vegetables.

Li Jianguo shook his head and sighed, "You haven't seen them. They are really skinny."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "It's all for the children."

Li Jianguo also told her, "There is still a hundred dollars missing from the money. I used it to treat the couple to a meal. It's to nourish their bodies. I was afraid that they would be blown down by the wind. It's too scary."

Zhang Xiuhua hadn't met the couple yet, but just listening to Li Jianguo's story made her worried about them, "Did anything happen to them?!"

"It's OK!" Li Jianguo sighed. "The public security is not good right now. Xingjia got the money and immediately went to the savings bank to transfer it to my account. He was afraid of encountering bandits along the way."

The public security at this time is really bad. I heard that many trucks were stopped and robbed on the road.

Li Xingjia and Wang Honghua only brought a small amount of money with them on this trip. The couple had also been robbed before, but they learned their lesson. They asked the villagers to pay for their meals with their harvest fees. Then the host family paid for the meals. These farmers usually don’t eat well, so how could they afford to feast their guests? At most, they could only feed them full. In the end, the couple ate vegetarian food for 40 days. However, they did heavy physical work, and their bodies naturally couldn’t handle not eating meat for so many days.

Pale face and thin body are the most intuitive description.

Zhang Xiuhua breathed a sigh of relief, "They are also ruthless people."

Only those who are cruel to themselves can accomplish great things.

"Yes." Li Jianguo smiled, "They are both honest people. They wrote down every penny they got and showed it to me. They also showed me their bankbook. If we find them to form a partnership, we will really make a fortune."

Zhang Xiuhua also thinks they are good people. Wang Honghua is not to be mentioned, she is a kind person. She can talk to her parents-in-law in a nice way even though they are so selfish. Li Xingjia is also honest and never takes advantage of others.

"They also said they were short of combine harvesters. Many people lined up to go to the village to harvest. They lined up in the middle of the night without sleeping." Li Jianguo felt like he was picking up money in the fields. If he didn't have a job, he would have wanted to do it. The money came too quickly.

Zhang Xiuhua felt that it was too tiring to earn the money. She would not do it anyway. She was also genuinely happy for the couple. "Then Tiedan will have less pressure to pay the mortgage."

"Yes." Li Jianguo pointed to the side. "As soon as Li Xingjia got the money, he rushed to the capital to look for his son. I suggested that he transfer the money to Tiedan's card, but he refused. He was afraid that Tiedan would spend the money recklessly, so he insisted on going there in person. He just came back a few days ago."

"Maybe he's missing his son. Tiedan has never traveled far before." Zhang Xiuhua thought that Li Xingjia might be embarrassed to tell Li Jianguo, so he deliberately made an excuse.

But Li Jianguo, a blockhead, didn't realize Li Xingjia's sincere fatherly love. She expressed her thoughts.

Li Jianguo couldn't believe it, "Really?"

"Why not?" Zhang Xiuhua felt that her guess must be correct, "Xingjia loves his son so much. Tiedan's grades were not good, so he spent money to give him extra lessons. His son didn't get into university and only went to junior college, but he couldn't bear to beat him."

Li Jianguo thought about it carefully and felt that Xiuhua's guess might really be correct.

"I found that he went to the other extreme." Zhang Xiuhua sometimes felt that people were really influenced by their original families. Li Xingjia's parents had cheated him all his life, so Li Xingjia vowed to be the opposite of him. He was always thinking about his son. Even if he was separated from his son, he wanted his son to become a citizen of the capital.

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "He's okay. At least he didn't spoil Tiedan like Zhang Jinbao."

Li Xingjia loves his son, but he won't spoil him. Tiedan studied electrician, but he was not satisfied with the job and couldn't find a job after returning home. He didn't let his son stay at home and rely on him. Of course, he might not want his son to farm for the rest of his life. So he let his son go out to work.

Tiedan had never been far away from home before. How scared was he to work hard in the strange city of the capital? But Li Xingjia was able to be ruthless.

If Zhang's parents could be so cruel to Zhang Jinding, that kid would have been successful long ago.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded. From this point of view, Li Xingjia was very sensible. She asked curiously, "By the way, how is Zhang Jinbao?"

"That's it. He went to work before, but he didn't go this year. He is delivering groceries with his elder brother. His family has no money, and his parents are not urging him to find a wife." Li Jianguo shook his head, "I guess they are afraid of being cheated."

He married two daughters-in-law, one of whom was a liar and the other liked domestic violence. All the family assets were emptied. No matter how rich the family is, they can't stand being deceived one after another. What's more, they are not rich to begin with.

Zhang Xiuhua also lamented that the Zhang family was so unlucky. She returned to the previous topic, "We made 8,700 yuan in the autumn harvest. If we can harvest twice a year, wouldn't we make more than 17,000 yuan? Then our combine harvester will pay for itself in a year and a half."

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "Yeah, it's quite profitable."

He thought about buying another combine harvester and renting it to the villagers to make a profit. But he quickly gave up the idea. Forget it. How many honest people are there like Li Xingjia? Don't let him break the machine, otherwise he will lose everything.

Zhang Xiuhua suddenly thought of a question, "By the way, when Li Xingjia makes enough money, will he buy himself a combine harvester?"

"How is that possible? Didn't we agree that he has to work for us for at least five years before he can go it alone?" Li Jianguo assured her, "He keeps his word."

Having said that, the profit is so high, if Li Xingjia regrets it, they will be passive.

Li Jianguo seemed to know what she was thinking. "Don't worry. He doesn't have the money to buy one yet. It's 50,000 yuan. He has to pay his son's mortgage. He would love to keep using our machine."

Zhang Xiuhua felt that this was a different time. After Li Xingjia paid back the money, he might not be willing to help them make money.

But by then the machine will be theirs. At worst, she can rent the combine harvester to someone else. She can still make money. By then, the capital will have been recovered. The rest will be profit.

Li Jianguo stopped talking about the combine harvester and took the initiative to ask Zhang Xiuhua, "When will Zhuzhu's play be released?"

"It's coming soon. I heard it will be released before the Chinese New Year." Zhang Xiuhua touched her chin. "Jidong's toy commercial is already online. Have you seen it?"

Li Jianguo actually watched it. He usually works and doesn't have much time to watch TV. But who can blame Jidong for placing this advertisement well? It was in the middle of the cartoon. When the children in the village watched the cartoon and mentioned the advertisement of Smart Baby, he remembered it.

Zhang Xiuhua took a deep breath, "Inserting ads in the middle of a cartoon? How much does that cost?"

Li Jianguo wasn't sure. "That's a toy. It's inserted in a cartoon. Children are more likely to buy it, right?!"

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it and it made sense. "When he has money in the future, he can invest in a cartoon. This way, the children will remember it better."

Li Jianguo thought her idea was good, but it was too expensive. "He only has three million. Maybe that's not enough?"

Money should be spent wisely. If it is always spent on advertising, it will be too expensive.

Zhang Xiuhua thinks Jidong would not do such a foolish thing. "Jidong sometimes likes to take risks, but he is at least 90% sure when he takes risks. Unlike Ergou, he can increase the leverage tenfold with one dollar. It all depends on his own preferences."

Li Jianguo thinks that both of his children have their own strengths and weaknesses in business. "Ergou is good at breaking into emerging industries, making a quick buck, and then quickly withdrawing. Jidong is more suited to choosing the right path and sticking to it until the end."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Ergou has a stronger sense of the market than Jidong. In the beginning, Ergou will make more money. But in the long run, Jidong is more stable and can make his business bigger and stronger. One is like a pitcher, and the other is like an entrepreneur."

"Yes! Those investors also tend to look for people with Jidong's personality." Li Jianguo felt that Jidong's future achievements would definitely surpass Ergou.

"Zhenzhen and Xiangxiang are also good at doing business." Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile, "We are so lucky to have four bosses in our family."

"Zhenzhen does business by being approachable and providing services. The rules for running a restaurant business are completely different from those for running a factory. She is more successful. Xiangxiang does business by providing good services." Li Jianguo felt that it was a great honor for him to marry a good wife like Zhenzhen. Jidong and Xiangxiang were a perfect match.

A little later, around 6pm, the cartoons started. We only watched cartoons when August came back, not at other times.

Zhang Xiuhua opened it and read the childish words inside. It was a bit childish, but it was still worth reading if you didn't use your brain.

After watching for a few minutes, the commercials started. It was the Smart Baby commercial.

Zhuzhu plays a newly married aunt who returns to her parents' home and wants to buy gifts for her family. She has already bought gifts for her parents, but when it comes to children, she is in a dilemma. Because her nephew has too many gifts, every time she mentions one, her nephew takes one out and says, "I have one."

Just when she was worried, many new toys popped up that her nephew didn't have. Then Zhuzhu read the advertisement, "Smart Baby has all kinds of toys to meet your needs. If you like your child to study well, you can give him a Smart Baby recorder. If you want to develop your child's intelligence, you can give him a Smart Baby building blocks to build a big castle. If you want to develop your child's imagination, you can give him a Smart Baby drawing board to draw whatever he wants. Just move and wipe, and it's easy to do..."

After seeing the gift, the nephew jumped for joy, "I want this! I want this!"

Then there is the joyful scene of the family receiving their respective gifts.

Li Jianguo exclaimed, "Didn't he just start making this? How could he have so many toys?"

"He used to be an OEM, but now he has established his own brand, so he must produce many kinds of products." But Zhang Xiuhua didn't expect that so many toys had already appeared.

Li Jianguo asked Zhang Xiuhua to ask Jidong about his business.

Zhang Xiuhua was a little amused. "If you ask him, he will only report good news and not bad news. Let's wait until he comes back for the New Year."

Li Jianguo thought so too and stopped asking.