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

Not long after Jidong came back, Ergou also came back. He didn't come back to celebrate the New Year, but to ask Zhang Xiuhua to sign. He wanted to take a piece of land, and needed the signatures of all shareholders.

After Zhang Xiuhua signed, he did not leave in a hurry, but asked Jidong, "I heard that you are going to raise funds. Are you short of money now?"

Jidong doesn't like to do business with his family. Ergou knows his habit and doesn't interfere with his business, let alone deliberately inquire about it. However, with their relationship, there will always be someone to pass on the message. Ergou accidentally learned that Jidong was raising funds recently.

Jidong shook his head. "It's not that I'm short of money. I want to raise funds through an IPO in Hong Kong so that I can have more money to support research and development. There is still too little money in the company's account. If I want to expand nationwide, I need money."

Ergou nodded, "How much money do you need now?"

"I'm taking out 20% of the company's shares and want to raise 1000 million yuan." Jidong said it lightly, and 1000 million yuan sounded like 1000 yuan when it came out of his mouth.

Ergou took a breath and opened his mouth. He actually needed so much money. "Aren't you afraid of losing money?!"

"If we make money, I share the profits with the shareholders. If we lose money, we lose together. We share the risk." Jidong said with a smile, "In fact, you can do the same. This way, you can occupy the market comprehensively."

Now that reform and opening up are becoming more and more stable, many foreign brands are pouring in. Instant noodles and beer are not high-difficulty products, and foreign brands are wealthy and powerful. If their local brands do not occupy the market sooner, their business will definitely be affected by these foreign brands in the future.

Ergou's knowledge of the stock market was limited to the Hong Kong stock market crash, when many people lined up to jump off buildings. He didn't dare to raise funds and decisively refused.

Jidong knew that he didn't understand these things, and he didn't explain to him the role of the stock market. If someone who doesn't understand touches this, it will be counterproductive.

While they were talking, someone outside called Ergou's name.

Ergou always felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. Zhang Xiuhua saw that he frowned, coughed lightly, and reminded him, "It might be your dad."

She told the story of how the puppy's father forced the puppy and his wife to divorce, and how the puppy eventually chose to go abroad.

Ergou didn't expect things to turn out like this. After he finished speaking, he slapped his hands on the table and laughed, "He's so stupid?!"

He thought he and his father were mortal enemies. His father would learn from his mistakes and treat the dog well, but who would have thought that not only did he not love the dog more, but he was even more controlling of it.

He stood up and walked out of the main room. Jidong was worried that he would fight with his father, so he followed him out of the room. Zhang Xiuhua followed closely behind.

The puppy's father saw his son and approached him to ask, "You're back?!"

The voice was gentle, not at all like the tense one before.

The loving father that Ergou imagined when he was a child was not this good. He watched his father perform quietly without saying a word.

Zhang Xiuhua felt embarrassed for the puppy's father. Their relationship had been so strained before, and it seemed as if he had lost his memory.

The puppy's father seemed not to notice his son's cold face, and asked himself, "Have you eaten? I asked your aunt to make your favorite fried dough sticks?"

Ergou showed a mocking expression on his face, "Grease residue?"

His favorite food was actually fried dough sticks, and he didn't even know it. Oh, yes, he remembered that one Chinese New Year, his stepmother made fried dough sticks for the dog, and the dog couldn't finish it, so she ate some for herself. He saw it from the side and was so greedy that he wanted to eat some too. His stepmother complained to his father, and his father beat him up without any reason and called him a greedy ghost.

He thought he would be happy to see the other party admit his fault, but in fact, the other party did not think he was wrong. He was beaten, and he did not take it to heart. He looked at his father coldly, "You are asking for peace now, do you want me to support you? I advise you to save your energy."

In the past, he would want to see the other person's cold face, but when the other person begged him for peace, he suddenly felt that it was meaningless. He has grown up and is no longer full of resentment. He also knows that the other person is not really apologizing, but the puppy went abroad and he had no hope, so he chose to bow to him. It's so boring!

When the puppy's father saw that his eldest son ignored him, he was completely panicked. He threw away his father's dignity and admitted his mistake to his eldest son. But his eldest son did not recognize him and treated him as a stranger.

He thought of Li Xingjia's father. Although the village chief had sentenced Li Xingjia to support him, Li Xingjia only sent things to him and never visited him at all. He was worse than a stranger.

He couldn't believe it. "Do you hate me so much?"

Ergou knew his nature long ago. He was strict with others but lenient with himself. He thought that no matter what evil he did to others, others should forgive him. He would never reflect on himself. He said calmly, "I would rather be an orphan than be your son!"

As an orphan, at least he would be sent to an orphanage where no adults would beat him.

After saying that, Ergou turned around and left. The puppy's father couldn't hold back any longer and started to curse, "You unfilial son! I should have strangled you to death back then!"

Ergou ignored him and didn't turn around to curse at him. He just walked back to the house.

Jidong patted Ergou's shoulder, as if to comfort him. Ergou shook his head, "I'm fine!"

Zhang Xiuhua looked at the puppy's father and didn't know what to say for a moment. Some people's logic is very strange. They always think that if I lower myself, you must forgive me and don't be ungrateful. But the harm he did to Ergou has already been done, and his apology was not sincere. How could someone who holds grudges like Ergou forgive him! It can only be said that he made a wrong move from the beginning.

After entering the house, Zhang Xiuhua looked at Ergou with a complicated expression, "I thought you would take this opportunity to ridicule him?"

Don't think it's impossible. In the early years, Ergou was so busy that he would come back to show off during the Chinese New Year just to piss off his father. Now, he let such a good opportunity go. This is not like the vengeful Ergou.

Ergou poured himself a glass of water. Hearing this, he curled his lips and said, "I did in the past. But now I'm grown up. I realized that the fatherly love that I lacked since I was a child is actually not possessed by some people. I was just mistaking my thinking."

Zhang Xiuhua was slightly stunned. Fatherly love? Yes, isn't it fatherly love that Ergou has been brooding over? But does the puppy's father have it? How can a man who only treats his son as a tool for support and never treats his son as an independent individual have love? Don't be ridiculous. Love is a luxury. A selfish person doesn't have it at all.

Ergou's eyes were dim, and his mouth seemed to carry a hint of sarcasm. "I thought he was partial and only loved Xiaogou, but now I realize that he only loves himself. He raised us not out of love, but just to control us. When I disobeyed and hurt his reputation, he beat me to death. The same goes for Xiaogou. Because he disobeyed and went to another country, he could only pin his hopes on me. I have been competing with him for all these years, and I feel that I am so ridiculous!"

Zhang Xiuhua sighed silently. In this world, only a small number of parents want to have children purely out of love. Most people want to raise children to support them in their old age. However, they will not be like the puppy's father, who does not treat his children as human beings.

Jidong advised him to be more open-minded, "Some things can't be asked for. Compared to the puppy, you are very happy now."

It seems that the puppy went abroad and everything was bright. But in fact, it was not good at all. People there looked down on Chinese people and had serious racial discrimination.

Ergou nodded, "Yes. So we can't force it."

Ergou only stayed at home for one day before he went back to the south to buy land.

Zhang Xiuhua cooked for Jidong's twins at home. The children were already seven months old and could eat complementary food, so she kneaded the dough herself and added mashed spinach juice to the dough, which made the dough green and particularly appetizing.

The noodles must be stewed until soft because the child is still too young. If they are hard, they are difficult to digest.

Jidong was making dumplings nearby, and Zhang Xiuhua chatted with him and asked about the child's situation.

Just then, Xu Chunying's voice came from outside.

After a while, Xu Chunying lifted the curtain and came in. It was windy and snowing hard outside. She was wearing a cotton hat, her hands and feet were wrapped in cotton bags, and her face was red from the cold.

Jidong immediately moved a stool for her. "Auntie, why are you here at this time? Are you feeling better?"

Xu Chunying smiled and nodded, "Much better."

She looked at Zhang Xiuhua, "It's too cold in the north. I don't plan to spend the New Year at home this year. I want to go to the south to have some fun."

Zhang Xiuhua thought she wanted to go to Pengcheng to look for her two sons, so she smiled and said, "Yes. It's warm in the south now. When it's coldest there, they just put on a coat. It would be nice for you to go and have some fun."

Xu Chunying knew she had misunderstood, "I'm not going to Pengcheng, I want to go to Hainan."

Zhang Xiuhua paused while rolling noodles and looked up at her. "Hainan? Why do you want to go there?"

"I heard the scenery there is beautiful and warm." Xu Chunying patted her legs. "At my age, I have never been anywhere except to the south where I took my grandson for half a year. After I got sick, I wanted to go out and take a look."

When Zhang Xiuhua heard that she was going there, she also smiled and said, "Sure. Hainan is really beautiful."

Xu Chunying asked her if she wanted to go.

Zhang Xiuhua really couldn't go. Her children were coming back for the New Year, and the family wanted to have fun at home. "I can't go. Jianguo and Ergou have to distribute dividends to the villagers."

Xu Chunying was not disappointed either, "Please help me look after the house."

"Okay! That's no problem." Zhang Xiuhua smiled again, "Let mother-in-law come over too."

"You have many children. When you come back together, your place won't be big enough. Mom will live in our house. You can send her three meals a day." It was icy outside. Although Liu Shujun could walk, she was old and her bones were fragile. If she fell, she might break a bone. So she tried not to leave the house.

Zhang Xiuhua agreed, "Don't worry. I will definitely not treat my mother-in-law badly."

After Xu Chunying finished talking about this, she chatted for a while and asked about Jidong's situation. When she learned that he was fine, she got up and left.

Zhang Xiuhua and Jidong escorted her out of the house. When they came back, Jidong smiled and said, "I feel like Auntie has become different from before."

He couldn't tell what was different at the moment. It seemed like his mentality had changed.

Zhang Xiuhua was not surprised by his sharpness at all. She told him that Xu Chunying was sick and needed money, but her three children were unwilling to sell the house.

Jidong sighed, "Aunt, I can only understand adults' feelings after I have my own children."

Zhang Xiuhua raised her eyebrows.

"We want to treat them with all our heart, but we are also afraid that they will find us annoying when they grow up." Jidong used the example of his children not liking to eat rice porridge, so he could only find other food to replace it. Rice porridge can be replaced, but some things cannot be replaced. For example, learning.

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "The children are still young now, and you have little experience. When they go to school, your understanding will only be deeper. But you must be patient at all times. Don't beat or scold the children at will. If they do something wrong, give them guidance instead of making decisions for them."

Jidong nodded and said, "Aunt, sometimes I think you are great. You raise other people's children as if they were your own."

"That's as it should be. Your uncle sends us his salary every month. I promised him that I would take good care of the children." Zhang Xiuhua laughed, "I sometimes have no patience. When Youcai skipped school, I wanted to beat him to death."

Jidong also thought of this, "He deserves to be beaten. I guess when he thinks back to his past self, he wants to slap himself too."

Zhang Xiuhua laughed out loud at his amusement, "That's true."