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

Li Jianguo quickly convened a meeting of all villagers and informed everyone of the brewery's current predicament.

Everyone was not too surprised to hear the news. Their main concern was, "After the brewery is sold, will we still be able to work in the factory?"

When Ergou sold the brewery, he transferred all the workers to the instant noodle factory. Now that Li Jianguo has sold the brewery, can the workers stay?

Li Jianguo had never thought of this. However, he assured everyone, "When I sell the factory, I will discuss this with the other party and try my best to keep your positions."

He will definitely lose his position as the factory director, as no boss is willing to hire the original factory director. But ordinary workers should be fine. Villagers work very hard, and they are not the kind of people who cheat or play tricks.

The villagers breathed a sigh of relief.

When Li Jianguo said he wanted to sell the factory, he immediately contacted several of the most famous breweries in the country and negotiated with them about the factory price.

The provincial brewery offered the lowest price. They probably saw that Li Jianguo wanted to sell, so they pushed down the price. The other brands were expanding at a slower pace. They had not yet built factories on this side of the border, so their attitude was very indifferent. They could not buy or not buy. But if they were competing with high prices, they would have to wait.

After several months of negotiations, until July when Zhuzhu graduated from university and took graduation photos, Li Jianguo sold the factory to a well-known brewery in Shandong.

The price offered by this company was similar to that of the brewery in the provincial capital, but he still sold it to Shandong Brewery because he wanted the two breweries to compete in the county so that he could drink cheaper beer in the future.

Zhang Xiuhua felt defeated by his idea, but she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I think you are angry with the provincial brewery because they made it impossible for you to be the factory director, so you took the opportunity to take revenge, right?"

Li Jianguo nodded and admitted that he was petty.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't say anything, because the famous brewery in the provincial capital later sold 99% of its shares directly to foreign capital, and it was no longer considered domestic beer.

Li Jianguo sold the factory, but he did not sell the land on which the factory was built. Instead, he chose to rent it out with a five-year contract and the rent was set according to the market price.

After selling the factory, Li Jianguo distributed the money to the villagers who invested in the factory according to their shares. He personally received more than 80,000 yuan. This money could not buy a courtyard house in the capital. But it could afford a shop in his county. So he bought a shop on the busiest commercial street in the county. He still sold small sundries. Business was pretty good.

The villagers received the money, but they were confused. They got the money, but they soon found out that it was not used properly.

In 95, a pound of pork cost two yuan. Now it has risen to three yuan. In big cities, pork even costs four or five yuan.

Knowing that Li Jianguo had used the money from selling the factory to buy a shop, the villagers, who could not afford houses in the county, bought shops in the town, at least to do some small business and make some money.

Zhang Xiuhua learned about this and praised the villagers for following trends. They bought whatever other people bought.

After selling the factory, Li Jianguo was completely relaxed. He planned to wait until October to travel to the south. The weather was very hot now and he would be tanned to charcoal if he went to the south. So he decided to wait a little longer.

In the evening, Li Jianguo received a call from Yaoyao.

She was supposed to return to China in July, but the project she was busy with was about to be completed, and she had to wait for the results to come out and complete her thesis before she could successfully return to China.

Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua were not in a hurry either. "Just focus on your work. It will be fine as long as you finish your studies and come back."

Zhang Xiuhua did not have high expectations for Yaoyao. She could even delay her visa for another two years before returning. As long as she did not become a naturalized citizen abroad and returned to serve the motherland after completing her studies, that would be fine.

After Yaoyao finished speaking about this, she also told them, "I saw the puppy."

Zhang Xiuhua was so shocked that she actually bumped into him. "How did you bump into him?"

"During the Chinese New Year, I went to Chinatown to meet a friend and ran into him by chance. He had already married a foreign woman here. He was living an okay life." Yaoyao sighed, "I told him what his father had told him, and he said he had no plans to return to China in his lifetime. He had already become a naturalized citizen here."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "Okay. Don't worry about it. I'll tell his father."

The next day, Zhang Xiuhua met the puppy's father at the entrance of the village and told him what happened.

The puppy's father asked her for the address, but Zhang Xiuhua really didn't know, "But Yaoyao has a phone number, you can call him directly."

The puppy's father picked up the phone and immediately asked to borrow her home phone.

Zhang Xiuhua reminded him, "It's twelve o'clock now, but it's twelve o'clock at night there. They must have gone to bed a long time ago."

Zhang Xiuhua heard from Jidong that the security in Xi'an was very poor. After dark, except for criminals, ordinary people did not dare to stay on the streets for fear that something bad might happen.

The puppy's father blurted out, "Isn't he answering my call yet?"

Zhang Xiuhua just stared at him. The puppy's father was frightened by her gaze. Thinking that his youngest son would not come back, he finally accepted the reality and said, "Then I'll call him in the evening."

He took the phone and went home.

In the evening, he and his wife came together. Li Jianguo pointed at the phone on the high table and said, "You guys call."

The puppy's father and his son sat on a high bench, punching in numbers while discussing how to tell their son.

The puppy's mother repeatedly told her husband, "Don't lose your temper easily. He has settled abroad. We have to coax him."

The puppy's father's face turned green, and he felt that he had lost face. "Coax him? I gave birth to him and raised him? I still need to coax him? How can he have the nerve?!"

The puppy's mother was so angry that she hit him, "He has no face, but he won't come back? Who else can you count on except the puppy? Will Ergou care about you?!"

In front of outsiders, his wife actually hit him. The puppy's father couldn't get over it and was a little unhappy. But the other end of the phone was ringing, "Hello?"

The conversation was in English, and the puppy's father spoke directly, "I'm looking for the puppy."

There was a female voice on the other end, and I guess she didn’t understand Chinese, so I asked my husband to answer the phone.

After a while, the puppy came over to answer the call.

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo sat together to discuss the travel route. They were afraid that the noise would disturb the two people who were answering the phone, so they discussed whether to go to the bedroom to talk. Before they could stand up, they heard the puppy's father roaring, "How dare you! You bastard, you have grown wings and don't want your parents anymore, right? Hello? Hello?"

After the call was hung up, the puppy's father wanted to call back, but no one answered.

The puppy's mother was so angry that she wiped her tears. "Can you please speak properly? What are you arguing about?! I just told you not to lose your temper! You just didn't listen!"

The puppy's father was extremely regretful at this time, and he weakly defended himself, "What he said was so irritating, and I couldn't control my temper for a moment."

One regretted, the other was crying in anger. Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo looked at each other. They couldn't pretend not to know, so they advised, "Since you know you are wrong, just wait a little longer. Next time you call, apologize to him. He is willing to answer your call now, which means he is giving you a chance. Don't go against the child for your own face."

The puppy's father nodded.

The two left, but they did not stop arguing and kept blaming each other.

Li Jianguo felt that this might be a bit dangerous.

Sure enough, in the next few days, Xiaogou's parents came to call every night, but as soon as he heard their voices, Xiaogou hung up the phone. He didn't cut off the phone line, probably because he was afraid of disturbing other people calling in.

The puppy's father was so angry that he asked Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua for help, "Please talk to him for us. Tell him that we are wrong."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed. It was difficult to even apologize now because of what had happened.

"Can you two stop being so impatient?" Zhang Xiuhua was speechless. She wanted her son to come back, but she was so arrogant. The child had gone abroad, and the domestic law could no longer restrain them.

The puppy's father was very kind when asked for help, "I will definitely correct it."

Zhang Xiuhua reminded them, "We will only help you this time. If he refuses to answer our calls, then don't call him again in the future. It will save you money."

"Okay!" the puppy's father agreed.

After the call was connected, Zhang Xiuhua first apologized on behalf of his parents, "They really knew they were wrong. They had been blaming themselves before."

She put the phone on loudspeaker so everyone could hear it.

The puppy's parents didn't dare to say a word, for fear that their youngest son would hang up the phone.

Hearing Zhang Xiuhua's voice, Xiao Gou didn't hang up the phone. "I know you are both parents and you are on the same side. I used to envy Er Gou. He doesn't have parents who love him, but at least you love him. But I just realized now that you are no different from them?"

Zhang Xiuhua didn't expect the war to spread to her. She didn't get angry, but asked him, "Is there anything I didn't do well?"

Ergou never said anything she did wrong.

Xiaogou's voice sounded a little cold. "Yaoyao has a pharmaceutical company here that hired her as a researcher, with a monthly salary of 13,000 dollars. You actually want her to go back? What is she going to do? After returning to China, will there be a scientific research environment for her to conduct research and development? Will the salary be so high?"

This was the first time Zhang Xiuhua heard about this, Yaoyao had never told her. But now that she knows, her reaction will be the same as it is now, "There is no good scientific research environment in China, but she can also become a good doctor. Instead of making contributions to foreign countries. I can understand you going abroad. But my daughter, I hope she can give back to the motherland. You say I am selfish? I admit it. People have always been selfish. I don't think I am wrong, nor do I think patriotism is wrong. If you think I should unconditionally support Yaoyao to stay abroad for the sake of high income. Then I shouldn't have spent money to send her abroad. I leave it for myself to spend, isn't it nice? When you ask your parents for something, ask your parents to follow the Chinese practice. When your parents ask you, ask your parents to follow the foreign practice. It's not that good! I just don't agree!"

She left the puppy speechless, and the other party seemed angry and hung up the phone directly.

The puppy's parents were so anxious that they scratched their heads and asked, "Why did it die again?"

Zhang Xiuhua spread her hands, "It's not my fault, it's his fault. He was just talking to himself. He's blaming me?! How I teach my own children is none of his business! Why should he give orders from there!"

She got angry and went straight back to her room to lie down.

Seeing this, Li Jianguo told the puppy's parents to go home quickly. "I think the puppy wants to laugh at you. You'd better stop beating him. It's useless! He won't come back."

Ergou had this mentality before, deliberately angering his father. Xiaogou is probably the same. From this point of view, these two brothers are indeed a family.

The puppy's parents looked at each other in disbelief, but they had to accept the reality.