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

At night, Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo lay on the kang. Li Jianguo had been in high spirits since Yaoyao came back, as happy as if he had won a million-dollar lottery.

Zhang Xiuhua had not disturbed his interest, and now she told the truth, "Yaoyao said that if we hadn't asked her to come back, she might have stayed in the United States."

Li Jianguo was slightly startled. "Why? For a higher salary?"

"She doesn't do it for money. When have you ever seen her worry about money?" Yaoyao dressed up when she had a crush on a boy in high school, but now she is calm and comfortable. Other girls love beauty, but Yaoyao doesn't care. To be honest, sometimes her outfits are not as good as Zhang Xiuhua's. Yaoyao is a person with low material desires. She will not compare with others and always puts her comfort first.

Li Jianguo sighed, put his hands behind his head and fell into deep thought.

"Are you saying that we are being selfish? She said that there might not be a suitable position for her in China. She might want to become a doctor." Zhang Xiuhua felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, she wanted to have the best of both worlds. However, the R&D environment in China is indeed not as good as that in foreign countries. Moreover, even Jidong, who is smart, can't stand the research environment of seniority-based research institutes. Yaoyao is meticulous and not good at interpersonal relationships. Will she also be unable to stand it?

Li Jianguo was at a loss for a moment. "Let her look for it first. Maybe she can find it."

He still wanted Yaoyao to stay in the country. You could say he was selfish, but he just didn't want Yaoyao to go abroad.

Zhang Xiuhua said no more.

Although Li Jianguo didn't think he was wrong, he still gave Yaoyao some money when she returned to the capital to find a job. "There is 50,000 yuan in this card. If you can't find a job, use this money to live first. Don't worry, you have such a high degree, you will definitely find a job you like."

This fifty thousand yuan was the couple's share of the supermarket. They had just received it and it wasn't even warm yet. Now they gave it all to Yaoyao.

Yaoyao saw her parents' guilty look and understood after a little thought, "Mom and Dad, I chose to return to China. Although it was influenced by you, it is my choice and I don't regret it. Don't regret it either, otherwise I will feel that I made the wrong choice."

Zhang Xiuhua forced a smile and said, "No. We don't regret it. We just feel sorry for you. You've lost weight. You should eat better, don't treat yourself badly, and buy yourself some nice clothes. Dress yourself up well, and when you find a job and go for an interview, people may hire you based on your mental state."

Li Jianguo also expressed his opinion, "Yes. We don't regret it. Take good care of yourself. If you can't eat the food in the cafeteria, go to your eldest brother's place and have a bite. Ask him to make you something delicious."

"Okay!" Yaoyao waved goodbye to them, carrying her luggage.

It was indeed not easy for Yaoyao to find a job. Although she was a scarce talent, the country's research and development environment could not keep up. It took her a full month to finally find a job. She joined the research team of the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

After receiving the notice, she called home immediately, so Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo both knew the good news and were truly happy for her.

Li Jianguo urged her on the phone, "Find a house near the Huaguo Academy of Sciences, with good public security. And buy yourself a means of transportation."

Yaoyao nodded, "I will buy it."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xiuhua was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. "We are finally relieved."

Li Jianguo was a little surprised. "I always thought Yaoyao couldn't get into the graduate school because she didn't get the government-sponsored student scholarship. It turns out she can."

"There are no research institutes in the medical field, right? Only universities or biological companies have R&D teams." Zhang Xiuhua didn't quite understand either.

Li Jianguo didn't know either, and now he was relieved, "I thought we were ruining the child's future."

"Now we don't have any psychological pressure. Although the salary in China is not as high as that in foreign countries, we eat well in China and have our own room. In foreign countries, we are unfamiliar with the place and no one will know if something happens." Zhang Xiuhua breathed a sigh of relief, "It's also our Yaoyao's own ability. I heard from Jidong that she has published several papers in the magazines "Science" or "Nature", and the papers are very valuable."

"Maybe they hired her because she has scientific research achievements." Li Jianguo smiled and said, "To celebrate Yaoyao finding a job, let's have a drink today!"

Zhang Xiuhua doesn't like drinking. "You drink it yourself. I'll drink some soup to warm myself up."

"Okay!" Li Jianguo helped to light the fire, and the couple prepared two dishes and a soup.

One portion of iron pot stew, one portion of side dish, and one portion of mushroom soup.

Li Jianguo drank and ate peanuts, "This is the kind of life that is beautiful."

Zhang Xiuhua thought he couldn't drink like that. "The beer is so cold, and you're eating hot food. Can your stomach handle the alternating hot and cold?"

Li Jianguo waved his hand and said, "I've been eating like this since I was a kid. I can handle it."

Zhang Xiuhua stopped trying to persuade them. She glanced at the thick snow outside and said, "Yaoyao has found a job. The weather is getting cold. Let's go to the south to have some fun, shall we?"

Li Jianguo nodded and said, "I will go find my eldest brother and his wife after dinner and ask them to help look after the house for us."

"Row!"

The couple ate up all the food on the table.

Zhang Xiuhua was packing things at home. She had already made a list before, and now she just had to check it one by one.

Li Jianguo walked through the thick snow to his eldest brother and sister-in-law's house, and brought a pair of woolen mats for his mother, "Stuff them in your shoes to keep you warm."

After everything was sorted out, Li Jianshe drove their family's diesel tricycle to take the two people to the train.

Because it was not a festival, the two were lucky enough to have bought a soft sleeper a few days ago.

The train cannot go directly to Hainan, and they have to change trains along the way. They looked at the scenery outside the window while eating snacks that they brought from home.

After two days and two nights, I finally arrived in Haikou and took a taxi to the hotel.

The public security at that time was not very good, so the two did not dare to show off their wealth outside and told the driver that they were here to visit relatives.

"It's really warm here." The two got off the train, still wearing thick down jackets, and were sweating profusely. But they couldn't take them off. They would just open their clothes when they got back on the train.

When they arrived at the hotel, they took off their clothes and stuffed them into their luggage bags, then changed into summer clothes.

"The winter here is about the same as our summer." The highest temperature in the Northeast in summer is only 30 degrees. And the temperature difference between day and night is large, only about 20 degrees at night. The temperature in Hainan is also about 30 degrees now.

"Let's go pick some lychees?" Zhang Xiuhua was eager to try. She really wanted to eat lychees.

Li Jianguo knew that she just wanted to eat lychees, so he agreed immediately, "Sure. And by the way, can you see if there are mangoes grown here?"

"Of course we plant them." Zhang Xiuhua suddenly remembered, "Are mangoes ripe this month?"

The two of them looked at each other and said, "Yes, they had forgotten about it."

"It's okay. I just saw some fresh mangoes for sale on the roadside. Let's buy some." Li Jianguo put aside the mango and lychee picking and said, "Let's take a rest tonight. If the weather is good tomorrow, we can go swimming at the beach."

"Row!"

The two of them packed their things and carried their bags with their bank cards and ID documents in them. They left their less expensive belongings at the hotel.

I originally wanted to buy some lychees and mangoes at a nearby fruit shop, but when I returned to the hotel, I bought a bunch of unknown fruits.

For example, the egg fruit is golden in color, just like the egg yolk, and it has a strong fruity flavor when you bite it. It is a bit like roasted sweet potato, dry and soft. It is not very juicy, but the taste is good.

There is also cactus fruit, which has purple-red fruit with a sweet taste and smooth flesh. It is rich in anthocyanins, which are said to beautify the skin.

There are also fresh longans. Zhang Xiuhua had eaten this in her previous life. Li Jianguo, however, had only eaten dried longans. Fresh ones tasted better, were more juicy, and sweeter.

There is also the specialty here, the sugar apple, also known as the Buddha's head fruit, which is known as the ice cream of fruits. The fruit exudes a peculiar fragrance. It is soft and sweet when you take a bite, but it is too sweet. Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo cannot eat this sweetness.

There was also jackfruit. Zhang Xiuhua didn't like the smell of it in her previous life, but she didn't know why in this life it smelled so good. A whole fruit was too big, weighing more than ten kilograms, so they only bought a small box.

Li Jianguo couldn't stand the smell and didn't eat a single bite, so Zhang Xiuhua got all the food.

"Did we buy too much? It's too hot here and there's no refrigerator. If we can't finish it, it will go bad!" Zhang Xiuhua only ate a little of each item and her stomach was full in a short while.

Li Jianguo nodded. It was a bit too much, but these fruits were not cheap, and it would be a waste to throw them all away. "Shall we have this for dinner?"

"How can that be possible? Fruits don't fill you up!" Zhang Xiuhua firmly disagreed. She didn't want to go hungry.

Li Jianguo thought the fruit was sweet, but no matter how full he was, he would be hungry after a while, and it really couldn't be eaten as a meal. "Then let's take a walk and see if there are any kids we like and share some with them."

Zhang Xiuhua thought this was a good idea. "Don't buy so much next time. It's such a waste."

They still have the habit at home, and they always buy a lot every time they go to the market. But the weather in the south is different, and they have to eat fresh food. This habit must be changed.

The two walked onto the street, where many high-rise buildings were empty shells, not yet completed. After asking, they learned that the Hainan real estate market was driven to sky-high prices by speculation in the past few years, and now no one is willing to take over, so the real estate projects have been left unfinished.

Due to the economic depression, not many people come here to invest, and most of the people who come here are from the south.

Zhang Xiuhua saw a child in tattered clothes eating out of a trash can in front of her, so she gave them the extra fruit.

The child had long hair and it was hard to tell whether he was a boy or a girl. Seeing that they didn't look like bad people, he snatched the bag and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Li Jianguo sighed, "There are always many poor people in this world."

Zhang Xiuhua said nothing, "Let's go back."

Li Jianguo nodded, and the two walked back side by side.