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

The four of them walked back to the village. It was not yet dark and the children in the village were playing wildly in the threshing ground.

Baolin loves to join in the fun, so he immediately lied and went to play with his friends.

Youcai was a little tempted, but thinking that he still had many classes to finish, he resisted the urge to play and went home with Jidong.

Seeing the significant effect, Zhang Xiuhua nodded with satisfaction.

Yaoyao ran over and asked, "Aunt Zhang, where's Baolin?"

"In the threshing ground." Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile.

Yaoyao loves playing with Baolin the most. When she learned the whereabouts of her sister, she immediately left her sister behind and ran out of the house to find her sister.

While the children were taking classes in the house, Zhang Xiuhua was fetching water in the yard. She would soak the beans and then beat out the dregs later.

Just then, Baolin ran in happily, with Yaoyao following behind her like a little tail.

"Mom! This is so funny!" Baolin laughed so hard that she didn't know how long she laughed. Her stomach was knotted.

Zhang Xiuhua was startled, "Are you okay?"

Baolin rubbed his belly and said, "It's okay."

She pointed in the direction of the captain's house and said, "Guoxiang tied a bunch of grass to his donkey and set it on fire. The donkey got so scared that it jumped up and broke free from the rope and ran away."

This kid is too naughty, isn't he? He actually plays this!

"Have you caught the donkey?" Youcai leaned over the window and shouted at the top of his voice.

Zhang Xiuhua stroked her forehead and couldn't help but praise him. His true colors were revealed in less than an hour.

Baolin also shouted at the top of his voice, "No! His father went after him and hasn't come back yet!"

As they were talking, the captain's son Hongwu was chasing his donkey past his house. It was so cold that his cotton-padded jacket was covered in mud, and even his head and face were covered in mud. What was worse was that there was a big hole in his cotton-padded jacket. He shrank his neck and shivered with cold as he walked.

Baolin saw how miserable he was and pulled Yaoyao to follow him, "Guoxiang is going to be beaten soon, I'm going to go and see what's going on!"

Zhang Xiuhua was speechless. What kind of kid is this? He just wants to watch the fun!

At this moment, Youcai rushed out of the house. Zhang Xiuhua wanted to persuade him, but he didn't give her any chance. He slipped out and disappeared in an instant. He ran faster than Baolin.

Seeing this, Baolin immediately chased after him.

After fetching the water, Zhang Xiuhua put on gloves and made a cup of milk for Zhuzhu. At this moment, a child's howling like a pig being slaughtered was heard outside.

Zhuzhu was so frightened that she almost dropped the enamel cup in her hand. Fortunately, Zhang Xiuhua steadied herself in advance and said, "Drink it quickly! It will get cold soon!"

Zhuzhu finished her drink, wiped her mouth, and ran out with her short legs to watch the fun.

Zhang Xiuhua followed her out because she was afraid she would fall. Jilin, who had always been very quiet and only liked to sleep, also ran out of the room.

Zhang Xiuhua stood at the door holding one child each by the hand, preventing the two children from getting closer, because Guoxiang was rushing over here, and his father was following behind with a stick in his hand, his tattered cotton jacket fluttering in the wind, revealing his washed-out bleached inner clothes from time to time.

"Don't run! If I don't hit you, you won't behave!" A gust of wind blew, and the big and small passed by quickly. Youcai chased after them, and although he was usually very fast, he couldn't outrun the two.

He propped his hands on his knees and gasped for breath, "Aunt Zhang, they run too fast. I can't catch up!"

"Why are you chasing them? He's Guoxiang's biological father, he won't get hurt." Zhang Xiuhua told him to stop chasing, "Besides, a beating will teach him a lesson."

Before, she thought he was a bad guy, but now it seems that Guoxiang is not honest. He thought of lighting a fire behind the animal's butt! The captain spent two or three hundred yuan to buy the animal. That much money is enough to build a tile house. This kid is not easy to worry about.

Youcai came over mysteriously, "Aunt Zhang, it's not Guoxiang's fault. Ever since the team leader bought a donkey, his family replaced all the fine grains with coarse grains, and he hasn't eaten sticky bean buns for a long time."

After spending so much money at once, the captain's family had no food left.

Zhang Xiuhua warned him not to tell Guoxiang's father, "otherwise his father will beat him even harder!"

Youcai nodded blankly.

In the end, Guoxiang still couldn't escape the beating, and he cried so hard that everyone in the village could hear him. When he passed by Zhang Xiuhua's house, he covered his buttocks and cried out in pain, so Youcai let him in and lie down for a while.

Guoxiang was lying on the kang. Zhang Xiuhua felt a little guilty because he was beaten last time and didn't betray Youcai, so she grabbed a handful of raisins and gave them to him.

Guoxiang is a mother to anyone who feeds him. When he saw the raisins, he almost jumped up with joy. "Wow! There are raisins! Aunt Zhang, that's great. No wonder Youcai said you treat him better than his mother."

Youcai coughed lightly, and Guoxiang immediately realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and laughed foolishly.

Zhang Xiuhua chuckled and gave each of the other children a handful of raisins as snacks. Then she took the two little kids to her kang to rest.

The kang has already been heated, so it can’t be wasted.

Guoxiang chewed the raisins, which tasted more and more delicious. After eating sweets, one tends to feel thirsty, especially since raisins are so sweet. He called Youcai to pour some water.

Youcai ran over and poured him a bowl of rice because he was beaten.

Guoxiang finished drinking and felt bored. Youcai and the others were doing their homework on the kang, ignoring him, so he quickly climbed down from the kang and said, "Forget it, I'd better go home. My mom might feel sorry for me when she sees me getting beaten."

Youcai nodded. Guoxiang felt abandoned by his friends and was very disappointed. He limped back home with his butt twisted.

The Chinese New Year is here in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, the team leader was heard calling on villagers with a loudspeaker to come to the team to get Spring Festival couplets.

Every year, the brigade buys Spring Festival couplets. Because tickets are needed for this, and the tickets allocated are not enough for all members. The brigade helps to collect them, and members who are willing to put up Spring Festival couplets can go and collect them.

Spring couplets are blessings for the coming year, and even the poorest families will buy one.

After breakfast, Zhang Xiuhua asked Youcai and Baolin to go and line up. When it was their turn, Baolin would come back and ask her to pay. Yaoyao followed behind.

The couplets were bought back quickly. Zhang Xiuhua bought a pair for the front door and pasted the word "Fu" on the other doors.

In fact, she had beautifully shaped gold foil spring couplets in her space, but she couldn't explain it, so she could only ask for this rough red paper and handwritten words.

It's true that this character is well written! It's powerful and vigorous, and you can tell at a glance that it was written by a cultured person.

After putting up the Spring Festival couplets, Zhang Xiuhua gave each child a handful of candy and told them to go to other villages to find friends to play with. She even kicked out Ji Lin, who loved Maodong, and only Zhuzhu was left.

The children ran away.

Zhang Xiuhua brought Zhuzhu to the room and settled the recent accounts with Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying.

After paying the bill and dividing the money, the three decided to prepare a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

Each person cooked two specialties. The country pot was large, and six dishes were enough to fill the whole family.

By the time they finished cooking, the children had finally come back after playing enough.

It’s a pity that the family is poor and can’t afford a TV, otherwise they could watch the Spring Festival Gala.

After dinner, the children would greet each other the next day. Families with better conditions would give their children lucky money, while families with poorer conditions would give their children candies as a token of their awareness.

Zhang Xiuhua also gave them two cents each as a token of her appreciation.

As elders, Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying gave each child fifty cents.

Zhang Xiuhua was shocked. "That's too much. I can't take it!"

"It's okay! It's for the children. In the end, we all benefit from you." Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying had discussed it yesterday, and they still had to express their gratitude.

Seeing that they insisted, Zhang Xiuhua no longer refused and asked the children to thank the teacher.

The children suddenly received a huge sum of money, and they felt as if they were hit on the head by the surprise. They were dizzy. They did whatever Zhang Xiuhua asked them to do.

After putting the money away, the children went out to play happily.

Even Jidong, who had been studying at home, did not fall behind. It was just that as soon as the children ran out of the house, they all screamed in surprise.

Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Jidong pointed at the gate and said, "Aunt! Guard the door!"

Zhang Xiuhua was confused and looked in the direction he was looking. How come the Spring Festival couplets she had just put up yesterday were gone?