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

The children's pockets were full of food, and they walked very carefully. Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that they would drop their snacks, so she took the rice popcorn stick from Youcai's hand.

When she arrived, Li Fengjiao had not come yet.

Xu Chunying was preparing food. When she saw Zhang Xiuhua bringing so many things, she said angrily, "You don't need to bring so many things when you're eating at home."

"We can't let your family work so hard." Zhang Xiuhua grabbed a handful of snacks for each of the three children, and gave them some rice popsicles. She would wait for her aunt's children to come over and then give the rest to them.

Xu Chunying saw this scene and said, "One bag only has two kilograms of corn, and you are willing to give it up!"

Grandma Liu Shujun, who had been helping out, advised, "You really don't know how to live. You have six children at home, you can't spoil them like this. Don't eat these snacks if you can."

Zhang Xiuhua had met Xu Dayong's mother in her previous life. She was a powerful mother-in-law. She could tell from her subtext that she was afraid that Li Jianguo would spend all of his salary. She smiled and said, "I made some money selling tofu. No matter how hard it is, I can't let my child suffer."

Liu Shujun didn't know what to say.

Xu Chunying did not forget to ask, "Did you make money selling tofu?"

"The income is okay, but I haven't earned back the money I spent on the machine yet." Zhang Xiuhua laughed.

Liu Shujun looked at her several times. You haven’t even earned back the money you spent on the machine, and you still say you’re making money?

She didn't say anything. When Jianguo came back, she would persuade him to teach Xiuhua well. She couldn't live like this.

"Sister-in-law, how do you make tofu?" Zhang Xiuhua took the ingredients and had no intention of being the chef herself.

"Make pork stewed with cabbage, tofu and vermicelli. Help me light the fire and I'll make it!" Xu Chunying ordered immediately.

Zhang Xiuhua enjoys her free time.

Xu Chunying is indeed very capable, she can do the work of three people. After preparing all the ingredients, she starts to stew, not to mention that her cooking is also delicious.

"Sister-in-law, have you ever studied cooking?"

"No. My grandfather is a chef. He used to cook for people in the countryside. When he was teaching my dad, I learned a little from him." Xu Chunying said with a bit of sadness, "It's a pity that he has several secret recipes for dishes that he won't teach me."

At that time, many people valued boys over girls, and secret recipes were passed down to boys, not girls.

But there is nothing in this world that money cannot buy. Zhang Xiuhua's heart moved, "Li Jianxin didn't hold a banquet when he got married before."

"How could he be so stingy?" Xu Chunying said with a smile, "Marriage is a big event. In our area, any family with a little bit of money will invite relatives and friends to come over for a meal. Usually, there are ten dishes, and everything is perfect. It's fine as long as it's good enough."

At that time, the supplies were not complete, and a table with two meat dishes was considered respectable. The minimum gift money received was one yuan, and the maximum was fifty, depending on the closeness of the relationship.

Zhang Xiuhua called Youcai over.

Liu Shujun was speechless, "He's a boy, why did you ask him to come in?"

"Youcai has always wanted to be a chef, and his aunt happens to be a good cook, so we asked him to come in and learn a few tricks. Sister-in-law, are you willing to teach Youcai?" Zhang Xiuhua asked Xu Chunying.

Xu Chunying was stunned. She was about to say that he was a boy, so why should he learn to cook? But when she thought about her father who was also a chef, she agreed, "Okay."

Youcai was called in with candy in his mouth.

Zhang Xiuhua asked him to stand by and learn from her. "Your aunt's cooking is really delicious. You should learn from her."

Youcai stood by and watched with eager eyes.

There aren't that many spices in the countryside, but Xu Chunying would collect them from the mountains, such as Sichuan peppercorns and star anise, and also prepare chili oil.

The seasonings are not as complete as hers, but the food she makes tastes really delicious.

Youcai took out a small notebook and wrote it down, planning to do it again in a few days.

Seeing how serious he was, Xu Chunying sighed, "Learning to cook is difficult. My grandfather learned cooking from someone in the old society. He worked as a laborer for three years without even touching the edge of a pot. Then he worked as a cook for another three years before learning a few dishes. Even this master chef hasn't taught me everything, leaving me a few special skills."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "It's normal for the teacher to starve his apprentice to death!"

But Youcai is still young. When he grows up and information is more developed, she can enroll him in a culinary school.

At this moment, the sound of a bicycle bell rang outside. Liu Shujun's face lit up with joy and she stood up. "It must be Jiaojiao who is back."

Xu Chunying wiped her hands on her apron and hurried out to greet him.

Zhang Xiuhua added some firewood to the stove and went out to identify the person.

A family of four came in, the man and woman each holding a bicycle, and each with a child behind them.

The girl was Li Fengjiao, the boy was Sun Guangming, Qiaoling was eight years old, and Weiguo was five years old.

The clothes they wore were not patched at all, which showed that life in the city was indeed better than in the countryside. In the baskets of the two of them were various gifts, all for filial piety to their mothers.

Li Fengjiao has already stepped forward and called out, "Mom."

Liu Shujun excitedly held her daughter's hand, "Hey."

Sun Guangming also called for help and urged the two children to do the same.

The two children called people obediently, but their expressions were a little nonchalant. They looked at the other children with scrutiny. No wonder Youcai said that they looked down on country people, it was really obvious.

Afterwards, they each called someone.

After inviting them into the house, Liu Shujun introduced Zhang Xiuhua's identity to them.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded to the two of them. Li Fengjiao's attitude was very good. She did not look down on the country people and called them with a smile.

Afterwards, she asked the two children to call her "Second Aunt."

Zhang Xiuhua grabbed a handful of snacks from her pocket and stuffed them into the two children's hands.

The two children didn't take it seriously at first, until they found out that there were many kinds of snacks, and even the White Rabbit milk candies, which their family had to eat sparingly, were included in these snacks.

"Eat! You're welcome!"

Li Fengjiao was shocked when she saw this. How hard life was in the countryside, she knew. Wouldn't all the family savings be emptied out with so many snacks? She couldn't let her second sister-in-law spend so much money just to save face, so she hurriedly asked her to take the snacks back, "Second sister-in-law is too polite. So many snacks must cost a lot of money, right?"

Liu Shujun didn't blame Zhang Xiuhua for not knowing how to make a living. Instead, she patted her daughter's hand and said, "She sells tofu at home and makes some money. She lives a comfortable life."

Only then did Li Fengjiao breathe a sigh of relief.

Youcai deliberately walked in front of Qiaoling and Weiguo and asked them to look into their pockets. "You have never eaten so many snacks, have you? I eat them every day!"

Jidong twitched his lips. He was actually bragging!

Unfortunately, Qiaoling and Weiguo didn’t know that Youcai was deliberately showing off. When they heard his words, their eyes widened and then showed envy.

Youcai saw that his brother and sister, who had always looked down on him, were envious of him. He straightened his chest and talked about how much Aunt Zhang loved him and how they would eat meat at home every once in a while.

He actually knew how to lie, and he didn't say that he ate meat every day, in order to avoid making the lie sound too outrageous and the two children finding it out.

But this lie still aroused Qiaoling's suspicion. She immediately questioned, "My grandma said that people in the countryside are very poor. You can only eat meat twice a year: Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year. How come you eat meat every once in a while? You are so talented! You are bragging!"

Youcai pouted, "I'm not bragging. I went to the state-owned restaurant to eat meat a few days ago. Lamb, spare ribs, braised pork, very delicious. If you don't believe me, ask Aunt Zhang, she is an adult, she won't lie."

Qiaoling still had a very good impression of Zhang Xiuhua. After all, she had come back to the countryside so many times, and she was the only one who had given her so many delicious foods.

Youcai really wanted to prove that his family was no worse than the people in the city. He was anxious to save face and took Qiaoling to find Zhang Xiuhua to confirm. Zhang Xiuhua was talking to Li Fengjiao about selling tofu and was interrupted by the two children, but she was not angry.

Hearing Youcai's words that she wanted to prove him, Zhang Xiuhua smiled and nodded, "Yes! Youcai is right! Youcai has made progress in his studies recently, so I will take them to the state-owned restaurant to eat meat."

Qiaoling and Weiguo have been to a state-owned restaurant, where the food was cooked by real chefs and tasted so delicious that it made people drool. She still relishes the aftertaste of it to this day.

When she heard that Youcai had been to a state-owned restaurant, she immediately became envious, "You guys in the countryside don't have a bad life!"

"Of course! I'm living a good life!" He wanted to show off to her and praised Zhang Xiuhua for cooking for them, buying them clothes, and providing them with quilts, cotton shoes, rubber shoes, etc.

Qiaoling and Weiguo's eyes lit up when they heard this. Quilt? They could actually use a new quilt?! Their quilt was bought when their parents got married. It had been eight years, and it was already lumpy and no longer warm.

For the first time, these two children who had always looked down on their poor country relatives began to envy the rural people, "You are so lucky. I want to be a country person too!"