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

When summer comes, Zhang Xiuhua stops selling tofu and starts selling vermicelli.

She is a scorekeeper. She checks in before and after work every day and then can find a shady place to rest and catch up on some sleep.

Vermicelli is easier to make than tofu. The villagers washed the sweet potatoes and removed the worm holes before sending them to her. She only needed to beat them into residue, filter them, let them settle overnight, and then dry the starch to make sweet potato vermicelli. Finally, she made them into sweet potato vermicelli.

At this time, without food additives, the shelf life of vermicelli is at most half a year.

After it was made, Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to sell it. This thing lasts longer than tofu and is not expensive, so all the supply and marketing cooperatives were vying for it.

The sales in the countryside are handed over to Li Jianxin. He can take the dregs of the sweet potatoes himself, or directly exchange the sweet potatoes for sweet potato flour. The price of exchanging sweet potatoes for sweet potato flour is a bit more expensive, after all, there are several more processes involved.

Rural people are more frugal and usually beat the rice into residue, wash and dry it at home, and then make vermicelli using a colander.

Since there are supply and marketing cooperatives and rural areas, there is no lack of black market. The sales of this area are handed over to Zhou Boda.

Vermicelli is not like tofu. You don’t need to set up a stall every day. You can just go once every few days and save the entrance fee.

**

1976 was destined to be an unfair year.

In September, the great man passed away and the whole country was in mourning. After that, there was confusion.

Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying moved back to the educated youth camp in early spring. A new batch of educated youth arrived in the spring, dozens of them crowded together. When they heard the bad news, they sat or stood in the yard and did not respond for a long time.

They were thinking about a way out, but the road ahead was shrouded in fog and they couldn't see the direction clearly.

There is no direction, but life still has to go on.

When Zhang Xiuhua was at work, she found that Zhou Pandi was worried. She had no way to tell her that the college entrance examination would be resumed next year. She could only advise her to live a good life, as it would not be worse than now.

After saying that, he didn't care if she heard him or not, and went to meet An Rou in front of him. Her belly was really scary. From a distance, it looked like a big meatball.

"Oh, you're already eight months pregnant, right? Isn't it time to go to the hospital?" Zhang Xiuhua has never given birth to twins, but she has heard people say that twins are usually born prematurely.

An Rou nodded, "I'll go to the hospital for a caesarean section in a week. The doctor said it's very dangerous to give birth to twins naturally, so a caesarean section is better."

She was so tired after walking for a while and her feet were a little swollen.

Zhang Xiuhua recalled the time when she gave birth to her two children in her previous life. She almost died of dystocia during childbirth. So after her rebirth, she didn't want to suffer again.

"Then sit down and take a rest." Zhang Xiuhua helped her sit down.

While we were taking a break, the children from the next village came back home from school. They were jumping around like happy chickens, singing cheerful songs, with carefree smiles on their faces.

Yaoyao held Baolin's hand and chattered about school.

This September, Yaoyao officially started primary school. At that time, there was no kindergarten in the village, so Yaoyao went straight to the first grade.

She can go to school with her brothers and sisters, and entering the first grade means that she is a primary school student and can have a scorebook like her brothers and sisters. She is also eligible to eat at the state-owned restaurant. Yaoyao is more active than usual.

On the first day of school, she got up very early and woke Youcai up. After having a big tantrum, she resigned herself to her fate and got up to cook.

"Aunt Zhang! I got praised by the teacher again today! The teacher praised me for being serious in class and asked all the classmates to learn from me." Yaoyao had a shy smile on her face, but her eyes were filled with expectation for praise.

Zhang Xiuhua was very respectful and immediately gave him a thumbs up, "That's amazing!"

Yaoyao curled the corners of her mouth and went home with her brother and sister.

Xiangxiang originally went with Yaoyao and Baolin, but when she saw Youcai dragging Ergou back to his home, she secretly said to Baolin, "Stay away from Ergou in the future."

Baolin was completely confused, "Why?"

"He likes to steal things." Xiangxiang said in a low voice.

It was the first time Baolin heard of this. “Did he steal from you?”

Xiangxiang thought: He has never stolen anything in this life, but in his last life, he stole all over the village and was caught red-handed several times. People in the surrounding area know about this. She shook her head, "He never stole anything from me, but he stole his mother's money. He was beaten by his mother last night. Our house is very close to his, and I heard it all. Your house is far away, so I don't know."

Baolin suddenly realized what was going on. She secretly glanced at Ergou, who lowered his head and walked silently. Youcai talked to him, and he occasionally answered a few words, but otherwise he responded in silence.

After work, Zhang Xiuhua returned home. Youcai and others were cooking in the kitchen, Yaoyao and Jilin were playing at the door. There was a new child in the house.

There are so many children in the village that Zhang Xiuhua can’t quite match some of them up.

The child did not leave until dinner time, and Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled.

Baolin secretly pulled Zhang Xiuhua aside and told her everything Xiangxiang had said.

Zhang Xiuhua frowned.

Youcai explained with a smile, "Aunt Zhang, this is Ergou, my good brother."

"Hello, you have so many brothers." Zhang Xiuhua laughed. There is Guoxiang in front and Ergou behind. He is the leader of the children in the village, right?

Youcai scratched his head and laughed foolishly, "His mother is also a stepmother, but she is far inferior to you."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't take it seriously. It's hard to be a stepmother. Some parents don't have patience for their own children, let alone their first born children.

Ergou watched the conversation between the two with curiosity. He had never had such a relaxed communication with his stepmother before.

"Aunt Zhang, Ergou was beaten by his stepmother. She wrongly accused Ergou of stealing money." Youcai scratched his hair angrily.

Zhang Xiuhua squatted down and looked at Ergou, "Ergou, did you steal the money?"

Ergou shook his head, "No! But my dad insisted that I admit to stealing the money and apologize to her. When I refused to apologize, he kicked me."

Youcai was so anxious that he was spinning around. "Aunt Zhang, can you prove it for Ergou? He really didn't steal the money. Uncle Wu should be able to believe what you say."

Zhang Xiuhua was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Not to mention that she was just an ordinary villager, even if she was a team leader, she couldn't interfere in other people's family affairs.

Just then, Ergou's father called him outside to eat.

Ergou responded reluctantly, and soon Ergou's father appeared at the door.

Youcai bravely ran over to support Ergou, "Uncle Wu, Ergou didn't steal the money. You must believe him!"

Ergou's father responded perfunctorily, "Okay! I understand."

He patted his son on the back of his head and took him home.

Youcai ran back happily, "Aunt Zhang, Ergou won't be beaten."

Zhang Xiuhua couldn't bear to tell the child the truth, so after thinking about it, she went to find Li Jianshe. It was said that Li Jianshe had a good relationship with Ergou's father, and if he confronted Ergou's father, he should be able to make him wake up.

**

That night, Zhang Xiuhua was sleeping soundly when she heard the door outside being slammed. It seemed that someone was shouting outside. Zhang Xiuhua woke up in a daze, turned on the light, listened carefully, got out of bed quickly, and saw a man standing outside the yard.