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

That night, Zhou Pandi and three others came back, but they didn’t look very happy.

When Zhang Xiuhua asked, she found out that the price of the fruit basket was too expensive and the logistics director could not make the decision alone, so he asked everyone to come back and wait for news.

The four people went to different factories, but the results were surprisingly consistent. This is understandable, after all, five yuan a basket is not ordinary expensive. It is equivalent to ten days' salary for an ordinary worker.

Zhang Xiuhua advised them to wait for a few days, but the four of them did not want to give up, so they continued to sell early the next morning.

Ergou received an order from Zhang Xiuhua and went to the mountains early to look for blueberry trees.

Since he couldn't dig the tree with his hands, he took a sickle from home.

Ergou's stepmother thought the sickle was lost and cursed everyone in the village.

She didn't think that Ergou had taken it. After all, it was not something to eat or drink, so why would Ergou take it? She just thought that a member of the cooperative had stolen it.

Ergou went into the mountain in the morning and did not come out until 3pm. Zhang Xiuhua was extremely anxious. She heard that there were blind bears in the mountain. If something happened to the child, she would be the culprit.

But she was not familiar with the mountain and didn't know where the blueberries were, so she could only stand by the mountain and worry.

Fortunately, Ergou finally came out, and Zhang Xiuhua hurried over to him, "Are you okay?"

Ergou shook his head honestly, "It's okay!"

He opened his bag as if he was presenting a treasure. It was called a bag, but in fact it was a net bag he had woven with straw, and it was impossible to see what was inside from the outside.

Zhang Xiuhua thought it was some wild fruit, but she didn't expect it to be a wild rabbit.

"Wow! You caught it?" Zhang Xiuhua was surprised. Wild animals are not easy to catch, they are more sensitive than domestic rabbits and can run away in a flash.

“Yes!” Ergou scratched his head a little embarrassedly, “I dug the trap myself and the rabbit fell into it. It’s still alive.”

Zhang Xiuhua took it and asked, "Do you want to eat it, or do you plan to sell it for money?"

Ergou's eyes lit up, "How much can this be sold for?"

Zhang Xiuhua really didn't know the price of wild rabbits. "How about this, sell this rabbit to me and I'll give you five dollars."

She thought about giving more so that the child could go to school with peace of mind.

Ergou immediately handed the rabbit to her and said, "This rabbit may not be tasty. It's skinny and doesn't have much meat."

He felt so light and weightless in his arms.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded. The rabbit was white all over and looked really good. She smiled and said, "I don't eat game. I plan to let my children at home raise it for fun."

Ergou's eyes widened in surprise, "This rabbit is already very big, it's not worth keeping it."

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "It's okay." She took a look and said, "This is a female rabbit. I'll buy a male rabbit later and it will give birth to a bunch of little rabbits."

The most important thing is to cultivate children's sense of responsibility and love, so that they don't always play around and run away after dinner.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't have any money on her, so she motioned Ergou to go home with her to get money.

Ergou followed behind and asked eagerly, "Aunt Zhang, can I leave the food I pick up at your house?"

Zhang Xiuhua was slightly startled, then she understood. She sighed and patted his head, "Okay."

After returning home, Zhang Xiuhua went back to the house to get the money, but Ergou didn't take all of it. He left the remaining five yuan with her. He scratched his head and said, "I was afraid that my dad and stepmother would find out and take my money away."

Zhang Xiuhua touched his head and said, "Okay. Let me know when you need money later."

Ergou nodded heavily, took the money and left.

After putting the rabbit in the basket, Zhang Xiuhua went to her private plot to dig holes and plant blueberries.

After planting, she washed some wild blueberries. Compared with the blueberries she had eaten in her previous life, the blueberries were smaller and sourer. No wonder the children didn't like to eat them.

Such a small one is not even worth stringing into a candied haws!

Zhang Xiuhua directly mashed it into jam, added mountain red and sugar, put it into the pot and boiled it, making hawthorn cake, but the color was a bit dark. The color was blue and purple, and it didn't look very appetizing.

After she finished making it, she took a bite and it tasted pretty good.

Just then, it was getting dark and the children finally came back from collecting food.

Baolin pushed the food in front of his mother like he was offering a treasure, "Look! We picked up a lot today."

The wind was strong this year and many soybean stalks were blown down. Some of the educated youth on the farm had returned to the city, and they were short of manpower. They did not have time to harvest the fallen crops manually, so the children had to harvest them.

"Wow! Where did the rabbit come from?" Yaoyao was the first to spot the rabbit, her eyes widened. The other children were immediately attracted.

"Really?" Baolin didn't even bother to present the treasure and ran over.

The six children sat in a circle and petted the rabbit from time to time.

"Wow, so soft! So cute."

Yaoyao wanted to hold it, but Zhang Xiuhua didn't dare let her. "This rabbit is wild. Who knows if it has fleas? Don't hold it."

Yaoyao put the rabbit down reluctantly.

Baolin touched it and looked up at Zhang Xiuhua, "Mom, did you kill this rabbit for meat?"

When Yaoyao heard that the rabbit was going to be killed, her face turned pale with fear. She looked at those round eyes eagerly and asked, "Aunt Zhang, rabbits are so cute, can we not eat them?"

The other children also looked on eagerly.

Zhang Xiuhua took in their expressions and said, "What about you? You won't kill them either? The minority should obey the majority."

Youcai curled his lips in disdain, "This rabbit looks furry, but actually has very little meat. It's not worth the trouble."

Baolin immediately raised her hand and said, "Don't eat it." Fearing that her influence would be insignificant, she did not forget to seek allies, "Brother Jidong, don't eat the rabbit. It's not delicious."

Jidong had never eaten rabbit, but his aunt often cooked meat for them, so he was not greedy for rabbit and nodded.

Zhuzhu held the rabbit tightly and refused to let go, her attitude was very clear.

Ji Lin has always been slow to react, so when he heard that he was not allowed to eat, he did not object.

Zhang Xiuhua appointed Baolin and Yaoyao to be in charge of raising the rabbit. "If you kill the rabbit, I will kill it and eat its meat."

Baolin has a lively personality and often gets excited only after a short while. Zhang Xiuhua wants to temper her temper.

Baolin immediately vowed to raise rabbits well.

As they were talking, they heard someone talking outside. Upon listening carefully, they found that it was Zhou Pandi and three others who had returned.

Li Xiaoying was the fastest, parked her bike at the door, and smiled at her, "Xiuhua, your letter!"

The others followed her.

Zhang Xiuhua took the letter and found out it was sent by Li Jianguo from the army.

Youcai came over and asked, "Aunt Zhang, what did my dad say?"

The letter at this time was not too cheesy, Zhang Xiuhua opened the letter directly and read it quickly. Li Jianguo explained that he could not come back this year.

Although it was not stated explicitly, Zhang Xiuhua speculated that it might be related to the death of the leader.

During the counterattack against Vietnam in 79, it shouldn't have been peaceful, right?

She told Youcai the contents of the letter, and his smiling face immediately fell, "You're not coming back?!"

He sighed like a little adult, "Okay then. I'll write him a letter and ask him to take care of himself!"

He ran back to his room to write a letter. Yaoyao followed him. Only Zhuzhu was young and didn't remember her father.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at Zhou Pandi and the others. They had not left yet, so she asked, "How are your sales?"