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

It had only been three days since Li Xiaoying’s incident.

Three educated youth from Lijiatun were given the opportunity to return to the city. No one knows how they did it.

The educated youth camp was about to explode. Other educated youth looked at those who could return to the city with envy.

Li Xiaoying wiped her tears secretly. Zhou Pandi really didn't want to see them quarreling, so she could only go to Zhang Xiuhua's place to hide away.

"I really can't understand it. What's the point of going back to the city? They don't have jobs. They're just idling around all day. What's there to be happy about?" Zhou Pandi's hands were moving non-stop, and her mouth was not idle either.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't care about anyone else and only asked about Li Xiaoying's situation.

"She's very sad." Zhou Pandi sighed, "But she'll be fine after crying. She's still too young and thinks too highly of others."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "She will figure it out."

After the autumn harvest, the children went back to school.

Every household began to pickle pickles.

Zhang Xiuhua took advantage of the last bit of time to dry the sweet potato flour.

She replaced all her food this year with sweet potatoes and filled the cellar to the brim. But it was still not enough, so she asked someone to dig another one.

Seeing that washing sweet potatoes was too tiring for her, Jidong invited her friends to his house to play, and used the same method as last year to wash sweet potatoes in exchange for sugar.

The parents don’t have time to take care of these children, so as long as they don’t run around, they can do whatever they want.

After school that day, Youcai ran in from outside, "Aunt Zhang? Aunt Zhang? Have you ever eaten cake?"

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "I have eaten it."

Jidong, who was following Youcai, also came over, and they both asked in unison, "What's that smell?"

Baolin and Yaoyao also ran over.

"It's soft and sweet. Didn't I buy you an egg cake before? It's even better than that."

Zhang Xiuhua once went to the black market and saw egg cakes for sale, so she bought a few. The children were so happy after eating them that they didn't know what to do. In their minds, egg cakes tasted better than meat.

When hearing that there is something in the world more delicious than egg cake, Youcai was the first to express disbelief.

Jidong patted him on the back and said, "Auntie never lies. If she says it tastes better than egg cake, then it must taste better."

"Adults love to lie." Youcai rolled his eyes, "Unless Aunt Zhang takes us to eat once, I won't believe you."

This kid actually knows how to use tricks. Zhang Xiuhua rolled her eyes and said, "There are so many things you haven't eaten yet. Do you want me to take you to eat them all? You're dreaming!"

Ji Dong expectantly asked, "How much is the cake?"

Zhang Xiuhua really didn't know the price at that time, so she just said vaguely, "If you just buy a small piece, it's not expensive. If it's a birthday cake, then the price is not cheap. It should be at least ten yuan."

She thought if she said it was more expensive, then she wouldn't buy it and the children would be able to accept it.

When they heard that it was ten yuan, the four children opened their mouths wide. Jidongtou was the first to explode, "Robbery! It's so expensive!"

"It uses fine flour, very fine flour." Zhang Xiuhua explained the origin of cake. It is a food introduced from the West. The chefs in the European court (equivalent to the emperor's chef) had to sift flour for three days and three nights to make a cake. If they failed, they would be beheaded.

The four children were shocked when they heard this. “This is exploitation.”

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "That was in the past. There were no machines, so we had to grind flour manually. Now we use machines to grind flour, so it doesn't take much effort. But the ingredients are not cheap. Flour is the cheapest. We also need eggs, sugar, and butter, and we need a special stove. It's quite troublesome."

Youcai thought: No wonder Aunt Zhang didn’t get fooled. It’s so expensive. Even if it were him, he wouldn’t get fooled.

Zhang Xiuhua asked curiously, "Why did you think of asking about cake?"

"It's in the book." Youcai took out a book from his pocket. There was a page about cake. The books at that time were very down-to-earth. Most of the food was what we see in daily life. Cake was still too new for rural children.

Just like she didn't know what the Children's Palace was when she was a child. It was not until she went to the city to work that she learned its purpose.

"When you graduate from primary school, I will buy you a cake to celebrate." Zhang Xiuhua patted Youcai on the shoulder. Reform and opening up will begin next year. By then, many places will be open. Maybe there will be a cake shop in town.

Youcai's eyes lit up, and he insisted on making a promise with her that they would not change their minds for a hundred years.

Zhang Xiuhua let him do what he wanted and really made a pinky promise with him.

This happened just two days after school. One day, Zhang Xiuhua was drying sweet potato noodles at home when Youcai and a few others rushed in angrily.

It was the first time she saw this expression on Youcai's face, and he wanted to eat him.

"What's wrong with you? Did you lose a fight?" Zhang Xiuhua could only guess that this child has always been careless. He has been holding it in since school, and his temper is really big.

His cheeks were puffed up like a puffer fish.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at Jidong. He was the most stable one and must have known the answer.

Jidong didn't answer, but shouted outside, "Come in quickly! You can hide today, but can you hide tomorrow?"

Zhang Xiuhua was confused and looked in the direction he was looking. It turned out to be Baolin and Yaoyao.

After taking a closer look, Zhang Xiuhua's face changed slightly, and she ran to Yaoyao in two steps, "What's wrong with your face?"

Yaoyao's face looked like she had been beaten. It was covered in bruises and blood was oozing from the corners of her mouth.

Yaoyao cried until her eyes were red, she hunched her shoulders, wiped her tears and said nothing, like a poor little thing.

Baolin was so anxious that she didn't say anything, so he stamped his feet and spoke for her, "Yaoyao behaved very well, but was bullied by the big boy in the class. The teacher criticized him for not doing his homework neatly and asked him to learn from Yaoyao. After school, he blocked Yaoyao in the classroom and beat her up. We waited for her at the school gate, but we never saw her. When we found her classroom, she kept crying and didn't say a word."

Baolin glanced at Youcai and said, "Brother Youcai wanted to settle accounts with that person, but he didn't know where the other party's home was. He came back angrily!"

The words "school bullying" immediately popped up in Zhang Xiuhua's mind. In fact, she was once bullied by boys in her class when she was a child in school. At that time, her brother stood up for her, so they had always been safe.

Yaoyao is timid and introverted, and is easily bullied by others, just like she was when she was a child.

Seeing his sister crying, Youcai patted her on the back and shouted, "Stop crying! You were beaten and you didn't even think about fighting back. You still have the nerve to cry! You can't beat the other person, can't you bite? What are your teeth for? They are only for eating! How can I have such a cowardly sister like you!"

Yaoyao was so scared that she trembled and even hiccuped.

Jidong pulled Youcai back and warned him, "Alright, she's already very timid, and you're still scaring her!"

Zhang Xiuhua sighed and called the children to the main room. After she sat down, she asked them how to solve the problem.

Youcai immediately spoke up, "I'm going to beat up Daxiong tomorrow. He dared to bully my sister. If I don't beat him till his teeth are all over the floor, I'm not called Li Youcai!"

Zhang Xiuhua asked Jidong, "How do you think we should deal with this?"

Jidong scratched his hair and asked tentatively, "How about we arrange a fight outside the school?!"

Baolin put his arm around Yaoyao's shoulders and gave her some advice, "Tomorrow when you go to school, tell the teacher to take care of Daxiong."

张秀花可以理解这几个孩子爱护妹妹的心。但是他们帮瑶瑶揍人这个方法--治标不治本。只有瑶瑶自己立起来，将来被别人欺负时，她才不会想着找帮手。