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

Zhang Xiuhua stared at her, waiting for her next words.

Aunt Wang then told her the whole story. It turned out that An Rou was going to take the college entrance examination, and Li Jianxin was very supportive. He was thick-skinned and even helped An Rou borrow books from Li Xing's house.

Li Xingjia is Li Xingye's younger brother. Li Xingye was admitted to university, and Li Xingjia also went to high school, and was the last college entrance examination candidate. Later, he went to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Unfortunately, Li Xingjia was unlucky and did not get into university.

The topic has gone off topic. Li Jianxin supports his wife in taking the college entrance examination, which makes Miao Xiaohua very anxious.

She scolded her son and told him not to be confused.

But Li Jianxin had such a stubborn temper that no one could persuade him.

Miao Xiaohua was afraid that An Rou would abandon him and the child when she returned to the city. However, Li Jianxin thought his mother was overthinking. If An Rou returned to the city and had a great future, she would definitely take them to eat and drink delicious food.

"I don't know where he got the confidence from! He thinks An Rou won't abandon him." Aunt Wang couldn't understand. "There are several female educated youth in Zhoujia Village who got married and had children. After returning to the city, they still got married again."

Zhang Xiuhua felt that Li Jianxin's confidence was not unfounded, because no matter who Anrou married, the other party might not agree to let the child take her surname. In addition, Anrou was very afraid of pain and did not plan to have another child.

"I don't think Anrou will abandon Jianxin."

Aunt Wang curled her lips when she heard her say that. "I know you are close to those educated youth, but let me tell you from the bottom of my heart, you can only know a person's face but not his heart. You just trust them too much. People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs."

Zhang Xiuhua did not comment.

Because of the college entrance examination, the village was in turmoil, and there was a lot of excitement every day. And this was not an isolated case. This situation occurred in every village where there were educated youth.

The captain's hair has turned white in the past few days.

Why? Because several families who had married educated youth came to him and asked him not to issue letters of introduction to these educated youth, because without letters of introduction, they could not take the college entrance examination.

The captain scolded them and said that this was illegal.

Fortunately, this didn't last for many days. A month later, on December 15, the college entrance examination officially took place.

When it was the coldest in Northeast China, snowflakes were floating outside. These students taking the college entrance examination left Lijiatun in the snowstorm, one step deep and one step shallow.

Some people are afraid of getting up late, so they set out early before daybreak. Even though their hands and feet are cold, it still can't stop their passionate hearts.

Aunt Wang also prepared breakfast for her children early and sent them out.

This year, both her son and daughter will take the college entrance examination. Her daughter is in her second year of high school, and the school at that time uses the 5-2-2 system, which means she will graduate in her second year of high school.

Zhou Panddi and Li Xiaoying also came out early and waited for An Rou at her door because An Rou wanted to come to borrow a bicycle from Zhang Xiuhua.

Looking at the footprints left by these people, Zhang Xiuhua felt a little melancholy.

"Aunt, why are you sighing?" Jidong was making fire in the kitchen. Seeing his aunt staring outside, he felt a little puzzled.

"Zhou Zhiqing and Li Zhiqing both have good grades, and they will definitely be admitted to university. After they finish the college entrance examination, if you have any questions, ask them right away. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again, do you understand?" Zhang Xiuhua touched Jidong's head.

Jidong nodded sensibly, "Okay!"

Youcai finished making pancakes and came over after hearing this, "Aunt Zhang, can all educated youths get into college?"

This is not necessarily true. After all, some of the educated youth were not well-educated, and some had only finished junior high school.

She thought for a moment and said, "Zhou and Li are relatively good. The rest of the educated youth are definitely not as good as them."

Jidong and Youcai were reluctant to see the two educated youth leave, but they still thought it would be better for them to go to university.

The two of them were talking and thinking about what gifts to give to the two educated youths. Zhang Xiuhua ignored them and went back to the house to wake up the children for dinner.

When the food was served, Youcai looked at Zhang Xiuhua eagerly, "Aunt Zhang, we have too many rabbits at home, and we don't have enough grass to feed them. Can we sell some of them?"

Rabbits reproduce really fast, especially the previous rabbit after it gave birth. It basically reproduces a litter every one or two months, and gives birth to at least two rabbits each time.

In just one year, their family has raised 24 rabbits. The rabbits that Baolin and Yaoyao are taking care of have already given birth to one litter. If it weren’t for the recent cold weather, they would probably have given birth to a second litter.

Zhang Xiuhua really had no idea how to sell it. "It's freezing and snowy. Where can I sell the rabbit? I'll kill it. The rabbit fur can be used as scarves for your two teachers. The rabbit meat can be dried and eaten. When your father comes back, I'll stir-fry the rabbit meat for him to eat."

When hearing that they were going to eat rabbits, Jidong, who had never raised rabbits before, brightened up his eyes, and Zhuzhu welcomed it with both arms.

The other four looked reluctant. Baolin pinched his waist and climbed up, "No! Rabbit is so disgusting, how can we eat it! I want it braised!"

Yaoyao was about to cry, as if accusing her of being ruthless, "I want to eat sweet and sour rabbit meat."

Youcai waved his hands in disdain, "You two only think about yourselves, so just let it air dry and save it for when dad comes back."

"There are so many of them. Why do they all need the wind?" Baolin argued.

Seeing them quarreling, Zhang Xiuhua immediately tried to smooth things over, "Alright! We can't kill them all. We have to keep four female rabbits to continue giving birth. Four will be braised, four will be made into sweet and sour dishes, ten will be dried, and two will be given away."

The children cheered.

After dinner, Youcai went to find Li Jiandang. Zhang Xiuhua didn't know how to peel rabbit hair, but Li Jiandang was an old hunter and knew how to do it.

Because it was too bloody, Zhang Xiuhua was a little timid and didn't dare to get close.

Yaoyao and Baolin went to play with Xiangxiang, Jidong went back to the house to study, Youcai lay beside them watching and learning how to skin a rabbit, while Jilin and Zhuzhu stayed in the house to hibernate.

In a blink of an eye, three days later, all the exams were over, and all 20 rabbits in Zhang Xiuhua's family were killed. The rabbit skins were pickled for five to six days, and only after they were fully pickled could they be dried in the sun.

Zhang Xiuhua gave Li Jiandang two rabbits and asked him to take them home to eat.

She made four braised dishes for herself, and of course she also added a lot of potatoes, salted fish, beans, vermicelli and other vegetables to make a big stew.

After Zhou Pandi and Li Xiaoying finished their exams, they took the bus and then rode their bicycles back to the educated youth site to change their wet clothes. Then they were called over by Jidong to eat.

Zhang Xiuhua told the children not to ask how they did on the exam, "Come and eat! Are you hungry?"

Zhou Pandi didn't bother to be polite with her, "Thank you so much! The food we brought over in the morning had turned into frozen lumps by noon. Luckily we bought some hot water from the state-owned restaurant, otherwise we wouldn't be able to eat it."

Li Xiaoying sighed, "There was a candidate in our examination room who ate cold steamed buns at noon and had a stomachache. He fainted from the pain before the end of the test. There was nothing the invigilator could do, so he asked someone to send him to see a doctor. After he woke up, he wanted to crawl back to continue the test."

The children listened with great interest.

Youcai didn't quite understand, "If you can't pass the exam this year, just take it again next year. Your health is the capital of revolution."

Zhou Pandi laughed, "If we wait another year, we will have to suffer for another year." She looked at the children and said, "You must study hard in the future, get into college and work in a big city. Then you will understand what a good life is. Life in the countryside is too hard."

As if considering that Youcai's academic performance was not ideal, she added, "If you can't get into college, you can go and have a look."

The children looked confused, and Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on them."

Zhou Pandi nodded, "With your words, the children will not be wrong in the future."

The boiling pot was brought to the table, with hot steam and fragrance floating in the air. Everyone started to pick up dishes. The dish was salty, fragrant and slightly spicy, refreshing and appetizing. Everyone ate with gusto, and it was even more lively than the New Year's Eve dinner.