Chapter 3

Although Zhou Pingguo could understand Zhou Sen, he was a child who looked strong but was actually weak. He was extremely insecure and had a strong sense of responsibility, which made his life very tiring.

But, who has it easy?

Zhou Ping was lying on the bed, with Zhou Jing who was already asleep beside her. The little girl curled up with her brows slightly furrowed. It was obvious that the argument between her second brother and eldest sister-in-law at noon had some impact on her.

Zhou Ping sighed deeply. It was not easy to get out of the current predicament.

The only way to relieve worries is to get rich quickly!

The goal now is to make money. It is really hard to live with a poor family. Moreover, she is looking down on a child whose hair has not even grown out. Alas, it is really like a tiger in a plain being bullied by a dog!

Zhou Ping, who considered herself a tigress, felt much clearer after a night’s rest and had her own plans for the future.

Making money is the most important task, and raising the three children and fulfilling the original owner’s wish is also a must. Who told her to occupy someone else’s body?

However, she is not as weak as Zhou Pingguo. No matter who it is, they have to listen to her. She is the one who calls the shots in this family.

Despite her great ambitions, Zhou Ping still had to fulfill her duties the next day and make breakfast for her three children.

Zhou Ping could clearly feel that since she set the goal of bringing up her three children well, her integration with this body had become more complete. At least today’s breakfast was not a failure.

After breakfast, the three children went to school. Zhou Sen is eleven years old and is in the fifth grade. Their elementary school is a five-grade system. In June next year, he will finish his elementary school career and go to junior high school.

As for the two younger ones, they are twins, a boy and a girl, born in 1980. Now it is 1986, and they are 6 years old. They are not old enough to enter the first grade, but Zhou Sen and his deceased great aunt Zhou Erni obviously did not trust Zhou Pingguo enough. The last thing Zhou Sen did before Zhou Erni passed away was to find a connection to get the two children into school early, so that it would be convenient for Zhou Sen to take care of his younger siblings in school.

There are indeed many cases of trafficking of women and children these days, and the social security is really bad. What the two of them did is understandable, but Zhou Ping still feels a little sorry for Zhou Pingguo. After all, this poor silly girl treats these three children with 100% sincerity.

Until Zhou Pingguo passed away, her heart was still concerned about these children.

Good man, but unfortunately he didn’t live long.

After Zhou Ping’s persistent argument yesterday, Zhou Sen reluctantly agreed to give her the weekly food allowance, so Zhou Ping now has 10 yuan in cash on hand.

10 yuan for four mouths to eat for a week is still a bit tight.

Until last year, many things no longer required tickets, which also caused the problem of soaring prices.

It is an indisputable fact that money has become thinner.

In the past, 10 yuan might be all the expenses for a rural family for a whole year on salt, cooking oil, matches, etc., but nowadays, it might not even be enough to spend on a good meal in the county.

Zhou Ping put the money away first, then walked around the house, saw the bicycle, pulled it out, wiped it clean with a rag, found some engine oil and re-oiled the chain, found an air pump to inflate the tire, tried it, and found it was still usable.

However, she dared to give it a try only because there was no one at home. Because in everyone’s mind, Zhou Pingguo was just a country girl who knew nothing but cooking and housework. How could she ride a bicycle?

Zhou Ping planned to use provocation to motivate Zhou Sen tonight and let him “teach” her, which would make it much more convenient for her to go out in the future.

Zhou Ping spent more than an hour to explore the entire house except for one place, which was Zhou Xin’s room.

That’s right, although Zhou Pingguo was Zhou Xin’s wife, they had never slept together. Zhou Xin married her because he felt sorry for her and took her out of Zhou Shugen’s den of wolves, and also so that someone could take care of the children when he was away.

In addition, Zhou Pingguo was not old enough at that time and had not obtained a marriage certificate, so his household registration was transferred in, but his relationship with the head of the household was “other”.

Ever since Zhou Xin passed away, Zhou Xin’s room has been locked by Zhou Sen, and there is not just one lock, but three layers of locks inside and outside, and only he can enter.

What’s hidden inside?

Zhou Ping could probably guess that apart from some of Zhou Sen’s clothes and books, the rest was money.

Everything in the room is very important to the three siblings of the Zhou family who are now in a precarious situation. It is understandable that they don’t allow others to get their hands on it easily.

After Zhou Ping had a general idea of ​​the situation at home, she went to the kitchen to cook. Primary schools now finish school early, so she started now and it would be about the same time.

Actually, Zhou Ping’s cooking skills are quite good. Before she became a real estate agent, she worked as a dishwasher in a small street restaurant. She learned a lot from others, and later when she had more money and time, she liked to watch some food shows and cook something delicious for herself by following the cooking methods on TV to reward herself.

However, even a good cook cannot cook without rice. The only conditions at home now are salt, a little soy sauce and a jar of lard that is almost empty. Even if you are the reincarnation of a cooking god, you can’t make anything delicious.

After a barely manageable meal, Zhou Pingguo asked the two children to go to bed. She said to Zhou Sen, “Zhou Sen, please teach me how to ride a bicycle.”

Zhou Sen frowned slightly. Zhou Ping knew what he was worried about. He was afraid that he would run away after learning to ride a bike. This kid’s suspicious nature was hard to cure. There was nothing he could do. He had to face so many changes at such a young age. He would be less likely to be sold out if he was more careful.

“Don’t worry, I won’t leave. I don’t have any money, my household registration is in the same book as yours, and I don’t have an ID card. Where can I go?” Zhou Ping said. “Or? You don’t know how to ride a bike? If it doesn’t work, I’ll go find Zhou Xiaohu in the village. He’s a bicycle repairman and he’s sure he can teach me.”

“No!” Zhou Sen jumped up, “My brother can also repair big trucks.”

He muttered something, and Zhou Ping heard it, but did not respond to him because Zhou Xin was dead after all. Even if a dead person had many abilities, what did it matter?

“Will you teach me or not? Give me a definite answer.” Zhou Ping asked.

“I’ll teach you.” Zhou Sen is now a man who is on guard against fire, theft and outsiders, although he also knows that it will rain that day and his mother will get married. He can’t stop it, not to mention that Zhou Pingguo is his sister-in-law, not his mother, and she is still in her prime and not ugly.

But he still hoped that his sister-in-law could leave later, at least until he grew up a little bit, a little bit older, old enough to support the family.