Hengbao was thinking about going ice skating. He rubbed his hands excitedly, his eyes sparkling with deep interest, and asked, "When are we going to go ice skating?"

"You are so impatient? Ask your parents. Just leave when they say so." Song Yunjin laughed.

Hengbao looked at Lin Zhao. He knew that his father listened to his mother. Yubao was also very curious about the ice skating sport his uncle was talking about, and looked at it eagerly.

"No hurry." Lin Zhao drank her tea leisurely.

The twins are sleepy now, so I’ll wait until they fall asleep before going. I’ll play for an hour and then come back, which is just right.

Yu Baohengbao was a little disappointed, but he didn't rush. He sat on the sofa, eating mung bean cakes, listening to the adults talking, leisurely and comfortable.

After a while, he whispered in her ear again.

"Brother, what do you think of the city?"

Yubao thought seriously, "It's very convenient in the city, the toilets don't stink, there are lights in the house, and it's convenient to eat ice cream... It's great."

Hengbao agreed and whispered, "Well, except for the lack of a yard and the small size of the house, there's nothing wrong with it."

Uncle Song was sitting next to him and heard everything clearly. He looked around the room and realized that he didn't feel his home was small before, but now he did.

He reached out and rubbed Hengbao's head.

"It's a little small. But the houses allocated in the city are all this size, so ours is considered big."

Hengbao blinked, "A separate room?"

Yubao was also a little shocked, his mouth opened into an upright O, "There are still separate rooms in the city?!"

"Uncle, our household registration is in the city, why don't you give us a house?" Hengbao asked the question loudly, secretly wondering in his heart whether his house had been taken away by someone, and his little expression became alert.

Uncle Song saw through his thoughts and laughed in his heart, "The prerequisite for housing allocation is to have a job, and you have to queue up for housing allocation. Some people have been queuing for several years and still can't get a house. There are many people and few houses. Housing allocation is not a simple matter."

Every year there is a commotion in the factory over the housing allocation issue, and the situation is very complicated.

"Oh, you need to have a job." Yu Bao understood, "My mother has a job, so she can have a room?"

"Yes, but the housing allocation also depends on seniority. Seniority refers to length of service, which refers to the number of hours your mother has worked. Those with longer working hours will be ranked first." Uncle Song explained patiently.

Song Yuncheng and Song Yunjin sat on small stools and thought to themselves, his father was really patient with his four children.

Yu Bao supported himself with his hands, his face was distorted by the pressure, and his tone was full of worry, "My mother works a short time, so she must be the last one in line."

"It's okay." Lin Zhao's voice was tinged with laughter. "The houses we were given were small, some were not well ventilated, and the toilets and kitchens were shared, which was very inconvenient. We have our own house, so we don't care about the houses we were given."

Yubao thought his mother was talking about the brigade's yard and smiled, "Yes, our house is very big, and we have a yard where we can grow vegetables."

He thought of something and looked expectant. "Mom, when our house is built, can we raise a chicken?"

Raising chickens can not only lay eggs, but also produce meat.

Lin Zhao disliked the smell and didn't want to raise one. Facing Zaizai's bright eyes, she gave in and said, "I can raise one, but you have to feed the chickens and clean up the chicken poop. You can't make the house stink."

"I can do it!" Yu Bao held his head high and chest out, extremely happy.

Hengbao shouted, "I will help my brother!"

"Okay, let's raise it then," said Lin Zhao.

I have a dog. I said before that I wanted to raise a tabby cat, and now I want to raise chickens. What else do you want to raise in the future?

"The house I just talked about is not the brigade's house, but the house in the county." Lin Zhao changed the subject and told Zizi that they had a yard in the county.

The twins' eyes widened.

The expression was full of surprise.

"Do we have a house in the county?" Hengbao's small voice almost flew out of the window.

Yubao couldn't keep calm either, and asked excitedly, "Where is it? Can we go see it?"

"Yes." Lin Zhao smiled at the two boys, answered Hengbao's question first, and then answered Yubao's, "It's on East Street. It's a mess there now. If you want to see it, you can. I'll take you there when we get back from the skating rink."

"I'll go, I'll go!" the twins said in unison.

While we were talking, Qianbao and Yaobao huddled in the corner of the sofa, their heads touching each other and they fell asleep, with their empty bottles still in their chubby hands.

Gu Chenghuai took the bottle away gently, and seeing Yaobao moving her mouth, he patted his daughter's back and coaxed her gently.

In just a few breaths, the little guy slept more soundly.

Aunt Song lowered her voice and said, "Zhao Zhao, send the child to the room. I just changed the sheets. It's comfortable to sleep on the bed."

She wanted to hug the cubs, but she was afraid of waking up the two little ones, so she didn't dare.

Lin Zhao picked up Yaobao and placed him in her aunt's arms. "These two are sleeping so soundly that we can't wake them up."

As she was talking, she picked up Qianbao and was about to ask which room to send him to, when Song Yunjin took the initiative to say, "Sister, send him to our room, send him to our room."

Even the suppressed joy could be clearly heard by Lin Zhao.

This little cutie with a milky scent, after you sleep on his bed, the bed will be scented with milk.

Lin Zhao nodded politely and said, "Lead the way."

"Okay!" Song Yunjin rushed forward and opened his door.

The Song family's house has a good layout. Both rooms have windows and the area is decent, not too cramped. At this moment, the windows are open, and the sunlight shines on the bed, adding a touch of softness to the entire house.

"It's quite clean. It doesn't even look like your room."

Aunt Song laughed and said, "It had just been cleaned."

She didn't expose it to save face for the two boys.

Song Yunjin was very proud, but his voice was suppressed, "It's necessary. I knew you were coming, so I cleaned the house inside and out. I even flushed the corridor with water. The toilet is very clean. My mother even fumigated it with incense."

There is a public toilet on each floor of the family building. Each household takes turns to clean the toilet. After all, everyone uses it, so everyone cleans it diligently.

"I cleaned it specially. No wonder it looked so clean to me." Lin Zhao replied softly.

She put Qianbao on the bed, took off her tiger-toe shoes, pulled the small blanket over his and her daughter's stomachs, and walked out of the house with her aunt.

"Uncle, aunt, if Qianbao and Yaobao wake up, please help take care of them for a while. Chenghuai and I will take the twins out to play for a while."

Aunt Song smiled and said, "Go ahead and have fun. Your uncle and I will take care of them."

Uncle Song waved his hands and said, "Keep an eye on Yu Bao and Heng Bao, don't let them get hurt."

Yubao's little heart was warmed, and his smile was sweeter than honey. "Uncle, Hengbao and I will be careful. We won't fall."

"I know you two are good." Uncle Song rubbed the top of his head with a doting look in his eyes.

Song Yunjin couldn't wait any longer and knocked on the door to urge them, "Are you leaving or not? Hurry up."

Lin Zhao walked out with the twins, and Gu Chenghuai followed with a camera.

When they arrived at the corridor, Song Yunjin saw the black bag in Gu Chenghuai's hand, her eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "Brother-in-law, is that a camera in your hand?"

Gu Chenghuai nodded.

Thinking that Song Yunjin wanted to take some photos, "I'll take some for you later."

But Song Yunjin blurted out, "Brother-in-law, can you let me touch the camera?"

Gu Chenghuai understood his wife. She was very close to the Song brothers and treated them as her own brothers. If it was Zhao Zhao holding the camera, let alone letting Yun Jin touch it, even if she gave it to him... she would not be reluctant to give it away.

"Touch it." He handed over the camera.

Lin Zhao smiled at Gu Chenghuai.

Song Yunjin took the small black bag, looked around, his eyes full of excitement.

"That's great! I'm also someone who has touched a camera before!"

"What a shame!" Lin Zhao said with disdain, then changed the subject and said, "Take it out and let me see."

"Can I?" The moment Song Yunjin asked, his hand had already touched the zipper of the black bag. He exerted force with his fingers, opened the zipper, and took out a brand new black camera as if he was holding a treasure.

Lin Zhao couldn't bear to watch.

So is asking "Can I" just a polite gesture?

There really is Song Yunjin!

"Wait until we get to the ice rink and ask your brother-in-law to teach you how to use it!" Lin Zhao said.

Their family of four just needed someone to take pictures.

Song Yunjin jumped a few times in excitement, "Okay, sister, when I learn it, I'll take a group photo of you."

Lin Zhao said bluntly: "Of course you have to take the photos. You have to learn well so that you can take better photos when the time comes."

Song Yunjin was extremely sweet, "You and your brother-in-law are good-looking. Yubao and Hengbao are both directors of the institute. How can the photos you take be ugly?"

Remembering the film his sister asked him to send to the photo studio for development, he asked, "Sister, did you get the photos?"

"We've picked up the first one, and they said today is a good day for the second one. We'll pick it up on the way after we're done playing," said Lin Zhao.

"OK!"

As they were talking, the group arrived at the skating rink.

Song Yuncheng rented a few pairs of roller skates and, with Song Yunjin leading the way, entered the stadium.

"I haven't been here for a few years. There have been a lot of changes here." Lin Zhao looked around and felt a little emotional.

She first came here after seeing the 1959 film Sisters on Ice. During that time, she and Yun Cheng and Yun Jin were crazy about roller skating and would spend all their New Year's money secretly to play it.

What a pity! This place will definitely be closed by next year at the latest.

but……

Lin Zhao was very satisfied to be able to play once more before it was closed.

Song Yuncheng looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he said, "This place used to be more lively than it is now, and they even sold soda and candy figurines. After it was shut down a few days ago, everything is gone, and we are all scared. Let's not worry about it, let's play as much as we can, in case it's shut down completely one day and we can't play even if we want to!"

Really, he didn't understand. What's wrong with leaving such a place for everyone to relax when they have free time? How is this extravagance?

If this place is closed, there will be no place to go when dating.

Lin Zhao shook her head, her expression serious, "Don't talk about this, and don't talk about this in public anymore."

She remembered that in the original book, Yun Cheng was backstabbed by someone close to him because he was not trustworthy enough, and he even lost his job as a technician that he had just been promoted to!

Gu Chenghuai looked stern and said seriously, "Listen to your sister."

Song Yuncheng wanted to ask if it was necessary, but his heart skipped a beat when he met his sister and brother-in-law's serious looks that could not be refused.

"Okay." He really took this to heart, "I'll make a note of it."

"Just remember it," said Lin Zhao.

It was the first time for Yu Baohengbao to come to such a place. He saw many people sliding around quickly and he couldn't take his eyes off them.

"Brother, look, they are so fast." Hengbao took Yubao's hand and pointed at the people in the skating rink, his tone excited.

"Their shoes have small wheels, so of course they are fast." Song Yunjin said, "Your mother is very good at skating. When she was skating in the past, many people gathered around to watch. She was very popular."

It also attracted the attention of some bad boys, so his dad took them to teach them a lesson and make an example of them, so his sister was not harassed.

"Wow!" Yu Bao looked at Lin Zhao in admiration, "Mom, can you teach me?"

"I want my mother to teach me too!" Hengbao said loudly.

Lin Zhao and Gu Chenghuai changed the shoes for the twins.

She smiled and agreed, "Sure. Don't stand up yet, be careful not to fall. Wait for me to change my shoes and then I'll lead you."

The twins nodded obediently.

The two little brothers simultaneously lifted their feet and looked at the strange shoes with great curiosity.

Lin Zhao changed her shoes, lightly hooked Gu Chenghuai's arm to stand up, slid on the spot, let go of his hand after getting familiar with it, pushed off with her feet, and slid back several meters.

Seeing this scene, Yu Baohengbao clapped vigorously.

"Mom is so awesome!!" the little voice was full of pride and joy.

Lin Zhao smiled, turned around, slid back, and reached out to the two kids, "Come, I'll teach you."

Seeing that Gu Chenghuai wanted to speak, she said, "I'll teach the kid, you take pictures for us."

Gu Chenghuai smiled helplessly, took a half step back, took out his camera, stood not far away to capture the scene, and take pictures of his wife and children at any time.

If you look closely, you can see that he was standing in a great position. No matter what, he could protect Lin Zhao and the two children at the first moment.

Yubao and Hengbao trusted their mother unconditionally and reached out to grab Lin Zhao's arm.

As soon as their feet touched the ground, their shoes started to slide and they were totally out of control. Their bodies leaned forward and they frantically grabbed their mother's arms, trying to steady themselves. The more anxious they became, the more they fell forward.

"Mom, I'm going to fall." Hengbao shouted anxiously.

There was a clicking sound beside.

Gu Chenghuai recorded the scene of his son making a fool of himself.

Hengbao hung on Lin Zhao's arm and looked at his father in disbelief, "Dad!" His voice was almost shaky, and he was so embarrassed and angry that he wanted to scratch someone.

"Dad, I'm not ready yet!" he emphasized, looking angry.

Lin Zhao helped the twins up and asked them to stand up straight. She said softly, "Hengbao, don't be so mean to Daddy. Daddy must have taken the photo because... Hengbao's clumsy way of learning to skate is so cute."

“My mom thinks it’s cute too.”

Hengbao was instantly coaxed into a good mood, a smile appeared on his fair face, and he apologized to Gu Chenghuai, "I'm sorry, Dad, I shouldn't have been so loud."

After apologizing, he made a request, "Dad, can you take a better picture of me, please..."

The kid thought for a moment and said, "I want one that looks really impressive."

Gu Chenghuai: “…” You’re asking too much!

He couldn't utter any soft words to comfort the child, and his cold brows were twisted into a knot.

Lin Zhao smiled and said, "In the eyes of mom and dad, their children are great no matter what."

Hengbao was fooled by his mother and smiled, "Okay, then... Dad, you watch and take the photos!"

Gu Chenghuai raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows.

Is the little guy too gullible?

We still have to send them to school early!

Lin Zhao was taking care of the two children alone. Song Yuncheng changed his shoes and came up to help his sister teach Yu Baoheng how to skate.

The two kids experienced roller skating for the first time. They were so happy that their faces were sore from smiling.

"Hahaha, this is so fun!" Hengbao is very brave. After he got used to the shoes, he was like a wild horse that has broken free from its reins.

"Sister, Hengbao looks so much like you!" Song Yuncheng praised.

His sister wasn’t afraid even though it was her first time skiing. She got steady after falling twice!

Hengbao smiled brightly.

Lin Zhao did not forget her eldest son, "Yubao is also great."

Yubao's eyes were full of light.

Next to them, Song Yunjin was learning how to take pictures from Gu Chenghuai. After they barely learned how to use it, they followed Lin Zhao as she skated with her camera in hand and started taking pictures.

It was obviously his first time touching a camera, but he acted like a veteran, knowing how to find the angle and the light...