Chapter 23 "Good Things Come to You"

It was still early, so Lin Zhao chatted with her old classmates for a while. She had some popsicles to cool off, and standing in the shade, she could barely bear it.

"You've changed a lot compared to before." Lin Zhao said with an appreciative look, her tone rising brightly.

Faced with the admiration of such a beautiful woman, Guo Meizhu didn't know where to put her hands and feet.

"Yes, is there?" the girl who was very efficient and lively at work said uncomfortably.

"Yes, you are glowing with confidence now." Lin Zhao's eyes were serious.

Guo Meizhu's face turned red.

confidence?

...Is there? !

"Thank you." She said blushing, her whole face shining.

The one who praised her was Lin Zhao!

Guo Meizhu recalled her school days——

Her father was transferred here, and she transferred here with him. When she first arrived, she had an accent and couldn't even understand the lessons. Other students were in groups of three or four, but she was not a cheerful person. She didn't even have anyone to talk to, and she always kept to herself.

At that time, although Lin Zhao was a country girl, she was pretty, good at studying, and had a good personality. She could chat with anyone and was very popular. She was a shining presence.

Later, she was lucky enough to become deskmate with Lin Zhao, who helped her a lot.

For a long time, they had a good relationship.

After graduating from high school, her family arranged a job for her and she became a ticket seller in a movie theater. Lin Zhao returned to the countryside, and they met less frequently.

Now, Zhaozhao is already a mother, but her skin is fair and delicate, and her smile is warm and bright, still the same as when she was in school, so she must not have suffered much.

Guo Meizhu was happy for her.

"Come to me if you want to watch a movie in the future. I can still save a few tickets."

Lin Zhao didn't know how many breaths had passed before her old classmate recalled their school days. She smiled and said, "Okay, thank you in advance."

"It's getting late, you should go in quickly." Guo Meizhu raised her wrist to check the time. The playing time was almost up, so she urged them to go in.

"Okay, let's go in first and find a chance to talk." She also needs a job, so there will be plenty of opportunities for us to meet.

"Yeah!" Guo Meizhu responded cheerfully.

Lin Zhao took her two children to the cinema.

The second cub chattered, his bright big eyes moved around, and his mouth talked non-stop.

The eldest cub, on the other hand, was very quiet and didn't make any sound.

Lin Zhao saw that Haodaer was thinking, so she asked, "Why don't you say anything?"

The eldest child looked up at her and said, "Mom, was that thing on that aunt's hand a watch?"

"Yes, that's a watch," said Lin Zhao.

When it comes to watches, she has a complicated expression.

Once a watch appeared in front of her, but she did not cherish it and even scolded Gu Chenghuai for having too much money to waste. Now she really regrets it. She has money but no ticket and cannot buy it.

I don’t want to think about it anymore. The moment I think about it, I feel burning with regret.

"How do you know it's a watch?"

The second child explained: "My aunt kept pestering grandma to buy it for her. My brother and I heard it several times."

Lin Zhao looked at him sarcastically, but said nothing.

Gu Xing'er truly has the nature of a lady, but the life of a maid.

But isn't her success all due to her third brother who is a soldier?

Now that Gu Chenghuai has given up, let's see what she can do.

"Why doesn't mom have a watch? Is it because dad doesn't buy you one?" The eldest son said with a serious face, looking dissatisfied.

"No, I don't want it. I don't think I'll need it." Lin Zhao explained. Gu Chenghuai was willing to spend money on her, and she would not let the eldest and second sons misunderstand their father.

She was too stingy before and only thought about saving money.

So the number on her family’s passbook is quite considerable.

"It's useful. Mom is pretty and she looks even better with a watch." The eldest child said seriously, "When Mom goes to work, the watch will be very useful."

When the aunt tricked her grandmother into buying a watch, she said that she really needed a watch for school and she needed to check the time.

My mother also has to consider the time when she goes to work.

"You need a watch ticket to buy a watch. I'll buy it once I get the ticket." Lin Zhao touched the eldest boy's whiter and tenderer face, and her heart softened.

People say that some children come to repay their gratitude, and her children are all like that.

The eldest boy was relieved, "Yeah."

Lin Zhao and her two sons found a seat and sat down.

It was the child’s first time to go to the cinema and he couldn’t take his eyes away from everything.

They were very well behaved. No matter how surprised they were, they didn't shout or scream. They just looked at everything around them with their bright and clear eyes.

until……

The lights around dimmed.

The moment the lights went out, Lin Zhao leaned over, half-embraced her two sons, held their hands tightly, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, the movie is about to start, so turn off the lights."

As she was explaining, several beams of light came on and a picture appeared. The people sitting in their seats instantly became quiet. Even the most lively and active children stopped talking and stared at the screen with shining eyes.

The movie is called "Tunnel Warfare", 96 minutes long, and was released on New Year's Day this year.

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At the same time, the Lin family.

The house where the second bedroom is located.

It was rest time, and Lin Shisheng did not lie down. He sat on the bedside, looked at the woman who was mending clothes, and said, "I saw that Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng's clothes were torn to pieces. Mother gave me some cloth to make them some clothes."

When Qiulian heard this, her hand trembled and the needle pierced into her left index finger, causing her to feel excruciating pain.

She hissed, her eyes drooping with a hint of guilt, and she tried to remain calm, forcing a smile and saying, "No rush, let's wait until it's cold."

"Let's do it now." Lin Shisheng said, "I remember their cotton-padded jackets are still wearable, but their summer clothes are no longer wearable. Besides, that little fabric can't be used to make cotton-padded jackets."

"Let's do it in the next few days. Mom said she wanted to see it." He said in a firm tone.

Qiulian’s face turned pale.

She gave the cloth to her niece from her mother's side. What should she do with it?

My mother-in-law wants to see...

Her heart was pounding with fear, and she shivered violently in this hot day.

"Is there a problem?" Lin Shisheng asked with a cold light in his eyes.

Qiulian said quickly, "No, no, I'll do it, I'll do it."

Lin Shisheng checked last night and found that the cloth his mother gave to his two daughters was indeed missing. Due to Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng, he couldn't do anything to this woman for the time being. However, she had to return as much as she had stolen.

-

Time flies.

The movie ended and people in the theater stood up and left.

Lin Zhao was not in a hurry to leave with her two children. She waited until most people had left before she took her son out of the cinema.

During this not-too-long walk, the eldest and second sons remained silent. The two kids were still immersed in the plot of the movie and couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

So cute, she looks exactly like her when she watched her first movie.

In a daze.

"It's getting late and the road is long. We have to go back quickly," said Lin Zhao.

The eldest child came to his senses and said, "Okay."

The second child's eyes were bright, and he softened his voice and said coquettishly, "Mom, I haven't seen enough, can I watch it again tomorrow?"

"No!" Before Lin Zhao could say anything, the eldest son rejected his younger brother's request, "Mom has something to do tomorrow!"

His expression was extremely serious. "Mom's work is important, you are not allowed to mess with it!"

Erzai also remembered that his mother had something to do tomorrow, so he stopped making a fuss and looked up at her cute little face, pleading, "Mom, when you have time, can you take me and my brother to watch it again? I haven't seen enough."

This was a small matter. Lin Zhao doted on her children, so of course she would not refuse.

"Okay, I'll bring you here when I have time. Don't worry, there are so many good movies. As long as you behave yourself and don't cause trouble, I'll take you to see new movies as soon as they're released."

Erzai happily hugged his mother.

"Mom is so nice. She is the best mom in the whole team." His voice was filled with joy.

The eldest cub also wanted to hug his mother, but his ears turned red before he could hug her, and in the end he didn't.

Lin Zhao took her two sons back to the brigade. When they arrived, the sun was setting and they could see half of the western sky dyed red by the fiery sunset, which was breathtakingly beautiful.

At the entrance of the village, a number of aunties and sisters were talking with saliva all over their faces. They all looked very passionate, and I didn't know whose gossip they were talking about.

Seeing Lin Zhao and her two sons, he paused the conversation and greeted them with a smile.

"The Chenghuai family has returned from the county."

"Big cub, little cub, is the county fun?"

"I've been out all day, and I'm afraid I've visited quite a few places!"

"Did your mother take you to that state-owned restaurant for a meal?"

"These two children from the third branch of the Lin family look handsome in their new clothes, just like their father."

…

The Harvest Brigade is not very far from the county, but it is not close either. It takes most of the day to get there, so few people go there. If there is a shortage of something at home, they will ask acquaintances to help bring it.

People are naturally curious, and they are curious about everything in the county.

Facing the numerous questions, Erzai was not afraid at all and answered them one by one with a smile on his face: "The county was very fun. My mother took my brother and me to the state-owned restaurant and also took us to the movies. The movies were really good!"

The eldest son added: "We also talked to my dad on the phone and we talked a lot!"

As for what was said on the phone, Lin Zhao reminded the two children not to tell anyone about it, and the eldest and second children naturally listened to their mother.

"My mom also bought us popsicles. Do you know what popsicles are?"

He gestured with his hands to measure the size. "It's this big. It was still steaming when I first held it in my hand, but it was icy cold in my mouth and it wasn't hot in a moment."

Lin Zhao looked helpless.

She knew that the second cub liked to show off, but why did the calm and steady first cub also like to show off?

Among the gossiping crowd, an old lady in a gray patched jacket said in surprise: "Your mother actually took you to a state-owned restaurant for dinner and to a movie. How much money must that cost!!!"

The long-mouthed second child shouted, "My father said that a man should be able to support his wife and children. He can support us!"

Hearing this, a bunch of question marks popped up in Lin Zhao's mind.

Did your dad say this? !

Out of the corner of my eye I saw the eldest boy with a stern face, nodding seriously, and I wondered if I had missed something.

After hearing Erzai's answer, the gossipy aunt was speechless.

He gave Lin Zhao a complicated look.

He was obviously the best man in their team, how come he was overtaken by a guy from another village? ! !

The ladies all regretted not marrying their daughters to the third son of the Gu family earlier.

Lin Zhao was anxious to see the twins, so he ignored the two babies who were constantly showing off and walked straight to the old house.

Before I had walked halfway, I met Su Yuxian.

Su Yuxian walked briskly, the corners of his mouth turned up, his cheeks flushed, his eyes brighter than ever, and his whole body was filled with excitement.

Lin Zhao had never seen her like this before. Is this... going to be a wedding with the male protagonist soon?

Su Yuxian raised his head and noticed Lin Zhao.

She walked over with a smile and said in a calm voice, "Lin Zhao."

"Are you going home?" Lin Zhao greeted politely with a polite smile on her face.

"Yeah." Su Yuxian said.

As if she had just thought of something, she smiled shyly and said, "I'm getting married soon."

Lin Zhao: “???”

Why tell her to get married?

They didn't seem to be very familiar with each other.

"Oh, congratulations." Lin Zhao declined all interest in Su Yuxian and the Lu family she was going to marry into, and just wanted to stay away from them.

"Will you come that day?"

Of course Lin Zhao wouldn't go.

She is just cannon fodder, how could she take the initiative to bump into others?

"...Yes." No way.

Su Yuxian smiled, "That's good."

She wanted Lin Zhao to witness the beginning of her happiness.

Just then, Gu's mother came over.

She hadn't seen her eldest and second cubs for the whole day, and she was so worried that she had no mind to do anything.

"Third son's wife, you're back! Where are the eldest and second sons?"

"I'm going to play with some other kids." Lin Zhao nodded to Su Yuxian, walked towards her mother-in-law, and asked, "Are the third and fourth kids okay?"

"No." Mother Gu smiled.

Tiedan got a bad lesson yesterday, but he learned his lesson today. Not only did he not act naughty, he also helped take care of the two cubs.

Gu's mother and Lin Zhao walked towards the old house.

Seeing that the third daughter-in-law had a faint smile on her face and was in a good mood, Mother Gu hesitated for a moment and asked, "...What does the girl from the Su family want to see you about?"

"It's nothing big. She just said she was getting married and wanted me to go." Lin Zhao did not hide anything.

"Are you going?" said Gu's mother.

Lin Zhao sensed that her mother-in-law didn't want her to go, so she asked, "Mom, don't you want me to go?"

"Not really." Mother Gu was afraid that a harsh tone would backfire, so she slowed down her voice: "I just think that the girl from the Su family is not upright."

She didn't believe that someone like Liao Hongjuan could possibly raise a good-tempered daughter.

Lin Zhao smiled and said, "I didn't want to go. I'm very busy."

Mother Gu: “…” What are you busy with? This explanation is not necessary.

"Yeah." She responded with a strange expression.

Lin Zhao did not explain.

She planned to wait until the work was settled before talking about it to avoid any problems.

Don't blame her for being cautious. These days there are too many people who become enemies because of work, so we have to be on guard.

"Mom, who is Su Yuxian marrying? I haven't heard that she's been on a blind date." Lin Zhao asked knowingly.

She knew from the book that the man Su Yuxian was marrying was a future military leader, who was well-off and handsome, but his only shortcoming was that he had a burden.

She doesn't know this in reality.

Mother Gu said, "With the soldier from the Lu family, the one whose wife died of childbirth complications."

"How did they know each other?" It was not written in the books, so Lin Zhao really didn't know.

"This is not decent." Seeing the third daughter-in-law's curiosity, Gu's mother said, "I heard that it was the girl from the Su family who took the initiative to contact the boy from the Lu family by writing letters. It has been several years..."

Lin Zhao suddenly realized.

She went to the old house and took the twins back home.

Go home and give the little brother and sister a bath and change their clothes.

After showing off in the village, the eldest and second sons went straight to the old house to share their experiences in the county with Tiechui and others.

"What? Third Aunt took you to a state-owned restaurant for dinner, and they had shredded pork noodles and two other dishes?!" Tiedan exclaimed in surprise, tears of envy streaming from the corners of his mouth.

"That's a state-owned hotel! I don't even know what it looks like!!"

(End of this chapter)