Chapter 29 "How Arrogant"

Lin Zhao put more water next to Dahuang. Dahuang took a look, stopped eating, rubbed his big head against her legs, and sniffed her scent. The emotion in his eyes made people's noses sour.

It continued to eat, its tail wagging rapidly.

"Big boy, where did you find Da Huang?"

The eldest child was squatting there watching Da Huang eat. When he heard his mother's words, he looked up and said, "It's right at the door, hiding behind the tree."

As soon as he mentioned the tree, Lin Zhao realized where it was. It was the house diagonally opposite hers, very close to her home.

"Da Huang is worried about his cub. What a smart Da Huang."

Hearing this, Erzai came over, with a strange desire to win, and asked casually, "Who is smarter, me or Dahuang?"

Comparing intelligence with a dog?

You are amazing!

The corners of Lin Zhao's mouth twitched imperceptibly. "...They are all smart."

Erzai was not angry at all. He patted Dahuang's head and smiled brightly, "Dahuang, you are as smart as me. You are destined to be our family dog."

The second half of the sentence sounded like a rewrite of his grandmother's words, even the tone was the same.

Lin Zhao had nothing to say.

"Mom, do you want to make a nest for Dahuang and Amber?" asked the eldest son.

"You can do it, but I can't." Lin Zhao agreed with his suggestion, but she was powerless.

The eldest boy rolled his eyes and said, "I'll let my grandfather do it!"

"Brother, I'll go to the old house with you. I want to return grandma's comb." Erzai stood up, holding Amber in his arms. He had disliked the dog for being ugly before, but now he liked its fragrance.

Lin Zhao reminded, "Don't forget to tell your grandma that you used her comb to comb Amber's hair."

"My grandma will definitely not blame me." Erzai waved his hand and left the house with his brother.

Look at the face of this person who favors the human cub, how arrogant he is.

Lin Zhao no longer cared about the two little brothers. She played with the twins, the boy and girl, with sandbags for a while, and then let the two little kids play by themselves while she watched from the side.

With nothing to do, she summoned the lucky draw wheel and saw that she had ticked several tasks in the task bar on the right.

Points increase rapidly.

[You adopted the most loyal dog, Dahuang, and let him feel full for the first time in his life. You also gently helped him deodorize and kill insects. You are the most caring poop scooper! Congratulations, family member +1, bonus points 100. 】

[You adopted Little Yellow, who is full of curiosity about the world, and gave it the warmest and most beautiful name, saving it from hunger and cold, and preventing it from wandering. I believe that the little guy treated so attentively will also respond with loyalty and trust. You will be awarded +1 more family member and 100 points. Keep up the hard work! 】

[You teach the children to read and help them become the successors of socialism. This is a great act. You will be awarded 100 points. 】

…

A series of task completion reminders.

And then.

In the upper right corner, the total score becomes 580.

Lin Zhao's eyes suddenly lit up, and without hesitation, she drew the lottery worth 500 points.

The pointer rotated rapidly and then gradually slowed down.

Her heart followed the needle and beat faster and faster.

I don't know what to draw.

I hope it’s something that can be used as a refrigerator to store things without them spoiling! !

These few seconds suddenly became very slow.

finally.

The pointer stopped.

The name of the prize slowly appears, just like thermal ink when exposed to heat.

Four words:

"Storage Ring"

「!!!」

Lin Zhao's face was full of surprise.

Dreams come true!

She took out the storage ring while carrying the twins on her back and put it on her ring finger. The ring instantly disappeared and nothing could be seen.

But Lin Zhao could feel its presence.

It's just... very mysterious.

We already have the mysterious lucky draw wheel, so the appearance of a storage ring doesn’t seem to be anything surprising.

Lin Zhao returned to the house and put all the prizes she had won from the lottery, such as perishable items like pork ribs and watermelons, as well as the gold bars and jewelry her father had given her, into the ring.

She could see the things that had been put away, neatly arranged in grids of different sizes. The scene was very healing for Erzai's obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Erzai carried the sloppy little yellow dog into the Gu family’s old house.

After entering the room, he saw Mother Gu and ran over excitedly, his voice rising, "Grandma! Look at my Amber!!"

Dazai and Dahuang were hanging behind him.

Mother Gu was stunned, "Do you have a dog at home?"

After that, he hurriedly asked, "Does your mother agree to raise him?!"

"I agree. My mother said she wants to raise the child." Erzai said in a clear voice.

Mother Gu was full of doubts. The third daughter-in-law didn't even want to raise chickens, but was willing to raise a dog.

"It's good to have a dog. Dahuang is loyal and can understand human language. He can guard the house, which is a good thing, but it consumes too much food."

How much food does such a big dog need to eat?

She worries too much.

"Second cub, do you have any food left? Can I share some milk with you?"

The second child said, "My mother didn't say there was a shortage of food."

Not saying it means there is still no shortage.

Mother Gu was relieved. She glanced at Da Huang, who was as thin as a bone, and reminded him, "If it's not enough, come to me."

"That's for sure." Erzai said in a condescending manner.

Mother Gu rubbed his little bald head.

Erzai took out a comb from his pocket and handed it over, "Grandma, this is your comb, I'm returning it to you..."

He paused here, his eyes twitched slightly, trying to gauge Mother Gu's mood, and said, "Grandma, I used your comb to comb Amber's hair."

"Amber?" Mother Gu asked in confusion.

"It's Xiao Huang! Amber is the name my mother gave to Xiao Huang!" Seeing that his grandmother was not angry, the second child stood up again.

"It's okay, just comb your hair. I'll wash it later." Mother Gu said nonchalantly.

"Thank you, grandma." Erzai smiled. He knew his grandma was good to him, and he also wanted to make Gu's mother happy, so he said, "Grandma, I'll recite a poem for you, do you want to listen?"

Mother Gu looked at him suddenly and asked in surprise, "Oh, you can recite poems?"

Erzai raised his chin proudly and carried it on his back.

While walking, recite:

"The moon shines brightly before my bed, I wonder if it is frost on the ground. I look up at the moon, and think of my hometown."

After reciting, his bright big eyes stared at Gu's mother with an expression that seemed to be asking for praise.

"Good! It sounds good!" Mother Gu happily rubbed her second son's face, her face full of surprise, "Oh my, my precious grandson, how come you are so smart? You are just over five years old and can even recite poems for you. You are better than your father!"

Gu Chenghuai felt his nose itchy for some reason.

Someone is thinking about him.

Zhao Zhao?

Did he receive what he sent back? !

The serious-looking young officer thought of his wife and children, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Captain Gu, the regiment commander is looking for you." A young soldier ran over with a message.

Gu Chenghuai stopped smiling, put his feet together, heels touching, his spine straight as a pine tree, and raised his arm to salute.

In the slanting sunlight, his figure faded away.

At the Gu family, the second child’s face flushed with praise from his mother, his eyes and brows were full of smiles, “Grandma, I also learned five words!” He tried to stretch out his palms.

"Five words? That's more than the words I know! Did your uncle teach you?" asked Mother Gu.

"No! It's my mother! My mother taught me and my brother how to read and count last night." Erzai didn't plan to tell his grandmother about his mother not wanting him to find a wife. If she did, her grandmother would blame his mother, and he didn't want his mother to be in a bad mood.

Mother Gu was even more shocked, her tone of voice raised, "Your mother taught you two to read? Count?"

She thought it was taught by her uncle.

"Yes." Erzai nodded.

"Your mother is caring more and more about you." Mother Gu was very emotional.

The second child said, "My mother treats us the best."

Even if I don't marry them off, I'm still the best mother!

The eldest finally found an opportunity to ask, "Grandma, where is my grandpa?"

"What do you want to do with your grandfather?"

"I'd like to ask you to help build a nest for Dahuang and Amber." said Dazai.

Mother Gu thought it was no big deal and it would be done in a short while. She pointed to the house and said, "Your grandfather is lying in the house. Go call him."

"Hey." The eldest kid ran to make trouble for his grandfather.

Father Gu knows a little bit of carpentry work, although he's not very good at it, but it's enough to make a doghouse.

After listening to his grandson's request, he found some boards and started to work.

The second child squatted beside his grandfather and watched, making a request, "Master, it has to be good-looking."

Mom doesn't like ugly things.

Father Gu responded with a smile.

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In the afternoon, Lin Zhao planned to go back to her mother's home. When she told her eldest and second sons about it, they immediately expressed their desire to go with her.

When the mother felt that it was too much trouble and time-consuming to take care of two children, she drew two large pancakes on the spot and said that she would make them sour and sweet watermelon lemon juice when she got home. The two children were confused, but after a few seconds, they immediately said that they would wait for their mother to come back home.

To grasp.

A sly smile flashed across Lin Zhao's eyes. She slung an empty basket over her arm and walked briskly back to her parents' home.

Don't worry about the children, they walk with the wind.

When she was almost at her mother's house, Lin Zhao took out a watermelon, a can of green tea, and 2 kilograms of flour from her storage ring and walked into the Dongfeng Brigade.

The usually bustling village entrance was deserted and eerily quiet.

She was a little confused.

I didn't walk many steps.

Saw her mother fighting with someone.

No, it was her mother who was beating people unilaterally.

It was a mess over there, with people cursing, crying, and booing...

It makes people confused.

Seeing Lin Zhao, one of the people trying to stop the fight shouted to her, "Zhao Zhao? It's Zhao Zhao who's back. Zhao Zhao, hurry up and pull your mother back. Oh, she's not strong enough to fight. She might kill people. This is a new era. It's different from the past. If you kill someone, you'll be punished by being put under a fence..."

Lin Zhao walked through the crowd, approached her mother, and asked, "Mom, what happened?"

She glanced at the person who was beaten. He was the talkative person in the Dongfeng Brigade. He would compare himself with his peers in the whole village openly or secretly. He would talk about everything, even black as white. He had suffered a lot because of gossiping, but he never learned his lesson.

Lin's mother Song Xi impatiently pushed away the person who was beaten speechless by her, clapped her hands, and tidied her slightly messy clothes, with a calm expression, "It's okay, we are just joking."

The gossipy woman who was beaten stared with a look of humiliation and was very angry.

Who wants to play with you?

This barbarian!

She cursed in her heart but didn't dare to say a word.

She ignored what happened today. It was because she gossiped about Lin Zhao that she was caught on the spot by the female bandit Song Xiwei.

The woman angrily pushed away the person who was helping her and left angrily.

"Who is that?" the person who was pushed muttered unhappily. What an ungrateful person.

Song Xi glanced at the large and small bags in Lin Zhao's hands, frowned slightly, glared at her with an unpleasant expression, and said, "Go home."

Lin Zhao pretended not to notice her mother's glare, followed her and handed the things to her mother who could kill bandits with her bare hands. She shook her arms in a pretend tiredness and complained, "I'm so tired, mother, please help me carry it. Oh, it would be great if I had a bicycle."

"..." Song Xiwei showed helplessness in her eyes, and she didn't think her daughter was being delicate, so she said, "Money is not a problem, do you have a ticket?"

Lin Zhao shook her head and said, "No, I wrote to Gu Chenghuai and asked for it. Maybe he can get it."

Song Xi turned her head slightly to look at her. Her daughter's eyes were clear and her whole body was bright and soft, just like when she first got married.

Be full of confidence in the future and love this world vividly.

"Are you not angry with Cheng Huai anymore?"

Lin Zhao hummed in confusion and said, "I'm not angry with him."

Song Xiwei shook her head in her heart.

I'm not angry because you don't even care about your child. You seemed like a different person in those years. It was because you were sulking because your son-in-law was not around when you gave birth to the child.

"Okay, you're not angry."

The thing in his hand was a little heavy, Song Xiwei weighed it with his hand, "What did you take?"

"Just a watermelon, a can of green tea, and two kilograms of flour." Lin Zhao sighed, "I wanted to get a can of meat sauce for my father, but I was afraid that my mother would scold me, so I didn't dare to take it. I'll go to the county tomorrow and send it to your son-in-law."

"Send it to Cheng Huai." Song Xi agreed slightly, "Your son-in-law is working hard out there alone, so you should pay more attention to him."

"I care about you. I write to you once every three days. Isn't that enough?"

Song Xiwei didn't comment, she just said, "When we first got married, you wrote one letter a day."

Lin Zhao had no way to refute it because it was the fact.

The mother and daughter left hand in hand, and the place that was originally crowded with people because of the fight suddenly lost its liveliness.

"Zhao Zhao brought some stuff to her parents again. Is her family going to have a hard time? How can a married girl always bring things from her husband's family to her parents'? It must be that the Gu family is splitting up, otherwise she would be kicked out sooner or later."

The woman who was speaking was the same age as Song Xiwei. Her daughter-in-law always stole things from home and gave them to her parents' home. She hated daughters-in-law who were not loyal to their husband's family the most. When she saw Lin Zhao carrying so many bags, she thought of her daughter-in-law and hated her so much that her teeth itched.

The person next to the woman reminded her, "Their family affairs have nothing to do with us. If you don't want that female tyrant surnamed Song to come after you, don't say anything."

Besides, my daughter married a capable man and is willing to be filial to her parents. That's because she is filial. Why be jealous?

"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me..."

The gossiping group became scattered, and everyone went back to their own homes, but they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, what did Lin Zhao bring...

Lin Zhao could guess what the villagers would say, and could even recite them word for word. They were all gossip, similar to what the people in the Harvest Brigade said. They certainly didn't have bad intentions, they just liked to gossip about other people. It was just a way for the country people to pass the time, and she never took it to heart.

Back home.

Lin Zhao saw his father basking in the sun in the yard.

"father!"

Lin Heling was closing her eyes to rest when she heard the familiar voice. She opened her eyes, smiled and waved at her.

"Zhao Zhao is back, are you thirsty?"

Lin Zhao sat down next to her father without any hesitation. "I'm so thirsty. I'm dying of thirst. In order to tell you the good news as soon as possible, I walked very fast along the way. My throat is almost smoking."

At this time, Lin Shisheng came out of the kitchen with water in his hand.

"Drink it," he said, then glared at his sister. "Don't say you don't have a water bottle if you don't bring one."

Seeing that Lin Zhao was not wearing a hat, he frowned and said, "You didn't even wear a straw hat. You'll cry again if you get tanned."

Lin Zhao gulped down a few mouthfuls of water, his eyes full of resentment, "I was in a hurry to share the good news with you, but my second brother still scolded me."

She was resentful for only two seconds, and soon cheered up again.

"Guess what good news I brought?"

(End of this chapter)