Chapter 31: "Evil"

Lin Xibao didn't take it seriously. She raised her arms, showing off her nonexistent muscles, and said, "Grandma said that a strong body is more important than anything else. I'm not good-looking, so having some black and white spots doesn't matter. But Grandpa told me not to belittle myself. Every girl is a precious treasure."

She smiled and approached her aunt, and emphasized again, "Aunt, grandpa said I'm a treasure."

The voice could not hide the joy and pride.

In the Lin family, no one doesn't like the gentle and polite head Lin. He never uses his life experience as a topic of conversation. He is humble and gentle, and supports his children in taking the path they want to take.

Lin Zhao pinched Xi Bao's face and showed off to her, "What's there to show off? Your grandfather used to hold me in his arms and coax me, calling me Zhao Bao, good boy, and little sun all the time. Am I proud?"

Lin Xibao looked up at her aunt and nodded rapidly, "...I'm proud."

Humph, the smile on aunt's lips couldn't be suppressed at all, she even wanted to get a mirror to look at herself.

Lin Zhao looked at Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng. The two little girls smiled and nodded.

Dadan and Erdan looked expectantly, waiting for their aunt to ask them.

Lin Zhao didn't notice that his older nephews wanted to join the group chat. He shrugged with a smile on his face.

"Be proud if you want to. I am proud that I have such a good father. Is that too much?"

A smile appeared in Father Lin's eyes.

This is why he likes the girl more. She is so considerate. Even after getting married, she still thinks about him and Xiwei all the time. He subconsciously forgot how irritating and worrying Lin Zhao had made them in previous years.

Erdan seized the opportunity to speak up, "Not too much!"

Dadan was beaten to the punch by someone else, and he stared at the back of his brother's head with his eyes, and hurriedly said, "Not too much! Not too much at all!"

Lin Zhao just saw them and said, "Da Dan and Er Dan are back too."

Erdan pretended to be wronged, "I've been back for quite a while."

"Come, have some candy." When the aunt felt guilty, she changed the subject.

Erdan took the candy, the grievance on his face disappeared, and he smiled, "Hehehe, thank you auntie."

"You're welcome." Lin Zhao gave him another big egg candy.

"Thank you, aunt." Dadan thanked her generously and ran to the side with his younger brother Erdan to discuss how to eat candy so that it lasts longer.

Lin Zhao looked for an opportunity to talk to Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng, and Xi Bao followed quietly.

"How have you been these past two days?" she asked.

Lin Zheng was precocious. Hearing the concern in his aunt's words, his heart warmed. "It's great. No one is watching me and my sister working all day. Grandma also lets us go out to play. The friends in the village are willing to take us. My sister and I are very happy."

Lin Xuan was quiet and didn't say much, just nodded.

What she didn't tell others was that since her mother was not at home, she would not wake up in the middle of the night when she slept. She had two rare nights of good sleep. It was so comfortable.

"It's good for children to be innocent. When they grow up, they will have to work. Now, there are only adults at home, so you can be lazy if you can." Lin Zhao said his life motto.

When Mother Lin heard this, her expression remained unchanged. She was capable and had a strong vitality. She could work in the fields, hunt, and mend clothes... She didn't feel tired and even enjoyed the feeling of being busy. However, she did not force Zhaozhao to be like her.

Zhaozhao can choose what kind of life she likes.

Like reading? read.

Get married? marry.

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Song Xiwei was confident that no matter how Zhao Zhao lived her life, she could provide for her.

It is also because of this that Lin Zhao lived as passionately as a sunflower.

Hearing her aunt's words, Lin Xuan looked up suddenly.

"What's wrong? Was I wrong?" Lin Zhao asked with a smile.

Lin Xuan hurriedly shook her head, smiled shyly, hesitated for a few breaths, and said, "That's right, what my aunt said is different from what the villagers said."

Lin Zhao knew what the villagers said. They simply said that the Lin family was weird, different from others.

“We don’t need to live like others.”

She bent down, looked at her tenderly, and whispered, "You are you, a unique existence in this world. Don't take other people's words to heart. You should grow up happily at your age."

Lin Zhao felt that Xuanxuan was too worried and hoped that she could open her heart and have the happiness that a child should have.

In the book, Lin Xuan's story was also briefly mentioned -

I heard that a girl named Lin Xuan from the next village died by lying on the railway tracks.

This simple sentence made Lin Zhao's heart stagnate and tighten.

Xuanxuan is most afraid of pain.

"If you have any problems in the future, come and find your aunt. My house has an extra room, which is specially prepared for you. I will make a new bed, a new wardrobe, a new table, and a bright window. Once you open the window, the sunlight can shine into the room, and it will be very comfortable to lie on the bed. You always have a retreat, and I am your retreat, no matter what you encounter." Lin Zhao's eyes were gentle and her tone was soft.

She spoke seriously. Xi Bao and Lin Zheng didn't say anything. They both looked at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan met her aunt's eyes, and the dark clouds covering her body were dispersed by the gentle sunlight.

She nodded and responded solemnly, "I'll remember it."

Lin Zhao hugged her niece and whispered in her ear, "I'll take this as an agreement. Keep it in mind and never forget it."

"Uh-huh."

Lin's mother is not a gentle person. She is decisive and strong-willed and cannot say anything corny. Lin Shisheng is a straight man and can't say it even more. As for Qiulian, she is a person who even dislikes her own gender, and her words are unpleasant and harsh. So it was the first time that Lin Xuan heard from someone that "I am your retreat" and so on.

"Thank you, auntie." The little girl said in a low voice.

Lin Zhao smiled, "What are you thanking me for? I'm your aunt, and your father is my biological brother. In my heart, there's no difference between you and Da Zi and the others."

Lin Xuan didn’t dare to get close to her aunt before, but over the past few days, she has become closer and closer to Lin Zhao.

Xi Bao hugged Lin Zhao's arm, with a warm smile on her face, but she deliberately said sourly: "Auntie won't let me live at home. Auntie favors Xuanxuan."

Lin Xuan suddenly felt like a bad kid. Sister Xibao said that her aunt favored her, and she couldn't help but feel secretly happy. If this wasn't a bad kid, then what was?

Thinking of this, the little girl's face was filled with shame. She lowered her head awkwardly, not daring to look at Xi Bao.

Lin Zhao didn't say anything, but put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him, laughing and retorting Xi Bao's words, "If I don't tell you, you won't go?"

"I'll go!" Xi Bao smiled, "If my aunt doesn't invite me, I'll go on my own initiative!"

"Anyone is welcome to come."

The second brother was concerned about Qiulian's matter, and Xuanxuan kept his words in mind. The stone that was weighing on Lin Zhao's heart was finally removed, and she reluctantly let it go.

She left her parents' home before dinner time.

It was Lin Shisheng who sent her there.

Lin Zhao was used to this.

When she was in school, she never went to and from school alone. Her father always picked her up and dropped her off. When her brothers grew up, they took over the task of dropping her off.

The Dongfeng Brigade was not very close to the Fengshou Brigade. It was overgrown with weeds and there were few pedestrians. Lin Zhao looked like that, so it was difficult to feel at ease there.

at this time.

There were no human voices on the road, but there was wind, birdsong, and insects chirping...

Quiet and full of vitality.

"Second brother, my family is going to build a brick house after the double harvest. You and eldest brother have been assigned to help me. You can live with me then." Lin Zhao remembered that his second brother didn't know about this yet, so she reminded him.

"You are finally going to build a house!" Lin Shisheng smiled, his eyes slightly raised, looking calm and reliable.

Mr. and Mrs. Lin both gave birth to good-looking children, and there is no ugly child in the Lin family. He is a tall man of nearly 1.8 meters, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looks like a tough guy. Although he has never been a soldier, he has been taught by Lin Heling since he was a child. He has a good sitting and standing posture, and his pace is neither fast nor slow, which is outstanding in this countryside.

If I wasn't outstanding... I wouldn't have been entangled by the Qiu family's dishonorable methods.

Lin Shisheng threw out questions one after another, "My eldest brother and I live at your place, where will you and Da Zi live? At your in-laws' house? Don't you dislike them?!"

Lin Zhao was stunned. "I don't dislike my in-laws. If I didn't like them, I wouldn't have married Gu Chenghuai."

Before getting married, she found out about the personalities of the Gu family members and found out that they were all honest and hardworking people. If it weren't for this, she wouldn't want to get married.

"Then why are you trying to split up the family..." Lin Shisheng didn't understand.

"These are two different things." Lin Zhao revealed her inner thoughts for the first time, "I don't want to work, and I don't want to listen to people's nonsense, so I have to separate the family."

"That's it?" Lin Shisheng looked dazed.

Lin Zhao looked sideways at him and asked, "What else?"

"...Nothing." He remembered something and said, "If we don't divide the family, just pay some money. Your in-laws won't have any complaints, right?"

Lin Zhao was silent for a moment, "That's what I was thinking about saving money."

"You are not a frugal person, but you actually want to save money. You seem like a different person." Lin Shisheng found it unbelievable.

Lin Zhao's eyes were full of vicissitudes.

She, she couldn't figure it out either.

"It's settled then. After the double harvest, you and big brother will live at my place, and I'll take the older kids back to the old house."

Lin Shisheng thought of his sister's vicious sister-in-law and frowned, "Forget it, your sister-in-law..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Zhao slapped his head and said, "I forgot to mention that Gu Xing'er was kicked out by her parents. Now she is with Uncle Gu's family."

"?"

Lin Shisheng's expression was indescribable. After a while, he asked, "Has his family been caught with something?"

"Gu Chenghuai's grandmother likes Gu Xing'er, she has a special preference for her." Lin Zhao said.

"..."

As they were talking, the brother and sister walked to the harvest team.

The eldest and second sons were waiting for their mother at the entrance of the village. When they saw Lin Zhao from afar, they rushed over like two little firecrackers.

After they were full, their legs became stronger and they ran faster.

"mother!"

Two crisp voices rang out.

Seeing Lin Shisheng, the two brothers were even happier, "Second uncle!"

Lin Shisheng bent down and picked up his two older nephews. He had been working since he was young and had a muscular body, so it was effortless for him to pick up the two children.

"Ah - it's so high." The vision suddenly changed, and Erzai shouted excitedly.

The eldest boy's eyes were also bright.

Back home.

Lin Zhao went back to the house, took out a watermelon, cut it in the kitchen, and called her eldest son to come in and give it to his second uncle.

The eldest child ran into the kitchen and looked at the things on the chopping board with a puzzled look on his face. "Mom, what is this?"

"Watermelon is a must-have in summer. It's very refreshing. Take it out and you can eat it first. I'll make you some watermelon lemonade." Lin Zhao never made promises casually. She would always do what she promised her children.

The eldest boy carried the basin out.

Come back soon.

"Mom, let me help you," he said.

Lin Zhao's heart softened, and he looked at his short eldest son, "No need, just go out and eat some watermelon, it will be ready soon."

The eldest boy was unwilling, "I will wait for mom to eat together."

Lin Zhao stopped trying to persuade him, and she quickened her pace to smash the watermelon into juice and cut the lemon, a strong smell of citric acid hitting her nostrils.

"Mom, what is this? It smells good." The eldest boy likes this smell.

"Lemon." Lin Zhao explained, and gave him a new lemon to look at.

The eldest cub lowered his head and looked at it again and again, and even raised it to his nose and sniffed it.

lemon.

He muttered to himself.

This was the first time he got to know fruits other than wild fruits, one was watermelon and the other was lemon.

Erzai was eating watermelon with his second uncle heartlessly, when he turned around he found his brother was missing.

He rushed into the kitchen.

Seeing that the eldest cub was very close to Lin Zhao, the second cub took two or three steps over and stood on the other side of his mother. He tilted his head and showed his little face covered with watermelon juice. "Mom, what are you talking about with me?"

"Tell your brother to tell you that mom will make sour and sweet watermelon and lemon juice for you." Lin Zhao learned that watermelon and lemon can be made into juice from a book.

After hearing about it from others, Su Yuxian tried to make it, and it was well received in the military compound. At the same time, several years after her death, she was dragged out and her corpse was repeatedly whipped.

It feels unlucky whenever I think about it.

Don’t want to think about it anymore.

Soon, Lin Zhao prepared some juice that would cool her down and quench her thirst.

As soon as the children saw the color, they loved it.

"Wow!"

There were exclamations of respect coming one after another.

Even Lin Shisheng, who had just arrived in the kitchen, exclaimed.

"Wow!"

This sound made the eldest and second cubs laugh out loud. The sound was heard outside, and Dahuang and Amber barked in unison.

Lin Shisheng rubbed the prickly bald heads of his two nephews and asked Lin Zhao, "What is this?"

"Watermelon lemon juice made from watermelon, lemon and sugar." Lin Zhao casually introduced the raw materials.

The corner of Lin Shisheng's mouth twitched.

None of them are cheap!

"I can understand watermelons, but where do the legendary lemons come from?"

Lin Zhao was very calm and said with a smile, "I'm lucky."

"Don't go to the black market. The law is strict there." Lin Shisheng warned, and he himself didn't go there.

"I know." Lin Zhao was annoyed by her second brother's nagging, and said angrily, "Do you want to drink or not? If not, forget it."

Lin Shisheng took a big gulp and said, "It would be a waste if you don't drink it."

After drinking it, I savored it and commented, "It's quite delicious!"

But sugar is added, so how can it not taste good?

The eldest and second oldest liked it so much that they took small sips and were reluctant to drink it in big gulps.

Lin Shisheng looked at his two older nephews and said, "You two are living better than the other kids in the other two brigades."

The two little kids grinned, came close to Lin Zhao, and spoke sweet words to her.

"Mom is the best. Mom is the best mom in all the teams." Erzai's voice was shaky, and his leaky cotton jacket turned into a little sweet pepper.

The eldest son couldn't say anything too cheesy, so he just said, "I help mom with the work."

Lin Zhao hugged her two sons with a smile on her face.

After drinking the juice, Lin Shisheng watered the vegetable garden in the backyard, filled the water jar with water, and tied and fixed the broken clothesline again... He did everything he could before leaving.

Just as he left, there was a knock on the Gu family's door.

A soft voice came from outside the door that Lin Zhao didn't want to hear.

"Big brother, second brother."

From far to near.

This sound...

She is Su Yuxian's stepdaughter.

An evil existence.

I saw several errors and have corrected them. Thank you, my dears～～Xiamo～～～

I clearly checked it several times before sending it, but there were still mistakes. A big question mark popped up in my head! !

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(End of this chapter)