Chapter 37 "I've Even Decided Where to Bury It"

The eldest boy also looked desperate.

He leaned silently in Lin Zhao's arms, his eyes filled with tears and he sniffed.

"I still want to earn money to buy my mother a nice dress, but I don't have the chance because I can't grow as tall as the counter."

The child looked at his mother pleadingly and said sadly, "Mom, when I die can you bury me in our yard? I want to watch over you forever..."

In a short time, he even decided where to bury himself.

Hearing his brother say this, the light in Erzai's eyes dimmed completely and a sad snot bubble came out of his nostrils.

But they were afraid of waking up the twins, whose stomachs rose and fell as they slept, so the two older brothers lowered their voices and cried softly and miserably.

Lin Zhao was stunned by the children's jumping thoughts. When she came to her senses, she saw her two sons hanging their heads and crying silently, like wilted eggplants.

She reached out and pinched the eldest boy's mouth, and spit several times, "Who said you two are going to die? Ptck, tck, tck."

The eldest boy blinked his bright eyes and moved his mouth, but his mouth was pinched and he couldn't spit out anything.

"Puh, puh, puh!" Erzai imitated his mother and spit three times. His red eyes lit up. He leaned in front of Lin Zhao and asked excitedly, "Mom, my brother and I won't die?"

Children who are a little over five years old have no idea what death is. Their understanding is that when a person dies, he cannot run, jump, or eat, and he has to be buried in a small pile of earth and cannot go anywhere... This is very scary for children.

The eldest cub stared at his mother with bated breath, his face full of tension.

"It's just a bug. It will be fine after you poop it out. It's not a matter of life or death." Lin Zhao wiped the tears from the two children's faces and reminded them worriedly, "If you feel uncomfortable at night, tell your mother in time."

The second child was delighted, he held his brother's hand and said happily: "Brother, we will not die, we can live to be a hundred years old."

Upon hearing the good news, the eldest son was also very excited. He saw the water on Lin Zhao's skirt, which were his and the second son's tears.

The little guy realized it later and felt shy, his eyes were dodging. He took advantage of Lin Zhao's inattention to wipe the water stains on her shoulders with his little hands, and when he found that the marks were still there, he looked dull.

Noticing Lin Zhao's gaze, he said nervously, "Mom, your skirt is dirty. I'll wash it for you tomorrow."

"It's okay, it will be clean after washing. Mom will wash it herself when she comes back tomorrow." Lin Zhao said good-temperedly.

She patted the two cubs on the head and said, "Go wash up, it's time to go to bed."

"Okay." The two children walked out of the room hand in hand.

Lin Zhao sat down at the desk, took out a hardcover notebook, uncapped her fountain pen and started writing.

{Sunny to cloudy on June 27th

Today I got some pagoda candies and gave them to my eldest and second sons. When they heard that they were anthelmintics, they were terrified and started crying loudly, saying some cute childish things:

Second child: I can’t bear to die… Whose child is only five years old and is going to die…

Big Cub: ...No chance. I can’t grow as tall as the counter.

Five-year-old children are so cute, especially the ones from Comrade Gu and Comrade Lin’s families! }

After finishing writing, he drew the scene with just a few strokes.

The second cub blowing snot bubbles, the older cub looking distraught, the twin boy and girl sleeping soundly, all have a place on the table with the kerosene lamp.

After the eldest and second cubs washed their faces, they came in and saw their mother sitting at the table with her head bowed, writing something.

She supported her chin with her left arm, wrote and drew casually with her right hand, with a smile on the corner of her lips. Her profile looked gentle and charming under the dim light.

Two little boys walked over and stood on either side of Lin Zhao. They stood on tiptoe, put their arms on the table, and leaned over to look in.

"Mom, are you writing to my dad again?" Erzai asked curiously with his beautiful big eyes.

The corners of his eyes were a little red, and his long, curly eyelashes were wet. When he looked at people intently, he looked innocent and clean.

"No, I'm writing a record of your growth and will let your father read it when he comes back. This way, Comrade Gu will know how you two grew up." Lin Zhao said with a faint smile.

The eldest cub asked, "Mom, can I take a look?"

"Sure." Lin Zhao gave him the notebook and went out to wash up.

The second cub ran to his brother's side and looked at the eldest cub head to head.

They don't know many words, but they can understand paintings.

"Brother, this is me." Erzai pointed at a little doll in the painting and said excitedly, "I blew a snot bubble, hahahaha, mom's painting is so beautiful."

The eldest child nodded in agreement, "Mom is really amazing."

He seemed to be inspired, and said seriously with a serious face: "I want to be as good as my mother."

"Uh-huh."

The eldest boy took another look at it, carefully closed the book and placed it on the table.

"Gurgle..." Erzai's stomach rumbled.

He looked down at his stomach and said, "Brother, there are bugs fighting in my stomach."

The eldest son comforted his younger brother, "Don't be afraid, Mom said that what we ate was insect-killing candy. Once the insects are killed, we can just poop them out tomorrow morning."

"I'm not afraid. I dare to beat even snakes, so I'm not afraid of tiny insects," he said proudly.

Lin Zhao happened to hear these words.

"Hmm?" She didn't move her mouth, but uttered a particularly dangerous interjection, "You hit the snake?"

Lin Zhao frowned.

What should I do if I want to beat my baby?

Seeing that his mother's face looked strange, Erzai stood up straight, and even his short stubble of hair looked obedient.

"No, Mom, I heard you wrong. What I said was..." His mind raced and he came up with an excuse on the spur of the moment, "I said I hit my tongue."

He stuck out his tongue and pointed with his finger, "It's this tongue."

"If anyone talks gossip about our family again, I'll hit him on the tongue with my slingshot!"

Lin Zhao: “…”

He gave Erzai a displeased look and said, "Just talk nonsense."

She tapped her son's forehead with her finger and said seriously, "Some snakes are extremely poisonous. If you get bitten, you'll die. Stay away from them!"

"Big boy, keep an eye on your brother."

Raising a son is really a lot of worry.

"Um."

That night, Lin Zhao woke up several times. After waking up, she checked the foreheads of the eldest and second sons one by one. She was relieved when she found that they had no fever and no other problems.

In a blink of an eye, it was dawn.

Lin Zhao got up early and packed the things she needed to take to her uncle's house.

A bag of noodles, twenty eggs, 2 pounds of pork, 2 apples, and a sausage.

Overweight gift.

But compared to what my uncle did for me back then, it was nothing.

Lin Zhao put all the things into a net bag and prepared today's rations for the cubs, including an apple, a bottle of canned yellow peaches, a handful of shrimp candies, some white flour, and a small piece of pork.

This is enough for the kids to have two meals, or even more.

You have to know that in some families, children can’t even get enough to eat, let alone breakfast.

After finishing her work, Lin Zhao packed her things and went out, with Da Huang following behind her.

"Take good care of the house."

Dahuang raised his head and barked at her.

Lin Zhao smiled, walked briskly away, and headed towards the county.

After arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, I asked the purchasing department to order a women's bicycle, but was told that it would take two days to arrive.

She went and bought another watch and put it on on the spot.

Li Fen was filled with doubts when she saw Lin Zhao taking out money and tickets so readily. Isn't this girl from the countryside? How come she doesn't feel sorry for spending money at all?

She complimented him, "You have fair skin, and the watch looks good on you."

Wang Ju nodded and whispered, "It looks good."

"Thank you." Lin Zhao also thought it was beautiful. She looked at it from time to time and felt very happy.

Soon, a lot of people came into the supply and marketing cooperative, and the sales clerks became busy.

Harvest Brigade.

When the eldest and second cubs woke up, they rushed to the toilet first.

"Brother, I'll go first. I need to pull up my pants quickly." Erzai squeezed his legs together in a hurry.

Seeing this, the eldest son hurried to the next door.

"Aunt, I want to use your toilet." The eldest boy held a few pieces of toilet paper in his hand, covered his stomach, and his face turned red with anxiety.

Wang Chunhua quickly said, "Go ahead, there's no one in the toilet."

The eldest didn't even have time to say thank you and rushed straight to the toilet.

The Wang family’s toilet was simple, in the shape of a convex U, supported by two boards. The pit was full of wriggling little creatures and the stench was overwhelming.

The eldest boy's hair stood on end.

He was so anxious that he quickly took off his pants, squatted down, and it came out with a whoosh.

When I looked down, I saw the bugs mixed in it, and I felt disgusted and scared.

The little guy in the older boy's heart kept crying out "ahhhh".

I didn’t dare to look at it any more and just kept pulling.

After his stomach was empty, he overcame the psychological trauma, used up all the toilet paper in his hand, pulled up his pants and left the toilet.

At this moment, Erzai rushed into Wang's house and shouted, "Brother, I have a lot of worms in my stool. Have you taken them out?"

The eldest boy had a wooden face and said, "...it came out."

"Mom is right!" Erzai clapped his hands, his tone excited, "If it comes out, it means there are no worms in our stomachs, right?"

"Yes!" The eldest boy nodded affirmatively and looked at the second boy seriously, "Second boy, we can't drink cold water from now on. We have to drink boiled water."

"Uh-huh."

Wang Chunhua overheard the conversation between the two children.

"Big cub, little cub, what are you talking about? What kind of bug is that?"

The eldest child answered, "My mother gave me and my second child a piece of sweet candy yesterday, saying it can kill the worms in children's stomachs. My second child and I both had our worms removed."

Wang Chunhua's grandson, Wang Dazhuang, was stunned, holding his face, and said in horror: "Big cub, second cub, do you have worms in your stomach?"

"Why are there worms in the stomach?" Da Zhuang looked confused. "Won't people die if they have worms in their stomachs? Why didn't you turn into a pile of dirt?"

Erzai almost blurted out "You're the one who turned into a little mound of dirt", but was stopped by his brother.

The eldest son calmly explained, "My mom said that if you drink cold water often, you will get worms in your stomach. They are roundworms. You won't die, but you will have stomachaches and diarrhea. Eating candy will expel the worms. The second son and I have excreted them all. We are now worm-free."

Da Zhuang remembered that he always drank cold water, and his eyes were filled with fear, as if the sky had fallen.

"Grandma, there are worms in my stomach too!?" he said fearfully.

Wang Chunhua hurriedly asked Da Zi, "Da Zi, can sugar kill worms? Where did your mother get the sugar?"

"I don't know. He should have bought it in the county." The eldest boy guessed.

After saying this, he took his second child back home.

Wang Chunhua rushed to the toilet and indeed saw some insects in the fresh toilet.

Can really pull it out! !

She was amazed.

Seeing her grandson looking dejected, Wang Chunhua said, "Don't be afraid. Wait for the eldest son's mother to come back and then I'll go ask about the situation."

Mother Gu saw the two children coming back from next door and looked puzzled, "What were you two doing next door?"

"I'm going to use the toilet."

After hearing what the eldest son said, Mother Gu became even more puzzled.

What’s the matter? The toilet at home can’t accommodate his little butt?

The second cub was a talkative person and kept telling his nanny about the worms he and his brother had in their poop.

Mother Gu was shocked, "Did you pull out worms?"

"Yes, if you don't believe me, I'll take you to see it." The second child had no idea what embarrassment was, and pulled his grandmother to see the reincarnation things of the five grains he had pooped out.

Mother Gu didn't mind and really went to see it.

"You said your mother gave you two candies and you had worms in your stool?"

The second child nodded, "Yes."

He licked his lips. "That candy is pretty delicious."

He sighed again, "Each child can only eat one."

Mother Gu: “…” You still want to eat it every day and have parasites every day?

"Does your mother still have that candy?"

The eldest child replied, “I don’t know.”

"Okay, wait until your mother gets off work, then I'll ask her," said Gu's mother.

Thinking about the twins, she walked quickly into the house. The third and fourth cubs had already woken up. The two little heads were leaning against each other, staring at the roof, quiet and very well-behaved.

"You're awake."

Hearing the familiar voice, the little kid on the bed turned over and sat up, calling out in a baby voice, "Milk!"

These two sounds softened Mother Gu's heart.

"Ai!"

Dress the grandson and granddaughter and take them out to wash their faces.

The second child came out holding a can of yellow peaches and said to Gu's mother, "Grandma, help me unscrew the lid. I want to eat the can."

"Eating canned food so early in the morning?" Thinking that the two cubs had just defecated worms, Mother Gu was afraid that the canned food was too cold, so she discussed with them, "Eat canned food at noon, and eat something hot in the morning, since you just defecated worms."

The eldest son was easy to talk to, so he said, "Okay."

"Cook some white porridge?" asked Gu's mother.

"Sure." said the eldest.

The second child asked: "Grandma, can I eat apples after drinking white porridge?"

"Your mother also bought you apples?" Gu's mother felt that the third son's wife was really good at spoiling her children, but it was better than before when she didn't care about anything, so she had no objection.

"Yes, it's a very red apple. Can we eat it?" Erzai asked.

"Yes." said Mother Gu.

"Grandma, please help us cut it later. My brother and I will each have half." Erzai made the request impolitely.

The eldest came out of the house with milk powder, intending to make milk for the twins. When he heard what the second child said, he looked at Mother Gu and said, "Grandma, I'll give you half of my apple."

Of course, Mother Gu would not compete with her grandson for a bite of food, but that did not affect her heartwarming feeling. She stroked the big round head of the grandson with a loving face, "If you don't want milk, the big boy will eat it."

The time at work passed quickly, and after lunch it was time to get off work.

Despite Liu Chunhua's red glares, Lin Zhao left work on time without changing her expression and did not stay for a minute longer.

As for what her colleagues say behind her back, she doesn't take it to heart at all.

As I said, as long as the dance doesn't happen in front of her, she can pretend not to know.

Just like yesterday, I went to the post office to mail the letter first.

"Comrade Lin, you bought a watch. It's really nice." Liang Yi praised.

It looked like an ordinary watch, but it looked so good on Lin Zhao's hand that she also wanted to buy one of this brand.

Lin Zhao chuckled, "Thank you."

After saying a few words, she left the post office and went to the staff dormitory of the textile factory.

Uncle Song joined the factory when he was in his twenties and has worked there for more than thirty years. He was allocated a house a long time ago. Compared with other people's houses, this house is quite large, a two-bedroom apartment of more than 50 square meters.

At this time, Aunt Song was at home. She was working the night shift and had just woken up.

I heard a knock on the door and thought it was Lao Song coming back.

"Yun Cheng, go open the door."

Song Yuncheng stood up resignedly and opened the door.

Then he was stunned.

(End of this chapter)