Chapter 5 "The Big Liar"

"Blankets require industrial coupons. Do you have any?" the salesperson asked.

"Yes." Lin Zhao took out a few industrial coupons from her bag.

After purchasing what I needed, I left under the envious gazes of several sales clerks.

Older people might think she is a spendthrift, but which young girl wouldn’t envy her for having plenty of money to spend?

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Lin Zhao went to the state-owned restaurant to buy meat buns. She was lucky, as there were still twelve left when she arrived, and she bought them all.

It was easy when she came, but she was carrying a lot of bags when she left. Looking at the invisible road, Lin Zhao felt depressed. Fortunately, she was born with great strength, so it was not a problem for her to carry so many things.

Halfway through the journey, she heard someone calling her name from behind.

Lin Zhao turned around and saw a girl in her early twenties riding a bicycle approaching her and shouting, "Lin Zhao."

This was the first time Lin Zhao saw the stepmother of the heroine in the book after awakening.

Su Yuxian.

She was the control group for this person.

Although she knew that she couldn't blame Su Yuxian, Lin Zhao still felt something strange when she saw her. The contents of the book flashed through her mind, and it was difficult for her to pretend that nothing had happened.

She is the control group, the one whose corpse will be pulled out and whipped even after she dies!

Died unjustly!

Lin Zhao shouted in her heart: Don’t come over here.

Unfortunately, I couldn't stop Su Yuxian from getting closer.

"Lin Zhao, you are coming to the county town too. Get on, I'll give you a ride." Su Yuxian jumped off the bicycle and swung the net bag hanging on the front of the bike back and forth.

Lin Zhao just wanted to get as far away from the protagonist of the original book as possible. "No need. I have a lot of stuff. I'll walk slowly."

Hearing her say this, Su Yuxian glanced at the bags in Lin Zhao's hands as if inadvertently, and the smile in her eyes faded.

Everyone in the brigade envied Lin Zhao's life, and she was no exception. Seeing Lin Zhao carrying so many bags home, she felt so jealous.

However, this man is a fool. He doesn't even care about his own son. He will definitely not be well when he gets old and may even end up living on the streets.

"Is that so? Fine then. I'll be leaving first. You walk slowly."

Lin Zhao replied, "Okay."

Su Yuxian smiled at her, stepped on the pedal with his left foot, took a few steps with his right foot, got on the bike, and soon disappeared from Lin Zhao's sight.

Lin Zhao felt a flash of sympathy in Su Yuxian's eyes when he looked at her just now.

pity?

Given their current situation, it doesn't make sense.

I must have seen it wrong.

Lin Zhao didn't think much about it and didn't want to care about the plot of the original book. She just wanted to raise her cub well and live in peace with her family.

Harvest Brigade, village entrance.

The second cub looked expectantly in the direction of the path and said to the first cub, "Brother, why hasn't mom come yet? She's so slow."

"Mom has something in her hands, so she must walk slowly." The eldest son's eyes were also fixed on the road leading to the county town. He had never been to the county town since he was a child. He wondered if his mother could take him with her next time she went to the county town?

Erzai felt that what his brother said made sense. He sighed and squatted on the ground playing with a wooden stick.

After playing for a while, he heard his brother calling "Mom". When the second boy raised his head, his brother had disappeared from the spot and was running towards someone in the distance.

"Brother, wait for me." Erzai stood up suddenly and ran as fast as if he had Hot Wheels under his feet.

Lin Zhao saw two children running towards her from a distance. She realized they were her children and shouted, "Run slower! Don't fall."

The eldest cub listened to his mother and slowed down, but the second cub was determined to rush towards Roubaozi and no one could stop him. He surpassed his brother in the blink of an eye.

When the eldest brother saw that he was overtaken by his younger brother, he accelerated again.

Lin Zhao, who watched the whole process, said: "..."

Erzai rushed to Lin Zhao, raised his head and looked at her expectantly: "Mom, do you have meat buns?" Speaking of meat, his saliva was almost dripping.

A brat who only cares about meat.

"Yes." Lin Zhao said to Erzai unhappily.

She was almost dying of heat and exhaustion, but this boy didn't even care about his own mother and was only thinking about his meat buns.

The eldest child took the things from Lin Zhao's hand and said, "Mom, let me help you carry them."

A smile appeared in Lin Zhao's eyes, and her heart felt as sweet as honey.

"No, it's heavy, I can do it myself."

The eldest child refused to let go, his little face stubborn, "I can help mother."

"I can help mom, too." The second child never misses any opportunity to show his presence and wants to help like his brother.

Seeing that the two brothers insisted, Lin Zhao could only give them a lighter punishment and said, "You two are thoughtful. I bought you two new shoes for nothing."

Erzai's eyes lit up, "New shoes? Bought for us?"

The eldest boy also looked at his mother expectantly.

Lin Zhao looked down at the cloth shoes on her two sons' feet, with their black thumbs sticking out. She thought that Mother Gu must have been too busy recently and hadn't found the time to mend their shoes.

"How can I deceive you?"

The second son casually exposed his mother, "Mom used to lie to me and my brother."

Lin Zhao denied it: "No way."

The second child said, "Mom used to eat cookies secretly and lied to my brother and me that she didn't eat them."

"..." Thinking of this, Lin Zhao felt so ashamed. She cleared her throat and said softly, "I am doing this for your own good. Children cannot eat those cookies. I was afraid that you would be greedy, so I had to eat them secretly."

The second child laughed loudly: "Mom is lying. My brother and I are not children anymore. We don't believe it."

Lin Zhao was embarrassed and smiled lightly: "Oh? If you are not a child, you can't wear the new shoes I bought for you. Leave your new shoes to your third and fourth children, right?"

Hearing this, Erzai stopped being so arrogant and said hurriedly, "Mom, mom, I'm a kid, I'm a kid."

The eldest son thought his younger brother was so stupid. The shoes their mother bought for them could not be worn by the third and fourth sons at all. Their mother was just teasing him.

Lin Zhao wiped the sweat off her face and led the way forward: "Hurry up, go home, it's so hot."

The two kids followed behind, and they were full of energy at the thought of getting new shoes.

When they got home, the mother and her three children put down their things. The eldest rushed into the kitchen and quickly brought out a bowl of boiled water. "Drink some water, mother."

As they walked, Lin Zhao felt thirsty and his throat was burning. He gulped down several mouthfuls of water before he felt better.

Then he touched the eldest child's red face and said with a gentle look, "Thank you, eldest child."

At this time, Erzai came over with a basin and said to Lin Zhao, "Mom, wash your face."

The twins knew their mother very well and knew that the first thing Lin Zhao did when she came home was to wash. In order to see the meat buns earlier, the two children treated Lin Zhao like a landlady and served her.

Lin Zhao accepted the children's care with peace of mind.

I felt comfortable only after washing my face.

"Finally, I feel comfortable. It's so far away." I have to buy a bicycle.

Next time I’ll write to you and ask Gu Chenghuai to find a way to get the tickets!

The eldest child hesitated and asked, "Mom, is the county town fun?"

"It's okay once you get used to it. It should be fun for you kids." Lin Zhao let out a long sigh and replied with a smile.

Dazai wanted to ask his mother if she could take him to the county town in the future, but he didn't say it out loud.

"Mom, can you take my brother and me to the county town?" Erzai asked Lin Zhao with a smile.

"If you behave yourself, it's not impossible." Lin Zhao pinched the second child's face. The little guy was skinny and didn't have much flesh on his face, but it was quite soft and really nice to pinch.

Erzai was a generous child. He let his mother pinch him and smiled with a mouthful of white teeth.

"I'm good, my brother and I are both good, right brother?" He looked at his brother, strengthening his own power.

The eldest boy nodded and looked at Lin Zhao with admiration.

Erzai then added, "It's a deal, a liar is a puppy."

The clever little guy did not forget to make a formal agreement with his mother and set conditions.

"Okay." Lin Zhao agreed with a smile.

The eldest boy also smiled.

Lin Zhao smiled and said, "If you help me with housework in the future, I will reward you two little men with good things."

The two kids are used to doing housework and are willing to exchange their labor for rewards.

but……

"What reward is mom going to give us?" Erzai asked anxiously.

"You can choose anything you want to eat or use when the time comes." Lin Zhao knew that she was not someone who could endure hardship, so it would be better for her to educate her child.

Erzai thought it was okay, but he didn't forget his brother: "Brother, what do you think?"

The eldest boy nodded, "I think so."

He and Erzai were already doing housework, and he knew that his mother said they could exchange things because she wanted to be nice to him and Erzai.

Children who have not yet gone to kindergarten have completed their self-strategy in this way.

Erzai stared at the bag that Lin Zhao brought back and said confidently, "Mom, where are the meat buns? I'm hungry."

Lin Zhao raised her hand to take the bag, rummaged inside, took out two buns and handed them to her two sons.

"Meat buns!" Erzai shouted.

The eldest son was also happy, but he was a reserved child and did not show any excitement. Only his eyes, which looked 80% like Lin Zhao's, were curved.

The second child had never eaten meat buns, and this bun was bought by his mother, which made it even more special. Thinking of the villagers saying that his mother didn't like them, he rolled his eyes and called the eldest child: "Brother, let's go out and play."

The eldest and he are twins. When the second child sticks his butt out, he knows what his younger brother is going to fart.

He also wanted to prove to everyone that his mother loved them.

So he said something to Lin Zhao and ran away from home with his second son.

I ran straight to the big banyan tree in the village. This banyan tree is two hundred years old, with lush roots and branches, standing there tall and strong.

At this time, a group of children were sticking their butts out and catching cicada monkeys under the tree.

The second child walked over proudly, holding the meat bun in one hand and carrying the other hand on his back like his grandfather. He didn't rush into the crowd of children. He took a bite of the bun and shouted to his brother, "Brother, the meat bun is delicious."

The eldest child also said, "It's delicious. My mouth is full of oil after taking a bite."

Meat buns...! ?

Hearing these three words, the children's mouths were watering. They turned their heads in unison and saw the white buns in the hands of the eldest and second sons. Their eyes immediately widened.

"Twins, where did you get the meat buns?" Tie Niu, the captain's little grandson, jumped to the eldest and second twins, his face full of envy.

He had eaten meat buns during the Chinese New Year and they were delicious.

The eldest boy's face was flushed, and his voice was twice as loud as usual: "My mother bought it for us!"

The second child also shouted, "My mother also bought us Warrior shoes!"

The children have never heard of Huili shoes, but the older ones have heard of them, but they don’t believe that their mother would buy them for the twins.

The leader of the children, Changsheng, laughed at them, "Boasting! My mother said a pair of Warrior shoes cost three or four yuan, and three or four yuan can buy a lot of meat. Your mother doesn't care about you, so she won't buy you Warrior shoes, you boasting king! The twins are boasting kings!"

Erzai was furious. He bit the meat bun viciously, as if biting the person who scolded him. He said angrily, "I'm not a boaster. My mother said she bought it for us."

"My mother doesn't ignore us!" the eldest son said angrily.

"Who would believe it? My mother said your mother is a lazy woman. She does nothing but eat. When she gets old she will fall into the stinky ditch and drown." The naughty child, about seven or eight years old, stuck out his tongue at the eldest and second cubs, trying to make them angry, but he kept glancing at the buns in their hands and swallowing his saliva.

He would not admit that he was somewhat envious of the twins.

Erzai was a man with a bad temper. He was very angry when he heard Changsheng's words. He stuffed the bun into his brother's hand and slammed towards the boy who was talking. The person who was hit was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

That’s not all. Erzai raised his fist, which was as big as a small sandbag, and beat the other person hard.

"I'll let you curse my mother! I'll let you curse my mother!" He threw a punch and said this aggressively.

A young man passing by saw the kids fighting and thought it was very interesting, so he stood there and watched.

Children of this age are very fierce when fighting. They put the most force on their faces, with their teeth bared, and they seem to want to tear the other person to pieces, but they don't actually put much strength into the fight.

If you don't look at it, his face won't turn red even after being beaten for a long time.

When the man saw the two children starting to bite each other, he stepped forward, picked up one child in each hand, and forcefully separated them.

"Alright, alright, if you bite your face, you won't be able to get married in the future."

"Especially you." The young man looked at Changsheng, "You are not good-looking to begin with. If a piece of flesh is bitten off from your face, you will probably become a big problem."

Chang Sheng was so angry that he wanted to bite him, stamped his feet and shouted angrily: "Uncle!"

The man ignored him and was about to leave when he saw Lin Zhao coming towards him.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit strange, the eldest cub had a sullen face, and the second cub was even more furious. Lin Zhao was surprised: "What happened?"

Wasn't everything fine when you went out?

The second child had just had a fight with another adult friend. Seeing his mother, he felt guilty and grabbed the eldest child's arm with a pitiful look, wanting his brother not to tell their mother about the fight.

The eldest boy didn't want to say anything either, after all, fighting was not a good thing.

But there were other children nearby.

Tie Niu was quick to speak and said, "Erzai and Changshengge are fighting!"

Erzai was so angry that he glared at him: "Tie Niu, why are you telling tales?"

Tie Niu looked confused and said innocently, "I didn't have any, your mother is asking."

"Why are they fighting?" Lin Zhao asked curiously. She didn't think it was strange for children to fight. Children should solve their own problems. If adults intervene, the nature of the matter will change.

The second child lowered his head and said nothing, his hands clenched into fists with a fierce expression.

The eldest boy looked anxious. He wanted to explain but didn't know how, and his lips turned pale with anxiety.

Seeing that the two boys were silent, Lin Zhao did not press them, but said, "Forget it. I'm going to the old house to discuss building a house. Do you want to come?"

The eldest child was stunned and asked, "Mom doesn't blame us?"

"Why should I blame you?" Lin Zhao said calmly, "Which child doesn't fight? Mother knows you are good children. If others don't provoke you, you won't take the initiative to hit others."

Mother said they were good kids.

The haze in the hearts of the eldest and second cubs dissipated, light appeared in their eyes, and their two little faces were like the rising sun.

"Go." Erzai took half a bun from his brother's hand, walked up to Lin Zhao with a smile, and pulled her hand. Seeing that his mother did not refuse, he was immediately delighted.

"Let's go! Back to the old house!" Erzai's voice revealed deep joy.

(End of this chapter)