Chapter 64 "A Pill"

The children were very enthusiastic and walked back and forth three times before the meal was ready, moving all the miscellaneous things back to the old house, leaving only large items such as beds, desks and boxes full of clothes and shoes.

Before leaving home for the old house, Lin Zhao filled the dog bowl with dog food, patted Dahuang's head, and said, "Dahuang, you and Amber stay at home first. I'll take you back to the old house in the evening."

It is said that Dahuang is very human-like. It just rubbed its head against Lin Zhao's legs and brought its cubs to show off its food.

When the owner leaves home, he rarely fails to follow.

Lin Zhao brought a few children back to the old house.

On the way, they were chattering.

Tiedan suddenly bumped into Erzai's shoulder, blinked, and asked in a low voice: "Erzai, have you tasted the meal that Dahuang and Amber eat?"

Thinking of the two dogs eating voraciously, he swallowed his saliva.

The older brother felt a little embarrassed and looked away, pretending nothing had happened.

But, Dahuang and Amber were eating with great relish, it was no wonder that he was greedy.

Erzai subconsciously looked at his mother, and seeing that she wasn't paying attention to him, he raised two fingers and answered in a voice even quieter than Tiedan's, "I've tasted it."

"What does it taste like? Is it delicious?" Tiedan's eyes lit up and he pressed down his middle finger.

Today he saw the dog food that Dawang and Amber were eating and thought they were eating better than what he was eating.

"It tastes good without meat." Erzai commented objectively.

Lin Zhao had very good hearing and caught the conversation between the two children, with a look of both laughter and tears on her face.

"Second child, there is no shortage of food for you at home. Don't fight with Da Huang and Amber for food in the future."

Erzai didn't expect his mother to hear his whispers, but he didn't feel embarrassed. He just smiled and said, "I'll try it."

"I saw that Da Huang and Amber were eating with relish. Amber was so anxious every time she ate...she could overturn the bowl with her head. I want to know what their meals taste like."

He is full of energy, he walks in a hopping manner and is very lively.

"I've tasted it, and I think it's just so-so. It's not as delicious as the meat and the eggs."

Hey, are you still disgusted? !

Is this for you to eat?

Lin Zhao shook her head and looked at the older boy who was walking seriously. "Did you eat?"

The eldest boy's eyes were filled with guilt and he felt inexplicably ashamed. He put his thumb and little finger together, and said in a mosquito-like voice, "One."

Meaning he only tasted one piece.

Lin Zhao was touched by her son's cuteness. She gently pinched her son's soft little hand and said with a smile, "It's okay to try a piece. You can't eat it anymore. What if you get a stomachache?"

"Yeah." The eldest boy nodded heavily, glanced at the hand held by his mother, and the curve of his mouth became bigger and bigger.

The second child loved to play, but he loved to be with his mother even more. He ran over and held Lin Zhao's other hand.

Two pairs of held hands gently swayed in an arc of happiness.

Back at the old house, the familiar sour and spicy aroma reaches several nostrils.

It’s pickled fish!

The sauerkraut fish that makes your mouth water! !

Bangbang and a few other guys slid to the kitchen door as if they had wheels on their feet and glanced inside.

"Mom, is the meal ready?" Tiedan asked loudly.

"Okay." Huang Xiulan looked up at the kitchen door, saw a few expectant faces, and said with a smile.

Not to mention the children were greedy, she also felt greedy when she smelled the fragrance.

Bangbang and Laimei lifted the table, Tiechui wiped it with a rag without being told, and the eldest and second sons searched for stools of all sizes in the house and put them in front of the table.

Lin Zhao poured water and asked the children to wash their hands.

Today is the happiest day for the children in the Gu family’s old house.

They ate the pickled fish they had been craving for for a long time. The rice was thicker than usual, and after the meal they had sweet watermelon... Even the gods would not have it this way.

"That's great! I declare that I am the happiest egg today!" Tiedan squinted his eyes happily, took a bite of the sweet watermelon, and his dark face was stained with watermelon juice. He said with emotion: "If every day is like this, I will do anything."

Tiechui also took a bite of the watermelon and grinned, smiling naively, "Then I am the happiest Hammer!"

"It would be great if it were like this every day." Lai Mei's face was full of anticipation.

The older and younger cubs smiled secretly, looking like two chubby little hamsters.

They wouldn’t say...they do this every day, hehe.

A little after six o'clock, when the sun was setting and the weather was not so hot, Gu Yuanshan and his wife Gu Yucheng began to help with the move.

The men moved the very heavy things, while the women moved the average-weight things. In less than an hour, they had moved all the things to the old house.

"Third sister-in-law, are these furniture arranged the same way as they were before you moved out?" Huang Xiulan turned her head to look at Lin Zhao.

The house had been cleaned in advance and was empty inside. The cobwebs in the corners of the walls had been swept away, the floor had been swept clean, and some water had been sprinkled in advance, so the room did not feel too earthy.

"Yeah." Lin Zhao said.

Hearing this, Huang Xiulan and Zhao Liuniang placed the wardrobe against the wall.

Next to the solid wooden wardrobe is a rectangular chest of drawers, a camphorwood box is placed on the counter, and the table is placed horizontally in front of the window. At the door is a wooden washbasin rack, with the washbasin and toiletries placed on it.

Both sisters-in-law were capable people who worked all year round and were very strong, so they quickly arranged the furniture.

"Where's the mattress? I'll make the bed for you." Huang Xiulan didn't intend to stop.

Mrs. Gu heard from her daughter that A-Lan got a new autumn coat from her third aunt. She knew that her third sister-in-law was trying to comfort A-Lan in her own way. She felt inexpressibly grateful and wished she could take care of everything for her.

Lin Zhao did not refuse and took out the mattress, bed sheet and mat. "Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law."

"Why work so hard? It's an easy task." Huang Xiulan waved her hand and worked very hard.

Zhao Liuniang knew what her sister-in-law was happy about. She had seen the pink autumn sweater that Alan had gotten, and it was indeed beautiful, without any patches on it.

She was greedy when she saw it.

Thinking about how A-Lan was harmed by her aunt and how it would be hard for her to get close to her in the future, I felt sorry for her and lost all thoughts about her.

It's pitiful to have such an aunt.

The child still has to be raised by the mother. The eldest sister-in-law is such a nice person, she is sensible and hardworking. The younger sister-in-law... Oh, I won't say more!

With the help of the two sisters-in-law, the house was tidied and all the things were put in their proper places, as if the third room had not been moved out.

Lin Zhao once again sighed that she had a good eye for talent and was really good at finding a husband.

She opened the cupboard, took out a cloth bag, and smiled at Huang Xiulan and Zhao Liuniang, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, open your hands."

Huang Xiulan and Zhao Liuniang didn't understand what was going on, so they just opened their hands obediently.

It is covered with calluses, has thick joints and small cracks on it, and it is not very beautiful.

The two women felt inexplicably uncomfortable, and their fingers curled unconsciously.

Lin Zhao pretended not to notice her sister-in-law's sadness and thought about giving them some clam oil to moisten their hands when she had the chance.

"Put your hands together."

They did so.

Lin Zhao took candies from the cloth bag and filled the hands of her two sisters-in-law with them.

"Thank you, sister-in-law and sister-in-law today. I'll treat you to some candy."

The candies in their hands included familiar shrimp crisps, White Rabbit milk candies, and some that Huang Xiulan and Zhao Liuniang had never seen before.

"Too many." said Huang Xiulan.

It is rare to have a non-greedy character.

Lin Zhao liked people like this. "It's not much. Share it with the children. I won't give it to them individually."

After she said that, the two of them stopped arguing, thanked their third brother's wife, and left one after the other.

Just stepped out of the door.

The sharp-eyed kids saw the candies in their hands and rushed over in unison.

Smiling in a servile manner.

"Mom, can you give me a candy?" Tiedan shook his mother's clothes. Although he was greedy, he didn't grab it.

Huang Xiulan gave them a White Rabbit snack with a painful look on her face and said, "Since you helped me today, you and Tiechui can share it."

Knowing that his eldest son was a glutton, he stopped after taking two steps and threatened him.

"If you dare to divide it into half big and half small, you will take advantage of your brother. You will not get any of the remaining candy."

Tiedan looked at his mother with resentment and snorted, "I'm not a fool. I know the principle of eating one meal and then another."

Huang Xiulan ignored her and went back to the house, then gave one to Gu Lan.

"Share these candies equally among you all. I'm not partial," she said.

Gu Lan felt that it was great to be born in the Gu family and be her mother's daughter.

She opened the candy wrapper, bit off half, and stuffed the other half into her mother's mouth without saying a word.

"My mother and I will each have half." Before Huang Xiulan could say anything to reprimand her, she tasted the sweet fragrance of milk in her mouth.

No wonder it sells for several yuan, it really tastes good.

Huang Xiulan looked at her daughter in disapproval, "Don't give it to me anymore. Eat it yourself from now on."

Gu Lan leaned his head on his mother's shoulder, smiled, and didn't respond.

There is no one who doesn't like eating candy. Her mother treats her and her brothers equally, so she also wants to be nice to her mother.

Outside the hospital.

Zhao Liuniang was surrounded by her two sons and she shared some candy with them.

Lai Mei pointed at the small round candy that she had never seen before and asked curiously, "Mom, what is this?"

"How would I know?" Zhao Liuniang said unhappily. After all, it was food. "Don't talk too much and get out of the way." She still had to go back to the house to hide the candy.

Lai Mei pouted, made way, and went to Erzai, "Erzai, do you know what that round thing is?"

"Of course I know. My mother gave it to my brother and me to try. It's chocolate. My mother said it's very expensive, even more expensive than White Rabbit milk candy!" Erzai didn't like it. He thought it was too bitter.

The eldest son said the same thing as his younger brother: "Chocolate is bitter. My younger son and I don't like it, but my mother likes it."

The child frowned, as if he didn't understand why his mother liked bitter things.

"Bitter candy?" Lai Mei was very surprised.

His eyes suddenly lit up, "Aunt San likes it, so it must taste good."

When I looked up, I met the ridiculous look of my twin cousin.

He touched the tip of his nose and said, "Maybe it's not to your taste."

"Just like cilantro, some people like it and some don't."

The eldest and second sons thought what Lai Mei said made sense.

The sky darkened, the moon rose, and the stars filled the night sky.

The two brothers called the twins from the main house, said goodbye to their grandparents, and took their younger brother and sister's hands and went back to the house.

Close the door.

Erzai walked to the bed and sat down, with his invisible little tail raised, and couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth, "It's great to live in an old house."

He looked around the room, moving here, touching there, and everything felt new to him.

"Mom, why can't we always live in the old house?" he asked.

"Because the family is splitting up." Lin Zhao was standing on the table hanging curtains using the cloth she had drawn earlier. If other members of the Gu family knew that she was using such good cloth to make curtains, they would definitely be heartbroken.

"Then, can we be a family?" Erzai put his index fingers together, his eyes expectant.

He really wanted to live in the old house forever and be close to his good brother Tiechui.

Lin Zhao was stunned.

I've heard of splitting up a family, but I've never heard of a whole family.

She was amused by her son's childish words, her shoulders shrugged, and her eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles.

"No."

"Our little home will be divided in the future."

Um?

The eldest and second cubs looked up suddenly. Will his family also split up? !

The two children held hands tightly, and did not forget to hold the twins. They tilted their heads back and looked at Lin Zhao intently.

"Mom, our family will never be divided, not for the rest of our lives!" The eldest son said with a stern face, looking determined, solemn and serious.

When Erzai heard his mother say that they would separate the family property in the future, it was as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head in the middle of winter. The bright smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he felt suddenly extremely uncomfortable in his heart. He clenched his mouth to try to suppress the urge to cry, but it was no use, as tears were already filling his eyes.

He secretly wiped away his tears, trotted forward, grabbed Lin Zhao's trouser leg, pulled the corners of his mouth to raise a smile, his eyes were red and he looked fragile, as if he would break at any time.

"Mom, I don't want to split up the family! I want to be with you forever. Wherever you are, I will be there too. No one can separate me from you."

"No, no difference!" The fourth cub looked fierce.

The calm Sanzai nodded solemnly and said, "Hmm!"

Don’t take what children say seriously. Who can predict what will happen in the future?

But the little ones' reactions were heartwarming.

Lin Zhao saw that the eldest and second sons looked a little panicked, like drowning people looking for a piece of driftwood.

They are very uneasy.

She quickly hung the curtains, jumped off the table, hugged the four kids, and said softly, "You are also part of the family. If you say you don't want to separate, then our family will never be separated."

The second cub hugged his mother tightly with his arms, staring at his younger siblings fiercely with his slightly red eyes. He thought fiercely in his heart that if the third and fourth cubs wanted to separate in the future, they would have to consult his fist first.

As for his brother? He and his brother are in tune with each other, and his brother doesn't want to leave their mother even more than he does!

The twins looked at their second brother's fierce eyes and blinked blankly, "?"

"Mom, you must take me with you wherever you go." After scolding his younger brother and sister, the second child struggled to get into Lin Zhao's arms. His clear voice sounded very domineering, but his little body was soft everywhere.

Lin Zhao pinched her son's face, feeling extremely happy, and chuckled, "Okay, okay, you are my sons, I will take you with me wherever I go."

This clingy child who loves his family so much and has a heart softer than cotton, must have gone through so much pain in the original book to become so gloomy and cruel.

Just thinking about it would break her heart as a mother.

The second child raised his head and said in a childish voice, "The second child takes mother with him wherever he goes."

"OK."

The eldest son thought that he also wanted to take care of his mother. Seeing that his younger brother was already losing weight, the older brother did not compete with his younger brother.

Let him.

Remembering that his mother had to go to work the next morning, the eldest son called his younger brothers and sisters to go to bed.

The three cubs followed their eldest brother's lead, climbed onto the bed obediently and lay down side by side.

Lin Zhao hung a small mosquito repellent sachet on the head of the bed, then lay down and told stories to the children to put them to sleep.

When their breathing slowed down, she summoned the lucky draw wheel.

The task bar on the right kept flashing and the points kept increasing.

The final total points displayed are: 1058.

It was really worthwhile to give the job of making matchboxes to my elder sister-in-law. Completing just this one task brought her 350 points.

The total points exceeded 1,000 for the first time, and the lottery wheel even had an additional option of drawing once for 1,000 points.

This was something Lin Zhao had not expected.

She didn't draw the one worth 1,000 points, but the one worth 500 points.

The pointer moved rapidly and finally stopped.

About ten seconds later.

Lin Zhao's eyes were filled with four simple large characters.

"A Pill"

I’m saving up, and will definitely add to it in the next two days! ! (Sanzai version nods heavily.GIF)

(End of this chapter)