Chapter 153 I Miss My Mom

"Mom~Mom~Mom~" Lin Xiangnan held Hu Meili tightly, trying to awaken her maternal love.

"Why are you yelling? I'm not dead yet." Hu Meili pulled Lin Xiangnan's hand away and said with disgust, "I'm just going back to celebrate the New Year. It's not like I won't come back."

"Didn't we agree on this? We'll spend the New Year here in the staff quarters, and after the New Year Gu Zhenhua will take a vacation, and then we'll go back to our hometown together. Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Lin Xiangnan said aggrievedly.

"I've been reflecting on myself these past two days. I realized that I really was controlling you too much. You even have a child, but it seems like you haven't grown up yet."

Hu Meili said faintly: "I think I should give you some room to grow."

It is difficult to make people learn a lesson just by preaching; facts are needed to teach them how to behave.

Hu Meili has extensive experience in this area.

Since Lin Xiangnan didn't listen to what she said, Hu Meili simply let go.

"I was worried about your elder brother and younger brother at home, so I wanted to go back to see them earlier." Hu Meili said, "I will pack my luggage tomorrow and go back the day after tomorrow."

Lin Xiangnan asked tearfully, "Is it so sudden? No one will pick you up when you go back. Why don't you write a letter to your elder brother and wait a few days before going back?"

"No need. My home is not far from the train station, I don't need anyone to pick me up." Hu Meili refused mercilessly.

"In two days, the factory's helicopter will officially take off. The reporter from the provincial newspaper will come back for an interview. Chief Engineer Zhang asked me to go back and take pictures. Mom, please wait until I'm done before you leave."

"Heh~ I don't know you? You're never busy. It's just taking a picture, it doesn't take much time."

Hu Meili had made up her mind. No matter how Lin Xiangnan tried to persuade her, it was useless. She packed her bags and left.

Only Lin Xiangnan was left, holding the child, unable to cry.

At night, Gu Zhenjun put the two children on the bed and said to Lin Xiangnan and Gu Zhenjun: "Brother, sister-in-law, which child do you want to take care of tonight? You can choose first."

If one child cries, the other child will also cry, and one person cannot comfort them both.

Ever since Hu Meili and Gu Zhenjun came to the family compound, they have been taking care of one person each, so Lin Xiangnan basically doesn't have to worry about anything.

Now that Hu Meili is gone, the burden of taking care of the children has been transferred to Lin Xiangnan's shoulders.

"Which night don't you feel like crying?" Lin Xiangnan asked Gu Zhenjun.

Gu Zhenjun scratched his head. "Well, it's hard to say. Sometimes they are honest, and sometimes they are very noisy."

The two children are of different genders, but they look the same and are dressed the same. They just lie side by side on the bed and suck their fingers. It doesn't matter which one you choose.

Gu Zhenhua randomly picked up a child and brought him back to his room, and coaxed the child to sleep before going to bed.

When Lin Xiangnan just gave birth to her child, he was the one who took care of her and he is very skilled in his job.

But although there was someone to help at night, Lin Xiangnan couldn't get rid of the child during the day. She was tripped by the child and it was inconvenient for her to go anywhere.

Fortunately, Aunt Hua was quite generous and knew that she was busy, so she took the initiative to come to her house to play.

Auntie Hua helped push the cradle while drinking tea. "You are the same. Why did you mess with your mother? Now you are fine. You have driven her away."

"I'm not angry with her." Lin Xiangnan said helplessly.

No matter what she did, at least she said nice things and didn't argue.

"My mother just can't stand my lavish spending and wants to use the child to hold me back so that I have money but nowhere to spend it."

"It doesn't matter. If you want to spend money, there are many ways to do it. If you can't go into the city, you can ask me to bring things for you." Aunt Hua suggested.

Although she didn't know how much money Lin Xiangnan had, she could guess that Lin Xiangnan had more than just salary.

Lin Xiangnan couldn't afford to buy so many gadgets with his salary alone. The speed at which Lin Xiangnan spent money was even more generous than that of an old cadre like her.

Aunt Hua also has a lot of savings.

They both knew about this matter, but they didn't say it out loud or tell their families.

It’s hard to say where the money they have comes from, it’s a long story.

Political Commissar Xu and Gu Zhenhua are both from the army.

They can accept their family members spending money on food, drink and entertainment, but they cannot accept their family members doing "bad things", which will actually affect their future. If their family members commit crimes, they will inevitably be implicated.

Instead of explaining the whole thing and causing a huge uproar at home, it is better to smooth things over and let it go.

Lin Xiangnan also planned this way. After fooling around for two years, she could have fun as she pleased.

The antiques she buys now, after a few years of reform and opening up, she can sell a batch, exchange the money, and then buy a batch of new ones...

Antiques are not ordinary commodities and do not have fixed prices.

With so much stuff coming in and out of her hands, no one knew how much money she made.

By then, she can spend her own private money openly, buy houses, do business... When she has more money, she will become a wealthy woman in the eyes of others. Even if others investigate corruption, they will not think of her. A wealthy woman will not be bought by those small favors.

Just as I was thinking about it, Xiaobao suddenly cried out "wa".

"She's peed, change her diaper quickly." Aunt Hua didn't do anything, just stood by and drank tea and gave orders.

Lin Xiangnan had no choice but to put down the things in his hands and tidy up the child. After cleaning the child, he had to hold the child in his arms and coax him.

Just after coaxing Xiaobao, Gu Zhenjun came back from outside and handed Dabao to Lin Xiangnan, "Sister-in-law, Dabao should be hungry soon, I'll hand him over to you first."

After handing over Dabao, Gu Zhenjun took Xiaobao away again. He held the child and went to watch other children of the same age playing hopscotch and gambling on cigarette boxes.

Sure enough, after a while, Dabao also started humming.

Lin Xiangnan held the child in his arms, wanting to cry but unable to, "I miss my mom. I want to take the child back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year."

"It's not a good idea to leave Gu Zhenhua alone here to celebrate the New Year." Aunt Hua couldn't bear to see Lin Xiangnan like this, so she took the child and helped her coax the child.

"Children will only cry for a year or two. Everything will be fine once they can talk."

Lin Xiangnan took care of the children at home all day and didn't go anywhere. She felt like crying but had no tears during the day, but at night she was full of fighting spirit. She picked up a piece of stationery and wrote a letter to Hu Meili.

"Didn't mom just leave? You wrote her a letter." Gu Zhenhua asked in surprise: "What do you want to say to mom?"

"Just talk about family matters." Lin Xiangnan continued to concentrate on his creation.

Gu Zhenhua held the child and looked closer. He saw the words written on the letter: The two babies at home are so cute. My heart melted after seeing them for a day... I asked Aunt Hua to go to the city to buy me some wool. I want to knit clothes and hats for them... I also want to buy them cute furry shoes... I found that they were still short of a peace buckle, so I asked Aunt Hua to buy it for me...

"Didn't mom say that we don't need to prepare too many new clothes for children? They grow too fast and will soon outgrow them." Gu Zhenhua asked puzzledly, "You are deliberately making mom angry like this. Aren't you afraid that she won't come back after the New Year?"

Lin Xiangnan gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be afraid. After the New Year, I will take the children to find my mother."