Chapter 98 Brother Xin
Gu Zhao didn't get to eat the maltose after all.
"Have you forgotten that you had a toothache last night?" Zhang Yunniang stopped her son from going out.
Gu Zhao's face was stiff. After his mother's reminder, he felt his teeth start to ache again. But when he thought of the wonderful taste of maltose, he stiffened his neck and said, "The toothache is not caused by eating candy. Maybe eating candy can relieve the pain. A bite of sweetness will make my heart happy..."
Zhang Yuniang looked at him disapprovingly.
Gu Zhao's voice became lower and lower.
Niuniu suddenly grabbed her brother's hand and said, "Third brother, since mom said you can't eat it, then don't eat it. I'll go with you to look for bugs!"
Gu Zhao has two major hobbies: food and bugs.
Hearing that his sister was willing to accompany him to look for bugs, Gu Zhao's eyes lit up and asked, "Do you like bugs now, too?"
He thought that through his subtle influence, he had finally turned his sister into a bug lover.
Niuniu looked very reluctant, but she finally chose to tell the truth: "I don't like it."
Gu Zhao's little face fell again.
Niuniu added: "I don't like bugs, but I like San Ge. I like playing with San Ge."
Gu Zhao was still easy to coax, and the smile returned to his face.
"If you play with bugs for a long time, you will know how cute they are." Gu Zhao said with a smile.
Gu Daya, who was standing by, couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard this. Although she had long been accustomed to her cousin's peculiar hobby, she still couldn't help feeling uncomfortable, so when her cousin invited her to join the insect team, she flatly refused.
The other children had similar ideas.
In the end, only Gu Zhao and Niu Niu went out to look for bugs.
Zhang Yunniang was worried about the children going out alone, so she accompanied the two children.
"Why would someone not like bugs? I think they are cute." Gu Zhao said puzzledly while looking for bugs.
Zhang Yuniang stood aside, frowning slightly.
As a mother, she discovered the specialness of this child when Gu Zhao was three years old.
If other children had bugs on their bodies, they would have screamed in fear.
But Gu Zhao was different. He didn't kill the fleas that landed on his body, but took good care of them.
When Zhang Yunniang found that her three-year-old son's body was red and swollen and he kept crying out for itchiness, she realized that there was a flea infestation in her home. Even her eldest son, who was always tidy, and his younger brother were tortured by fleas.
Just when Zhang Yunniang wanted to deal with these annoying fleas, Gu Zhao, who could barely speak clearly, spoke clearly:
"They don't eat much, I can keep them."
At that moment, Zhang Yunniang seemed to see her three-year-old son glowing with golden light all over. She was clearly raising a bunch of blood-sucking fleas, but she had made her son behave like Buddha cutting off his flesh to feed an eagle.
But Zhang Yuniang still rejected this seemingly selfless request.
She, Gu Mingda and Gu Yan cleaned the house six times before finally confirming that there were no hidden fleas.
Zhang Yunniang once thought about correcting her youngest son's crazy love for insects, but every time she saw those pitiful eyes, she couldn't bear it.
"I will keep an eye on him while he studies, and at least make sure he can become an accountant in the future." This is how Gu Mingda comforted his wife.
Zhang Yunniang was reluctant to let her son give up his beloved things, even if these things seemed very strange to the world. After getting Gu Mingda's assurance, she no longer had particularly high expectations for Gu Zhao and allowed him to develop his hobbies freely.
After all, a mother's heart is soft. Seeing her youngest son's face full of confusion, as if he was trying hard to seek recognition, Zhang Yunniang couldn't help but feel pity for him. She felt that her youngest son seemed to be abandoned by the whole world.
But Niuniu at the side obviously didn't think so deeply, and said casually: "Why can't I not like bugs?"
"They are cute!" Gu Zhao retorted excitedly.
Niuniu tilted her head, looked at the ants crawling around in Gu Zhao's palm, and said, "You don't like ginger either."
Gu Zhao was originally feeling dissatisfied, but was immediately doused with a bucket of cold water. He said, "What's so good about ginger? It's spicy and has a strong taste. Many people don't like it."
Niuniu nodded and said, "I like to eat ginger, but you don't, because I am not you and you are not me."
The little girl's words were strange, but Gu Zhao understood them. Zhang Yunniang's worries suddenly disappeared. She just felt that her little daughter seemed to have some kind of magical power, and everything that seemed difficult would become extremely simple for her.
"You are trying hard to like bugs, should I also try hard to like ginger?" Gu Zhao asked with some guilt.
This time it was Niuniu's eyes that lit up. She said, "In the spring we can plant ginger together. Grandpa said he would teach me! When it's ripe we can harvest lots of ginger, and we'll be Brother Jiang and Sister Jiang!"
Niuniu turned around again and asked Zhang Yunniang excitedly: "Grandpa said that we can add shredded ginger to pancakes. Mom, can we make shredded ginger pancakes?"
Zhang Yunniang smiled and nodded, and said to the little girl, "You don't have to wait until the ginger you planted is ripe. I can make it for you today."
When Niuniu heard this, she cheered immediately, but then she said, "The last time you made food for me, it was because I was unhappy. But now I am very happy, and I didn't perform particularly well."
Zhang Yunniang looked at her daughter tenderly and said, "Because you want to eat."
When Niuniu heard this, the joy in her eyes almost overflowed, and she said, "Mom is the best mom!"
Watching her little daughter happily spinning in circles, Zhang Yuniang couldn't help but humming a ballad to accompany her.
Only Gu Zhao was not infected by this joyful atmosphere at all.
He still remembered the unpleasant memories between him and ginger, and he didn't expect to be involved with ginger again so soon. He begged for mercy almost at the speed of light: "No ginger, no no! What I said just now doesn't count!"
Zhang Yuniang burst out laughing and patted her youngest son on the head.
Niuniu was surprisingly understanding and said, "If Third Brother doesn't want to eat, forget it. I can be Brother Jiang and Sister Jiang with Big Brother."
Gu Zhao couldn't help but feel jealous when he heard this, and said, "My elder brother has to study, so he doesn't have time to grow ginger with you. I'm the only one who has time, so do you have to be the ginger brother and sister? We can also be the insect brother and sister!"
Niuniu tilted her head and thought for a while, then sighed and said with an expression that said, "I'm scared of you," "Forget it. You are Brother Chong, I am Sister Jiang, and the eldest brother is Brother Shu, and he likes reading the most."
Zhang Yunniang was the first to praise him, saying, "Guaibao is amazing!"
Gu Zhao also praised: "Niuniu is the smartest sister!"
Zhang Yunniang asked again: "What about me and your father?"
Niu Niu likes to be praised by her family the most. Upon hearing this, she said, "Mom is a beautiful mom, and dad is a smart dad!"
She thought for a moment and then said, "It's a pity that I don't know what my second brother likes."
Zhang Yunniang's heart softened, and she gently stroked her daughter's delicate cheek and said, "Your second brother is a wanderer away from home. Although he is not with us now, our hearts are always with each other."
Niuniu rolled her eyes and said, "Daddy and Mommy miss him in their hearts, and I miss him in my heart too, so let's call him Brother Xin!"
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