Chapter 162 Chapter 162 Launch

This was the first time that Little Stone had left his parents. The farthest place he had been to before was Y City. Today, with a sense of urgency, he followed his uncle whom he had only met a few times to the army. It was very fresh at first, not only because there were many interesting things along the way, but also because everything in the army was different from the village, and there were so many military uncles in uniform, he felt like he was in another world.

The uncle's family was also very different. The aunt was not only beautiful and good at cooking, but also very gentle. She even allowed Lingling and Wanli to grow vegetables on the kang instead of living there. This surprised Little Stone very much. You know, the sleeping place in his family was very precious. The second and third aunts even often quarreled over this.

Lingling and Wanli hadn't been home for a long time. At night, they made a fuss and asked to be cuddled by their mother to sleep. Zhang Yuandong called at the door for a long time but failed to call Wanli out.

The little bastard was determined not to go with him, so he had to compromise and return to his room. Little Mushroom had fallen asleep, only Little Stone was still sitting cross-legged on the kang, staring at the light on the roof without blinking, with a dreamy expression.

Zhang Yuandong patted him lightly and asked in a low voice: "Why haven't you slept yet?"

Little Stone was suddenly awakened. He blinked his sore eyes vigorously and whispered, "This light is so bright..."

Zhang Yuandong nodded, turned off the light and said, "Okay, it's off now, go to sleep!"

Little Stone said anxiously: "No... I still want to see the lights!"

In the darkness, Zhang Yuandong looked at Xiao Shi with some confusion, wondering if this child couldn't sleep because the light was too bright?

Little Stone was a little frightened by the quiet atmosphere and said aggrievedly, "Uncle, I don't want to watch anymore. I'm going to sleep now!"

Zhang Yuandong didn't expect to scare him, as if he was bullying a child, and he quickly coaxed him, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll open it for you now!"

As he spoke, he pulled the light rope, but unexpectedly, the lights-out signal was blown outside at the same time. He pulled the lights twice but they didn't come on. Then he suddenly realized that it was already eleven o'clock and the lights were turned off in the army.

Little Stone didn't know so much. He only knew that the light was out. He was already a little afraid of this serious little uncle, and now he was even more afraid. He didn't dare to cry loudly, but just secretly looked at Zhang Yuandong with his glasses, and his eyes were soon filled with tears.

The moonlight outside the window was bright. After adapting to the dark light, he could quickly see the boy's movements clearly. Zhang Yuandong was a little overwhelmed. He took out the flashlight from home, sat awkwardly next to Xiao Shi, and coaxed him: "The lights-out signal just sounded. All the troops have to turn off the lights, but it's okay, let's play with the flashlight!"

The light from the flashlight cast a long shadow on the quilt on the kang. Zhang Yuandong raised his hand in front of him to show Xiao Shitou the shadow cast on the wall.

It's not that Little Stone hasn't seen a flashlight before, but he was still very happy that this serious uncle was willing to play with him. He secretly covered his mouth, giggled, and raised his hands, imitating the uncle's example to cast various shadows on the wall.

Seeing that his mood had improved, Zhang Yuandong played with him for a while before coaxing the child to sleep.

But Little Stone was only a child after all. It was his first time going away from home. He had nothing to do during the day, but he did not sleep well at night. In the middle of the night, he suddenly burst into tears.

Zhang Yuandong was startled and quickly turned over and sat up. He saw Little Stone climbing up from the kang, closing his eyes and mumbling something, crying loudly. Little Mushroom was also awakened by the shock. When he saw Little Stone crying, he was also frightened and started crying.

Zhang Yuandong was in a panic and didn't know which one to coax first. He could only pick up both children. Just as he was about to get off the kang, he saw Lin Yue rushing over wearing a large cotton jacket.

Lin Yue shone the flashlight on the two children, breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to take the little stone, held it in his arms and coaxed it gently, and whispered to Zhang Yuandong: "The children have just moved to a new place, they must have been in a nightmare, it's okay!"

When Little Mushroom saw Lin Yue coming, he also wanted to be held by his mother. Zhang Yuandong refused, and he and Lin Yue each held a child, circling the room one after the other.

Little Stone's cry was so penetrating that all the neighbors could hear it. However, children do this occasionally, and families with children are used to it. At most, the child will turn over in his sleep or ask a question, and no one takes it seriously.

After nearly half an hour, Little Shitou's crying finally stopped. He had hardly opened his eyes from beginning to end. Now he stopped crying and just lay on Lin Yue's shoulder and snored.

On the contrary, Little Mushroom couldn't fall asleep after being woken up by his brother. No matter how Zhang Yuandong coaxed him, he just wouldn't go to sleep. It was almost four o'clock, and the sky outside was getting brighter. Little Mushroom opened his big eyes and looked around curiously on his father's back.

Zhang Yuandong patted his little butt twice, neither too hard nor too light, and after Lin Yue put the small stone on the kang, he urged him to go to bed, leaving him alone and his little son staring at each other.

He listened to Lin Yue urging the children to go to bed in the next room, and the noises of Wanli and Lingling, and looked at his energetic son, raised his wrist to check the time, and gritted his teeth. Since the children couldn't sleep, he might as well help them burn off some energy. He turned over, dressed himself and the children, and took the little mushroom to find his two brothers and sisters.

Wang Tingting leaned over the window and looked out, watching them disappear into the dim morning light with some worry. She turned around and asked Lin Yue, "It's still so early, is it okay to keep the children awake?"

Lin Yue yawned and said sleepily, "It's good to exercise occasionally in the morning. It's okay. His father has wanted to train them for a long time. Let's just sleep and don't worry about them!" After that, he carefully covered Wang Tingting and Xiao Sisi with quilts, and then lay down to sleep.

Xiao Shitou slept well in the second half of the night until he was vaguely awakened by the sound of the loud speaker outside. He rubbed his eyes and sat up. There was no one in the room. He put on his clothes, lay on the kang and looked out the door. He happened to meet the eyes of Lin Yue who was cooking at the door.

Little Stone felt a little embarrassed. He touched his head and chuckled. His front teeth had just fallen out, so his head was empty, but he didn't care at all and grinned happily.

Lin Yue recalled that Lingling and Wanli had changed their teeth last year. The two children were very proud and had not dared to smile like this for a long time. She was infected by Xiao Shi and couldn't help but smile: "You are awake, Wanli went to buy you toothpaste, toothbrush and a small towel early in the morning. It's in the room where the vegetables are grown. Just put on your clothes and go!"

When Little Stone heard this, he excitedly jumped off the kang, put on his shoes and ran over there. Lin Yue was startled and smiled and gave him some instructions, but the child did things in a hurry and didn't know if he heard it clearly, as he ran into the opposite room in a flash.

Little Shitou saw Lingling and Wanli brushing their teeth some time ago, and the other children in the family thought it was very novel and begged their parents to buy them for them. However, toothpaste and toothbrushes are really not cheap, and none of the adults in the family were willing to buy them for them. He never thought that he could have his own toothpaste and toothbrush now!

He heard the auntie outside saying that she would come in to teach him, so he quickly answered loudly. He quickly opened the small toothpaste box and imitated Lingling and Wanli. He finally got the toothpaste out of the small iron tube, but accidentally squeezed too much. He secretly looked outside and saw no one. He pretended to be calm and smeared the squeezed toothpaste on the toothbrush, then opened his mouth and started brushing.

Children brush their teeth just for the novelty, especially when they don't know the method well, it will hurt when the toothbrush hits their mouth. But little Shitou cherishes the opportunity to brush his teeth very much, and he won't give up halfway even if he makes himself grimacing with brushing.

Lin Yue stood behind the door, looked at the serious look of the child, smiled secretly, did not go in to give any instructions, turned around and went back to cook.

The loud speaker outside was still broadcasting the anti-drowning notice. Wanli and Lingling, leading their younger brothers and sisters, hurried in from outside, tugging at their mother's sleeve and begging, "Mom, please talk to Dad and let us go to the river to have a look! What if the river is bombed here too!"

Lin Yue served the rice, glared at the two children in a warning, pointed outside and said, "Did you hear what was playing on the speaker?"

The two older children shrank their necks and quickly changed their tone: "I heard you! Mom, we were wrong. Little Stone hasn't gotten up yet? I'll go into the house and wake him up!" As they said that, they wanted to run into the house.

Little Stone walked to the door and asked incoherently: "Huh? What do you want from me?" He still had a toothbrush in his mouth, and there was a large circle of white bubbles around his mouth, which was about to drip onto the ground.

Lingling laughed and pointed at him and said, "Haha, look, does he look like the white-bearded Grandpa Liu in the village?"

Wanli saw this and laughed so hard that he ran over and took some foam from the area near Little Stone's mouth and smeared it on his own mouth. He imitated the old man and said in a hoarse voice, "I am Grandpa Liu. Hey, whose daughter are you?"

Several children laughed out loud, and they all tried to wipe the toothpaste foam off Little Stone's face, squeezing Little Stone so hard that he staggered and almost fell.

Lin Yue was helpless. She forced herself not to clean the children. She shook her head and decided to just ignore it and turned around to pack up breakfast.

The weather was getting warmer, and the family was planning to build a kitchen and toilet in the yard. After Zhang Yuandong took the children to train in the morning, he spent a long time making mud bricks outside the yard. When he heard Lin Yue calling him to eat in the house, he walked into the house with mud on his hands and feet.

He wiped the mud off his shoes at the door and saw a group of children making a noise, almost knocking over the dining table. He said with a stern face, "It's time to eat, why don't you go wash your hands! Lingling, go call your Aunt Tingting for breakfast!"

The children didn't dare to fight anymore. They washed their hands obediently and waited for their meal.

Lingling went to call for help, and soon she came running over and shouted, "Mom, come quickly, Auntie Tingting has a stomachache!"

Lin Yue was startled, and without caring about anything else, he quickly ran over to take a look.

Wang Tingting stood up on the kang, holding her stomach, and took a deep breath. She forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just think I'm about to give birth, and my stomach is starting to hurt."

Lin Yue was a little angry and couldn't help scolding her: "If you feel uncomfortable, why don't you tell me right away? You hid in the house and endured such a big thing?"

Wang Tingting felt more comfortable. She held Lingling's hand and walked in the house in small steps. She smiled and said, "Oh, you forgot that I'm a nurse! The military hospital in the past didn't have a specialized obstetrics and gynecology department. We nurses were always there to help. I know a lot about childbirth. I've just started, and it's still too early for me to give birth. Don't worry!"

Lin Yue rolled his eyes in annoyance, asked Lingling to serve Wang Tingting some food, and helped her sit on the kang. He said unhappily, "You are really amazing. You didn't even leave the house to keep it from me, right? I thought you didn't sleep well last night and were catching up on your sleep in the room, but I didn't expect you to give birth here quietly! There's no room for people to move around in such a small room. Eat first while you still have the strength, and I'll walk around the yard with you after dinner!"

Wang Tingting nodded. In fact, she was not as calm as she appeared. After ten months of pregnancy, she was finally going to meet the little guy in her belly. You can imagine how excited she was. Now she was just pretending to be calm.

Lin Yue could more or less guess what she was thinking, so she didn't continue nagging her. After Lingling brought breakfast, she hurried out and told Zhang Yuandong to kill the old hen tied in the yard after breakfast, as she wanted to make old hen soup for Wang Tingting today.