Chapter 102 "House of Glory"
Lin Zhao looked at Gu Chenghuai in surprise. She hadn't heard what his father said.
The man shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
The two boys might be mysterious during the day because of their self-esteem, and they wouldn't say anything when he asked. But when facing his wife, they couldn't take the initiative.
After making eye contact, Lin Zhao calmly withdrew his gaze and looked at Erzai again, asking curiously, "Why?"
"Did someone bully you?"
She thought that no one would bully Erzai because he had a bad temper and he had a lot of friends around him, so he couldn't be bullied easily.
Who would have thought...
"Yeah." Erzai puffed his cheeks and nodded hatefully.
ah?
Lin Zhao became more curious.
Put down the needle and thread, and ask seriously, "Who bullied you?"
"How did you bully me?"
"If he did it on purpose, your father and I will fight back. We can't let our second child suffer any injustice."
Erzai felt a strong sense of security, his little mouth opened wide, and he looked at Lin Zhao with bright eyes, as if he was looking at the whole world, his heart and eyes were full of her.
"Mom, and my brother," he said coquettishly.
"Yes, and the eldest one, you four are the apples of your mother's and your father's eye." Lin Zhao coaxed in a gentle voice, "As long as it's not your fault, your mother and your father will protect you. No one can let my children suffer any injustice."
Erzai subconsciously looked at Gu Chenghuai, wanting to see if his father, who didn't like to smile, had the same attitude.
Gu Chenghuai noticed that his wife was pulling at the corner of his clothes. A smile flashed in his eyes. He nodded to the second child and said in a deep voice: "You are the result of your mother's suffering. Of course I will protect you."
But in his heart, his wife is always the most important.
The two kids were overjoyed.
Seeing the clever Erzai laughing foolishly, Lin Zhao reminded him, "You haven't told me who bullied you yet."
"Oh oh." Erzai came back to his senses, and said with a cute little face, "It was Maodaner! He stole my and my brother's bird eggs!"
"Maodan'er?" Lin Zhao seldom liked to go out after she got married and was not familiar with the people in the village.
Gu Chenghuai sensed the strangeness in his wife's words and explained, "It's the Ning family."
There is only one family with the surname Ning in the village, and they are a glorious family.
Maodaner is the only child in that family.
Lin Zhao listened to what Zhao Liuniang said.
"How did Maodaner steal your bird eggs? Did he steal them from you?"
Erzai hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "He didn't snatch it from my hand, but we saw it first. While my brother and I were calling Brother Bangbang, he climbed up the tree and snatched it away first!" He was very angry.
Lin Zhao put the half-altered clothes on her knees aside, looked at him seriously, and said, "Second son, this doesn't count as stealing."
"Everything on the mountain is ownerless. It's always first come first served. Just because you saw it first, it doesn't mean you can label it as yours. That's a bit overbearing."
The child's expression froze, his lips pursed, looking a little unconvinced and a little aggrieved.
She continued, "Let me give you an analogy. If one day you hunt a pheasant, and your mother suddenly says that she had seen the pheasant before, and that the pheasant should be hers, should you give it to her or not?"
Changshengniang: I didn’t provoke you! (◣_◢)
The second child clenched his fists, his face red with anger, "No, I hunted it, the pheasant belongs to me!"
Lin Zhao smiled, looked at him tenderly, and said nothing more, letting him think for himself.
The eldest child looked up in thought and concluded, "Maodaner didn't steal our eggs. The eggs should be his."
The second child also came around, and after a while, he said sullenly, "...I was angry all day for nothing!"
He muttered again, "Bird eggs are delicious. I finally saw them. I want to roast them for my mother."
Lin Zhao's eyes paused and a corner of her heart suddenly sank.
"I have received your kindness." She rubbed the top of her son's head. Children's hair grows fast, and the second child's head is no longer prickly, but a little soft. "Mom wants to praise you."
The twins looked over with shining eyes.
"You were very good people and didn't climb up the tree when you saw the bird eggs. I am happier than eating the roasted bird eggs you gave me," said Lin Zhao.
The eldest child smiled and assured, "We won't climb trees, play in the water, or go into the mountains. We won't do anything dangerous. Mother will worry."
People are particularly worried about their mother crying. He doesn’t want his mother to cry. He likes his mother to smile.
Lin Zhao kissed the babies on the forehead one by one, making the two little brothers look so beautiful that they looked like they had drunk fake wine.
"Mom, I don't want to climb trees!" Erzai said in a loud voice.
The eldest son said, "Mom, the second son and I have wronged Maodaner. Let's take Mahua to apologize to him tomorrow morning, okay?"
He likes fried dough twists so much that he can't bear to eat them himself, but when he apologizes to someone, he seems sincere by bringing valuable items with him.
Moreover, Maodan was so pitiful, even more pitiful than when their mother didn’t care about them. He had to work hard every day - collecting firewood, picking leaves, digging wild vegetables, cutting grass for pigs, watering the vegetable garden, washing clothes, and taking care of his grandmother...
"Sure." Lin Zhao not only had no objection, but also supported it. "Maodan'er's family is an honorable family. Don't bully them. You can't bully others. If other children bully him, you have to do your best to help him."
The eldest child bit the end of his pencil, blinked his round eyes, and suddenly asked, "Mom, what is a glorious family? Is our family a glorious family?"
Lin Zhao hurriedly spat on the ground a few times, "Pooh, pooh, pooh! Children should not be restrained in their words, children should not be restrained in their words!"
The eldest child followed suit: "Pfft, pfft, pfft!"
He had seen the village ladies do this. When children said something bad, they would make a "Pooh" sound.
The smile in Gu Chenghuai's eyes deepened.
"Do you remember the tunnel warfare that your mother took you to see?" Lin Zhao asked.
The two little boys who looked exactly the same nodded.
"Those heroes who were beaten to the ground by bad guys in order to protect our country and can never return home, their homes are glorious homes." Lin Zhao said in a heavy tone, patiently and coaxingly.
"A glorious home is a home of heroes. It means someone in that home has sacrificed their life to protect us, so we must respect them and help them as much as possible if we can, understand?"
The twins noticed their mother's seriousness and nodded seriously.
"Got it!" Two clear children's voices sounded at the same time.
Erzai suddenly hooked Gu Chenghuai's hand and said seriously, "Dad, you must train well in the future and defeat the enemy. We will wait for you at home."
Gu Chenghuai felt a warm current flowing through his body, and his voice was steady and gentle, "Yeah."
The second child expressed satisfaction.
He looked at Lin Zhao again, his eyes firm as if he was ready to join the party. "Mom, I won't bully children from glorious families, nor will I let others bully me. From now on, Maodan is my brother. Whoever bullies him is bullying me. I will protect him."
"You must also protect yourself," Lin Zhao reminded.
"We know."
The family chatted about trivial matters while the twins, a boy and a girl, slept soundly. Gu Chenghuai picked up the third and fourth cubs and winked at the twins, asking them to go out with him.
The second child curled his lips and whispered, "Dad, can my brother and I sleep with mom tonight?"
Gu Chenghuai lowered his eyes to look at him. With his tall stature, it seemed like he could knock the kid down with just one finger.
"No." He said calmly.
"No means no." Erzai led his brother out and gave up decisively.
He wants his father to teach him how to swim tomorrow at noon.
Lin Zhao looked at him strangely, "He just compromised like that?"
"He still wants me to teach him how to swim." Gu Chenghuai replied to his wife.
"Then you have to teach him well, and remind him that he must never go into the water without an adult around." Those who drowned were all people who could swim.
"Don't worry, I know."
Gu Chenghuai sent the four children to the main house. Lin Zhao packed the clothes to be given to Yuan Xiang and took out a nightgown from the closet.
Out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a black patched cloth bag, and out of curiosity she opened it.
—There were three pairs of underwear neatly stacked inside, with a few crooked patches sewn on the crotch, and the stitches were as thick as a centipede crawling.
Lin Zhao was in a daze when the door opened with a creak.
She turned around, shook the "masterpiece" in her hand, and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Did you fix it yourself?"
This is a question you ask even though you already know the answer.
Gu Chenghuai frowned, and said as a matter of course, "Of course, can I ask someone else to help mend my underwear?"
He doesn't have high requirements for what he eats and wears, as long as he looks decent.
As he spoke, the man approached.
He stared at his wife's slender fingers pinching the fabric with burning eyes, his Adam's apple rolling.
Then he grabbed her wrist and threw the troublesome patched clothes aside.
He pressed her against the closet, his hot breath spraying behind her ears: "Is your waist still sore?"
It's obvious what you want to do.
Well, I thought about it again.
Lin Zhao stood on tiptoe, hugged Gu Chenghuai's neck, and bit the corner of his lips gently, "Come."
Almost at the moment when she finished speaking, her body left the ground, was picked up by the waist and put on the big bed.
I felt a weight on my body and was attacked by hot lips and tongue.
…
First rest.
Lin Zhao nestled in Gu Chenghuai's arms, her cheeks flushed.
She lightly touched the bulging blue veins on the man's neck with her fingertips, thinking that this man really couldn't stand teasing. If she took the initiative a little, he would not be able to control himself.
A hand with thin calluses moved over the butterfly bones, as if measuring some treasure.
"Zhao Zhao, I plan to go back to the army to get sterilized." Gu Chenghuai suddenly said.
Lin Zhao looked up suddenly, "Vastation?"
"Yes, don't you dislike family planning products? I don't like them either. Get a sterilization and it will be a one-time solution." Gu Chenghuai explained.
"Don't!" Lin Zhao said hurriedly, worry in her eyes, "You are a soldier, your health is more important than anything else, don't do it!"
Gu Chenghuai kissed her between the eyebrows, his voice gentle and with a hint of satisfaction from just finishing something, "Don't worry, I won't joke about my body, I'll ask clearly."
"As long as you know what's going on." Lin Zhao believed him.
"I made some underwear for you. They're at the bottom of the closet. Remember to take them out tomorrow and throw away the old ones."
Gu Chenghuai always listened to his wife, "Okay."
…
Lin family.
Lin Heling sat on a cushioned wooden stool. There was a mortar and pestle on the table in front of him. In the iron box next to him was something that looked like a tree root.
The strange thing is.
It is light blue and translucent, with silver lines flowing on the surface.
As it enters the nose, a smell comes over you that makes your mind clear and all fatigue disappears.
"Do you smell it?" Song Xiwei, who was standing nearby, spoke after smelling it.
"Hmm." Lin Heling nodded, lowered his eyes and stared at the thing, "This thing should not be ordinary."
Song Xiwei only cared about one thing, "Is it good for your health?"
Long-term illness makes a doctor. Lin Heling has tried many good medicines and feels that there are great benefits. "It should be."
"Then why are you still standing there? Wait a minute, or I'll do it." Song Xiwei said anxiously.
Lin Heling pressed her hand down and said, "You take a rest, I'll do it."
But he didn't dare let Xiwei do it because she was too strong and the agate mortar and pestle was shattered into pieces with just a slight blow from her.
Song Xiwei also recalled the past and did not insist anymore. She turned around and took out an enamel jar, put some honey in it, and kept it ready.
"Did Zhao Zhao say to what extent?"
Lin Heling shook his head, his hands moving non-stop, twisting slowly, his demeanor revealing a relaxed and calm demeanor.
"Since Shisheng didn't mention it, it should be Zhaozhao who didn't say it. It doesn't matter, you will know after twisting it."
"Okay." Song Xiwei took the fan and fanned slowly.
Lin Heling smiled slightly.
The piece of green root was not long, just that little bit, and after a little grinding, it turned into light green powder.
He picked up the small spoon, scooped half a spoonful and poured it into the enamel jar.
Song Xiwei poured some water.
When the powder comes into contact with water, it instantly turns colorless and loses that shocking smell.
"It has no color anymore." Song Xi was slightly surprised.
Lin Heling lowered his head and sniffed it. "The smell has faded, leaving only the smell of honey."
Song Xiwei poured the ground green root powder into a small porcelain jar, plugged the piston, and locked it in the drawer. "Have you heard of this thing?"
"I don't remember." Lin Heling said slowly.
"Tell me, when you finish drinking this, will it remind you of something?" Song Xiwei opened his mind.
Lin Heling blew away the mist rising from the mouth of the enamel pot. He did not deny it in a hurry. He was thinking about it. Xiwei reminded him.
When he first smelled the scent, the bluestone wall in his mind that separated his past memories seemed to shake and loosen slightly.
"It's possible."
Song Xiwei was happy for her husband, "It's good that he can recover. You won't have to suffer from headaches from time to time."
"Yeah." Lin Heling was looking forward to that day. If that day came, he would be able to do something for Xiwei. He was in such a sick state now that he didn't even have any memory of the past. Fortunately, his wife didn't despise him.
Lin Heling suddenly remembered that Xiwei came back from outside before dark with a cold face, and asked with concern: "What happened to the Liu family again?"
"The Liu family didn't make a fuss, I did." Song Xiwei replied, with a dangerous light flashing in her eyes.
She hated it most when someone talked about her man.
The Liu family is seeking death.
"…Is it my business?" Lin Heling knew clearly what was going on.
"What can happen to you?" Song Xiwei denied it flatly. "Nothing happened. The son-in-law of the Liu family who worked in the county government was dismissed because he was corrupt and selfish. His family can't cheat people anymore."
Is this okay...?
Lin Heling looked at Song Xiwei with a smile and said, "Did you destroy the Liu family?"
"I didn't destroy it. I demolished the wall of his yard." The team leader came to persuade her, but she gave him face and didn't lift the roof.
Lin Heling didn't ask about the Liu family's situation, but just said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Song Xiwei thought to herself that she was not suffering, but the Liu family was suffering.
At this time, the Liu family.
Old Lady Liu sat on the ground, crying and wiping her tears, "Damn Song Meihua—"
Song Meihua was Song Xiwei's name before she changed her name, and everyone in the village called her by that name.
When he heard that she dared to call her a tigress, Old Man Liu quickly covered her mouth.
"You better keep your voice down. If you alarm the Lin family, the roof of our house will be in jeopardy. Do you really think the Lin family is easy to bully?"
Old Lady Song scratched his face with her claws, leaving a red mark, and angrily scolded: "...You can't even beat Song Meihua, what's the point of having you!"
She looked at the destroyed courtyard wall and gnashed her teeth in anger.
While eating a cucumber, the neighbor of the Liu family said, "You are planning to do something to Zhao Zhao's father. If not you, who will Meihua do? You are really bold. It's only been a few years. Have you forgotten her personality?"
"You deserve this for tampering with someone else's ingredient list," said another.
The old woman, who knew something about the past, looked disapproving.
"Liu family, it's been decades, and you've already married, why are you still looking at the pot while having your fill? I remember clearly that you begged Zhao Zhao's father to be your son-in-law... He rejected you without even a second thought, so why are you still thinking about it?"
Lin Heling was so handsome when he was young, like a fairy-like young man in an opera. As soon as he appeared, many girls tried to meet him every day. The girl from the Liu family was just one of them.
But more than 30 years have passed, and those girls have long let go and lived their lives honestly. Only the Liu family is always secretly comparing themselves with Meihua...
The more she compared, the angrier she became when she realized she couldn't win.
He actually came up with a vicious plan to harm his fellow villagers.
The old man shook his head and sighed in his heart.
Let’s see who dares to get close to her in the future.
Old Mrs. Liu was exposed and her face turned red. Just as she was about to retort, a girl in her twenties rushed in from outside.
As she ran over, she asked angrily:
"Mom, what on earth did you do? Why did my husband lose his job!!!"
I have a fever of over 38 degrees, so I can't update for now, my dears, my whole body hurts (﹏)
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