Chapter 41 "Always makes the girl cry"
Father Gu looked at Lin Zhao.
"This..." In front of the third son's wife, Father Gu did not dare to make his own decision. He touched his grandson's head with a loving look in his eyes, "It depends on what your parents think."
Hearing this, Erzai turned to look at Lin Zhao.
"Mom, do I have a name?" he asked crisply.
As the sky gradually darkened, Huang Xiulan turned on the lamp, and the dim yellow light shone obliquely on him, and the child's eyes were bright and clear.
"Not yet. It depends on whether your grandfather is willing to help you choose one." Lin Zhao's words were equivalent to giving the right to name the child to his grandfather.
Father Gu heard the hidden meaning in her words and rubbed his hands happily. But he was afraid that he would not make a good choice, so he said nervously, "You should follow the third child. I don't know many characters. Naming is a big deal. It affects the lives of the eldest children. We can't be careless."
Lin Zhao didn't answer, leaving the choice to the eldest and second sons, "What do you two think? Who do you want to choose?"
The second child said, "I want you to get it for me."
The eldest boy also nodded.
Compared with his biological father whom he was not very familiar with, he would rather let his grandfather who had taken them up the mountains and down the fields since they were young to get it.
Lin Zhao would love to - she was not very good at naming, and the same was true for Gu Chenghuai.
Thinking of the names that the man had come up with at the beginning, such as Red Star, National Day, and Jianjun, which were both red and professional, and then comparing them with the names that Gu's father had given to Gu Chenghuai and his brothers, she felt that her father-in-law was really good at naming.
"Then I'll trouble you, Dad!" She pushed the problem away rudely.
Older people like the feeling of being needed the most. Gu's father immediately took out a tattered dictionary. The leather cover had long been mottled and peeling off, the inner pages were yellowed and damaged, and there were traces of being gnawed by rats. It was in tatters.
He sat under the kerosene lamp, carefully turning the pages with his rough hands.
The warm yellow light spread over the bent back, casting a focused silhouette on the wall.
Father Gu was busy, and the others were talking in low voices.
The twins were drowsy in Lin Zhao's arms. Lin Zhao gently patted the little twins' backs to comfort them and asked in a low voice, "Mom, I heard from the eldest and second twins that there's going to be a wedding in the village?"
Gu's mother didn't want to talk about the two families, but when the third son's wife asked her, she spoke frankly.
"It's a wedding, it's tomorrow, just pretend you don't know and don't get involved."
Lin Zhao had no intention of interfering in the first place, "Will mother go to help?"
"I have to go. After all, we are from the same village. It would be inappropriate for me not to go alone." Mother Gu took the sleeping third child from her arms and wiped the saliva from the corner of her grandson's mouth. "The children are asleep. I will take you back."
Huang Xiulan took the initiative to take the four cubs over.
The fourth cub's chubby short arms moved slightly, and she immediately patted the little guy on the back, and the little kid fell into a deeper sleep.
The third son's wife sent the child to the old house, and they took advantage of it.
Lin Zhao prepared so many delicious foods for the eldest and second sons. Yesterday they had eggs and half a bowl of rice, and today they had apples, flour, canned food, and a piece of meat for the "eldest son."
Although they were not for them to eat, the vegetables became tasty when cooked in the same oil pan used to fry the meat for the two kids.
Not to mention that the eldest and second sons were generous children. They gave the meat to Tiechui and also shared the canned food with him.
The five-and-a-half-year-old children don’t care, and they, the adults, cannot be worse than the children.
Lin Zhao walked onto the road with her eldest and second sons. Many villagers were still chatting at the doorsteps of their homes. When they saw this scene, they had different thoughts.
Cheng Huai's family is so blessed; her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law all spoil her.
On the way, Lin Zhao and others met Su Yuxian and Lu Baozhen who were taking a walk.
"Big brother, second brother." Lu Baozhen called sweetly.
Erzai always remembered his mother's words. When he saw her alarm bells going off, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Da Huang, Amber—"
Rustling.
The bird that was resting secretly on the banyan tree was frightened and spread its wings and flew into the sky.
The old man under the tree felt a heat on his forehead. He reached out to touch it and it was wet, hot and smelly.
It's actually a big lump.
He stood up and cursed: "Oh damn bird! There is no place for you to pull it! You just push it on my head..."
The old man picked up a leaf and rubbed it on his head, cursing under his breath.
After scolding the bird, he shouted to Erzai, "Erzai, your grandma has a loud voice, and so do you. You are worthy of being your grandma's grandson."
"That's right!" Erzai responded proudly.
Seeing Da Huang and Amber running over, the child hugged Da Huang's neck and leaned on him, whining, "Da Huang, you came at the right time. There's a crying kid trying to blackmail us."
Lu Baozhen knew that the crybaby he was talking about was herself, and she was so angry that her face turned annoyed, and her voice was full of grievance, "Gu Erzai, you bullied me, I will never talk to you again."
Erzai curled his lips and said it didn't matter.
Last time at home, before Dahuang and Amber came, Lu Baozhen stared at his mother with dark eyes, and Erzai also felt the danger.
How to say it?
Just as he was squatting under a willow tree at the foot of the mountain and playing, he heard heavy and smelly breathing. When he turned around, a huge wild boar with hard needles all over its body was lying in front of him.
It was so scary that the hair stood on end.
"Just ignore me. It's great that you ignore me!" Erzai showed a happy expression.
He knew that Lu Baozhen was afraid of dogs, so he held Amber and stood in front of his mother and brother as a protector.
Lu Baozhen sobbed in grievance.
In the eyes of the villagers, it was Erzai who made the little girl cry.
"Second son, you made Baozhen cry."
The old man in the village recalled some past events and laughed, "Erzai is like his father. Cheng Huai doesn't like to talk to the girl and always makes her cry."
This was the first time Lin Zhao heard the village elders talk about his father's youth, when his ears pricked up high.
Erzai grinned, puffed out his chest and raised his head proudly, "I am my father's son, so I must look like my father."
Unhappy about being wrongly accused, he explained: "I was eight feet away from Lu Baozhen, how could I make her cry? Adults can't just wrongly accuse children, my mother, my grandmother, and my aunt are all here."
The man who opened his mouth looked embarrassed, cleared his throat, and said uncomfortably: "I was just joking, why did you believe it?"
Erzai's eyes widened, and he said disapprovingly, "My mother said that it takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it. I don't want to have to run around like that, uncle, please don't make fun of me in the future, I don't like it."
What else can the young man who is joking say?
"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. I won't joke with you again."
This idiot is really hard to deal with. All the kids in the team are picking on him!
If you keep saying "my mother" all the time, sooner or later you will become your mother's boy.
Mother Gu said, "Second son, go back. Your mother has to go to work tomorrow morning."
"Hey!" Erzai said in a cheerful tone, holding Amber, like a little guard, escorting his family home.
Su Yuxian suddenly shouted, "Lin Zhao."
Lin Zhao ignored him, quickened her pace and left without looking back.
"We are so sleepy. Let's walk faster." She urged the eldest and second cubs.
Su Yuxian: “…”
She wanted to say something bad about Lin Zhao, so she moved her lips and was about to speak, but she saw the crowd of onlookers dispersed and went home.
Everyone in the village thinks she is confused. What good girl would have an affair with a man before getting married and even take care of his children? She is so eager to take the initiative. I really don’t know what she is thinking. Doesn’t she have any dignity?
Lu Baozhen pulled Su Yuxian's shirt and said, "Stepmother, I want to play with the eldest and second cubs!"
Su Yuxian didn't want to put her face in the cold butt of Lin Zhao's family. She felt embarrassed and didn't rush to agree. She just asked, "Why? There are so many children in the village. Can't you play with them?"
"No! No! No!" Lu Baozhen shook her head, her mouth pursed, her two short legs kicked hard on the ground, her hands flew around in the air, and she yelled at the top of her voice, "I don't want to play with others, I want to play with my eldest brother and my second brother!"
Su Yuxian had a headache and was afraid that she would affect tomorrow's wedding, so he half-knelt down and hugged her to comfort her, but before he could say anything, he was kicked twice.
"hiss!"
She hugged Lu Baozhen tightly and coaxed her, "Mother will find a way for you. Mother will definitely let them play with you. Stop crying now."
Lu Baozhen wiped the tears from her face, looked at the direction where the eldest and second cubs left, and smiled.
Her eyes were so dark and deep, and so cold that they didn't look like human eyes at all.
Su Yuxian saw it inadvertently, and a chill quickly spread from the soles of his feet to his whole body. His heart sank instantly and panic struck him.
At this time, Lu Baozhen smiled at her and opened her arms, "Stepmother, carry me home."
Su Yuxian stepped back, as if the person in front of him was not a little girl, but a terrible monster.
"Stepmother?" Lu Baozhen's smile was harmless and pure.
Su Yuxian could not forget the scene he had just seen, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an unnatural curve.
Pinching her palms with her nails, she squatted down and picked up Lu Baozhen, her body stiff.
Lu Baozhen hugged her neck and reminded her, "Stepmother, you said you would find a way to let the eldest and second brothers play with me tomorrow."
She buried her head in Su Yuxian's shoulder and threatened softly, "You must do what you promised me, or I will tell my father and let him divorce you."
"……good."
Lin Zhao returned home and took out five pagoda candies for Gu's mother.
Mother Gu happily accepted it and said, "I'll let Bangbang and the others eat it when we get home. Lock the door and go to bed early. We have to get up early tomorrow."
"Okay." Lin Zhao sent her and her sister-in-law to the door, watched them go away, locked the door, and started to wash up.
After not seeing each other for a day, the eldest son has a lot to say to his mother.
The child sat there on a small stool, fanning mosquitoes with a palm leaf fan, and said, "Mom, I went to the next door to use the toilet this morning, and the aunt next door asked me about the insect candy."
Lin Zhao washed off the foam on her face, wiped her face with a towel, and said casually, "She wants to give one to Da Zhuang."
The eldest child said, "Yeah, when Da Zhuang heard that Er Zi and I had worms in our poop, he also had worms in his stomach, and he was so scared that he started crying."
"Then I'll give you one later and you can deliver it to the next door." Lin Zhao was very generous. A pagoda candy only cost a few cents outside, and she won it in a lottery, so she didn't ask for the money and didn't feel sorry about it.
"Okay." The eldest child agreed first, then asked, "How much does it cost?"
"No money." Lin Zhao laughed at her eldest son for being a money-grubber and explained softly, "Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. The family next door is nice, and mother is happy to give them away for free."
"Besides, if you have good relations with your neighbors, there will be someone to help you if you have any problems."
The eldest cub was precocious and understood what his mother meant. She was thinking about them.
He smiled widely, "Thank you, Mom."
"What are you thanking me for? It's only natural for a mother to plan for her son." Lin Zhao poured out the water in the basin, went back to the house to get some pagoda candy, and told her eldest son a few words, asking him to deliver it to next door.
Da Huang followed.
Amber was lazy and lay down in the doghouse, stretching her limbs, but she didn't take a single step forward. She just opened her big round eyes to take a look, then curled up again, closed her eyes, her little belly bulging and falling, and she made a soft snoring sound.
"Second son, Mommy is going to take a bath. If you are sleepy, go to sleep first. If you are not sleepy, play with Amber."
It was just getting dark and kerosene lamps were lit in the yard.
The second child sat in front of the lamp.
"Go wash up, mom. I'll be guarding you at the door."
Lin Zhao didn't think much about it and said, "Okay, no playing with fire."
After saying that, she went to take a shower. The tool she used was of course a basin. Since the new house had not been built yet, she had to make do with it for the time being.
Dazai brought Dahuang to the next door and explained their purpose.
Wang Chunhua was delighted. "I wanted to ask your mother tomorrow morning. I'll take it. Please thank your mother for me. If you have any problems in the future, come to me directly."
"Okay. My mother told us to keep an eye on Dazhuang at night. If he shows symptoms of fever, he needs to be cooled down in time." Dazai told Wang Chunhua everything his mother had told him.
Wang Chunhua took it seriously to heart.
"Oh, your mother is really careful."
The eldest boy smiled happily. He was happier to hear others praising his mother than to hear others praising him.
After finishing the work, the child took Dahuang home.
Wang Chunhua watched the man and the dog come in, then returned home and gave Dazhuang some pagoda candy. She was afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would sleep too deeply, so she let her grandson sleep in their room tonight and she would take care of him personally.
The eldest said that he might have a fever, so we should be careful to avoid turning a good thing into a bad one.
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Song Yuncheng returned to the county panting. When he arrived, it was completely dark.
I returned the bicycle, climbed up the stairs, and opened the door of my house.
I just put my things down and haven’t even had time to catch my breath.
Uncle Song, who was sitting on the sofa, asked, "Have you sent Zhao Zhao back home? How are the older kids?"
Song Yuncheng: “…”Dad, you really don’t treat me as a human being.
Don't even ask him whether he has eaten or not.
"Can I have a drink of water first?" He licked his dry lips.
Bang.
Uncle Song pushed his enamel pot over.
"drink."
Song Yuncheng was flattered. He smiled and started drinking from the enamel jar.
Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect he would have the chance to drink his dad’s tea.
He drank like a cow, and Uncle Song felt distressed and couldn't help but said, "Just quench your thirst."
Song Yuncheng stopped at the right time.
Return the enamelware pot.
When Uncle Song took a look, he saw that the cup was almost half empty, and his face instantly turned dark.
Song Yuncheng scratched his head guiltily and hurriedly diverted his father's attention.
"The older kids are all pretty good. My sister treated me to a bowl of noodles. The noodles looked weird, and every strand was bent. I don't know how she made it, but it tasted really good."
"I ate a bowl and felt very full."
"By the way, those are the rations my sister asked me to bring back." He pointed to the bag he brought back.
Uncle Song looked at him coldly and said, "I asked you to send your sister off, not to eat for free."
"My sister asked me to eat it, and I didn't dare to refuse for fear of being beaten," said Song Yuncheng.
Uncle Song glared at him, "Nonsense, Zhao Zhao is so gentle, when has he ever beaten you? Stop ruining your sister's reputation."
Song Yuncheng: “…” Okay, okay, they are worthy of being uncle and nephew, they speak in the same tone.
"……oh."
Uncle Song was not satisfied with his answer. "Oh what? Just behave properly."
Song Yuncheng stood up straight, saluted, and said in a loud voice, "Yes, my sister is gentle and kind, I remembered it wrongly!"
"Keep your voice down, the neighbors are asleep!" Uncle Song said disdainfully.
Carrying the enamel pot back to the house.
The tool man Song Yuncheng yawned, washed his feet hastily, and went back to his room.
Just as she was about to go to sleep, a black head hung down from the upper bunk. Song Yunjin asked curiously, "Brother, did I really treat you to noodles?"
Song Yuncheng was startled and almost got up to beat him.
"You're eavesdropping again."
"Hehe." Song Yunjin laughed shyly, "I'm curious too. I haven't seen you for a long time."
"Brother, tell me more about me and my elder brother."
Song Yuncheng turned over and said, "Put your head back."
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After the eldest and second cubs fell asleep, Lin Zhao called out the lottery wheel.
The task bar on the right flashes, indicating that the task is completed.
[Buying a watch to please yourself is a ritual of self-gift, and you will be rewarded with 100 points. ］
[Reestablish contact with family members you haven't contacted for a long time, strengthen family ties, and be rewarded with 200 points. ］
[Pagoda candy, a veritable miracle insecticide. You kill insects for eight children and care for the flowers of our motherland, and you will be rewarded with 80 points. ］
[Cook braised beef noodles once and get 5 points as reward. ］
…
All in all, I got 390 points.
Adding the points accumulated previously, the total is 733 points.
I can draw a big one again.
Lin Zhao looked happy.
(End of this chapter)
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