Chapter 70 "I'm Not Your Father"
Lin Zhao smiled and asked, "Then what should we do?"
The second child's eyes turned, and he held his brother and the third child's hands, looked up at her, and seriously discussed with his mother: "Dad favors my sister, and mother favors us."
Fair, right…? !
Lin Zhao felt that the children were very quick-witted, so she smiled even more and wiped the sweat off the foreheads of the three brothers. "Your father treats you all equally well. It's just that because your sister is a girl, her tone of voice is a little gentler. He likes you, too."
She was extremely certain.
Since all four cubs were born to her, Gu Chenghuai would love them impartially.
"Really?" Erzai half believed and half doubted, and asked a bold question, "Mom, will Dad carry me on his neck?"
The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just the right volume for Gu Chenghuai to hear.
"You have to ask your father and see if he agrees." Lin Zhao kicked the ball back.
The second child pouted and looked at his father, only to see his father holding up his sister. The short and stocky fourth child instantly became several heads taller than him, making all the other kids envious!
He strode over, pulled the corner of Gu Chenghuai's military uniform, and asked politely: "Dad, can you carry me on your neck?"
The eldest child thought of Yuanbao's father carrying Yuanbao around the village, and his clear eyes showed envy. With his mother's encouraging eyes, he took the initiative and said boldly: "Dad, I want to do the same. Yuanbao and Tieniu's fathers would carry them."
Who said that children are simple-minded? Look, he is setting a trap for his father.
"That's great." Lin Zhao said softly, "Today's big boy is a brave big boy. Mother is proud of you."
"That's how it should be. If you have something to say, just say it. If you have a need, just ask. We are a family, the closest people in the world. You can say whatever you want in front of your parents."
The eldest child nodded seriously, "Yes!"
Gu Chenghuai looked at Lin Zhao.
When he saw his wife winking at him, a smile flashed across his cold eyes. He glanced at the expectant eyes of the two children and nodded: "Carry it, whatever you say, I'll carry it!"
The second cub jumped up suddenly, his little face flushed with joy.
Suddenly I felt that it’s good that Dad is back!
The quiet Sanzai's eyes curved into crescents and his smile was delicate.
…
The tall and handsome young officer is holding a cute little darling, who is also very pretty. The big one is as big as a spear, while the small one is soft and sweet.
A tough guy with a soft heart.
It is so beautiful that it can be called a world famous painting.
Lin Zhao saw her father holding his little girl stiffly, and his whole body was like the ice at the bottom of the abyss, melting into water in an instant, and every sharp edge softened.
I couldn't help but urge.
"Are you coming back?"
Even though it wasn't hot and they were in the shade, it felt silly to just stand there.
Daughters are important, but daughters-in-law are more important.
"Yes." Gu Chenghuai's joyful voice sounded.
The second child pouted.
He discovered that his father was the most hypocritical person in the family.
She is very gentle to her mother and sister, and is okay to her brother, but towards him... she is weird and used to glare at him and cry.
snort! Humph! !
The kid snorted in his heart and made another big note in his grudge book.
Lin Zhao took the fourth child in. The little boy wrapped his soft arms around his mother's neck, but his beautiful eyes were fixed on Gu Chenghuai.
There was curiosity in his eyes.
Gu Chenghuai's heart softened when he saw his daughter's big watery eyes. He lowered his clear voice and said, "When we get home... Dad will lift you up high."
Another repetition of words.
"..." This is getting outrageous, Comrade Gu.
Catching a glimpse of his wife's subtle gaze, Captain Gu clenched his long, beautiful hand into a fist, put it to his lips, coughed softly, and said calmly, "Reply..."
The words have not been finished.
Two figures were running towards us from afar.
It’s about taking care of your father and mother.
Following behind him were the little ones from the Gu family.
Father Gu deliberately suppressed his excitement and said, "Third brother."
Immediately following.
Gu's mother came running over quickly. There was a crack on her wound that had not yet healed. It was slightly painful, but it didn't affect anything. Seeing her son... the old mother felt relieved every moment.
She looked her son up and down carefully, making sure that his limbs were intact, and she let out a long sigh, with a gleam of light in the smile lines at the corners of her eyes.
"Third brother, you're back! Why didn't you send me a message in advance? Are you hungry? Mom will make you some noodles, or dumplings are fine!"
Gu Chenghuai's Adam's apple moved slightly, and his eyes swept over his parents' frosty temples one by one. He put his legs together, pointed his fingertips at the red star on the brim of their hats, and saluted the two elders.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back."
Father Gu raised his hand to return the greeting reflexively, just like he had done a dozen times before, and his calloused knuckles rubbed against his temples.
The old eyes are full of pride.
——These are the pillars he has nurtured for the country.
Seeing that his son had a lot of luggage, Father Gu stepped forward and took one away, "Let's go home."
Gu Chenghuai did not stop him. He knew that his father was unwilling to accept his old age and he would be happier than anything else if he could help with something.
Lin Zhao noticed that Mother Gu's posture was a little strange. She remembered that her wound had not healed completely. Her eyebrows slightly frowned and she asked directly, "Mother, is your wound split open?"
Mother Gu subconsciously looked at Gu Chenghuai, a guilty look flashed in her eyes, and she winked at the third son's wife.
As a mother, she was also afraid of the third brother's cold eyes.
"Dad!" Lin Zhao did not ignore the problem. Fearing that Gu's mother's wound would be further damaged, she called out to Gu Chenghuai who was talking to Gu's father.
The young officer turned his head, and the brim of his hat half covered his sharp eyebrows, making him look even colder like the cold moon, with clear wind and bright moon, and he was very majestic.
"What's wrong?" He softened his eyes and was very patient.
"Take mother back first," said Lin Zhao.
The tacit understanding between the couple made Gu Chenghuai realize something.
The smile in his eyes suddenly disappeared. He pushed the cart in front of Gu's mother and looked at her lightly without saying a word.
Mother Gu didn't dare to say a word and sat in the back seat obediently.
Oh my, the third brother’s momentum is becoming more and more terrifying! !
After entering the village, I met many villagers.
Seeing the most promising young man in the team, they all greeted him enthusiastically.
"Cheng Huai is back!"
"How long will you stay this time? It's a rare trip back home, so stay a few more days."
"Aunt Gu is riding a bicycle, and she is being taken along by her favorite son. You must be so happy. Look at your mouth, it's almost stretched to the back of your head."
"Now that their biological father is back, the four Gu family members should be even more arrogant. Hahaha."
…
Gu Chenghuai controlled the speed of the car to be neither too fast nor too slow, and greeted the villagers with a humble attitude.
It was a noisy scene, as if someone had returned home in glory and the whole village had come to join in the fun.
The eldest and second cubs smiled brightly, their identical eyes curved into the same crescent shape.
After seeing his friend, Erzai waved vigorously and showed off to Yuanbao: "Yuanbao, this is my dad!"
Then he said to Tieniu, "Tieniu, my father is back."
With a quick glance, he saw Changsheng, who hadn't said a word for more than half a month. He looked arrogant and said, "Brother Changsheng, my dad is tall! My dad can beat you up and make you cry with just one finger!"
I found that Changsheng was shrinking his neck and laughing.
Gu Chenghuai: “…”
"?"
Reputation was damaged.
The second child treats his father as a tool to show off, and it never stops.
He put his hands on his hips and threatened loudly: "You should think twice before you speak. If you dare to spread bad things about my mother being a lazy woman again, I will bring my father to your house and my father will beat your father. I will beat..."
Before he could even utter the word "you", he saw that Changsheng was half a head taller than him and said cleverly, "Bangbang and I will beat you."
He shook his fist and threatened.
Changsheng's father was also watching the fun, and when he heard what Erzai said, he felt like crying but had no tears.
No, what did he do wrong? !
Chang Sheng felt even more aggrieved, "I haven't said it for a long time, how come you still remember it?"
He said before that it was because the twins' mother was a lazy woman.
He hasn't said anything since Aunt Lin went to work in the county.
"I hold a grudge!" Erzai tilted his head and said righteously.
Changsheng was ostracized by the other kids in the team because his mother was a thief. The leader of the kids had long lost his previous influence.
He had long wanted to break the ice with the Gu family's children.
So he took the initiative to ask: "How can you stop holding grudges? Erzi, I have changed. If you don't believe me, ask my father!"
Changsheng pulled at his father's clothes, "Dad, tell the two kids that I haven't talked about their mother for a long time!!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Chang Sheng's father pulled back his clothes, carefully straightened them, and responded repeatedly. He looked at the twins and smiled innocently, "Big boy and second boy, uncle has taught Chang Sheng a lesson, and he dare not gossip anymore."
Dazai was a small man with a big heart. He looked at Changsheng and said seriously, "If Changsheng doesn't say bad things about my mother in the future, we can be friends."
Erzai listened to his brother. If his brother said let's be friends, then they should be friends.
I agreed in my heart, but I still threatened her, "If you dare to say that again, I'll beat you up."
Chang Sheng quickly shook his head, "No more, no more, if anyone says anything bad about your mother again, I'll help you beat him up!"
Erzai's eyes rolled around, thinking there was money to be made, he walked up to Changsheng without caring about his relatives, looked up at the boy who was half a head taller than him, stretched out his right arm, raised his little finger, and motioned him to pinky promise.
"Let's make a pinky promise. Whoever changes his mind is a puppy."
Changsheng put his hand on it happily.
Erzai withdrew his fingers, met Lin Zhao's gaze, raised his lips and smiled, his smile as bright as a little sun.
He walked towards his mother, proudly saying, "Mom, am I smart?"
"Hmm?" Lin Zhao didn't understand.
Erzai's smile faded and he sighed softly.
He was about to say something when the eldest child spoke first, "The second child meant that he had a younger brother and asked his mother if he was good enough."
"Little brother?" Lin Zhao asked in a puzzled tone. He really didn't understand the kids nowadays. "What do you mean?"
"Yeah, that's what it means to be the big friend's younger brother." Erzai straightened his chest and raised his head.
Just as he finished speaking, Lin Zhao inadvertently caught a glimpse of Gu Chenghuai's cold gaze on his son.
emmm.
Erzai might... be punished to stand at attention!
"Are you recruiting little brothers to be your little bosses outside?" Lin Zhao winked at him secretly, signaling her son to be careful with his words.
The little guy didn't see it and corrected him: "The boss is the boss, not the little boss."
"Mom, I'm not a two-year-old kid, I'm a five-and-a-half-year-old adult!"
Instead of taking the easy road, you'd rather take the single-plank bridge, right?
Bless you.
Lin Zhao touched her son's head with mixed feelings, "As long as you are happy."
She doesn't care.
Let Captain Gu take care of it.
"I'm happy." Erzai kicked the stone under his feet away, his little back full of joy, like a bird just out of an iron cage.
…
After chatting and laughing with the villagers, Gu Chenghuai, surrounded by the Gu family, came to the door of the old house.
Gu's mother was helped into the house by Huang Xiulan and Zhao Liuniang, while Gu Yuanshan and Gu Yucheng helped push the cart and carry the luggage.
A group of young people looked at the majestic Gu Chenghuai, calling him "Third Uncle" left and right.
It's lively.
A little girl who was a little over four years old suddenly ran out from somewhere, hugged Gu Chenghuai's legs and called "Daddy" in a crisp voice.
"father!"
It’s Lu Baozhen.
"Dad, I want a hug!"
The child who ran out was covered in dirt, with a crooked bun on his head, and he was not wearing shoes. There were several red marks on his black feet.
Suddenly, a strange little girl came and called him daddy, in front of his wife. Gu Chenghuai's scalp tingled. He pulled her away, took a few steps back, subconsciously looked at his wife, and hurriedly explained: "Zhao Zhao, I don't know her."
Lin Zhao was very satisfied with his attitude and said, "This is the Lu family's child."
From Lu Yizhou’s family?
Gu Chenghuai understood.
When the little girl saw the military uniform on him, she mistook him for her father.
"I'm not your father." Gu Chenghuai's expression was indifferent, and his voice was as cold as frost and snow.
It was inexplicable. Even though it was the first time they met, he had no good feelings towards this little girl who was not even as old as the twins.
The feeling of disgust spread rapidly, making him feel strange.
You shouldn't.
Lu Baozhen didn't know that she was hated and had a dazed expression on her face.
Erzai held a grudge against his father in his heart, but he didn't want his father to be snatched away by the hateful Lu Baozhen, so he rushed forward to block his father, without a smile on his face, looking fierce.
"Lu Baozhen, what are you doing! This is my father. Your father was so angry with your stepmother that he went back to the army!"
"You want your dad to join the army, why are you pestering my dad?"
At this point, he wiped his cheek with his index finger and said loudly: "You can even admit your own father's mistakes. Shame on you, Lu Baozhen, you are not even as good as my third and fourth sons."
This was the first time in Gu Chenghuai's life that his son protected him, and he felt a little complicated.
Lu Baozhen saw a tall man in military uniform from afar and thought it was her father, so she ran towards him happily.
It turns out that he is not her father, but the father of the twins.
She knew what it felt like to go from great joy to great sorrow, even though she was less than five years old.
Lu Baozhen raised her head and burst into tears.
Shout dad loudly.
"father!"
"Baozhen wants daddy wuwuwu!!"
When she saw Si Zai’s red hairband, she cried even louder.
"Mine, the red hairband is mine, the new skirt is mine, all of them are mine--" she shouted sharply, lying on the ground, kicking her legs desperately, exactly like her breast.
Lin Zhao frowned.
She gently took Gu Chenghuai's arm and called out to the twins, "Big one, little one, bring your brother and sister home."
The words fell.
Be the first to enter the house.
The eldest and second cubs didn't even look at the crying Lu Baozhen, and led their younger siblings into the house.
Just as I was about to step over the threshold, I heard my neighbor mutter, "What happened to Baozhen?"
The eldest child stopped and said, "She misses her father."
"Oh oh." The neighbor understood and shouted to Su Yuxian who was hiding in the corner: "What's wrong with you, Yizhou? Why don't you take care of the crying child?"
I complained in my heart: No stepmother is good. Before they come in, they come to work with a gloomy face. After they come in, they become like a different person. They don't even care about the children and fight with the mother-in-law all day long.
If anyone has a daughter-in-law like this, Lu Yizhou will be unlucky.
The woman shook her head, turned around and went back to the house, ignoring Su Yuxian who was scolding the child.
“Hurry up and get up! Aren’t you ashamed? You call everyone you see daddy. Do you need a daddy so badly? You’re still lying on the ground. Look how dirty your clothes are. Get up—”
That day, Lu's mother brought Lu Baozhen back from the county. They wasted a whole day and didn't even get a match.
Mother Lu thought she was unlucky, so she went again the next day, but still got nothing.
Not only did I not get anything, but I also fell and fractured my pelvis. I spent several dollars on medical treatment and was unable to work. I felt like I was possessed by bad luck.
Lu Xiaomei is lazy, so all the housework falls on Su Yuxian.
Su Yuxian tried every means to marry into the Lu family because she wanted to live a good life like Lin Zhao, not to suffer. She was lazy whenever she could and did everything vaguely.
So, Lu Baozhen, the cleanest and most comfortable girl in the whole brigade, has become what she is now.
…
The door is closed.
Gu Chenghuai looked at Lin Zhao beside him and asked knowingly, "Do you hate the little girl from the Lu family?"
"Yes!" Lin Zhao did not deny it.
"I don't like her. If you see her on the street next time, you should stay away from her like you did today," she said domineeringly.
Gu Chenghuai didn't ask why, and directly agreed, "I'll do as you say."
Sorry, I am still rushing to update, so I can’t post it for now (some embarrassing things happened during the day)
I stay up late to write and post it as soon as I finish it.
My dears, go to sleep first and watch this when you wake up.
Sorry, sorry.
(End of this chapter)
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