Chapter 79: Closeness and Distance
The third child raised his head, closed the dictionary obediently, and walked slowly towards Lin Zhao.
It’s hard to believe that such a little kid could be so calm.
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"Mom?" The short and stout child called for his mother in a baby voice, with a hint of doubt in his black and white eyes.
Lin Zhao opened the cloth bag, handed him the tin car and tin frog, and said with a smile, "These are gifts from your mother and father. Take a look."
The eldest son took the dictionary from his younger brother's hand to free up the third son's hands.
"Yes, thank you, mom~"
The third child took the car, his black eyes sparkling, and he held the car with his dimpled hands, looking at it curiously.
"Do you like it?" Lin Zhao picked up her son.
The twins looked envious.
"Brother, I don't want to be a grown-up anymore. I also want mom to hug me." Erzai whispered to his brother.
As soon as the words fell.
The legs suddenly hung in the air.
The little boy opened his eyes wide in surprise, and when he found out that it was his father who picked him up, he smiled widely.
"Hey!"
Gu Chenghuai put the second cub on his neck. He was tall and stood out there like a crane among chickens.
You can imagine how high it would be if you sat on his neck.
"Hahahaha..." Erzai laughed out loud, and then his excited voice rang out, "Dad, I'm so tall. I must be the tallest in the whole team now, right?"
"...Yes." Gu Chenghuai didn't understand his strange competitive spirit.
After replying to Erzai, he picked up his brother again, put him on the back seat of the bicycle, and rubbed his head.
He has amazing waist and arm strength, and his center of gravity is very stable.
Having a baby hanging around his neck does not affect his ability to hold the front of the bicycle with one hand and hold his eldest child with the other.
"Dad, you are so awesome." Erzai's little voice was full of admiration, and now all the words in the grudge book were erased.
He turned his head with all his strength and said to his brother, "Brother, Dad will carry me first and I will carry you another day."
Gu Chenghuai: “…”
The opposite of Tiangang.
The eldest boy smiled and asked his father for his opinion, "Dad, is this ok?"
What else could Gu Chenghuai say? He had just been warned by his wife to be as fair as possible.
"Yeah." He nodded.
After Lin Zhao kissed her youngest son, she put the third child down, lifted her skirt, half squatted, and showed him how to play with the toy. "This is a small metal car that can slide on the ground."
The third cub squatted beside his mother, wearing a black round-neck short-sleeved shirt, black shorts, and grandma's cloth shoes. His arms and legs were white and tender, and he was so well-behaved.
He met Lin Zhao's gaze and nodded to show that he understood.
Lin Zhao continued to demonstrate how to play with the tin frog. "This is a tin frog. There is a spring here. Turn it and then release it..."
The frog suddenly jumped up, making a "click-click" sound, just like a real frog.
The third child's eyes were surprisingly bright.
Like a baby penguin, he caught up with the tin frog, grabbed it in his hand, and looked at it 360 degrees.
The table tennis match was paused. The moment Yuanbao turned his head, he saw a frog jumping on the ground. His eyes lit up and he ran over.
"Sanzai, what are you holding?" He looked curious.
"Tin car, tin frog." The three cubs raised them one by one and said in a milky voice.
Tie Niu and other children also came over, looking eagerly.
"I saw that your frog can jump, can you make it jump again?" Yuanbao asked politely.
"Yeah." Sanzai responded, squatted down, pulled the spring, and put the frog on the ground.
The Tin Frog jumped up again.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Tie Niu exclaimed in surprise, holding his face.
Yuan Bao said: "It can dance by itself!"
Da Zhuang cheered, "Do all the kids in the city play this? City people are so nice."
Tiechui shook his head like a pendulum, correcting their misconceptions, "No way!"
"The eldest and second sons said that the children in the city don't eat meat every day, not every family has a bicycle, and they don't have too much candy to eat. They just live better than the village and eat more meat than the village, but that's not a big deal."
Yuan Bao's skinny face was stunned. "That's nothing. But people in the city eat more meat than in the village. I still want to be a city dweller."
The second cub, sitting on his father's neck, joined in the conversation.
"Then work hard, study well, and go to high school, college, or become a worker. We can all become city dwellers."
Being older, Changsheng knows more than children who have not yet gone to school.
He said: "Schools are closed, no one goes to school, and teachers in schools have had their heads smashed. We can't be workers anymore."
"!!"
Erzai was stunned and looked at Lin Zhao anxiously, his face full of nervousness, "Mom, can't we go to school anymore?"
"You can. Classes will resume. Just be patient." Lin Zhao assured him.
A group of children seemed to understand but not quite.
The second child smiled and clapped his hands happily, "It's good that I can go to school. I want to go to school with my brother. Only by learning skills can I become a powerful person, support mother and make mother happy all the time."
Oh wow, what kind of little sweet bean is this.
"You are your mother's little pride now." Lin Zhao is healed by her well-behaved son every day.
"Can you please ask the two little prides and mother to go back to the house to get something? Your father needs to borrow a bicycle. We have a large family and one bicycle is not enough."
Gu Chenghuai put the second child down with one hand.
At the same time, the eldest boy jumped off the bicycle.
"Sure, I like to help mother!" said the eldest boy.
"Zhao Zhao, take out the things and put them aside until I come back." Gu Chenghuai parked the car against the wall, gave a reminder, and walked with his long legs to borrow a bicycle.
Lin Zhao took the twins home and asked the two cubs, "Where is the fourth cub? Why didn't I see her?"
"The little sticky guy is in the backyard!" Erzai said casually.
"You're giving your sister a nickname again, you bad brother." Lin Zhao pinched the child's face and criticized him.
The second child's face instantly turned red, and he said hurriedly, "...Mom, I was wrong. I won't say it anymore."
He didn't want to be the bad brother.
"It's not just my sister. You can't give other children nicknames. Only bad kids do that. Do you understand?" Lin Zhao took the opportunity to teach the two kids a lesson.
Children are like a blank piece of paper. How they grow up depends entirely on what the adults have to say. She is not very good at teaching children, but she can still make her children... not take advantage of their good family background to bully other children.
"Yeah, yeah." Erzai nodded seriously, "Mom, I get it. I won't give you random nicknames anymore."
He would also draw inferences from one example, "Mom, I will tell Yuanbao and the others the same thing!"
"Good boy." Lin Zhao praised.
The two cubs grinned and turned into little bees, moving things diligently.
That’s right, moving.
It was a rare opportunity for him to go home to visit his family, so Gu Chenghuai prepared a lot of good things for his maternal family.
Large pieces of animal skins, twenty-year-old wild ginseng, cloth, tobacco, alcohol, meat and sugar.
"Did your father prepare all these?" Lin Zhao flipped through the things.
"Yes." The eldest son's clear and soft voice echoed, "Dad said that as a son-in-law, you can't be stingy with your relatives."
"It's so expensive to marry a wife!" Erzai frowned, his face full of worry.
He looked up at Lin Zhao, looking serious, "Mom, can I not get married in the future?"
All the money he earns should be given to his mother. It’s too tiring for him to support a wife!
Lin Zhao still remembers that when they were talking about building a house, Erzai asked him where his wife would live.
It's only been a short time and you don't want it anymore!
Children are so fickle.
"It's up to you. Your father and I don't care." Lin Zhao did not force Zizi to get married.
Compared with the ending of the four kids in the original book, all they have to do in this life is grow up happily.
Erzai hasn't realized what his mother's words mean yet, but he can feel that he is loved by her. The little boy hugs his mother's waist, twisting his body, and is sticky.
"Mother is so nice!"
"Okay, it's time to move." Lin Zhao patted her son's little head.
The mother and her two children moved their things out of the house.
The four cubs slowly followed their nanny out from the backyard.
Seeing Lin Zhao, she smiled happily and trotted over to her.
"Mother~"
The little girl wore a little pink skirt bought by her father, new cloth shoes on her feet, and her soft hair was tied into small buns with hairpins on. Her skin was fair and pink, and her round and plump skin was so cute that it made people's hearts melt.
"The fourth daughter has a new hairstyle. Who tied it for her? It's so cute." Lin Zhao picked up her daughter and kissed her little face.
"Dad tied him up." Erzai said in a loud voice.
Lin Zhao couldn't help laughing, "Your father is really omnipotent."
The hands can hold a gun and can also braid my daughter's hair.
The twins admired their father very much. When they heard their mother's words, they nodded vigorously to show their agreement.
Gu Chenghuai borrowed a bicycle and rode back home.
In front of the ping-pong table, adults and children are still gathering.
"Sanzai, it's time to set off." He looked at Sanzai's blushing face and spoke in a deep and gentle voice.
"Okay." A humming voice sounded, and the third child put away his toys, walked home, entered the house, put the car and the frog... back into his own covered bamboo basket, and walked out slowly.
Gu Chenghuai installed a cub seat on the back seat of his bicycle and put a small blanket inside.
Not only is he good at hands-on work, but he is also very efficient, there is no need to say more.
Lin Zhao said it was a relief.
So and so——
On the borrowed crossbeam bicycle, the second kid sat on the front beam and the eldest kid sat on the back seat. Gu Chenghuai was riding the bicycle, and the front of the bicycle was hung with things.
Lin Zhao was riding a ladies' bicycle with a cute pink little fourth child on the back seat and the third child tied to her chest with a cloth strap so that she could kiss his little face when she bent down.
It was the first time for Sizi to ride a bicycle. He swung his legs happily and had a very cute smile.
"Let's go!" said Lin Zhao.
The second cub clenched his fist, raised his arm, and said excitedly, "Let's go!"
At this time, Tiechui took a few steps forward and looked at his good brothers eagerly, his innocent face full of anxiety: "Big cub, second cub, when are you coming back? Can we play together today?"
"Sure, you wait at home, we will be back soon." Erzai said loudly.
"Um!"
The bicycle moved forward at a very fast speed.
Gu Chenghuai looked down at his son's round head, "You have the best relationship with Tiechui?"
"That's right!" Erzai turned his head to look at his father and said cheerfully, "We will be good brothers for life. Our relationship is the best."
The older guy behind me also said, "The kind that wears one pair of pants."
Children love to imitate adults' speech. Ever since they heard Lin Zhao say that the three of them were so good that they could wear one pair of pants, the twins started to say this all the time.
Gu Chenghuai smiled and said slowly, "I see you have temporarily given the ownership of the table tennis ball to Tiechui. Why not Bangbanglaimei and Tiedan? Aren't they also your brothers?"
"It's different." Although Erzai is young, he has a scale in his heart.
Gave his father a puzzled look.
He said: "Adults talk about closeness and distance, but children also have their own closeness and distance. In my heart, Tiechui is closer to me than Bangbang Ge and the others."
"Close or distant?" Gu Chenghuai whispered, his deep dark eyes glaring at his son, "Who taught you?"
"My mother! What's wrong?" Erzai raised his handsome little eyebrows.
"…Your mother is right."
The second child looked very proud.
He knew his father would say that.
Mom is the boss!
The eldest boy covered his mouth and laughed.
Lin Zhao did not hear the conversation between the father and his two sons. She kicked her legs as fast as she could, wanting to get to her parents' home as quickly as possible.
Seeing this, the second child cried out, "Daddy, hurry up and catch up with mommy, hurry, hurry!"
Gu Chenghuai looked helpless.
With such a personality, I wonder who he takes after.
The noisy people give them a headache.
"Big boy, be careful with your legs, we're going to speed up." He said to the big boy in the back seat.
"Yeah, I'm tilted!"
…
Against the wind, two bicycles sped past.
There are very few bicycles coming from the Dongfeng Brigade.
This time there were two cars, attracting everyone over.
The sharp-eyed child saw Lin Zhao's face and shouted to the Lin family's children, "Da Dan, Er Dan, your aunt has returned to her parents' home!!"
Dadan and Erdan vaguely heard the word "Gu" and dropped what they were holding and rushed over like the wind.
Hey, it’s really aunt!
And riding a bicycle! !
"Aunt, you're back!" Lin Dadan said excitedly.
Lin Erdan touched the wheel, his face full of excitement, "Aunt, did you buy this bicycle?"
Before Lin Zhao could answer, Erzi, who was sitting on the front beam of another bicycle, crossed his legs and made a crisp sound.
"Yes, the bicycle my mother rode was from my family, and the ticket was sent by my father."
"By the way, my mother also bought a new watch, which was also sent by my father."
The children around him exclaimed and looked at him enviously.
The second cub was very proud, with his little head held high.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Dadan and Erdan noticed the handsome man in military uniform.
"Oh, uncle is home to visit relatives. My grandfather just mentioned you two days ago."
Dadan called him uncle, said a few polite words, patted his brother on the back, and urged him, "Erdan, what are you still standing there for? Go back and tell grandpa and grandma that our aunt has returned to her mother's home with my uncle and the four children."
Erdan seemed to have just come to his senses, patted his forehead, and ran away, shouting as he ran: "Grandpa, grandma, my aunt is back with my uncle and the four kids!!"
Full of energy.
The Lin family's house was not far from the village entrance. When he shouted, he didn't call out Lin's father and mother, but called out Xi Bao.
Lin Xibao quickly put down the basket and ran out of the house.
I saw two bicycles at a glance.
"Aunt." Her smile is like the little sun, making people feel good just by looking at her.
"Hey!" Lin Zhao responded.
She held down the four cubs with one hand, untied the cloth straps, and put down the third cub.
"Dadan, come here." Lin Zhao waved at Dadan.
Dadan came over obediently, his eyes kept scanning the bicycle, curious, "What's wrong?"
Lin Zhao handed him the bicycle and said, "You have nothing to do, so learn how to ride a bicycle. There is no harm in learning. Women's bicycles don't have a beam in front, and they are low, so they are relatively easy to ride. Go and have fun with it."
"!!"
Learn, learn to ride a bike?
Big Egg was in a daze.
It was like being hit by a huge pie falling from the sky.
His eyes were brighter than the sun, and he rubbed his hands excitedly, "Aunt, are you willing to give me this?"
New car!
"Why are you reluctant? Just go and learn." Who among my ten-year-old friends doesn't want to learn how to ride a bicycle?
She also had such a simple wish when she was a child, but unfortunately she didn't have the conditions.
As expected.
After Lin Zhao finished speaking, the adults and children of the Dongfeng Brigade all looked at Dadan with great envy.
Ahhhhh, why don’t they have an aunt like this? !
I'm so envious.
Dadan took the bicycle solemnly and promised earnestly: "Aunt, I'll ask my dad to help hold it, so I won't fall off the bicycle."
"Silly!" Lin Zhao blurted out an affectionate scolding.
"Ah?" Dadan was stunned.
Are you talking about him?
"A bicycle is not as important as you. Just fall if you want. Just learn boldly and don't be restrained." Material possessions can never be as important as people.
At this point, the children surrounding them began to sniff.
Dadan and Erdan’s aunt is so nice!
After saying that.
Lin Zhao brought her four children into the house, and Gu Chenghuai followed closely behind them pushing his bicycle.
When Lin Heling saw his soft and adorable grandson and granddaughter, a gentle and refreshing smile spread across his face and he waved to the two little ones.
"Come, Grandpa, take a look."
The twins were not familiar with their grandfather and did not go over.
The fourth one, in particular, clung to Lin Zhao's legs tightly, leaving only his big black eyes exposed as he glanced over stealthily.
Lin Zhao smiled warmly, "Don't be afraid, that's my mother's father."
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