Even if he disliked the Lu family, Gu Chenghuai would not turn a blind eye to it because Lu Yizhou and he were comrades-in-arms.
Help with the luggage on board.
He sat back in his seat with an expressionless face.
Old Lady Lu came over to him and sat down with a proud smile on her face. She said, "I didn't expect you to return to the army. If I had known, it would have been so convenient for us to go out together."
Seeing Lin Zhao and the others on the platform, he continued to talk to himself: "You and your wife have four children, why don't you let her go with the army? It's so good to go with the army. She doesn't have to work in the fields. She can live in a building in the army, which makes everything convenient..."
It was Mrs. Lu's first time taking a train, but she didn't feel nervous at all. She looked around and touched everything, feeling more relaxed than at home.
"Aunt, there are all kinds of people on the train. Keep an eye on your children and be careful of being targeted." Gu Chenghuai reminded in a deep voice.
"No need." Mrs. Lu didn't care at all. She didn't even move her butt or glance at her granddaughter. "There are so many people on the bus, including the staff. Who would have nothing better to do than steal a little girl?"
After confirming that Lu Baozhen had lost her good fortune, Mrs. Lu's attitude changed 360 degrees. She didn't bully her, but all the good treatment Lu Baozhen had received was gone. She was not eligible for eggs or anything like that, and now she was treated the same as Su Yuxian.
In just over a month, Lu Baozhen seemed like a different person. Her former willfulness and capriciousness disappeared, and she became much quieter and gloomier.
She was standing by the luggage, wearing greasy patched clothes, with a yellow face and skinny appearance, looking no different from any other little girl in the village.
"Chenghuai, our family, young and old, needs you to take care of us on the road." Old Mrs. Lu's shrewd eyes flashed, and she said to Gu Chenghuai with a smile.
Gu Chenghuai never suffers a loss. He has a stern expression and speaks without leaving any loopholes. "I can help with small favors, but if you want to rely on me for everything... No. I also have luggage that I need to keep an eye on at all times."
"Please bring some for us when you buy food." Old Mrs. Lu revealed her purpose.
The Lu family lost a lot of property, and they hadn't eaten meat for more than a month, so they were really hungry. I heard that the food on the train was very good, with white rice and both meat and vegetarian dishes, and the vegetarian dishes were not lacking in oil and water. Thinking about it, Mrs. Lu's mouth was almost watering.
Gu Chenghuai looked at his wife and children outside the platform with a gentle gaze.
After a moment, he retracted his gaze and said to Mrs. Lu, "My mother and my wife prepared food for me. I don't plan to buy food from the car, because I'm afraid I can't help my aunt."
Mrs. Lu didn't believe it and scolded him loudly: "How can the food I brought be enough to feed you? You don't want to help me, do you? Cheng Huai, you are so stingy. We are from the same village, and you and Yizhou are comrades-in-arms. What's wrong with helping his family?"
"It's not convenient." Gu Chenghuai is invulnerable to swords and guns.
There was a flash of impatience in his eyes, and his voice was slightly cold, "Aunt, the train is about to leave, please go back to your seat, I want to talk to my wife."
How can a determined military comrade be held hostage by morality?
Old Lady Lu's eyes met his, and there seemed to be cold frost there.
Knowing that the third son of the Gu family was not easy to control, he did not dare to go too far and pulled Lu Baozhen away angrily.
Seeing Su Yuxian standing there stupidly, smiling outside the platform in a cocky and rude manner, he reached out and pinched her.
"Laugh, laugh, laugh, your teeth are showing, why don't you find a seat quickly. How could I have such a stupid daughter-in-law like you, who can't do anything? You are so lucky to marry my son and become his wife..." Old lady Lu cursed, her voice was so piercing and loud that everyone in the carriage looked over.
She did not feel ashamed, but seemed to find pleasure and cursed even more vigorously.
Su Yuxian was looking at Lin Zhao provocatively with an arrogant attitude of superiority, but her mother-in-law suddenly got angry, and she lost all her face.
"Mom, please keep your voice down." Su Yuxian said angrily.
Old lady Lu glared at me, "What? Are you the mother-in-law or am I the mother-in-law? You are yelling at me, right? Don't forget that I bought your ticket. Believe it or not, I will make you get off the bus!"
"Did you earn it? The money was earned by my man." Su Yuxian retorted.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started arguing in the car.
The people in the car stood up to watch the fun.
Until the flight attendant came over.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Sit down, the train is about to leave. What's the point of making such a fuss?"
Flight attendants these days are very boastful and have sharp tongues. They will curse at anyone without giving any face to anyone.
Old Mrs. Lu was throwing tantrums in front of her daughter-in-law, but she didn't dare to say anything to the arrogant man. She pulled Lu Baozhen towards her seat.
After such a short while, the train started moving.
The people on the platform ran after the train, crying out the names of the people they cared about, with reluctance written all over their faces.
Lin Zhao was infected by this emotion and her eyes felt a little dry.
It's really hard not to be affected by this scene.
The twins couldn't stand it anymore and chased after the car and tried to break the window.
The two little brothers cried, "Dad!"
Yubao and Hengbao knew that they would not be able to see their father for a long time after this separation, and they cried very sadly.
When Gu Chenghuai saw his son trying to climb into the car, his face changed slightly. When he saw Lin Zhao hugging her two sons, her brows relaxed.
He leaned forward and said loudly, "Call me if you miss me."
Seeing a passenger leaning out, the staff on the platform shouted, "Don't stick your head out, keep your head back!"
No matter who it is, anyone who dares to violate the rules will be scolded.
Gu Chenghuai withdrew his body and looked closely at his wife and children.
"Let's go back."
Lin Zhao and her two sons followed the train forward.
Yubao wiped his tears with his little hands, too sad to speak, "Dad..."
"Wow, wow, wow." Hengbao also started crying, and his crying sounded like a boiling kettle.
Lin Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Don't follow me, go back quickly." Gu Chenghuai waved to his wife and children, and reminded them worriedly: "Zhao Zhao, be careful on the way back, and find the police if you have any problems."
"Don't worry about Fourth Brother, I'll keep an eye on him..."
The train gradually accelerated, clanging forward, leaving behind people on the platform to see it off.
The worried male voice gradually faded away, and only the wind reached my ears.
The people on the platform didn't move until the train turned into a small dot and then everyone came to their senses.
Yubao and Hengbao were too sentimental, they burst into tears, their eyes were red. The elder brother took out a handkerchief to wipe his nose, first for himself and then for his younger brother.
Lin Zhao said, "Go back to your uncle's house."
The twins followed her, looking back every few steps.
"The train has disappeared, why are you still looking?" Lin Zhao said with a smile.
Hengbao hung his head and said, "I miss my dad."
"Don't you like to go against your father? I thought you didn't like him. Do you think so again? Why didn't you say anything when your father was around?" Lin Zhao pinched Erzai's little mouth, "You are a spoiled brat who says one thing but means another."
"I don't dislike my dad." Hengbao said quickly.
Yubao explained for his brother, "Hengbao complained that daddy hadn't been home for a long time. Grandma used to say that daddy loved us very much, that he would walk a long way to buy us milk, and that he would coax us to sleep. Hengbao and I didn't remember that. He hadn't been home for a long time, and he didn't write. Hengbao thought that grandma was lying, that daddy didn't like us at all, and that he and daddy were having a quarrel. He didn't dislike daddy."
"Hengbao likes his dad's gifts very much. He likes them very much and touches them every day."
After hearing his brother tell out all his little secrets, Hengbao didn't get angry, but his ears turned red and his eyes were fixed on the ground, as if there was gold on the ground.
"I know." Lin Zhao pinched the twins' hands, "You all like daddy, I can tell at a glance."
Heng Bao looked up, dissatisfied: "Mom is teasing me!"
"Yes, I am teasing you." Lin Zhao pinched the child's cheek and asked with a smile, "Why? Can't I?"
Facing his mother's pretty smile, Hengbao couldn't say a word of refusal. His face was full of helpless compromise. "Of course, you are my mother. If someone teases me, I will punch him."
He said this while shaking his fist fiercely.
Lin Zhao thought her son was so cute and the smile on her face deepened.
The mother and her two children left the train station.
Yubao looked up, "Mom, are we going to my great uncle's house?"
"Yes." Lin Zhao said, "The house is ready. I would like to invite your uncle Yunjin to live with us."
Yubao was very happy, "Great, I like the hustle and bustle. In the future, my uncle will teach Hengbao and my uncle will teach me, one person each."
"You have arranged everything." Lin Zhao's tone was soft and calm.
"Yes, my uncle and my uncle will definitely agree." Yu Bao believed it firmly.
Lin Zhao nodded in agreement, "Of course, you are sensible and smart children, and adults like you."
When the two kids were praised by their mother, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling for a long time. They didn't even think about their biological father at all.
Gu Chenghuai sat on the train for a long time without recovering, and felt a pang of pain in his heart.
When I caught a glimpse of the red rope around my wrist, the frost in my eyes slowly melted.
He got up early and felt hungry quickly, so he took out the pancake made by his wife. When he turned the pancake over, he saw a beautifully folded piece of paper. He thought of something, and a hint of expectation appeared in his deep eyes.
Turn over the paper.
Above is a simple sketch of a family of six, a loving young couple, a pair of twins over five years old, and a pair of twin boys and girls sitting on a mat.
Below the painting is written:
[What a happy family, (???°???)?. We are looking forward to our next reunion right after we separated. My four kids and I are waiting for you to come home safely. ]
Gu Chenghuai gently pinched the paper and smiled gently.
After a while.
He took out a pen, lowered his head and wrote a sentence next to the line of words.
【Do not let down the motherland, do not let down your family. 】
The reluctance in his heart was healed, and the young officer's mouth corners curled up involuntarily, his eyes clear.
Carefully fold the paper and put it in the pocket of your military uniform.
He took out the cake and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
The other side.
Lin Zhao brought the twins to the Song family.
Uncle Song and the others were surprised to see them coming.
"Zhao Zhao? Yu Bao and Heng Bao are here too." Uncle Song rubbed the two kids' heads affectionately.
Lin Zhao walked into the room, sat down on the sofa and leaned back.
I haven’t gotten up so early in a long time. I’m so tired.
"I just went to see your nephew's husband off," she said casually.
Uncle Song reacted immediately, "Cheng Huai returned to the army?"
"Yes, I used up all the leave time I saved when I came back this time." Lin Zhao felt that being a soldier was not easy.
He took the enamel jar that Yunjin handed to him, drank two sips to quench his thirst, and then fed the twins.
"Uncle, your nephew's husband asked me to apologize to you and said he doesn't have time to come to your house anymore. He will come to see you next time he visits relatives."
Uncle Song waved his hands and said, "What's the big deal? Cheng Huai has a special job, and as a family member, I understand."
Lin Zhao smiled and said, "My uncle's awareness is extraordinary."
"Go, go, go." Uncle Song was amused by his niece's coaxing tone, "Have you eaten?"
"No." Lin Zhao touched her empty stomach and asked bluntly, "Uncle, I want to eat fried dough sticks and drink soy milk."
Uncle Song suddenly thought of the past when Zhaozhao was still in school and she would come to him, her uncle, for whatever she wanted to eat or drink. But things were different after she got married. She hadn't made any requests for several years.
Uncle Song was very happy to hear this again.
"Okay, buy it for our Zhao Zhao."
Then he looked at the twins, "What do you want to eat, Yubao and Hengbao?"
"Just like mom." Yubao sat obediently, his short legs just a few millimeters away from the ground. He took off his coat and put on a dark green short-sleeved shirt, looking gentle and handsome.
"Thank you, uncle." He thanked very politely.
Uncle Song felt that Zhaozhao was really good at educating children. Look at how well-behaved and polite his child was. He was not like some of the children in the staff housing estate. When you gave them candy, they wouldn’t even say a word and would just stuff the candy into their mouths.
"Yubao is so good."
Yubao blushed.
At this time, Hengbao said loudly: "Uncle, I am the same as my mother and brother."
He slid off the sofa, tilted his head back, and smiled brightly, "Uncle, I'll go shopping with you. I can help carry the things. I'm very strong."
Uncle Song: "Okay, I'll take you to see it. Do you want to go, Yubao?"
Yu Bao looked at Lin Zhao and shook his head, "I want to accompany my mother."
Uncle Song didn't force it and took Hengbao out with him.
"Yubao is so clingy." Yunjin smiled and hugged Yubao in her arms.
Yubao smiled shyly.
Lin Zhao changed the subject and asked Yun Jin, "Where is your brother?"
"Who knows? He left early in the morning." Yun Jin squeezed towards Lin Zhao and said mysteriously, "Sister, I should have a sister-in-law soon."
"My brother is always courteous to me. He goes out early and comes back late every day. That's fine, but he always smiles for no apparent reason. He smiles like my brother-in-law sees you. You are so worthless."
Lin Zhao patted his arm and said, "How can you talk like that? Your brother-in-law didn't provoke you."
Yun Jin slapped her own lips, smiled flatteringly, and admitted her fault decisively, "Sister, I don't mean to disrespect my brother-in-law, it's just that, you know what I mean, that kind of smile is really creepy, it can scare people to death if you see it in the middle of the night."
I understand.
I understand the smile of falling in love so well!
"According to what you said, your family should be having a wedding soon," said Lin Zhao.
"Yeah, yeah. I told my mom and she scolded me, saying that I was a talkative kid." Yun Jin felt aggrieved.
"Why?" Lin Zhao was curious.
My aunt wouldn't curse people for no reason. Cursing means she is very annoying.
"Why else? Worrying about something will lead to something bad happening." Even if Aunt Song didn't say it, Song Yunjin could guess something.
"The bride price is three turns and one ring? You have to prepare everything?" Lin Zhao thought it was too much to prepare everything.
She had no objection to Yuncheng's partner, but it was difficult to get the tickets for the three-turn and one-ring, and it was difficult to prepare them all. Besides, there was Yunjin in her uncle's family. If she prepared for Yuncheng, shouldn't she also prepare for Yunjin? It's not right to favor one over the other for the two sons.
"No, prepare two." Yun Jin said.
He smiled sheepishly, "My parents said that my brother and I should prepare two items and buy whatever tickets we can get."
Lin Zhao: "That makes sense. This way, my uncle and aunt won't be under so much pressure."
That is to say, her uncle's family is wealthy, and if it were someone else's family, it would also be a huge loss.
"It's still a long time for me to get married. Maybe I'll have saved enough money by then!" Yun Jin said confidently.
"You have ambition." Lin Zhao patted his shoulder.
"hey-hey."
"Yunjin, didn't I say before that I would invite you to stay in the village for a few days? Do you want to go?" Lin Zhao asked.
"Go ahead!"
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