The mother of the era is reborn to support her cannon fodder children!

Chapter 16 "Good Luck"

As soon as Gu Xing'er left, the atmosphere at the dinner table became much better.

Huang Xiulan took the initiative to speak, breaking the stagnant atmosphere, "I didn't expect that fish cooked with pickled cabbage would be so delicious. My third sister-in-law really knows how to eat."

"That's right," said Gu's mother. "Next time we catch fish, ask the third daughter-in-law how she makes it, and we can do the same."

When the family members said this, the boys shouted excitedly.

"Grandma, I'm going to catch fish." The naughty monkey Tiedan said hurriedly.

Gu's mother scolded him, "Why are you going? You are only a few years old. If you dare to go into the river, I will beat you up!"

She waved her palm as big as a palm fan to scare the naughty boy.

Tiedan was so frightened that he almost got a fish bone stuck in his throat. He spat out the small fish bone and said tactfully, "I'm not going."

Bangbang patted his chest. Fortunately he didn't say anything, otherwise he would be the one being scolded. His grandmother didn't care whether he was the eldest grandson or not, she would still scold him if he made a mistake.

Afraid that the boys would really go fishing, Mother Gu said to her two sons, "Eldest son, second son, you two should go when you have time."

Gu Yuanshan and Gu Yucheng agreed.

"The eldest and second sons will definitely eat as much pickled fish as they can." Tiedan's voice was full of envy.

Alas, why isn’t he the third wife’s child?

Lai Meimei took a mouthful of pickled cabbage. The dish that she used to hate was now particularly to her taste. "Of course. I heard that Dazi and his second uncle bought them the eldest son's fish. Third Aunt is also very generous. They can definitely eat as much meat as they want."

Zhao Liuniang rolled her eyes at her son and said, "Why, am I not generous?"

Lai Mei said frankly: "Not generous, mother is too stingy!"

Zhao Liuniang ignored her son who deserved a beating.

What a rotten kid.

The Gu family hadn't eaten meat for more than a month. Although the fish Lin Zhao sent was not much, it was greasy and could barely satisfy the family's cravings. Not a single bit of the fish soup was wasted, and they would savor the taste of the pickled fish while lying in bed at night.

The old couple's house.

Mother Gu mended the frayed cuffs of the old man's sleeves and said, "The third son's wife has changed a lot these past few days. I don't expect anything else, but I hope she'll treat the older kids better. Even if she spends a lot of money, it doesn't matter. What do you think?"

Father Gu, who was lying in bed and could fall asleep snoring at any moment: "..."

What could he say?

"Hmm." He mumbled.

Mother Gu was not satisfied with this answer, "Go to sleep."

Father Gu turned over, and within seconds snoring could be heard in the room.

That night.

Lin Zhao continued to draw lots.

Completed many tasks today -

Including entertaining the bride's family, 10 points.

Make new clothes for the children, 10 points.

Share pickled fish with your in-laws and get positive reviews, 10 points.

Renovate the backyard, 50 points.

You can draw 8 times with each prize worth 10 points. The prizes won here are basically daily necessities.

If you want to draw advanced ones, such as various skills, you need at least 500 points.

Lin Zhao thought about it and decided to draw 10 points.

It seems like my luck in the previous two draws was used up, and I didn’t win any big gift packages in tonight’s draw.

The items I got were not big, but very practical.

【Corduroy fabric × 10 feet】

【Medical sanitary napkins × 5 packs】

【Fine wool × 5 catties】

【Soda × 10 bottles】

【High elastic hair band × 3 pieces】

【Salted duck egg × 1】

【High-quality first-grade white sugar × 1kg】

【Rice cake × 3 pieces】

Although it was not as good as the previous two times, Lin Zhao was still very satisfied. It was a free gift.

After drawing the prize, Lin Zhao hugged her sweet and soft little girl and closed her eyes to sleep.

The next day.

When Lin Heling learned that his daughter was coming back, he looked at his wife and said softly, "Why did you tell me now?"

Song Xiwei, Lin's mother, said, "If I told you, you wouldn't be able to sleep all night. It's better not to tell you now. It's the same if I tell you now."

Lin's mother's original name was Song Meihua. After she got together with her husband when she was young, she felt that her name was not nice, so she pestered Lin Heling to change her name. Later, it was changed to Song Xiwei.

Even though she is old now, she was also a flower when she was young, a queen of flowers, swinging a black whip with great vigor, hot and gorgeous.

Lin Heling doesn't look old at all. He was handsome when he was young, and he is still a handsome old man when he is old. There is no peculiar smell on his body, and he is always clean and refreshing. In addition, he is tall and has a straight body. His temperament is far superior to that of his peers. If it weren't for the patches on his clothes, people would believe that he is a big leader from the city.

He smiled and said, "Zhao Zhao's room needs to be cleaned up. She's lazy and wants to lie down as soon as she gets home."

"I cleaned it. I clean it every few days. Yesterday I heard she was coming back, so I cleaned it again so she can lie down when she comes back." Mother Lin looked at her husband and smiled. Her husband was so handsome that she could eat half a bowl of rice more just by looking at his face.

Lin Heling was used to her staring at him and said, "How long will Zhao Zhao stay? It's rare for her to come back, so it would be better if she stayed a few days longer."

Mother Lin couldn't help laughing, "You wish your daughter didn't get married, right?"

"Which father wants to see his daughter get married?" Lin Heling asked back, and then said: "For a father, marrying off his daughter leaves a hole in his heart."

Mother Lin thought to herself that it was fortunate that Zhaozhao married nearby and it was convenient for her to go back to her parents’ home, otherwise her father would be even more worried.
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Gu family.

Lin Zhao got up early, made egg custard to fill the stomachs of the twins, sent the two little ones to the old house, and then returned home to start cooking noodles.

After a while, the eldest and second cubs were awakened by the fragrance.

The two brothers, wearing new clothes, held on to the kitchen door and kept looking inside.

The second child said with a smile: "Mom, what are you doing? It smells so good. I was dreaming, but I woke up as soon as I smelled the fragrance."

"I had instant noodles and drank soda this morning." Lin Zhao smiled warmly.

"Soda?!!!!" Dazai's eyes lit up and his voice rose at the end. "Is it the soda sold by the supply and marketing cooperative?!" he asked excitedly.

“Soda!!!” Erzai also exclaimed, his voice as loud as his grandmother’s.

"Yes." Lin Zhao said softly.

She warned the two children who were scanning the kitchen for the soda: "Hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth. Use facial soap, and don't forget to put baby cream on your face."

"Hey!" The eldest son pulled the second son to wash up.

The two children had never eaten instant noodles or drunk soda before, so they were both very excited.

Lin Zhao served three bowls of clear soup noodles, which were garnished with green vegetables and finely chopped green onions, and topped with a greasy fried egg.

As soon as it was placed on the stone table in the yard, two cubs ran out, covered with the fragrant baby cream.

"Wow, there are eggs again!" Erzai said happily, pulling his brother to sit down.

At this time, Lin Zhao came out with three bottles of soda.

"Eat quickly, or the noodles will clump together."

The eyes of the eldest and second cubs lit up, and their brows danced with joy.

The two brothers sat down, but did not rush to pick up their chopsticks. They waited until their mother sat down and picked up her chopsticks before they started eating.

Erzai Meimei took a bite of the fried egg and his spirits immediately soared, "Mom, this egg is delicious."

The eldest boy nodded in agreement, his mouth full of grease.

Lin Zhao took a bite of the noodles first. The taste was just right. "This is a fried egg. It's fried in oil. Of course it's delicious."

"Mom, I like fried eggs. Can you make them tomorrow?" Erzai said bluntly. "Sure, just tell me if you want to eat them." There was no shortage of oil at home, so it was easy to eat when we wanted to.

These days, both adults and children are starving. The two kids have big appetites. They finished a bowl of noodles and even drank the soup.

"Are you full?" Lin Zhao asked. It made sense that people said that the little brats could eat their father out of money.

"I'm full." Dazai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, it's really hot to eat noodle soup in the summer.

The two children took a look at the soda on the table, didn't rush to drink it, and went to wash the dishes.

After washing the dishes, he came out and looked at Lin Zhao eagerly.

Erzai asked, "Mom, can I drink soda now?"

"Yes, as long as you don't overdo it," said Lin Zhao.

The eldest son had a plan. After thinking about it, he discussed with his younger brother, "Second son, let's open one bottle first and share it between us. We can drink the other bottle when we get back from grandma's house this afternoon, okay?"

Erzai thought his brother's idea was great and agreed without hesitation, "Okay!"

Lin Zhao respected the brothers' decision and opened a bottle for the two children.

"Second son, you drink first." The eldest son let his younger brother drink first.

Erzai took a small sip, his eyes curved into crescents, "Brother, you drink too, soda is really delicious, it makes my tongue numb and sweet."

After tasting it, he hurriedly gave the bottle to the eldest brother and urged his brother to drink it.

The eldest boy also took a sip, and a smile flashed in his black eyes, "It tastes good!" He particularly agreed with his younger brother's words.

Lin Zhao caught a glimpse of the two little brothers being polite to each other, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. These divine darlings came purely to repay a favor. She didn't need to worry about it at all, because the two little brothers had their own ideas.

When the eldest child saw the smile on his mother's face, he felt inexplicably shy and asked in a low voice, "What are you laughing at, mother?"

"I'm so lucky to be laughing."

Erzai chuckled. He was familiar with this saying. Everyone in the village said that his mother was lucky.

He grinned, "My brother and I are lucky!"

As he spoke, he took the soda handed to him by the eldest son, took a sip, and sighed with emotion like an adult.

Lin Zhao laughed, this look must have been learned from his grandfather.

"You two take your time drinking, I'm going to pack up and leave soon!"

Erzai thought of something and called out to her, "Mom!"

Lin Zhao stopped, looked back at him, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Can I take my candy?" Erzai said seriously, "My brother and I want to give candy to Big Egg and the others."

Dadan is the son of Brother Lin. Dadan has a twin brother, Erdan, who is ten years old this year. The two brothers have an eight-year-old sister named Lin Xibao.

"Are you so generous? If you divide it all up, you won't have anything left." Lin Zhao teased her two sons with a smile.

The eldest child said, "Brother Dadan and his friends gave eggs to me and the second child, and they also gave us candy during the New Year."

"Brother is right, we are willing to share it with them." Erzai followed.

It is certain that they are reluctant to part with it, but both children are generous and happy to share with their relatives.

Lin Zhao said, "Take whatever you want. It's up to you. You can handle the candies you two are given."

"Thank you, mother!" Erzai said loudly.

Lin Zhao rubbed his head and went into the house to pack her things.

A can of meat, two pounds of meat, a can of oil, a pack of noodles, salted duck eggs, three bottles of soda, a small bag of sugar. After thinking about it, I took the new box of vanishing cream.

Put it in a net bag, leave the room and lock the door.

"Big cub, second cub, are you okay?"

The eldest and second sons came out of their house with bulging pockets.

"Okay." Erzai pressed his trouser pocket with his hand, afraid that the candy would fall out.

Lin Zhao knew at a glance that the two boys had taken all their stock.

As expected of her son, he is so generous.

"Let's go!" said Lin Zhao.

I don’t know what tickled Erzai’s funny bone, but the little boy giggled with a clear and crisp sound.

The mother and her two sons walked out of the door. Lin Zhao locked the door and took her two sons back to her parents' home.

The half-grown boy was very energetic and never complained of being tired along the way. His back looked like a bird out of a cage.

"Mom, can you sing?" Erzai pulled a handful of pigtail grass on the roadside and turned back to ask his mother.

"No," Lin Zhao said.

"Do you know?"

Erzai shook his head, "I don't know either."

"Will the eldest son know how to do it?" Lin Zhao did not forget her eldest son.

The eldest boy took his mother's hand and said, "I don't know how either."

Lin Zhao remembered that there was a movie theater in the county and that the movie "Tunnel Warfare" had just been released, so she asked, "Do you want to see a movie?"

The two children looked happy.

Erzai dropped the foxtail grass in his hand and rushed towards Lin Zhao. He stopped abruptly, leaned forward, then bounced back, his tone anxious and excited: "Mom wants to take me and my brother to the movies?"

"Yes." Seeing her son's face full of anticipation, Lin Zhao painted a pie in the sky.

The second cub cheered, and his laughter startled the sparrows resting in the tree.

“Watch a movie! Watch a movie!!”

He kept mumbling while watching the movie.

Lin Zhao looked at the two little brothers' happy faces and a smile appeared in her eyes.

Chatting and laughing all the way, the mother and her two children arrived at the entrance of the Dongfeng Brigade village.

Lin Dadan was waiting at the village entrance with his younger brothers and sisters. When they saw their aunt, the group of children ran over excitedly.

Dadan and Erdan, who were already ten years old, ran the fastest. They stopped in front of Lin Zhao and shouted in unison, "Auntie!"

Lin Xibao ran after him, her yellow hair flying in the wind, grinning like a little lunatic, "Auntie!!"

Behind them were the two girls from Lin Erge’s family, Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng, one 9 years old and the other 7 years old.

"Aunt, I miss you so much." Xi Bao hugged Lin Zhao's waist, her smile brighter than the sun.

Lin Zhao was carrying something in her hand and was afraid of bumping into her niece, so she quickly raised her hand and said, "Slow down, slow down."

"Your grandma asked you to wait at the village entrance?" she asked. "How long have you been waiting?"

"Not long ago, I came here after dinner." Lin Dadan answered his aunt, his eyes always scanning the net bag in his aunt's hand.

He saw a lot of good things.

Noticing the look in her nephew's eyes, Lin Zhao stuffed the item into his hand and said, "What are you looking at? You don't know what to do next. My hands are sore from exhaustion."

Lin Dadan took it happily, smiled and said, "I'm afraid my aunt will dislike me."

"What? You treat me as an outsider?" Lin Zhao pretended to be angry.

Lin Dadan panicked and shook his head quickly: "No, no, aunt, let's go home quickly. My grandfather is waiting at home and has been missing you."

Hearing this, Lin Zhao quickened her pace.

Lin Dadan and Lin Erdan were like two generals, holding their aunt on the left and right, and walked towards home.

On the way, they met people from the same brigade. The lady asked a question casually, and the village head Lin Dadan greeted them skillfully. The boy smiled brighter than the flowers and took the initiative to say, "Yes, my aunt is going back to her parents' home."

"What? You asked me what I brought. Look, this net bag has it all."

"My aunt is really filial? Of course. My grandma said that my aunt is the most filial daughter in the whole village."

Lin Zhao, who was unable to get a word in the entire conversation, said: "..."

She nudged Erdan with her elbow and whispered, "I haven't seen you for a while. Why has your brother suddenly become so chatty?"

(End of this chapter)