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

Chapter 41 "Always Making Girls Cry"

Father Gu looked at Lin Zhao.

"This..." In front of the third son's wife, Gu's father didn't 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 lit a lamp, and the dim yellow light shone obliquely on him, making the child's eyes 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 to Zizi's grandfather.

Father Gu heard the hidden meaning in her words and rubbed his hands happily, but was worried about the wrong name, so he said nervously: "You should follow the third child's name. I don't know many characters, and naming is a big deal. It affects the lives of the eldest and the others, so we can't be careless."

Lin Zhao didn't answer, leaving the choice to the eldest and second cubs. "What do you two think? Who do you want to take the throne?"

The second child said, "I want Grandpa 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 to the mountains and fields since they were young to get it.

Lin Zhao was more than happy to do so—she wasn’t very good at naming, and neither was 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 without any hesitation.

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 rat teeth gnawing on them. 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, a boy and a girl, nestled drowsily in Lin Zhao's arms. She gently patted their backs to soothe them and whispered, "Mom, I heard from my eldest and second sons 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, tomorrow. Just pretend you don't know and don't get involved."

Lin Zhao hadn't wanted to get involved in the first place. "Will Mom 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. Today, they had apples, flour, canned food, and a piece of meat for the "big brother."

Although it was not for them to eat, the vegetables became tasty when cooked in the same oil pan used to fry meat for the two kids.

Not to mention that the eldest and second sons are generous children. They give the meat to Tiechui and share the canned food with him.

The five-and-a-half-year-old children don’t care. 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 doors of their houses. When they saw this scene, they had different thoughts.

Cheng Huai's family is so lucky, 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 rang in his head and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Da Huang, Amber——"

Flutter and rustle.

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's no place you can't poop! You're just pushing it on people's heads..."

The old man picked up a leaf and wiped it on his head, cursing under his breath.

After scolding the bird, she shouted at 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 running over with Amber, 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. 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?

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, he saw a huge wild boar with hard needle hairs all over its body lying in front of him.

It was so scary that the hair stood on end.

"Just ignore me, that's great! " 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.

"Erzai, you made Baozhen cry."

The old man in the village laughed heartily as he recalled some past events. "Erzai is just like his father. Cheng Huai doesn't like to talk to girls either, and he always makes them cry."

This was the first time Lin Zhao heard the village elders talk about how Zizi's father used to have his ears perked up when he was a teenager.

Erzai grinned, puffing out his chest and raising his head proudly, "I'm my father's son, so I must look like him."

Unhappy about being wrongly accused, he explained, "I was eight feet away from Lu Baozhen, how could I have made her cry? Adults can't just accuse children. My mother, my grandmother, and my aunt are all here."

The man who spoke up looked embarrassed, cleared his throat, and said uncomfortably: "I was just joking, how come you believed it?"

Erzai's eyes widened as he disapproved, "My mom said it takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to dispel it. I don't want to have to work hard. Uncle, please don't make fun of me anymore. I don't like it."

What else can the joking young man 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 baby.

Mother Gu said, "Second son, go back. Your mother has to go to work tomorrow morning."

"Hey!" Erzai said cheerfully, 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.

"I'm 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 disperse and go 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 tugged at 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 heart into the Lin Zhao family's cold shoulder again. Feeling embarrassed, she didn't rush to agree. Instead, she asked, "Why? There are so many children in the village. Can't you just play with them?"

"No! No! No!" Lu Baozhen shook her head, her mouth pouting, her two short legs kicking hard on the ground, her hands waving wildly in the air, and she yelled at the top of her voice, "I don't want to play with others, I just want to play with Big Brother and 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."

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, 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 his heart.

At this time, Lu Baozhen smiled at her and opened her arms, "Stepmother, carry me home."

Su Yuxian stepped back, as if the person before her was not a little girl, but some terrifying monster. "Stepmother?" Lu Baozhen smiled innocently and cleanly.

Su Yuxian could not forget the scene he had just seen, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an unnatural way.

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, otherwise I will tell my father and let him divorce you."

"……it is 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. You lock the door and go to bed early. You 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 began to wash up.

After not seeing each other for a day, the eldest son had a lot to say to his mother.

The child sat on a small stool, fanning away mosquitoes with a palm-leaf fan, and said, "Mom, I went to the next door toilet this morning, and the aunt next door asked me about the insect candy."

Lin Zhao washed the foam off her face, wiped it with a towel, and said casually, "She wants to give one to Dazhuang."

Da Zi said, "Yeah, Da Zhuang was so scared that he started crying when he heard that Er Zi and I had worms in our poop and that he had worms in his stomach too."

"Then I'll give you one later and you can take 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. She didn't want 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's greed for money and explained softly, "A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. The family next door is nice, and mother is happy to give it to them 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, mother."

"What are you thanking me for? It's a mother's job to think for her son." Lin Zhao poured out the water in the basin, went back to the house to get the pagoda candy, and told her eldest son to send it to the 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 for a look, then curled up again, closed her eyes, and her little belly bulged and fell, making a soft snoring sound.

"Second child, Mommy is going to take a bath. If you feel 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.

Erzai sat in front of the lamp.

"Mom, go wash up. 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. Of course, the tool she used was a basin. The new house had not been built yet, so she had to make do with it for now.

Dazai brought Dahuang to the next door and explained their purpose.

Wang Chunhua was delighted. "I was thinking of asking your mother tomorrow morning. I'll take it. Please thank your mother for me. If you need anything in the future, just come to me directly."

"Okay. My mother told me to pay attention to 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 worried that her son and daughter-in-law would sleep too soundly, so she let her grandson sleep in their room tonight and she would take care of him personally.

The eldest son said that he might have a fever, so he 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 a chance to catch my breath.

Uncle Song, who was sitting on the sofa, asked, "Have you sent Zhao Zhao back? How are the older kids?"

Song Yuncheng: "..."Dear father, 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.

boom.

Uncle Song pushed his enamel pot over.

"drink."

Song Yuncheng was flattered. He smiled and started drinking from the enamel pot.

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 sobbed with heartache. He couldn't help but say, "Just quench your thirst."

Song Yuncheng stopped at the right time.

Return the enamel pot.

Uncle Song took a look and saw that the cup was half empty, and his face instantly turned dark.

Song Yuncheng scratched his head guiltily and hurriedly diverted his father's attention.

"The older ones are all pretty good. My sister treated me to a bowl of noodles. The noodles looked weird, every strand was bent. I don't know how she made them, but they tasted really good."

"I ate a bowl and felt really 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, "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 refuse for fear of being beaten," said Song Yuncheng.

Uncle Song glared at him, "Nonsense, Zhao Zhao is so gentle and kind, when has she ever beaten you? Stop ruining your sister's reputation."

Song Yuncheng: “…” Okay, okay, they are indeed uncle and nephew, they speak in the same tone.

"……Oh."

Uncle Song was dissatisfied with his answer, "Oh what? Oh, be more serious."

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 returned to his room.

Just as she was about to go to sleep, a dark head drooped 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 chuckled shyly, "I'm curious too. I haven't seen you in a long time."

"Brother, tell me more about me and Da Zi."

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.

[Purchasing a watch to please yourself is a ritual of self-gifting, and you will be rewarded with 100 points.]
[Reconnect with family members you haven't contacted for a long time, strengthen your family ties, and receive 200 points.]
[Pagoda Candy, a veritable insecticide. Kill insects for eight children, caring for the flowers of our nation. You'll be rewarded with 80 points.]
[Cook braised beef noodles once and get 5 points.]
……

All in all, I got 390 points.

Together with the points accumulated before, the total is 733 points.

I can draw a big one again.

Lin Zhao looked happy.

(End of this chapter)