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

Chapter 48 "The Best Sister-in-Law" (Additional Update)

One of the people involved in the topic injured his buttocks and needed to see a doctor. The onlookers couldn't stand the crowd any longer and left with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

"This Lu family's play is better than any other at the educated youth's place. Come and watch it. There will be more exciting times in the future."

"Neither Old Lady Lu nor Yizhou's sister are easy to get along with. Why is Yuxian so desperate to marry into their family? Oh! Hard times lie ahead!"

The village chief's wife was still cracking her pumpkin seeds, her chin slightly raised, as if she knew everything.

"Why else? She's not young anymore. If she doesn't get married soon, she'll become an old maid. Even though the Lu family kid is married and has a child, he's a soldier and gets a monthly allowance. The Su family girl can't find a better partner than Baozhen's father, so of course she's clinging to him."

If she guessed correctly, Su Yuxian was planning to join the army.

If she were to follow the army, wouldn't she be comfortable in such a remote place?!

"Tsk tsk, Yuxian looks more and more like her mother." said the woman in the indigo patched jacket.

"It's right for people to want to live a good life," said another person.

The village chief's wife shook her head, feeling pessimistic.

That’s right, but you’ve walked into a wolf’s den.

Everyone said that Lu Yizhou was a good person and an upright young man, just like the third boy of the Gu family. She felt for no reason that the boy from the Lu family was a little hypocritical.

Without evidence, she could just assume that he wasn't to her liking.

What everyone doesn’t know is that in the original book, after Lin Zhao’s death, Lu Baozhen used the buns and candies she “exchanged” from Black Koi to care for and accompany the eldest and second sons, making them regard her as a good friend.

In this way, the black koi got what it wanted.

Lu Baozhen relied on it to get more and more good things, and the Lu family lived better and better. Su Yuxian only needed to please his stepdaughter to live a good life.

The eldest and second cubs began to have bad luck and gradually lost all the people they could rely on. They barely survived to adulthood by digging wild vegetables and relying on help from villagers.

just now.

The twins' mother was still alive and taught them to stay away from the Lu family. Lu Baozhen couldn't get close to the eldest and second twins, so she could only set her sights on the stepmother.

As soon as Su Yuxian got married, she was branded as an unlucky daughter-in-law. Her hell mode began, and she lay in bed full of self-doubt.

Lu Yizhou also felt that she was unlucky. He didn't even want to enter the room or pack his luggage and went straight back to the army.

Upon learning this, Su Yuxian's eyes rolled up and he fainted.

Before I fainted, a thought popped up in my mind: This shouldn’t be the case!

She should be able to live a good life!
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Yuanbao ran to the Gu family's old house, spitting everywhere, and told Dazi, Erzi and others about the Lu family's affairs.

Lai Mei slapped her thigh with a look of regret, "It's a pity I didn't get to eat the hot food. When I arrived, the place was already over."

The eldest son generously distributed spicy noodles to everyone and said seriously, "The spicy noodles are more delicious than just watching the fun."

His mother didn't allow them to have any dealings with the Lu family, and he hoped that Bangbang Ge and the others would stay away from that family, but he didn't know how to say it. Then he had an idea and thought of bribing them with delicious food.

"You're right! Thank you, big boy!" Lai Mei took the spicy strips, but was reluctant to eat them in big bites. She took small bites and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Big Cub, you and Second Cub have such a wonderful life. Third Aunt buys you delicious food every day."

He was tired of saying the word "envy".

And what’s more, he was about to go to school and didn’t even see a schoolbag, but Erzai, who was running around the village, had one.

Oh my God, you are so unfair.

"Brother Lai Mei, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Lai Mei was heartbroken, Dazai blinked his big black and white eyes and asked in confusion.

"It's okay." Lai Mei took a bite of the spicy strips as if to vent her anger, and then smiled again.

A piece of candy or a snack can make him very satisfied.

The little boy was getting hungry. His stomach was rumbling, and he asked his brother, "Brother, when can we eat watermelon?"

Tiedan sucked his fingers and turned to look at Dazi: "Auntie San bought you watermelons again? Dazi, why do I feel like you two are just like city people?"

The eldest and second cubs smiled secretly.

That's not the case.

My mother said that they live better than in the city.

……

The two brothers found time to go back home and brought watermelons back to the old house.

Bangbang and others were shocked and happy.

"Big cub! Second cub!!" Tiedan couldn't believe the vague guess in his heart, and spoke in a low voice.

"My mother said to share this watermelon with everyone." The eldest son said that he didn't feel bad about sharing it with his brothers and sisters.

Tiedan jumped three feet high with full of "wow" and shouted excitedly: "Wow! Third Aunt is the best Third Aunt in the whole commune!!"

Huang Xiulan was also happy. She cut the watermelon, let the children take it themselves, and sent a few pieces to the main house.

"Mom, eat watermelon."

Mother Gu couldn't rest. She thought it would be better to kill her if she just lay there doing nothing. She sat up halfway and made cloth shoes for the children at home.

Children running all over the mountains and fields wear out their shoes the most. Their big toes can be pushed out in just two days. I'll make a few more pairs while I have time. I may not have time to build a three-room brick house later.

"Was it a gift from the third daughter-in-law?" Mother Gu asked, looking at the piece of watermelon in the eldest daughter-in-law's hand.

"Yes, the eldest and second cubs were brought home and their mother said that they wanted us to eat together." Huang Xiulan explained with a smile.

Knowing that everyone was eating together, Mother Gu wiped her hands, took it, and took a bite. It was sweet and juicy.

"The third son's wife is really good at buying melons. This melon is really good. I don't feel bored after eating a bite."

Huang Xiulan knew why her mother-in-law was bored and couldn't sit still. It was just like when she was in confinement after giving birth. She couldn't wait to go out and plow the three acres of land.

"Mom, bear with it for now. Once your injury heals, you can move however you want."

Of course, Gu's mother listened to the advice.

Listening to the children talking and laughing outside the yard, time seems easier to bear.

There was sweet watermelon at home, and the busy Gu family members came out when they smelled the scent.

Sit in a row and eat fruit.

Gu Chan went back to her parents' home today. As soon as she arrived at the village entrance, she heard a few women gossiping while they were enjoying the cool air.

"I don't know how Yuanshan's mother is doing. She lost so much blood yesterday, I don't know when she can recover."

mother?
Mom is injured!

Gu Chan felt like she was hit by a club, her eardrums exploded, and the bamboo basket in her arm almost fell out of her hand.

Her face suddenly changed and she ran home.

She stumbled over a stone on the road and didn't care that her braid was untied.

When I arrived at the door of my house, I was gasping for breath and my heart was pounding.

Push the door open.

"?"

Look what she saw!?!
The family members sat in a row, eating melon.

“…” Gu Chan was stunned.

"This...?" She was full of question marks.

Erzai stood up quickly, a bright smile on his face, "Aunt! Aunt, come and eat some watermelon!!"

Gu Chan shifted her gaze to his face, her expression dull.

This is, Er...Erzai?
She had spiky, super short hair, a black short-sleeved shirt and shorts with no patches on them, sandals on her feet that she had only seen once at the supply and marketing cooperative, and an army green bag slung over her shoulder.

The little face has grown fleshier and is white and tender.

They are even more, how do you say it, Western-style than the city kids? Yes, Western-style!

“Second cub?!” She was stunned and stammered in shock: “You, you are the second cub!?”

If this wasn't at home, she would never have dared to recognize him.

The Gu family didn’t realize it because they saw each other every day. Gu Chan hadn’t been back to her parents’ home for more than half a month, and the shock she received was extremely great.

"It's me." Erzai's face was confused.

He put the melon down, walked to his aunt with his short legs, tilted his head back, pinched his little chubby face, and showed it to Gu Chan in all directions.

Left once, right once. Repeat several times.

"Aunt, take a closer look at me. I'm Erzai. Don't you recognize me?!"

He couldn't wait to show his round head to his aunt.

Gu Chan cupped Erzai's face with her hands, steadying his head. "I know you, I know you. But why have you changed?"

Thinking of something, his eyes lit up: "Your father is back?"

She looked around anxiously, "Where is he? Where is your father?"

The eldest child came over and said clearly, "My father didn't come back. My mother made us new clothes and bought us new shoes at the supply and marketing cooperative. She also bought us baby cream."

Ok?
what! ?

Zhao Zhao bought it for you?!

Gu Chan’s brain was about to burn out.

It took me a long time to come back to my senses, until a piece of juicy watermelon was stuffed into my hand.

She suddenly came to her senses and asked Huang Xiulan, "Sister-in-law, how is mother? I heard at the village entrance that mother was injured."

Huang Xiulan was originally wondering how Ah Chan knew that her mother-in-law was injured when they didn't ask anyone to pass the message.

Now I know, it was from what I heard from the villagers.

There are no secrets in the village. Bad news spreads far and wide, and it’s not something that can be spread just by talking.

"Yes, she was injured, but the doctor prescribed some medicine, and she's been in good spirits these past two days."

Gu Chan didn't see her mother, so she was worried and took a watermelon to her father and mother's room.

"Mom, are you okay?" he asked as he entered the door.

Mother Gu was stared at while drinking brown sugar water. Suddenly, the bamboo curtain moved, and the eldest daughter's anxious and worried face appeared.

She immediately handed the bowl to Father Gu and patted the edge of the bed. "It's okay. Why are you here? Are you tired? Take a rest."

Gu Chan took two or three steps forward, sat down, and glanced at Gu's mother.

"Mom, where are you hurt?"

Mother Gu said, "They're just superficial injuries. I've changed the dressings so often that I almost don't feel anything anymore."

Country people are not that pretentious. Some women go to the fields with big bellies and give birth to their babies directly on the loess. Others go to the fields the next day after giving birth... Her injury is nothing.

After hearing her say this, Gu Chan finally felt relieved and handed the watermelon in her hand over.

Mother Gu refused, "We have all eaten, you eat it, this is a gift from your brother and sister-in-law, it is sweet and juicy, it can quench your thirst, you must be thirsty on the way, eat it quickly."

Father Gu nodded.

Gu Chan was indeed thirsty and hadn't tasted anything sweet for half a year, so she started eating immediately.

He quickly finished his watermelon, wiped his hands, and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with Zhao Zhao?"

"Did she buy the clothes and shoes that the eldest and second cubs are wearing?!"

Gu Chan was full of doubts, "Why? I haven't been home for only half a month, why do I feel so strange at home?"

Mother Gu told her about the changes in the family during this period.

Gu Chan was very happy to know that her younger brother and sister-in-law cared about the four children and had become salespersons in the supply and marketing cooperative.

"That's a good thing!" she said cheerfully.

Then he looked at Mother Gu with dissatisfaction: "Mom, you didn't even think to send a message to me. It's fine that you didn't tell me about your injury, but you didn't send me a message about Zhao Zhao becoming a salesperson, which is such good news."

Gu's mother said, "You come back once every two weeks, so why would you need someone to deliver a message? You'll know now."

"..."

Gu Chan went back to her parents' home for important matters.

After visiting her mother, she came to the third room of the Gu family with familiarity.

Led by the twins, they entered Lin Zhao's room and found that there were many more clothes for the four children in this room.

"Big Cub, Little Cub, why are your clothes in this room?"

The eldest boy's ears felt hot. He felt that he was already a five-and-a-half-year-old boy, but he was still clinging to his mother. He was not manly at all, so he didn't say anything.

The second child, on the other hand, looked up with great pride and said, "We sleep with Mommy."

The child's eyes lit up surprisingly: "My mother also tells us stories."

"That's good. Auntie can finally rest assured about you." Gu Chan said with a smile.

Then, he quickly changed the bed sheets, put the dirty sheets, dirty clothes, and dirty shoes in a basin, filled another basin with water, soaked the rags, wiped the table, wiped the cabinets, and wiped the whole place clean inside and out.

After cleaning up Lin Zhao's room, he cleaned up the room next door. After finishing, he went to the kitchen, washed the pots and pans and put them in order.

Finally, I went to the backyard and saw that the vegetables were growing well and there was a fence around it. When I asked the two boys, I found out that it was done by their second uncle.

"It looks much better now."

Gu Chan swept the front and back yards, picked up the large wooden basin, and went to the river to wash clothes.

Erzai took out the laundry soap and gave it to his aunt with a tactful look: "Aunt, use the laundry soap."

"Ah? Why do you need this? Soap nuts will do. Laundry soap is so expensive. Use it sparingly." Gu Chan said.

"The laundry soap smells good, my mother likes it." Erzai stood on tiptoe and put the laundry soap into the basin.

"..."

Everyone knows that laundry soap smells good, but it’s expensive.

Looking down at the serious faces of his two nephews, Gu Chan compromised.

Okay, use soap nuts first, and then use a little bit of laundry soap at the end to make the clothes smell good.

Gu Chan was about to go out with the wooden basin in her arms when Dahuang and Amber, who had been strolling in the village, came back.

When Amber saw a stranger, she scratched the ground with her four legs, pricked up her little ears, and barked fiercely.

"Amber, this is my aunt, don't be mean to her!" The eldest son rushed over and picked up Amber.

The little puppy's vision changed, and his face became confused. He could no longer be fierce. He made a sound and nestled in the arms of his little owner.

"Aunt, this is Amber, the name my mother gave her. Dahuang and Amber are the new members of my family." Erzai said loudly to his aunt.

Gu Chan’s first reaction was that raising a dog would waste a lot of food.

"Do you have enough food at home?"

The eldest child said seriously, "My mother said enough is enough."

"That's enough." Gu Chan was also happy to see that Dahuang had gained some weight and was no longer as skinny as before.

In the end, it is a life, or the bloodline of a hero.

Soon, the villagers saw this scene.

Gu Chan walked in front holding a large wooden basin, followed by a few children and two dogs, one big and one small, as they walked straight to the river.

"Achan, you're cleaning the house for your brother and sister-in-law again."

"Achan is so hardworking. Even after getting married, she still comes back from time to time to help her brother's family. She is so hardworking."

Some people expressed their feelings, while others laughed at her.

"You help the Cheng Huai family like this, does your husband's family have any objections? After all, you are married, and your heart should be with your husband's family. If you worry about your natal family all day long, be careful that your mother-in-law and others will have objections." The older aunt said earnestly.

What I say is true. I'm doing this for your own good. If you don't listen, you're being ungrateful.

Gu Chan smiled and ignored him. She called her second son, who was determined to fight against the sky, the earth, and everyone else, and headed to the river at a brisk pace.

Her third brother is serving in the army and rarely comes back once a year. If she doesn't stay home for Cheng Huai, what will happen to her brother?
Regardless of anything else, she has to treat Zhao Zhao well just for the sake of her four nephews and nieces.

In the afternoon, a little after three o'clock.

Lin Zhao rode her bicycle back home.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw clothes drying in the yard.

Before I could call the two children, I saw my elder sister-in-law, who was thin and small with tanned skin, coming out from the backyard.

"Miss."

(End of this chapter)