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

Chapter 55 "What's the Name?"

"Tsk tsk!" Sun Yeli had a mischievous smile on his face.

After all, I was young and fell in love with it all of a sudden!

Gu Chenghuai glanced at the list on the brown paper package.

It was mailed on the same day as the letter I received before, but parcel delivery is slower than letters, so it arrived just now.

He opened the brown paper and saw a can of meat sauce and a can of meat inside.

Supplies were in short supply across the country, and the food in the army was not that good. People ate meat more frequently than in the village, but it was impossible for people to eat as much as they wanted.

Sun Yeli caught a glimpse of something in Gu Chenghuai's hand, jumped up from the bed, and came over. "What is this?"

"Canned meat!"

"Sister-in-law actually sent you canned meat!" Tears of envy flowed from the corners of his mouth.

Sun Yeli was so jealous that his face turned pale. "My mother is reluctant to send me any. What does she usually send me? Dried sweet potatoes, dried sweet potatoes, and more dried sweet potatoes."

"What did she say? She said she wanted to temper my will. Hey, the intensity of our daily training isn't enough to temper my will? She's just being petty, biased, and doesn't care about me as her son."

Gu Chenghuai felt that his words were biased. "Didn't I send you a thick sweater last winter? Yarn is hard to come by. I don't know how many people I exchanged tickets with before I could save enough to knit you a sweater."

"People need to be content."

For example, no matter what Zhaozhao sent him, even if it was two sweet potatoes, he would happily accept it.

"Hehe." Sun Yeli's heart was lifted by his comrade's words. "That's true! Sweaters are warm."

Gu Chenghuai heard the latter sentence all winter last year.

He opened a drawer, took out the industrial coupons and cloth coupons he had exchanged with others, and asked Sun Yeli, "Take a look, are these enough to buy five kilograms of wool?"

Sun Yeli took it and looked through it, looking at his comrades, "That's a lot! It's enough. Did you trade it with someone?"

That's outrageous.

You have to know that under the current circumstances, each urban resident is only eligible to purchase 2 taels of wool per year.

My comrade has a stack here, and I don’t know how long it has been since they were replaced.

It’s definitely enough to buy 5 kilograms of wool.

"Ah."

Gu Chenghuai responded calmly without further explanation.

He had long planned to have someone knit a sweater for his wife.

Zhao Zhao loves beauty and has never liked cotton clothes because they make her look bulky. But if she had a sweater, she would definitely be happy.

Sun Yeli felt that Gu Chenghuai was a stranger, not like the decisive and ruthless young officer in his impression.

He winked and said, "Saving for my sister-in-law?"

Gu Chenghuai doesn't like to talk about his wife with others. It's not because he dislikes her or looks down on her, but because he cherishes her to the extreme.

Ignoring the curious looks of his comrades, he began to pack his luggage.

“…”Sun Yeli felt his teeth ache.

He should let everyone in the camp see how eager he is to go home.

"You're almost going back, is this can of meat..." He leaned over with a smile.

Give him half.

Hey.

Gu Chenghuai glared at him with no expression on his face, but Sun Yeli could read the emotion of "what are you thinking about?"

"..."

Sun Yeli found out how to deal with meat sauce and canned meat during dinner.

A certain introverted man brought her to the cafeteria, ordered today's sweet potato steamed bread, radish strips and kelp soup, and sat in the corner.

With his hands that looked foul, he slowly opened cans of meat paste and meat.

In an instant.

The overbearing aroma of meat wafted in the air.

"It smells so good! Who's cooking? I want to eat meat!" The soldier who had just come in was drooling with greed.

"Who doesn't want it? When can I have a snack? My mouth is so tasteless." The young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes took off his military cap and sniffed hard, as if the cap affected his ability to smell the fragrance.

Several officers who were familiar with Gu Chenghuai saw him from afar and came over with food.

Of the items on the table, one was familiar to them—canned meat, which the supply and marketing cooperative had. As for the other, they had no idea what it was.

Sun Yeli sat down and looked at Gu Chenghuai as if he were a heartless man.

"Why didn't you call me for dinner?"

Gu Chenghuai ignored his gaze and said, "You're being called out for food, why don't you just go to heaven?"

“…” Sun Yeli choked.

He unceremoniously took the meat from the can and ate it with steamed bread, squinting his eyes in delight.

"It still has to be meat," he said with emotion.

The Second Battalion Commander looked at Gu Chenghuai and asked, "Is this from your family?"

Gu Chenghuai curled his lips reservedly, his voice low and pleasant, "My wife sent it."

In a word, the goal is achieved.

The person asking the question sighed, "Your wife really cares about you."

He and his wife have been married for five years, and he has never received a single thread.

The man took a sip of the kelp soup, frowning, and could taste the taste of drinking to drown his sorrows.

The officers present twitched their mouths.

Generally speaking, when someone brings food to the military canteen, it is assumed that everyone will share it.

So, everyone at this table ate the meat sauce and canned meat sent by Lin Zhao.

After tasting it, I was amazed!

"This meat sauce tastes really good. Did your sister-in-law make it?"

"Cheng Huai, if your sister-in-law makes this, I'd buy it! It goes really well with rice. I could eat three more steamed buns with the meat sauce."

"Your sister-in-law really cares about you. You've married a good wife!"

Sun Yeli put the meat sauce into the wok, took a big bite, and said, "I want to buy it too."

……

At a time when speculation and profiteering were being severely cracked down, how could Gu Chenghuai possibly cause trouble for his wife? He refused without a second thought.

"I'll talk about this when I get back."

It cannot be traded, but it can be exchanged.

His comrades came from all over the world, and maybe their hometowns had what Zhao Zhao wanted.

Gu Chenghuai planned to discuss it with his wife before replying.

"Yes, I also need to ask my brother and sister-in-law for their opinions."

The second battalion commander suddenly grabbed his arm and said earnestly, "Cheng Huai, you must talk to your sister-in-law. Whether it's money or exchange, it's not a problem."

This man's parents are both working, his wife also has a job in the city, and there is only one child in the family, so he is not short of money.

After having enough of eating in the cafeteria, he wanted to change his taste, and this meat sauce was particularly to his liking.

Gu Chenghuai pulled his arm back and replied, "I understand."

Soon, everyone who should know knew it - the battalion commander of the first battalion, Gu Chenghuai, had a wife who was very good at making meat sauce.

The previous bad rumors were completely washed away.

After returning to the dormitory, Sun Yeli touched his chin and looked at Gu Chenghuai, thinking about something.

"Did you do that on purpose?" he asked.

Gu Chenghuai was packing his luggage and didn't look at his talkative comrades. He said in a flat tone, "For example?"

"I deliberately took meat sauce and canned meat to the cafeteria to clear my sister-in-law's name," said Sun Yeli.

After Gu Chenghuai consulted with the women's director, Qian Guiying convened a meeting in the family compound and reprimanded several of the gossipers, but Lin Zhao's reputation remained largely unchanged. Many people wondered if she, too, had a problem; otherwise, why would everyone be so involved in the rumors?

After Captain Gu’s publicity just now, the family compound’s impression of Lin Zhao... must have been completely reversed.

"My wife is good to begin with, why does she need to be vindicated?" Gu Chenghuai sneered.

The clothes he was wearing made it difficult for him to speak directly.

but.

He thought to himself that some people were just too idle. Sun Yeli saw his comrade's displeasure and felt that his sister-in-law had suffered an undeserved disaster, so he put away the joking expression on his face.

Patted Gu Chenghuai on the shoulder.

"Pick up my sister-in-law as soon as possible."

He can also go and get some free meals.

Sun Yeli was thinking of good things.

Gu Chenghuai was silent.

Whether Zhaozhao joins the army or not depends entirely on her opinion.

It's a good thing that he doesn't show up here. When he comes back from visiting his relatives, he will probably go to the battlefield.

Zhaozhao has family members to help her in her hometown. If she comes to join the army, he will often not be at home. She has to take care of four children alone, which is too hard. He can't bear to let her go.

I remember when I went to the family compound before, there was a sister-in-law who was taking care of only two children, but she was exhausted. He has four children at home, so he must be even more tired.

As for joining the army, let’s wait until the third and fourth cubs are older so Zhao Zhao can relax a little.
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The third branch of the Gu family.

The twins, a boy and a girl, sat in the corner playing with a cloth ball. The older and younger twins came over in sandals, carrying a wooden box they had dug out from under the camphor tree.

Like offering a treasure.

"Mom, this is the wooden box we dug out, and we can't open it." Erzai said in frustration.

Thinking of her mother's great strength, she looked at Lin Zhao with clear eyes and said, "I'm sure I can open it."

"Let me see." Lin Zhao took the wooden box.

It's a bit heavy.

I don’t know how they carried the two cubs back.

The eldest and second sons love cleanliness. After returning home, they swept off the dirt on the surface of the wooden box and washed it again with water. Although it cannot be said to be completely clean, it is completely different compared to when it was first dug out.

There was a delicate and small lock hanging on the wooden box, no wonder the two boys couldn't open it.

Lin Zhao didn't even look for tools, she just pulled the lock off with a tug.

The two little kids standing beside their mother were stunned, with admiration written all over their faces.

"Mom, you are so strong." Erzai exclaimed in admiration.

Lin Zhao smiled.

These days, you can’t get by without some strength.

"It's okay." She said modestly.

The eldest boy held his chin and looked at the wooden box with curiosity.

Even the talkative Erzai fell silent and looked over eagerly, excited and thrilled.

Lin Zhao opened the box and revealed what was inside.

As she thought, they were all old things.

On top were a palm-sized golden abacus, a pure gold-handled scimitar, a set of dragon and tiger mortars, a red sandalwood medicine scale, and nine coffin needles. At the bottom was a very old book titled "The Book of the Green Bag."

Except for the golden abacus, the others are all related to traditional Chinese medicine.

At present, it is considered as the "Four Olds" and you will be in big trouble if you take it out.

Erzai picked up the golden abacus and used his hands to dial it without any instruction. "Mom, I like this. Can you give it to me?"

“…” Lin Zhao looked at him silently.

Whose five-year-old kid would make such an unreasonable request?

Take the golden abacus as a toy and do what you can.

"Let's talk about it when you grow up." Lin Zhao didn't want to cause trouble.

She planned to put the whole set into the storage ring and take it out when she could.

The second child was very disappointed, but he didn't make a fuss and said, "Okay."

He looked at the golden abacus with a face full of reluctance.

“…” Quite discerning.

After all, these were treasures picked up by the two little brothers, and it would be bad to confiscate them completely. Lin Zhao stood up, washed her hands, and walked to the cabinet, took out a twisted dough stick and two boxes of milk, and gave them to the two boys.

Seeing something he had never seen before in his mother's hand, Erzai threw away the golden abacus, pointed at the fried dough twist and asked, "Mom, what is this?"

"Go wash your hands. You and your brother will each have half of the fried dough twists," said Lin Zhao.

The two kids washed their hands without saying a word, and then ate fried dough twists.

The aroma of oil and wheat flows between your lips and teeth, and when you take a bite, the crispy crumbs fall down, so delicious!

Mahua with milk, this is the kind of life that even gods wouldn’t want to have.

Lin Zhao pulled a stool and sat in front of her two sons, her expression slightly serious. "Big son, little son, I have something to tell you."

"What did you say?" Erzai asked while chewing on fried dough twist.

The eldest boy stopped eating the fried dough twist and looked at his mother with clear eyes.

"Don't tell anyone about what you two found today," Lin Zhao said seriously, "especially what's inside the box. Let's keep this as our little secret, okay?"

When they heard that it was a little secret with their mother, the two little kids' eyes suddenly lit up and they nodded rapidly.

"can!"

"I can!"

After the eldest cub finished responding, he remembered that Lu Baozhen knew that he and his brother had found something, and frowned, "But Lu Baozhen saw it."

He was a child who was easily distracted by internal friction, and he felt a little annoyed at the moment.

With her head lowered, she said self-reproachfully, "It's all my fault for not being careful. If I had been more careful, I would have found Lu Baozhen earlier..."

"You're overthinking it again." Lin Zhao interrupted him, gently hugged the eldest child, and said softly, "No one can plan everything for the worst."

"You've done a great job, why blame yourself?"

She looked down at Da Zi, kissed her son's little face, and smiled. "My Da Zi is the best and most obedient baby in the whole team. I think you are good in every way, but you always blame yourself. I hope you won't be like this in the future, because it will make you unhappy, and if you are unhappy, I won't be happy either."

The eldest cub was kissed like a fool, nestled in Lin Zhao's arms, his face flushed and his ears flushed.

His voice was shy, "...Okay."

The second child was unhappy and squeezed into his mother's arms, his eyes curved into crescents, "I don't blame my brother in the first place, it's all Lu Baozhen's fault. We are just playing our own games, what does she have to do with it?"

"She wants to tell the team, let her do it!"

His eyes turned cleverly, and he smiled slyly, "Children can cheat, but if we don't admit it, adults can't do anything to us."

Lin Zhao gave a thumbs-up and said, "That's a good idea."

If you really have no other options, just hand over the box. No one says there must be something inside.

Even if some people have doubts in their hearts, it doesn't matter, they have no evidence.

The second child was so happy to be praised that he said to his brother, "Brother, let's pretend to be stupid!"

"Yeah." The eldest boy said with a serious face.
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The county town has sunk into dusk.

Fu Fei, a cotton textile factory worker who had just finished working overtime, dragged his tired body into the alley he had walked through countless times in the past two years.

Two years ago, that incident was like a branding iron, burning a hole in Fu Fei's spine.

He accidentally lost the factory's property, was convicted of dereliction of duty, and received administrative punishment from the factory - demotion from an office accountant to a boiler operator.

Fu Fei knew that this was a lenient punishment from the factory. At least he was not sent to prison. He should be content.
but.

How can I be willing?
He held the money all the way and didn't let go even when his arms were sore.

How did the money get lost?

He didn't understand.

I’m afraid I’ll never figure it out in this lifetime.

He is not greedy, really not greedy!!
That was the factory's money. How could he make such a principled mistake? He was a genuine worker. How could he ruin his life by embezzling money?

After this incident, his family members complained and his colleagues at the factory looked at him strangely.

He really wanted to jump into the river and die.

But... I'm not willing to accept it.

The man, who was only in his early thirties, looked visibly old. His hair had turned white, his face was filled with an unconcealable sorrow, there were two deep wrinkles on his forehead, and his expression was numb and vicissitudes of life.

The street lights stretched Fu Fei's hunched shadow, casting it on the mottled streets.

Sudden--

He saw a familiar cloth bag appear in front of him.

(End of this chapter)