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

Chapter 8 "Coaxing"

Lin Zhao smiled and asked, "Are you hungry?"

"I'm hungry!" Erzai answered loudly.

"If you're hungry, I'll make dumplings right away. Wait a few minutes." The stove was on, and we just had to wait for the water to boil before we could put the dumplings in the pot.

"Mom, how long is a few minutes?" Erzai asked with a smile, clinging to the door frame with his arms.

Lin Zhao had a headache because children who didn't go to school had so many problems.

“Can you count?”

"Yes." Erzai's face was full of pride. "I can count to one hundred."

"My brother can do it too."

When talking about his brother, the eldest brother is even more proud.

"That's great." Lin Zhao, busy with her work, didn't forget to praise him. She also found a chance to ask, "Who taught you that?"

"My uncle." said Erzai.

Erzai’s uncle is Gu Qingzhou, who is in junior high school.

Gu Qingzhou is a silent and down-to-earth young man. He respects his elders and is very kind to his nephews and nieces at home. He has a completely different personality from Gu Xing'er.

Lin Zhao caught a glimpse of Tiechui washing the twins' hands with Dazai, and said with a smile, "Tiechui, stay and eat with us."

The child didn't know how to be polite, and seeing Aunt San's gentle smile, Tiechui happily agreed.

"I'll go tell my mother."

As he spoke, he rushed out.

Erzai shouted, "Iron Hammer, I'm with you."

Seeing him about to run away, Lin Zhao poked her head out from the kitchen and said, "Second son, tell your grandma that you don't have to cook for you anymore."

"Know it."

The two children ran towards the old house together.

When we arrived at the old house, Erzai's loud voice came in before we even entered the door.

"Grandma, my mom asked Tiechui to have dinner at my house!"

Just as the old house was about to cook, Mother Gu heard Erzai's voice and hurried out.

"Your mother cooks?" Her voice was full of surprise.

"My mother is making dumplings today!" Erzai said happily, shouting to everyone in the room.

"...making dumplings?" Tiedan was practically drooling with envy. "What kind of dumplings?"

"Pork and green onion." Before even tasting the dumplings his mother made, Erzai thought they were the best in the world.

"By the way, my mother also said that she doesn't have to cook for us anymore."

When Erzai said this, Gu's mother recalled that when the third son's wife first got married, she could indeed cook and her cooking skills were quite good. Even if the ingredients were simple, the dishes she made would always be particularly fragrant.

Unfortunately, she soon became pregnant with her first and second children, and never entered the kitchen again.

"Okay, I understand." Mother Gu agreed.

Then he added worriedly: "If you don't have enough to eat, come to me."

Upon hearing this, the smiles on the faces of Mrs. Gu Da and Mrs. Gu Er, who were originally happy, froze.

I've never seen anyone actively seeking trouble!

Erzai agreed without hesitation, "Yeah."

After he finished speaking, Little Hammer followed up, "Grandma, Third Auntie let me eat at her place."

Mrs. Gu's expression improved instantly.

"Grandma, Tiechui and I are going back!" Erzai said, pulled Tiechui and ran very fast, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The other children in the Gu family would be so envious.

Why aren’t they the same age as the eldest and second cubs?

Erzai and Tiechui just returned to the door and smelled an even stronger fragrance.

The two greedy children quickened their pace and rushed into the house.

"Mom, are the dumplings ready?" Erzai asked anxiously.

Lin Zhao noticed his movement but ignored it. She was using a colander to serve dumplings. There were five bowls on the stove, eight in each bowl for the five-year-old child, and two each for the twins. They were to taste the dumplings, but since they were too young, they were better off drinking malted milk.

"The dumplings are ready, come on in..."

Just as he was about to say that, he remembered that the eldest cubs hadn't washed their hands yet. He grabbed the second cub's hand that was touching the bowl and asked, "Did you wash your hands?"

Erzai had really forgotten. Facing his mother's serious face, he chuckled and said, "I forgot. I'll go wash now."

Lin Zhao brought the dumplings and walked out. Seeing the children washing their hands obediently, she said, "Our hands are full of bacteria. From now on, you must wash your hands before handling anything you eat. Remember?"

"What are bacteria?" Erzai asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Bacteria are very small microorganisms that we cannot see with our eyes. If we eat bacteria into our stomachs, worms will grow in our stomachs," Lin Zhao explained in a gentle voice.

Erzai suddenly looked up at Lin Zhao and said in shock, "He has worms in his stomach! Did Yuanbao poop out worms because he has worms in his stomach?"

The scene emerged in her mind, and Lin Zhao wanted to shut Erzai's mouth.

I was about to eat, but he started spouting all sorts of things.

"Yeah." He answered vaguely, not wanting to talk about this topic anymore.

I'll buy some anti-worm medicine next time, Lin Zhao thought.

But the second child was the talkative one. "Mom, there are bugs on my head too? Are they bacteria too?"

"!!"

"Are there bugs on your heads?" Lin Zhao took light steps, and her tone, which was always unhurried, suddenly rose several degrees.

The move she made made the eldest and second cubs sad.

The same face showed the same injuries.

The second child complained, "Mom despises us."

I don't feel disgusted at all, but I get goosebumps all over my body.

Lin Zhao changed the subject: "Eat dumplings, it won't be good if you put them away."

He had already made up his mind to wait for the barber to come and shave the heads of the two boys.

The eldest and second cubs felt a chill on their foreheads and were in a hurry to eat the dumplings, not noticing that their mother had successfully diverted their attention.

"It's time to eat dumplings." Erzai sat down happily.

The twins were also hungry. They saw something to eat and wanted to grab it. Tiechui put his arms around his two brothers and sisters. The two little ones pushed hard towards the dumplings, making a sound of exertion, "Hmph..."

"Tiechui, don't worry about the third and fourth cubs, let them eat by themselves." Lin Zhao crushed the dumplings in two small wooden bowls with chopsticks and waved to the twins.

The hammer was released at the same time.

The twins staggered towards Lin Zhao, reached out their washed white hands towards the small wooden bowl, grabbed it and stuffed it into their mouths.

After a while, Erzai had already eaten half of the dumpling, and his eyes were as bright as the sun.

"It's delicious, lots of meat, Mom, Brother, Hammer, eat quickly."

Seeing that he was eating very quickly, Lin Zhao reminded him worriedly, "Don't be impatient. Eat slowly. Be careful not to choke. If you like it, I'll make you some in a few days."

Erzai didn't have time to swallow the dumplings in his mouth and said incoherently: "Okay! Mom, I like eating dumplings!"

Lin Zhao glanced at the twins, a boy and a girl, whose faces were covered with food, and felt that it was necessary to make a few cloth bags for the two little ones, otherwise she would collapse from doing the laundry.

"Comrade Erzai, I want to ask, is there anything you don't like to eat?"

Children all like to act like adults. When Erzai heard this title, he smiled widely and said excitedly, "No, I like everything!"

The eldest child followed up, "Mom, I'm not picky about food either."

As soon as the two brothers spoke, the third and fourth cubs couldn't hold back. They shook the little wooden spoons in their hands and uttered "Wo, poof..." from their pink and tender little mouths.

I thought they were not picky eaters, but when they got anxious they spit out their food and instantly turned into dirty little kids.

Lin Zhao didn't care; all children were like that. In those days, getting enough to eat was hard to come by; there were no children to coax or feed. Plus, Lin Zhao was a good cook, so the children ate with relish, finishing their meal in no time.

"Are you full? If not, there's more." Lin Zhao said.

The eldest son helped his mother clean up the dishes with a smile on his face.

"I'm full, Mom. Let's wash the dishes and you take a rest."

Tiechui and Erzai also held their bulging bellies and helped to collect the bowls.

"Be careful." Lin Zhao did not refuse, but just gave instructions.

Erzai said with a smile, "Don't worry, Mom, my brother and I can wash the dishes."

Ever since they turned five, they have been the ones washing all the dishes at home. Mom is so lazy.

but……

If his mother cooks, he is willing to wash the dishes every day and do all the housework.

Erzai looked at his mother who was cleaning up his younger siblings, and the curve of his mouth grew wider and wider.

"Erzai, what are you laughing at?" Tiechui asked curiously.

Erzai smiled happily and pretended to be mysterious, "You don't understand."

Tiechui scratched his head. Erzai said nothing, so of course he didn't understand.

Lin Zhao washed the twins' hands and faces, applied some moisturizing cream, and saw a light flash on the task bar on the right side of the big turntable again.

Prompt that the task is completed.

[The children enjoyed the delicious dumplings, feeling both physically and mentally satisfied. Congratulations on successfully completing the task and receiving 5 points.]
5?
Isn't this a 4-point mission?

Yanfeng glanced at the task list and saw Tiechui's name in parentheses.

It turns out that the fee is calculated per person. If she had told me earlier, she would have called a few more children.

Lin Zhao was full of regret.

Just after she finished applying cold cream to the twins, the second cub's little black face popped up in front of her.

"Mom~~" Gu Erzai's voice was full of twists and turns when calling his mother, and his tone was a little wavy.

"what happened?"

"I've never used cold cream before." Erzai didn't even say that he wanted his mother to apply cold cream on him, but instead tried to be pitiful in a roundabout way.

Dazai also looked at Lin Zhao without saying anything, his black and white eyes full of anticipation.

Lin Zhao felt helpless and heartbroken. She said, "Go wash up."

Just as I finished speaking, I noticed that the task bar on the right side of the lottery wheel had been updated again.

[Summer is very dry, and the skin is always dry. Hurry up and apply some moisturizer to the babies. Complete the task and get 5 points.]
It automatically puts the hammer into the task.

"Tiechui goes too," said Lin Zhao.

Tiechui was flattered and said thank you, then was pulled over by Erzai to wash his hands and face.

After quickly washing their hands and faces, the children lined up in front of Lin Zhao.

"Mom, okay, apply it on me first." Erzai said with a smile, his eyes fixed on the vanishing cream on the table.

Lin Zhao dug out a small amount of face cream and spread it evenly on Erzai's face, not even neglecting his little hands.

"Thank you, mom. It smells so good." Erzai smelled the fragrance on her hand, squeezed the twins aside, and sat next to his mother.

The twins thought Erguoguo was playing with them, so they squeezed him with their little butts from the left and right, giggling and looking very happy.

It's the eldest child's turn.

The eldest son was both happy and excited, his ears blushed with shyness, and his eyes, looking at Lin Zhao, were so bright that they seemed to contain pearls.

"Thank you, Mom." Dazai said embarrassedly.

After saying that, he hurried aside.

In a corner where Lin Zhao couldn't see, he also raised his hand and sniffed gently.

It smells good.

Tiechui's face was redder than Dazai's. After Lin Zhao finished applying the ointment on him, the child left in panic.

at the same time.

[…Congratulations on completing the mission and earning 5 points.]
A total of 12 points.

Lin Zhao was not in a hurry to draw. After all, a lottery should have some sense of ritual, so she drew before going to bed.

Just then, Gu Xing'er came over carrying two bundles of firewood. When she smelled the fragrance in the yard, her heart felt like it was soaked in a jar of sauerkraut. She looked at Lin Zhao with disgust and jealousy.

She hadn't eaten since yesterday, and her limbs felt weak from an empty stomach. With a gloomy face, she dropped the firewood and ran out.

Erzai curled his lips and said, "My aunt is not particular at all. She doesn't even put things in order."

As he spoke, he walked over and dragged the firewood to the corner of the wall.

Dazai and Tiechui come together to help.

The twins wanted to join in the fun, so Lin Zhao quickly hugged the two little ones in her arms and said with a smile, "You two should just stop making things worse."

Erzai has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder. He puts the firewood one by one in an orderly manner. If he sees that some are too long, he will break them into pieces before putting them back.

In 1966, there was not much entertainment during the day or at night.

Like other villagers, Lin Zhao's family went back to their rooms to sleep early.

Before entering the house, she suddenly said, "Third and fourth cubs, sleep with me."

The third and fourth cubs were hanging on Lin Zhao's legs. When they heard their mother calling them, the two little ones raised their fair and tender little faces with puzzled expressions.

Lin Zhao's heart trembled at the cuteness. She touched her daughter's face and said softly, "Fourth child and brother will sleep with mother tonight. Do you want to?"

"Yes, sleep." The fourth child uttered these two words in a baby voice.

The third child nodded.

Erzai was very envious of this.

"Mom, did I sleep with you when I was a kid?" Erzai asked expectantly.

Lin Zhao's heart skipped a beat, because... in her memory, it seemed that there was no such person.

She felt like a stone was weighing on her heart at the time. She looked at the baby who had no energy for anything, was noisy and demanded everything from him. Of course, she didn't want to take care of him.

Seeing his mother didn't say anything, Erzai smiled and said, "Of course there is. Grandma said that newborn babies can't live without their mothers. When my brother and I were little, we must have shared a room with our mother. She must have also coaxed my brother and me to sleep. That must be the case."

The eldest boy imagined the scene of his mother coaxing them to sleep, and his eyes were as bright as stars.

Is that right?

Lin Zhao felt guilty and ashamed, her eyes dodging as she said, "You two are grown-up friends now, and I can coax you to sleep..."

Before she could finish her words, Erzai, who was always taking advantage of others, looked at Lin Zhao and said, "Mom, I want to sleep with you tonight."

The eldest son also wanted to, but he didn't say it. He looked at his mother nervously and expectantly.

"Okay," Lin Zhao agreed, "because you've taken a bath and are clean children."

Hearing this, Dazai's eyes lit up, as if stars were falling in his eyes.

He is so happy.

Erzai chuckled and pulled his brother back to the house, saying as they walked, "Mom, let's go get some pillows."

After arriving at the house, the second child's smile never faded as he said to the eldest child, "Brother, Mom is so nice today. I like her. How about you?"

The eldest cub's dark eyelashes, like small fans, trembled slightly, his eyes full of shyness. He pursed his lips and spoke after a long while: "I like it too."

"Hey, I knew you like it too."

Hearing his younger brother's laughter, the older boy's already hot ears turned even redder.

There was no electricity in the Fengshou Brigade, and every household used kerosene lamps. Candles were expensive, and no one was willing to buy them. The lights in the house were dim, and when they shone on people, they felt particularly warm.

Lin Zhao was making her bed.

The mattress on the bed is too hard. The outside needs to be washed and aired, and the cotton inside needs to be refilled, otherwise the winter will be very difficult. Fortunately, it is still midsummer, so there is time to prepare. By then, the new house should be built, two kangs should be built, the house should be tidied up for the children, and some new clothes should be bought. Then life will start.

(End of this chapter)