Chapter 121

Song Song Xiwei carried Lin Lin Heling to the Harvest Brigade. The people of the brigade saw Lin Zhao's parents for the first time and were all stunned.

There was no reason, purely because the mental outlook of these two people was completely different from their peers.

They looked young and full of spirit.

Learning that this was the biological grandfather and grandmother of Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao, someone said: "They look really young. Xiang Yubao's grandmother can even ride a bicycle, and she rides it so steadily."

"Yes, they look really young, not like country folk at all."

Someone was curious why the woman was bringing the man: "Why is Xiang Yubao's grandmother bringing Xiang Yubao's grandfather? This looks too strange!"

"I heard Xiang Yubao's grandfather is in poor health."

That person sighed: "Even in poor health, they came to see their daughter. This Lin family really dotes on their daughter."

"The couple came, and they even brought an old hen. I've never seen such doting on a married daughter."

"Who says not!"

More nosy people, curious about what the Lin couple came to the Gu family for, quietly followed.

Their movements weren't small, and Song Song Xiwei noticed immediately. She didn't care and came to Zhaozhao's new house with Lin Lin Heling.

Since they were here, they might as well take a look.

"Looks good; it must be comfortable to live in." The one speaking was Song Song Xiwei.

A new courtyard, the cubs are sensible, there are no parents-in-law to manage them, and no difficult sisters-in-law. The whole family, Zhaozhao is the biggest; it's impossible not to be comfortable.

In the heart of a biological father, his own daughter deserves the best.

Lin Lin Heling's voice was peaceful: "It's not bad."

Song Qian Bao was sliding his little wooden car in the village. Seeing his grandmother and grandfather, his short legs increased their frequency of kicking, and he came toward the Lin couple, his pleasant little milky voice ringing out: "Grandmother, Grandfather."

Lin Lin Heling looked toward the sound and saw a tiny figure.

He stepped out with his long legs at a leisurely pace toward the third cub, bent down, and picked him up.

"Why is Song Qian Bao here?" he said gently, "Where are your brothers and sister?"

Song Qian Bao was picked up by his grandfather without paying attention. The little guy gave a shallow smile, his lotus-root-like arms hugging Lin Lin Heling's arm: "Brothers are at home writing, sister is playing with Fishy sister."

After answering his grandfather's question, he corrected his address: "I, Gu Gu Zhiqian, Song Qian Bao."

Lin Lin Heling understood the little grandson's words, his eyes smiling: "Gu Gu Zhiqian is your formal name?"

"Hmm!" The child nodded heavily: "Grandpa gave it."

Short fingers pointed at his own face: "Song Qian Bao~"

This was letting his grandfather call him Song Qian Bao.

Lin Lin Heling laughed and called out gently and dotingly: "Song Qian Bao."

The little dumpling was very satisfied.

Knowing his grandfather was in poor health, he frowned and said in a soft, milky voice: "Song Qian Bao walks by himself, Grandfather is tired."

Lin Lin Heling's dark eyes softened.

"Grandmother isn't tired, Grandmother will hold you," Song Song Xiwei took the little grandson, her arms steady.

Song Qian Bao was like his biological father, calm and composed, with extraordinary courage. He wasn't afraid of his grandmother, his little head nestled on her shoulder, looking obedient and soft.

"Car, car," he reminded.

Lin Lin Heling picked up the car: "I'll hold it."

Seeing this little car was not bad, he asked casually: "Did your mother find someone to make it?"

Song Qian Bao said: "Father made it."

"Your father can also do carpentry work." Song Song Xiwei felt somewhat surprised.

"Yes, he also made a small dining chair and a slingshot," Song Qian Bao didn't like to talk, but he was clear in his heart and saw everything.

Song Song Xiwei smiled: "Are you happy your father is back?"

"Happy!" The child's crisp voice rang out.

Song Song Xiwei's eyes flashed with complexity; a family still needs a man, but unfortunately, the son-in-law is a soldier and has too many things he can't help.

Fortunately, the Gu family is not bad, and she and Lin Heling don't live too far away, so they can watch over their daughter and their grandchildren.

Song Song Xiwei and Lin Lin Heling arrived at the Gu house and saw Lin Zhao sitting lazily in the courtyard, the twins peeling pomegranates, and she was drinking something from time to time, more comfortable than they were as parents.

"..."

"Zhaozhao," Lin Lin Heling's light and gentle voice rang out.

Lin Zhao turned her head: "Father? Mother?"

She really didn't expect her parents to come over specifically.

"How did you come, are you tired?"

"Grandmother, Grandfather!" The twins were also happy to see their grandmother and grandfather, calling them affectionately, going to get stools for them, and pouring water, happy smiles hanging on their little faces.

Lin Lin Heling pulled his wife to sit down.

"Your mother rode your bicycle to bring me here."

The Gu family boy was trailing behind pushing the bicycle.

"Where is Eldest Brother?" Lin Zhao asked.

Why is the messenger nowhere to be seen?

"Who knows, maybe he's running behind," Song Song Xiwei guessed.

Lin Lin Heling looked at her helplessly and said: "Lin Shichang isn't that silly; he should have borrowed the brigade leader's bicycle and will be here soon."

The fact was indeed so; they hadn't spoken a few words before Lin Lin Shichang arrived.

Lin Zhao looked at the few cubs: "Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, we adults have something to discuss, you go to the backyard and play for a while."

The twins had no opinion, holding their younger brothers and sister, calling Tie Chui and Fishy, and walked toward the backyard.

"Mother, when you finish talking, don't forget to call us; I have something to say to Grandmother and Grandfather," Gu Hangbao was at the end of the little team, looking back at Lin Zhao, his little voice light.

Lin Zhao knew what the little friend wanted to say, showing off their new names, "Okay, I will call you."

Gu Hangbao smiled brightly and skipped to the backyard.

When the children left, Song Song Xiwei immediately asked about Meng Meng Jiusi's situation, and Lin Zhao told her what she knew.

In the Lin family, the couple received a huge shock, their brains were a mess, and they didn't have time to ask more, just wanting to come over and take a look. After blowing in the wind along the way, their heads became clear, and only then could they receive and digest other information.

The young man named Meng Meng Jiusi drifted between many families since childhood, becoming a wild child that everyone disliked.

He was beaten and scolded.

No school.

No food.

With no way out, he could only escape.

Fortunately, he met a good person, was adopted, and only then had a few years of stable life.

Later, he married and had children.

Who knew the world would change again? The Meng family was unlucky. In a dispute with those people, his leg was broken, his foot became lame, his wife divorced him, and he was sent to the Harvest Brigade...

Song Song Xiwei was silent for ten seconds, her voice strained: "... He hasn't had it easy."

Lin Lin Heling felt her self-blame, hugged her shoulder, his tone peaceful: "If he really is Little Four, we will try our best to compensate him. Things have come to this, don't think too much."

Back then, it was indeed their couple's carelessness.

But who knew that in a good hospital, there would actually be human traffickers?

To find the child, Song Song Xiwei used her connections, even alarming the Armed Forces Department, searching the whole county.

Back and forth, tossing for two months, they didn't find the child.

It was as if... he had disappeared into thin air.

Song Song Xiwei wasn't a fragile person, and she also knew that no matter how much she regretted it, it was useless: "Hmm, I hope he is Little Four."

If that young man surnamed Meng wasn't Little Four, she didn't know where else she could go to find Little Four.

"Father, Mother, should we go find him?" Lin Lin Shichang asked.

"You said the people at the foot of the mountain are busy; wait until later to go, it's not good to let people notice." Song Song Xiwei was anxious, but she hadn't lost her reason.

After finishing the business, Lin Lin Shichang stood up and walked toward the backyard.

Seeing his figure, Gu Hangbao, who was weeding in the vegetable garden, wiped his sweat, his child's voice bright: "Eldest Uncle, are you done talking?"

"Yes!"

The few little cubs gathered the pulled grass and walked out of the vegetable garden toward the front yard.

Before weeding, they also watered the land, and now there were mud spots on their shoes.

Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao were wearing sandals, which were easy to wash, while Tie Chui was wearing cloth shoes with patches, which had to be dried after washing.

"Li Bao, your shoes are dirty, hurry up and wash them, Eldest Aunt will scold you again if she sees them," Xiang Yubao reminded his good brother.

Little Li Bao was very obedient: "I'll wash them now."

Gu Hangbao took a gourd ladle to pour water into the basin and found straw sandals, one pair for his brother and one for himself: "Brother, change into straw sandals, the sandals have mud, I'll help you wash them."

Xiang Yubao wasn't a child who avoided labor: "I'll wash them with you."

Looking at the twins, seeing their shoes weren't clean either, he said: "Song Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao's cloth shoes also need to be washed."

"Okay." Gu Hangbao had the demeanor of an older brother and didn't reject helping his younger brother and sister wash their shoes.

The few little cubs were surprisingly sensible.

"Da Zai and Hearing Erzai are much more sensible than you siblings," Song Song Xiwei said with gratification.

These words reminded Gu Hangbao. The child squatted there, raising his pink little face: "Grandmother, I have a formal name, I'm called Gu Zhiheng, don't call me Hearing Erzai in the future, call me Gu Hangbao."

Xiang Yubao followed: "I'm called Gu Gu Zhiyu, Grandmother should call me Xiang Yubao."

The younger sister of the twins also remembered her name, saying in a milky voice: "Seeing Yaobao."

Lin Zhao told Lin Lin Heling and Song Song Xiwei which characters were used for the cubs' formal names.

"Okay, I remember, Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, Song Qian Bao, Seeing Yaobao," Lin Lin Heling's voice was calm as he called his little grandsons and granddaughter one by one.

The four children became happy.

These two days they were immersed in it, unable to extricate themselves.

Whoever called their formal name, they would be happy for a long time.

It could be seen that they all liked their formal names.

What Lin Zhao didn't know was that the cubs didn't like the formal names, but the "Bao" at the end of the names. Every time they were called, they felt they were the most loved treasures of their parents.

Of course, the cubs liked it most when their mother called them.

Lin Zhao's gaze fell on the four cubs, her expression soft.

Thinking it was time for a meal, she looked at her parents: "Father, Mother, and Eldest Brother, Second Brother, eat at home!"

Without waiting for them to speak, she said without leaving a gap: "How about dumplings?"

Just as her words fell, Song Qian Bao came over with his short legs, his little face leaning toward her, showing the teeth he had grown.

"Mother, Song Qian Bao has grown teeth."

Lin Zhao looked carefully for a few times and touched her son's little face. The child's cheeks were soft and smooth, like tender tofu, and it was really addictive to touch.

"Great, Mother sees it."

Song Qian Bao blinked his bright, watery eyes, his eyelashes long and thick, his little milky voice sweet and soft: "Can Song Qian Bao eat dumplings?"

Grandmother was charmed by the little grandson and immediately said: "Yes, mash them up a bit, you can eat them, then let's eat dumplings."

She brought rations, didn't take advantage of the Gu family, and besides, eating a meal at the son-in-law's house was nothing.

The flour for the dumplings was naturally provided by Lin Zhao, the meat was from before and was still good, and there was no shortage of chives at home; one crop was cut, and there was another.

Learning they were going to eat dumplings, the cubs in the house went crazy with happiness.

Tie Dan's expectant eyes shone: "What good day is it today, why are we eating dumplings?"

Tie Chui, that is, Gu Gu Zhili, had a silly smile: "Because Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao's grandmother and grandfather are here, the family is entertaining guests."

With his grandmother and grandfather here, the family would also stir-fry eggs.

Tie Dan looked at the two strangers in the courtyard, quickly withdrew his gaze, and muttered: "Then I hope our family has guests every day."

This was just heard by Xiang Yubao. Xiang Yubao covered his mouth and giggled, whispering: "That has to be heavyweight guests, like my grandmother and grandfather."

Tie Dan's brain quickly flipped through the list, trying to think if there were any other heavyweight ones, but unfortunately, he didn't find any.

"Xiang Yubao, why don't you let your grandmother and grandfather come more often?"

For a bite to eat, a child's brain turns faster than usual.

Xiang Yubao shook his head, his little face serious: "No, my grandmother and grandfather also have things to do. They have their own home, people have to take care of their own family first."

"... Okay."

The dumplings were wrapped by Huang Huang Xiulan and Zhao Zhao Liuniang. The sisters-in-law were also very happy, all benefiting from the third branch's light.

Summer days are long; after eating, the sun hadn't set yet.

Gu Fu and Gu Mother didn't know why the in-laws came to the brigade, asked Gu Gu Chenghuai, and he only said they had some business.

Guessing there might be something hard to say, the old couple didn't ask more.

Gu Fu found a chessboard from an old friend and pulled Lin Lin Heling to play chess.

The two were face to face, and the Gu family children formed a circle, watching curiously.

Gu Hangbao still wanted to ask something, but was covered by Xiang Yubao's hand: "Shh, a true gentleman doesn't speak while watching chess," he said in a small voice.

Lin Zhao stood next to the cubs, heard this, and her expression was proud.

Her cubs know so much!

Lin Lin Heling reached out and rubbed the top of Xiang Yubao's hair, his palm wide and warm, making one feel warm inside.

The child curved his eyes and smiled, his eyes like falling stars.

After watching chess for a while, Lin Zhao gave a wink to her two biological brothers, signaling them to step aside to talk.

The three siblings came to the Gu family's backyard.

Feeling their sister's gaze sweeping over them, the two brothers were subconsciously nervous.

"Zhaozhao, why are you looking at me and Eldest Brother like that?" Lin Lin Shisheng's masculine face tightened.

"Nothing bad, why is Second Brother so nervous?" Lin Zhao rolled her eyes at him.

Lin Lin Shisheng let go of half his heart, a smile on his face: "You are so serious, I'm afraid of hearing some bad news."

"I bought a job, a warehouse manager at the motor factory, a formal job. Eldest Brother, Second Brother, discuss it and see who goes; the grain and oil relationship will be transferred next Monday," Lin Zhao opened her mouth and released a big cannonball.

The news was too sudden, too shocking!

It shocked the brains of the two brothers, Lin Lin Shichang and Lin Lin Shisheng, until they buzzed.

A full minute later.

Lin Lin Shisheng moved his mouth and finally found his own voice, his voice almost changing: "You bought a job? And it's a formal job?!"

"When did jobs become Chinese cabbage!" The tone was full of incredulity.

Are jobs this easy to find now?!

"It was a coincidence; my colleague just happened to know someone who wanted to sell a job, and I went to buy it as soon as I got off work, so I bought it!" Lin Zhao said.

It was almost bought by someone else, but fortunately, Wang Ju's face was big enough, and she paid quickly, so she snatched it.

Lin Zhao paid the money first, let the other party write a receipt first, and next week when the grain is sent over, the grain and oil relationship can be transferred.

"You guys discuss who goes to work." After dropping a bomb, she left slowly.

Before she had gone far, she heard—

"Eldest Brother, you go!"

"Second Brother, you go!"

Two voices rang out at the same time.

Lin Zhao raised the corners of her mouth; the reaction of her eldest and second brother was within her expectations.

To the Lin family, what is a job? Nothing is more important than family affection.

A few minutes later, the Lin brothers returned to the front yard.

Lin Lin Shisheng walked to Lin Zhao's side, crossed his arms, looked at the chessboard, and stated the result of the discussion: "Eldest Brother goes."

Giving up a job, he didn't care much.

Lin Zhao looked over.

"The family's affairs haven't been resolved; if I go, it will be very troublesome," Lin Lin Shisheng explained.

Eldest Brother has many children, and Eldest Sister-in-law is pregnant with another one; it's more appropriate for him to go.