Chapter 155

"We can." Gu Chenghuai nodded.

He smiled, his stern face melting like ice and snow, "That was the plan all along; we'll move as soon as we get back."

"Since you don't like the old house being so crowded, let's just move this afternoon."

Zhao Zhao liked living a quiet life; staying in the old house for a short time was fine, but she would be uncomfortable if it lasted too long.

Lin Zhao looked away, slightly uneasy, "It's not that I don't like it, the old house... is quite nice."

Gu Chenghuai bent down, lowering his head, his black eyes locking onto hers, the smile in his eyes deepening, "It is quite nice, but not as good as our own home, is it?"

Lin Zhao reached out to push him, feigning annoyance, "... You're annoying."

Gu Chenghuai caught her soft hand, held it in his palm, and said gently, "After we move in, I'll make you longevity noodles."

He knew that in the past, whenever it was Zhao Zhao's birthday, her father would make her longevity noodles—a single white noodle, garnished with scallions and small greens, with a poached egg on top.

This year, her father wasn't here, so he would make them.

Lin Zhao laughed, "You know how?"

"I sought advice from Mother." Gu Chenghuai said truthfully, "It might not be as good as Father's, so please bear with it; later I'll go seek advice from Father."

The "Mother" in the first half of the sentence was his own mother, and the "Father" in the second half was her father.

"Okay." Lin Zhao felt warm in her heart, and her smile was exceptionally beautiful, "If it doesn't taste good, I'll give it to your sons to eat."

Gu Chenghuai's laughter was low and pleasant, his chest vibrating, his gaze toward his wife exceptionally tender, "Alright, if it doesn't taste good, I'll let the sons eat it."

Lin Zhao felt her cheeks burning under his gaze; it was strange, they had been married for several years, why was she acting so shy?

It was all because this man's smile was too good-looking.

She pushed Gu Chenghuai forward, muttering, "Since we're moving, let's do it quickly, don't dawdle. Also, Da Huang and Hu Po's nests need to be moved over too."

Gu Chenghuai used Lin Zhao's momentum to walk outside.

Wang Chunhua went to the doorway to pick scallions, saw the affectionate young couple, and said with a smile, "Xiang Yubao's mother, I see your courtyard is finished, when do you plan to move back?"

Lin Zhao's eyes and brows were filled with smiles, "We're moving this afternoon."

"Oh my, so fast. Da Zhuang has been looking forward to Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao moving over all day. If you need help, just call me." Wang Chunhua was full of enthusiasm; rural women loved to gossip, but most were also warm-hearted. If a neighbor needed help, they never hesitated to lend a hand.

"Thank you, Auntie Wang, we have enough people." Lin Zhao thanked her enthusiastic neighbor.

Wang Chunhua thought about how many people were in the Gu family's old house, so it was only natural they didn't need help, and quickly said, "As long as you have enough, that's good."

She pulled two scallions, smiled at them, and turned to go inside.

Lin Zhao and Gu Chenghuai returned to the old Gu house and mentioned moving back to the new courtyard.

"When are you moving?" Gu Mu was reluctant; the two houses weren't far apart, but seeing the four cubs wouldn't be as convenient as it was now.

The rest of the Gu family was even more reluctant.

The third daughter-in-law (Third Aunt) was in the old house, and there was meat every few days, and fine rice and flour every few days. If the third branch moved away, they would only be able to eat sweet potato rice.

It was painful.

"The new house doesn't have any smell anymore, we plan to move today." Gu Chenghuai's handsome face was calm and composed.

"So urgent." Gu Mu blurted out.

This wasn't the first time the third branch had moved out of the old house; they were a bit reluctant, but it was much better than the family division a few years ago.

She quickly reacted and said, "You have a lot of things in your room. When you start moving, just call out, and everyone in the family will go help."

Gu Chenghuai didn't refuse; they were one family, and being too polite would make Mother feel they were becoming distant from the old house.

"We'll move after we eat."

Gu Mu said, "Alright!"

Just as the moving matter was settled, Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao ran into the courtyard, returning for a meal.

"Grandma, is the food ready? Your precious grandson is hungry!" Gu Hangbao, who had a big mouth, shouted loudly.

Gu Mu's face was piled with smiles, "Ready, ready."

After speaking, she took the eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law into the kitchen to serve the food.

While the adults were busy, the Gu family's grandchildren cast envious glances at the twins.

"Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, you're going to have your own room, and it's a brick house, are you happy?" Xingye was envious, pinching the twins' cheeks to play.

These two really had a beautiful life!

"!"

Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao's eyes lit up instantly.

What, what, they were going to live in a brick house?

The excitement in their hearts couldn't be suppressed.

Xiang Yubao looked at Lin Zhao, his tone rising slightly, carrying a small wave, "Mom, we're moving back～?"

"That's right, we're moving back. From now on, the four of you little friends will live in one room, it'll be your own room, are you happy?" Lin Zhao smiled with curved eyes.

Xiang Yubao's childish voice was crisp, "Happy!"

Gu Hangbao was a clingy little friend and was even bolder in expressing himself; he frowned and said tanglingly, "Mom, I want to sleep with you."

Lin Zhao shook her head, smiling.

"You are big friends now, you can't sleep with adults anymore."

Fearing the quick-witted twins would give her a hard time, Mom took a step back and said softly, "How about this, I'll go to your room every night and tell you stories. Once you fall asleep, I'll go back to my own room, okay?"

Gu Hangbao picked at his hands, lowering his head slightly.

He still wanted to be held by Mom to sleep.

Xiang Yubao's brain turned fast, negotiating, "Mom, every three days, can we sleep with you once, is that okay?"

Lin Zhao felt this frequency was a bit high, and said with a smile, "Once a week, on my day off."

The four cubs were easy to take care of, but raising them was still tiring.

Gu Chenghuai didn't want his wife to be tired, so he also spoke up: "Usually your mother has to go to work and needs a good sleep. The four of you are restless when you sleep, you love to kick people, your arms love to move around, and some of you even snore, which will affect your mother..."

Gu Hangbao was terrified and guilty.

Kicking people, moving around, and snoring, was that him?

Before Dad could finish, Xiang Yubao straightened his small face and interrupted Gu Chenghuai's words: "Okay, once a week is once a week, we can do that."

They couldn't let Mom sleep poorly.

Hearing they could sleep with Mom once a week, Gu Hangbao was very satisfied, his drooping brows and eyes instantly becoming radiant.

So happy.

Tie Chui couldn't bear for the twins to leave, hugged Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao, his eyes about to shed golden beans, "Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, I can't bear for you to leave." He said with a crying tone.

Xiang Yubao patted his good brother's shoulder like a little adult, "It's okay, you can sleep with us."

Tie Chui's crying expression froze, his eyes, as if washed by water, were exceptionally bright, filled with anticipation, "Can I?"

"Yes, you can." Xiang Yubao said, "You can sleep in the same quilt as me, and we can cuddle Xiao Jin to sleep."

Tie Chui was even more expectant, looking at Lin Zhao and Gu Chenghuai, hands clasped together, his palm-sized little black face filled with sincere pleading, "Third Aunt, Third Uncle, can I?"

Lin Zhao nodded, "You can. Li Bao can stay as long as he wants, Third Uncle and I are very welcome. But there is a prerequisite: you must get permission from your father and mother."

Hearing this, little Tie Chui went to pester Gu Yuanshan and Huang Xiulan.

"Dad, Mom..."

Huang Xiulan laughed, "Go, go, go, if you want to go, then go. You like the third branch so much, why don't I just give you to your Third Uncle and Third Aunt!"

In an instant, little Tie Chui's eyes were brighter than the sun, and he said excitedly, "Can you?"

"Give me to my Third Uncle and Third Aunt!?"

That way he would have countless candies too.

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Huang Xiulan: "..."

Huang Xiulan was so angry she pinched her youngest son's cheeks, "You heartless little rabbit."

Little Tie Chui was pinched and wailed.

He asked unclearly: "... Is it, or, is it not?"

He was asking if it was okay.

Huang Xiulan let go and rolled her eyes at her son, "Don't even think about it."

Little Tie Chui's eyes dimmed, looking at his mother accusingly, "Then you said you'd give me to my Third Uncle and Third Aunt, you're an adult, how can you still lie to a little child, you're too bad!"

Gu Hangbao also hummed at his eldest aunt, like a cute little pig, while expressing his dissatisfaction: "Eldest Aunt is too bad!"

Even the sensible Xiang Yubao looked at his eldest aunt with resentment, sighing like a little old man.

"Pfft—" Zhao Liuniang couldn't help but burst out laughing, looking at her eldest sister-in-law, "Eldest Sister-in-law, don't make jokes like this in the future, the treasures will take it seriously."

The three treasures, who were five-year-olds, nodded their little heads seriously.

That's right.

They would take it seriously.

After eating, the third branch family returned to their room to pack.

First roll up the bedding, then fold the clothes, and put the folded clothes into the wooden chest.

Books were packed into bamboo baskets.

In the snack cabinet, there was still quite a bit of malted milk, candy, cookies, etc.

"Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, there's still quite a bit of candy left here, let's leave half for the old house, and when you finish eating, I'll buy you new ones, how about that?" Lin Zhao negotiated with her sons, "Little children can't eat too much candy, their teeth will go bad, and if these candies are left here, they will go bad, and going bad would be a waste."

Xiang Yubao had no objections, "That's okay, let's leave half. Give it to Grandma, and let Grandma distribute it."

Lin Zhao felt her eldest son was really smart; giving it to Gu Mu was the most reasonable and very worry-free.

She looked at Xiang Yubao with admiration.

"Alright, we'll listen to our Xiang Yubao."

Gu Hangbao pulled on Lin Zhao's arm, expressing eagerly, "I'm willing to share too."

Lin Zhao rubbed her son's soft cheeks, her eyes curved into smiles.

"Our Gu Hangbao is also a generous little friend."

Gu Hangbao grinned foolishly.

Gu Mu was in the room making cloth shoes for the younger generation of the family. Rural people were hard on shoes, and they had to be changed every few months, so the women in every household made shoes whenever they had time, and the Gu family was no exception.

"Knock knock knock..."

A few knocks sounded.

Hearing this knocking, Gu Mu knew it was the third daughter-in-law.

The eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law didn't have the consciousness to knock.

"The door isn't locked." She said loudly.

Lin Zhao lifted the bamboo curtain and entered the room, putting the things she had brought with her on the wooden cabinet, "Mother, please accept these candies."

Gu Mu put down the insole she was half-way through and stood up to walk over.

Seeing the various candies in the bamboo basket, she was very surprised.

"What is this for, keep them for the four cubs."

Lin Zhao laughed, "I'm keeping some for them. These can't be left for too long, they'll go bad, you keep them and distribute them to the children in the old house."

Since her daughter-in-law said so, Gu Mu didn't act coy and smiled, "Alright, I'll accept them."

After delivering the candy, Lin Zhao didn't delay and returned to the third branch to continue packing, spending a little less than an hour to finish.

Afterwards.

The entire Gu family mobilized.

"I'll go to Gu Gu Ershu's house to borrow a cart!" Gu Qingzhou said, and trotted to Gu Gu Gu Ershu's house.

The children in the old house didn't wait for the cart, one by one, they picked up things they could carry and headed to the third branch's new courtyard.

"Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, the things you are moving now, send them to your room, the one with the bed." Lin Zhao was afraid the children would put things in the courtyard and block the way, so seeing them walking out, she quickly reminded them.

"Got it." Gu Hangbao said loudly.

Carrying his small satchel on his back, holding his, his brother's, and the twins' small pillows in his arms, piled very high, his short legs walked briskly.

Under the gaze of the whole village, a group of children arrived at the Gu family's new courtyard.

Xiang Yubao looked at each room, and in the room on the left, he saw... a bed?

This bed was very strange.

Half of it had two levels, and half was a low wooden bed, connected together, looking very novel.

There were no sharp corners, the wood was all polished smooth, and everything was in a rounded shape.

"Brother, is this a little ladder!?" Gu Hangbao's loud voice rang out, "It's the same as the upper bunk on the train."

He said happily, "Brother, I want to live on the upper bunk."

Under Mom's encouragement, Xiang Yubao no longer blindly yielded to his younger brother and sister, and began to express his own thoughts.

The little friend looked at his younger brother and said, "Gu Hangbao, I want to live on the upper bunk too. Let's take turns, okay?"

Gu Hangbao wasn't overbearing, and was especially generous to his brother from the same mother.

He smiled like a little sun.

"Okay."

"We came out of Mom's belly together, so of course we'll like the same things, I knew Brother would like the upper bunk too."

He acted spoiled toward his brother, "Brother, can I live there first?"

Xiang Yubao was very willing to let his brother, "Hmm, you live there first, I'll live there tomorrow night."

"Okay."

At this time, Xiao Jin jumped onto the wooden bed, climbed to the upper bunk, inspected every corner, and finally slid down from the slide on the far left.

Witnessing this operation, the children all opened their mouths wide.

"!!"

"Brother, this can slide!!" Gu Hangbao's body leaned toward the slide, his eyes glowing, exclaiming: "Brother, we don't have to get off the bed from the little ladder, we can slide down from here."

Xiang Yubao knew this too, his face flushed with excitement.

The twins' eyes and brows were dancing.

Seeing this, the children in the village were incredibly envious.

Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao had such a fun bed, and none of them had such a fun bed.

The twins' mom and dad were really great!

Yuan Bao wanted a bed like this too, he asked Xiang Yubao: "Xiang Yubao, did your dad make this bed for you?"

"No, my dad only knows how to do simple carpentry, he doesn't know how to do complex carpentry." Xiang Yubao smiled with a face full of happiness, "My dad asked Grandpa Carpenter to make it for us, the blueprint was drawn by my mom."

Yuan Bao asked confusedly: "What's a blueprint?"

Xiang Yubao felt his little friend was a bit stupid, but he didn't mind, touching his little bed, he explained crisply: "A blueprint is a drawing, my mom drew what the bed looked like, then marked the dimensions, Grandpa Carpenter followed it to make it, and just like that... we have a new bed."

Little Yuan Bao didn't understand but felt it was impressive.

He exclaimed in admiration.

"Xiang Yubao, my mom doesn't know how to draw blueprints, can I borrow the blueprint your Third Aunt drew? I want my mom to make me this bed too."

Children don't feel awkward, they say what they think, completely innocent.

Xiang Yubao hesitated, "The blueprint is my mom's, I have to ask my mom."

Yuan Bao nodded heavily, not forgetting to remind his little friend, "Don't forget, okay."

"Hmm, I'll remember!"

After admiring the bed, the children looked at the wooden table placed by the window.

Natural wood color.

The height was suitable for children, it was very wide, and there were several layers of shelves against the left wall, though he didn't know what they were for.

Tie Niu asked curiously: "Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, what are these shelves for?"

Gu Hangbao said excitedly: "I know, these are for putting comic books and picture books! And our copybooks and notebooks, they can all be put here!"

A noisy sound came from outside the courtyard.

The Gu family men had arrived, they carried the bed, and in one go, entered the room on the right.