Chapter 210

After Maodan left, it took the twins several days to recover.

They had to recover.

——Because school resumed classes, they were sent to school by Lin Zhao.

Originally, because Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao were not yet six years old, the school thought they were too young and were not very willing to accept them, but because the number of students in the school was small, and the twins were not troublemakers, the school made an exception to accept them.

Thus, the twins started their learning career.

On the first day of school, Lin Zhao sent her two sons to the school gate.

In fact, with Bangbang and the others from the old house leading them, there was no need for adults to pick them up, but since it was their first day of school, Lin Zhao felt she couldn't miss it and came with her camera.

Qian Bao and Yaobao insisted on following. The two little ones grabbed the door with their fleshy hands, opening their black and white eyes, looking at their mother with grievance and pity.

Lin Zhao couldn't refuse, so she brought them along.

The two fair and tender little buns showed their millet teeth happily.

Their walking posture was a bit light in their clumsiness.

The little brother and sister didn't like to run around, both were fair and tender, their little faces were white with a hint of red, fleshy, and they were wearing the sibling outfits made by their mother, like little children under Guanyin's seat. When they looked up at people, who wouldn't want to rub their little faces.

"Run slowly, be careful not to fall." Lin Zhao shouted to the twins.

Their brother was going to school, why were the two little ones so excited.

Qian Bao slowed down his running speed, stood in place waiting for his mother, and seeing Yaobao still running, hurriedly chased after his sister.

Lin Zhao: "..."

One didn't stop them.

Look, she didn't like taking the two little ones out, there was no problem at all.

It was fine if someone helped look after the children, but it was a big headache to take them alone. The more capable the children were at walking, the more crazy they became.

Fortunately, there were capable twins.

They chased after them, Xiang Yubao held Yaobao, Gu Hangbao held Qian Bao, and they slowed down to move forward.

"... When you go out, don't run too fast, what if you are taken away by bad guys?" Xiang Yubao's little face was full of seriousness, looking at Yaobao and saying: "Yaobao, Gu Hangbao and I are going to school, you have to listen to Mom."

Gu Hangbao also said: "That's right, that's right. If you don't listen to Mom's words, you will suffer, falling and breaking your skin is very, very painful, and you won't be able to walk and will have to lie down all the time."

"I won't run." Qian Bao's brows and eyes were serious, his voice was milky, and he had a bit of a little adult flavor.

Xiang Yubao praised his brother with a smile: "Qian Bao is the most obedient."

Qian Bao showed a very obedient and soft smile.

"I won't run either!!" Yaobao raised her head, blinking her purple grape-like eyes, trying hard to act cute.

Xiang Yubao took the opportunity to educate his sister, "You ran. Just now Mom called you, and you didn't respond, you are a bit impolite."

Yaobao's long eyelashes drooped, "... I didn't hear."

With sufficient nutrition, the twins spoke more and more fluently, quite having a tendency to lean towards the second cub, and were very good at quibbling.

Gu Hangbao giggled and exposed his sister: "Did you not hear... or were you doing it on purpose?!"

Yaobao was ashamed into anger, pushed her brother angrily, and denied loudly: "Didn't hear, just didn't hear."

"Gu Zhiyao." Lin Zhao's voice sounded, her tone soft but serious, "You cannot push your brother."

Yaobao hurriedly withdrew her hand, stood obediently, didn't want to look at her brother, and stood there waiting for her mother as a small one.

Lin Zhao walked over and fiddled with her daughter's braids, "... Your temper is bigger than mine."

"Your brothers are doing this for your own good, why are you being fierce."

Yaobao didn't like being talked about, her mouth pouting, "Bao is not fierce, not fierce."

She emphasized twice.

"You just pushed your brother." Lin Zhao reminded.

Seeing that her mother wouldn't hold her, Yaobao felt wronged and wanted to cry. Knowing that acting spoiled was useless, she looked at Gu Hangbao and apologized in a milky voice: "Sorry..."

Apologizing when doing something wrong, this was what she learned from Gu Hangbao.

She knew everything, just relying on being cute to "mess" with her brother.

It was all because she was spoiled.

Her sister apologized to him! Could Gu Hangbao hold it against her? Certainly not.

"Okay, I forgive you, you have to listen to Mom. If you don't listen, my brother and I will teach you a lesson again."

Yaobao hugged her big brother, her fleshy cheeks rubbing against Xiang Yubao's arm, her eyes wet, like a little milk cat that had been hurt.

"Yaobao knows she was wrong, she will change in the future, don't talk about it anymore, sister is still young, we will teach her slowly." Xiang Yubao hugged his sister's little shoulders, like a big elephant protecting its cub.

Gu Hangbao widened his eyes, shocked: "Brother, you were the one who said you wanted to teach your younger brother and sister well."

His eyes were accusing, "You also said, if Qian Bao and Gu Hangbao become bad children, Mom and Dad will be very worried. We teach our younger brother and sister well to reduce their burden, isn't that what you said?"

Xiang Yubao was speechless.

"I said it, but... Yaobao has already admitted her mistake, what else do you want?" The second cub was really hard-hearted, why be so strict with his sister.

Gu Hangbao was speechless, "I don't want anything."

It was quite serious!

Lin Zhao didn't intervene in the children's affairs and followed silently behind them.

While talking, they arrived at the school gate.

There was only this school in the whole commune, built by the county with all its efforts, a small building with a brick-concrete structure.

The classrooms were arranged neatly, the windows were few and small, the lighting was average, and they had to light kerosene lamps or candles for class on cloudy days.

A blackboard hung in front of each classroom, with the slogan "Study hard, make progress every day" hanging directly above, and a bulletin board behind.

The desks and chairs were purchased uniformly, painted with dark red paint, and because of the long years, the traces of use on them were very obvious.

Before, when Lin Zhao finished registering for her sons and received the textbooks, she saw the desk with her own marks in a classroom and also saw many familiar names.

Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao had been to the school when they registered, and coming again was still novel, their eyes bright, as if they were about to join the Young Pioneers.

"Do you dare to go in by yourselves, do you want me to send you to the classroom door?" Lin Zhao said.

The moment the words came out, complexity arose in her heart. In a flash, the two big ones were going to school. Old people always said that children grow with the wind, and she suddenly felt the same.

Xiang Yubao was not panicked, "Gu Hangbao and I know the way, we'll go by ourselves."

Just as he finished speaking, Bangbang and others came out of the school.

"Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, you are finally here! Quick, I'll send you to the classroom, I've been waiting for you for half a day." Laimei said loudly.

Seeing his cousin, Gu Hangbao ran over excitedly.

"You guys came really early, what time did you arrive?"

Bangbang answered: "I don't have a watch, I'm not sure what time we arrived, we walked around the school inside and out two or three times?" He looked at Laimei and others, his eyes questioning.

Gu Lan said: "Three times."

"That's three times." Bangbang's face was full of smiles.

Going to school every day would feel annoying because they had to get up early every day and couldn't play enough.

After the school stopped classes, they stayed at home for too long, disliked by their parents, rejected ten times a day, and started to miss the days of going to school.

Look, on the first day of school, Bangbang and the others got up before dawn and ran to school very early.

Lin Zhao was surprised, "Why did you come so early?"

"Bangbang and the others insisted on coming early." Gu Lan said.

She smiled uncomfortably, "They said... they were always nagged at home, their ears were almost calloused, they would rather squat at the school gate and wait for the door to open."

Gu Lan was the only girl in the Gu family who went to school. The adults were not at ease and let her go to school with the boys in the family. She was pestered by Laimei and had no choice but to agree.

"Have you eaten?" Lin Zhao asked.

Tiedan was talking to the twins about school affairs. Hearing his third aunt's words, he looked over, "Hey, didn't eat! My mom said it's fine not to eat in the morning, save it for noon."

Lin Zhao: "..." This can be saved?!

"How can you grow taller if you don't eat breakfast!"

Tiedan nodded fiercely.

That's right, that's right, if you don't eat enough, you will become a short winter melon and won't be able to marry a wife in the future.

He told his mother and was beaten.

"When I go back, I'll talk to your mother." Lin Zhao looked at Tiedan's wronged appearance and felt that this kid was quite miserable.

He had lost some weight in just a few days.

Gu Chan had to take care of Wei Xiangdong and had no time to paste matchboxes anymore, so she suggested whether it could be transferred to Huang Xiulan and Zhao Liuniang. She agreed and would tell them when she went back.

Tiedan blurted out: "Third Aunt, you are really a fairy who saves the suffering!"

As soon as the words came out, his mouth was covered by Gu Lan, "Stinky boy, you have no gate on your mouth again, are you trying to harm our family?!"

She carefully looked around, and seeing no one heard, she put her heart back in its place.

Tiedan remembered his parents' repeated instructions, his face turned pale.

"I... I forgot." He said guiltily, lingering fear.

Lin Zhao gave him a piece of chocolate and comforted him softly: "It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, just don't do it again next time."

"Chocolate, take it, eat it when you're hungry. Getting up so early, it won't do to go to school on an empty stomach."

She also came from her student days, reading was also hard work, and she couldn't read on an empty stomach, only thinking about what to eat.

"You have to eat in the morning, even if you eat half a sweet potato."

"Thank you, Third Aunt." Tiedan took the chocolate and cherished it, muttering: "Eating too many sweet potatoes will make you fart."

Laimei was also a damage-maker and said immediately: "Last semester, Tiedan farted in class and was mocked by teachers and classmates."

Lin Zhao: "Pfft..."

Before she could comfort the little boy whose self-esteem was damaged, Tiedan said with a flushed face: "It's not like I was the only one farting in class, many people did, and Chen Erniu even pooped in his pants."

Lin Zhao: Chen Erniu didn't deserve this, and he was still brought out to be talked about.

She raised the camera in her hand.

"Today is Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao's first day of school, I'll take pictures for you to commemorate it."

Bangbang and others were very happy and tidied their clothes one after another.

Gu Lan asked her brother: "Tiedan, help me look at my hair, is it messy? Do I need to tie it again?"

Tiedan looked at it messily, "It's good, not messy, very neat, it will definitely look great when taken."

"Go to hell." Gu Lan spat at him.

Tiedan had an innocent face.

His father was right, female comrades are hard to serve, everything said is wrong!

The children stood at the school gate, and the school plaque was on their right hand side.

Lin Zhao instructed them to pose, "Look at me, be natural, it doesn't matter if you smile or not, don't force a smile, Alan, bend your legs a little, like me."

Seeing Tiedan raise the chocolate with a bright smile, she said with a smile: "Tiedan's movement is very natural, and his smile is also good, not bad, others... be casual, it's not the first time you've been photographed, why are you nervous."

Laimei laughed with her hands on her hips, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "It's still different, this is at the school gate."

With people watching, it was impossible not to be nervous.

Lin Zhao's hands didn't stop, clicking pictures, and she said: "I didn't see you nervous."

"Little Uncle said my nerves are thick, I don't take anything to heart." Laimei just took it as her little uncle praising herself and was very proud, "I'm only a little bit nervous."

The twins rushed over, squeezed between their brothers, tilted their heads to look at the camera in Lin Zhao's hand, smiled, and their movements and expressions were very natural.

"What are you two doing, you are not going to school." Lin Zhao couldn't laugh or cry.

"I want to go to school." Qian Bao's fair and tender little face was serious, and he stretched out his short, soft hand, pointing to the school, "I want to go inside to school."

Lin Zhao laughed.

This child...

Does he know what school is, and he wants to go to school.

"You are too young, they won't accept you, you can only come to school when you are your brother's age." She told Qian Bao patiently.

Hearing this, Qian Bao lowered his head slightly, his little milky fat trembling, his peach-blossom-like lips pursed together, and the smart hair on his head drooped.

Cute.

Lin Zhao was howling in her heart.

She wished she could satisfy the cub immediately.

But she couldn't, he was too young.

Xiang Yubao couldn't bear to see his brother disappointed, bent down, hugged Qian Bao's head, and whispered.

After he finished speaking, Qian Bao's eyes were bright.

"Really?"

Xiang Yubao put his index finger to his mouth, "Shh, keep it a secret, brother will find a way. If it doesn't work... I'll be your little teacher, whatever the school teaches us, I'll go back and teach you, okay?"

"Okay~!"

Lin Zhao was further away, and there were more children coming to school, which was a bit noisy, so she didn't hear what Xiang Yubao and his brother were whispering about.

"Ding-a-ling-a-ling!!"

The bell rang.

The children didn't dare to delay any longer and rushed into the school.

Bangbang and Laimei grabbed Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao's hands and ran towards the campus.

"Brother?" Yaobao pointed to where her brothers disappeared, confusion appearing in her eyes, and pulled Lin Zhao to go in and find her brothers.

"Your brothers are going to school, we will come to send them food at noon, let's go back and work with Mom first, okay?" Lin Zhao coaxed the cub softly.

Qian Bao agreed obediently, "Okay."

Yaobao looked at him and nodded, "Hmm, send food to brother, send meat."

She was young, but she knew her brothers liked to eat meat.

Lin Zhao held the twins and walked back, "Okay, okay, send meat."

Messing around was messing around, but she still loved her brothers in her heart. The feelings between the brothers and sisters were indeed like this.

The school was close to the city and far from each brigade. Children had to leave early to go to school. Some had to walk more than ten kilometers, and in places further away, no one sent children to school.

The adults at home had to make money and couldn't pick up or drop off the children. The adults were not at ease with the children going to school by themselves, so they simply didn't let them go.

The Fengshou Brigade was not close to the school either, and it took more than forty minutes for a round trip.

In order to let Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao sleep more in the morning, Lin Zhao brought the children to live in the city, which was convenient for school. If she didn't want to cook... she could go directly to the state-run restaurant to eat, saving time and effort.

On the other side.

Meng Jiusi and others arrived at the military region.

Commander Ning was indeed reliable. His work relationship was transferred, and he could take up his post after settling down.

The military region also allocated them a courtyard. The courtyard was not new, and the area was not large, but it had three rooms, which was enough.

The toilet was public.

There was a large canteen for meals, and there were schools and supply and marketing cooperatives around, and it was close to the workplace, which was very convenient.

The Meng family was very satisfied.

These conditions were much better than they had imagined.

The house had just been cleaned and was very clean. Meng Jiusi took his sons to tidy up their luggage, purchased some old furniture, and added necessities before resting.

Then he wrote a letter to his family.

Jingmo and Guangbai wrote to the twins.

The older one knew many characters and wrote smoothly. The younger one didn't know many characters, and many characters had to be replaced by Pinyin, which was a torment to write.

Ning family.

Maodan finished the letter early and asked his grandmother for money and stamps. To create an opportunity for father and son, Old Lady Ning asked him to ask his father, which troubled Maodan.

The little boy struggled, repeatedly did psychological construction, and finally found Ning Mingde.

Commander Ning had delayed a lot of work on this trip back to his hometown, and he was busy to death when he came back. He hadn't gotten close to his son for more than ten hours, thinking that all his previous efforts had been in vain, and he was full of melancholy.

At this moment, seeing Maodan coming to find him, his face showed joy.

"Maodan?"

Commander Ning stood up, walked towards Maodan, and handed him a bottle of yellow peach canned fruit, "Your grandma said you love canned fruit, I just bought it, taste it and see if you like it."

Maodan didn't want to stay long, but facing his father's bright eyes, he moved his mouth and didn't say anything disappointing, so he sat down and ate the canned fruit obediently.

The father looked at his son, only feeling that his son was good everywhere.

"..."

After Maodan finished the canned fruit, he hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth: "... I want to send a letter to Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao, do you have stamps?"

Commander Ning slapped his forehead, "It's my negligence, I forgot to give them to you."

Maodan was puzzled.

Hmm?

Commander Ning walked to the cabinet, took out a small green satchel from inside, and gave it to his son.

"The satchel is a schoolbag I prepared for you, the same as the twins'. I put money and coupons in the bag, which is the New Year's money supplemented for you, and money for birthday gifts. You can dispose of these yourself."

He knew his son envied the twins' bags and got one as soon as he came back, wanting to give it to Maodan... but was delayed by work.

Maodan really liked the green satchel, especially since it was the same as Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao's, he liked it even more.

"... Thank you."

Mom said that Dad was a very patient and open-minded person. He was half-believing before, but now he believed it.

Commander Ning didn't want to hear his son say thank you, only wanted to hear him call him Dad.

"Why are you being formal with me? If you lack anything, come find me, just like today." His eyes were expectant.

Maodan pursed his lips and said: "I know, Dad."