Chapter 216: Extremely insulting

Gu Fu happened to want to find Lin Zhao, seeing her come over, his old face appeared with a smile.

"Third daughter-in-law, you came just in time, the mushroom silk is out!" he said happily.

Thinking that in not long, he could harvest full edible mushrooms, he was excited.

Lin Zhao didn't expect Gu Fu to get it out so quickly, smiled: "Can I take a look?"

"Yes, why not." Gu Fu said.

He walked in front to lead the way, suddenly thinking the mushroom room didn't smell good, stopped, looked at Lin Zhao, hesitated: "The smell isn't so good, are you going?"

Third house's all love cleanliness, before twins would play in mud, step on mud pits, after Third daughter-in-law managed them, the two cubs loved cleanliness, first thing back from outside is washing hands, not taking a bath not changing clothes not getting on bed, carrying handkerchiefs at hand...

Very particular.

Mushroom room needs to maintain temperature, also uses cow dung and straw to pile fertilizer, the smell is really pungent, Gu Fu was afraid Third daughter-in-law and two grandsons would feel nauseous.

"It's okay," Lin Zhao felt she could overcome it.

She hadn't seen artificially planted edible mushrooms, very curious.

"Then okay." Gu Fu walked in front to lead the way.

Gu Mother seeing this, smiled at Lin Zhao: "... Your father now regards that mushroom room as more important than anything."

Some time ago, Gu Fu finished reading the "Mushroom Farming Guide" given by Lin Zhao, digested for two days, started pondering building a mushroom room, spent three days to get it done.

After preparing properly, carefully sprinkled the mushroom spawn brought back by Third daughter-in-law.

After a period of time, now lifting the small soil layer, could see the mushroom bacteria hiding in the culture material growing silently, could also see white mycelium covering the bed edge.

Several people entered the mushroom room.

Gu Hangbao covered his little nose: "Grandpa, so smelly so smelly."

Gu Fu let his grandson use a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, smiled lovingly, "Fertilizer piled, of course smelly."

Gu Hangbao had a belly full of questions: "Why pile fertilizer in the room, not in the field?"

Xiang Yubao's eyes were also confused.

"Because mushroom growth has temperature requirements, too cold outside, can't grow out, must plant in the room," Gu Fu answered very patiently.

Mushroom growth, must maintain temperature at 12-13 degrees Celsius. To maintain this temperature, he made many efforts, also thanks to the temperature measuring thing given by Third daughter-in-law, otherwise there would be no progress now.

"Oh!" The twins didn't quite understand.

Xiang Yubao looked around, didn't see mushrooms, his eyes were blank, "Where are the mushrooms?"

Gu Fu looked at his grandson, "Not grown out yet, have to wait a while."

During the conversation between grandfather and grandson, Lin Zhao walked over, observed the mushroom soil, found Gu Fu did it in a decent way.

"Father did well, worthy of being an old hand," she said, "I feel in a while, Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao will be able to eat fresh mushrooms!"

Gu Hangbao's eyes widened slightly.

The little child was used to it, after the weather turned cold, the vegetables at home only had radishes, cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, four main forces; if richer, had cured meat, had pickled vegetables...

No mushroom option.

"Have mushrooms to eat?" he asked pleasantly surprised.

Gu Hangbao didn't eat poorly, could eat the pickled vegetables stored by Lin Zhao from time to time, but couldn't eat them every day, he felt his mouth was a bit bland, wanted to eat something else.

"... If I grow them out," Gu Fu had a steady temperament, didn't make guarantees for things he wasn't sure about, cautiously said if.

Gu Hangbao ignored it, held his brother's hand, his loud voice raised, full of joyful excitement.

"Brother, we're going to have mushrooms to eat!"

Gu Fu: He said if, hadn't grown them out yet...

Words heard half again.

He looked helplessly at his grandson's round back of the head, didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Xiang Yubao was still rational.

Who knew...

"Yes," Xiang Yubao's eyes were bright, looking at his grandfather with some incomprehension.

"Grandpa is best at farming, definitely can grow the biggest and most delicious mushrooms."

His little face was full of confidence.

Gu Fu, Gu Fu couldn't help but straighten his shoulders.

Xiang Yubao Gu Hangbao had so much confidence in him, then he definitely had to grow them out!

"Grandpa will grow! Grandpa will grow the biggest and most delicious mushrooms for our Xiang Yubao Gu Hangbao!!" Gu Fu was full of energy, wished he could build another mushroom room, go make a few more piles of culture material.

Culture material, in professional terms, also called compost.

Used dry cow dung and dry straw, mixed with superphosphate fertilizer and water, fermented and generated in the outdoor open environment.

The cow dung, straw mixture piled into a pile also needs to undergo 6 "pile turning" to ferment well.

"Pile turning" is carried out in 5 periods at intervals of 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 days, until the cow dung and straw fertilizer in the compost rot and ferment, melting into one, only then is it considered complete.

It is the most cumbersome, and also the most important.

"Grandpa is super great!" Gu Hangbao was super loud, giving his grandfather enough emotional value.

Xiang Yubao also said seriously: "Only my grandfather in the whole commune can grow mushrooms, my grandfather is the first most powerful in the whole commune."

Gu Fu's hands and feet were all floating.

"Wait until they grow out, I'll send them to you the first time." He promised.

The twins held their grandfather's rough big hands, little bodies leaned over, grandfather and grandsons were intimate,

"Grandpa is so good, I like Grandpa the most," Gu Hangbao's voice was crisp.

Gu Fu was full of smiles, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes squeezed together.

Gu Mother said: "Go out after watching, the smell inside is big, don't let your noses have problems."

Lin Zhao's sense of smell was sensitive, was smoked dizzy, long wanted to leave, hearing Gu Mother's words, walked out first.

Gu Mother smiled, didn't say anything.

Long knew Third daughter-in-law was delicate, still said what, she could propose to go in and take a look, it was already amazing!

The mushroom room was built in the Gu family's backyard, the area wasn't big, but Gu Fu served it wholeheartedly, the smell was difficult to smell, but it wasn't dirty at all.

After going out, Lin Zhao asked Gu Fu: "About mushroom planting, does Father have any plans in mind?"

"Plans?" Gu Fu repeated, some plan in his heart became clearer.

He raised his head abruptly, looked at Lin Zhao, weighed, used a tone that wasn't so certain, said: "... I saw in the newspaper, some brigades are doing some agricultural sideline products, can increase income for the whole brigade, I was thinking... if I mastered this mushroom planting craft, could our brigade also do it, sell the mushrooms grown, everyone has more extra money in their hands, can also send their own children to school..."

Gu Fu didn't know how his idea was, could it be done, would it make daughter-in-law feel he was whimsical, his heart was quite nervous.

"Yes," Lin Zhao felt this idea was really good.

"If it's really like this, our brigade will become a famous mushroom farming brigade, commune members can increase income, can also eat meat a few more times."

Her family makes meat every time, the door would be full of children, not noisy not making trouble, sitting in rows smelling the meat, the saliva at the corners of their mouths couldn't stop flowing, looking pitiful and cute.

She would occasionally share some meat scraps with the children, though not often, for fear they would develop the bad habit of reaching out and asking. The children were very sensible and never took things for free; some would bring her firewood, others would bring her wild vegetables... whatever they had, they would bring, and they were all very well-behaved.

If they could live a good life, Lin Zhao was very happy.

"Father plant boldly, as long as you grow them out, don't worry about sales, I'll solve it."

Hearing this, Gu Fu's eyes froze abruptly.

"Third daughter-in-law, are you serious?" his tone was full of seriousness.

Lin Zhao nodded, "Of course it's true, how could I joke about this kind of thing. The city is even more lacking in vegetables than the village, having fresh mushrooms, they will only fight to want them."

Gu Fu clenched his right hand into a fist, smashed it into his palm, turned a few circles in place, somewhat anxious, "Mushrooms have to take some time to grow, I planted too late."

He was very annoyed.

"Not late," Lin Zhao smiled, "Wait until they grow out, they will come out one after another, the time can be until March or April next year, these few months... enough."

"That's true," Gu Fu was greatly encouraged.

He couldn't stay still, said: "No, I'll go find the brigade leader, talk to him about this."

The voice fell, footsteps hurried away.

"Think of something and must do it, if not do it then uncomfortable," Gu Mother said casually, "Don't worry about him, let him go."

After speaking, pulled the twins to one side, asked about them adapting to school...

"Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, how is it living in the county, are you used to it, just started school... how do you feel, did anyone bully you?"

Gu Mother cared about every sentence, kept instructing: "If anyone bullies you two, go call your Bangbang brother, let him support you, you have a brother, don't need to be afraid of anyone."

Gu Hangbao nestled in his grandma's arms, pouted, "Grandma, Xu Juanjuan snatched my candy, the teacher pulled partiality, let me and brother call parents."

Said aggrievedly.

Gu Mother immediately exploded, if not holding two cubs, almost jumped up.

"What?"

"What's that teacher's name? I'll go find him! What kind of person, dare to pull partiality, is it bullying our family for having no one, tell me who it is, I'll go find him!" she said angrily.

Seeing the anger on his grandma's face, Gu Hangbao looked at Mom guiltily, pulled Gu Mother's arm.

"Grandma, it's okay, I..."

Before finishing, Gu Mother said: "How is it okay! Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, don't be afraid, I'll take your eldest uncle and second uncle to school tomorrow, our family has many people, no one can bully you."

She couldn't let other children feel that Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao were easy to bully, letting them develop the bad habit of bullying her grandsons.

This absolutely

Lin Zhao looked at Gu Hangbao with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

She wanted to see how this little brat would talk his way out of this.

If he started spouting nonsense, his little snacks would be gone!!

Gu Hangbao would pick and choose what to say, but he wouldn't lie. He lowered his eyes, fiddled with his fingers, and whispered, "Xu Juanjuan snatched my candy, so my brother and I hit him, and that's why the teacher made us call our parents."

Gu Mu was silent for a few seconds, then moved her mouth, "... Ah, is that so? You didn't hurt him too badly, did you?"

"No, no." Xiang Yubao waved his hands so fast they blurred, looking earnest. "Xu Juanjuan only broke the skin; he didn't pass out. Gu Hangbao and I stopped in time."

Gu Hangbao also said, "Dad taught us that you can't hit a child's head, eyes, or nose... I used my fist to hit Xu Juanjuan's butt. I didn't even use any force, but he cried so miserably. He really couldn't take a hit."

Lin Zhao only then realized that this was how they had beaten their classmate Xu Juanjuan, and they had even hit him on the butt—the damage wasn't great, but the insult was certainly strong.

She could imagine exactly how hard the little boy had cried.

From now on, other children would probably run away whenever they saw the twins!

Gu Mu: "Your dad taught you two how to fight?"

That stinky brat, how is he teaching his children!

"He didn't teach us to fight; he taught us self-defense and how to protect Mom." Xiang Yubao explained, which also served to clear Battalion Commander Gu's name.

Gu Mu: "..."

She couldn't say he was wrong.

She didn't say anything more and looked at Lin Zhao hesitantly.

"Third daughter-in-law, are you going to the school tomorrow? If you don't want to go, I will."

Gu Mu was worried she would be put in a difficult position, so she offered proactively.

The twins suddenly looked up, watching Lin Zhao nervously.

They wanted their mom to go, even though they knew their mom might criticize them.

"It's fine, I'll go." Lin Zhao said.

Children are young and can't control their tempers very well yet; fighting is normal.

Gu Mu was still worried, "How about I go with you?"

"..." Lin Zhao was helpless, "No need."

"If the teacher really says something, don't get angry or worked up. If it really comes to it, just scold Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao a bit, but don't hit them; the children are still small." Gu Mu patted her two grandsons' heads, her face full of heartache, as if they had already been beaten by Lin Zhao.

"..."

Lin Zhao became even more helpless, "... I'm not going to hit them."

"Not hitting them?" Gu Mu's face lit up with joy, "Not hitting them is good, not hitting them is good. The children are small, they shouldn't be hit."

Gu Hangbao couldn't help but start trembling again, "Grandma, my mom said she doesn't hit children. My brother and I are her most, most favorite cubs, she can't bear to hit us."

Gu Mu: How cheesy.

Xiang Yubao poked his younger brother's arm, completing Lin Zhao's words, "You only said half of it. Mom also said that if we make a mistake, she will write a letter to Dad and have Dad deal with us."

Gu Hangbao only listens to half of what's said, specifically the part that benefits him.

Once his brother reminded him, he remembered immediately.

"I won't make any mistakes!" The little guy cupped his face, his eyes curving, "I am the best-behaved and smartest little kid."

Lin Zhao put a question mark on that.

More like the most mischievous little kid.

The best-behaved little kid wouldn't be asked to have their parents called in by the teacher less than two months into the school year.

Gu Mu felt her own grandsons were perfect in every way and caught the twins to shower them with praise.

Lin Zhao: "..."

Once the grandmother and the three grandchildren finished their doting, Lin Zhao said to Gu Mu, "Mother, is Qingzhou available? I need to take Qian Bao and Gu Hangbao back to the county, and I'd like to ask him to see us off."

She couldn't ride a bicycle with four cubs, so she had to walk.

"Available, why wouldn't he be? I'll go call him. He's been cooped up in his room reading all day, his brain is going to turn to mush." Gu Mu walked toward Gu Qingzhou's room.

She knocked on the door and explained the purpose of her visit.

The door creaked open.

Gu Qingzhou walked out.

"Third sister-in-law." He called out to Lin Zhao, then added, "I'll go borrow a bicycle."

He then left.

Gu Hangbao pulled his brother along to follow, "Little Uncle, we'll go with you!!"

Gu Qingzhou stopped and waited where he was.

At the Brigade Leader's house.

After hearing Gu Fu's words, the Brigade Leader's mind flashed with beautiful images, and he suddenly let out a "hehehe" laugh, a laugh that was quite frightening.

Gu Fu's expression changed slightly; he raised his hand and gave him a solid smack on the forehead.

"... Wake up! Are you out of your mind?"

The Brigade Leader felt his head ache and instantly snapped back to reality. Gu Fu was a man used to heavy labor, and his hand had no sense of weight; that blow made him wince and bare his teeth.

"You old guy, you even dare to hit the Brigade Leader? I think you're looking to go to heaven." The Brigade Leader clutched the painful spot, glared at Gu Fu, and didn't hold back his tongue.

Gu Fu felt awkward, cleared his throat, and said righteously, "Who told you to make that weird 'hehehe' laugh? I thought you'd gone crazy."

"You're the one who's crazy!" The Brigade Leader retorted, too lazy to argue with him, and pressed for details about the mushroom cultivation, "Is what you just said true? Can you really grow mushrooms?"

He looked Gu Fu up and down, his eyes showing hesitation.

"How come I've never heard of you having this skill before?"