Chapter 219

"Shh, stop barking, you're going to wake up Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao." Xiang Yubao shushed the dogs.

Hu Po didn't bark again, wagging its little tail, circling the bed.

Da Huang sat at the door; it only had one purpose for coming in, which was to call the twins to get up.

Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao put on their clothes, helped each other straighten their collars and sleeves, and put on their little white shoes.

Xiang Yubao bent down to pick up Hu Po, called Gu Hangbao to go out, and Da Huang followed closely behind, not forgetting to use its paws to pull the door shut.

Lin Zhao saw the shoelaces the twins had tied, crooked and loose, and she couldn't help but smile.

She squatted down to adjust them for them.

"It's been so long, and you still don't know how to tie shoelaces."

Xiang Yubao stretched out his right foot, staring at his mother's smiling face, and followed suit with a smile.

"I know now." His voice was light and soft, "I tied them badly. When we're six, we'll be able to tie them very well."

Lin Zhao looked at him and nodded: "Right, when you grow another year, you'll be able to tie them even better, you're already very great now."

Xiang Yubao smiled brightly.

Lin Zhao tied the shoelaces for the two cubs, instructed them to wash up, and went to pack the things they needed to take.

"Where's Uncle?" Gu Hangbao was brushing his teeth, and finding he didn't see Uncle Yunjin, he asked.

"He went to buy breakfast." Lin Zhao answered.

"What is there?" Gu Hangbao's eyes were bright.

"Buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk."

"I like them all!" Gu Hangbao said with a giggle, continuing to brush his teeth.

Lin Zhao: "Then eat some of everything."

"Mmm." Gu Hangbao nodded heavily, his expression very serious.

As they were talking, Song Yunjin pushed the door and came in.

Seeing the twins brushing their teeth, he raised his voice: "Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao are up, why are you so well-behaved today, you didn't make me shake you."

Xiang Yubao wouldn't say that he had warned his younger brother last night, telling him not to stay in bed. Mom would take time to go to school in the morning, and they had to perform well and couldn't make Mom angry.

Gu Hangbao said: "My brother and I have grown up another day, we plan not to stay in bed anymore."

"Oh my, really?" Song Yunjin put down the breakfast he bought, picked up a bun and ate it, looking at the two cubs teasingly.

"Really, children also know that a promise is worth a thousand gold." Gu Hangbao held his head high.

Song Yunjin laughed, "Then you have to persist, you can't fish for three days and dry the nets for two."

Gu Hangbao wiped his hands and face, ran over with a "da da da" sound, and drank a mouthful of soy milk first.

He didn't understand the meaning of "fishing for three days and drying the nets for two," but his brain was flexible, and he vaguely knew the general meaning.

"I won't, Dad said my brother and I are the most persistent little kids!"

Song Yunjin was in a hurry to go to school, quickly finished the bun in his hand, went into the room to get his schoolbag, and laughed: "Alright, the most persistent little kids!"

He found that when the four cubs in his family said they were... what kind of little kids, they were especially cute.

Song Yunjin put on his schoolbag and said to Lin Zhao: "Sister, I'm going to school, if there's any heavy work, leave it, I'll do it when I get back."

Lin Zhao nodded, "Don't send me lunch at noon, I'll take the four cubs to the state-run restaurant to eat."

She looked at the twins who were burying their heads, and explained helplessly: "They were called to have their parents come. After I meet with the teacher, I'll take them to eat."

Song Yunjin said: "Okay."

He was a high school student, and his school time was earlier than the twins', otherwise he could have taken them.

After speaking, he rushed out of the house with wind under his feet.

Gu Hangbao took a bite of the bun, then a bite of the fried dough stick, fulfilling the little wish he had when he was hungry years ago.

Just at this moment, the door was knocked, and the sound of Bang Bang and others chattering came in.

"Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, are you ready yet, it's almost too late!" Lai Mei shouted loudly at the door.

Gu Hangbao jumped off the bench and rushed to the door with a "da da da" sound, "Right away, we're eating breakfast, wait for us to finish and we'll go."

He ran to the door, bringing the scent of meat and oil.

The Gu family children, who only had half a sweet potato for breakfast, couldn't help but follow his hand with their eyes.

"Then you eat, we'll wait for you." Bang Bang sat on a stone at the door, not forgetting to pull his younger brothers after sitting down.

Lai Mei didn't pay attention, and her butt hit the stone, making her wince in pain.

Lin Zhao walked out of the room, "Why don't you come in?"

She looked at A-Lan, her tone gentle, "A-Lan, take your younger brothers and sisters in, eat something together, I bought plenty this morning."

Xiang Yubao said: "My mom asked Uncle to buy buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk, there's plenty. Sister Lan Lan, Brother Bang Bang, Brother Lai Mei, Brother Tie Dan... hurry up and eat while it's hot, after eating we'll go to school."

While speaking, he reached out to pull Gu Lan.

Gu Hangbao pulled Lai Mei and Tie Dan.

They all went in, Bang Bang had no chance to persuade them, so he could only follow.

One bun each, one fried dough stick each, their stomachs were full of oil and water, the children who were growing... finally had a sense of fullness in their stomachs.

Especially Tie Dan, the moment he bit into the bun, he almost cried.

Later, he became a well-known writer and repeatedly mentioned this experience.

He even wrote it into a book.

【When I was young, the conditions at home weren't good, and I often couldn't taste meat for two or three months. At that time, I was growing, and I was hungry, hungry, hungry, hungry, hungry every day... This caused me to have no energy for anything, and I only had one thought in my mind—to find something to eat.

At that time, Zhiyu and Gu Zhihang went to school, and I, Brother Bang Bang, and the others had a new task: to pick up Zhiyu and Gu Zhihang for school every day, and escort them home after school. I had no opinion, and even felt a little happy in my heart, because I knew Third Aunt never let us work for nothing.

Sure enough, Third Aunt would give us a special meal every few days, sometimes it was mung bean cake, sometimes it was meat buns, sometimes she would treat us to fragrant white noodles...

Because of Third Aunt's subsidies, our childhood was better than other children in the village, and we were also half a head taller than them.

We brothers have been close since childhood, and after we grew up, we were busy with our own things, but our feelings didn't change, and we would gather from time to time, and the place we gathered was always at the third branch.

Brother Bang Bang, Brother Lai Mei, and the others don't say it, but I know that like me, they are grateful to Third Uncle and Third Aunt, and are also close to them.】

After breakfast, Lin Zhao watched Bang Bang and the others leave.

She turned and locked the door, taking Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao to the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Seeing Yaobao, Mom is going to work, you and your brother sit obediently, don't make a fuss, if you're hungry, thirsty, or want to go to the bathroom, tell me, and don't run around, there are people everywhere in the morning, if you two run around, I won't know where to find you."

On the way, Lin Zhao instructed the two cubs.

Qian Bao looked up with his fair and tender little face, his long eyelashes fluttering, and nodded solemnly, "Mmm, I know."

Seeing Yaobao also nodded hurriedly, "Bao also know!"

She spoke in a milky voice, and when she was anxious, her pronunciation wasn't clear.

"It's not 'know', it's 'know'." Little obsessive-compulsive Gu Qian Bao corrected his sister's words.

"Know." Seeing Yaobao was very well-behaved.

"Right." From her brother's affirmation, "Seeing Yaobao is really great."

Hearing her brother's praise, Seeing Yaobao jumped twice on the spot, humming a melody without a tune.

Lin Zhao's gaze was soft, "What is Seeing Yaobao singing, it's really nice."

Seeing Yaobao parted her cherry-red mouth and smiled, her eyes curving, sweet as could be, "Don't know, learning from Grandpa."

Talking all the way, the mother and two children arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Li Fen saw the two cubs from afar, her face piled with smiles.

"You finally brought the two cubs."

She brought two small stools, laid down handmade soft cushions, and greeted Lin Zhao: "Take Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao to sit here, I prepared them specifically for them."

"The stools were brought by A-Ju, and I made the cushions, they aren't anything valuable."

They had heard last week that Lin Zhao was going to bring the two cubs to work, so they prepared these things in advance.

Lin Zhao was surprised and thanked them with a smile: "Thank you, Sister Fen, and thank you, A-Ju."

Wang Ju took Seeing Yaobao's hand, picked her up, and sat her on the stool, touching the child's soft hand, the corners of her mouth lifting involuntarily, and her eyes turning into star eyes.

So cute! So soft!!

So well-behaved, so well-behaved!!

"No need to thank me, I like Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao."

It's just that Qian Bao always has a straight little face and doesn't smile much, and his eyes are very calm when he looks at people, making people afraid to mess with him; Seeing Yaobao is different, she greets everyone with a smile, her eyes curving, calling people "sister" in a milky voice, so cute that it's hard to be rational.

Lin Zhao said to the twins: "Thank the sister, the little stools you're sitting on were given by the sister, and you also have to thank Aunt Fen."

"Thank you, sister, thank you, Aunt Fen." Two milky and cute voices sounded.

Li Fen clutched her chest, "Zhao Zhao, how are you so good at giving birth? Four cubs, each one better looking than the last, each one smarter than the last, I'm almost dying of envy."

"Da Jun and Xiao Jun are also well-behaved, whatever you say, they listen to, what else are you dissatisfied with?" Lin Zhao teased her.

Da Jun and Xiao Jun were Li Fen's two sons.

Li Fen laughed and asked: "What about Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao? Did your brother send them?"

"My nephews and nieces pick them up for school every day." Lin Zhao said.

"Then you're quite lucky." Li Fen's impression of the Gu family improved a bit more.

She suddenly remembered something, looked at the other sales clerks, and finding they were all busy and not paying attention to them, she said to Lin Zhao in a low voice: "Didn't you want a bicycle ticket? I know someone who wants to sell one, it's just that the price is a bit expensive, do you want it?"

Ungrateful little brat!

If it weren't for his father's sake, who would care about him!!

"I want it." Lin Zhao said only this.

She explained: "My eldest brother works at the electrical machinery factory, and home is far away, so it's very troublesome to go back and forth. I've wanted to get a bicycle ticket for him for a long time, but I've never come across one."

"Don't talk about fifty yuan, I'd buy it even if it were more expensive, bicycle tickets are too hard to come by!"

Speaking of this, Lin Zhao only felt nauseated.

She drew lots every night, but she never drew a bicycle ticket, but she had a lot of various supplies, piling up in her storage ring.

Li Fen saw that Lin Zhao really wanted it, "Alright, I'll bring it to you tomorrow morning."

Including the money to buy the bicycle, a bicycle costs more than two hundred, Zhao Zhao is really generous to her eldest brother.

Lin Zhao showed a happy smile, "Thank you, Sister Fen."

"It's nothing, just two words." Li Fen said indifferently, touched Seeing Yaobao's little face, and went to work happily.

Like the other sales clerks, she looked at the twins from time to time, the corners of her mouth lifting involuntarily.

At noon.

Lin Zhao entrusted the counter to Li Fen and Wang Ju, and she took Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao to the school.

Just as they arrived at the school gate, Seeing Yaobao's excited little milky voice sounded: "Brother, brother!"

Her fair little finger pointed at the school, her eyes shining like stars.

"Right, your eldest brother and second brother are inside." Lin Zhao said.

They successfully entered the school and found the office of the twins' homeroom teacher.

They knocked and entered.

"Teacher Pan, I am the mother of Gu Zhiyu and Gu Zhihang." Lin Zhao introduced herself proactively.

Only after entering did she see that there was also a mother and son inside.

As soon as that female comrade heard Lin Zhao's words, she stood up and said aggressively: "You are the parent of those twins, they hit my child, look at how you're going to handle this?"

Teacher Pan hurriedly stood up and pulled Xu Juanjuan's mother to sit down.

"Comrade, don't get excited, Gu Zhiyu and Gu Zhihang did hit Xu Juanjuan, but he also has responsibility, you can't push all the responsibility... onto Gu Zhiyu and Gu Zhihang, that's unfair to them."

The female comrade's emotions stabilized.

Lin Zhao sat down with the twins.

She was afraid the two cubs would be scared, but she didn't expect the little brother and sister not only not to be afraid, but also to glare angrily at the female comrade with the dark face.

Lin Zhao laughed.

She reached out and rubbed the heads of her children.

Her eyes looked calmly at Xu Juanjuan's mother, her words light and slow: "Xu Juanjuan's mother, I've heard the whole story from Teacher Pan. Both children are at fault, how do you want to handle it?"

Lin Zhao was polite, and the female comrade felt a bit embarrassed, muttering in a low voice: "At least pay for some red medicine, right?"

Afraid that Lin Zhao would think she was asking for too much, she spoke very quickly: "My Juanjuan has several abrasions on his body, I don't know how many days it will take to heal without applying medicine."

The request was reasonable.

Lin Zhao agreed, "Alright."

It just so happened she had some in her storage ring.

She took the red medicine from her storage ring under the cover of her bag and placed it on the table.

"The red medicine is given, are there any other problems?"

Xu Juanjuan's mother was stunned, "No, none."

Lin Zhao smiled and nodded, then looked at Teacher Pan again, "Does Teacher Pan have anything else to say?"

"... No." Teacher Pan didn't expect to have such a parent, and was also a bit stunned.

Children fighting is a common occurrence, and if it weren't for Xu Juanjuan's mother firmly demanding it, she wouldn't have asked Lin Zhao to come to school.

Lin Zhao smiled, "Alright then, I'll go first."

After speaking, she called the twins and left.

After going out, she wandered around the classroom where Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao were, and saw the two cubs sitting upright through the window, seemingly writing, and a gratified smile appeared on her face.

"Brother!" Seeing Yaobao saw her brothers and shouted happily.

The little brothers' eyes lit up, and they showed bright smiles.

Then.

Lin Zhao saw Xiang Yubao say something to the teacher, and they ran out of the classroom with a "deng deng deng" sound.

Once out, Xiang Yubao hugged Seeing Yaobao.

"Qian Bao, Seeing Yaobao, you came too." He said happily.

Seeing his sister at the classroom door was a novel experience for the twins, and both children were very happy.

Gu Hangbao looked at Lin Zhao's expression, "Mom, have you been to the teacher's office?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yubao's smile faded, and he looked over nervously.

"I have." Lin Zhao said, "The matter is resolved, I paid for a bottle of red medicine."

The twins: "!!"

Gu Hangbao's face was full of heartache, and he asked Lin Zhao: "Mom, how much is a bottle of red medicine?"

"Two mao."

"So expensive." Gu Hangbao blurted out.

Xiang Yubao said proactively: "Mom, I'll give you the money when we get back."

"Hmm?" Lin Zhao was surprised.

"Xiang Yubao and I caused the trouble, we'll pay for the red medicine." Xiang Yubao said seriously.

Finally, he looked at his younger brother, "Gu Hangbao, you have no opinion, right?"

Gu Hangbao didn't dare to have an opinion, "... No."

"That's good, when we get back, you give me one mao, and I'll take one mao." Xiang Yubao said.

Lin Zhao didn't express her stance.

The school bell rang.

The twins rushed into the classroom to pack their things, and then followed their mother to the state-run restaurant.

They called Bang Bang and the others, but the children didn't want to go, saying their families gave them money and coupons, and they were eating in the cafeteria.

After eating, Lin Zhao sent the twins back to school, and she took Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao to the supply and marketing cooperative.

There was no one in the afternoon, and the sales clerks were all sitting and knitting sweaters.

Near three o'clock, Gu Chan hurried over to find Lin Zhao.

"Zhao Zhao." Her face was full of joy.

Ever since Wei Xiangdong was injured and hospitalized, Lin Zhao hadn't seen such a light smile on her eldest sister-in-law's face.

"Eldest sister, what good news is there?"