Chapter 231: There's a vegetable leaf

"Qiu Lian even came to my house to find trouble?" Although his friend didn't say it, Lin Shisheng could guess it.

As a former son-in-law, he knew clearly what kind of dog-shit state the Qiu family was in. Now that Qiu Lian had no value, the Qiu family would treat her like this; even a fool could think of what she would do when she had no way out, and Lin Shisheng naturally knew.

"... You know." The young man scratched his head and smiled honestly, "I thought Dadan and the others didn't tell you. The one before you really came, it hasn't been long since she left, if you had come back a little earlier, you might have run into her."

It was a bad friend indeed, not hiding the expression of watching the fun at all.

Lin Shisheng: "..."

His expression was speechless.

The young man's words continued, "What she wanted to do, I don't know, I came late, when I arrived, she had been thrown out by Aunt Lin, pounding on your door, shouting and screaming that she wanted to see Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng, and cursing them for being heartless, saying their own mother had come and they wouldn't come out or something."

"After that, she was shut down by the aunties of the brigade." Thinking of the vicious and unpleasant words of the brigade's aunties, he couldn't help but laugh, "You also know how capable those people are at talking, one sentence after another, making her unable to even lift her head, and in a fit of anger, she ran away!"

Lin Shisheng could almost imagine the scene.

"By the way, I came to find you because of another thing, just heard it, and it still has to do with Xuanxuan's mother." The young man's eyes were full of excitement.

Seeing his childhood friend's reaction was a bit strange, Lin Shisheng's gaze became curious.

"What thing?"

"That person was married off to a mountain dweller by the Qiu family." The young man didn't sell it short, his face full of satisfaction.

He knew that after his brother married, his life was stifling, and in these few years, his spirit had almost been exhausted.

Lin Er divorced, he was truly happy for him.

Look, just divorced, good things rushed toward him, even the transport team's work was there! If he were to say, that Qiu Lian was a vampire, very unlucky.

"Mountain dweller?" Lin Shisheng really didn't expect it.

Qiu Lian looked at her maiden home as more important than her small family, but she also guarded against those people in the Qiu family; one could see a thing or two from her knowing how to secretly hide the bride price... not to mention, she had married into the Lin family for so many years, getting a few yuan every year when settling work points, and over so many years, she had quite a bit.

With money in hand, would she be willing to marry a mountain dweller?

Mountain dwellers lived in the mountains, and to go to the county, one had to cross mountains and ridges, with wolves on the road, no one wanted to marry in.

Once, Qiu Lian learned that a girl who grew up with her had been sold to a mountain dweller by her own father, and she still had a gloating face, laughing that the person's life was ruined...

That vicious face made people feel disgusted looking at it.

What was going on now, the boomerang of fate had landed on her own forehead?!

"After she left our brigade, she went home, and that mountain dweller was waiting at the Qiu family, and as soon as he saw her, he carried her away."

"It's not that she didn't think about struggling, but it was useless."

The young man told Lin Shisheng everything he had inquired about.

Lin Shisheng understood.

... This was being sold.

"Where is the mountain dweller?" He asked.

The young man knew what Lin Er was worried about and said, "Rest assured, she can't come back."

"That remote corner is very far, those who don't know the road and want to go down the mountain are on a dead-end road, I see she'll stay in the mountains for a lifetime!"

Ever since Lin Shisheng divorced Qiu Lian, those who were familiar with Lin Shisheng referred to Qiu Lian as "she" or "her," occasionally calling her Xuanxuan's mother.

Lin Shisheng felt that Qiu Lian was so capable of making trouble, she must have hidden a retreat, but he didn't care.

As long as she didn't come to disturb them, whatever she wanted to do, it was up to her.

After talking with his childhood friend, Lin Shisheng carried two bundles of firewood home.

After arriving home, he packed up the things he brought for his sister and nephews, and went straight to the Harvest Brigade.

The Gu family's third branch.

In the courtyard.

The children were eating, eating the meat in their bowls themselves, while the bones were given to Da Huang and Xiao Xiao Hu Po, who were wagging their tails around them.

Eating the bones, the two dog tails wagged like propellers, and like the children, they liked today's day.

"Da Huang, come here, there's a big bone." Hengbao, as if cheering, beckoned to Da Huang.

Da Huang obediently stepped forward and received a bone with a little meat on it.

It immediately became excited and started to feast.

Xiao Xiao Hu Po came to snatch it again, and Song Yunjin grabbed its neck, "Being a little dog, you can't be too greedy."

The little dog thought he was playing with it, *woo-wah*-ing, flapping its front paws, its eyes very bright.

Song Yunjin: "..."

Took Xiao Xiao Hu Po to the side to educate it.

Lin Zhao: So childish!

Just at this moment, Lin Shisheng pushed open the courtyard gate.

"Everyone's eating!" He said loudly.

Hearing the voice, Lin Zhao looked over in surprise, saw her second brother, excitedly stepped forward, and grabbed his arm.

"Second Brother, you're back!!" She happily looked Lin Shisheng over, keenly capturing the stiffness that flashed across his eyes.

Lin Zhao withdrew her hand, "You're injured on your arm?!"

She frowned, her tone very certain.

When Lin Shisheng came, he thought, he must not be exposed again.

He didn't expect that just upon appearing, he would let Zhaozhao detect that he was injured.

His face was slightly embarrassed.

"A small injury, it's all healed seven or eight out of ten."

Lin Zhao glared at him, "Whether it's a small injury, I'll let Yunjin see, Second Brother doesn't have a word of truth in his mouth, I don't believe it."

Song Yunjin smiled while holding his rice bowl, smiling very annoyingly.

Lin Shisheng's eyes were gloomy, "There's a vegetable leaf on your teeth."

Hearing this, Song Yunjin closed his mouth, gave his cousin a knife-like look, and walked away with heavy steps.

A look of triumph appeared on Lin Shisheng's face.

"..." Lin Zhao was speechless.

Two childish ghosts.

Thinking this, the corners of her mouth were curled up.

Her second brother was much more lively than before the divorce, and as a younger sister, she could only be happy.

Seeing their second uncle, the four cubs put down their rice bowls and ran over *deng-deng-deng*.

Hengbao looked at the bundle Lin Shisheng brought, indicating he was very familiar with it, and asked directly: "Second Uncle, is there a birthday gift for me and my brother inside?"

Lin Shisheng said: "Yes, there are also gifts for my sister and for Seeing Qian Bao and Yaobao."

Hearing that the whole family had them, Yubao's smile became even brighter.

"Thank you, Second Uncle."

Lin Shisheng patted his little head, "What are you being formal for."

Song Yunjin went to rinse his mouth, didn't spit out any vegetable leaf, felt puzzled in his heart, went over and looked in his sister's mirror, and immediately became as angry as a pufferfish.

There was no vegetable leaf at all, liar.

He walked over indignantly.

Heard the conversation between Lin Shisheng and the twins.

Excitedly rubbed his hands, "Is there one for me?"

Knowing there was no free lunch in the world, Yunjin said consciously: "I still have half a piece of cake my sister made."

Lin Zhao: "..."

Lin Shisheng: "Yes."

Even if there wasn't, there had to be!

The cake his sister made, he had to eat it.

"Has Second Brother eaten?" Lin Zhao asked.

"I've eaten." Lin Shisheng's tone was tinged with a smile, "Xuan cooked noodles, and fried an egg."

Lin Zhao wasn't surprised; don't look at Xuanxuan's young age, but her cooking skills were really not bad, following behind her grandfather's butt to watch, she learned it somehow.

"Xuanxuan feels heartache for you." She said.

"Second Brother, you've lost a lot of weight, your face is sunken, driving must be very suffering."

Lin Shisheng laughed, "Can suffering be more suffering than working in the fields? Rest assured, brother is fine. It was just the first time, and the places I went to were remote, usually it's not like this, I'll get used to it."

These words were true.

But then again, if it weren't dangerous, they wouldn't have called another person to drive.

He happened to catch up!

"As long as you have a count in your heart." Lin Zhao said.

Just after speaking, she couldn't help but add, "Whatever you do, don't forget... you still have two young daughters, we are all waiting for you at home."

Her second brother hadn't returned for a long time, and she was also worried.

Lin Shisheng smiled, showing a row of white teeth, "Brother knows."

After answering, he opened the bundle and took out the things.

Milk powder and animal biscuits for the twins, a scarf and hat for his sister, two small military caps for the twins...

"Here, your gifts, one for each, they can be worn right now, how about it, this gift is not bad, right?"

Not just not bad.

Yubao and Hengbao looked at the small military caps without blinking, their gazes couldn't be taken back at all.

"Second Uncle, how did you get them, I've always wanted a small military cap, you gave them to us as a birthday gift!!" Hengbao was so excited he jumped on the spot, constantly saying nice things, "Second Uncle, how are you so amazing, you must be the most amazing uncle in the world."

Lin Shisheng's mouth corners were raised to an incredible arc by his nephew's flattery.

Song Yunjin felt this scene was familiar.

Thinking carefully, he was usually fooled like this too.

He lowered his eyes, looking at the twins' hair whorls with a complex gaze, feeling indescribably complex in his heart.

*Tsk*.

Lin Shisheng didn't stay long; he rarely came back and had many things to do.

After seeing his sister's family, he bid farewell and left.

Seeing he was in a hurry, Lin Zhao didn't stop him.

After he left, she remembered she forgot to look at her second brother's arm.

Forget it, forget it, seeing his spirit was good, it shouldn't be a big problem.

The children in the courtyard saw the twins had another birthday gift, and it was a military cap that even their father didn't have, their faces full of envy.

Even so, the speed of eating didn't drop at all.

Still eating *kuang-kuang*.

Even Gu Fu couldn't help but laugh.

Yes, the old Gu couple was also there.

They had a sense of propriety; regarding their daughter-in-law's second brother coming over, they didn't ask questions or make themselves annoying, just greeted them and consciously lowered their presence.

"Twins, your military caps are really good-looking, your uncle is really good to you." Yuanbao said.

Tie Niu followed, "That's right, your eldest uncle is good, and your second uncle is also good. My uncle is also not bad, but poor, no money to buy me gloves, and no money to buy me a hat, sigh."

He even wanted to dislike his own uncle.

Thinking of his uncle helping him beat up the people who bullied him, he felt again that his uncle was poor, but when things happened, he truly stepped up, not bad, right?!

Dazhuang's eyes were also envious, urging: "Yubao, Hengbao, hurry up and wear them, they must be super super good-looking."

The children in the village liked to learn from the twins and also hung "super" on their lips, making their speech especially cute.

The twins didn't study the small red star anymore, stood straight, and put on the caps.

Saluted Lin Zhao.

"... Mom, how is it?" Yubao asked.

Lin Zhao nodded, "Very spirited, as spirited as your father."

Yubao straightened his cap, smiling very happily.

Hengbao simply didn't take it off, wearing the cap while eating, and even Da Huang, Xiao Xiao Hu Po, and Little Jin Dou didn't escape his showing off.

Lin Zhao had to go to work tomorrow, and the twins still had to go to school, so they didn't stay that night, and had to return to the city after eating.

Gu Fu and Mother Gu saw it was quite late, felt a bit uneasy, and ordered Gu Yuanshan to send them off.

Returning to the home in the city, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening.

Lin Zhao only then felt she could rest.

The twins' first birthday, it was nothing to be troublesome, but not like this in the future, it was too exhausting!

"Dong dong dong!" The door was suddenly knocked.

Song Yunjin was confused, "So late, who is it?"

He went to open the door.

Outside the door was a short, stout little boy.

"Are you knocking on the door?" Song Yunjin asked knowing the answer.

The little boy took a step back, tried hard to look up at him, and said in a small voice: "My grandma asked me to pass a message, there's a phone call for your house, but there's no one at your house."

A phone call?!

Song Yunjin's brain turned quickly, thinking the person calling might be his brother-in-law, forgot to thank the child, rushed into the house, and said to Lin Zhao: "Sister, there's a phone call, don't know if it's brother-in-law."

His voice was very loud, startling the four cubs.

The twins' eyes lit up.

Yubao: "Mom, is it Dad?"

Hengbao's face fell, "We didn't receive it. If only the brigade had a phone."

Soon, he thought of a way, grabbed Lin Zhao's hand, and shook it a few times, "Mom, shall we go call Dad back now?"

Lin Zhao looked at Song Yunjin, "Can we call?"

She hadn't called so late before, not sure if she could call.

"Can't." Song Yunjin shook his head.

Helpless, Lin Zhao had to refuse the twins, "The place to call is closed, let's call tomorrow."

Although Yubao was a bit disappointed, he also knew this was a situation with no way out, and looked at his mother pleadingly, "Can we go earlier tomorrow?"

He couldn't wait to hear his father's voice.

"Good." Lin Zhao said softly.

The twins couldn't wait for dawn.

Seeing Qian Bao and Yaobao didn't make a scene; the former's personality never made a scene, and the latter had long forgotten her father...

The next day.

Lin Zhao had just opened her eyes when she heard a tentative knock at the door.

She quickly changed out of her pajamas, walked over to open the door, and saw two identical faces.

"Why are you up so early?"

Yubao pointed at his fingers, his expression shy, not beating around the bush, "Want to call Dad earlier."

Hengbao held his younger brother and sister, nodding hard.

Lin Zhao walked out, "Wait for me a while."

She tidied up a bit and took the four cubs to the post office to make a call.

Without waiting long, she heard Gu Chenghuai's voice.

"Zhaozhao?" A steady, deep male voice sounded.

"It's me, why did it connect so fast?" Lin Zhao was quite curious.

Before, she had to wait.

"Knew you would return, came to wait early." Gu Chenghuai's eyes were full of smiles, "We really have a tacit understanding."

Meng Jiusi beside him: "..."

Hearing the man say this, Lin Zhao couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, "What if I didn't come?"

"If you hadn't come, I would have called back." Gu Chenghuai said.

"Mom, is it Dad, I want to talk, let me say a word." Hengbao raised his loud voice, his tone urgent.

Lin Zhao said to the receiver: "Your son wants to talk to you."

After the words fell, she gave the receiver to her son.

In an instant, the voice on the phone changed.

"Dad!!"

One could tell it was the lively and active second cub.

Gu Chenghuai regretted not talking to his wife a few more times, but hearing his son's words now, he was also quite happy.

"Hengbao, yesterday was your birthday, Dad wasn't there, you and your brother weren't angry, right?"

Hengbao was a little angry, but after seeing his father's birthday gift, he wasn't angry anymore.

He said: "Not angry."

"Dad, my brother and I saw the birthday gift you prepared for us, we both like it very much!!"

Hengbao stood on a stool to talk, Lin Zhao picked up Yubao, letting him listen together.

After his younger brother finished, Yubao also said: "Dad, we're not angry."

Paused, and said again: "Dad, we miss you, when are you coming back?" ===== CHAPTER 232 =====