Chapter 241: Gone

Lin Zhao gave a pack of peach cakes she brought back to Gu Lan.

"You've worked hard, treat our Alan to peach cakes."

Gu Lan didn't take it, blushing, and said: "... I don't want it, give it to Yubao and the others to eat."

"Yubao and the others have some, this is for you." Lin Zhao knew the little girl was shy, so she stuffed it directly into her hand, with a smile on her face. "It's not just for you alone, there's also Bangbang and the others, you share it with them. I heard that you've all been working very hard during this period, so sweeten your mouths."

The family was growing mushrooms, and the children weren't idle either, they were all helping.

Hearing that there was also some for her younger brothers and sisters, Gu Lan hesitated, didn't decline again, and thanked her softly. "Thank you, Third Aunt."

Lin Zhao smiled.

She let the children stay in the kitchen to roast by the fire, and she returned to the room to pack things.

After she finished busy work, the kitchen was still very lively.

Yuanbao and others were telling the twins... the lively things that happened in the village.

Who fought.

Who was beaten by their mother.

And who was so hungry they ate dirt.

Hengbao let out "wow" sounds one after another, giving the children enough emotional value, and Yuanbao and the others' desire to tell became even stronger.

Lin Zhao held back her laughter.

She took out some peach cakes for the children, instructed them to pay attention to the fire, and intended to go to the old house.

The twins also wanted to go, but they also wanted to listen to Yuanbao's gossip. After hesitating for a few seconds, they decided to go to the old house later.

Tie Niu patted his chest. "Don't worry, Aunt Lin, I'll watch the fire."

"Then I'll trouble Comrade Ye Tie Niu." After praising the child, Lin Zhao left unhurriedly.

After she left, the laughter that rose and fell rushed out of the kitchen.

Ye Tie Niu... so funny!

"Ye Tie Niu hahahaha..." Hengbao laughed the loudest.

Tie Niu bit the peach cake uncomfortably, his ear roots red. "What's so funny."

Yubao was a warm-hearted child and comforted his little partner. "My mom didn't know your big name, that's why she called you Ye Tie Niu." He explained.

Tie Niu was a broad-minded child and didn't care about being laughed at. "It's okay, Aunt Lin can call me whatever she wants."

A name is just a code name.

A nickname plus a surname is quite funny.

He couldn't help but laugh along.

The children stayed in the Gu family kitchen laughing and joking. Da Huang guarded outside the door, looking back from time to time, and spent the rest of the time staring at Xiao Xiao Hu Po jumping around the courtyard.

Xiao Xiao Hu Po was brought to the Gu family when it was still a puppy. It hadn't been hungry since then, was happy every day, had a lively personality, and sometimes would cause a little trouble. At this time, Da Huang would stop it.

Gu family old house.

Gu Mu saw Lin Zhao, and the corners of her mouth pulled into a smile.

"Third daughter-in-law is back. I heard from Qingzhou that the supply and marketing cooperative has been working overtime every day, you must be tired? Nothing is easy to do." She sighed.

"When is the holiday? Rest well when the holiday comes." Afraid Lin Zhao would be impulsive and quit, Gu Mu searched her gut to comfort her.

Lin Zhao's voice was dyed with a smile. "Soon."

She pointed to the things she brought and said: "These are the imperfect items I brought back, Mom, you handle them."

Gu Mu's face showed joy. "There are imperfect items again, okay, I'll handle them. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer a loss."

Zhao Liuniang was happy. "Mom, can Eldest Sister-in-law and I pick first?"

"That's for sure, if there's a good thing, of course we have to prioritize our own family." Gu Mu wasn't someone who couldn't tell the difference, she knew the closeness, she was willing to help the villagers, but wouldn't harm her own family's interests.

"I underestimated Mom." Zhao Liuniang smiled and consciously poured water for her mother-in-law as an apology.

Gu Mu looked at her helplessly and took the enamel mug.

Lin Zhao smiled and added: "There is a sweater in the bag, it's for Mom, and there is a vest, it's for Dad."

Gu Mu was stunned. After coming back to her senses, she opened the cloth bag brought by her third daughter-in-law and searched for her sweater, saying: "Why did you prepare sweaters for your dad and me? We don't lack cotton clothes to wear, wool is so expensive..."

As she was speaking, she saw the sweater Lin Zhao mentioned.

It was a bright red, feeling warm and soft, relatively loose, and could be worn over a fall shirt.

Gu Mu stared at the sweater, her eyes not blinking. At this moment, her mood was warm with bitterness, and she couldn't say what she was feeling.

"It's red too, I'm already at this age... it's strange to wear red, Zhaozhao, you keep it for yourself."

That's what she said, but her eyes were uncontrollably occupied by that red sweater.

Gu Mu was a generation that had suffered. She didn't even have a red wedding dress when she got married. When she was a girl, she hoped to have a red sweater. She didn't expect that her daughter-in-law would send what she was thinking about to her face. Her heart, which was strong on the outside but weak on the inside... was almost crying.

The old man couldn't think of giving her a pair of red socks.

Several children didn't think of it either.

The third daughter-in-law thought of it and sent it over specifically.

Gu Mu felt that this life was worth it.

For a time, the look she gave Lin Zhao became softer and softer.

Lin Zhao: "..."

Don't, don't be like this.

My arms have goosebumps!!

"I have some, the four cubs all have some, Chenghuai has some too." She cleared her throat. "The size was knitted according to Mom's measurements, I can't wear it."

Lin Zhao drank some sugar water and looked at Zhao...

Zhao Liuniang hadn't seen a red sweater either, her eyes fell on that red sweater and couldn't be taken back.

Hearing the voice of her sister-in-law, she suddenly came back to her senses.

She nodded several times.

"Right." Her expression was firm. "What's inappropriate about it! I think beautiful clothes... can be worn at any age."

Zhao Liuniang didn't hide the envy on her face.

"If this was filial piety from my daughter-in-law, I wouldn't even wait overnight, I'd wear it on my body in a minute and show off all over the village."

These words came from the bottom of her heart.

As long as Bangbang and the others dared to give it to her, she dared to wear it! Even at seventy or eighty, she would wear it!!

Gu Mu was full of smiles.

"Then you have to wait, even if you count a few years less, it'll be ten years."

Hearing her second daughter-in-law say this, she hesitated for a moment and suddenly said: "Then I'll try it?"

Lin Zhao nodded. "Try it, if it's not suitable, I'll change it."

"How could it not be suitable, it must be suitable." Gu Mu said immediately. "You have skillful hands, there's nothing you make that isn't suitable."

After the words fell, she took the sweater and went into the room.

She had just put on the sweater and was looking at herself in the water basin when Gu Fu walked in, his old eyes staring resentfully at the back of her head.

With a ready-made mirror delivered to the door, Gu Mu abandoned the water basin, pulled the hem of the sweater, and looked at the old man with a smile.

"How is it?"

Gu Fu looked. "... Beautiful."

"My daughter-in-law was filial to me!" Gu Mu raised her chin high.

At this, Gu Fu finally couldn't hold back and said the purpose of coming in. "Why didn't you take my vest, I want to try it too." He said a bit aggrieved.

"Forgot!" Gu Mu said.

She stared at Gu Fu, tidying up the sweater, and glared at him with great anger.

"I've followed you for most of my life, and most of my body is buried in the soil, and I haven't seen you give me a pair of red socks!" Gu Mu reached out and gestured at her chest, looking at Gu Fu with dissatisfaction everywhere.

Gu Fu: "?"

Gu Fu was very confused.

"I... I hand over every cent I earn to you, you add whatever you lack yourself." He felt very wronged.

Ever since they got married, the money he earned was handed over to his wife, and he didn't have a cent in his pocket.

Gu Mu was speechless for a while.

She didn't know what to say, and left the room angrily.

Every cent in the family had a use, she couldn't bear to add things for herself!

Gu Fu sighed.

The old woman is really unreasonable.

Gu Mu stepped out of the door, and a smile appeared on her face.

She rarely wore red clothes, and was very embarrassed, not knowing where to put her hands and feet.

"Very spirited, my craftsmanship and vision are not bad, it suits Mom." Lin Zhao praised first.

Zhao Liuniang heard her praise herself along the way and couldn't help but laugh.

"It's very spirited."

After praising, she looked at Lin Zhao.

"What kind of pattern is this, I've seen it for the first time, it's really beautiful. When I get wool, you teach me, I want to knit one for Yu'er."

If it were before, she wouldn't have said this. Wool is so expensive, it's better to buy some cotton to make cotton clothes.

It's different now, the brigade has a way to earn money, and she and the children's father also have a mushroom room. Just this one time, they earned more than ten yuan.

A batch of mushrooms earned so much, what's wrong with buying some wool, it's not excessive at all!

Lin Zhao took the initiative to say: "I have extra wool, Gu Gu Ersao, do you want it?"

Zhao Liuniang was full of joy.

"Want, want, how could I not want it!"

She knew that for her third sister-in-law to ask this, it meant she didn't need a ticket and was willing to give it to her.

Zhao Liuniang was full of gratitude.

"Third Sister-in-law, thank you! I don't want much, just enough to knit for Yu'er."

Lin Zhao had a lot of wool in her hands. After knitting sweaters for the four cubs, she knitted change-of-wash wool pants, and there was still a lot of wool left.

She used all the ones sent by her third brother and Gu Chenghuai, and there were still quite a few drawn from the lottery in the storage ring, which couldn't be used up at all.

It took up too much space.

"What color does Gu Gu Ersao want?"

Zhao Liuniang was shocked.

"Can I still choose?"

Without waiting for Lin Zhao to answer, she added: "What colors do you have?"

"Tender yellow, light green, rose red, dark blue..." Lin Zhao read out the wool colors.

Zhao Liuniang fell into entanglement.

Every color was so suitable for her Yu'er.

Her face was wrinkled into a bun.

Lin Zhao found it funny and said: "Gu Gu Ersao, think slowly, no need to rush, I'll save them for you."

Zhao Liuniang's tightly twisted brows relaxed.

"Thank you, Third Sister-in-law."

Lin Zhao smiled indifferently.

The two sisters-in-law talked calmly, not at all sharp, and this atmosphere was comfortable to look at.

Gu Mu felt comfortable all over.

After Lin Zhao left, she didn't even wear a thin jacket, just wearing a new sweater, and went to the village to stroll.

The people in the courtyard left.

Gu Fu secretly took the vest back to the room, took off the thin jacket, and put it on inside.

Wearing it on his body, it was really warm.

Especially the stomach, warm and comfortable.

He also wanted to go out and stroll around, but thinking of the old woman's mocking face, he could only suppress his thoughts.

After giving up showing off, the emotions in his heart increased rather than decreased, pacing in the room happily, hoping his wife would come back soon.

Gu Mu didn't know about these for now.

Gu Mu stepped out of the door.

The red on her body was really conspicuous. The people chatting in the village saw it at a glance, like a cat smelling catnip, and walked over involuntarily.

Seeing the red sweater Gu Mu was wearing, their eyes lit up.

They leaned in to look.

"Yuanshan's Mom, you're wearing a sweater, this is a sweater, right?"

"Such a pure red, rarely seen, did your Achan knit it for you?!!"

"Spirited, it looks really spirited, it makes your complexion look much better."

The aunts and sisters said one sentence after another.

Some couldn't help but reach out, but were slapped away by Gu Mu, who had quick eyes and fast hands.

"Don't pull blindly, you'll pull it into balls!" She said unhappily.

Looking at the person who mentioned Achan, she smiled like a flower.

"It wasn't Achan who knitted it. Achan has only been working for a few days, where would she get the money to buy wool? It was knitted by Chenghuai's daughter-in-law."

"Not only did she knit it for me, she also made a warm vest for Yuanshan's dad."

The expressions of everyone present were distorted.

"!!!"

Even if it was knitted by their own daughter, it wouldn't have brought them such a big stimulus.

Look at other people's daughter-in-law, who wants to sour whom to death.

Let this guy show off again!

The villagers said sourly: "You've enjoyed the blessings of your daughter-in-law!"

Gu Mu didn't deny it, and she didn't forgive them.

They had all come up through the "years of being a daughter-in-law to finally becoming a mother-in-law" grind. They were mostly defensive and oppressive toward their own daughters-in-law; there was no sincerity to speak of, and they disdained to give it anyway...

The person who was sour patted her own mouth lightly. "How could I forget, I remember it clearly. Chenghuai's daughter-in-law is a good one, who doesn't know this..."

"Yes, yes."

Another person added: "Our village is where you live the most comfortably. How did you teach your daughter-in-law, is there any trick, teach us!"

Gu Mu thought, what trick is there, it's just sincerity for sincerity.

"You treat your daughter-in-law with sincerity, and your daughter-in-law will also think of you." She said.

Regarding these words, the women present sneered and didn't take them to heart at all.

They came from "many years of daughter-in-law becoming a mother-in-law", and they were mostly guarding against and suppressing their daughters-in-law. There was no sincerity, and they didn't disdain to deliver sincerity...

Gu Mu saw something and didn't say much more.

Saying more is also saying it in vain.

She couldn't control others, she would just manage herself well.

"Yuanshan's Mom, is your Achan working?" Someone asked with concern.

Gu Mu smiled. "She is, someone is leading her, she is adapting very well."

These were all learned from Lin Zhao's mouth.

"Your Achan doesn't have to worry for the rest of her life." The villagers looked envious. If their child had gotten such a great thing, they wouldn't care if it was old or broken, they would have to kowtow to the Mountain God a few times.

It's all fate.

After strolling out for ten or twenty minutes, Gu Mu couldn't bear the wind and quickened her pace home.

After entering the house, she closed the door.

"Why did you just come back..." Gu Fu was anxious and couldn't help but say.

Gu Mu was in a good mood now. Seeing the old man wearing a new vest, she praised: "This vest looks good, spirited, more spirited than the commune secretary."

Hearing this, Gu Fu's mouth almost reached the back of his head. "I'm an old man who grows land, what qualifications do I have to compare with the commune secretary."

Gu Mu: You are also quite self-aware.

"... I'm talking about the vest."

Gu Fu's smile faded.

He took off the new vest, folded it carefully, put it in the cabinet, left the room angrily, and went to the mushroom room.

Hmph.

Not long after Lin Zhao returned home, Lin Shisheng came.

His complexion was bad. Although he was still smiling, the smile wasn't natural, and even the twins could see it.

The little brothers looked at their second uncle and weren't very lively.

"Why did Second Brother come?" Lin Zhao asked as if she hadn't seen anything.

Lin Shisheng sent away the four cubs, then said: "Zhaozhao, Qiulian is gone."

Lin Zhao's brain went blank for a moment.

"...?"