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Chapter 250: He wants to say a few words to his wife

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"Is it really useful to have Qingzhou teach?" Zhao Liuniang's eyes shone, calculating something in her heart.

Lin Zhao smiled.

Hmm? Gu Gu Ersao didn't develop the idea of having Qingzhou tutor Bangbang and Laimei, did she?!!

"Laimei is still injured."

Zhao Liuniang waved her hand. "Injuries always have a time to heal, I didn't say tutor now. Wait until the grades come out, if they do well, that's easy to say, if they don't... hehe."

This hehe was also full of warnings.

Lin Zhao: "..."

"How many points count as good?" she was truly a bit curious.

Regarding the studies of the four cubs, Lin Zhao didn't have such high requirements, if they could read, they could read, if they couldn't study, there would always be other ways out.

After the opening, everything was waiting to be done, and they could live very well doing anything.

With her and Gu Chenghuai staring from behind, the general direction wouldn't deviate.

"Eighty."

Lin Zhao was silent.

She thought Gu Gu Ersao's target value was how high.

It turned out to be eighty points.

Isn't this a piece of cake?!

"Too little?" Zhao Liuniang saw Third Sister-in-law's expression was somewhat complex and asked hesitantly.

"It's alright."

Lin Zhao didn't dig a hole for the children.

To be fair, Bangbang and the others were indeed a bit slack this semester.

It wasn't strange, although the school resumed classes, the learning atmosphere was really not great, universities couldn't be tested, and many people were confused about going to school, feeling it was better to earn work points.

This had just begun.

It would be more serious in the future.

Some who were still in school now would also drop out, go to the fields to work, and when they reached the age, go on blind dates, get married, become fathers and mothers...

Zhao Liuniang poked Lin Zhao's arm. "Seriously, is it really okay or fake okay?"

She didn't hide her determination. "I want to let Bangbang and the others go to high school. I think people still need to have culture, it won't do without culture."

"It's really okay," Lin Zhao affirmed.

"Bangbang and Laimei are both smart children, high school isn't a problem for them. Besides, isn't there Qingzhou, if it really doesn't work, ask him to help again."

Zhao Liuniang slapped her forehead. "That's right!"

She beautifully drank the last sip of malted milk, beaming with joy.

"Look at this... every time I come to you, I can get good things."

Lin Zhao looked at her. "How much can you eat, and you're still being polite with me."

Every time Gu Gu Ersao came, she brought her the latest news, which was also the main reason she was often not in the village but didn't miss any hot topics.

She had a little loudspeaker~

Full of intelligence, worth a bowl of malted milk!

Zhao Liuniang rubbed a bowl of malted milk, laughed and went home, the gloom that appeared because of Old Man Zhao suddenly disappeared, and the aura around her became much more peaceful.

—Why calculate with that rotten person, most of his body is buried in the ground.

Zhao Liuniang hummed a red song and went home.

Gu Yucheng and his two sons heard it, and the father and three sons looked at each other, quite surprised.

"... Your mood is better?" the man asked.

Bangbang and Laimei hadn't dared to breathe loudly for the past few days, afraid of pricking their mother.

Seeing her face with a smile now, they knew the haze brought by their maternal grandfather had dissipated, and finally laughed.

Zhao Liuniang: "It's better, isn't it just giving thirty jin of grain a year, it's nothing, I'll just consider it adding a meal for Seeing Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po."

Laimei touched the gauze on his head and punctured his mother's words.

"You can't bear it." He relied on the injury on his head and dared to say anything. "You even want to rob Seeing Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po's dog food! Hahahaha—!"

Zhao Liuniang's face turned green.

"Gu Xingci!"

"Are you asking for a beating!!" she glared.

Laimei pinched his mouth. "I'll shut up, I won't say it anymore!"

Gu Yucheng saw his wife recover and looked down at his sons. "If you two are really idle, go to the mushroom room to help your grandpa with work."

After speaking, he muttered in a low voice: "Raising sons is too expensive."

Bangbang: "...?"

Wanting to say it was alright, he met his father's unkind gaze and pulled his younger brother away.

This day, the students took their report cards, the school officially went on vacation, meaning the winter vacation began.

Yubao and Hengbao returned home, the little brothers holding hands, walking with a turtle step.

That not-fat belly was deliberately bulging forward, their expressions spirited, showing off as if they were going to heaven.

Hengbao raised the paper in his hand. "Mommy, guess how many points Brother and I got?"

Although Yubao didn't speak, his pair of dense eyebrows were raised high, his eyes constantly looking at Lin Zhao.

"How many?" Lin Zhao acted as if she didn't see they had done well, pretending to be puzzled.

Hengbao used his index and middle fingers to fork, pressing against the dimple position on his cheek, and said loudly: "Mommy, can't you even see this, I'm smiling so happily, of course it's double hundreds."

Not waiting for Lin Zhao to ask Yubao, he added: "Brother also got double hundreds!!"

"Then you two are both very great, what reward do you want?" Lin Zhao led the two sons toward the house.

Yubao took the initiative to make a request. "I want to call Dad."

"Alright," Lin Zhao agreed, her voice turning, and said: "I can take you, but I can't guarantee I can contact him."

"It's fine." Yubao's expression was serious, his tone full of earnestness. "Dad is a soldier, he is very busy every day, I understand, Mommy just take us."

Lin Zhao looked at her sensible son and hugged Yubao.

"I'll take you after eating."

Yubao smiled happily. "Good, it's the first time my brother and I got double hundreds, I want to tell Dad."

"Your dad also wants to hear." Lin Zhao's voice was soft.

Hearing this, the two cubs were even happier, deciding silently in their hearts that they would get double hundreds from now on.

"Does Hengbao have a gift he wants?!"

Hengbao didn't expect there would be a reward for double hundreds, but he had long wanted something, originally planning to save enough New Year's money to buy it himself.

He looked up at Lin Zhao. "I want a soccer ball, the kind you can kick back and forth on the grass, is that okay?"

This was heard by Yaobao, who ran back to the room with a *da-da-da*, and when she came out, she was holding her cloth ball.

The little dumpling walked to her second brother and handed him the ball.

Using her invincible cute voice, she said: "Give."

Hengbao was stunned on the spot, his mouth slightly open, not knowing what to say.

Seeing his brother stunned, Yaobao sighed like a little adult, stuffed the cloth ball into Hengbao's hand, turned around, picked up her milk bottle, and drank milk obediently.

Hengbao held the cloth ball, his little eyebrows wrinkled.

He muttered, "I want a soccer ball, the kind I can play with Yuanbao and the others, not a cloth ball, cloth balls are for little kids."

Lin Zhao chuckled.

Hengbao looked at her. "Mommy!" he shouted dissatisfiedly.

"Can you manage Little Sister, she's always making trouble."

Lin Zhao said: "Where is Little Sister making trouble? She heard you wanted a ball and gave you her own ball, what a good little sister, how can you say that about her."

Hengbao hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that, I meant..."

The little child didn't know how to say it either, struggling for a long time, suddenly sighing heavily.

So hard.

Lin Zhao rubbed the second cub's head. "Don't worry, I'll buy you a soccer ball."

Hengbao's eyes lit up, shaking his brother's hand. "Brother, when we go back to the village, we can play soccer with Yuanbao and the others."

"Hmm!"

Lin Zhao smiled. "Not playing ping pong anymore?"

"It's cold." Yubao explained on his behalf. "Yuanbao and the others don't have gloves, their hands will freeze, soccer doesn't need hands, the body gets warm when running, we'll play soccer."

The child's thoughtfulness and warmth were moving.

Lin Zhao's eyes softened.

"Wearing scarves and gloves, are you two still cold on the way to school?" she asked.

Hengbao took off his gloves and touched her hand.

"Touch it."

Lin Zhao touched it, it was warm. "As long as you aren't cold."

"Hmm, not cold." Hengbao pulled his cotton jacket together and grinned.

"Go wash your hands, I'll take you to the post office to call after eating."

"Aye!" The little brothers happily went to wash their hands.

Lin Zhao went to the kitchen to serve the meal, a small hand grabbed the door, and a little head slowly emerged.

It was Seeing Qian Bao.

"Mommy." he shouted.

Lin Zhao looked at the little cub and asked patiently: "What's wrong?"

"I want to go too." the child spat out four words slowly.

Go...?

Lin Zhao reacted for a few seconds before understanding Seeing Qian Bao wanted to go to the post office.

She was busy with her hands, asking with her mouth: "You want to go call Dad too?"

"Hmm!" Seeing Qian Bao nodded earnestly.

"Seeing Qian Bao misses Dad too, alright, you and Yaobao go too."

Getting a response, Seeing Qian Bao showed a tender smile, satisfied, and left.

The little back in the cotton jacket was short and round, very small, especially cute.

After eating.

Lin Zhao took the four cubs to the post office, Seeing Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po followed behind, and Little Jin wasn't neglected, held by Hengbao.

On the way.

Yubao suddenly asked: "Mommy, when is your vacation?"

The smile on Lin Zhao's mouth disappeared.

Vacation?

Hehe.

There is no vacation.

She hadn't reacted before, always thinking there would be ten days or half a month, never expecting...

The explicit vacation was only one day.

Yes, you heard that right, one day!!

If it weren't for Li Fen saying that several sales clerks could discuss and adjust, everyone taking turns for consecutive breaks, she would have wanted to give up.

Work was easy, but you couldn't... only have one day off for the New Year.

"It's still early." Lin Zhao answered listlessly.

Eh?

Yubao looked over. "Why? Didn't they say vacation is coming soon?"

"Not yet." Lin Zhao didn't want to say more.

Yubao saw his mother wasn't in a good mood and didn't dare to ask more.

The little sweet cake is the little sweet cake, always comforting people. He was quiet for a few seconds, then suddenly said: "Mommy, I'm on vacation, I'll help you work."

Lin Zhao couldn't laugh or cry.

Her gloomy mood was healed by half.

She said: "How old are you, not even as tall as the counter, yet you want to help me work, you child... little person, big ambition."

Yubao thought carefully and gave a plan. "When the time comes, Mommy sits and reads, sleeping is fine too, I'll greet the customers, if there's anything I can't handle, I'll ask you, isn't that fine?"

The child's eyes were dark and bright, shining with brilliance.

"With me helping, is Mommy a bit happier?"

Lin Zhao covered her heart.

What kind of angel baby did she give birth to, so warm.

Old mother's heart is about to melt, woo woo.

She hadn't answered yet, Hengbao followed: "Brother takes the goods, I'll do the accounts, I do accounts very fast, never making mistakes."

The twins walked holding hands, Yubao and Hengbao each holding one, Seeing Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po followed behind the four cubs, always staying vigilant.

Seeing Qian Bao expressed his position. "I'll tell Mommy stories."

Yaobao said softly: "Doll, for Mommy."

Meaning she would give her cloth doll to Mommy to play with.

Lin Zhao's heart felt hot, her eyes and brows were full of smiles.

"You are all Mommy's good cubs, I accept your heart." she said warmly.

"Yubao, Hengbao, you two have a good winter vacation, with Seeing Da Huang, help me take care of your younger brother and sister, that's reducing my burden."

It would be very busy at the end of the year, Lin Zhao planned to send the four cubs back to the village, let the mother-in-law take them, if the weather was good she would return the same day, if it rained or snowed, she would live in the county, and the four cubs would live with their grandma.

The twins didn't know about this yet.

They nodded their little heads.

"Hmm hmm."

While talking, the group arrived at the post office.

This time they were in luck, Gu Chenghuai was just at the army.

Hearing there was a call for him, he tightened his belt, ran forward, and soon arrived at the communication room.

He heard his wife's voice as he wished.

"Gu Chenghuai?"

Gu Chenghuai's cold face melted like ice and snow, his voice low and deep. "It's me."

"Why call suddenly, is everything okay at home?" his tone carried a trace of worry.

"Everything is fine," Lin Zhao said. "It's not sudden, your son's final grades are out, they want to talk to you..."

Seeing the four cubs all trying to stand on tiptoe, she picked up Yubao with one hand and stuffed the receiver into his hand.

"Speak if you have something to say."

Yubao was a bit nervous, his voice tight. "Dad?"

"Hmm." Gu Chenghuai responded.

Then asked: "Your mommy said your final grades are out, how did you and Hengbao do?"

Yubao's eyelashes blinked quickly a few times, pretending to be calm. "Double hundreds, Hengbao and I both got double hundreds."

A magnetic laugh seemed to come from the other end of the phone.

"Not bad." Gu Chenghuai's praise followed.

"Study cultural knowledge well, and become a person useful to the country and society in the future." he proposed an expectation.

Yubao responded solemnly. "We know, Hengbao and I are studying well."

He was so serious that his cheeks puffed up unconsciously, and his eyes were firm.

"Brother, Brother, it's my turn!" Hengbao said anxiously.

Yubao pulled Lin Zhao's coat, signaling she could put him down.

Lin Zhao rubbed the eldest cub's head, put him down, and then picked up Hengbao.

"Dad, Dad, can you hear me? I'm Hengbao, your family's second child. Dad, Brother and I got double hundreds, do you know double hundreds, it means both Chinese and math got one hundred points, did you get double hundreds when you went to school?" Hengbao, the little chatterbox, spoke very fast, his voice wasn't small, and his face was full of bright smiles.

"My mommy said, if we do well, she will give us rewards, the reward Brother wants is to call you, the reward I want is a soccer ball..."

Hearing this, Yubao was very annoyed.

He hadn't even thought of mentioning the reward.

"Dad, do you have a vacation? Are you spending the New Year at the army...?" Hengbao's words were many and dense, Gu Chenghuai listened and pinched his eyebrows.

He wanted to say a few words to his wife.

Picking and choosing to answer a few questions, Gu Chenghuai let Hengbao give the phone to Lin Zhao.

When Hengbao gave the phone, he was still unfinished, trying hard to think of what he hadn't said, finding that everything that should be said had been said, and decisively handed over the receiver.

Lin Zhao put down Hengbao and picked up Seeing Qian Bao, letting him listen to the phone with her.

"It's me."

Hearing his wife's voice, Gu Chenghuai pulled a smile from his lips. "Hmm."

The couple hadn't seen each other for several months, and hearing each other's voice suddenly, it was actually a bit unfamiliar.

"Zhaozhao, how are you and the children?" The opportunity to talk was limited, Gu Chenghuai cherished it immensely, asking the question he cared about most.

"Very well, didn't I write it all in the letter, didn't you see it?" Lin Zhao said.

"I saw it, I want to hear you say it."

Lin Zhao: "Very well, I'm very well, the four cubs are also very well."

She rubbed Seeing Qian Bao's soft cheeks with her face, laughing and teasing her son: "Didn't you want to talk to your dad, why aren't you making a sound?"

Seeing Qian Bao's short, white hands touched the phone cord, his voice milky. "... Dad?"

"It's me." Gu Chenghuai said.

Seeing Qian Bao's eyes shone.

It wasn't his first time hearing a voice from the receiver, but his little expression was still surprised.

His eyes were always staring at the phone. ===== CHAPTER 251 =====

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