Chapter 255

Lin Zhao didn't know about the things happening in the county for the time being.

Making the meal at a leisurely pace, she went to the door to call her sons to eat.

Just as she went out, she saw Gu Hangbao holding the soccer ball, coming over with Xiang Yubao and other little friends with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Ye Tie Niu had even taken off the jacket he was wearing.

Seeing this scene, Lin Zhao said: "Ye Tie Niu, put on your jacket, be careful of catching a cold."

It's strange to say, the children in the village, big and small, all had a rebellious bone, most impatient with adults preaching, those with bad tempers would argue back, those with good tempers would turn and run, never willing to listen, but they were willing to listen to what Lin Zhao said.

Ye Tie Niu was stunned for a moment, obediently put on his jacket, and looked up at Lin Zhao.

"?" Lin Zhao hesitated for a moment and said: "... Really great."

The little boy was satisfied and gave a proud smile to his little friends.

"Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao, come home to eat, look at the sweat on your heads." Lin Zhao wiped the sweat off the two cubs' heads with her hands, her face full of disdain.

The twins didn't mind their mother's disdain at all and even grinned.

Gu Hangbao said carelessly: "Just wash it when we get home, a real man is afraid of sweating, he should be afraid of bleeding."

Lin Zhao pinched his mouth, "You just babble as soon as you open your mouth, neither your father nor I are like this, I don't know who you take after."

With his mouth pinched, Gu Hangbao didn't get angry either, the optimistic little friend smiled until his eyes curved.

Who else could he take after, he takes after his father and mother.

Waving to his little friends, Gu Hangbao covered his rumbling stomach and walked toward the house.

"Twins, keep playing later." Yuanbao shouted loudly.

"Got it." Xiang Yubao turned to respond, and only then returned to the house.

Arriving home, he planned to feed Da Huang and Hu Po, only to see the two dogs had already eaten.

He didn't say anything, called his younger brother to wash his hands and face.

Gu Hangbao smelled the fragrance and could no longer hold back, wanting to rush into the kitchen and pester Mommy to feed him a piece of crispy pork, but just as his foot was raised, he was called to a stop by his brother.

He smiled sheepishly and obediently followed Xiang Yubao.

Lin Zhao noticed the movements of the little brothers, a smile flashing in the depths of her eyes.

The Gu family was eating happily, but a certain young man at the supply and marketing cooperative was panicked.

"Ding Shun, it's already off work, why are you stunned, hurry back, your home isn't very far." Purchasing Agent Huang saw Ding Shun staying in place and reached out to wave a few times in front of his eyes.

Ding Shun came back to his senses and smiled embarrassedly, "Oh, I was just thinking about something, I'll leave right away."

"... Thank you." He pinched his fingers and thanked him uncomfortably.

Purchasing Agent Huang waved his hand, "It's okay, leave early, the weather changes fast, be careful on the road. I checked the windows, they're all closed, lock the door before you leave, I'm leaving first."

Just as he raised his foot, he remembered Accountant Ding was on vacation and wouldn't come again until after the New Year.

He smiled and said: "I wish you, and your family, a Happy New Year!"

As the words fell, he left with light steps.

Ding Shun looked blankly at his departing back until the figure became a dot.

As if he had just come back to his senses, he also murmured: "... Happy New Year."

In previous years, no one had ever said Happy New Year to Ding Shun.

Life in the countryside was difficult, it was hard to even fill one's stomach, and the word "happy" was very far from everyone.

They only knew how to work, finding all food that could be eaten; picking wheat, harvesting peanuts; picking firewood, firewood could burn to cook, and could also keep warm...

But this year was different.

He entered the supply and marketing cooperative, got an iron rice bowl, and became the hope of the whole family. His father worked hard to support him, and finally, there was a return.

Ding Shun thought of the hardships along the way, and his eyes suddenly became sour.

When he lowered his head to wipe his tears, he caught sight of the things his father asked him to bring, and that bit of sourness suddenly stiffened in his heart.

Uh.

The thing his father asked him to do, he hadn't succeeded.

However, he also didn't know that Comrade Lin had started her vacation yesterday.

Things on the ground: a cured chicken, twenty eggs, and some dried wood ear mushrooms.

They were all New Year's gifts his father asked him to send to Comrade Lin.

His father always said, Comrade Lin is a good comrade, she treats us old farmers as human beings, she doesn't look at people with her nostrils, the first peach cakes you ate were given by Comrade Lin...

Ding Shun could imagine how his father would talk about him when he got home.

No way, Ding Shun could only take the basket of things he brought, take the New Year's gifts issued by the supply and marketing cooperative, and go home with a fruitful harvest.

Ding Shun returned a bit late today, Ding the Old Man saw the weather wasn't very good and ordered the eldest to go pick up his younger brother.

Ding the Eldest brought rain gear to pick up his younger brother.

Not long after walking, he saw Ding Shun's two hands were full, and hurriedly went up to meet him.

"Shunzi, why are you back so late today." While speaking, Ding the Eldest took the things in his younger brother's hands.

"Oh my, why is it so heavy, what are these, why is it heavier than when you left this morning."

Ding Shun had walked the whole way, his arms were already sore, he didn't stand on ceremony with his eldest brother and gave the things over.

Wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"New Year's gifts issued by the supply and marketing cooperative." He said.

"So many!!" Ding the Eldest was both happy and surprised.

"Mm."

Ding Shun responded, and said in a muffled voice: "The New Year's gifts Father asked me to give to Comrade Lin, I didn't get to give them."

"Ah?" Ding the Eldest paused his steps and looked at him, "Why? Did Comrade Lin dislike them?"

After the words were out, he felt it didn't make sense, the cured chicken Father asked Mother to make, and the saved eggs and wood ear mushrooms, were all good things, even if they weren't rare, they weren't things that couldn't be brought out, right?

"No." Ding Shun lowered his head and walked toward the village, explaining: "Comrade Lin is on vacation."

"Ah?" Ding the Eldest said "ah" again.

"This... it's really a coincidence." He said, "There's no other way, go back and ask Father, see what he says."

Ding the Old Man of course had nothing to say.

The child brought the things, but didn't find the right person, it wasn't his fault.

He took a puff of dry tobacco, the tobacco was bought for him by his youngest son after receiving his salary, "Forget it, talk about it after the New Year."

"I said send it over early, send it over early, you insisted on dragging your feet, now it's good, no chance." Ding the Old Woman muttered.

Ding the Old Man: "..."

It wasn't that he was dragging his feet, the cured chicken wasn't ready, could he send it to someone?

He looked at that girl, she didn't look like someone who could cook.

Hadn't he better get it ready.

Ding the Old Man ignored the old woman, looked at Ding Shun and said: "What good things did the supply and marketing cooperative issue?"

As soon as the head of the family said this, everyone in the Ding family became excited, their eyes shining.

"Issued oil, meat, towels, soap, a few catties of high-quality flour, and the cheap imperfect items I bought." Ding Shun explained.

He looked toward Ding the Eldest, "Eldest Brother, don't you and Eldest Sister-in-law need a thermos, I bought one, I'll give it to you."

This imperfect thermos was given to him by Purchasing Agent Huang who wasn't short of them.

Ding the Eldest was stunned, subconsciously looked at his parents, and seeing they had no objections, said happily: "Alright, thank you, younger brother."

He took the thermos from his younger brother's hand, looked left and right, happy like a child.

"This is good, we can drink hot water even when it's cold."

The smile on the Eldest Brother's face was brilliant and real, and Ding Shun also felt satisfied.

He studied hard, tried hard to get into junior high school, and got first place every time, wasn't it just for this scene in front of him?

Being needed is also a kind of happiness.

Ding the Eldest Sister-in-law touched the thermos affectionately, her dark face full of smiles.

"Younger brother has put in the effort." She couldn't say flowery words, thinking about making the bit of sausage she had hidden later.

The old couple of the Ding family looked at their children and grandchildren, the wrinkles at the corners of their eyes smoothed out a bit.

"This life is getting better and better." Ding the Old Man sighed with emotion.

Precisely because of this, he was very grateful to Lin Zhao.

That girl gave the Ding family a hope.

Next, Ding Shun told the whole family the news of Lin Zhao making the newspaper.

Ding the Old Man was so happy his gums showed, "Good, really good, that girl is really great!"

After praising, he also exhorted his son to study more.

"Shunzi, you must learn well from Comrade Lin."

"Father doesn't hope for your article to make the provincial newspaper, making a small newspaper is also an honor."

Ding Shun pursed his lips, feeling his shoulders slightly heavy.

Small newspapers aren't easy to make either.

At the very least, those comrades in the propaganda departments of big factories couldn't get their articles in.

The propaganda department comrade who was cued: Is it polite of you?

"... I'll try." Ding Shun said under great pressure.

Ding the Old Woman hid the New Year's gifts her son brought back and patted his shoulder.

"My son is a worker, what can't he do." She was very proud.

Said to Ding Shun: "Shunzi, you try hard, when you make the newspaper one day, Mother will stew a chicken for you, both chicken legs will be for you."

Is food attack okay?

Ding Shun swallowed twice, thinking of the conditions his mother mentioned, suddenly sobered up, his heart lake calm as dead water.

The possibility of eating chicken legs by making the newspaper was smaller than the possibility of him squeezing out Director Jiang and becoming the head of the supply and marketing cooperative.

"... I'll try." The young man said helplessly.

Just acting like a colorful-clothed child to amuse his parents!

The influence of that article was far more than that.

Meng Jiusi and the others far away in the military region also saw it.

"Father, is it Aunt?" Meng Jingmo's eyes were bright, his words proud.

"It should be." Inexplicably, Meng Jiusi felt the signature under the article title was his younger sister.

Meng Jingmo stared at the two characters "Lin Zhao," and said proudly and admiringly: "Aunt is really amazing."

After finishing, he faced Meng Meng Xiaobai and rubbed his younger brother's face.

"Aunt is really amazing, isn't she, Meng Meng Xiaobai?"

Arriving at the military region, life was comfortable, no one bullied their family, and no one looked at them with strange eyes, Meng Jingmo's personality gradually returned to his former cheerfulness, and now he could tease his younger brother.

Meng Meng Xiaobai nodded several times, "Mm-hmm-hmm, Aunt is amazing."

He said it particularly seriously.

"Aunt is good." Meng Meng Xiaobai's smile was soft, "Aunt makes cotton clothes and cotton shoes for Meng Meng Xiaobai."

Hearing this, warmth spread in Meng Jiusi's heart.

In these few months, he hadn't broken contact with his younger sister and his family at the Dongfeng Brigade.

A letter every half month, the family affection missing for many years was rebuilt.

He sent back many packages, and his parents and younger sister also had return gifts.

"Aunt treats you well, you must also treat her well when you grow up." Meng Jiusi taught his son.

"That's for sure." Jingmo said righteously.

He would always remember that it was Aunt and Uncle who picked them up to be by Father's side, sparing him and his younger brother from the hardships they might have encountered.

Aunt is their guardian angel.

Meng Meng Xiaobai also nodded seriously.

A familiar young voice sounded outside.

"Jingmo! Meng Jingmo!!"

Meng Jingmo walked out, replying: "I'm here."

Mao Dan'er pushed open the door, entered the courtyard, saw Meng Jiusi and called out to him, only then saying to Meng Jingmo: "Have you seen the newspaper?"

"Mm-hmm, I saw it. Did you see my Aunt's name?" Meng Jingmo asked.

Mao Dan'er originally didn't know that was Aunt Lin's name, it was his grandmother and father who told him, and only then did he know that Aunt Lin had made the newspaper.

"Mm, I saw it."

Meng Jingmo put his hands behind his back, his chin raised high, "Is my Aunt amazing?"

Mao Dan'er nodded, "Amazing."

Aunt Lin is also amazing at cooking.

He thought to himself.

Jingmo felt his appearance just now was a bit childish, slightly embarrassed, and then changed the subject calmly.

"Mao Dan'er, is your family going back to the brigade for the New Year?"

Mao Dan'er lowered his head, his voice muffled, "Not going back, my father is busy with work and can't leave, my grandmother is in poor health and can't go back either."

He was also too young and couldn't go back at all.

He really wanted to go back, he had many, many things he wanted to say to the twins.

Jingmo knew Mao Dan'er had been thinking about going back, he didn't know how to comfort the other party, thought for a while, and said: "How about this, you write a few more letters, I'll help you take them back to Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao, okay?"

That was the only way. Mao Dan'er looked at him, "You tell them to write back to me."

He had been in the troops for so long and hadn't made many friends. Either they were arrogant to the point of being annoying, or they were petty, their personalities twisted, and he didn't like any of them.

He still liked the Gu family twins.

If only they could have come to follow the army sooner!

"Okay!" Jingmo agreed immediately.

Gu Chenghuai returned to the troops with a stubbly beard to report to his leader.

Entering the office, he found the regiment commander was acting strangely, glancing at him several times.

"?"

He muttered in his heart, but didn't show it on his face.

Calmly checked his attire, found no problems, and was even more puzzled.

Gu Chenghuai's personality was steady, he didn't move if others didn't move.

He reported as usual.

The middle-aged man in front of the desk nodded from time to time, occasionally asking one or two questions, as if the strangeness he had just noticed was his own illusion.

After the report ended.

Gu Chenghuai saluted and intended to leave.

Then he heard the leader say: "The application you submitted for your family to follow the army has been approved, when do you plan to let your family follow the army?"

Gu Chenghuai squinted his eyes.

Not clear why the leader suddenly asked this, he said vaguely: "Not determined yet."

"Arrange it early." Lü Guozai said, "Don't worry about work problems, your wife's ability, the troops have plenty of work for her to choose from."

Huh?

Gu Chenghuai's sharp black eyes were stained with a trace of confusion.

Zhaozhao's ability?

What ability?

His wife had many abilities, he didn't know which aspect the regiment commander was talking about.

Without waiting for Gu Chenghuai to ask, Lü Guozai threw him a newspaper.

"Look at that article." He said.

Gu Chenghuai lowered his head and looked.

The article Zhaozhao submitted had made the newspaper!!

He just said, his wife definitely wouldn't have a problem.

"It really made it!" Gu Chenghuai's voice carried pleasure, that sternness that seemed like a sword pointing to the nine heavens instantly melted, his eyes contained a smile, and his temperament became clear and open.

Lü Guozai watched his face change, his own stern face almost losing control of its expression.

He felt like he was meeting his top soldier for the first time.

"... You go."

Gu Chenghuai didn't return the newspaper, unceremoniously folded it a few times, and in front of the regiment commander, put the newspaper into his military uniform pocket, and even reached out to press it down.

After doing everything, he thanked Lü Guozai and then left the office.

Lü Guozai scolded him with a smile, rubbed his eyebrows as if he had a headache, and only then continued to look at the documents.

Gu Chenghuai had applied for his family to follow the army, but he didn't intend to let his wife and children come over immediately; one, it was almost New Year, and two, that courtyard hadn't been tidied up, and things still needed to be added.

Not to mention how good it should be, at least it should be the same as at home, right?

Zhaozhao coming to follow the army wasn't for her to suffer and be tired.