Chapter 260: Are you angry from embarrassment?

The Lin brothers all ate candy and smiled at each other, harmonious and happy.

"It's a pity Third Brother isn't here; if he were, our family could be considered completely reunited!" Lin Shichang said with emotion, "I wonder how the army spends the New Year, is it as lively as the village?"

Melon seeds, peanuts, and candies were placed on the table, and the family sat around, eating and talking.

New plates and bowls that hadn't been used for a long time were taken out, and everyone, adults and children, had a bowl of malted milk; the whole room was filled with a fragrant, sweet, and warm smell.

"Little brother knows." Lin Zhao said while eating fried meatballs.

Meng Jiusi said some things he knew.

"I thought the army would be very cold during the New Year, and Third Brother would sit by the window, looking at the moon and shedding tears; I didn't expect it to be so lively, with activities, that kid definitely can't think of us." Lin Shichang said.

Meng Jiusi looked over.

Lin Shichang patted his little brother's shoulder without hesitation, "Don't believe it, your third brother is heartless; if there's fun to watch, he definitely won't think of us. He's been like that since he was a child; if you don't believe me, ask your second brother and Zhaozhao."

Lin Shisheng nodded.

Lin Zhao also nodded.

"Third brother must be having a blast. But..." She hung half her body off the kang, stuffed the fried meatball into her mouth, chewed a few times, and muttered: "Maybe he'll think of us at night?"

Lin Shichang: "It's also possible he'll just fall asleep."

"Hahahaha..." Lin Shisheng laughed out loud.

The children also laughed like bells.

Gu Hangbao pulled his brother and ground his way to the front of the kang.

"We want to eat meatballs too." Lin Zhao stuffed the last one into her own mouth, "I'm out, go ask Brother Dadan."

Gu Hangbao looked at her resentfully; there was clearly one left, but it was eaten by Mom.

He went to find Dadan listlessly.

Lin Heling was helpless, "How old are you, fighting with your own children for that mouthful of food."

Lin Zhao didn't feel embarrassed at all, "There was only one left, it wouldn't be right to give it to anyone, so I might as well eat it myself."

"They could have had one bite each." Lin Shisheng exposed his younger sister.

"Eat your melon seeds!" Lin Zhao pretended to be angry.

Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng covered their mouths and laughed.

"Little Aunt, Dad said don't talk nonsense!" Xuanxuan said.

Seeing them this time, Lin Zhao found that Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng had changed quite a bit; the gloom between the sisters' brows had completely disappeared, and she didn't know what else had happened besides knowing that her former second sister-in-law had fallen off a cliff and died.

At least it was a good thing, and she was happy in her heart.

She greeted the three nieces to come forward.

Xibao took off her shoes, slid onto the kang, crawled into the quilt, and stuck to her aunt, her face beaming with a bright smile.

"Aunt, I like you coming back for the New Year. If only you hadn't married, we could spend the New Year together every year."

"Xuanxuan, Zhengzheng, come up too; time is still early, rest for a while, the work at home can wait until later." Lin Zhao called Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng.

The sisters' desire to be close to their aunt took the upper hand, and they also got onto the kang.

Lin Zhao answered Xibao, "Even if I'm married, I can still come back for the New Year."

"Then why didn't Little Aunt come back for the New Year last year or the year before?" Xibao opened her clear, big eyes, her expression curious, "Is it because you don't want to spend the New Year with us?"

The little girl wasn't deliberately being rude, she was just purely curious.

Lin Zhao choked.

She wrapped her arm around her shoulder and covered Xibao's small mouth.

"Is your mouth tired? Why don't you rest for a while?"

Xuanxuan smiled, and the quiet Zhengzheng also smiled.

Lin Shichang said to Xibao: "Dad told you, don't say it if you see through it; look, you didn't remember it again."

Xibao blinked; she remembered it, what does it have to do with Little Aunt coming home for the New Year?

Chen Yu looked at her daughter's blank face and also smiled, feeling the fetal movement, and gently stroked her round belly.

"Big sister-in-law has such a big belly, you're not going back to your maiden home this year, right?" Lin Zhao asked with concern.

"Not going back." Chen Yu said, "Your big brother and Dadan and the others are going back, I'm not."

Her man said, wait until she gives birth and recovers her body, then he'll ride a bike to take her back.

Chen Yu was looking forward to returning to her maiden home gloriously and easily.

Lin Zhao nodded.

"Big brother, when you go over, don't forget to tell Aunt Chen... about my big sister-in-law's due date." She reminded.

Lin Shichang was stunned for a moment, wondering why she specifically mentioned it; it would be the same to say it after she gives birth.

"... Mom and Dad aren't going to Haicheng? Someone has to take care of big sister-in-law's confinement and help bring the children." Lin Zhao said helplessly.

She couldn't do it, she didn't have the time, nor the energy.

Newborn babies are the most troublesome; they eat and poop, and the poop is stinky, she couldn't take care of them.

Lin Shichang slapped his forehead, "You reminded me right, I almost forgot."

"I will tell her." He said.

Chen Father and Chen Mother were both honest people and didn't have the intention of sucking their daughter's blood; Chen Yu's previous births were all taken care of by Chen Mother during confinement.

Of course, Lin Shichang didn't let his mother-in-law suffer losses, and the filial piety that should be given wasn't less.

No way, Song Xiwei didn't have the patience to take care of people; she would rather give money than serve her daughter-in-law poop and pee.

Lin Heling couldn't bear it either; he told his son long ago, whoever's wife it is, take care of her yourself, if you can't, find a way.

When it came to Lin Zhao, the couple didn't forget their daughter, fearing she wouldn't live well, so they moved over; it wasn't until Gu Mother took over after the child was born that the couple returned to their own home.

Chen Yu didn't hope for her mother-in-law to serve her confinement; with her mother-in-law's fiery personality, she didn't look like she had much patience, how could she dare?

Not serving confinement didn't mean the mother-in-law didn't value her baby; the supplements eaten during confinement were all given by the parents-in-law.

She was very content.

The family chatted for a while, and seeing the time was about right, they each went out to get busy.

Lin Zhao also got off the kang, "I'll paste the window decorations."

"This little work doesn't need you, you should just lie down." Meng Jiusi said.

Lin Shichang and Lin Shisheng paused and looked at the fourth brother.

People in the village still said that the two of them spoiled Zhaozhao; they should have called them all over to see Jiusi.

"Then I'll go to the kitchen and make the reunion dinner with Mom and Dad." Lin Zhao said again.

Even Qian Bao was holding a broom as tall as himself to sweep the floor, how could she just huddle up?

"Everything that needs to be done is done, no need for you; if you're bored, listen to the radio in the room?" Lin Heling said, the kitchen was small, and he and Xiwei were just right; adding another person would be crowded.

Lin Zhao: "..."

"... I'll go feed Da Huang, that's fine, right." She walked outside.

Jingmo held the dog food, looked at his little aunt vigilantly, and said: "Feeding Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po is my job!"

Xibao covered her mouth and laughed.

She found a job for her little aunt, "Little Aunt, there's no work at home, my dad and big uncle and little uncle were busy all morning, why don't you tell us a story?"

Meng Jiusi also said: "You rest, it's rare that you don't have to bring the children, rest for a few days, be as comfortable as you want."

Lin Zhao originally wanted to participate, but didn't want to have no room to intervene.

"Alright, then I'll sleep for a while, I feel like I haven't had a good sleep for a long time."

After speaking, she took off her shoes in one second and got back onto the kang.

Lin Shichang helped Chen Yu out of the room and said to Xibao before leaving: "Xibao, don't disturb your aunt, if you want to play, go out and play."

"I don't want to play." Xibao said immediately, "I can play anytime, I want to stay with my aunt."

Lin Shichang knew Xibao had been close to her aunt since she was a child and listened to his sister the most, so he didn't say anything else and left the room.

Others also left one after another.

Only Lin Zhao and the three nieces remained.

"Come, all get up and lie down, it's just right that we don't have to help, isn't resting comfortable?"

Xibao listened to her aunt the most and was the first to lie back, not forgetting to greet Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng.

"You guys hurry up and come up too." She held her face and smiled, "The opportunity to sleep with Little Aunt is rare."

Yao Bao wasn't there, so the opportunity shouldn't be missed.

Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng were both diligent girls; don't look at how young they were, they could do quite a bit of work. After Chen Yu's belly got big and she couldn't do many things, they were the ones who did them; it was rare to be idle, and they felt uncomfortable.

The sisters took off their shoes, got onto the kang, and lay down.

The window was open, and it was still bright outside, but there was no sun, the clouds were low, and the sky looked a bit gloomy.

"Aunt, will it snow tomorrow?" Xibao asked.

"No." Lin Zhao answered affirmatively.

She had checked the weather forecast, and the next few days would be sunny.

"Alright." Xibao was a bit disappointed; she still wanted to build a snowman.

"Aunt, can you tell us about the provincial capital, I want to hear it." Xibao crawled into Lin Zhao's arms and raised a smiling face, like a bright sunflower.

"Haven't I told you several times, haven't you heard enough?" Lin Zhao asked with a smile.

"No, I want to hear it a few more times."

Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng also widened their eyes, looking at Lin Zhao expectantly.

"What's the point of just listening, in a few years, I'll take you to see it." Lin Zhao promised generously.

"Really?" Xibao raised her eyes and asked excitedly.

"Why would I lie to you, I keep my word." Lin Zhao's tone was gentle.

She only had these three nieces; taking them out to see the world wasn't troublesome.

"I believe, I believe, Aunt you are so good." Xibao said sweetly.

She didn't ask anymore, imagining what the provincial capital looked like, her face full of longing.

"Little Aunt, did you bring your camera? Didn't you say before that you wanted to take a family photo for the New Year?!"

Lin Zhao: "I brought it, and I have to mail photos to your third uncle later."

She pinched Xibao's nose and laughed: "It's hard for you to still remember taking a family photo."

"I remember it very clearly." The little girl straightened her legs, looking very proud.

One big and three small talked and talked, and fell asleep.

Until the sky turned slightly dark.

Xiang Yubao and the others came in to call them for dinner.

"Mom, get up for dinner!" Xiang Yubao shouted.

Lin Zhao slept very well this time.

She was still a bit sleepy when she was woken up.

"Dinner is ready?" She sat up, her neat braids were all sticking up, and there were marks on her cheeks from sleeping.

Xibao and the others also woke up.

Gu Hangbao's voice was loud, "Grandpa and Grandma made a lot of delicious food, it smells so good that Xiao Hu Po is howling."

Hearing this sound, Lin Zhao woke up instantly, yawned, and got off the bed with a smile, "And you didn't howl?"

"I howled too." Gu Hangbao didn't have any embarrassment at all.

Xiang Yubao brought Lin Zhao's coat, "Mom, put on your coat, it's cold outside."

"You're all sleepy."

Lin Zhao took the clothes and put them on, reaching out to touch Xiang Yubao's hand, which was also warm.

"What were you doing all afternoon?"

Xiang Yubao chuckled, "Playing soccer. With Brother Dadan and the others."

"Did you wipe your sweat?" Lin Zhao asked.

"Wiped."

Several people walked out of the room talking and laughing.

Catching a glimpse of Lin Zhao and the three little girls sleeping with rosy cheeks.

Lin Shisheng laughed loudly, "You four slept quite soundly, you even slept with marks on your faces."

"Xiang Yubao, go get the camera, I want to take a picture of your second uncle's face, enlarge it and hang it under the eaves, let him see for himself how annoying his face is when he laughs at people." Lin Zhao said angrily.

Xiang Yubao looked at his second uncle and obediently returned to the room to get the camera.

He listened to his mother.

The smile on Lin Shisheng's face disappeared.

"What a grudge." He hugged Lin Zhao's shoulder and led her to the sink, "I was wrong, I shouldn't have laughed, I'll give you a big red envelope, don't be angry."

"... Okay." Lin Zhao didn't have a grudge against red envelopes.

"Big brother, don't sneak a laugh, you have to give me one too."

Lin Shichang's expression was doting, "That's natural, no need for you to say."

Lin Zhao smiled like a little cat that had stolen a dried fish, muttering, "I'm about to have a big sum of money."

Hearing his sister's words, the three Lin brothers couldn't help but laugh.

Such a little money-grubber Zhaozhao, really lively.

Song Xiwei handed the towel to her daughter, "Are you short of money to spend at home? Look at your money-grubber look."

"Who would think they have too much money." Lin Zhao took the towel and said righteously.

"Zhaozhao is right, money is a person's courage, you can't do anything without money." Lin Heling spoke up to support his daughter.

Lin Zhao was triumphant, "Dad, you prepared one for me too, right?"

"Which year haven't I given you?" Lin Heling asked back gently.

Gu Hangbao spoke up: "Grandpa, you give Mom a New Year's red envelope, we are born by Mom, why doesn't she give it to us?!"

Lin Heling looked at Lin Zhao, his expression strange.

As if to say: You haven't even given your four cubs a New Year's money?!

He really didn't know.

In previous years, he was sick and weak at this time, sleeping more and waking less, barely able to take care of himself, let alone manage others.

Lin Zhao: "..."

"... I'll make it up to you this year, stop talking nonsense, wash your hands."

Gu Hangbao looked thoughtful, then asked: "Mom, are you angry from embarrassment?"

The smile on Lin Zhao's face couldn't hold.

She gritted her teeth, "If you talk nonsense again, all your New Year's money this year will be confiscated."

Xiang Yubao hurriedly covered his younger brother's mouth and whispered in his ear, "Gu Hangbao, stop talking."

He wanted New Year's money.

Lin Zhao had the posture of a winner and went to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Gu Hangbao looked at his mother's back resentfully.

"Grandpa, you manage my mom."

Lin Heling shook his head, his voice light and slow, but the words made the cub's heart cold, "Can't manage, and can't bear to manage, who told your mother to be my precious daughter."

Gu Hangbao was stunned.

Dadan looked at his little cousin with sympathy and said to him: "... You know nothing about Little Aunt's status in our family."

Lin Er Dan patted his shoulder, "Don't dream of shaking your mother's status, we can't compare, you'll feel better if you recognize this early."

Xibao was Little Aunt's loyal fan and walked to her cousin, saying: "Little Aunt doesn't give you New Year's money, there must be her reason. You heard it, Little Aunt said she'd make it up to you this year, she must think... you are too small, you can't hold money in your hands, so she's saving it for you."

Gu Hangbao's brows knitted together bit by bit, is that so?

Xuanxuan also said: "When we were as big as you and Xiang Yubao, we didn't have New Year's money either."

Zhengzheng just nodded.

Gu Hangbao was half-believing.

He didn't dare to be arrogant anymore and was extremely diligent toward Lin Zhao at the dinner table.

Lin Zhao accepted it all.

Before the meal, she took a picture of the reunion dinner and the family members who were busy.

The army.

Lin Shifan really didn't think of his family; for no other reason, he was tricked by his leader into attending a social gathering...

Arriving at the place and seeing many female comrades inside, Lin Shifan's first reaction was that he had gone to the wrong place and turned to leave.

He was blocked at the door.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Lin, you can't leave for now. The Chief said your personal problem must be taken seriously; you have to stay for at least ten or twenty minutes before you can leave."

Lin Shifan stared at him absurdly.

The young man nodded at him.

He didn't hear wrong, it was indeed the Chief's meaning. ===== CHAPTER 261 =====