Chapter 284: I think you're just too full

"..." Gu Chenghuai's large palms landed on the heads of his twin sons, one on the left and one on the right, and he introduced them to the sisters-in-law in the family quarters: "These are my sons, the older one is called Gu Zhiyu, and the younger one is called Gu Zhiheng."

The sisters-in-law moved their gazes away from Lin Zhao's face. Battalion Commander Gu's family member really looked fresh and pretty, even better-looking than Battalion Commander Fu's family member. Looking at her, her nose was a nose and her eyes were eyes; she must be a city person, right?

She looks quite amiable, not at all arrogant like a city person. Not sure, let's see later.

Following Gu Chenghuai's introduction, they turned their gazes to the Gu family's two cubs.

"Oh my, they really look exactly the same, they look so good!" Zhang Saozi said heartily, taking out a handful of peanuts for Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao. "Eat some peanuts, eat some peanuts, they look so clever."

The twins received Lin Zhao's permission, took the peanuts, and thanked them politely: "Thank you, Auntie Zhang."

Auntie Zhang was stunned. "Good fellow, you two know my surname is Zhang?"

Xiang Yubao stood straight and looked at her seriously. "My dad just introduced you, we remembered."

"You two remembered?" Auntie Zhang thought such clever children were quite rare.

Gu Hangbao nodded. "Remembered, there aren't many people, it's easy to remember."

Easy to remember? Her own children couldn't do it, nor were they this generous.

"How old are you two?" Wang Saozi spoke up.

It had to be said that the generous and polite twins were very likable, and they could win the love of aunts and grandmothers wherever they went.

"Six years old, haven't had our birthday yet," Xiang Yubao said.

"Only..."

"Six years old and already this tall? This height... follows your dad!" Zhang Saozi said.

The twins felt beautiful inside.

The brothers were pampered by their family, had lively and cheerful personalities, and were very generous in their speech and conduct, not afraid to communicate with people.

Lin Zhao looked at her two sons as if looking at her greatest work, a faint pride overflowing between her brows.

Her cubs!!

"Say goodbye to the aunts, it's time to eat." Lin Zhao patted her sons' small shoulders.

Hearing this, Zhang Saozi said enthusiastically: "There's no food in the cafeteria, where are you going to eat? Are you going out? If you go out now... it will be dark when you come back."

"Thank you, Sister-in-law, we're going to my brother's place." Lin Zhao didn't say much, nodded to the few, and left with her husband and sons.

Mao Dan and the two Meng boys were also there, several boys jumping and bouncing. Bai Bai was the youngest and had a gentle personality, always unable to keep up, but the older ones had good personalities and would wait for him in place from time to time.

"Bai Bai, you walk really slowly." Gu Hangbao, who was impatient, couldn't help but say.

Bai Bai didn't get angry either, just smiled at him; his temper was as good as dough, making it hard for people to say anything more.

"Alright, I'll hold your hand and walk." Gu Hangbao took a step back.

Little Guangbai obediently reached out.

"Good." Gu Hangbao, just like his mother, patted little brother Bai Bai's head.

"Almost forgot to ask, what's the name of the little cat you two brought?"

Bai Bai didn't rush to answer, but asked back, "What about yours?"

Gu Hangbao didn't mind and said, "Coal Ball. My mom named it, how is it? Sounds good, right!"

Bai Bai gave him plenty of face and nodded. "Sounds good!!"

"What's your little cat called?" Gu Hangbao asked again.

Xiang Yubao also looked over, pricking up his small ears.

"Rice Ball," Bai Bai said in a milky voice.

Rice Ball??!

"Rice Ball, Rice Ball..." Gu Hangbao muttered it several times, feeling it was quite easy to remember. "Not bad. Sounds as good as our Coal Ball."

Lin Zhao watched him boast and felt her stomach ache from laughing.

"Look at how confident your son is!" she whispered to Gu Chenghuai.

"It's very good, follows his mom and dad, how good it is to be generous." Gu Chenghuai's eyes were proud.

Knowing that his son was taught by his wife, he pinched Lin Zhao's fingers and said with emotion, "You've worked hard."

Lin Zhao backhanded and clasped his fingers, fingers interlaced, and laughed: "You should be glad your family is reliable, otherwise... humph."

Gu Chenghuai's smiling voice sounded. "Yes, I am so glad."

Having seen too many parents who hold people back, he knew how lucky it was to have a pair of fair and clear-headed parents.

Thinking of those troublesome things in the Lu family, he shook his head in his heart.

"Are Mom and Dad still healthy?"

Lin Zhao talked to her husband in detail about things in her hometown. "They're doing great. Dad is now a mushroom planting technician, taking Big Brother and Second Brother to run around to various brigades, full of energy. After your sister married out, the wrinkles on Mom's face have decreased, but I heard Gu Xing'er hasn't stopped gossiping about you."

Gu Chenghuai: "Gossip?"

"Oh, it just means talking about you behind your back," Lin Zhao said casually. "And it sounds quite ugly, Yuncheng told me."

"Let her be." Gu Chenghuai didn't care. He hadn't been bad to his sister Gu Xing'er before, but she didn't remember his kindness, so he took back his goodness. As for what happens to Gu Xing'er next, it's up to her.

"You're quite open-minded." Lin Zhao's gaze swept over the man.

Gu Chenghuai's eyes were instantly filled with smiles, and he let out a low laugh. "If I ask, won't you be angry?"

"What do you think?" Lin Zhao asked back.

Her brows and eyes were stained with seriousness. "I'm telling you, the conflict between me and Gu Xing'er is irreconcilable, she will never get a good face from me."

Gu Xing'er, like that person called Sister Xia, was her enemy. Call it taking anger out on others or holding a grudge, she would never forgive that person.

Never!

Not taking revenge on Gu Xing'er was all for the sake of Gu Chenghuai and the other members of the Gu family who had been good to her and the four cubs.

Gu Chenghuai didn't think his wife was excessive. Last time he went home to visit relatives, he asked his childhood friend what was going on between Zhao Zhao and Xing'er. From his friend, he learned that in the days he wasn't there, Gu Xing'er had been very disrespectful to his wife—spreading rumors that Zhao Zhao was bad, coming to the door to snatch the food he sent to Zhao Zhao and the children, and not being good to the four cubs either, bullying his children by relying on being their little aunt...

The more he knew, the colder his heart became.

This was also the main reason why he didn't even send a pillowcase when Gu Xing'er got married.

He wanted to tell her that without blood relations, no one would let her have her way!

"Rest assured, I won't force you to do things you don't like," Gu Chenghuai promised Lin Zhao solemnly.

Lin Zhao's expression relaxed, and she linked her arm with the man's, shaking it happily. "It's a deal, in the future, no matter who asks you to mediate, you are not allowed to make things difficult for me!"

"Of course." Gu Chenghuai seemed unable to understand why his wife would think this way. "You are my wife, the most important person, how could I make things difficult for you because of a few words from others? What are you thinking, are you silly? Are you confused from the car ride?"

He reached out and rubbed Lin Zhao's hair, his eyes looking at her with tenderness no matter how he looked.

"You're the one who's confused! Annoying!" Lin Zhao wanted to pull her arm back, but it was tightly clamped and couldn't be pulled out.

The backs of the group disappeared from the eyes of the gossiping military wives.

"... The children are so big, and they're still so clingy, that's rare, ha." Zhang Saozi said with a laugh.

Before seeing Lin Zhao and the twins, because of certain reasons, her impression of Battalion Commander Gu's family was not good. After seeing them once, she felt that some rumors were really nonsense.

Wang Saozi's eyes were disdainful. "Not dignified at all, in public, how can they stick so close, and they aren't afraid of teaching the children bad things!"

Others laughed and didn't speak.

Every family has its own way of living, why bother with others so much.

They would never admit that the reason they stopped participating in the topic was purely because they saw that Battalion Commander Gu's family background was not ordinary and were afraid of kicking an iron plate.

Moreover, looking at Battalion Commander Gu's patient and gentle appearance, one could tell at a glance that he had a very good relationship with his wife. If they said anything unpleasant and it spread and Battalion Commander Gu found out, it would be their men who would be unlucky.

They weren't stupid.

The few who didn't join the conversation chatted about other things and then returned to their respective homes.

Wang Saozi had a stomach full of words she didn't have a chance to say, and she was very stifled. She spat at the backs of the women and said, "Cowards!"

After scolding, she went to find another long-tongued woman in the courtyard.

Lin Zhao arrived at the Meng family and smelled the scent of meat.

"Little Brother, I'm here."

Seeing Elder Meng sitting in place sunning himself, she greeted him softly, "Gu Laoyezi Meng, I'm here to sponge a meal."

Elder Meng was a national treasure-level medical expert who also worked at the military region hospital. He rarely saw patients, mainly bringing apprentices.

He wasn't busy, his life was smooth, and he looked several years younger. His clothes were clean and tidy, and his gray-white hair was combed meticulously; at a glance, he was a decent person.

"Welcome," the old man said with full vigor. "Coming every day is no problem, Zhao Zhao, you've worked hard along the way."

Lin Zhao sat down, her tone smiling. "It's alright, Gu Laoyezi Meng, how is it here, are you used to it?"

"Used to it, it's quite good here, quiet!" A flash of complexity passed through Elder Meng's eyes, but it vanished in a flash, and he said with a smile again.

If those people in the Meng family didn't know he was here, and didn't write letters every three days to sell misery, thinking about manipulating Jiusi, it would be fine.

The old man snorted coldly in his heart.

In the past, they looked down on Jiusi, and when there was something good, they stuck to him again. How could there be such a good thing?

Thinking beautifully!

He wrote a letter scolding them back, without even mentioning it to Jiusi.

Those guys, they can only share the sweetness but not the bitterness, why bother with them!!

"As long as Gu Laoyezi Meng is comfortable, that's fine." Lin Zhao saw something, but didn't ask much.

Thinking about it, Yuan Qin could find her way here, how could the people of the Meng family not know that Gu Laoyezi Meng and her Little Brother were here? I'm afraid they haven't caused less trouble.

Not hearing Jingmo say it, Gu Laoyezi Meng should have blocked it.

Gu Laoyezi Meng was good to Little Brother, and Lin Zhao smiled even more sincerely.

At this time, Meng Jiusi poked his head out of the kitchen. "Why are you only here now? I was just about to go call you."

"Tired from the car ride, I took a nap." Lin Zhao's tone was warm and calm.

The handsome and clean young man nodded in understanding.

"Sleep early tonight, you'll get your energy back after one night's sleep," he said gently.

"Mm-hmm." Lin Zhao aimed her eyes at the kitchen. "What did Little Brother make, it smells so good! I'm hungry, when can we eat?"

Gu Hangbao also babbled, "Little Uncle, I'm hungry too! I didn't eat well on the train!!"

"We can eat once your dad moves the dining table out." Seeing the children touching the cat, Meng Jiusi, as a doctor, had his cleanliness obsession triggered. He called them to the washbasin to wash their hands and even applied soap for them, washing them very carefully.

"Didn't your mom buy you food?!"

Xiang Yubao hurriedly said, "She bought it, Gu Hangbao and I didn't go hungry."

Gu Hangbao scrubbed his small hands seriously, his tone stained with a bit of grievance. "The food on the train didn't taste good."

Lin Zhao glanced over. "Pickiness. I didn't hear you complain when you ate cornmeal buns before. If you're this hard to serve, I'll take you to eat bitterness-remembering meals another day."

Gu Hangbao turned his head to look at her, his eyes curious. "What is a bitterness-remembering meal?"

A hesitation flashed across Mao Dan's face, and he couldn't help but say, "Wild vegetable cornmeal buns, bitter pickles, coarse grain porridge that scrapes the throat... these are all bitterness-remembering meals."

Gu Hangbao had an expression as if the sky had fallen.

"Mom!!" he shouted in terror.

Before Lin Zhao could speak, Gu Chenghuai's brows were stained with sternness, and he said in a deep voice, "There are many people who can't even eat what you don't want to eat! Stop being so pretentious!"

His voice was a bit severe.

He had suffered bitterness and knew the discomfort of being hungry. In his view, Gu Hangbao's behavior of pointing out that the food was hard to eat was a big problem!

Gu Hangbao was very good at reading faces. Seeing that his dad was really a bit angry, he shrank his neck.

Xiang Yubao looked at his younger brother and said in a low voice, "Gu Hangbao, did you forget that we didn't have enough to eat before?"

The memory of being hungry was too deep, and Gu Hangbao hadn't forgotten. He shook his head like a rattle-drum. "No, I didn't forget."

"Dad is right, there are still many children who don't even have wild vegetable cornmeal buns to eat. The food on the train has meat and vegetables, and you dislike it... I think you're just too full!" Xiang Yubao seriously teased his younger brother.

Lin Zhao almost broke her composure.

She nudged Gu Chenghuai's stomach with her elbow and lowered her voice. "Your eldest son is quite good at teasing."

Gu Chenghuai looked at his eldest son with appreciation and whispered to his wife, "With Xiang Yubao, Gu Hangbao won't go astray, and we can save a lot of worry."

"That's for sure, my good eldest son is smart and eager to learn, and he also teaches his younger brother and sister very well, he is the best child." Lin Zhao said with pride, her beautiful face full of pride.

"It's also because you know how to teach." Gu Chenghuai piled the credit on his wife, held Lin Zhao high, and said nice things. "They say children are blank paper, and what they grow up to be depends entirely on the adults' depiction. They spend the most time with you and are influenced by you the most. Because you are good, they grow in a better direction."

Lin Zhao: "??"

This wife-blowing is real, she's dying of laughter.

No matter what is good, it can be stuck to her. In his eyes, she is always the best.

Forming a family with such a person is really great.

"It's also because the two cubs have good roots!" Lin Zhao gave Gu Chenghuai feedback. "People say, dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes. Since the dad is good beyond cure, how could the cubs grow crooked."

As for growing crooked in the original book, and crooked beyond measure, it's because no one taught them, what does it have to do with them as parents (????)

Gu Chenghuai's eyes were gentle and lingering, and the corners of his lips were raised.

Meng Jiusi, who heard everything: "..."

You two are true love, the children are all accidents, right? At least take care of the two sons!

Thinking that his sister and brother-in-law hadn't seen each other for almost a year, he didn't disturb the couple's tenderness, called several children, and went to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Meng Jiusi had a bitter childhood and no family, so he definitely knew how to cook to fill his stomach. After marriage, his culinary skills became even more profound, and the food he made was full of color, fragrance, and taste.

"Didn't expect Little Brother to be so good at cooking." Lin Zhao praised.

Meng Jiusi curled his lips. "Small tricks, not as good as Dad's."

Zhao Zhao said so, and he actually had a feeling that the suffering he had endured was worth it. ===== CHAPTER 285 =====