Chapter 304: Golden Rice Bowl

The family returned home. Gu Chenghuai sent Gu Hangbao back to the children's room, "Xiang Yubao, your brother's foot can't move for the time being. During the time he is recovering, let him sleep on the lower bunk, okay?"

With Lin Zhao, a mother who respects children's wishes, he, the father, is not overbearing either, and will ask for his son's thoughts on everything.

Xiang Yubao picked up the small blanket pressed on the pillow, put it at the end of the bed, and hearing his father's words, responded loudly: "Okay, I can do it. I will also take care of my brother at night."

Gu Chenghuai rubbed his son's head, "Truly capable."

The child puffed out his small chest, even more eager to perform, "Gu Hangbao, do you want to drink water?"

"Want!" Gu Hangbao, with an injured leg, became the center of the whole family, looking at his father, mother, and brother revolving around him, his eyes full of smiles, "I want to drink red date water!"

The red date water he mentioned... was brewed from red date tea sent by Chef Han. Seeing that Lin Zhao and the twins liked it, Old Han entrusted someone to send a lot.

"I'll go brew it for you!" Xiang Yubao said.

Lin Zhao raised her voice, "Slow down, be careful not to scald yourself."

"Okay," Xiang Yubao responded with a long tone.

Gu Hangbao on the bed faced Lin Zhao, acting like a spoiled brat: "Mom, tell me a story, I want to listen."

He was a cub with boundless energy, having endless strength all day, but suddenly could only lie on the bed and couldn't go anywhere; his whole body was uncomfortable, and the seams of his bones were itching.

Lin Zhao gave Gu Hangbao a white look, looked at her son's slightly pale small face, sighed lightly, took a storybook, and sat on the stool by the bed.

"You're even ordering me around, stinky brat. I'll tell you now; when you're better, you tell me. Fair and reasonable, right?"

Gu Hangbao leaned against the small pillow, straightened his small body slightly, and patted his chest like a gentleman, "Okay, when I'm better, I'll tell Mom, tell for a month."

"Only tell for a month?" Lin Zhao opened the page, her mouth hooked slightly, smiling and teasing him, "What if I want to listen for a year?"

"Then tell for a year," Gu Hangbao said without thinking, "Who told you to be my mom? Mom can make any request."

Tsk tsk, the sweet-mouthed child speaks so nicely.

"Then it's settled; don't run around everywhere as soon as you're better," Lin Zhao pinched Gu Hangbao's nose tip.

"Won't run, I won't run anywhere," Gu Hangbao smiled brightly, "Mom, hurry and tell."

"Wait for your brother," Lin Zhao said.

The little injured patient had no opinion. Seeing his brother enter the room, he hurriedly waved, his tone cheerful, "Brother, hurry up, Mom is going to start telling the story."

"Coming," Xiang Yubao was full of smiles, put the brewed red date water aside, and sat on the small stool beside Lin Zhao.

Seeing this, Gu Hangbao frowned and urged: "Brother, you come to the bed."

Xiang Yubao shook his head and said seriously: "Can't, I'm afraid of kicking your leg; wait until you're better, then we'll sleep on the same bed."

Gu Hangbao still wanted to say something, but Lin Zhao reached out and covered his mouth that could babble, "Listen to your brother, sleep separately for now."

Xiang Yubao nodded and said to his brother: "Gu Hangbao, listen to Mom; I don't want you to become a cripple."

Hearing his words, Gu Hangbao said reluctantly, "I don't want to become a cripple either; I still have to drive a big car; if my foot isn't agile, I can't drive a big car!"

Lin Zhao: "..."

The second cub's dream is as stable as cement.

Other children can change a hundred or eighty dreams in a year, but he always remembers his original dream; he is truly a firm child.

"If you don't listen to the story, will you lie down and sleep for a while?" Lin Zhao looked at Gu Hangbao.

"Listen, I'll listen," Gu Hangbao was afraid his mom would change her mind, covered his small mouth, hurriedly expressed his stance, and threw the topic of driving a big car to the back of his mind in an instant.

Lin Zhao told stories to her two sons in a soft voice.

During the telling, she thought of her youngest son.

Don't know if Qian Bao misses her?

When she was at home, she told bedtime stories to the twins almost every day. She had been away for half a month; don't know if Qian Bao and Yao Bao were used to it!?

In the Fengshou Brigade, the twins were used to sleeping with their grandparents, sleeping early and getting up early every day, not lacking food or clothing, just following Gu Fu and Gu Mu to the fields from time to time, and their fair and tender skin was tanned two degrees darker.

Darker was darker, but the space to display in the fields was large, running around, their bodies were much stronger, and the little brother and sister grew taller!

If Gu Fu and Gu Mu were busy, the two cubs would follow Bang Bang and the others, playing with everything, and the time they could think of their mother and brothers was only the little time before sleep.

At first, they would cry, but gradually, knowing that crying couldn't call their mother and brothers, they stopped crying.

Adapted very well.

In the children's room, Lin Zhao was telling stories to the twins, and a loud, energetic voice came from outside the gate.

Hearing the voice, Gu Chenghuai walked over and opened the courtyard gate.

Outside was a young soldier wearing a green military uniform.

"Battalion Commander Gu!" He stood straight, saluted Gu Chenghuai, and said: "You have a phone call."

Gu Chenghuai said: "Got it, I'll tell my family."

He nodded to the young soldier who delivered the message, turned and entered the courtyard, came to his two sons' room, and said he was going out to answer the phone and would be back in a while.

"What's the matter, do you need me to go with you?" Lin Zhao was worried it was a call from the old home.

"No need," Gu Chenghuai shook his head, guessing: "It should be about Little Stone coach's matter."

"Then hurry up; if it's confirmed... send a telegram to Eldest Sister, don't delay Little Stone's major life event," Lin Zhao reminded.

"Hmm," Gu Chenghuai responded and then left.

As soon as he left, Lin Zhao faced two identical confused small faces.

"Little Stone? My Stone brother?" Gu Hangbao, who had a fast mouth, asked first, "What is Stone brother's major life event?! Is it a blind date?!"

"..." Lin Zhao choked, her expression helpless, "Blind date, what blind date; Little Stone is only a few years old, not even older than you. What kind of blind date is that? Just talking nonsense."

Xiang Yubao also thought of the blind date. Hearing his mother's words, his small face burned, and he said in a low voice: "Isn't there a childhood sweetheart?"

Lin Zhao was speechless for a moment.

Can't win, really can't win.

"... It's not a blind date, nor a childhood sweetheart!"

Gu Hangbao's curiosity deepened, "Then what is it?"

Afraid Lin Zhao would say "don't ask about things children shouldn't," he hurriedly added: "Stone brother is our brother, the same as Qian Bao; it's normal for us to ask about his affairs, right?"

Those clever, pitch-black eyes rolled around, full of "you can't say don't ask about messy things" anymore.

"... Normal," Lin Zhao laughed out loud, her brows and eyes carrying endless indulgence.

"Little Stone's major life event has nothing to do with the blind date you two think of; it's about... the matter of him possibly following a professional table tennis coach to learn."

Xiang Yubao grabbed the point, "Where is the table tennis coach? If he learns from the coach, can he represent the country to win the championship when he grows up...?"

He asked a lot of questions in one breath, and the questions were all well-founded, not asked blindly.

Gu Hangbao also said: "Why is it possibly following the coach to learn? Does the coach not want Little Stone?"

Before Lin Zhao could answer, he muttered with some dissatisfaction, "If the coach looks down on Little Stone, it's his lack of vision! Little Stone plays ball very, very well."

Xiang Yubao thought so too, "If this coach doesn't want Little Stone, can Mom find a new coach for Little Stone?"

Lin Zhao shook her head, regretfully: "Can't, I don't know any table tennis coaches."

Hearing this, the twins frowned.

"Then there's no way?" Gu Hangbao scratched his ears and cheeks, muttering to himself, "There must be a way; Dad said there are always more ways than difficulties."

Xiang Yubao wasn't the type to give up easily. His brain turned a few times, his eyes lit up, and he thought of an idea, "We'll send gifts to the coach and ask him to accept Little Stone. We'll learn the story of 'Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage'; as long as we are sincere and persistent, that coach will definitely be willing to accept Little Stone."

When the brothers were discussing countermeasures, Lin Zhao didn't interrupt, nor did she say that the coach was eager for Little Stone to follow him immediately.

She wanted to see how active her two sons' brains could be.

Facts proved that the new brain was indeed easy to use.

Even the method of sending gifts could be thought of, although it was not advisable.

"Alright, you two stop racking your brains for ways; that coach doesn't look down on Little Stone; on the contrary, he thinks very highly of Little Stone and can't wait to take Little Stone away as soon as possible, but your aunt and uncle are not very at ease with the coach's identity, so they asked your father to check him..." Lin Zhao explained in a few sentences.

"He wants to take Little Stone away?" Xiang Yubao was shocked, "Take him where? Can Little Stone not come home?"

"First take him to the provincial capital; what happens after depends on the arrangement; I can't say either," Lin Zhao said, "If he goes to participate in formal training, he definitely can't come home."

Gu Hangbao said "ah," "Little Stone is so timid; without Big Stone brother protecting him, he will be scared. How can he go to the provincial capital alone? If he is taken away, he will definitely cry every day."

"That's right," Xiang Yubao thought so too, "Mom, can my aunt and uncle and Stone brother go to the provincial capital with him?"

"Can't," Lin Zhao shook her head, "Little Stone can't see outsiders when he goes for training; even if your aunt and uncle go together, they can't see him."

Gu Hangbao was still a child who couldn't leave his father and mother. Hearing this, he said: "Then why go? Don't go, practice at home."

"It's different," Lin Zhao didn't treat her two sons as children who didn't understand anything. Anyway, there was nothing to do now, so she told them some things she knew.

"If he goes to the provincial capital, he will enter the stadium for training, have a professional coach, and have someone to take care of his food and housing... He will also have an extra identity, this identity is called an athlete. If his talent is good enough, he will have the opportunity to be sent out to win glory for the country in the future. By then, he will have a golden rice bowl."

Although at the moment, the sports industry is being suppressed and the future is unclear, Little Stone is still young and can afford to wait.

He just needs to quietly take root in the depths, and there will be a day of blooming.

It won't be too late; it seems there will be an opportunity in three years, there is a World Table Tennis Championships.

Training for three years, it's not impossible to shine by then.

Even more, if he enters the sports team, the future will be even brighter.

He won't have to worry for the rest of his life!

"Wow!" Gu Hangbao exclaimed, "Golden rice bowl, and can win glory for the country; my Stone brother has made it!"

Lin Zhao: "..."

"He hasn't gone yet; what decision your aunt and uncle will make is still unknown," Lin Zhao looked at the excited Gu Hangbao, her mouth twitching slightly.

Just said not to go, but as soon as he heard about the golden rice bowl and winning glory for the country, he forgot everything.

The two words "patriotism" are engraved in the bones of these two cubs.

Xiang Yubao suddenly asked: "Mom, if it were me who had to go to the provincial capital, would you send me?"

"Yes," Lin Zhao had thought about it before, so she didn't need to think, "But I would go with you. I would find a job as close to you as possible, go see you from time to time, and if you have time, I would pick you up, take you to see everywhere, and make you delicious food... I must participate in my son's growth, otherwise, how many regrets will be left? This is something that no amount of money can make up for."

Of course, all her assumptions were because there was a sufficiently affluent economic foundation.

It was also the confidence given by her maiden family and Gu Chenghuai.

Hearing Lin Zhao's unhesitating words, Xiang Yubao smiled brightly and hugged his mother's waist.

"Mom, you are truly good."

Gu Hangbao also wanted to hug her, but was stopped by one of Lin Zhao's hands, "You rest, be careful of your pig's trotter foot."

"Mom!" Gu Hangbao twisted his body unwillingly.

"Alright, alright, I won't say it," Lin Zhao was afraid he would babble again, so she hurriedly said.

Gu Hangbao then gave up and pulled the topic back, "Are my aunt and uncle going to the provincial capital?"

"They aren't going," Lin Zhao thought to herself that moving the whole family to the provincial capital wasn't a simple matter; it required connections and money... Eldest Sister's family had only just escaped poverty, how could they go?!

"Why?" Gu Hangbao asked again, "Then what about my Stone brother?"

Lin Zhao was asked until her head was big by his one question after another.

Taking a deep breath, she still patiently said, "What else could it be? Do you think household registration is so easy to transfer? What will the whole family eat, drink, and where will they live in the provincial capital... are all problems."

Gu Hangbao sighed, his tone sympathetic, "Little Stone is miserable."

He could almost imagine the scene of Stone brother burrowing into the quilt and crying "woo woo woo" every night.

Xiang Yubao said: "Wanting to win glory for the country requires paying some sweat..."

Noting Lin Zhao's slightly surprised gaze, he continued: "My dad said that the hero's path is arduous, and he will definitely lose something. There is no such thing as having the best of both worlds in the world; this is like not being able to have both fish and bear's paw."

Lin Zhao praised: "Xiang Yubao said it very well."

Xiang Yubao's small face flushed, saying: "It's not what I said; it's what Dad said."

"But Xiang Yubao remembered it, truly great," Lin Zhao still praised. Her son being so smart and clever truly made her, the mother, proud.

Gu Hangbao tried hard to lower his presence.

He didn't remember it, afraid of being called out.

Every child's personality is different; it's not necessary to use the same standard to require them. Xiang Yubao has his shining points, and Gu Hangbao also has his merits.

Lin Zhao didn't deliberately make things difficult for Gu Hangbao and changed the subject, "Let's not talk about Little Stone's matter; we'll know the situation when we go back."

"Hmm hmm," Gu Hangbao's drooping brows and eyes instantly became radiant.

After speaking, he yawned, his eyes looking a bit listless.

"Are you sleepy? If you're sleepy, sleep for a while," Lin Zhao said.

Gu Hangbao didn't move his injured foot, slid down, lay down obediently, turned his head to look at Lin Zhao, "Mom, can you wait until I sleep before you leave? I want you to accompany me."

"Okay," Lin Zhao sat by the bed, patted the little injured patient's back lightly, and coaxed in a low voice: "I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere."

Hearing this, Gu Hangbao's mouth corners raised, and he closed his eyes.

He suffered today and fell into a deep sleep in a few minutes.

Lin Zhao retracted her hand, hugged Xiang Yubao, and whispered: "Do you want to go up and sleep for a while? You worked hard taking care of your brother today; sleep for a while, I'll watch Gu Hangbao."

Xiang Yubao's spirit had been tense since his brother was injured, and he indeed needed a rest. He didn't say no, took off his outer clothes and pants, climbed to the upper bunk, and fell asleep in a short while.

The brothers had just fallen asleep when Gu Chenghuai returned. ===== CHAPTER 305 =====