Chapter 41: Always making the girl cry

Gu Fu looked at Lin Zhao.

"This..." In front of the third daughter-in-law, Gu Fu didn't dare to act on his own, touched his grandson's head, his eyes kind, "This depends on your dad and mom's meaning."

Hearing this, Ercai turned to look at Lin Zhao.

"Mom, do I have a formal name?" he asked crisply.

The sky gradually darkened, Huang Xiulan lit the lamp, and the dark yellow light shone obliquely on him, the child's eyes bright and clear.

"Not for the time being, see if your grandpa is willing to take it for you." Lin Zhao's words were equivalent to handing the naming right to the cubs' grandpa.

Gu Fu heard the implication in her words, rubbed his hands happily, and was afraid of not taking it well, nervously said: "Better let you and the third one take it, I don't know many characters, taking a name is a big deal, related to Gu Da Cai and the others' whole life, can't be sloppy."

Lin Zhao didn't answer, and gave the choice to Gu Da Cai and Ercai, "What do you two mean? Who do you want to take it?"

Ercai said: "I want Grandpa to take it for me."

Gu Da Cai also nodded.

Compared to his biological father who he wasn't familiar with, he was more willing to let the grandpa who took them up the mountain and down the ground since they were small take it.

Lin Zhao wished for it—she didn't know how to take names, and Gu Chenghuai was the same.

Thinking of the red and professional names like Red Star, National Day, Building Army that the man came up with at the beginning, and comparing them with the names Gu Fu took for the Gu Chenghuai brothers, she felt her father-in-law was too good at taking names.

"Then I'll trouble you, Dad!" She pushed the difficult problem away unceremoniously.

People of age like the feeling of being needed most. Gu Fu immediately turned out a dilapidated dictionary. The leather cover had long been mottled and fallen off, the inner pages were yellowed and damaged, and there were traces of rat teeth gnawing, broken and dilapidated.

He sat under the kerosene lamp, carefully twisting open the paper pages with rough hands.

The warm yellow halo of light spread over his curved spine, casting a focused silhouette on the wall.

Gu Fu was busy, others lowered their voices and talked.

The twins were drowsy in Lin Zhao's arms, Lin Zhao gently patted the little group's back to coax them, and asked in a low voice: "Mom, I heard from Gu Da Cai and Ercai that the village is going to have a happy event?"

Gu Mu didn't want to mention the affairs of those two families, but since the third daughter-in-law asked, she spoke frankly.

"It is going to have a happy event, tomorrow. Just pretend you don't know, don't care."

Lin Zhao didn't want to get involved in the first place, "Will Mom go to help?"

"I have to go, it's the same village after all, it's not appropriate for no one to go." Gu Mu took the sleeping third cub from her arms, and wiped the saliva from the corner of the little grandson's mouth, "The children are all asleep, I'll send you back."

Huang Xiulan took the fourth cub over actively.

The fourth cub's fleshy short arms moved slightly, she immediately patted the little one's back, and the little milky group fell into a deeper dream.

The third daughter-in-law sent the children to the old house, it was them taking advantage.

Lin Zhao prepared so much delicious food for Gu Da Cai and Ercai, yesterday it was eggs and half a bowl of rice, today it was apples, white noodles, and canned food, and a "big" piece of meat.

Although it wasn't for them to eat, the vegetable stir-fried in the oil pan used to stir-fry meat for the two cubs also became tasty.

Not to mention Gu Da Cai and Ercai were generous children, giving meat to Tie Chui, and sharing canned food too.

Five-and-a-half-year-old children didn't care, they adults couldn't be worse than children.

Lin Zhao led Gu Da Cai and Ercai to the road, many villagers were still chatting at the door of each house, seeing this scene, their thoughts were different.

Chenghuai's family really has good luck, the mother-in-law and sisters-in-law all spoil her.

On the way, Lin Zhao and the others met Su Yuxian and Lu Baozhen who happened to be walking.

"Gu Da Cai brother, Ercai brother." Lu Baozhen called sweetly.

Ercai always remembered Mom's words. Seeing her, the alarm bell in his brain rang, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Da Huang, Xiao Xiao Hu Po—"

Rustle.

The birds resting secretly on the big banyan tree were startled and spread their wings to fly into the sky.

The old man under the tree felt his forehead hot, reached out to touch it, wet and hot, very smelly.

It was a big one.

Stood up and cursed: "Ouch, damn bird! Where can't you pull! Just exerting force on people's heads..."

The old man picked up a tree leaf and wiped his head, cursing while wiping.

After cursing the bird, he shouted at Ercai: "Ercai, your grandma is a loud voice, you are too, you are worthy of being your grandma's biological grandson."

"That's it!" Ercai responded spiritedly.

Seeing Da Huang running over with Xiao Xiao Hu Po, the child hugged Da Huang's neck, his whole body lying on Da Huang, humming and hawking: "Da Huang, you came just in time, there's a big crybaby who wants to frame us."

Lu Baozhen knew the crybaby he was talking about was herself, her little face annoyed, her voice tinged with grievance, "Gu Ercai, you bully me, I won't ignore you anymore."

Ercai pouted, it didn't matter.

Last time at home, before Da Huang and Xiao Xiao Hu Po came, Lu Baozhen stared at his mother with dark eyes, and Ercai also felt the danger.

How to say it?

Just like he was playing under the willow tree at the foot of the mountain, a heavy and fishy panting came from his ear. When he turned his head, a wild boar with a huge body and hard needles all over its body was crouching and leaning in front of him.

Scared people's hair to stand up.

"Don't ignore me, that's really great!" Ercai showed a happy expression.

He knew Lu Baozhen was afraid of dogs, hugged Xiao Xiao Hu Po, stood in front of his mother and brother, with the posture of a protector.

Lu Baozhen sobbed aggrievedly.

In the eyes of the villagers, it was Ercai who made the little girl cry.

"Ercai, you made Baozhen cry."

The old man in the village remembered some past events and laughed loudly, "Ercai is like his dad, Chenghuai also doesn't like to pay attention to girls, and always makes girls cry."

Lin Zhao heard the village elders talk about the cub's dad during his youth for the first time, her ears stood up high.

Ercai grinned, proudly puffing out his chest, "I am my dad's son, definitely like my dad."

Unhappy about being wronged, he explained again: "I was eight feet away from Lu Baozhen, how did I make her cry? Adults can't just wrong children, my mom, my grandma, my eldest aunt are all here."

The person who just spoke had a awkward expression, cleared his throat, and said uncomfortably: "I'm joking, how come you believe it."

Ercai widened his eyes, disapprovingly said: "My mom said, rumor has a mouth, rumor runs off legs, I don't want to run off legs, Uncle, don't joke with me in the future, I don't like it."

What else could the joking young man say.

"Okay, don't joke with you, never joke with you again."

This Ercai is really not easy to mess with, all the children's mouths in the brigade are on his face!

Hanging "my mom said, my mom said" all day, sooner or later becoming a mom-treasure cub.

Gu Mu said: "Ercai, go back, your mom has to go to work tomorrow morning."

"Okay!" Ercai's tone was light, hugging Xiao Xiao Hu Po, like a little guard, escorting his family home.

Su Yuxian suddenly shouted: "Lin Zhao."

Lin Zhao didn't pay attention, her speed increased, and she left without looking back.

"So sleepy, walk faster." She urged Gu Da Cai and Ercai.

Su Yuxian: "..."

She wanted to blacken Lin Zhao a few words, moved her lips, was about to speak, but saw the melon-eating crowd disperse, each returning to their own home.

The villagers all felt she was unclear, which good girl was not married yet and was unclear with a man, and even brought children for him, so eager, really don't know what she's thinking, no dignity at all?

Lu Baozhen pulled Su Yuxian's top, "Stepmother, I want to play with Gu Da Cai and Ercai!"

Su Yuxian didn't want to use a hot face to stick to Lin Zhao's family's cold butt again, feeling very embarrassed, didn't answer in a hurry, just asked: "Why? There are so many children in the village, isn't it okay for you to play with them?"

"No! No! No!" Lu Baozhen shook her head, her little mouth pouted, her two short legs kicked hard on the ground, her hands flew wildly in the air, shouting, "I don't want to play with others, I just want to play with Gu Da Cai brother and Ercai brother!"

Su Yuxian had a headache, afraid she would affect tomorrow's wedding, half-squatted down to coax her, but was kicked twice before she could speak.

"Hiss!"

She hugged Lu Baozhen tightly, coaxing: "Mom will find a way for you, Mom will definitely let them play with you, stop crying."

Lu Baozhen wiped the tears on her face, looked at the direction Gu Da Cai and Ercai left, and curled her lips to smile.

Her eyes were black and deep, cold to the bone, simply not like human eyes.

Su Yuxian saw it inadvertently, a chill rushed from the soles of her feet to her whole body, her heart sank instantly, and panic attacked her heart.

At this time, Lu Baozhen smiled at her and opened her arms, "Stepmother, hug me home."

Su Yuxian stepped back, as if the person in front of her was not a little girl, but some terrible monster.

"Stepmother?" Lu Baozhen's smile was harmless and clean.

Su Yuxian couldn't forget the scene she just saw, the arc of her mouth was unnatural.

Her nails pinched her palms, she squatted down, picked up Lu Baozhen, her body stiff.

Lu Baozhen hugged her neck, not forgetting to remind: "Stepmother, you said you would find a way tomorrow, let Gu Da Cai brother and Ercai brother accompany me to play."

She buried in Su Yuxian's shoulder, softly threatening, "You must do what you promised me, otherwise I'll tell my dad, let my dad divorce you."

"... Okay."

Lin Zhao returned home, took five pagoda candies and gave them to Gu Mu.

Gu Mu accepted happily, "I'll let Bang Bang and the others eat them when I go back. You bolt the door, sleep early, you have to get up early tomorrow."

"Okay." Lin Zhao sent her and her eldest sister-in-law to the door, watched them go away, bolted the door, and began to wash up.

Not seen for a day, Gu Da Cai had a lot to say to Mom.

The child sat there with a small stool, fanning mosquitoes with a cattail leaf fan, and said: "Mom, I went to borrow the latrine next door this morning, the aunt next door asked me about the deworming candy."

Lin Zhao washed the foam off her face, wiped her face with a towel, and said casually: "She wants to give Da Zhuang one, right."

Gu Da Cai said: "Hmm, Da Zhuang heard that Ercai and I pulled out worms, he also has worms in his stomach, and he was scared to tears."

"Then I'll give you one later, you send it to the neighbor." Lin Zhao was very generous, a pagoda candy was only a few cents outside, she got it from the lottery, it didn't cost money, and she didn't feel distressed.

"Okay." Gu Da Cai responded first, then asked: "How much money?"

"No money." Lin Zhao laughed at her eldest son for being a little money-grubber, and whispered: "Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, the family next door is not bad, Mom is willing to give it for free."

"Besides, have a good relationship with neighbors, if you have anything, someone will help."

Gu Da Cai was precocious, understood his mother's implication, Mom is thinking for them.

He was full of smiles, "Thank you, Mom."

"Thank what, it's right for a mother to plan for her son." Lin Zhao poured out the water in the basin, went back to the room to take the pagoda candy, told Gu Da Cai a few words, and let him send it to the neighbor.

Da Huang followed.

Xiao Xiao Hu Po was lazy, lying in the dog house, stretching her limbs, but didn't move half a step forward, only opened her round eyes to look, then nested back, closed her eyes, her little belly bulged and fell, making a soft snoring sound.

"Ercai, Mom is going to take a bath, if you're sleepy, sleep first, if not, play with Xiao Xiao Hu Po."

At this time, the sky was just dark, and the yard was lit with a kerosene lamp.

Ercai sat in front of the lamp.

"Mom, you go wash, I'll guard you at the door."

Lin Zhao didn't think much, said: "Okay, don't play with fire."

After speaking, she went to take a bath. The tool was of course a basin, the new house hadn't been built, so just make do.

Gu Da Cai took Da Huang to the neighbor's, explaining his intention.

Wang Chunhua was happy, "I originally wanted to ask your mom tomorrow morning, then I'll accept it, thank your mom for me, if there's anything in the future, come directly to me."

"Okay. Mom said to pay attention to Da Zhuang at night, if there is a fever symptom, need to cool down in time." Gu Da Cai told Wang Chunhua what Mom told him word for word.

Wang Chunhua remembered it seriously in her heart.

"Okay, your mom is really careful."

Gu Da Cai laughed, hearing others praise his mom, happier than hearing others praise him.

After finishing the work, the child took Da Huang home.

Wang Chunhua watched the person and dog enter the door, then returned to her own home, gave Da Zhuang the pagoda candy, afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would sleep too dead, let her grandson sleep in their room tonight, and she personally looked after him.

Gu Da Cai said there might be a fever, still pay attention, so as not to turn good things into bad things.

Song Yuncheng huffed and puffed back to the county, and when he arrived, the sky was completely dark.

Returned the bicycle, climbed up the stairs, pushed open his own door.

Just put down the things, hadn't caught his breath yet.

Uncle Song sitting on the sofa asked: "Sent Zhaozhao back? How are Gu Da Cai and the others?"

Song Yuncheng: "..." Biological dad, you really don't treat me as a person.

Didn't even ask if he ate.

"Let me drink some water first, okay?" He licked his dry lips.

Bang.

Uncle Song pushed his enamel mug over.

"Drink."

Song Yuncheng was flattered, grinned, and drank from the enamel mug.

Tsk tsk, didn't expect he would have a chance to drink his dad's tea.

He drank like a cow, Uncle Song felt distressed, couldn't help but say: "Just quench your thirst."

Song Yuncheng stopped.

Returned the enamel mug.

Uncle Song looked, it was more than half empty, his face turned black instantly.

Song Yuncheng scratched his head guilty, hurriedly diverted his dad's attention.

"Gu Da Cai and the others are all good, Sister treated me to noodles, those noodles looked strange, every one was curved, don't know how she made them, the taste was special good."

"I ate a bowl, ate so full."

"By the way, that's the rations Sister had me bring back." He pointed to the bag he brought back.

Uncle Song looked at him coldly, "Had you take your sister, didn't have you sponge a meal."

"Sister had me eat, I didn't dare refuse, afraid of being beaten." Song Yuncheng said.

Uncle Song glared, "Nonsense, Zhaozhao is gentle, when did she beat you. Stop ruining your sister's reputation."

Song Yuncheng: "..." Okay, okay, worthy of being uncle and nephew, they speak in the same tone.

"... Oh."

Uncle Song was dissatisfied with his answer, "Oh what oh, straighten your attitude."

Song Yuncheng stood straight, saluted, his voice loud, "Yes, Sister is gentle, I remembered wrong!"

"Lower your voice, the neighbors are asleep!" Uncle Song said disgustedly.

Carried the enamel mug back to the room.

Tool man Song Yuncheng yawned, washed his feet messily, and returned to his room.

Just about to sleep, a black head hung down from the upper bunk, Song Yunjin asked curiously: "Brother, did Sister really treat you to noodles?"

Song Yuncheng was startled, almost got up to beat him.

"You kid are eavesdropping again."

"Hehe." Song Yunjin smiled embarrassedly, "I'm curious too, I haven't seen Sister for a long time."

"Brother, tell me more about Sister and Gu Da Cai and the others."

Song Yuncheng turned over, "Take your head back."

After Gu Da Cai and Ercai fell asleep, Lin Zhao summoned the lottery turntable.

The task bar on the right flashed, indicating the task was completed.

【Purchased a watch, pleased yourself, this is a ritual sense of self-gift, reward 100 points.】

【Re-established contact with family members who haven't been in touch for a long time, family affection warmed up, reward 200 points.】

【Pagoda candy, a well-deserved deworming magic medicine. You dewormed eight children, cared for the flowers of the motherland with heart, reward 80 points.】

【Cook a braised beef noodle, reward 5 points.】

Seven or eight, got 390 points.

Plus the previous savings, a total of 733 points.

Can draw a big one again.

Lin Zhao's expression was joyful.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====