Chapter 5

"Blankets require industrial coupons, do you have any?" the salesperson asked.

"Yes." Lin Zhao found a few industrial coupons from her satchel.

After purchasing the necessary items, she left under the envious eyes of several salespeople.

Older people might think she was wasteful, but which young girl wouldn't envy her for having a lot of money to spend?

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Lin Zhao went to the state-run restaurant to buy meat buns. She was lucky, there were still twelve left when she arrived, and she bought them all in one go.

It was easy when she came, but she had big and small bags when she went back. Looking at the road that couldn't be seen, Lin Zhao felt stuffy in her heart. Fortunately, she was born with great strength, so carrying so many things wasn't a big deal.

After walking halfway, she heard someone calling her name behind her.

Lin Zhao turned her head and saw a girl in her early twenties approaching on a bicycle, shouting at her: "Lin Zhao."

This was the first time Lin Zhao saw the stepmother of the heroine in that book after awakening.

Su Yuxian.

She was the control group for this person.

Although she knew she couldn't blame Su Yuxian, Lin Zhao felt a bit strange in her heart when she saw her. The content of the book flashed in her mind, and it was hard for her to pretend that nothing had happened.

She was the control group, the control group that would be pulled out to be "whipped" even after death!

So unjust!

Lin Zhao shouted in her heart: Don't come over.

Unfortunately, she couldn't stop Su Yuxian from approaching.

"Lin Zhao, you're also coming to the county town? Get on, I'll give you a ride." Su Yuxian jumped off the bicycle, and the net bag hanging on the handlebars swayed back and forth.

Lin Zhao just wanted to stay far, far away from the protagonist of the original book, "No need, I have many things, I'll walk slowly."

Hearing her say this, Su Yuxian seemed to glance at the big and small bags in Lin Zhao's hands inadvertently, and the smile in her eyes faded.

There wasn't a single person in the whole brigade who didn't envy Lin Zhao's life, and of course, she was no exception. Seeing Lin Zhao carrying big and small bags home, she really felt sour beyond words.

However, this person was a fool, not even caring about her own biological sons. When she got old, she definitely wouldn't end up well, and it was possible she would end up on the street.

"Is that so? Then fine, I'll go first, you walk slowly."

Lin Zhao responded: "Okay."

Su Yuxian smiled at her, stepped on the pedal with her left foot, moved a few steps with her right foot, got on the bike, and disappeared from Lin Zhao's sight in a while.

Lin Zhao felt that when Su Yuxian looked at her just now, there was a flash of sympathy in her eyes.

Sympathy?

According to the current situation of the two, it didn't make sense.

Should have seen it wrong.

Lin Zhao didn't think much about it, and she didn't want to care about the plot of the original book. She just wanted to raise her cubs well, and for their family to be safe and sound.

Harvest Brigade, village entrance.

second child looked expectantly at the direction where the small road extended, and said to the eldest: "Brother, why hasn't Mother come yet? So slow."

"Mother has things in her hands, she must be walking slowly." The eldest's eyes were also fixed on the road to the county town. He had never been to the county town since he grew up. He didn't know if he could go with her next time Mother went to the county town?

second child felt his brother's words made sense, sighed, and squatted on the ground playing with a wooden stick.

Before he played for long, he heard his brother shout Mother. By the time second child raised his head, his brother had long disappeared from where he was, running toward the person in the distance.

"Brother, wait for me." second child stood up abruptly, his feet like they were equipped with wind-fire wheels, running very fast.

Lin Zhao saw two children running toward her from afar, saw they were her cubs, and shouted loudly: "Run slower, don't fall."

The eldest listened to his mother and slowed down. As for second child, no one could stop his determination to rush toward the meat buns. In the blink of an eye, he overtook his brother.

Seeing he was overtaken by his younger brother, the eldest accelerated again.

Lin Zhao, who watched the whole process: "..."

second child rushed to Lin Zhao, raised his head, and looked at her expectantly: "Mother, are there meat buns?" Speaking of meat, saliva was almost flowing down.

A stinky boy who only had meat in his eyes.

"Yes." Lin Zhao rolled her eyes at Ercai angrily.

She was almost hot and tired to death, and this boy didn't know how to care about his own mother, just thinking about his meat buns.

The eldest took the initiative to take the things in Lin Zhao's hands, "Mother, I'll carry them for you."

Smiles bloomed in Lin Zhao's eyes, and her heart felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

"No need, the things are heavy, Mother will do it herself."

The eldest didn't let go, his little face stubborn, "I can help Mother."

"I can help Mother too." Ercai didn't miss any opportunity to show off, and like his brother, he wanted to help.

Seeing the brothers insisted, Lin Zhao could only give them the light ones, saying in her mouth: "Consider you two have heart, it wasn't in vain that I bought you new shoes."

Ercai's eyes lit up, "New shoes? Bought for us?"

The eldest also looked at his mother expectantly.

Lin Zhao looked down at the cloth shoes on her two sons' feet, with their black thumbs exposed. She thought Gu Mother must have been too busy during this time and didn't have time to mend them.

"Would I lie to you."

Ercai carelessly exposed his mother, "Mother used to lie to me and Brother."

Lin Zhao didn't admit it: "Where is that."

Ercai said: "Mother used to eat biscuits secretly, lying to me and Brother that she didn't eat."

"..." Thinking of it was so shameful, Lin Zhao cleared her throat and said in a light voice: "I was doing it for your own good, children can't eat those biscuits, Mother was afraid you would be greedy so I could only eat them secretly."

Ercai laughed loudly: "Mother is lying, Brother and I are not children anymore, we don't believe it."

Lin Zhao had nowhere to put her face, and smiled lightly: "Oh? If you're not children, then you can't wear the new shoes I bought. Should I leave your new shoes for the third and fourth cubs?"

Hearing this, Ercai instantly couldn't be arrogant anymore, and hurriedly said: "Mother, Mother, I am a child, I am a child."

The eldest felt his brother was really stupid. The shoes Mother bought for them couldn't be worn by the third and fourth cubs at all. Mother was teasing him.

Lin Zhao wiped the sweat from her face and took the lead to walk forward: "Hurry up, go home, it's hot to death."

The two cubs followed behind, thinking of the new shoes, full of energy.

Returning home, the mother and sons put down their things. The eldest rushed into the kitchen and soon brought out a bowl of cold boiled water, "Mother, drink some water."

Walking all the way, Lin Zhao indeed felt thirsty, her throat smoking. She drank several gulps before she recovered.

Then she touched the eldest's flushed cheeks, her eyes soft: "Thank you, eldest."

At this time, Ercai brought the basin over and said to Lin Zhao: "Mother, you wash your face."

The twins knew their mother very well and knew that the first thing Lin Zhao did when she got home was to wash up. In order to see the meat buns earlier, the two children served Lin Zhao like a landlady.

Lin Zhao accepted the children's care with peace of mind.

She felt comfortable only after washing her face.

"Finally comfortable, it was far to death." Need to buy a bicycle.

Let Gu Chenghuai think of a way to get a coupon when writing a letter next time!

The eldest hesitated and asked: "Mother, is the county town fun?"

"It's okay once you get used to it. For children like you, it should be fun." Lin Zhao let out a long breath and answered with a smile.

The eldest wanted to ask if Mother could take him to the county town in the future, but the words reached his lips and he didn't say them.

"Mother, can you take me and Brother to the county town?" Ercai asked Lin Zhao with a grin.

"If you are obedient, it's not impossible." Lin Zhao pinched Ercai's cheek. The little guy was thin and didn't have much meat on his face, but it was quite soft and really good to pinch.

Ercai was a generous child, letting his mother pinch him, and smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"I'm obedient, Brother and I are both obedient, right Brother?" He looked at his brother to strengthen his side's power.

The eldest nodded, looking at Lin Zhao with admiration.

Ercai immediately added: "It's a deal, whoever breaks their word is a puppy."

The clever little guy didn't forget to make a formal agreement with his mother and set conditions.

"Okay." Lin Zhao responded with a smile.

The eldest also pursed his lips and smiled.

Lin Zhao said with a smile: "In the future, if you help me with housework, I will reward you two little men with good things."

The two cubs were used to doing housework and were very willing to exchange labor for rewards.

However...

"What reward is Mother going to give us?" Ercai asked eagerly.

"Anything to eat or use is fine, you can choose for yourselves then." Lin Zhao knew she wasn't someone who could suffer, so it was better to cultivate the children.

Ercai felt it was okay, but he didn't forget his brother: "Brother, what do you think?"

The eldest nodded, "I think it's okay."

He and Ercai already did housework. Mother saying she could exchange it for things was because she wanted to be good to him and Ercai, he knew that.

Children who hadn't gone to kindergarten completed self-strategy like this.

Ercai stared at the bag Lin Zhao brought back, his words righteous: "Mother, where are the meat buns? I'm hungry."

Lin Zhao raised her hand to take the bag, dug inside, took out two buns, and handed them to her two sons.

"Meat buns!" Ercai said loudly.

The eldest was also happy, but he was a subtle child and didn't show excitement, only those eyes that were eighty percent similar to Lin Zhao's were curved.

Ercai hadn't eaten meat buns, and this bun was bought by his mother, so the meaning was even more extraordinary. Thinking of the people in the village saying Mother didn't like them, his eyes turned and he called the eldest: "Brother, let's go out and play."

The eldest was his twin. Ercai raised his bottom, and he knew exactly what his brother was thinking.

He also wanted to prove to everyone that Mother liked them.

So he told Lin Zhao and ran out of the house with Ercai.

They ran straight to the big banyan tree in the village. This big banyan tree had a history of two hundred years, with lush roots and branches, standing there majestically and vigorously.

At this time, a group of children under the tree were raising their bottoms to catch cicadas.

Ercai walked over heroically, holding a meat bun in one hand and imitating his grandfather with his hands behind his back in the other. He didn't rush into the crowd of children, took a light bite of the bun, and said loudly to his brother: "Brother, the meat bun is really delicious."

The eldest also said: "Delicious, one bite and the mouth is full of oil."

Meat buns...!?

Hearing these three words, the children's mouths were all drooling. They turned their heads in unison and saw the white flour buns in the eldest and Ercai's hands at a glance, and their eyes widened instantly.

"Twins, where did you get the meat buns?" The brigade leader's little grandson, Ye Tie Niu, rushed to the eldest and Ercai's side, full of envy.

He had eaten meat buns during the New Year, and they were delicious.

The eldest's face was glowing, his voice twice as loud as usual: "My mother bought them for us!"

Ercai also followed up loudly: "My mother also bought us Warrior shoes!"

The children hadn't heard of Warrior shoes. The older ones had heard of them, but didn't believe the twins' mother would buy them for the twins.

The child king, Chang Sheng, mocked: "Bragging! My mother said a pair of Warrior shoes costs three or four yuan, and three or four yuan can buy a lot of meat. Your mother doesn't care about you, so she wouldn't buy you Warrior shoes. Bragging king! The twins are bragging kings!"

Ercai was furious, bit the meat bun fiercely, as if he was biting the person who scolded him, and said angrily: "I'm not a braggart, my mother said she bought them for us."

"My mother didn't not care about us!" The eldest also said angrily.

"Who believes it, my mother said your mother is a lazy woman, who doesn't do anything but eat, and when she gets old, she will fall into a smelly ditch and drown." The seven or eight-year-old brat stuck his tongue out at the eldest and Ercai, deliberately annoying people, but his eyes glanced at the buns in their hands from time to time, swallowing saliva constantly.

He wouldn't admit that he was a bit envious of the twins.

Ercai had a violent temper. Hearing Chang Sheng's words, he was very angry, stuffed the bun into his brother's hand, and slammed into the boy who spoke. The person who was caught off guard was thrown to the ground.

This wasn't the end. Ercai raised his little sandbag-sized fist and beat the other party fiercely.

"Let you scold my mother! Let you scold my mother!" He said one sentence for every punch, aggressively.

The young man passing by saw the children fighting and felt it was quite interesting, so he stood where he was and watched.

Children this small, fighting milkily and fiercely, each using the greatest force on their faces, all grinning and baring their teeth, wishing they could tear the other party apart, but they didn't actually have much strength when they really started.

Not even seeing their faces red after fighting for a long time.

Seeing the two children start to tear with their mouths, the man stepped forward, picked up one child in each hand, and forcibly separated them.

"Alright, alright, be careful not to marry a wife in the future if you bite your face."

"Especially you." The young man looked at Chang Sheng, "You don't look good to begin with. If a piece of meat is bitten off your face, I'm afraid you'll become a difficult case."

Chang Sheng was so angry he wanted to bite him, stamped his feet and said angrily: "Uncle!"

The man didn't pay attention to him. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Lin Zhao walking toward him.

Seeing the atmosphere was a bit strange, the eldest tightened his face, and Ercai was even more full of anger. Lin Zhao was surprised: "What's wrong?"

Weren't they fine when they went out?

Ercai had just finished fighting with other big children. Seeing his mother, he felt very guilty, grabbed the eldest's arm, and looked pitiful, wanting his brother not to tell Mother about him fighting.

The eldest didn't want to say it either, after all, fighting wasn't a good thing.

But there were other children on the side.

Ye Tie Niu had a fast mouth and said: "Ercai and Chang Sheng fought!"

Ercai was furious, glared at him: "Ye Tie Niu, why are you snitching!"

Child Ye Tie Niu looked confused and said innocently: "I didn't, your mother is asking."

"Why fight?" Lin Zhao asked curiously. She didn't think children fighting was anything particularly strange. Let the children solve the matters between children themselves; if adults intervened, the nature would change.

Ercai lowered his head and didn't speak, his hands clenched into little fists, his expression fierce.

The eldest showed anxiety, wanting to explain but not knowing how to explain, his lips turning white with anxiety.

Seeing that neither of the two cubs spoke, Lin Zhao didn't force them, only said: "Forget it if you don't say it, I'm going to the old house to talk about building a house, are you going?"

The eldest was stunned and said: "Mother doesn't blame us?"

"Why blame you." Lin Zhao said lightly, "Which child doesn't fight? Mother knows you are good children. If others don't provoke you, you won't take the initiative to hit people."

Mother said they were good children.

The haze in the eldest and Ercai's hearts dissipated, and light appeared in their eyes. The two little faces were like the morning sun.

"Go." Ercai took the half bun from his brother's hand, leaned over to Lin Zhao with a grin, and held her hand. Seeing his mother didn't refuse, he was instantly overjoyed.

"Let's go! Back to the old house!" Ercai's voice was filled with deep joy.