Chapter 78: Secretly Competing

"Mm...?"

Lin Zhao was stunned by the question.

After connecting the context, she realized what the cub's father was calculating indirectly.

Instantly laughed until her shoulders trembled.

Slender white fingers poked the man's sturdy waist.

"Gu Chenghuai, were you pickled in a barrel of vinegar, why are you so fond of sour?"

She couldn't stop laughing, the smile flowing from her lips, full of joy and teasing. "Didn't you smell the sourness in the air?"

"Lin Zhaozhao!" Gu Chenghuai tightened the brakes, his straight and slender left leg landing on the ground, turning to look at her, his expression serious.

"I'm serious, don't play dumb."

He cared very much.

Cared very much!

He carefully maintained his fate with Zhao Zhao, wanting to guard their family well. No matter how outstanding he was, no matter how excellent his ability was, he was still an ordinary man, and he was also afraid that in places he didn't pay attention to, the family would shatter into glass shards.

Some male demons had deep skills, couldn't help but guard against!

The comrade-in-arms' previous lessons were right there!!

Lin Zhao faced Gu Chenghuai's surging black eyes, put away her smile, used her finger to hook his hand, her fingertips brushing over the thin calluses on the inside of his thumb.

Her eyebrows were gentle and earnest.

"I got it myself, didn't ask anyone, what are you sour about, what are you angry about, Gu Chenghuai, you are so childish."

"With this sour look of yours, do your comrades still recognize you?"

Suddenly.

The man's eyebrows stretched, and his eyes, covered in cold frost, overflowed with a shallow smile. "I don't care how they see me!"

His slender and powerful hand gripped his wife's hand tightly, and he said: "In the future, whatever you want, write me a letter, I'll think of a way, it's too dangerous for you to get it yourself."

He thought what Zhao Zhao said about thinking of a way herself was sneaking into the black market to buy it secretly.

"Good." Lin Zhao replied.

Gu Chenghuai's expression was joyful.

Pinching his wife's hand.

Lin Zhao had a smile on her face. "If there's danger, I definitely won't buy it, rest assured, I definitely won't let myself fall into danger."

She always did what she said, Gu Chenghuai believed she had a sense of proportion, and didn't nag anymore.

The bicycle moved forward again, heading to the photo studio.

"I asked Yunjin to send some film to the photo studio for me, just happen to ask about the situation, those photos, some are of family members, some are of people in the village."

On the back seat, Lin Zhao talked about things casually.

Gu Chenghuai listened carefully.

"You took them all, right, hard work."

Lin Zhao pursed her lips and smiled lightly.

"Not hard work, taking photos is very interesting."

She liked everything fresh.

Gu Chenghuai liked her liking, his low voice dyed with a trace of smile. "Is it hard, teach me, I'll learn to take them for you."

A gust of wind blew.

Lin Zhao pressed her hat brim, most of her face hidden in the shadow, only revealing a delicate and smooth chin.

"Not hard, your learning ability is strong, it should be very simple for you."

*Mm*, his learning ability was indeed not bad.

Gu Chenghuai's dark eyes deepened with smiles, his legs became more powerful, accelerating his riding.

Soon, they arrived at the photo studio.

The couple walked in side by side.

"Comrade, hello."

The photo studio's master recognized Lin Zhao.

On one hand, this girl's appearance was excessively outstanding, hard to forget after seeing her once; on the other hand, she was generous, washing many photos at once, as if money were paper.

"The photos aren't washed yet." Thinking Lin Zhao came to pick up the photos, the master decided to say it decisively, then lowered his head to continue working.

"I know, they won't be ready until Sunday, I'm here to take photos," Lin Zhao said with a smile.

"..." Have a camera, and still come to the photo studio?!

Damn rich people.

The master was expressionless. "Wedding photos?"

"No, we've been married for several years," Lin Zhao took out the introduction letter and marriage certificate, saying casually.

"?"

The master looked at Lin Zhao a few more times, looking and looking, feeling she didn't look like someone who was married.

He carefully checked the introduction letter, compared the names on the marriage certificate, and only then believed it.

*Mm*, it was someone from a nearby brigade.

"Take a few, black and white, or color?"

Gu Chenghuai said in a deep voice: "Take three sets, color and black and white both."

The master sighed in his heart again, young people, spending money really neatly.

He didn't say much, leading the young couple in to take photos.

In the studio, the master had seen many couples.

Other couples were unfamiliar and cautious in front of the lens, wishing they could be three meters away from each other, even if shoulder-to-shoulder, they revealed a sense of strangeness, as if threatened by a knife.

The pair in front of him was completely different.

The man was handsome, the woman was beautiful, and their appearance and temperament were harmonious.

No matter how you look at it, it was a match made in heaven.

It could only be said that being a match was a feeling.

Not to mention, the two didn't treat the master as an outsider—

The female comrade held the male comrade's arm, her head leaning lightly on his shoulder, smiling lightly, her eyebrows like a painting.

The young officer's figure was as straight as a pine, his black eyes had great pressure, deep and sharp, like a sharp blade flashing with cold light, but when looking at his wife, it was like ice and snow melting, very sticky.

One rigid, one soft.

"Female comrade, pay a little attention." The master reminded, signaling them to be a little further apart.

Lin Zhao waved the marriage certificate in her hand and said earnestly: "Legal."

"Of course I know it's legal." The master checked the tripod, gave Lin Zhao a look. "If it weren't legal, you two wouldn't be able to get in here, catching male-female relationships, still pay attention."

"We won't spread it." Lin Zhao argued.

Just holding an arm, didn't even hug the neck, not over the line.

The master was still easy to talk to, saying immediately: "Remember, don't spread it, if seen by those people outside, a small matter can be magnified for you."

"Good, thank you." Lin Zhao thanked sincerely.

The master waved his hand.

After taking the photos, paying the money, and taking the receipt, the couple left.

The bicycle hadn't gone a few meters when Lin Zhao saw a group of students walking in groups, occupying most of the road, their right arms raised high.

Slogans rose one after another.

Lin Zhao frowned.

Slowly.

The two sides met.

The fanaticism on the young people's faces was clear.

The student at the head had five or six eye-catching big patches on his body, thin and weak, but a face radiating strange brilliance.

Seeing the man and woman in front, a dark light flashed in his eyes, calling out to stop them.

"You two stop, standing so close, are you messing around with male-female relationships, do you have an introduction letter? Take out your marriage certificate!" He said sharply, in a tone that didn't allow for refusal.

Lin Zhao leaned forward, scanning these "students" who made the county chaotic one by one, her eyelashes trembling lightly, her mood complicated.

First time meeting face to face.

They look like they're only ten or so, still middle school students, yet their hostility is so heavy.

No wonder Sister Fen shook her head when mentioning it, telling her to avoid these people as much as possible.

The road was blocked tightly, Gu Chenghuai tightened the brakes, his left leg supporting the ground steadily, his cold and sharp eyes scanning this group of ignorant melon eggs.

His face turned cold suddenly, his whole body's murderous aura leaking out like a tide.

"Get out!"

A cold-blooded man who had been on the battlefield, how could he be scared by this scene.

Instantly.

The air stagnated.

The sun hanging high was so scorching, but the students felt their bodies cold.

Like being strangled by some invisible force, the blood in their blood vessels solidified, even breathing became difficult.

"Move!" Then came another cold, light shout with thin anger.

The voice wasn't loud, but it made people subconsciously listen to his instructions.

Seven or eight lawless students moved their stiff limbs, obediently making way for a path.

In front of a ruthless person who had really seen blood, no one dared to be arrogant.

Gu Chenghuai withdrew his gaze, kicked his foot, and left carrying his wife.

Lin Zhao looked up, suddenly feeling the cub's father's figure becoming more and more tall and heroic.

Even the back of his head looked better than others'.

After walking a long way, she found the man hadn't spoken for a long time, and asked suddenly: "Angry?"

"No."

"Students should study hard, their appearance of fighting heaven and earth, I feel angry looking at it," he explained.

He and his comrades defended the country, hoping the common people would live a peaceful and stable life, compatriots standing up, living with their heads held high, not wanting to see infighting.

"I know your thoughts, but we are ordinary people, in the tide of the times, we can only step on the waves and move forward," Lin Zhao hugged his waist and whispered.

She didn't have any great ambition to save others, she just wanted her family to live a stable life.

The force from her waist dispelled Gu Chenghuai's full-body ice and frost.

He pursed his lips, the irritability in the depths of his eyes dissipated completely.

"I know what you mean, just didn't expect this heat to spread so fast."

Lin Zhao patted the man's shoulder.

This was just the beginning, next it would be more and more exaggerated, those people were like being bewitched, fighting this and fighting that, as if fighting people was more important than filling their stomachs.

She muttered in her heart.

The original book used a lot of ink to talk about these ten years, very cruel.

"Zhao Zhao, in the future, if you run into those people, stay away." Gu Chenghuai exhorted.

After speaking, still feeling uneasy, he asked again: "Do you remember the self-defense techniques I taught you?"

Self-defense techniques were taught when they just got married.

The process of teaching was a bit hot, teaching and teaching, the couple got together and kissed, *cough*, the four cubs came this way.

"Remember."

Gu Chenghuai's brows stretched, and he said again: "Protect yourself well. If you run into something I can't reach, go find Yang Junzhi, I've already told him."

Haicheng was chaotic like that, that heat would rise everywhere, Zhao Zhao worked in the county, he was of course worried, having greeted in advance.

"Good." Lin Zhao replied obediently, not letting him worry.

The couple talked and returned to the village.

At the village entrance, they ran into four educated youths going to the county, two men and two women.

At the entrance of the village, they ran into four educated youths heading to the county, two men and two women.

Lin Zhao smiled in response.

Just one face-to-face, Gu Chenghuai instantly determined, this was the educated youth Song that the first and second cubs mentioned several times.

Secretly comparing himself.

Appearance is okay.

But too thin, not the type Zhao Zhao likes.

"Mm." He nodded calmly, then took his wife away.

The tall figure in front radiated joy.

Lin Zhao held back her smile, saying in a flat tone: "Rest assured now?"

"What do I have to be uneasy about." Gu Chenghuai's expression paused, discomfort flashing quickly in his eyes.

!!

Zhao Zhao knew, he was competing with someone he hadn't seen.

His throat rolled, saying calmly: "I am the most suitable for you, those with money aren't as handsome as me, those more handsome than me don't have as good a body as me, you are the smartest girl, you know who to choose, right?"

"Pfft!!!" Lin Zhao sprayed with laughter.

Her fingertips pointed at his back, all the way up, pointing to his shoulder, gently pinching his neck. "Dead duck's mouth is hard, I don't know you yet."

A guy who likes to secretly compare and then eat vinegar.

It was like that when they just got married.

She talked to a male youth in the same village for two sentences, and he felt uncomfortable all over.

Not obvious during the day, deliberately tossing people at night, very scheming.

The sweet couple went far away, the few educated youths didn't look back for a long time.

"These two people don't look like country people at all." Meng Xiaoying lowered her eyes, afraid of accidentally exposing the envy and jealousy in her eyes. "The twins' mother suddenly had a job, and it was such a good job as a salesperson, it was that male comrade... using privileges to get it."

Song Qian's brows furrowed tightly, not agreeing with this.

Due to the slap Meng comrade took for defending himself earlier, he didn't comment, only saying: "Has nothing to do with us, let's go."

Meng Xiaoying lowered her head in shame.

Female educated youth Su Yi looked at her through the bangs covering her eyes, and quickly withdrew her gaze.

It was another male educated youth—

Wen Huaiyuan said straight-forwardly: "It's stupid not to use relationships, I heard the twins' father is a battalion commander, this position isn't low, the army has preferential treatment for military wives, it's not strange to arrange work."

"Besides, who doesn't use relationships?" He smiled and looked at Meng Xiaoying. "If your father and mother had relationships, could they not find you a job, could they watch you go to the countryside?"

Meng Xiaoying was so embarrassed that her face turned red, wanting to dig a hole and bury herself.

Not wanting to be looked down upon by educated youth Song, she said with a red face: "... I said the wrong thing."

Wen Huaiyuan saw she was sincere, nodded. "People all have times when they can't express themselves, it's good to know how to reflect."

Meng Xiaoying nodded repeatedly.

Su Yi quietly looked at Wen Huaiyuan, her gaze sweeping over the patched old clothes on him, her eyes thoughtful.

Like her, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?

"Wang wang wang——!"

Seeing the bicycle from afar, Da Huang and Amber barked.

The twins, who were watching Bang Bang and Lai Mei play ping-pong, had their eyes light up, squeezed out of the crowd, and ran toward Father and Mother with *deng deng deng*.

The second cub's loud voice was filled with excitement and expectation, "Mother, are we going to Grandmother's house now?!"

Lin Zhao jumped off the bike, kissed each cub's forehead, the little guys' faces were clean and cool, a bit fragrant, actually not sweating.

"Why is there no sweat on your faces today?"

The first cub lifted his head. "Second cub and I just washed, also applied baby cream, changed into clean clothes, and the sandals were brushed clean too, Mother look."

He lifted his right foot.

"Really clean!" Lin Zhao touched the eldest son's little face.

The first cub could finally be cheerful, she was really happy.

The second cub acted cute and said loudly: "Mother, Brother and I also washed the third and fourth cubs!"

"Wow, whose obedient cubs are these." Lin Zhao learned his tone of speaking, her voice soft and smiling.

The twins instantly puffed out their chests and lifted their heads.

"Gu family's, Father and Mother's!" The first cub's black and bright eyes curved.

The second cub held his mother's finger and shook it, his words sounding like a little adult:

"Mother, you're returning to your maiden home, we must wear the best clothes, to save face for Mother, wearing them well also lets Grandfather, Grandmother, and Uncles know... we are living very well, which daughter married out doesn't want to return to her maiden home decently, Mother don't be shy."

"Mother's face, we'll earn it!"

He was so small, speaking like a little adult.

The first cub stiffened his little face, his expression earnest and serious. "When I grow up, I'll fly a plane to take Mother back to her maiden home, let everyone envy Mother!"

The second cub jumped, raised his right hand. "I'll drive a big car, I'll drive a big car to send Mother!"

Gu Chenghuai: "..." What was this sudden sense of urgency?!!

Snatching his presence, right? Just wait.

The children's childish words were really cute and heartwarming, Lin Zhao laughed until she leaned forward and backward. "Second cub, whose words are you listening to again to save face?"

"Hehe!" The second cub touched his own prickly head, saying proudly: "Eldest aunt talking to second aunt, I heard it."

The tail sound was light, revealing a little smugness.

Lin Zhao smiled: "Look, isn't the memory quite good, still worried about not being able to compare to your younger brother."

The second cub liked being praised by Mother the most, his hand shaking. "Mother, praise me more in the future, I like Mother praising me."

Lin Zhao pursed her lips, shook her head, deliberately teasing him: "No, you little guy will be proud."

"What is proud?" The second cub tilted his head.

Lin Zhao smiled: "Proud means arrogant."

The second cub's little head lifted, a clever smile hanging on his face. "I'm not proud. Humility makes people progress, arrogance makes people fall behind, I am a smart cub, I want to progress, not proud."

"Then you are really great!" Lin Zhao followed his heart and praised.

The second cub's smile was even brighter, seeing a cloth bag in Mother's hand, he asked excitedly: "Mother, what are you holding, I'll help you hold it."

His mouth was chattering, words many and fragmented.

"What is a son for, isn't it for being used, Mother don't be polite with me, you are my mother, whatever you let me do, I'm willing."

Lin Zhao's heart was hot.

This cub who came to repay kindness was so obedient.

"This is a gift for the third cub." She paid attention to the changes in her son's emotions.

The second cub lifted his eyes. "Mother, why did you suddenly buy a gift for the third cub?"

"Because I feel the gift your father bought didn't consider the third cub, so I'm making up a gift for him." Lin Zhao patiently explained to the two cubs.

Immediately after, she said: "Do you two have any opinions? If you have opinions, you can raise them, if you feel it's unfair or uncomfortable, say it directly."

The first cub said first: "Mother, I have no opinion."

"I have no opinion either, Brother and I have ping-pong to play, Third cub doesn't, Mother making it up for my younger brother, I have no opinion." The second cub was still complaining for his younger brother at noon.

Gu Chenghuai was afraid the hat of bias couldn't be taken off, so he confessed: "Zhao Zhao, the dictionary, picture books, and ping-pong are for the three male cubs."

"You considered the fourth cub was young, didn't consider the third cub." Lin Zhao lifted her hat brim with her finger, looking at Gu Chenghuai with beautiful eyes, saying seriously: "In the future, don't do this again, try to be as fair as possible, our family's four cubs are all treasures, none can be ignored."

The first cub spoke for his father. "Mother, Father apologized to Third cub, he also said he would make a wooden car for Third cub with his own hands!"

Lin Zhao was stunned, then a bit surprised. "Gu Chenghuai, you can do woodwork?"

Gu Chenghuai looked at his good eldest son with appreciation, a shallow smile appearing in the corners of his eyes, his expression steady, saying lightly: "Know a little."

"Not just a little, Father also made slingshots for Brother and me, the slingshots Father made are so good-looking, better-looking than the ones Yuanbao's father made!" The second cub raised a dazzling smile.

"... Sorry, misunderstood you." Lin Zhao's eyebrows softened, apologizing.

The twins looked on, thoughtful.

"Didn't misunderstand, I realized it on the way back." Gu Chenghuai also felt it was lacking consideration.

Especially, thinking of the third cub hearing... the little face that was happy when he said he would make a small car for him, he felt even more that his wife wasn't exaggerating.

While talking, the family of four walked to the Gu family gate.

The ping-pong table was set up at the gate, looking quite decent.

There were quite a few big friends and little friends surrounding it, *wow*-ing from time to time.

In the middle, Bang Bang and Lai Mei were sweating while playing.

Lin Zhao saw at a glance the little milky group sitting on the door frame, lowering his round little head, puffing out his baby-fat little face, earnestly flipping through the dictionary.

"Third cub, look at what Mother brought you."

Today there is a small addition, 1k+, something happened this week, will add more for the babies next week, *mua* (`)

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