Chapter 9

The eldest and Ercai brought small pillows. These pillows were also made by Gu Mu. The cloth was old, and the splicing traces were heavy, but this was already quite good.

After all, country people had no source of income, and there were only so many cloth coupons. Whose clothes weren't patches on top of patches? Many people didn't even have pillows. Having them was their grandmother's partiality to them.

"Third cub, fourth cub, lie down obediently, don't disturb Mother." The eldest educated his younger brother and sister seriously.

The twins revealed obedient and soft smiles, and lay down obediently.

The eldest and Ercai were afraid that their mother would drive them to the next room, so they also lay down obediently, four pairs of eyes looking at Lin Zhao in unison.

"What are you looking at me for, can't sleep?" Lin Zhao asked amusedly.

"So full today, my stomach doesn't feel uncomfortable at all." Ercai touched his full stomach, his short legs crossed together, like a little old man.

Lin Zhao raised her eyes, "Didn't eat your fill usually?"

Ercai hugged her waist, crying and acting pitiful: "Not full! Not full at all! It's all soup, it doesn't fill you up at all!"

Lin Zhao didn't doubt that Gu Mu abused the two cubs, because the food in the old house was like this. The meal at noon was okay, but the meal at night was so thin that it could reflect faces.

"Mother will cook in the future, let you eat your fill and grow tall." Lin Zhao coaxed lightly.

Ercai raised his head abruptly, grinning, "I believe it, Mother must do what she says."

The eldest looked at his younger brother nestled in his mother's arms, his eyes full of envy.

The third and fourth cubs also sat up, wanting Mother to hug them.

Lin Zhao told them to sit obediently, patted Ercai on the shoulder, and said: "Get up quickly, Mother will measure your size."

She took a soft ruler and waved her hand.

"Mother is going to make clothes for me?!" Ercai held down the third and fourth children who wanted Mother to hug them, his eyes unbelievably bright.

The eldest was also a bit excited.

"Right, I'm going to make a few clothes for you brothers." Lin Zhao said with a smile: "I bought cloth."

Ercai stood up, his arms open. Under the dim light, his smile was as bright as the sun.

Lin Zhao measured the size nimbly, recorded it in the notebook beside her, and beckoned to the eldest, "Eldest, it's your turn. Ercai, watch the third and fourth children."

Ercai responded with a full voice: "Okay!"

The eldest walked to the bed, looked at his mother, his eyes full of admiration, "Thank you Mother."

Lin Zhao still followed the process to measure her body, smiled and said: "Accepted your thanks, go lie down quickly, it's getting late, children can't stay up late."

After speaking, she took out the cloth from the cupboard and started cutting.

Girls in the countryside didn't know how to make clothes. Lin Zhao had a strong learning ability since she was a child, and she learned it after studying for half a month.

"Mother, can you make clothes?" Ercai, who was lying on the outermost side, looked at his mother with a smile.

Lin Zhao rolled her eyes at him and said: "I could do it originally."

"Has Mother made clothes for me and Brother before?" Ercai asked again.

"Never made them." Lin Zhao paused, "Couldn't bear the money and coupons."

Ercai's little face stiffened.

A moment later, he asked expectantly: "Can Mother bear it now?"

Lin Zhao borrowed the candlelight to cut the cloth in her hand. She hadn't made clothes for several years, but her craftsmanship hadn't rusted.

"Can bear it." She smiled, "I suddenly remembered that you four cubs are the treasure eggs I worked so hard to give birth to. You are obedient to the point of excess, I want to be a good mother."

Ercai heard Mother say they were treasure eggs, and dense joy welled up from the bottom of his heart.

"Mother is also our treasure egg."

"..."

Lin Zhao was helpless, changed the subject: "Go to sleep quickly, aren't you going to get up early tomorrow."

Ercai closed his eyes, opened them again after a while, and asked expectantly: "Is Mother still cooking tomorrow morning?"

"Cooking." Lin Zhao smiled lightly. Her jade-white face was reflected under the dim light, beautiful, gentle, leaving a deep impression in the eldest's heart, which he never forgot until he had children of his own.

"Didn't I say it all, I'll cook from now on."

The eldest was afraid that Mother would be tired, and took the initiative to say: "I can learn to cook, and I'll cook for Mother when I learn."

Lin Zhao's heart as a mother was crisp and numb, soft into a pool of water, and she responded with a smile: "Okay, really Mother's obedient eldest."

Ercai was a child with great ambitions, and immediately said: "I will earn big money when I grow up, buy a big restaurant for Mother, hire the best chef to cook for Mother, and let Mother be a young lady."

"!"

Forget about the front, this last sentence, you want to send your mother in!

Lin Zhao frowned.

"Who did you learn this from?"

Ercai was very good at reading people's expressions, and instantly knew he said the wrong thing, obediently said: "I heard it from the aunts in the village."

Guessed it.

Lin Zhao looked at him, her expression serious, "You are not allowed to learn how people in the village talk from now on. If I hear you learn those messy things again, you won't have a share of the candy at home."

According to the plot in the book, it would be chaotic soon, and saying words like young lady would be unlucky.

She couldn't tell Ercai about the next things directly, so she could only threaten him with the candy he liked most.

Ercai almost jumped up, and responded in one mouthful: "I won't learn it! I won't learn how people talk anymore!"

Just kidding, compared to learning gossip, candy was more important than anything.

Lin Zhao didn't feel very relieved, and turned to urge the eldest: "Eldest, keep an eye on your younger brother."

The eldest liked helping his mother do things most, and nodded solemnly, "Un."

While talking, Lin Zhao cut the cloth, just waiting to sew tomorrow. She didn't have a watch, couldn't estimate what time it was, felt a bit sleepy, and put away her things.

"Sleep."

The twins had long slept in a sprawl, their little stomachs rising and falling together, their little feet raised, their cheeks flushed.

Lin Zhao adjusted the sleeping posture for the two little ones, covered their little stomachs with a new blanket, and said to the eldest and Ercai: "Eldest, Ercai, lie down, Mother is going to blow out the lamp."

"Lying down." The eldest said.

Lin Zhao blew out the lamp and lay down. Before long, the two big friends also fell into a deep sleep.

After the children were all asleep, Lin Zhao rubbed her hands and started drawing.

The red pointer turned and turned, and finally stopped.

Stopped at the column of bath and skincare set.

【Laundry soap × 2】

【Shampoo × 1 bottle】

【Rose scented shower gel × 1 bottle】

【Softening and moisturizing conditioner × 1 bottle】

【Baking soda whitening toothpaste × 1】

【Soft toothbrush × 5】

【Whitening and moisturizing body lotion × 1 bottle】

【Moisturizing and hydrating face cream × 1 bottle】

【Moisturizing children's face cream × 1 bottle】

【Moisturizing face soap × 1】

All were urgently needed by the family.

Lin Zhao got up lightly, recited extracting silently, put the newly drawn things into the cupboard, yawned, and went to bed.

Gu family old house, the room where the eldest branch was.

Tie Dan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and asked his younger brother: "Tie Chui, did you really eat eight dumplings today?"

"Un un." Tie Chui lay straight, his right hand touching his bulging stomach, his thin, dark face full of satisfaction.

"The dumplings wrapped by Third Aunt are as big as a fist, one bite and it's full of meat, and it's white flour, it's really fragrant to eat."

Tie Dan was so envious he wanted to cry.

"Why didn't you leave one for me." He complained.

Tie Chui's eyes were confused, "Didn't Brother say, only what is eaten into the stomach is one's own."

Tie Dan wanted to slap himself, asking was regret.

"In the future, if there is anything delicious, leave some for Brother, and Brother will leave some for you if there is anything delicious."

"No." Little Tie Chui shook his head and refused, "I want to leave it for the eldest and Ercai."

"I won't give it to you, you eat too much." He even thoughtfully gave an explanation.

Tie Dan seemed to hear the sound of his heart breaking, his tone gloomy: "Tie Chui, I am your brother, biological."

What's wrong with leaving a bite for your biological brother?

Tie Chui turned over and didn't listen to this, muttering in his mouth: "The eldest and Ercai are also my brothers, the best brothers."

Tie Dan was angry and sad, saying: "I washed your diapers in vain!"

After saying that, he also turned over.

Brother washed diapers for him?

Little Tie Chui couldn't lie down anymore, moving his body like a worm, stopping beside his mother Huang Xiulan, and whispered: "Mother, did Brother wash diapers for me?" The child was full of entanglement.

Huang Xiulan felt her son's little expression was really fun, and deliberately teased him: "If it is, what are you going to do? If not, what do you plan to do?"

Tie Chui looked at his brother's back full of resentment, and had a plan in his heart.

"If Brother washed diapers for me, I'll leave good things for Brother. If Brother didn't wash them, I'll still leave them for the eldest and Ercai."

Huang Xiulan originally didn't like her younger son being too close to the children of the third branch. Those two children were too shrewd, and the third daughter-in-law didn't care about their eating, drinking, or pooping, so she was afraid Tie Chui would suffer.

Didn't expect Lin Zhao to actually invite Tie Chui to eat dumplings.

Strange.

However, her son got benefits, and the shrewd Gu's eldest daughter-in-law naturally wouldn't say anything.

Tie Chui poked Huang Xiulan's arm and asked seriously: "Mother, did Brother wash diapers for me?"

The teenager behind him stiffened.

Although he was scared to cry by the smell halfway through washing, it counted as washed, right?!

Huang Xiulan glanced at Tie Dan and said with a smile: "It counts as washed."

Tie Chui was confused, what's called counts as washed?

"Why do I smell you a bit fragrant?" Huang Xiulan had smelled the fragrance on Tie Chui a long time ago and hadn't asked. Now that she was closer, that smell was even more obvious.

Tie Chui smiled honestly, "Third Aunt applied snow cream for me, and the eldest, Ercai, and the twins are all fragrant children."

Huang Xiulan didn't expect Lin Zhao to change so much, full of clouds.

What's wrong with the third daughter-in-law?

The next day.

Lin Zhao woke up in a daze, feeling hot and unable to breathe. Opening her eyes, she saw the twins sleeping on her, in a strange posture.

The eldest and Ercai were also squeezed beside her.

She picked up the third and fourth cubs, put them aside, sat up, fanned the wind with her hands, sleepy-eyed, and hadn't woken up completely.

Hot to death.

The eldest and Ercai were also woken up by the heat. The slightly longer hair of the two children was wet, their faces were full of mat prints, and they were red with heat.

"Mother." The eldest's steady voice had the childish innocence of a child at this time.

Lin Zhao's voice was very light, "Are you still sleepy? If you are sleepy, sleep a while longer."

"What about Mother?" The eldest rubbed his eyes, and he was a bit more awake.

"Not sleepy anymore, it's really too hot, I'll go out to wash and make breakfast for you. What do you want to eat?" Lin Zhao asked.

"Mother's cooking is delicious no matter what." The eldest thought of the dumplings he ate yesterday and swallowed his saliva.

Lin Zhao was overjoyed by the praise, pondered for a moment, and said: "I'll make you egg custard, the third and fourth cubs can eat it too, is that okay?"

"Okay." The eldest said happily.

Mother and son were busy in the kitchen.

There was wind outside the house, the temperature hadn't risen early in the morning, and it was much more comfortable outside than inside.

Lin Zhao opened the window to let the air inside circulate.

"Eldest, let's wash first." She took out the face-washing soap and four soft toothbrushes, introduced them to the eldest one by one: "This is face-washing soap, you and your younger brother and sister can also use it to wash your hands usually. This is the toothbrush I bought for you. When Ercai and the others wake up, you are responsible for distributing them to them."

The eldest stretched out two hands to take the things Lin Zhao gave him, carefully put the three toothbrushes back on the table, took his own toothbrush and went to brush his teeth.

It was his first time brushing his teeth, feeling very fresh. He learned from his mother's appearance, brushing left, brushing right, brushing up, brushing down, occasionally meeting Lin Zhao's smiling eyes, and also bending his eyes and smiling.

Lin Zhao spat out the mouthwash and didn't forget to tell her son: "Toothpaste water can't be swallowed, it must be spat out."

The eldest's cheeks were bulging, his mouth was full of white foam, and he nodded.

Lin Zhao tried to wash her face with the newly drawn face-washing soap. The smell was fragrant, and it felt very refreshing to use. It wasn't dry at all, the skin was moist, very comfortable, but she was used to applying some snow cream after washing her face.

Returning to the room, thinking of the face cream drawn last night, she didn't use snow cream, but applied the drawn one instead.

Outside the house, the eldest washed his face with face-washing soap for the first time, and the child was so fragrant he wanted to bite the soap.

Lin Zhao leaned half her body out of the window and called him with a breath: "Eldest, come into the room after washing, I'll apply some face cream for you."

Hearing this, the eldest rinsed off the foam on his face, wiped his face with a towel, ran into the room, and stepped into the room, subconsciously lightening his footsteps.

Lin Zhao's expression softened, and she applied face cream for the eldest.

"Fragrant, right?" She asked.

"Fragrant." The eldest answered his mother's question in a low voice, his tone puzzled: "It's different from the smell last night."

Lin Zhao wasn't guilty at all, raised her eyebrows and said: "This is what you don't understand. Female comrades like all kinds of skincare products, this is considered few."

The eldest suddenly realized and said: "When I grow up and become a worker, I'll buy Mother a lot of snow cream."

No matter if this was true or false, it was always heartwarming.

"Okay, I'm waiting." Lin Zhao pointed to the children's face cream and said: "This is for children to use. Remember to apply it after washing your face in the future."

The eldest asked: "Can I be as white as Mother after applying it?"

Lin Zhao almost laughed out loud, "You want to be white?"

The eldest looked up at her and smiled shyly, "I want to be like Mother."

"Un?" Lin Zhao didn't understand.

The eldest lowered his eyes and didn't answer.

People in the village said they didn't look like Mother because they were dark.

Lin Zhao didn't force her son, only said: "You and Ercai are tanned, that's why you are dark. Look at the third and fourth cubs, aren't they white and tender? After raising them for a period of time, you and Ercai will also become white and tender children, just like me."

The eldest was happy, and said seriously: "I will remind my younger brother and sister to apply it."

Lin Zhao hugged her son's thin shoulders and led him out of the house.

"Let's go, steam egg custard for you."

"What else do you want to eat besides egg custard?"

"I'll help Mother burn the fire." The eldest said, and answered her question: "Egg custard is enough."

"That's fine, anyway, it won't be long before it's time for lunch."

Mother and son were busy in the kitchen.

Gu eldest sat on the small stool to help watch the fire, looking at his mother from time to time, the smile on the corners of his mouth never falling.

Before long, an attractive fragrance came out of the pot.

"Mother, so fragrant." The eldest sat on the small stool, his nose twitching, taking a fierce breath, and the whole person was almost fascinated by the fragrance.

Mother actually beat four eggs.

(End of this chapter)