The mother of the era is reborn to support her cannon fodder children!

Chapter 178 "Dirty Things"

The woman, annoyed by what she saw, kicked the child in the face.

"You're crying so hard, you've cried away all your good fortune!"

The six-year-old boy, who looked like a four-year-old, was slumped over, his face full of terror. He dared not cry anymore, his little body stiff as a wooden board, and he dared not breathe hard.

"Damn it, how dare he try to fool me! I'll kill that idiot sooner or later!" the woman vented her anger.

Seeing someone in the distance, she glanced down at the child in the bamboo basket with a warning look, then smiled honestly and hunched over as she hurried on her way.

The little boy looked at the passersby, his eyes red-rimmed, his mouth moved, but remembering the experience of being beaten, he didn't dare to ask for help.

It's no use, nobody believes him.

Looking down at her hand, missing a finger, large tears fell onto her knees.

The passerby didn't notice anything amiss, only glancing at them briefly before brushing past the unfamiliar mother and child.

Once everyone left, the woman stared at the boy, her small body trembling slightly as she tried to make herself as inconspicuous as possible, and she smiled as if enjoying herself.

She enjoys the feeling of having control over her destiny, and she especially likes to see men and women who claim to love their children suddenly learn that their children are missing, and then burst into tears and grief. That makes her feel good.

This was a wasted trip, a good half-day gone. The woman frowned, clearly annoyed. She pinched the boy a few more times, the anger in her chest dissipating, and strode away.

The little boy cried his eyes out, silently calling out for his grandparents, father, and mother...

The enemy has quietly appeared and is in contact with Zhang Manyue. Lin Zhao is unaware of this for the time being, and may never know it, since the latter is dead.

That night, Li Ergou secretly carried Zhang Manyue up the mountain.

The wind rustled through the treetops, and the calls of owls filled the air. Even the slightest rustling in the grass could startle someone.

Seeing Li Ergou stop, Li Da looked over, and then... saw his brother's face sliding down his shoulder.

Most of its face was bitten off, its eyeballs had popped out, and it was a bloody mess; one look at it would give you nightmares for half a month.

Seeing this up close, Li Dadai's face was filled with horror, and his legs went weak.

A few breaths later, with a cry of "Ah!", it ran down the mountain as if chased by a ghost.

"Ghost!"

Startled by the shout, Li Ergou dropped the person on his back and ran away.

"Big brother, wait for me—"

I forgot all my purpose in going up the mountain; I was only focused on running.

Seeing the blood on the tattered jacket, he casually took it off and threw it into the river. The water stained the blood, but it quickly diluted, and the jacket was washed away by the current, the bloodstains and the jacket disappearing in no time.

Li Da ran straight into the village, then stopped, panting heavily.

The bloodied face kept flashing before his eyes, and he reached out and slapped himself.

"I don't want to think about it anymore. God bless me, God bless me..."

As he was muttering to himself, a hand landed on his shoulder. Li Da screamed in fright, grabbed the hand, pulled hard, closed his eyes, picked up the dirty thing, and threw it on the ground.

"Ah..." Li Ergou lay sprawled on the ground, groaning in pain as his lower back hit the stone, turning pale with pain.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?!" he gasped.

Li Da heard the familiar voice and looked in the direction of it. It was his unfortunate younger brother, whose wife had died.

"You still say that? I was almost scared to death by you, kid. What are you doing sneaking out like that?"

Li Ergou was so angry he wanted to jump up and down, but his back hurt so much he couldn't get up.

"How am I being sneaky? I'm right behind you."

He reached out to Li Da, "Give me a hand."

Li Da pulled his unlucky brother up.

"Slow down, slow down, it hurts!" Li Ergou hissed in pain, "My back! Brother, where did you get your strength? It hurts so much!"

Li Da said sheepishly, "I thought I was being targeted by something evil."

Remembering the important matter, he glanced behind Li Ergou and asked, "...How's that thing? Is it buried already?"

Li Ergou's expression froze. "...No, no."

He complained, "You ran so fast, no one helped me dig the hole, how am I supposed to bury it all by myself?"

Li said unhappily, "So who is your wife and who is my wife?"

On the mountain, he only heard people say that his younger brother and sister-in-law had been half-eaten by wolves, and their bodies were not even complete. It was terrifying. He was afraid of having nightmares at night, so he didn't dare to go close to look. He was terrified when he saw that face just now.

Li Da leaned against a tree by the roadside and vomited up all the sweet potato rice he had eaten that evening.

"I can't do it alone," Li Ergou said, looking aggrieved.

"Why not? What can't you do? You'll encounter difficulties. A good comrade makes you work hard to solve them. Have you tried? Stop saying it can't be done; there's nothing that can't be done." Li Da wiped the grime from his mouth, smearing it on the tree trunk. His dark, thin face was full of seriousness. "I'm going to sleep now. As for your wife's matter, ugh..."

"Figure it out yourself."

After leaving those words, he quickly ran home, lay down on his creaky, broken bed, and only felt at ease after hugging his wife.

It was hot, and the windows in the Li family's house were small and poorly ventilated. Li Da's wife was sweating profusely in her sleep, feeling as if a furnace had sprung up next to her, and impatiently fanned it away. Li Da felt a pain, but he didn't pay attention; instead, his creepy mood subsided a little.

To be honest, it scared him to death.

There really are man-eating beasts in the deep mountains! They will never be so rampant again!

Li Ergou was also scared. As soon as his brother left, he felt that something was wrong everywhere. He didn't dare to go up the mountain again and ran back home.

He threw it far away; no one should have noticed.

……

The Gu family's old house was quiet; the doors were closed, and everyone was asleep.

They worked hard in the fields all day, then went up the mountain to look for people and distribute wild boar... After eating the meat, they patted their oily bellies, went back to the house, and fell asleep immediately, feeling very comfortable.

Tie Dan rolled over and said to his younger brother, "Hey, the meat tastes really good. What do you think about us digging a trap?"

“…My name is Gu Zhili. Zhi means knowledge, and Li means reason. It’s not called Hammer.” Li Bao also flipped something over and faced his brother, frowning as he corrected him.

"Oh, what's the difference? It's all you. I'm just shouting from inside the house." Tie Dan didn't care at all.

Upon hearing this, Li Bao angrily shouted, "Gu Tiedan!"

Gu Zhixing: "..."

Reaching out to tickle his younger brother's ticklish spot, Tie Dan, feeling he was a big kid and not wanting to hear people calling him by his nickname anymore, grumbled, "Who are you calling Tie Dan? No respect for elders, call me brother!"

"Call me Li Bao!" Li Bao skillfully dodged her brother's hand, her little face serious; the child was quite earnest.

Tie Dan compromised, "...Li Bao."

He muttered to himself, "You've been corrupted by the twins. You're so cunning now, it's hard to fool you anymore."

“Yu Bao and Heng Bao are very good.” Li Bao frowned, her childish voice full of dissatisfaction, “You’re talking badly about them!”

He pinched Tie Dan's mouth and wouldn't let go, turning his brother's mouth into a duck's beak.

"Brother said bad things about Yu Bao and Heng Bao, brother is bad, spit out the meat, don't eat the wild boar that Uncle Three hunted, spit it out!"

Tie Dan pulled his younger brother's hand down and stared at him. "Did I say anything bad about you? Huh?"

"I told you those two are cunning! Can you stop only listening to half of what I say? You're driving me crazy!" he said angrily.

Li Bao said, "You said it yourself, you said that you learned bad things from the twins... What else is that but a bad thing?"

Tie Dan's vision went black for a moment, and he took a deep breath. "Grandma wasn't wrong, you are a simpleton."

"..." Li Bao puffed out her cheeks in anger and retorted, "Grandma also said that with Yu Bao, Heng Bao, and Qian Bao around, I can't possibly lose out!"

"No, didn't Grandma scold me too? What about me?" Tie Dan tugged at his cheek.

"Hmph!" Li Bao rolled over, pressed herself against the wall to sleep, and said in the most casual tone, "I can't rely on you."

"You're not smart either..." Tie Dan: "?"

"Who's not smart?" Tie Dan protested, sitting up and teasing his younger brother. "How am I not smart? Explain yourself!"

Li Bao looked at her parents' bed and complained, "Dad, Mom, I'm sleepy, but my brother won't let me sleep."

Gu Yuanshan and Huang Xiulan were watching the spectacle with great interest.

Hearing his youngest son's words, the father said, "Tiedan, stop fooling around and go to sleep!"

"Father is biased."

Gu Yuanshan: "You're asking for it! You've got a problem!"

Tie Dan snorted and turned his back. Noticing his younger brother's breathing was off, he sat up to look at him—the kid was already asleep!

"..."

*
The Gu family's new brick and tile house.

Lin Zhao slept in the children's room tonight. As for Gu Chenghuai, he didn't want to be separated from his wife, so with the children's consent, he also slept there.

Thankfully, the twins' low bed was big enough for four people—two adults and two children—to sleep comfortably.

Yu Bao and Heng Bao slept in their own beds, their small pillows close to the low bed, very close to their parents. The two little brothers didn't fuss about sticking close to Lin Zhao.

"Mom, our room is so lively tonight, I love it!" Hengbao said with a grin.

"I know you like lively atmospheres." Lin Zhao hugged Qianbao and gently patted her youngest son's back. The little one hadn't slept with his mother in a long time, and his dark eyes crinkled with joy as he smiled, showing no signs of sleepiness.

Hengbao rolled over and lay face down on the top bunk, his short legs folded and sticking up. His little voice was filled with excitement, "Mmm, I like lively places. I'm always so happy when I go to the old house."

"You're not happy at our home?" Lin Zhao retorted.

She wanted to ask, "Aren't you happy that your aunt is home? This person is a spoilsport and doesn't deserve to be here on such a warm evening."

“I’m happy, but it’s a different kind of happiness,” Hengbao said cleverly.

Gu Chenghuai lifted his eyelids, glanced at the boy in the upper bunk, and said in a clear and steady voice, "Lie down. Want to hear a story tonight?"

Zhao Zhao is sleepy; it's time for the children to go to sleep.

Today, Gu Chenghuai led a group to hunt wild boars and caught several. His prestige soared to unprecedented heights, and the whole village praised him. The children surrounded the twins, admiring them for having someone who could hunt wild boars...

Because of this, little Hengbao was very proud, and his admiration for his father was as boundless as the Yellow River.

The boy in the upper bunk immediately lay down, pulled the corner of the blanket over his stomach.

“Listen. Lie down properly,” he shouted.

Gu Chenghuai reached out to pull the blanket up for his wife, then found a children's book and began to read it aloud, his voice deliberately low and very soothing.

Before long, the four cubs fell asleep.

Yao Bao falls asleep the fastest.

Lin Zhao whispered, "Yaobao might not like reading in the future."

Gu Chenghuai chuckled, "She's still so young, it's normal for her to sleep a lot. You can't tell at this age, but she might like him when she's older."

“That’s true.” Lin Zhao looked at the two similar little faces, her eyes gentle.

She gave birth to them, and she will pave the way for them. When the college entrance examination is reinstated, she will go to the capital and buy several properties to support them.

"Gu Chenghuai, don't you think it's strange that Qianbao went missing today?"

"I feel... everything is strange." A cold glint flashed in Gu Chenghuai's dark eyes, then disappeared in an instant. "I will investigate. Whoever is behind this will not get away with it."

"Pay attention, I feel this isn't over yet."

Gu Chenghuai nodded.
-
The story of the twin boys from Fengshou Brigade being kidnapped by a fellow villager and taken up the mountain, with some missing limbs, and the kidnapper being eaten by wolves, spread quickly throughout the surrounding brigades.

The Lin family also heard about it.

The next morning, Lin Heling and Song Xiwei arrived with their two sons.

As soon as I entered, I saw Qianbao drinking milk from a bottle. He and his sister sat side by side in a rattan chair, swinging their short, chubby legs, their faces full of smiles.

Lin Heling and Song Xiwei, who were walking in front, exchanged a glance and laughed.

Looks like everything's alright.

When Qianbao saw his maternal grandparents, his eyes lit up slightly. He slid off the rattan chair and ran over to them.

"Grandma, Grandpa, Second Uncle, Third Uncle," the little voice called out in turn.
Yao Bao called out after her brother, and then continued drinking her milk.

The chubby little one is drinking milk from a pink bottle; he's so cute it could melt anyone's heart.

Lin Shifan walked over, picked up his little niece, and smiled, revealing his white teeth. "Yaobao still recognizes me? I thought she wouldn't remember me. She's so smart."

After saying that, he took out a White Rabbit milk candy.

"Say it again, and I'll give you candy," he coaxed mischievously.

Yao Bao didn't even look, she just kept drinking her milk.

Just then, Hengbao came over and said, "Yaobao won't want it."

"?"

Lin Shifan was puzzled. There are kids who don't like candy?
"Does Yaobao not like candy?"

Hengbao reached out, "Give me two and I'll tell you why."

Lin Shifan: "..."

Where did this clever little devil come from, even knowing how to bargain?

I took out two candies and gave them to him.

Hengbao readily accepted them, keeping one for himself and giving one to his brother.

"When Yaobao is drinking milk, she won't take anything else."

Lin Shifan asked, "Where's the meat?"

"Mom said she and Qianbao can't eat meat." Hengbao looked at his younger siblings with sympathy.

On second thought, he realized that he hadn't eaten meat when his younger siblings were that age either, so he didn't find it strange and calmed down.

Lin Zhao came out after hearing the sound.

"Father, Mother, Second Brother, Third Brother."

Song Xiwei looked at her carefully and saw that she was in good spirits, so she was relieved. "Why didn't you send a message home when such a big thing happened? Who knows the mountain environment better than me? Your father and I were shocked when we heard the news, so we came right away."

"I can't remember," Lin Zhao said matter-of-factly. "We heard the news as soon as we got back, and my mind went blank."

"Thankfully, the child is alright." Song Xiwei held Qianbao in her arms, her eyes filled with unspeakable heartache.

"Yes," Lin Zhao thought to herself. If something happened to Qianbao, she didn't know what she would do.

However, she also knew that Qianbao was wearing a red string on his wrist, which could at least protect his life.

"Did Qianbao sleep well last night?" Song Xiwei asked again.

"I'm fine, I slept soundly until dawn." He needed to pee, so he pushed Gu Chenghuai's face away, woke him up, and carried him to the toilet.

"Where's Chenghuai?" Lin Heling asked casually when she didn't see her son-in-law.

"I'm going to buy some candy." Lin Zhao poured water for her family with the twins. "Many people in the village helped me look for someone on the mountain yesterday, so I'm buying some candy to thank everyone."

"It should."

Lin Shifan pulled a handful of coupons from his military uniform pocket—all sorts of random coupons. "Zhaozhao, keep these coupons. There are quite a few candy coupons in them. I'll buy you candy."

As for the money, I just sent some back before, so I won't be giving it to you this time.

Lin Zhao accepted it without hesitation, "Thank you, Third Brother. I'll bring you two bottles of meat sauce when you return to the army."

"So generous, no wonder she's my sister." Lin Shifan grabbed Xiao Jin, hugged her, and stroked her fur. Then he asked, "Does Xiao Si know... about the successful drug trial?"