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

Chapter 185 "Fatherly Love Exists, But Not Much"

Before dawn, Gu Chenghuai opened his eyes. He had only slept for less than four hours, but he was in excellent spirits; his deep, dark eyes were clear and showed no signs of drowsiness.

He gently moved his wife's arm away from his firm waist and abdomen, and his gaze fell on Lin Zhao.

She wore a spaghetti strap nightgown, her arms bare and slender, like willow branches in early spring. Her face was flushed from sleep, a beautiful picture of a sleeping beauty. As if sensing the movement, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her brows furrowed.

Gu Chenghuai's imposing figure seemed to freeze, and even his breathing became gentle.

Seeing his wife fall asleep again, his tense nerves relaxed, and he looked at her with lingering affection. He gazed at her for a long time, then gently touched her delicate cheek from a distance before carefully getting up.

I just got out of bed.

The person on the bed suddenly opened their eyes, sat up, slowly moved to the edge of the bed, and hugged the waist of the man beside the bed.

"I caught you, didn't I?" Shasha's voice carried a hint of smugness. Lin Zhao didn't open her eyes, rubbing her face against her husband's waist and abdomen, and murmured with dissatisfaction, "I knew you wanted to leave me!"

"I promised to give it to you, you're so annoying!"

Gu Chenghuai didn't move. He lowered his head and looked at Zhaozhao's hair with an incredibly gentle expression, his heart softening.

"That's too much trouble. I know the way. Aren't you sleepy? Go back to sleep."

Lin Zhao shook her head, "No, I want to give it to you."

She said with some regret, "It's been so long since I've seen you off. I want to go."

The last time I gave it to someone was when we were dating.

Gu Chenghuai held his wife's hand, his eyes filled with even more reluctance.

"Zhao Zhao..."

Lin Zhao looked up, her eyes clear and bright, showing no signs of fatigue. "You're not allowed to say sorry. I won't listen."

"With so many people in the family, I don't feel tired at all. You haven't let me down. On the contrary, you've given me and the children a very good life. You're a good husband and a good father."

Her slender, jade-like fingers poked at the man's firm chest.

Her eyes were serious. "I only have one request: no matter what, stay safe. Remember, the children and I are waiting for you to come home."

Gu Chenghuai hugged Lin Zhao, buried his face in the crook of her neck, and said in a hoarse voice with a rare childlike quality, "...I don't want to leave."

Lin Zhao hugged his waist and deliberately said, "If you don't work hard, where will the TV come from? Where will the 'three turns and one sound' (referring to the three watches, one radio, and one watch) come from for your three sons' weddings? Where will Yaobao's dowry come from?"

"If you don't strive when you're young, when will you?"

With a hint of reluctance in her eyes, she said, "We have a long life ahead of us, and we'll be together sooner or later."

Comforted, Gu Chenghuai released his grip, lowered his head to kiss Lin Zhao's cheek, then kissed her lips, and even gave them a rather excessive sucking.

“Write to me often,” he reminded me again.

Knowing that he would feel a lot of urgency after returning to his unit, he added, "I will write back to you whenever I have time."

Her husband left immediately, and Lin Zhao didn't even mind that he hadn't brushed his teeth before kissing her. She smiled gently and said, "Okay, I'll write one for you, one every two weeks."

That's diligent enough, isn't it?

Gu Chenghuai smiled and said calmly, "Mm."

This guy is so arrogant.

Lin Zhao glanced at the small red string on Gu Chenghuai's right wrist, reached out and tugged at it, casually instructing, "You must wear this properly and don't take it off. If it ever gets lost, write to me and I'll ask for a new one."

A smile spread across Gu Chenghuai's eyes and brows.

"Listen to you."

Zhao Zhao loves him too much. She's a perfectly normal girl who's received a high school education, and she's started to become superstitious. Isn't it because she's too concerned about him?

I can't help it, I'm so incredibly happy.

I will definitely wear it.

Even just to put his wife at ease, he has to wear it all the time.

The couple stepped out of their room. It was only a little past four o'clock, and the sky outside was already dark.

While Yu Bao was washing up, the light in the children's room came on. Yu Bao stood on the small wooden ladder and rocked her younger brother who was on the upper bunk.

"Hengbao, wake up, Mommy and Daddy are up. Let's hurry, or we'll be late." The child's voice was very low, almost a whisper, so as not to wake the twins.

Hengbao opened her eyes abruptly and saw that her brother was already dressed. She hurriedly said, "Wait for me, I'll be right there."

As she spoke, she sat up, grabbed the neatly folded clothes from beside her pillow, and quickly put them on.

They quickly put on their clothes and slid down the slide.

I slipped on my white sneakers, carefully tied the shoelaces, and went out with my brother.

"Why are you two up so early?" Lin Zhao and Gu Chenghuai looked at each other, the couple hadn't thought of bringing the child along.

Yu Bao had a tuft of hair sticking up on his head, his clothes were neatly dressed, his white shoes were clean, and he had a smile on his handsome face as he obediently said, "Go see Daddy off."

Hengbao looked at her parents with a mischievous grin, then looked at Gu Chenghuai and Lin Zhao suspiciously, "Have you forgotten about me and my brother?"

you still need to ask?

Yu Bao frowned as he looked at his younger brother, his heart twisting with worry. Heng Bao said, "What if Mom and Dad really don't take them with them?"
Thinking about it, she looked nervously at her parents.

Lin Zhao would certainly not admit it, "How could that be? Your father and I just got up and were planning to wash our faces before calling you."

"Okay." Gu Hengbao stepped onto a small stool, washed his face in the sink, and muttered, "Kids aren't easy to fool."

Lin Zhao suppressed the frizz on his head and laughed, "So you know how to fool people, huh?"

"What's so special about that?" Hengbao smiled happily, looking a little smug. "I know a lot! My uncle loves to give my brother and me lessons, and I listen very attentively!"

Yu Bao looked at Heng Bao's face, trying to see through his facade.

Erzai is really shameless.

Among the children in class, he was the most active.

“Your uncle cares about you two. He invited your uncle and Li Bao to our house for dinner this afternoon,” Lin Zhao said.

"Okay," Yu Bao replied happily, "Uncle has lost weight."

After finishing speaking, brush your teeth carefully.

"Are you hungry?" Lin Zhao asked her two sons as she returned to the front of the house.

The twins, each with a toothbrush in their mouth, shook their heads simultaneously.

I'm not hungry.

"Let's go straight there then, we'll talk about it if we get hungry."

Lin Zhao returned to her room, first applying skincare products, then tying her braids, and finally leaving the room with her small handbag.

The luggage had been packed last night. Gu Chenghuai carried the green suitcase and followed his wife out of the room.

The twins also carried their bags and waited patiently in the yard.

Upon seeing the luggage in Gu Chenghuai's hands, the two children belatedly realized that their father was going back to the army.

The two brothers stood there, stunned.

Hengbao was the first to react, "Dad, when are you coming back?"

Gu Chenghuai said, "I'll come back if I have time off."

"What should I do if I miss you?" Hengbao asked sadly.

Gu Chenghuai's eyes were full of gentleness as he patted his son's head. "I will write to you."

"You're not just learning to read; once you've learned, you can write for me too. If there's an emergency, call me. You two have called each other before, right?"

The two brothers' unhappiness eased somewhat when the topic of making a phone call came up.

Yu Bao said solemnly, "Dad, you must write to us often. We will miss you."

Gu Chenghuai replied solemnly and earnestly, not dismissing his own son who was still just a little kid, "Yes, I will."

Even if he doesn't think much about the children, he won't forget Zhaozhao, his wife, the wife he finally managed to marry.

Hengbao held out his hand to his father with his palm facing up, "Dad, give me five ten-yuan bills."

Gu Chenghuai: "..."

Does your dad look like a member of the Great Unity Party?

He had some money, a little over a hundred yuan, which his wife had given him in an emergency. He planned to use the money to buy a gift for Zhao Zhao. What business was it of anyone else?

Gu*others*Hengbao: "?"

"Do I look like a giant unity?" Gu Chenghuai glanced at him, his fatherly affection instantly turning to dust.

Hengbao looked puzzled. "It doesn't seem like it, Dad. Why are you asking this? You're so strange."

Realizing his father was changing the subject, he said angrily, "Don't interrupt me, I want a big unity."

He opened his right palm. "Five."

"No." Gu Chenghuai ignored him.

Asking for five bills without even asking? Do you even know how much five ten-yuan bills are? You really dare to ask for so much. You're spoiled rotten.

"How come you don't even have five ten-yuan bills?" Hengbao said in a plaintive little voice.

“How are we supposed to buy stamps or make phone calls if we don’t have money? It’s been so long, how come you still haven’t saved any money…” he said helplessly and with a sense of disappointment.

"Everyone in the village said you were a capable person who could make a lot of money, but it turns out you didn't have any money at all!" Hengbao's big eyes were filled with disbelief, and he felt the heartache of having been cheated out of all his savings.

Gu Chenghuai thought he was used to it, only to realize he still couldn't understand what kind of nonsense kids were thinking. Seeing that he didn't speak, Hengbao gave up hope and looked at Lin Zhao with anxious eyes, "Mom, will we still be able to eat?"

“We can afford it.” Lin Zhao couldn’t help but chuckle. “Don’t worry. We can afford not only rice, but also meat. Your father’s money is all with me. If you ask your father for money, he definitely won’t give you any.”

She remembered what she had said before: that Erzai was up to something again, probably because he had been influenced by the villagers.

really.

The little boy said, "The villagers say that all the shopkeepers are men."

Fearing that Lin Zhao might not understand what a manager was, he didn't forget to explain: "A manager is someone who manages the money."

Yu Bao added: "He's also called the head of the family."

Children love to roam in crowds and are easily influenced.

I knew he learned it outside again. Lin Zhao acknowledged, "I am the head of our family."

"This is a tradition of the Gu family. Look at the old house, isn't it your grandmother who manages the accounts?"

"Yes." Hengbao nodded.

Then, changing the subject, he added, "In Changsheng's family, his father manages the accounts, while his mother only does housework."

It was also because Chang Sheng's mother was clueless and exhausted the man's trust that she was stripped of her power as a housekeeper.

“...Every family’s situation is different.” Lin Zhao patted the two children’s heads.

"Don't worry, we have money at home to make phone calls. If you two want to talk to your father, just let me know and I'll take you to the county to make the call."

Hengbao smiled happily and stopped fussing about wanting a big reunion.

"it is good."

Seeing that her two sons were wearing short sleeves, Lin Zhao said, "It's cold in the morning, bring your jackets."

The two boys were very well-behaved. They ran back to the house, took their coats from the floor-standing coat rack, tiptoed out of the room, and carefully closed the door behind them, afraid of disturbing their younger siblings.

If Qianbao and Yaobao insist on going, their parents will definitely find it troublesome and won't take them. No way!

The family of four went out in the dark. With the two sisters, Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng, and the fierce and intelligent dog, there was no need to worry too much about the safety of the twins.

Although Yu Bao and Heng Bao get up early, they are full of energy, running and jumping around, and don't feel tired at all.

The two little brothers ran ahead, then stopped to wait for their parents, their faces beaming with smiles. They looked so happy and endearing.

"Slow down," Lin Zhaochong said to the two kids.

Yu Bao's childish voice rang out, "Watching the road. It's the first time I've traveled this early, it's really unusual."

Hengbao covered her mouth and laughed, "This is the first time Mom has gotten up this early."

Lin Zhao: "..."

Looking at Hengbao's smiling face, Lin Zhao said, "You haven't suffered enough beatings."

"I heard that schools will be reopening soon. Once classes resume, I'll enroll you both and you can go to school."

Yu Bao's eyes lit up. "Really? I'll study hard."

Hoshino and the others said that going to school is really fun, and he really wants to go to school.

Hengbao frowned at the thought of doing homework. Hearing his brother's words, he also said, "I'll study hard too."

That's what they say, but why are your shoulders slumped?

Lin Zhao encouraged her two sons, saying, "Mom believes in you. As the older brothers, you will definitely set a good example for your younger siblings."

The child, who was not yet six years old, was easily fooled. He immediately patted his little chest and said, "Yes, yes."

With a face full of anticipation, they looked forward to the day they would start school.

They can go to school with Hoshino and his friends. Once they're in school, they'll be big friends and can eat more meat and rice!

Thinking this, their two identical eyes sparkled.

The two boys were born to Lin Zhao. She could tell what they were up to the moment they stuck their butts out.

Her eyes were full of laughter.

Noticing that Gu Chenghuai was looking at her, she turned her back to the twins and whispered, "It won't be so easy to fool them once they start school. They'll have to be taught little by little."

They developed the habit of recognizing and writing characters gradually, didn't they?

If you wait until the children are fully sensible before trying to teach them... they may not listen.

Gu Chenghuai's eyes softened. "Thank you for your trouble."

"It's nothing, our kids are all obedient and easy to teach," Lin Zhao said sincerely.

Her biological father said that she was very difficult to teach when she was little because she was very clever, had a lot of eloquent arguments, and loved to bargain with adults. She was very shrewd.

The family chatted and laughed as they walked from darkness to dawn, finally arriving at the train station.

This time, the twins were noticeably less spirited than before, staying quietly by Gu Chenghuai's side, glancing at him every now and then, making the tall, tough man feel a pang of sadness.

"Yu Bao, I remember you wanted an airplane. I'll send you a model when I get back to the army," Gu Chenghuai said, looking at his eldest son's face.

Hengbao stared longingly at his father, his eyes sparkling as if they were saying, "Where's mine? Where's mine?"

Gu Chenghuai continued, "Hengbao has one too, I'll send you a model of a big car."

The two children laughed, their disappointment at their father having to return to the army somewhat alleviated.

"Dad, I'll miss you, and you should miss us too," Yu Bao said earnestly to his father.

"Okay," Gu Chenghuai replied.

Of course he'd think about his family. To be precise, he'd already started thinking about them even before he left.

"Drip-drip-"

The train sounded its horn.

People carrying large and small bags flocked onto the train, but there weren't many people, and the platform wasn't crowded.

"...Get in the car." Lin Zhao looked at Gu Chenghuai, feeling reluctant but also used to it. "Send a telegram when we arrive."

Gu Chenghuai put down his luggage and went forward to hug his wife and children.

When Yu Bao and Heng Bao saw so many people getting on the bus and some people around them crying, they were infected by their emotions, couldn't hold back, hugged their father's leg, and burst into tears.

"dad……"

"Daddy, I don't want you to leave, sob sob sob..."

It's perfectly normal for a child to be reluctant to part with a father and son who have spent so much time together.

Hearing his son's sobs, Gu Chenghuai's eyes stung, and his throat felt like it was blocked by something.

I was reluctant to part with it before, but it wasn't as agonizing as it is today.

I can't let my wife and kids deliver things anymore; it breaks my heart.

The platform staff urged those who hadn't boarded yet to hurry up.

"Those who haven't boarded yet, hurry up and get on the bus."

Hearing this, Lin Zhao grabbed the twins' small shoulders, pulled them back, and said to Gu Chenghuai, "Go on, don't be late for the departure."

Gu Chenghuai glanced deeply at his wife and children, saluted them, and boarded the car with his luggage, not daring to look back.

"Daddy!" the twins cried out.

He tried to rush forward, but Lin Zhao grabbed him.

"Danger." Lin Zhao restrained the two hot-headed boys. "Stop fooling around. I'll take you two to the army base to see your dad sometime."

The twins stopped what they were doing and looked over. "Really?"

Have I ever lied to you?

The two brothers thought about it seriously for a few seconds, but it seemed there was nothing. They had hope in their hearts, wiped away their tears, and looked around anxiously, trying to catch a glimpse of Gu Chenghuai.

"Dad, it's Dad, Dad's over there." Yu Bao was the first to see his dad in a certain train carriage.

Lin Zhao led the children over and looked at the man through the window.

"Dad, Mom said she'll take us to visit you at the military base sometime," Hengbao exclaimed.

Gu Chenghuai patted his head. "Okay, I'll wait for you. Listen to your mother at home and don't make my wife angry, or I'll spank you when I get back, the kind where I take your pants off."

Say the most infuriating things to children in the gentlest of words.

Hengbao retorted loudly, "I will never make Mommy angry, I am the best little boy!"

With time running out, Gu Chenghuai ignored his second son and looked at Yu Bao, saying, "Yu Bao, you are the most reliable. Help your mother take care of your younger brother and sister."

Yu Bao nodded emphatically with a serious expression, "Mmm."

Just then, several people rushed over.

The elderly woman in the lead shouted, "Don't rush, there are still people who haven't boarded the bus..."

The voice sounded familiar.

Lin Zhao looked over and saw that they were members of the Lu family.

They were on the same train.

She subconsciously looked at Gu Chenghuai and saw the man's tightly furrowed brows.

(End of this chapter)