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

Chapter 189 "Regret"

"Okay." Mother Gu nodded.

She called Gu Qingzhou over, gave him the list Lin Zhao had written, and asked him to read out the prices.

"Qingzhou, how much does an aluminum lunchbox cost?" Gu's mother asked.

Gu Qingzhou quickly glanced at the price list, "One yuan and eighty cents."

"It's so cheap, I'll go get the money," Huang Xiulan said with delight.

The supply and marketing cooperative charged more than two yuan per item, and you also needed industrial coupons.

Mother Gu was not a domineering and controlling mother-in-law. She had been a daughter-in-law herself and knew what daughters-in-law thought. She allowed Huang Xiulan and Zhao Liuniang to keep some money, so the eldest and second branches of the Gu family had some private savings to varying degrees.

Huang Xiulan went to get the money, while Zhao Liuniang picked out a few pencils with uneven paint on the shafts.

Upon seeing this, Lai Mei grinned and came over, "Mom, are these for me and my brother?"

Zhao Liuniang said, "No, give me fish."

"Hmph." Lai Mei hummed twice, and said slyly, "It's definitely not. Yu Yu is so small. She can't even hold chopsticks properly, let alone a pen."

He casually took the pencil.

He kept one for himself and gave one to his brother.

"Brother, use it sparingly, or you'll run out of money again, or I won't lend it to you anymore!" Lai Mei reminded her brother.

Bangbang glared at him and said, "I know."

Seeing the defective towel, Gu Qingzhou said, "Mother, my towel needs to be replaced."

His towel had several holes and would break with the slightest pressure.

“Yes, it needs to be replaced.” Mrs. Gu picked the one with the least obvious flaw. “How about this one? The stitching isn’t done well. I’ll add two stitches for you.”

Gu Qingzhou nodded with a smile.

Making money is difficult in the countryside, so people don't have a strong desire to spend. They just buy some daily necessities and that's it.

After seeing that her family had made their choices, Gu's mother thought of her old friend and said, "Qingzhou, go and call your Aunt Qian, and let her choose first."

"it is good."

Gu Qingzhou went outside to call for help.

Before long, Old Lady Qian arrived at the Gu family's house.

They picked and chose two items and bought them. The others were also in high demand, so they sold out quickly without even being asked.

Gu's mother went to deliver the money to Lin Zhao herself.

"Third son's wife, all the things have been sold, here's the money."

Lin Zhao took it and had Yu Bao put it in her room drawer. Yu Bao then went to do her errand with a serious expression.

Gu's mother was taken aback, feeling that her daughter-in-law was too trusting of the child, letting Yu Bao keep all the money without worrying that the child would take it by mistake.

In a moment of daze, Yu Bao ran out of the house.

Noticing that his grandmother's expression was off, the child tilted his head and looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Looking into her grandson's bright eyes, Gu's mother's hesitation subsided. Yu Bao was the most well-behaved; he would never steal money. She really shouldn't have thought that way.

Thinking about it, she lovingly patted Yu Bao's head.

……

That day, Lin Shisheng came to the door, carrying meat and two bags of red bean cakes.

Lin Zhao raised an eyebrow and glanced over, a knowing look flashing in her eyes. A smile appeared on her radiant face. "Second Brother, has what you mentioned before been settled?"

"That's right." Lin Shisheng said with a smug smile, "Your brother hasn't let you down. I'm a temporary worker in the transport team now."

"Congratulations, Second Brother." Lin Zhao looked at him with admiration. His Second Brother had done all the work himself; he was really amazing.

Lin Shisheng felt as refreshed as if he had drunk an ice-cold soda on a hot day.

The two sisters, Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng, were also pleasantly surprised.

"Dad's become a worker?!" Zhengzheng's voice was unusually excited, and her tone was higher than usual.

Lin Shisheng raised his hand and pressed it down, "Keep it down, keep it down. You're just a temporary worker. Wait until you're officially hired before you get excited."

Zhengzheng's smile remained bright, like a little sun. "You're already amazing as a temporary worker."

The little girl looked at her father with bright eyes, "Daddy is so amazing!"

Xuanxuan was also happy and asked, "Is Dad going to work in the county like Uncle?"

Lin Shisheng's smile faded slightly as he looked earnestly at his two obedient daughters. "I joined a transport team, the kind that works alongside trucks. You might not see me for ten days or half a month. Do you mind?"

"No way!" Zhengzheng shouted.

She asked again, "Is it one of those big trucks?"

Lin Shisheng: "Yes."

"Wow." Zhengzheng cupped her face, her eyes filled with admiration. In her eyes, her father was exceptionally tall, taller than a mountain and stronger than a tree.

Xuanxuan's lips curved into a smile, radiating joy.

"Dad, work hard and try..." Thinking of what Lin Shisheng had just said, Xuanxuan said, "Try to get a permanent position as soon as possible."

"Okay." Lin Shisheng smiled, seeing the new hair tie on his daughter's head and the new clothes she was wearing, knowing that his sister had made them for his two daughters, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart.

He said, "When I get my salary, I'll go to the provincial capital and buy you a new outfit."

Lin Zhao's eyes crinkled into a smile. "Clothes are very expensive in the provincial capital."

"It's expensive, but I'm willing to spend the money to buy it for you, Second Brother," Lin Shisheng said generously.

"Then Second Brother should save up more money to buy clothes for Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng; they don't have many new clothes," Lin Zhao reminded him.

"Buy them all." Lin Shisheng also felt sorry for his daughter. After she started working, he would have a stable income. Whatever city girls had, his daughter would have too.

He slipped away to the foot of the mountain, delivered some things to Meng Jiusi and his two sons, and then left the Fengshou Brigade to go home.

Lin Zhao watched her second brother leave.

As Wang Chunhua watered the vegetable garden by the door, she asked, "Yu Bao's mother, is your second brother from your maternal family coming to see you again?"

"Yes. My second brother joined the county's transportation team and came to tell me this good news." Lin Zhao's eyes were smiling.

Wang Chunhua was stunned. "A transport team? A transport team that drives around everywhere?"

“Yes.” Lin Zhao nodded.

"Oh my, that's a great job! Congratulations to your family!" Wang Chunhua said enviously. "Your parents are so lucky; all your children are workers."

Thinking about how Yu Bao's second uncle got divorced, I felt that the divorced woman was really unlucky. She couldn't even catch the good stuff in the world. The good days of the Lin family had nothing to do with her.

back home.

Wang Chunhua told her family about it as gossip.

The Wang family members looked on with envy.

"Isn't Yu Bao's eldest uncle a worker too?" Wang's eldest daughter-in-law sighed. "Yu Bao's mother was also a worker, and now his second uncle has become a worker as well. How come jobs are so easy for them?"

Wang Chunhua wasn't blinded by envy. She calmly said, "The Lin family members are all highly educated. Many of their former classmates must have jobs. You can easily find out by asking around."

That's what she thought.

So he sighed, "People still need to be cultured."

As he spoke, he patted his grandson's spiky head and said, "Dazhuang, you must study hard so that you can have a bright future when you grow up, unlike your father, who can only do manual labor."

The eldest son of the Wang family, whose child is already several years old, expressed his dissatisfaction, saying that he was born of his mother and his brain is like hers, but he is not good at studying... The problem is obvious.

Dazhuang smiled憨厚ly, "Yes, I will study hard."

The children love the twins' room; it has bookshelves full of books and all sorts of toys...

"Grandma, I'm going to find Yu Bao and Heng Bao to read books."

Wang Chunhua smiled with relief, "Go ahead."

He added, "Come back when you're hungry, and don't try to eat other people's food." Dazhuang replied in a clear voice, "Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed his grid paper and pencil and stomped off to the next room.

They called out before they even arrived.

"Yu Bao, Heng Bao!"

Big Yellow knew the little friend who was on good terms with its owner, and lay in its bed without even lifting its head.

Amber has grown quite a bit, her body is round and plump, and her eyes are round too. She loves playing with her little owner, but unfortunately, her little owner is reading a book inside and is playing with a small bamboo ball in the yard out of boredom.

Upon seeing Dazhuang, it hopped and skipped over to him.

"Wang Wang..."

Her voice was tender and full of energy.

Yu Bao looked up and saw Da Zhuang through the window. She called out to him in a light voice, "Da Zhuang, come inside."

"Hey!" Da Zhuang touched Amber's hand, then its front paws, and happily went into the house.

"Dazhuang, here's half a chicken cake for you. You have to wash your hands; you just touched Amber. My mom said you can't eat right after touching a dog." Hengbao and Yubao sat side by side at the desk, swinging their short legs, and said loudly.

Sponge cake?
Dazhuang has never eaten it before.

He licked his lips. "Do you have any?"

“Yes, we have them all,” Yu Bao said.

Upon hearing this, Dazhuang put down his notebook and pencil and went to the sink to wash his hands.

Upon entering the house, I discovered that both of my good brothers had half a piece of sponge cake in their hands, and so did Cat Egg.

There was still half a piece on the small porcelain plate on the table.

"Is this mine?" Dazhuang asked expectantly.

"That's right." Hengbao picked it up and put it in his hand. Dazhuang had given him eggs a few days ago.

"Thank you!" Da Zhuang said with delight, took the dough twist, and took a small bite. It was so sweet, even better than the twisted dough sticks the twins had shared with him.

The child didn't want to eat it all at once, so she carefully put it away, wanting to go home and eat it with her sister.

His sister washes his clothes; it's hard work for her.

The twins didn't pay much attention; after finishing their sponge cake and drinking fruit juice, they started writing.

Cat Egg is older than the twins. His grandmother, Granny Ning, comes from a prominent family in the old society and is well-educated. Cat Egg was taught by example from a young age and knows many characters, making him a cultured young boy.

He really likes Yu Bao Heng Bao's bookshelf. There are so many books that he can't finish reading them all in a short time, and Mao Dan'er enjoys it immensely.

The children were reading and playing next door, their clear laughter occasionally drifting into the main room. Lin Zhao, who was engrossed in writing a letter, smiled knowingly, her mood calm.

She stopped writing halfway through the letter, propped her chin up, and looked out the window.

The news that my second brother had become a worker in the transportation team was not just for show; it had another purpose.

She wanted the news to reach the Qiu family.

The Qiu family is greedy and vain. If they knew that their former son-in-law had become a worker and that they wouldn't benefit from the situation, they would definitely regret their actions and feel extremely uncomfortable...

Lin Zhao could imagine it.

That was so refreshing!

Everything went as Lin Zhao had expected. The news of Lin Shisheng joining the transport team first spread throughout the Fengshou Brigade, and then quickly reached the brigade where the Qiu family lived.

The Qiu family finally finished repairing the roof, but a third of their savings were gone. They felt both pain and anger, and their hearts were heavy.

That day, the elderly couple were on their way home from work when someone called out to them.

"Qiu family, I heard your former son-in-law joined the transportation team, is that true?"

Lin Shisheng, that damned bastard, has become a worker?!
The Qiu family instinctively rejected this reality.

No.

impossible.

If he could get in, he would have gotten in long ago. Why would he have waited until now?

Old Mrs. Qiu's face fell, and her cracked lips uttered cold words, "Who told you that? Absolutely impossible! How could the second son of the Lin family be a driver? If he were that capable, he would have been a factory worker long ago. Why would he be here today!"

The person speaking said with a smile, "If you think Lin Lao Er is incompetent, then why did you insist on pestering him back then and letting Qiu Lian marry into the Lin family? Auntie, you're being a bit harsh."

Another person said, "The news has spread, so it must be true. Your ex-son-in-law, who divorced your daughter, really has become a factory worker. It's a pity your family didn't benefit from it."

"Oh dear, Grandma Qiu, is your Qiulian cursed to bring bad luck to her husband?" The superstitious old woman exclaimed, then suddenly exclaimed, "When your Qiulian was still the Lin family's daughter-in-law, nothing good ever happened to the Lin family. But after Qiulian went back to her parents' home, good news kept coming to the Lin family. Their eldest son became a worker, and their second son, who just divorced Qiulian, also became a worker... This..."

As soon as he said that, the expressions of the people around him changed.

No way? !

Old Lady Qiu was furious.

She still wanted Qiulian to remarry and receive another dowry; she couldn't bear to see her reputation ruined.

In a state of anxiety and anger, a sudden inspiration struck him.

Pointing at the old woman who was speaking.

"If you dare to engage in feudal superstition, believe me or not I'll report you to the commune!"

The old woman, who came from a feudal society and was used to superstition, wasn't afraid when she heard what she was saying. She put her hands on her hips and said, "Go ahead, go ahead and sue me! I'm already buried in the ground, what am I afraid of!"

She didn't believe that just saying a few words could cause any harm. If that were the case, how many people would suffer?

Old Mrs. Qiu couldn't win the argument with her mortal enemy and got a headache from anger. She stopped paying attention to the people who were watching her make a fool of herself and hurried home.

The news that spread through the village stirred up waves in the hearts of the Qiu family.

The family was so depressed that they couldn't even eat.

Qiu Lian's younger brother drank a few mouthfuls of water to cool down, but his anger only grew stronger. He complained, "Mother, how did you raise Qiu Lian? Which girl in the village would do something as shameful as adultery? Only she! She's so disgraceful!"

“The Lin family was so good. They only had two workers. Even if they just peeked through their fingers, we could live a life of luxury…” He looked full of regret. “Now it’s all over. We can’t get any of the benefits.”

Old Mrs. Qiu heard the complaints in her son's voice and felt a chill in her heart.

Her face turned ugly. "Didn't you also covet the Chen family's flesh before? You knew it, why didn't you say so yourself? You're blaming me instead. I've wasted my time spoiling you."

Qiu Lian's younger brother dodged his mother's poking hand, looking annoyed. "Who's blaming you! Can't I even say something! We almost, almost had meat every month, and now we have nothing..."

The more he thought about it, the more upset he became. He got up, but his movement was too big, knocking over the wooden stool, which then overturned and made a noise.

The only male member of the Qiu family remained calm, his face cold, and said, "I'm not eating. I'm going back to my room to lie down."

Lying in bed, looking at the roof with its crumbling walls, I felt a sense of resentment.

If Qiu Lian weren't so stupid, she would have a brother-in-law who was a factory worker. If she had pulled in that connection, she might have been able to become a factory worker herself, even if not a permanent one, a temporary one would have been fine.

It's all Qiu Lian's fault.

She ruined everything!
courtyard.

Old Qiu puffed on his cigarette, smoking the leaves he had dried himself, one after another, clearly annoyed.

After a long silence, he exhaled a puff of smoke, not looking at his wife, and said in a tired voice with a hint of reproach, "You didn't raise Qiulian well. What a pity about such a good son-in-law..."

Old Mrs. Qiu was unhappy that the Qiu father and son had pinned the blame on her. Her old face was full of grievance. "You didn't say anything. You even ate the meat that Qiu Lian brought back. You put down your bowl and started cursing. You old geezer, have you no shame?"

Old Qiu, enraged and embarrassed, said, "I'm too lazy to talk to a woman like you."

After saying that, she stormed back into the house.

I regret it.

At this moment, Qiu's daughter-in-law spoke up seemingly unintentionally: "Mother, it's been a while since we've seen Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng. Should we go and visit them?"

Grandma Qiu's eyes lit up.

Yes, yes, Qiu Liansheng's two good-for-nothing sons are still in the Lin family.

A calculating glint flashed in her eyes. She patted her bottom, excitedly went back to her room, and went to discuss countermeasures with the old man.

The woman, her face thin and sallow, glanced around a few times before silently entering the kitchen.