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

Chapter 190 "I'll Be Your Pawn"

The Qiu family couldn't wait to take advantage of the situation, so they brought a few eggs and a basket of wild vegetables to the Dongfeng Brigade that very day.

He was in high spirits on the way there, but he didn't even get to enter the Lin family's house.

Having guessed the Qiu family's purpose, Song Xiwei naturally wouldn't let them see her granddaughter.

She stood at the door, her long, sharp black eyes sweeping over each member of the Qiu family, her aura imposing.

“My second son and your daughter are divorced and no longer legally married. Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng are my Lin family children. We have no reason to stop you from seeing them, but…”

She paused slightly, her gaze becoming even sharper.

"If you're thinking of using them to gain advantages, you're dreaming!"

Old Mrs. Qiu was actually a few years older than Song Xi, but judging from appearances and temperament alone, she seemed to be about ten years older.

She disliked Song Xiwei, her in-law. She didn't like her before, and she still doesn't like her now. She always felt like she had to be subservient to her.

just.

Old Mrs. Qiu dared not be presumptuous any longer, and said with a forced smile, "In-law..."

Before he could finish speaking, Song Xiwei ruthlessly interrupted him.

"You called it the wrong name."

Old Mrs. Qiu choked for a moment, her face darkened slightly, but she put on a smile again. "Shisheng's mother, we agree with what you just said. We came here today... just to see Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng. It's been a while since we've seen them. We wonder if they've grown taller. We're bringing some eggs for the two children."

She shook the basket she was carrying.

Upon hearing this, Song Xiwei gave Da Dan a wink.

"Big egg, catch!"

The two sisters were given the child by their maternal relatives, so why shouldn't they accept it? Logically, the Qiu family should pay child support.

Big Egg stepped forward and took the basket. Noticing that Old Lady Qiu was pulling hard, seemingly reluctant to give it up, he also increased his strength and successfully took it into his hand, then went inside the house.

Song Xiwei said coldly, "The things we accept will all end up in Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng's stomachs. Our Lin family wouldn't stoop to coveting things meant for children."

"The two children are staying with their aunt and are not at home. You probably won't be able to see them today. If you want to see them, come back in two weeks."

As soon as he finished speaking, he entered the house and told Big Egg to close the door.

boom.

The door closed with a click, the sound of the bolt falling.

Qiu family: "..."

If they won't let us see them, then they won't let us see them. Just give the eggs back!

The family looked at each other.

Old Qiu felt ashamed and embarrassed, so he turned around and left in anger.

"Hey!" Old Mrs. Qiu called out to him, wanting to think of another way, but saw the old man walking away very quickly.

Qiu Lian's younger brother looked at the closed gate of the Lin family, his face fell, and followed his father.

His wife didn't dare to say a word. She glanced at Old Lady Qiu, afraid that her mother-in-law would get angry at her, and ran after her husband.

In just a few seconds, only Old Lady Qiu was left in the same spot.

Her face fell, and the wicked plans in her mind vanished instantly. With only her here, what could she possibly accomplish? She wouldn't even be a match for Song Meihua's one-handed beating.

Furious, Old Lady Qiu stomped her foot and stormed off.

Noticing that the annoying people had left, Da Dan opened the door. After confirming that they were gone, he didn't close the door again and said to Lin Heling and Song Xiwei in the yard, "Grandpa, Grandma, they're gone."

"Go about your business, don't worry about it," Song Xiwei said.

She was too lazy to comment on the character of the Qiu family, nor did she want to deal with them.

Lin Heling's voice was soft and calm, revealing a sense of unhurried composure. "He must have heard about Xiao Er joining the transport team."

Song Xiwei also knew, "They're divorced. No matter what Xiao Er achieves in the future, it has nothing to do with the Qiu family. If they don't come to our door... I'll just pretend the Qiu family doesn't exist. If they dare to disturb Xiao Er's good life, they'll have to ask my fists if they agree."

Before, when her son had that relationship with the Qiu family, Shisheng never said anything, and she couldn't interfere. Now that the in-law relationship is gone, why would she tolerate that family anymore?

Lin Heling hadn't seen his wife like this in a long time, so he looked at her with some curiosity.

His gentle eyes were full of tenderness.

Xi Wei remained the image deep in his memory—bright and passionate, like a rose blooming most brilliantly in the wilderness. He couldn't see the wrinkles that had appeared on her with the passing years; he only remembered the first time he saw her, wielding a black, bristly whip, her heroic spirit instantly captivating his heart.

"Why would you need to lift a finger? Aren't your four sons enough for you to command?" Lin Heling laughed. "At the very least, I'll be your servant. You give the orders, and I'll be your henchman."

After his health improved, he no longer had to stay in bed every few days like before. He was full of energy, and his relationship with his wife improved even more. He was a true winner in life.

Hearing her husband's words, Song Xi gave him a reproachful look and didn't respond.

"...In short, the Qiu family shouldn't even think about getting involved with the second son."

Lin Heling laughed, "The second brother isn't stupid; he won't fall into the same trap twice."

"No fool would marry a wife like that," Song Xiwei muttered.

The murmurs were quite loud, and every word reached Lin Heling's ears.

A hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes as he said, "It's all about timing and fate. I admit that Xiao Er is unlucky, but I refuse to accept that he's stupid."

“I’m not going to argue with you.” Song Xiwei smiled. “Anyway, in your heart, your son and daughter are both smart, not a single one of them is stupid.”

Lin Heling smiled confidently, "That's right, neither of us are stupid, how could our child be stupid?"

"..."

The news of the Qiu family's visit soon reached Lin Zhao's ears.

She perked up and sat up straight. "They've come to cause trouble?"

Big Egg shook his head. "No, my grandma pushed it back down."

"Hahaha, well done!" Lin Zhao smiled brightly. "The Qiu family must be regretting it now, right?"

Big Egg nodded vigorously, sat next to his aunt, grabbed a handful of peanuts and ate them happily, saying cheerfully, "Regret! How could I not regret it!"

"What? Auntie, you're asking why? What else could it be? I can't get any advantage over my second uncle anymore. My second uncle is a worker, and he works for the transportation team."

"What kind of unit is the transport team? It's a highly desirable unit that city people would kill to get into, with a bright future ahead of them."

“Such a fine young man would have been a great honor to be the Qiu family’s son-in-law, but my second uncle and the Qiu family divorced! Divorce means becoming strangers, how could the Qiu family not regret it? They’re kicking themselves.”

Big Egg talks in a very short, rapid-fire manner, like a machine gun firing off a barrage of words, giving no one a chance to react before spitting everything out in one go.

Lin Zhao asked curiously, "The Qiu family gave up so easily?!"

"Of course not." Big Egg's sun-darkened face hardened, then he laughed. "My grandma is amazing!"

“Aunt, you know, my grandma is very fierce when she has a stern face. The Qiu family used to be afraid of her. After that person divorced my second uncle, they became even less confident. After my grandma finished talking to them, she told me to close the door. I peeked at them through the crack in the door. The Qiu family didn’t linger and left immediately.”

"By the way, my grandma sent me here to talk about the Qiu family." Da Dan looked at Lin Zhao with a serious expression and said, "Aunt, my grandma said that the Qiu family has a lot of bad intentions. They've got their eyes on Xuanxuan and Zhengzheng. She wants you to be careful and not let them get bullied by the Qiu family."

“Of course,” Lin Zhao said.

They even sent Big Egg to remind her that they had underestimated her.

She slightly raised her chin. "They're safer here than at home. If the Qiu family dares to come to my door, I'll call them heroes."

Big Egg's eyes lit up slightly. "Auntie, what did you do?"

"Huh?" Lin Zhao looked over in surprise. "Didn't your second uncle say anything?"

"No, no, we didn't say anything." Big Egg moved his stool closer to his aunt. "Auntie, what did you do? Tell me."

"We didn't do anything special, just ripped off the roof of the Qiu family's house," Lin Zhao said casually. "!"

Big Egg's mouth gaped open, revealing a huge "O," "The roof... the roof was blown off? How many of you did it?"

Lin Zhao helped him close his mouth with her hand, "Two."

"...You and my second uncle?" Big Egg was still shocked.

Can two people really lift the roof off the Qiu family's house? That's brave of them.

"Aunt, you and my second uncle are really amazing," he said admiringly.

Lin Zhao: "The Qiu family was in the wrong partly, but it was also because I was powerful. Even if the whole family joined forces, they couldn't beat me. They had no choice but to take the beating."

She didn't feel it was excessive to take action against the Qiu family.

The big egg looked amazed.

As expected of his aunt, she's amazing!

After delivering the message, Da Dan left with a bag full of his aunt's love. He had been brought to the Harvest Brigade by Lin Shisheng's friend, and then taken back by that person.

When Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng learned that the Qiu family wanted to curry favor with them, the two sisters remained unmoved and comforted their aunt, telling her not to worry. They would stay at home and not go anywhere, and they would not be fooled by the Qiu family.

The Qiu family didn't like them, and they weren't close to that side either.

Lin Zhao comforted the two girls for a few moments, then tapped on the window of the children's room with her finger.

"Yu Bao, Heng Bao, I need to mail a letter tomorrow. Have you two finished writing your letters?"

"Okay." Yu Bao opened the drawer, took out the neatly folded letter, and handed it out through the open window with a shy smile on her face. "I don't know many of the characters yet, so I wrote it in pinyin."

“Using pinyin is great too. You’re still young. Once you start school, you’ll be able to write all the characters,” Lin Zhao reassured gently.

Yu Bao nodded solemnly and earnestly.

Hengbao then handed over a letter, saying, "Mine is ready too."

Lin Zhao carefully stacked the two letters. "I'll mail them out tomorrow."

"Mom, when will Dad receive the letter?" Yu Bao's bright black eyes were full of questions.

Lin Zhao shook her head, "It's hard to say."

Traveling by carriage was slow, and letters took a long time to arrive, so it usually took quite a while for a letter to be delivered.

Yu Bao said reluctantly, "Alright."

"Mom, has Dad arrived at the army base yet?" Hengbao asked, biting the end of his pencil and looking up at Lin Zhao.

"We should be here by now." Lin Zhao calculated the time and felt it was about right.

"Oh," Hengbao said casually, without saying anything else.

Gu Chenghuai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the familiar gate of the military region.

"We're here!" Mrs. Lu said happily. After traveling for several days, her whole body ached. After getting off the bus, she walked a very long way, but finally she arrived!

The Lu family members were unfamiliar faces, and the guards did not recognize them. Seeing Lu's mother constantly approaching, they issued a warning.

"This is a restricted area of ​​the military region. Unauthorized personnel should stay away."

The soldier's eyes were sharp as knives as he spoke.

Lu's mother was frozen in place.

After a while, she hurriedly slipped back and looked at Gu Chenghuai, "Chenghuai, look at this... Tell that soldier that we are not bad people, we are here to accompany the army, and my Yizhou is still inside."

Along the way, Lu's mother, who knew nothing, caused Gu Chenghuai a lot of trouble. Considering that Lu Yizhou was a comrade-in-arms and from the same village, Gu Chenghuai helped as much as he could, but coldly refused anything that went slightly over the line. The journey was barely smooth.

"Don't rush. No matter whose family member they are, they all have to register when they come to the military region. You go register, and I'll find someone to pass on the message to Deputy Battalion Commander Lu."

After saying that, he walked towards the military area, saluted the comrade standing guard at the gate, said a few words, took a long stride away, and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Su Yuxian looked around; everything seemed so unfamiliar, so strange it made her uneasy.

"Mother, he wouldn't have abandoned us and run away, would he?"

Mother Lu was also a little flustered, but she didn't show it on her face. She coldly rebuked, "What nonsense are you talking about? Gu Laosan is a soldier after all, and he's from the same hometown as us. It won't do him any good to lie to us. If he doesn't want to ruin his reputation and affect his future, he won't abandon us."

Su Yuxian agreed and flattered her with a smile, "Mother is so knowledgeable, she even knows this."

Lu's mother glanced at her, her expression a half-smile.

This daughter-in-law wasn't this sweet-talking back home. Ever since she agreed to take her to the military base, she's become much more docile and speaks more politely, unlike before... For every sentence her mother-in-law said, she could say ten, which was very annoying.

"Grandma, I'm hungry," Lu Baozhen said, clutching her empty stomach.

Lu's mother looked down at her, and the sight of her face reminded her of the lost property in the house, causing an uncontrollable surge of irritation in her heart.

"Who isn't hungry? We'll talk about that after we're settled. There's not a single piece of food left in your bag. Where am I supposed to get you anything to eat? You're always asking for food. You know how things are at home. Can't you be a little more sensible?"

His words were always a reprimand, and his tone was impatient.

Lu Baozhen lowered her head, clutching her stomach, her sallow face gradually losing its color.

She ate half a cornbread yesterday at noon and hasn't had a drop of water since. She's so hungry, and there are stars twinkling above her head.

Lu Yizhou was stunned when he learned that someone had come to his home.

...Did someone come to his house?
Gu Chenghuai raised an eyebrow. "You don't know?"

His dark eyes fell on Lu Yizhou's face, revealing admiration and envy.

“Your aunt told the whole village that you had submitted a report to accompany her to the military and that you wanted to bring her here to enjoy a better life. Your aunt, your wife, and your daughter have all arrived and are registering at the door.”

Lu Yizhou's head was throbbing.

What do you mean by "military dependent report"? He was being pestered by his mother so much that he impulsively suggested she come and stay for a few days to relax. It wasn't about accompanying the military; he hadn't even applied for a house yet.

She forced a smile, "...Thank you."

After politely thanking him, Lu Yizhou jogged towards the military region gate.

Seeing my family in the distance didn't bring me joy; instead, my vision went black.

Do you think the military region is like a village threshing ground?
I walked past, full of complaints.

"Mom, why are you here?"

As he asked the question, he glanced at Su Yuxian with displeasure.

He couldn't blame his own mother; he could only blame Su Yuxian for not fulfilling her duties as a wife and for failing to manage the home front, thus distracting him, a man striving for his future.

Su Yuxian's smile froze on her face, and her eyes turned cold.

What does this jerk mean? They've been married for so long and haven't even consummated their marriage. She's not even angry yet, and he's already giving her the cold shoulder. He's spoiled her rotten.

She stopped looking at Lu Yizhou and began to look around at the place where she would be living in the future.

Lu's mother, oblivious to the tension in her son and daughter-in-law's eyes, grabbed Lu Yizhou's arm and cried, "Son, we're out of money. We haven't had a decent meal in days, and we still owe the brigade grain. Why didn't you send some money home? I had no choice but to come to you..."

Lu Yizhou: "..."

I regret it so much. Why did he "forget" to send the money?

No, that's not the point. The point is...

"Where did all the money go?"

(End of this chapter)