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

Chapter 222 "At least that person has a conscience"

Gu Chan smiled before she spoke.

"Zhaozhao, I'll be able to pay off my debt to you all soon!"

Her voice wasn't loud, but her smile was incredibly infectious, making people unable to resist glancing at her.

"Hmm?" Lin Zhao asked in a puzzled tone, "What's going on?"

She got serious.

My main concern is that my sister-in-law might be scammed.

Although most people nowadays are honest and kind, there are also wicked people who can easily take advantage of an honest person.

Gu Chan gave Lin Zhao a reassuring look and explained carefully, "The person Xiang Dong saved has returned."

"...The old man he rescued was a researcher. He went into the mountains to look for something, but he went deeper and deeper and encountered danger. Fortunately, he met Xiang Dong and was saved."

"The old man was injured and fell into a coma. When his son heard the news, he was so worried that he rushed him to a big hospital for treatment. After he was almost fully recovered, he remembered the person who saved his life and came back."

“That family will cover the medical expenses and even said they would arrange a job for Xiangdong. Xiangdong asked to switch jobs with me, and the family agreed. Once Xiangdong recovers, I will be able to go back to work.”

Lin Zhao never expected that things would take such a turn.

"Good deeds are rewarded, congratulations, sister."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Qianbao suddenly blurted out, "Congratulations, Auntie."

Gu Chan laughed uncontrollably, hugging her nephew and kissing him sweetly, "Do you know what we're talking about? You said congratulations."

Qianbao's gaze was calm, her dark eyes exceptionally clear. "Auntie has to go to work, just like Mom."

Gu Chan's eyes widened. "Qianbao is so smart."

She hugged the little one, saying, "He'll definitely amount to something in the future."

"Yes, that's impressive." Qianbao nodded like a little adult, "You're supporting Mom and Auntie."

Gu Chan's heart melted. "Okay. Auntie, go to work hard and support our Qianbao and Hengbao through college."

Qianbao hummed in agreement, then looked down at the book, occasionally telling it to his younger sister.

Both children are very easy to take care of.

"Who is taking care of your brother-in-law?" Lin Zhao asked curiously, seeing that Gu Chan wasn't in a hurry to go back.

"My mother-in-law is here, and Big Stone and Little Stone are here too, so it's alright," Gu Chan said with a smile.

"Are the big and small stones alright?" Lin Zhao asked again.

Neither of the boys liked to cause trouble for others. They only stayed at the Gu family's house for a few days before insisting on leaving. There was really nothing she could do but send them to the hospital.

Later, Big Stone took his brother back to the village, and occasionally their grandmother would bring them along when she came to the county hospital.

"I'm fine," Gu Chan said.

Knowing that Zhao Zhao was worried that Sister-in-law Wei would hurt the two stones, she explained, "I told Big Stone to stay with her grandma. With my mother-in-law protecting her, my sister-in-law wouldn't dare to go too far."

Gu Chan's eyes were filled with gratitude. "It's all thanks to Cheng Huai for going there. Knowing how powerful my brother is, my sister-in-law hasn't dared to come over since."

It's okay to say some unpleasant things, as long as you don't say them in front of her, she can pretend she didn't hear them.

"Big sister, you're being too polite." Lin Zhao's eyes were warm. "Gu Chenghuai is your own brother, it's only right that he supports you."

Putting aside her husband, even she herself, seeing Sister-in-law Wei's smug face, would want to give her a good slap.

That's so infuriating.

Gu Chan felt a warmth in her heart.

"Zhaozhao, I haven't visited for so many days. There must be a lot of laundry to do at home. I'll come over when I have time," she said apologetically.

Lin Zhao: "..."

“No need. My cousin is at home. My aunt and uncle asked him to help me take care of my four kids. He does all the heavy and tiring work at home. You go ahead with your work, I don’t have anything to do at home.”

Gu Chan scolded Lin Zhao, "How much trouble could I possibly have?"

Seeing Zhao Zhao shake her head at her, she compromised and said, "Alright then, I'll go after I've taken care of everything."

She was very stubborn about this.

She feels uncomfortable if we don't let her do it.

Cheng Huai isn't home, and my younger brother and sister-in-law are taking care of four children. It must be so hard for them. I'll help if I can; it's just a matter of contributing some physical effort.

As long as Cheng Huai's family is happy, she feels it's all worth it!

Lin Zhao was speechless.

Just then, the workday bell rang.

Gu Chan looked at Lin Zhao with a questioning gaze, "Going back together?"

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chan reached out to Yao Bao, who opened her forearm.

Lin Zhao put the twins' stools into the cabinet, packed up her belongings, and led Qianbao out of the counter.

They left the supply and marketing cooperative.

She looked down at Qianbao, "Do you want a hug?"

Qianbao shook his head.

"Then walk. Tell me if you get tired, and I'll carry you," Lin Zhao said gently.

"Mmm!" Qianbao responded obediently.

A tender look appeared in Gu Chan's eyes.

"Zhaozhao, are we having a birthday celebration for Yubao and Hengbao this year?"

Lin Zhao nodded, "Yes, we'll do it. And we'll do it properly. We've never done this before, so we'll make up for it for them."

Gu Chan paused slightly, her face beaming with joy.

“Yu Bao and Heng Bao will be very happy.”

"Where do you plan to hold it?" she asked again.

In previous years, when the twins celebrated their birthdays, their mother would boil eggs for them as usual, and she would use her saved sugar coupons to buy some malt sugar to share with Yu Bao and Heng Bao.

Actually, this is considered quite good in the village, but Gu Chan still felt that her nephew was being wronged.

Their father is so capable, and their allowances are so high, yet the children only celebrate their birthdays once a year and eat pastries sold by the supply and marketing cooperative... It's not unreasonable, is it?

But none.

of course.

Gu Chan wouldn't blame her younger siblings. The third branch of the family had been separated, and Zhao Zhao was the manager, so she had the final say on how to live.

Lin Zhao replied, "We'll do it in the village."

She explained with a smile, "Yu Bao and Heng Bao know a lot of people in the village, so they can make it a lively event, which will make them even happier."

Gu Chan couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, Hengbao loves excitement the most. He'll definitely be happy if we hold it in the village and can gloat all the way until the New Year."

At this point, Lin Zhao realized with a start that there were only two months left until the Lunar New Year.

"The Chinese New Year is almost here."

Gu Chan turned to look at her, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Did Cheng Huai say he's coming back?"

"I'm not going back." Lin Zhao shook her head.

Gu Chan's eyes showed heartache, and she said dryly, "I'm sorry to have wronged you."

"I'm not upset. You're all here, and his absence... won't affect our lively celebration." Lin Zhao said, feigning nonchalance.

Gu Chan said, "You're right, let's have a lively discussion. Zhao Zhao, is this a defective product from the supply and marketing cooperative? I want to make a cotton coat for my mother, but we don't have any cloth coupons."

"Not yet," Lin Zhao said. "It's not time yet. It might be available in about half a month. I'll keep an eye out and save it for you if it comes out."

"Thank you for your trouble." Gu Chan said somewhat embarrassed.

"It's no trouble at all, just a quick thing." Lin Zhao didn't mind, her tone becoming light and cheerful. "I knitted a sweater for Mother. Once your cotton-padded coat is finished, Mother will have a brand new outfit."

Gu Chan was shocked, "You knitted a sweater for Mother?"

Is she her biological mother or her mother-in-law?
The expression on her face was so easy to understand.

Lin Zhao paused for a moment, then said, "Whoever makes the cotton-padded coat for my eldest sister, that's who will knit my sweater."

They didn't have much to do in the afternoons at work, so she learned to knit slowly, just like her colleagues.

In this period of time, she first knitted for herself and Gu Chenghuai, then for her four children, just finished knitting for her parents last week, and is now knitting for her mother-in-law.

To be honest, knitting is a great way to pass the time.

Gu Chan gave an awkward smile, "Oh, I see. Thank you on behalf of my mother. Did you knit it for yourself?"

“I have everything.” Lin Zhao chuckled. “I bought a lot of yarn, and my third brother sent me a lot more. I’m bored at work, so I’m knitting to pass the time.”

Gu Chan understood.

The job of a sales clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative is indeed easy and extremely comfortable.

"Which factory will your older sister work for in the future? Has that family mentioned it?" Lin Zhao asked.

"I haven't said yet," Gu Chan said. "No matter which factory I go to, having a job is good." Even a temporary job is good, let alone that family is powerful, she got a permanent job right away.

Qianbao tightened his grip slightly and reached out to Lin Zhao as she looked at him.

"I want a hug." He tilted his head back, his adorable little face serious.

Lin Zhao bent down and picked him up. "Are you tired?"

"Mmm." Qianbao wrapped his arms around his mother's neck, nodded, and yawned.

"Tired?" Lin Zhao patted her youngest son's back, her voice soft and gentle.

The child rubbed his eyes, his long eyelashes drooping down like small fans, making one's heart melt.

"Mmm," he responded sleepily.

"Close your eyes and go to sleep, Mommy will take you home." Lin Zhao gently stroked Qianbao's soft back, coaxing him to sleep.

Qianbao perked up, pouted and kissed her mother's face, then buried her face in Lin Zhao's shoulder, closed her eyes, and fell asleep in a second.

Lin Zhao was slightly taken aback.

A gentle smile appeared in her eyes.

How could she be tired? Her baby was healing her silently and without fanfare.

Gu Chan's eyes were unusually vacant.

Is this Qianbao? Not Yubao or Hengbao?!
"Qianbao is so clingy now?" Her tone was full of disbelief.

Lin Zhao supported Qian Bao's bottom with his left hand and his back with his right, patting him occasionally, and said in a low voice, "Occasionally, rarely."

“That’s not bad either.” Gu Chan was very envious. “When he was little, I would wipe his bottom and wash his diapers. He didn’t want me to hold him. If I held him for a while, he would start to whine and cry. He wouldn’t let anyone touch him. He’s been like this since he was little, just like his father.”

Lin Zhao said, "I didn't realize that he was close to me since we were little."

In her eyes, he's a little boy who loves to cling to his mother.

Gu Chan brainwashed herself, "You worked hard to give birth to them, and they should kiss you. If anyone doesn't kiss you, Chenghuai will pick them up and beat them."

"That's true, haha."

As they were talking, they returned home.

Gu Chan was in a hurry to return to the hospital and didn't dare to stay any longer. Before leaving, she asked Lin Zhao to tell her parents the good news about her family if she returned to the village.

After saying that, he quickly left.

Time flies and three days have passed.

Li Bao recovered from his illness, but unable to bear his constant pestering, Gu Yuanshan and Huang Xiulan sent him to school.

After paying that two cents tuition fee, my heart ached so much it almost hurt.

The children didn't know how to be polite. Li Bao remembered what his aunt had said, that he should go to the city to visit her and go to and from school with Yu Bao and Heng Bao. So he made a fuss about going to his aunt's house.

Huang Xiulan had no other choice but to blush and bring him to find the twins.

This was her first time visiting the third wife's home in the city.

It was quite a rare sight.

The courtyards in the city are clean and respectable.

"Third sister-in-law, Li Bao is better now and he's been clamoring to go to school. I've come to register him."

Lin Zhao looked at Li Bao. The little guy was wearing thick clothes with patches, his face was thin and small, and a little sallow. He had been sick and his complexion had not yet recovered.

"Is Li Bao still feeling unwell?" she asked Li Bao.

"I don't feel bad anymore." Li Bao gave a simple, honest smile.

Huang Xiulan rolled her eyes at him, "Why aren't you feeling unwell anymore? You still have a bit of a cough."

Lin Zhao gently patted Li Bao's head and said, "Stay here with your third aunt for a few days. I have some cough medicine here, you can drink it. After drinking it a few times, you won't cough anymore."

Li Bao smiled and said, "Okay."

Hengbao clung to Lin Zhao, "Mommy, can I drink it?"

"You're not coughing, why are you drinking this? Medicine is always poisonous." Lin Zhao pushed his face away.

Hengbao sighed and stopped pestering her.

He looked at Li Bao with envy, licked his lips, and said, "Li Bao, the cough medicine my mom gave me is so sweet! My brother and I stopped coughing after just two doses. I want to drink it again, but Mom won't let me."

He sounded very aggrieved.

Lin Zhao: "..."

Li Bao didn't believe there was such a thing as sweet medicine, and said, "If my third aunt gives it to me, I'll share it with you."

Lin Zhao glanced at Heng Bao with a nonchalant air.

The little boy's eyes lit up, and he said to Li Bao, "No, I'm not coughing. You drink it yourself, and you'll feel better after you drink the medicine. When you're better, we'll play."

Li Bao gave a heavy "hmm".

He saw Big Yellow and Amber, and happily hugged them, "Big Yellow, Amber, I haven't seen you in so long, you've gotten so fat..."

The children chatted and laughed.

Lin Zhao and Huang Xiulan were also talking. After finishing talking about the lively events in the village, they started talking about Gu Chan.

Huang Xiulan was overjoyed to hear that the person Wei Xiangdong had rescued had returned and acknowledged the crime.

"At least that family has a conscience!" she laughed heartily. "Now Achan can relax."

Lin Zhao: "Yes. That family not only pays the medical expenses, but also arranges a job for me."

"!!!"

Huang Xiulan's eyes widened in disbelief, speechless with anger.

"...Work?" she raised her voice. "What kind of work?"

Lin Zhao: "I don't know yet."

Huang Xiulan swallowed hard, wishing she were the one who had risked her life to save the person.

"No matter what kind of job it is, having one is good enough. Ah Chan's life has really turned around, and she won't have to worry about anything anymore. She married a good man."

Thinking that her own husband wasn't bad either, even though her family was poor, her life was quite comfortable, her complicated emotions subsided a bit.

"When I get back, I'll tell my mother, and she'll be able to sleep soundly at night."

Since her son-in-law's accident, Gu's mother has been worried. Every few days, she would exchange eggs in the village and send them to the county hospital, asking Achan to cook them for her son-in-law.

Every time Wei Xiangdong's injury is mentioned, he gets very worried—worried about the medical expenses, worried about what will happen to his daughter in the future…

“Sister-in-law, the money we borrowed… my sister said she’ll pay it back once that family gives it to us,” Lin Zhao said.

Huang Xiulan waved her hand, "Tell her there's no need to rush, I'll just consider it as her saving it for us."

"You're not in a hurry, but I am," Lin Zhao said with a smile.

“That’s true.” Huang Xiulan took a sip of water to moisten her throat and continued, “...I can’t even sleep well after borrowing money from others.”

After their conversation, she was thinking about getting to work, so she gave Li Bao some instructions and went back to the brigade.

Li Bao sat on the stool, swinging her legs, with a happy smile on her face.

He linked arms with Yu Bao and Heng Bao, "We can play together again. Yu Bao, Heng Bao, have you made any new friends at school?"

"Yes, there are many..." Hengbao listed several names.

Li Bao looked at him and Yu Bao, and asked somewhat nervously, "Am I still your best friend?"

"Of course!" Hengbao replied without hesitation. "We're best friends, best brothers, the best of the best, the best in the world."

Li Bao's tense little face broke into a smile.

Lin Zhao came to deliver cough medicine to Li Bao, and upon hearing this conversation, she laughed until her stomach hurt.

He rubbed his cheek and went inside.

"Li Bao, it's time to take your medicine. The sooner you take it, the better."

Li Bao slid off the stool, took the medicine with both hands, looked up at Lin Zhao, and said with great courage, "Third Aunt, I'm really amazing now. I'm not afraid of bitterness at all, and I can gulp down the medicine in one go."

As he said this, Lin Zhao could hear the tremor in his voice.

"It's not bitter, it's sweet. Didn't Hengbao tell you that?" she reassured him.

It had been said, but Li Bao couldn't believe it.

The medicine he drank was so bitter that he couldn't taste it at all.

"Li Bao, you actually don't believe me!" Heng Bao was greatly shocked.

A hint of guilt flashed in Li Bao's eyes. "I believe you!"

"If you don't believe me, if you don't believe me... I'll prove it to you!" He picked up the medicine and gulped it down.

Upon tasting the sweetness, a look of bewilderment appeared in his dark eyes.

It’s really sweet!
In an instant, a look of regret appeared on Li Bao's face.

He drank it too fast, I didn't even get to taste it, boohoo.

(End of this chapter)