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

Chapter 239 "How Great is It to Focus on a Career?"

Raising the dog didn't take Lin Zhao much time or food. Da Huang could do a lot of work and was very easy to manage, which made Gu's parents sigh with admiration. The heroic dog was truly extraordinary.

"Woof..." Big Yellow responded from the doorway, seemingly agreeing with Lin Zhao's words.

"Yes!" Yu Bao remembered all of her mother's words, snuggled into the warm quilt, and watched her mother leave.

With no adults at home, it's inevitable that children will be scared when they're home alone, especially since this isn't Fengshou Village where everyone on the left and right is someone we've known for a long time. Here... even the slightest noise from next door can make a child jumpy.

Fortunately, Big Yellow was there. The little owner inside was a bit uneasy. It would reach out and pat the door twice, as if to say, "I'm here." Then Amber's barking would sound, a soft but reassuring sound.

Because the dog was there, Yu Bao wasn't so scared.

Half a month has passed, and now he can sleep soundly after Lin Zhao goes to work.

courtyard.

"Dahuang, come and close the door," Lin Zhao instructed Dahuang, pulling her scarf tighter around her neck.

"Wang..."

The big yellow dog barked, and after its owner left, it stood up and fiddled with the door latch.

Lin Zhao pushed it from the outside, but it wouldn't budge, so it was definitely closed. She praised, "Dahuang is great, I'll reward you with a meat bone this afternoon."

"Wang!"

Receiving a clear echo, Lin Zhao hurried away.

The wind was howling.

As the familiar footsteps faded into the distance, Da Huang turned around and lay down to guard the door of its little master's room.

"Dahuang?" Yubao poked his little head out from under the covers, facing the door, and called out.

"Slap...slap!"

Dahuang sat up, stretched out its front paws, and patted the door.

Yu Bao smiled, her eyes crinkling, "Big Yellow, come in quickly."

Hearing its little master's call, the big yellow dog used some force with its front paws, and the door creaked open.

It stepped inside, half its body appearing in the room, and looked at Yu Bao, who was awake on the bed.

"It's cold outside, you and Amber stay inside."

Amber, who was already lying in the room, jumped up when she heard her name called, rushed to the bedside, and circled around, trying to see Yu Bao.

Unfortunately, the bed is higher than it.

Little Amber was clever; she took a few steps back, raised her front paws, stood upright, and finally met Yu Bao's eyes.

It barked twice.

"Wang...wang..."

The sound was faint, almost like humming.

If it's too loud, its mother will hit it.

The door was open, and the wind was blowing in from outside.

Yu Bao urged, "Dahuang, close the door, close the door quickly, it's windy."

Big Yellow can understand human speech. It immediately closed the door, and after closing the door, it lay down at the doorway to guard it, like a loyal soldier.

Yu Bao chuckled, nuzzled his head against the pillow, closed his eyes peacefully, and soon fell asleep.

Around 10 o'clock, someone pinched his nose.

He felt he couldn't breathe, so he opened his eyes.

He gently took his younger sister's mischievous hand away and said helplessly, "You naughty little darling."

Yu Bao sat up, grabbed a sweater and pulled it over his head, rubbed his eyes, and asked Yao Bao, "What do you want to do? Are you hungry, or do you need to pee?"

"Drink milk," Yao Bao requested.

"Wait, I'll go rinse off." Yu Bao quickly got dressed, slid off the bed, and as soon as her legs touched the ground, she habitually tidied the blankets.

Before leaving, I reminded Hengbao, "Hengbao, please help Qianbao and Yaobao get dressed and put on their hats before we go out. It's windy outside, be careful not to catch a cold."

“Yes, I know,” Hengbao said.

He's helping Qianbao get dressed.

Qianbao can take care of himself, but he is too young. His arms are short and he doesn't have much strength. He can put on his summer clothes, but it's too difficult for him to wear winter clothes!
Hengbao quickly dressed his younger brother.

"...Thank you, Second Brother," Qianbao said politely.

"You're welcome, I'm your brother," Hengbao said, then turned to help his sister get dressed.

Yao Bao is young and has many demands; she has to choose what she wears. Her brother opened the wardrobe, and the little girl pointed to the red cotton-padded jacket, saying in a clear voice, "This one!"

“…Okay.” Hengbao didn’t offer any opinion; listening to her was the right thing to do.

Like a tool, I helped my younger sister get dressed and put on her cotton shoes.

Find a comb, comb your sister's hair, and clumsily braid a messy braid.

"Okay. Go to the kitchen to brush your teeth and wash your face, then put on lotion before drinking your milk."

Because he had to take care of his younger siblings, the usually carefree Hengbao became much more patient.

Qianbao fetched a woolen hat, gave it to her younger sister, then put on her own and reminded Hengbao, "You're not wearing a hat."

Hengbao slapped his forehead, "I forgot."

He casually picked up his own hat and put it on.

"Let's go."

The four children were self-reliant at home, while Lin Zhao was extremely busy at the supply and marketing cooperative.

As the Lunar New Year approaches, more people are coming to the county town to buy things. The supply and marketing cooperative is closing more than half an hour later every day.

Many items were sold out before they even hit the shelves.

They have no trouble selling at all.

There were also defective products, but they were all divided up within the supply and marketing cooperative.

Even if you don't want it, your family needs it, so no one thinks you have too much.

After that day, Lin Zhao obtained another basketful of supplies.

She stretched, her shoulders cracking.

"Are you getting used to it?" Li Fen asked with a smile.

"It's alright," Lin Zhao replied. This level of intensity was nothing to her.

"You'll get used to it. It's just a busy period before the New Year. It'll get better in a while," Li Fen comforted Lin Zhao, worried that he might not be able to adapt.

"Ah."

Li Fen said, "It's almost time. You should go back first. I'll take care of the rest. Qianbao and Yaobao are still young, so be careful they don't make a fuss."

Lin Zhao thanked him, tidied up briefly, and then left with the defective product.

Not long after I got home, Gu Qingzhou arrived.

"Third sister-in-law, Mother asked me to bring you food and check on you while I'm at it."

Lin Zhao welcomed Gu Qingzhou inside, smiling as she said, "You've come just in time; we really don't have much food left."

That's just a polite way of putting it.

The storage ring was full of fresh vegetables, but it was difficult to take them out.

The twins are clever and not easily fooled. Lin Zhao has to carefully consider what he can and cannot offer.

The basket of mushrooms that Gu Qingzhou brought was very eye-catching. Lin Zhao touched it and exclaimed in surprise, "So many of them are mushrooms?"

"Yes, we've saved up quite a lot. Dad said he'd send them all to you. He also said we don't need to sell our mushrooms; we should let Yu Bao and Heng Bao eat them first."

These are his father's exact words.

He didn't say a single word.

Yu Bao came over with a bowl of brown sugar water, handed it to his uncle, and squatted down to look at the mushrooms. "Grandpa's mushrooms are so big! Mom, I want to eat them. Can you make them this afternoon?"

Lin Zhao: "Okay."

After answering Yu Bao, she looked at Gu Qingzhou and asked, "How's the mushroom cultivation going in the brigade?"

After school let out for vacation, Gu Qingzhou helped her father grow mushrooms and knew about the mushroom cultivation situation in the brigade.

He said, "Very good."

“The crops we planted before have always yielded a good harvest, and the newly planted ones… we can harvest the first crop too.” Lin Zhao was surprised. “So fast. Did Dad say what the brigade leader’s plans are?”

Gu Qingzhou said straightforwardly, "Please help me."

"I know." Since Gu's father had given her advance notice, Lin Zhao knew what was going on. She asked, "What's the plan? For example, who will handle the purchasing and delivery?"

Gu Qingzhou took a sip of brown sugar water, and her whole body felt warm.

"Big Brother Da Hai is in charge of receiving them, while Big Brother and Second Brother deliver them."

Lin Zhao nodded, "I've already spoken to the director. We'll just go directly to the supply and marketing cooperative and find the purchasing agent. The purchasing agent will accept the goods directly."

She is an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative and needs to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

The lesson of Liu Chunhong is right there; it's best not to touch what you shouldn't. Better safe than sorry, getting reported will only leave you with a dirty mess.

Gu Qingzhou replied, "Okay, I'll go back and tell Father."

Lin Zhao had already divided the defective products she bought into two portions. She handed one portion over, saying, "These are defective products from the supply and marketing cooperative. Take them back and let your mother handle them."

"Okay." Gu Qingzhou didn't waste any words and accepted the offer directly.

In any case, his mother wouldn't let his third sister-in-law suffer a loss.

As soon as he left, Lin Zhao gave up half of the mushrooms and took the four kids to her uncle's house for a free meal.

When.

The Song family was all home, and there were sounds coming from inside. Aunt Song's voice was loud, as if she was scolding someone.

Lin Zhao looked puzzled.

It's almost Chinese New Year, and given my uncle and aunt's personalities, they won't be swearing at me.

Yu Bao went up and knocked on the door.

"Grandpa, Grandma," he called out obediently.

Aunt Song, who was inside the house, paused when she heard the noise. She stopped cursing, took a deep breath, glared at her troublesome eldest son, and went to open the door.

Seeing Lin Zhao and his four children, a smile appeared on his angry face.

"Zhao Zhao is here, with four little ones. Come in quickly, it's so cold outside."

She pulled Lin Zhao into the house and ordered Song Yunjin, "Pour brown sugar water for your sister and the four kids, so they can warm up."

As he spoke, he handed Lin Zhao a thermos for warming his hands.

"Zhaozhao, don't let the four babies touch the water we just filled. Be careful they don't get burned," she warned.

Lin Zhao nodded.

Glancing at the dejected Yun Cheng, ignoring his pitiful pleading eyes, she took Aunt Song's arm and asked, "Aunt, did Yun Cheng make you angry?"

Once Aunt Song's anger subsided, she couldn't be bothered with Song Yuncheng's affairs.

"Let him be, let people smear him however they want, he doesn't care, why should we care so much?"

She truly regretted it, regretting not having been more cunning with her son.

A grown man is being spread rumors by a young woman, and the rumors are spreading like wildfire!

Fortunately, she found out early and dealt with it this morning, which could still salvage the situation. Otherwise, she would have definitely called her sister-in-law and attacked the Qiao family.

Why should they? That family is absolutely wicked!!
Song Yuncheng couldn't help but retort, "Mom, I already said I didn't know before. If I had known... I definitely wouldn't have let Qiao Lu smear me. I'm not stupid. You wait, I'll show her tomorrow what happens when you offend the wrong person."

That was a bit childish, and Lin Zhao couldn't help but twitch her lips.

"What happened to Comrade Qiao? Didn't you two separate? How did you get involved again?!" she asked.

Song Yuncheng protested, "Sister, we did break up. We broke up the time you came. I didn't do anything two-faced."

He first tried to clear his name, his face showing grievance.

"But I never expected Qiao Lu to betray me. She secretly ruined my reputation, which caused me to be scolded by my mother."

Lin Zhao asked curiously, "How did she ruin you? If she ruins you, won't it affect her too?"

Any romantic affair has a negligible impact on men, but a much greater impact on women.

"She said I was irresponsible, that I listened to my parents in everything, that I was a coward, and that I didn't respect women, and that anyone who married me would suffer..." Song Yuncheng felt wronged to death.

He really regrets dating!

It's so much better to focus on building a career.

If he gets a promotion and a raise soon, he can buy his sister face cream and a new coat...

Lin Zhao looked at her with pity, "You're really unlucky."

Ultimately, it's all because of his poor eyesight, but we don't subscribe to the victim-harm theory, so we can't blame Yuncheng.

Song Yuncheng turned to his sister for help, "Sister, what should I do? Please help me think of a solution."

He was not yet twenty years old and had not encountered many strange things. His first girlfriend used underhanded tactics against him, and Song Yuncheng really didn't know what to do.

Yu Bao remembered the issue he had discussed with his mother before, raised his little hand, and offered a suggestion with shining eyes: "Use their strength against them, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, Uncle, which do you think works? If none of them work, let's try them all."

Hengbao stroked his chubby chin and said, "Let's just give each other an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Do the same thing to her as she does to you."

He tugged at Song Yuncheng's cotton coat and nodded to him, "Uncle, listen to me, you won't go wrong."

Lin Zhao looked approving.

clever.

It's a bit harsh, but the one who starts it is the one who's wicked; that's how you deal with bad people.

"Reputation can be a big deal or a small one, Yuncheng, you need to be careful, don't let your aunt and uncle worry about you," Lin Zhao said calmly.

"If all else fails, listen to Hengbao. Don't think that ignoring everything will make this pass. That Comrade Qiao is clearly up to no good. If you don't take action, you'll suffer the consequences."

Not only women get the rumors, but men do too. She'd met one; he was from the Dongfeng Brigade, a perfectly fine young man, just a bit quiet, and all sorts of gossip circulated about him. While his peers were already old enough to run errands, he was only just getting married.

Song Yuncheng said seriously, "I know, I will handle it."

Sensing his sister's dissatisfaction, he offered a few words of explanation: "It's the end of the year, and I've been working overtime the whole time. I didn't know anything. If I had heard her spreading rumors earlier, I would have gone to find her long ago."

Why are you spreading bad things about him?
He had finally managed to change his family's impression of him, but all his efforts were in vain.

Song Yuncheng grew angrier the more he thought about it, wishing he could rush to the Qiao family and yell at the shrew.

Seeing that her cousin was really aggrieved, Lin Zhao comforted him with a few words.

“What kind of good person would act like this when they're dating? You're really being wronged.”

She changed the subject, "But it's right that you're working wholeheartedly. Get promoted first, that's the most important thing."

Song Yuncheng was greatly encouraged by his sister's praise.

"Sis, I'm not interested in dating right now, I just want a promotion and a raise."

Lin Zhao gave her an encouraging look, "You can do it."

People under twenty shouldn't be talking about relationships. Focus on your career first. Once your career is going well, things will come naturally!
Song Yuncheng, full of energy, immediately turned around and said, "I'm going to read a book!"

"Go ahead, I brought a lot of mushrooms, eat more later." Lin Zhao said with a smile.

Song Yuncheng thought his sister was really nice, unlike his mother, who had no patience for him at all. Before he could even explain himself, he was scolded.

Ugh.

If it weren't for his good nature, he wouldn't know how to maintain this precarious mother-son relationship.

Song Yuncheng rushed into the house to read a book.

Song Yunjin asked, "Sister, have the mushrooms your brigade is growing started to sprout?"

"Ah."

Hengbao boasted, "All the mushrooms in this basket were grown by my grandpa!"

Yao Bao spread her arms wide, making a big circle, "Big!"

Song Yunjin was charmed, and a smile as warm as a spring breeze appeared on her lips. "Do Qianbao and Yaobao like to eat mushrooms?"

"Hmm," Qianbao said coolly.

Yao Bao smiled sweetly, "I like it~~"

Aunt Song's eyes were full of affection. "I'll make you something fresh with mushrooms later. I guarantee you'll love it."

While Aunt Song was comforting the twins, Uncle Song asked Lin Zhao, "Your parents are planning to go to Haicheng at the beginning of the year. Did you know about this?"

Lin Zhao genuinely had no idea. "When did you say that?"

(End of this chapter)