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

Chapter 252 "He Wants to Say a Few Words to His Wife"

"Is Qingzhou's instruction really useful?" Zhao Liuniang's eyes gleamed, and she was calculating something in her mind.

Lin Zhao smiled.

Hmm? Is Second Sister-in-law perhaps considering having Qingzhou tutor Bangbang Lai Mei?!

"Lai Mei is still injured."

Zhao Liuniang waved her hand, "Injuries always heal eventually, it's not like we're talking about fixing them now. If the results come out and I do well, great; if I don't... well, hehe."

This "hehe" is also full of warning.

Lin Zhao: "..."

"How many points is considered good?" she asked, genuinely curious.

Lin Zhao didn't have high expectations for her four sons' education. If they could study, they could; if they couldn't, there were always other options.

After the opening up, everything was in need of rebuilding, and people could do well in whatever they did.

With her and Gu Chenghuai keeping an eye on things, the overall direction won't go astray.

Based on her two sons' previous grades, Zhao Liuniang concluded: "...they should score at least 80 points."

Lin Zhao was silent.

She thought her second sister-in-law had very high goals.

That makes it 80 points.

This is nothing!
"Too little?" Zhao Liuniang asked hesitantly, noticing the complicated expression on her third sister-in-law's face.

"It's not bad."

Lin Zhao did not dig a pit for the child.

To be fair, some of the students have indeed been a bit lax this semester.

It's not surprising. Although schools have reopened, the learning atmosphere is really not good. Since there are no college entrance exams, many people are confused about going to school and feel that it's better to earn work points.

This is just the beginning.

It will get worse in the future.

Some of those still in school will drop out to work in the fields, and when they reach a certain age, they'll go on blind dates, get married, and become parents...

Zhao Liuniang nudged Lin Zhao's arm, "Seriously, is he really good or just pretending?"

She made no secret of her determination: "I want Bangbang and the others to go to high school. I think people still need to be educated; you can't get by without education."

"That's really good," Lin Zhao affirmed.

"Bangbang and Laimei are both smart kids, high school won't be a problem for them. Besides, we still have Qingzhou, if all else fails, we can ask him for help."

Zhao Liuniang slapped her forehead, "That's right!"

She finished the last sip of malted milk powder with a delightful smile.

"Look at this... I always get some good stuff here."

Lin Zhao glanced at her and said, "How much can you eat? Why are you being so polite with me?"

Every time her second sister-in-law comes, she brings her a lot of the latest news, which is the main reason why she never misses any hot topics, even though she is often not in the village.

She has a little megaphone~

Packed with information, it's worth a bowl of malted milk powder!

Zhao Liuniang got a bowl of malted milk powder and went home with a smile. The gloom that had appeared because of Old Man Zhao suddenly disappeared, and her aura became much more peaceful.

Why bother arguing with that scoundrel? He's practically buried in the ground.

Zhao Liuniang hummed a revolutionary song as she went home.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yucheng and his two sons exchanged glances, somewhat surprised.

"...Are you in a better mood?" the man asked.

Bangbang and Laimei haven't dared to breathe loudly these past few days, for fear of hurting their mother.

Seeing the smile on her face, I knew that the gloom brought by Grandpa had dissipated, and she was finally smiling.

Zhao Liuniang: "Alright, it's just thirty catties of grain a year, it's nothing. I'll just consider it an extra meal for Dahuang and Hu Po."

Lai Mei touched the gauze on her head, revealing the truth of her mother's words.

"You're the one who wouldn't want to." Taking advantage of his head injury, he dared to say anything, "You'd rather steal Big Yellow and Amber's dog food! Hahahaha—!"

Zhao Liuniang's face turned green.

"Gu Xingci!"

"Are you asking for a beating?!" she glared at him angrily.

Lai Mei pinched her mouth shut, "I'll shut up, I won't say anything more!"

Seeing that his wife had recovered, Gu Yucheng looked down at his son and said, "If you two are really free, go help your grandpa in the mushroom shed."

After saying that, he muttered to himself, "Raising a son is too expensive."

Bangbang: "...?"

He thought it was alright, but when he met his father's unfriendly gaze, he grabbed his younger brother and ran away.

……

On this day, students received their report cards, and school officially began its winter break.

When Yu Bao and Heng Bao returned home, the two brothers held hands and walked out in a wide, unsteady manner.

She deliberately bulged out her not-so-fat belly, her expression smug and overbearing, as if she wanted to fly to the moon.

Hengbao waved the paper in his hand, "Mom, guess how many points my brother and I got?"

Although Yu Bao didn't speak, his thick eyebrows were raised high, and his eyes kept glancing at Lin Zhao.

"How much?" Lin Zhao pretended not to notice that they had done well on the exam and feigned ignorance.

Hengbao spread his index and middle fingers and pressed them against the dimples on his cheek, saying loudly, "Mom, can't you even see that? I'm smiling so happily, of course it's a perfect score!"

Before Lin Zhao could ask Yu Bao, he added, "Brother also got two perfect scores!!"

"You two are great! What kind of reward do you want?" Lin Zhao led her two sons home.

Yu Bao was the first to make a request, "I want to call my dad."

"Okay," Lin Zhao agreed, then added, "I can take you there, but I can't guarantee we'll be able to contact him."

“It’s okay.” Yu Bao said seriously, her tone earnest. “Dad is a soldier and he’s very busy every day. I understand. Mom can take us.”

Lin Zhao looked at her sensible son and hugged Yu Bao.

"I'll take you there after we finish eating."

Yu Bao smiled happily, "Okay, my brother and I got perfect scores for the first time, and I want to tell Dad."

“Your father wants to hear it too,” Lin Zhao said gently.

Hearing this, the two boys were even happier, and at the same time silently decided in their hearts that they would get perfect scores from now on.

"Does Hengbao want any gifts?!"

Hengbao didn't expect there would be a reward for getting perfect scores, but he had wanted it for a long time and originally planned to save up his New Year's money to buy it himself.

He looked up at Lin Zhao and said, "I want a soccer ball, the kind you can kick around on the grass, is that okay?"

Yao Bao overheard this and ran back into the house. When she came out again, she was holding her cloth ball in her arms.

The little dumpling walked up to her second brother and handed him the ball.

In her irresistibly cute voice, she said, "Here you go."

Hengbao stood there, stunned, his mouth slightly open, unsure of what to say.

Seeing her brother stunned, Yaobao sighed like a little devil, stuffed the cloth ball into Hengbao's hand, turned around, picked up the milk bottle and obediently drank her milk.

Hengbao held the cloth ball, his little brows furrowed.

He muttered, "I want a soccer ball, the kind I can play with Yuanbao and the others, not a cloth ball, cloth balls are for kids."

Lin Zhao chuckled softly.

Hengbao looked at her and called out, "Mom!" he said in dissatisfaction.

"Can you do something about your sister? She's always causing trouble."

Lin Zhao said, "Where did your sister cause trouble? She heard you wanted the ball and gave it to you. What a good sister she is! How can you say that about her?"

Hengbao quickly said, "That's not what I meant, I meant..."

The child didn't know what to say, hesitated for a long time, and then suddenly sighed heavily.

so hard.

Lin Zhao patted Erzai's head and said, "Don't worry, I'll buy you a soccer ball."

Hengbao's eyes lit up, and he shook his brother's hand, "Brother, when we go back to the village, we can play football with Yuanbao and the others!"

"Ok!"

Lin Zhao smiled, "Not playing ping pong anymore?"

"It's cold," Yu Bao explained. "Yuan Bao and the others don't have gloves, their hands will get frostbite. Football doesn't require using your hands, and running around will warm you up. Let's play football."

The child's thoughtfulness and warmth are truly touching.

Lin Zhao's eyes softened.

"Wearing scarves and gloves, aren't you two cold on your way to school?" she asked.

Hengbao took off his gloves and touched her hand.

"Touch."

Lin Zhao touched it; it was warm. "It's good that it's not cold."

"Hmm, it's not cold." Hengbao pulled her cotton coat tighter around herself and grinned. "Go wash your hands, and after dinner I'll take you to the post office to make a phone call."

"Hey!" The two little brothers happily went to wash their hands.

Lin Zhao went to the kitchen to get the food. A small hand gripped the door, and a little head slowly peeked out.

It's Qianbao.

"Mom," he called out.

Lin Zhao looked at the little one and asked patiently, "What's wrong?"

"I want to go too," the child slowly uttered.

go……?
It took Lin Zhao a few seconds to realize that Qianbao wanted to go to the post office.

While she was busy with her work, she asked, "Do you also want to call Dad?"

"Yes!" Qianbao nodded seriously.

“Qianbao misses his dad too. Okay, you and Yaobao can go too.”

Having received a response, Qianbao gave a sweet, innocent smile and left contentedly.

The little figure in the cotton coat was short and chubby, so small and cute.

After dinner.

Lin Zhao took the four children to the post office, with Big Yellow and Amber following behind, and Little Gold not being overlooked either, being held by Hengbao.

On the road.

Yu Bao suddenly asked, "Mom, when do you get a holiday?"

The smile on Lin Zhao's lips vanished.

Have a holiday?

Ha ha.

There's no way it's fake.

She hadn't realized it at first, always thinking it would be left for ten days or half a month, but unexpectedly...

The apparent lie lasts only one day.

Yes, you heard right, one day!!

If Li Fen hadn't suggested that the sales clerks could discuss and take turns having consecutive days off, she would have given up entirely.

The work is easy, that's true, but it can't be like... only getting one day off for the Lunar New Year.

"It's still a long way off," Lin Zhao replied listlessly.

Huh?
Yu Bao looked over and asked, "Why? Didn't you say the holiday was coming up soon?"

"No, not yet." Lin Zhao didn't want to say more.

Yu Bao could tell that her mother wasn't in a good mood, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Little Sweetie is always so comforting. After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly said, "Mom, I'm on vacation, let me help you go to work."

Lin Zhao was both amused and exasperated.

My gloomy mood was half cured.

She said, "How old are you? Are you even as tall as the counter? You want to work for me? You little kid... you're so small but have such big ambitions."

Yu Bao thought it over carefully and even came up with a solution: "Mom can sit and read or even sleep, and I'll take care of the customers. If there's anything I can't handle, I'll ask you. Isn't that fine?"

The child's eyes were dark and bright, sparkling with light.

"Is Mom any happier now that I've helped?"

Lin Zhao clutched her chest.

What an angel baby she gave birth to, so sweet!

The old mother's heart was melting, sob sob.

Before she could answer, Hengbao chimed in, "Brother, pick up the goods. I'll do the accounting. I'm really fast at accounting; I never make mistakes."

The twins walked hand in hand, with Yu Bao and Heng Bao each holding one of their hands, while Da Huang and Hu Po followed behind the four children, remaining vigilant at all times.

Qianbao stated, "I will tell stories to my mother."

Yao Bao said sweetly, "Baby, give it to Mommy."

It means giving your doll to your mother to play with.

Lin Zhao's heart was burning, and her eyes and brows were full of smiles.

“You’re all my good boys, I appreciate your kind gesture,” she said gently.

"Yu Bao, Heng Bao, you two enjoy your winter vacation. Help me take care of my younger siblings with Da Huang. That will lighten my burden."

The end of the year will be very busy, so Lin Zhao plans to send her four children back to the village to be cared for by her mother-in-law. If the weather is good, she will return the same day. If it rains or snows, she will stay in the county, and the four children will stay with their grandmother.

The twins are unaware of this.

They nodded their little heads.

"Uh-huh."

As they spoke, the group arrived at the post office.

This time we were lucky; Gu Chenghuai happened to be in the army.

Hearing that he had his own phone, he tightened his belt, ran forward, and soon arrived at the communications room.

I finally heard my wife's voice.

"Gu Chenghuai?"

Gu Chenghuai's cold face melted like ice and snow, and he said in a deep voice, "It's me."

"Why are you calling all of a sudden? Is everything alright at home?" he asked with a hint of concern.

"It's nothing," Lin Zhao said. "It's not sudden. Your son's final exam results came out, and he wanted to talk to you..."

Seeing that all four kids were trying to stand on tiptoe, she picked up Yu Bao with one hand and casually put the microphone in his hand.

"If you have something to say, just say it."

Yu Bao was a little nervous, her voice slightly tense, "Dad?"

"Mm," Gu Chenghuai replied.

Then she asked, "Your mom said your final exam results are out. How did you and Hengbao do?"

Yu Bao blinked rapidly a few times, then said calmly, "Two hundred, Heng Bao and I both got two hundred."

A magnetic laugh seemed to come from the other end of the phone.

"Not bad." Gu Chenghuai's praise followed.

"Study hard and acquire cultural knowledge so that you can become a useful person to the country and society in the future," he expressed his hope.

Yu Bao solemnly agreed, "We know, Heng Bao and I have been studying hard."

He was so serious that his cheeks puffed up unconsciously, and his eyes were firm.

"Brother, brother, it's my turn!" Hengbao said anxiously.

Yu Bao tugged at Lin Zhao's coat, indicating that he could be put down now.

Lin Zhao rubbed Da Zai's head, put him down, and then picked up Heng Bao.

"Dad, Dad, can you hear me? It's me, Hengbao, your second child. Dad, my brother and I got perfect scores on our tests! Do you know what a perfect score is? It means we got 100 in both Chinese and Math! Did you ever get perfect scores when you were in school?" Hengbao was a chatterbox, speaking quickly and loudly, with a bright smile on his face.

“My mom said we’d get a reward if we did well on the test. My brother wants a phone call for you, and I want a soccer ball…”

Hearing this, Yu Bao felt very annoyed.

He hadn't even thought about mentioning the reward.

"Dad, do you have a holiday? Are you spending the New Year in the army...?" Hengbao's questions were numerous and frequent, making Gu Chenghuai pinch his brow.

He wanted to say a few words to his wife.

After carefully selecting a few questions to answer, Gu Chenghuai asked Hengbao to hand the phone to Lin Zhao.

When Hengbao made the call, he was still a little reluctant to leave, trying to think of anything else he hadn't said. But when he realized he had said everything he needed to say, he promptly handed over the phone.

Lin Zhao put Hengbao down and picked up Qianbao, letting him listen to the phone call with her.

"it's me."

Hearing his wife's voice, Gu Chenghuai smiled and said, "Mm."

The couple hadn't seen each other for several months, and when they first heard each other's voices, they felt somewhat unfamiliar with each other.

"Zhaozhao, how are you and the children doing?" Gu Chenghuai cherished the limited opportunity to speak with the child and asked the question that concerned him most.

“That’s great. Didn’t you see it written in the letter?” Lin Zhao said.

"I saw it, and I want to hear what you have to say."

Lin Zhao: "Great, I'm great, and the four kids are great too."

She rubbed her face against Qianbao's soft cheek and teased her son with a smile, "Didn't you want to talk to your dad? Why aren't you saying anything?"

Qianbao touched the telephone cord with his short, white hands, and asked in a sweet, childish voice, "...Daddy?"

“It’s me,” Gu Chenghuai said.

Qianbao's eyes sparkled.

This wasn't the first time he'd heard a voice through the microphone, but his expression was still one of surprise.

His eyes remained fixed on the phone.

(End of this chapter)