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

Chapter 258 "Whose brother-in-law is so arrogant?"

Gu Chenghuai's little tricks were all done in secret; they were little surprises for Zhao Zhao, and Lin Zhao was completely unaware of them.

New Year's Eve arrived in the blink of an eye.

"Yu Bao, check if it's crooked?" Lin Zhao asked Yu Bao as he stood on a stool to paste the couplets.

Yu Bao pinched his chin with his fingers and examined him carefully.

"It's not crooked."

Before he could finish speaking, a warm, large hand gently rubbed his head.

"At such a young age, your eyesight is already bad. It's not just crooked, it's practically crooked to the south." Meng Jiusi's voice was tinged with laughter.

He looked at Yu Bao and noticed that his nephew's face was rounder than before. He pinched his cheek and laughed, "Do you want me to give you a few acupuncture needles and prescribe some medicine while I'm at it?"

When Yu Bao saw his uncle, he froze on the spot. Just as he was about to call out to him, his uncle's 37-degree mouth uttered such cold words.

The child's expression changed slightly, and he shook his head vigorously, like a rattle-drum.

"No, no, my eyes are fine, they're perfectly fine, I'm perfectly fine."

As he spoke, Yu Bao used his fingers to prop open his eyes, trying to prove that there was nothing wrong with his eyes.

Over there, Lin Zhao hadn't heard Xiao Ge mention before that he was going to bring Jing Mo and Xiao Bai back.

She paused for a moment, then jumped off the stool, holding the couplet, and took a few steps forward, her tone light and cheerful, "Young man, when did you get back? You didn't even say a word."

The moment Meng Jiusi saw Lin Zhao jump off the stool, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed her arm.

"Slow down."

He took the couplet from his sister and said with a smile, "I didn't tell anyone. Surprised?"

Lin Zhao smiled. "A little."

Meng Jiusi stepped onto a stool and began pasting Spring Festival couplets, occasionally asking Lin Zhao a question.

"A little to the left, that's right," Lin Zhao directed.

Meng Jiusi pasted one side up, then dragged the stool to the other side. At the same time, Lin Zhao handed him the couplets that had been smeared with paste.

After finishing, he walked towards Jingmo and Guangbai.

Her beautiful eyes sized up the two brothers.

"MoMo and XiaoBai have gotten a little chubby; they didn't suffer much in the army with your dad," Lin Zhao said with a smile.

After not seeing each other for several months, the two brothers were not unfamiliar with their aunt. They snuggled up to her affectionately, their chubby faces beaming with smiles.

"Xiaobai and I are both full." Jingmo smiled happily.

He had grown taller and was wearing cotton-padded clothes and trousers sent by Lin Zhao, making him look like a round mailbox. On his feet were leather lace-up cotton shoes that Meng Jiusi had bought for him.

He appears to be very polite.

When Lin Zhao first met him, he was a completely different person.

"Mo Mo and Xiao Bai look really good in these outfits, they suit you both very well," Lin Zhao said with admiration.

Xiao Bai spoke, her voice still so soft, "Thank you, Auntie, for the cotton-padded coat. It's very warm and comfortable."

Jingmo also said, "Thank you, Auntie."

"Don't mention it," Lin Zhao waved his hand dismissively.

At this moment, Hengbao pointed to Jingmo and Guangbai's shoes, her tone excited, "...Your shoes are the same as ours."

Yu Bao glanced at his younger brother helplessly, "Silly boy, our shoes were sent by our uncle, of course they're the same."

"Oh, I forgot." Hengbao scratched his head and thanked his uncle. "Uncle, my brother and I really like the shoes you sent us."

"I'm glad you like it," Meng Jiusi said gently.

He only has a few nephews and nieces, and he wants to give them all the good things.

"Anything else you want to stick on?"

As soon as Meng Jiusi finished speaking, the neighbors on both sides came out to put up couplets, and they were all stunned when they saw him.

Wang Chunhua said first, "Dr. Meng? Oh, Dr. Meng is back!"

She stepped forward, looked Meng Jiusi up and down, and said in a cheerful voice, "You've changed so much, I almost didn't recognize you."

"Dr. Meng, Happy New Year!"

Meng Jiusi smiled and humbly replied, "We share the same interests."

He took out candy from his pocket and gave it to the Wang family children.

The Wang family children knew him well and were aware of his generosity, so they didn't stand on ceremony. After accepting the gift, they said with a smile, "Thank you, Uncle Meng."

"Uncle Meng is so kind!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Meng, we'll protect Yu Bao and Heng Bao." This was the eldest child of the Wang family.

Before Wang Chunhua could even react, her grandchildren stuffed the expensive candy into their pockets.

she:"??"

It's impossible to say anything at this point.

She glared at the ignorant kids, then gave Meng Jiusi an awkward smile, "Dr. Meng has spent money again."

Meng Jiusi didn't pay attention.

"fine."

Chao Wang Chunhua smiled and followed Lin Zhao into the courtyard.

Jingmo saw the new swing in the yard and happily went to greet it.

"It's a swing."

He grabbed the swing ropes, looked back at the twins, and asked Yu Bao and Heng Bao for their opinions.

"Yu Bao, Heng Bao, can I play with them for a bit?"

Yu Bao nodded, "Sure. Heng Bao and I asked my grandpa to do this for us, isn't it fun?"

"It's fun," Jingmo said affirmatively.

Swings don't hold fond memories for him. The Yuan family had a swing, and he wanted to play on it, but his brother Jinbao wouldn't let him and even pushed him over. His grandmother didn't blame Jinbao, but she blamed him for taking Jinbao's swing. He didn't take it; he only touched the swing ropes.

Xiaobai also saw the swing.

He looked at Meng Jiusi and whispered, "Dad, I want a swing."

It was rare for his youngest son to make a request, so Meng Jiusi was pleasantly surprised and said, "Okay, I'll get it for you when we get back."

The short, round little boy looked delighted.

He said to Meng Jingmo, "Brother, Dad is going to make us a swing. We can play on the swing at home now. We won't play on Jinbao's swing; we have our own swing."

Kampar?

Yuan Jinbao?
A dark glint flashed in Meng Jiusi's eyes.

He lowered his head and asked his son gently, "Jinbao won't let you play on the swings?"

Xiao Bai lowered her eyes, blinked her eyelashes a few times, and said slowly, "Yes. Jinbao pushed my brother, and Grandma scolded my brother."

Meng Jiusi was unaware that her two sons had suffered so much injustice in a corner she hadn't noticed.

He bent down and picked up Little White.

Speak with patience.

"Dad wants to apologize to you and your brother." Meng Jiusi didn't care whether his son understood or not; he solemnly apologized.

"It's my fault for not noticing, and I'm sorry you had to suffer."

Little Bai looked into his father's eyes and suddenly smiled. He hugged his father's neck, his voice sweet and obedient.

"It's okay, neither my brother nor I blame Dad."

He looked up and saw his older brother swinging on the swing, and said, "Brother said that Dad works hard and it's normal that he can't see some of Grandma's little tricks. Let's be careful and not touch Jinbao's things anymore, so that Grandma won't have a chance to scold us."

Meng Jiusi's eyes stung with tears.

No wonder.

No wonder Jingmo and Guangbai were reluctant to go to the Yuan family for a while.

"...From now on, if anything happens, you must tell your father." He carried Xiaobai towards Jingmo and said to his two sons, "You two will always come before work. I work hard so that I can give you the best life." To be a son, to be a parent, and to be his sister's pride.

Lin Zhao felt that Jingmo and Guangbai were a bit too honest.

She chuckled and said, "Mo Mo, believe it or not, if Yu Bao and Heng Bao were in the situation Xiao Bai described, they wouldn't even need to stay overnight; they'd be howling so loudly that the whole village could hear them."

"If something makes you uncomfortable, you have to speak up."

Lin Zhao gently pushed Jing Mo's back, making him swing on the swing.

"You're still young, it's perfectly normal for you to talk to your parents if you have problems. Your father is the closest person to you in this world, what can't you tell him?"

"He'll only feel uncomfortable if you two treat him like a stranger."

Jingmo looked at Meng Jiusi hesitantly.

Is that so?
"Isn't it said that adults only like well-behaved children?"

“No,” Lin Zhao shook her head. “To me, even if the four babies are naughty, I still love them, because they are my children.”

Regardless of what other mothers are like, she deeply loves her child.

Even if they are naughty, not smart, lazy, and fun...

Jingmo seemed deeply moved, his expression a complex mix of emotions that defied description.

That's not what his mother said.

His mother wanted them to be sensible, obedient, not to make demands on their father, and not to cause him any trouble!
It turns out that Mom knew that what Grandma's family did was upsetting people.

“I understand,” Jingmo said.

Meng Jiusi ruffled his hair. "What do you know?"

Jingmo glared at him with displeasure and said awkwardly, "You have to tell the adults if you have something to say."

He felt like a big kid himself, yet his father treated him like a novice, which made him very unhappy. He raised his voice and said, "From now on, I'll tell you everything, big or small, in detail, okay?"

Meng Jiusi chuckled, "No matter how small the matter is? That's an excellent use of the idiom. A man's word is his bond, and you'd better keep your word."

“Of course I will do it,” Jingmo said, raising his head.

This side of him was rarely seen, and a faint smile appeared in Lin Zhao's eyes.

Great, the usually quiet little guy has become lively!

"Yu Bao, Heng Bao, Cat Egg wrote you a letter, and I brought it back. Do you want to read it?" Jing Mo asked the twins after jumping off the swing, having finished playing on it.

"Yes, yes, I want to see!" Hengbao said, pulling him and Xiaobai to his room.

Meng Jiusi didn't see Qianbao and Yaobao, so he asked the two little ones.

"They went to the old house." One went to find her sister Yu Yu, and the other went to the mushroom house, squatting next to Gu's father to watch him plant mushrooms.

"Where's Grandpa Meng? Hasn't he come back?" Lin Zhao asked curiously when he didn't see Grandpa Meng.

A hint of helplessness flashed in Meng Jiusi's eyes. "Grandpa doesn't want to come back. He said this year is the first time our family has been reunited, and as an outsider, it's inconvenient for him to join in the fun. He'll come another time if there's an opportunity."

"Grandpa Meng is our family's benefactor, he's not an outsider," Lin Zhao said sincerely.

“Older people always have concerns,” Meng Jiusi said.

"How will Grandpa Meng spend the New Year alone?"

Meng Jiusi's eyes were gentle. "The army is full of people. I heard there's an event, and Grandpa said he'd go and join in the fun."

Lin Zhao's eyebrows relaxed.

"That's alright," she muttered, then asked, "Have you gone home yet?"

"I've gone back," Meng Jiusi replied.

Looking at her younger sister's thinner face, she asked, "Mom and Dad said the supply and marketing cooperative is very busy at the end of the year. I see you've lost weight. Is your work very hard?"

Lin Zhao casually replied, "It's alright. I'm a bit busy, but not too tired."

"It's good that you're not tired." Meng Jiusi's tightly furrowed brows relaxed.

He pulled out a stack of ten-yuan notes and stuffed them into Lin Zhao's hand.

"New Year's money."

Lin Zhao's eyes widened slightly. "Give it to me now?"

"Does it matter when you give it to them?" Meng Jiusi asked with a smile.

"Of course there is." Lin Zhao's eyebrows curved into crescent moons.

"That's alright, we'll make it up later."

Lin Zhao looked at Meng Jiusi, "Fourth Brother, you want to subsidize me, right?"

"Isn't it only natural for an older brother to support his own younger sister?" Meng Jiusi said again.

"It's so thick, how much money must it cost! Where can I find a brother like you? I'm so lucky. But my brothers always give me money, my eldest and second eldest brothers have given me money too. I don't lack money, I'm the richest person in our family." Lin Zhao was also puzzled.

She has a job, and her husband is a glorious and well-paid military officer. Everyone knows she has plenty of money, so why do her brothers keep giving her money?

What gave them this misconception?!

“You can never have too much money. If you don’t need it, just keep it. Buy whatever you want. If you can’t buy it, just tell me and I’ll figure something out,” Meng Jiusi said.

Lin Zhao actually had something she wanted: "Brother, I want a hair dryer, the kind that plugs in and blows air out."

"A hair dryer?" Meng Jiusi asked.

As someone who had been to the Friendship Store, he certainly knew about hair dryers.

"Yes, yes, I want a hairdryer." Lin Zhao made her request without hesitation.

She tossed her thick braids a few times, a little annoyed. "Washing my hair in winter is such a hassle. It never dries properly; I have to dry it for ages!"

When Gu Chenghuai was at home, he would dry her hair for her. When he wasn't around, she had to dry it herself. Her hair was thick and voluminous, and her arms would ache every time she dried it.

In order to get a hair dryer, Lin Zhao spent 3,000 points on a lottery, but didn't win anything. Instead, she drew some items that she couldn't take with her, such as a refrigerator, a color TV, and a washing machine...

Looking at her sister's scrunched-up face, Meng Jiusi felt a pang of heartache in her eyes.

He said, "I'll figure something out."

"But it will take time, so please be patient."

Lin Zhao's eyes lit up slightly. "Okay! Brother, you give it a try. If you can't get it, then forget it."

"I know." Meng Jiusi was still somewhat confident.

He's a doctor, and a highly skilled one at that. He knows a lot of capable people, so buying something at the Friendship Store isn't difficult for him.

The prescription his sister gave him was worth a fortune, and at the same time, his own value was immeasurable.

When Meng Jiu thought about his sister's article being published in the newspaper, he specifically mentioned it and congratulated her.

His seriousness made Lin Zhao feel inexplicably embarrassed. "It's nothing, I was just writing for fun."

“That’s not something you just write for fun,” Meng Jiusi said disapprovingly. “I studied that article. The wording is concise and refined, and the emotional expression is touching. Even though I didn’t participate in the mushroom cultivation work of the Fengshou Brigade, I could feel the vibrant atmosphere. It’s really well written. Don’t underestimate yourself.”

Lin Zhao stood tall and proud after being praised.

“My parents said so too!” Meng Jiusi emphasized again, “Zhaozhao, you wrote really well.”

Lin Zhao cupped her face and smiled.

Meng Jiusi's eyes softened, and she suddenly remembered what Gu Chenghuai had told her, saying, "My brother-in-law can't come back, so he asked me to bring something back with him."

He pointed to a large bag on the table.

"Those are all of them."

"Some more have been mailed back and should be on their way." As he said this, a hint of complexity appeared in Meng Jiusi's dark eyes. His brother-in-law thought mailing was too slow and wanted him to bring them all back, which was like he wasn't being treated like a human being.

Whose brother-in-law is so arrogant?
It's truly speechless.

"What are all these things?" Lin Zhao asked without any hesitation, opening the package to take a look.

Well, it's nothing more than food, supplies, and new clothes for her and her four children.

"And new clothes too..." This is the first time I've ever seen this.

"Where did he get the fabric and cotton?"

(End of this chapter)