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

Chapter 307 "Left and Right Brain in Dual Combat"

"Asleep?" Gu Chenghuai glanced at the bunk bed and asked in a low voice.

Lin Zhao covered her two sons with blankets and replied in a whisper, "They just fell asleep. Let's go outside to talk."

The couple left the room.

They sat in the courtyard and talked.

"What's going on?" Lin Zhao asked first.

Gu Chenghuai said succinctly, "The telegram has been sent back. Whether or not to send Xiao Shitou to the provincial capital depends on what my elder sister and brother-in-law think."

"What do you mean?"

Gu Chenghuai glanced at his wife and said, "It's a good opportunity. Don't look down on the sports industry now, but in the long run, it might be a more suitable path for Xiaoshitou."

He knew his nephew; he wasn't academically inclined, introverted, and not very outgoing. The best outcome for him would be for his family to find him a job, where he could earn a fixed salary, get married, have children, and live a quiet life.

Going to the provincial capital with the coach might be a broad road ahead.

Lin Zhao nodded, "I think so too."

It depends on whether the older sister's husband is willing to let the child go.

"Forget it, I won't guess anymore. I'll find out when we get back."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chenghuai could no longer laugh.

He opened his arms and hugged Lin Zhao, burying his face in the crook of her shoulder.

Lin Zhao's eyes crinkled into a smile, "You don't want me to go back?"

"Yes, I can't bear to part with it." Gu Chenghuai did not deny it.

"Once Battalion Commander Gu becomes Regiment Commander Gu, I'll bring the children to join the army..."

Before Lin Zhao could finish speaking, Gu Chenghuai released his arm, his dark eyes locking onto her, a hint of expectation in his brows. "You said it?"

"Yes, I said so," Lin Zhao said with a smile.

Gu Chenghuai's thoughts raced as he looked at his wife expectantly, "Next year?"

“Anything is fine with me. I’ll do whatever you say. The second half of the year is fine too. Didn’t you say you didn’t want to?” Lin Zhao looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

The man thought to himself that it wasn't that he didn't want to leave; he wished his wife and son would stay by his side forever.

He hurriedly explained, "How could I not be willing..."

Before the man could explain, Lin Zhao raised her hand to cover his mouth, her voice tinged with laughter, "I was just kidding. Do you think I don't want you to stay? You even had your family send Qianbao and Yaobao over."

Gu Chenghuai nodded. "Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. This idea has been on my mind for several days."

Every night, when his wife falls asleep with her head resting on his chest, this thought arises in his mind.

The passionate little man declared righteously: "Your wife's already here, why go back to your hometown? You have a place to stay, and you don't lack anything at home. If you leave her here, do you want to live in a dormitory and live like a monk...?"

The rational little man waved a flag: "Be rational! You're about to go for further studies, do you have time to take care of your wife and children?! You have four children, all very young, you need to take care of their every need, and there's no one close to you in the family compound. Do you want your wife to take care of four children alone?! If you're not afraid of your wife resenting you, then let them come..."

When the left and right hemispheres of the brain battle it out, reason always prevails.

Back home, at least there were people helping to take care of the four children, so Zhao Zhao could at least catch her breath. But once she came to join the army, she would be the only one left to take care of all four children, and Gu Chenghuai wanted to back out at the mere thought of it.

"Wife, when you come to join the army, we'll find someone to help take care of the family." Gu Chenghuai thought of the Ning family's situation and felt it was a good idea.

He said he was paying someone to cook and do laundry.

Lin Zhao understood and hesitated, saying, "Isn't this against the rules? If someone reports it, it will definitely affect you. Maybe we should just forget about it."

"Find someone you can trust." Gu Chenghuai found it increasingly feasible as he spoke. "If anyone asks, just say it's a family member."

He consulted with Lin Zhao, seeking his wife's opinion.

"How about I ask Mom if she has any good candidates? They have to be hardworking, honest, and clean. If they're not clean, you'll feel uncomfortable."

Gu Chenghuai genuinely believed it was feasible. After speaking, he looked at Lin Zhao, wanting to know if she had any other concerns.

The man was trying to relieve his stress, and Lin Zhao wasn't about to discourage him; she had already half-agreed in her heart.

"Will I still be able to go to work if I come to live with the military?"

"Sure." Gu Chenghuai never thought that his wife had to stay at home to take care of their daily life, do laundry and cook. The home belongs to the whole family, and whoever has time can do it. His wife is not a long-term servant in the house.

"What kind of job do you want? I'll keep an eye out for it."

Lin Zhao's eyes brightened slightly as she looked at him with amusement. "You still have a choice?"

"At the very least, it has to satisfy you," Gu Chenghuai said.

"Then I'd like to work in public relations."

"You still prefer writing and drawing, huh? I'll make arrangements." Gu Chenghuai's voice was gentle.

"I'm already looking forward to it." Lin Zhao's eyes were full of smiles.

As the couple were talking, Zhang Ping appeared at the door, carrying a vegetable basket filled with various seasonal vegetables.

"Did I disturb you?" Zhang Ping looked at the affectionate young couple with a mischievous smile.

Lin Zhao stood up and went to greet her, "No, Sister Ping, come in quickly."

Gu Chenghuai poured water for the guests and then turned to go into the children's room.

"You're here, why did you bring vegetables? We still have vegetables at home." Lin Zhao took out peanuts and sugar.

“You haven’t even cleared a vegetable garden yet, so you have to buy all the vegetables you need. I’m bringing you these; they should last you a few meals,” Zhang Ping said kindly.

"Then thank you, sister-in-law." Lin Zhao saw her sincerity and didn't refuse. He thought he would give her a bag of mung bean cakes as a return gift later for Ping's children.

"You're welcome, I should be thanking you." Zhang Ping's face was full of smiles, looking as if she had been relieved of a heavy burden.

"Thank me? Why are you thanking me?" Lin Zhao asked, puzzled.

Zhang Ping took a sip of water and felt a sweet taste spreading in her mouth. Her eyes lit up, and she had a better impression of the Gu family.

She put down her bowl, her smile fading, and said seriously, "Why shouldn't I thank you? If it weren't for you... I don't know how long Bai Taohua would have been able to run rampant in the family compound! You exposed her true colors, made her get out of the military region, and avenged my son, Chou Ding. I almost wish Chou Ding would recognize you as his godmother!"

She was just saying that; Lin Meizi has a son, and her son is generous and smart. What kind of situation would it be to adopt her son? Besides, adopting a godparent isn't a simple matter. If you cling to someone without any sense of propriety, that's not gratitude, that's repaying kindness with enmity!
"Comrade Bai has left the military region?" Lin Zhao asked in surprise.

Are the military region's personnel able to resolve manufacturing issues so quickly?

That's decisive enough.

“Yes, Bai Taohua is gone!” Zhang Ping smiled brightly, her mood exceptionally cheerful. “She didn’t want to leave and tried to pull off that old trick of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide, but she was stopped, Director Qian gave her a warning, and finally had them sent away without delay.”

What she didn't say was that Bai Taohua also implicated Lin Zhao, scolding Lin for meddling in other people's business, and that her two daughters were also saying filthy things. This didn't bring them any benefit; instead, it fueled Director Qian's anger, leading him to withdraw all the preferential treatment he had given Bai Taohua.

It will be impossible for Bai Taohua to benefit from any military region's influence in the future.

"She was dishonest, and if it weren't for that, I would have ended up like this sooner or later. Sister-in-law, there's no need to thank me. Besides, she targeted me, and I'm not someone to be trifled with. Of course, I had to fight back. It was just her bad luck that she angered the leaders, which led to her being forced to leave. Deep-seated problems don't arise overnight. Everyone saw what she did, and the reason no one held it against her was probably out of respect for me. But she didn't realize that even the deepest favors and courtesy can eventually be exhausted. She brought that outcome upon herself."

That's right!
Zhang Ping shook her head inwardly.

She heard that Battalion Commander Gu and Doctor Meng had taken turns approaching the leadership, demanding that the military region punish those who disrupted unity and harmony.

If it weren't for them, Bai Taohua wouldn't have been kicked out of the military region so quickly.

What Zhang Ping didn't know was that Gu Chenghuai and Meng Jiusi weren't the only ones looking for the leader; Mao Dan'er was too.

There's a high-ranking official in his family; he sees him every day.

Cat Egg went back and told his grandma.

Grandma Ning immediately said, "Rules shouldn't be broken. This whole mess is unfair to Xiao Lin. He just went for a walk and got scolded. The military region should consider Comrade Bai, but it should also consider other comrades. Otherwise, how can it gain the respect of the masses?"

Cat Egg ate the meat with gusto, adding, "He just wanted to ruin a military marriage, he's utterly wicked."

Chief Ning took the words to heart but did not express his opinion at the dinner table.

He later had the police investigate, and it turned out that Bai Taohua did indeed have the idea of ​​ruining military marriages; her brows were furrowed so deeply they could have trapped a fly.

She was also a military wife, so she should know how difficult it is to maintain a family. How could she have such immoral thoughts? Her heart is rotten!

Chief Ning also spoke.

The layers of pressure were applied one by one, which is why it was processed so quickly.

Nobody knows about these things.

At this moment, Zhang Ping stared at Lin Zhao without saying a word for a long time.

After a long pause, he said, "Miss Lin speaks eloquently and seems very cultured. You must be a top student, right?"

"?" Lin Zhao paused for a moment, then said, "I wouldn't call myself a top student, just a high school graduate."

"How can you not be considered a top student!" Zhang Ping exclaimed with respect, praising, "A high school student? There aren't many high school students in our residential compound. No wonder you look different from us; you are indeed a cultured person."

"Girl, you're a very open and honest person. You don't look down on people. Although you're a cultured person, I don't dislike you."

Lin Zhao: “???”

What kind of trouble have intellectuals caused? Why does it seem like Zhang Ping has a lot of grievances against intellectuals?!
Zhang Ping quickly gave her answer.

"Girl, I didn't say you're annoying. I'm saying there are some intellectuals who look down on people. They treat us country folk like trash and look down on us all the time. They're really annoying."

The family compound has military wives from the countryside as well as military wives who are educated people from the city.

Few of those from the countryside are literate. They are efficient and frugal, adept at housework and gardening. They speak loudly, have quick tempers, and often use foul language. Those from the city, on the other hand, are pretty, educated, have jobs, and come from well-off families. Naturally, they are arrogant and look down on their rural sisters-in-law who are rough and have many flaws.

You can't hide your dislike for someone. People in the city look down on people in the countryside, and people in the countryside don't bother with people in the city. So the family compound was unconsciously divided into two factions.

Lin Zhao: "...Is the sister-in-law you're referring to the sister-in-law in the family compound?"

"You'll understand once you've seen more of the world." Zhang Ping didn't say much, but remembering that Lin Zhao was a high school student and a sales clerk, she thought he would probably be pulled over, and her expression changed slightly.

She hurriedly said, "Sister Lin, if the Fang family says bad things about me and tells you not to get too close to me, you can't listen to them."

"Who is from the Fang family?" Lin Zhao asked.

"Sister Lin, don't worry about who she is for now, just promise me." Zhang Ping said, looking at her.

"I promise you," Lin Zhao said with a smile. "He who eats another's food is bound to do so. My whole family ate the pumpkins that my sister-in-law grew, so of course we're on your side."

She's happy to say a few nice words since it doesn't cost her anything.

Whether we can become close friends in the future depends on whether our values ​​align.

Zhang Ping beamed with joy, "Don't worry, Lin, I'll take care of all your pumpkins from now on!"

A smile appeared on Lin Zhao's lips, her face as radiant as a flower.

"That's great, my family won't lack pumpkins anymore."

Zhang Ping looked at her smile and was slightly taken aback. No wonder people said that Battalion Commander Gu's wife didn't look like the mother of four children. Her face was several times prettier than Fang's. She looked like she came from a big city. That was absolutely true. Lin Meizi was beautiful. There's a saying, "Beautiful as a flower."

"Lin, you and your husband are a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman." Zhang Ping couldn't help but say, "Commander Gu looks like a devil, making people want to stay far away from him, but I think he's alright at home, he's capable and attentive. You're lucky."

How did she figure that out? Battalion Commander Gu pouring water for the guests... that says a lot. Her husband just sits around at home doing nothing. If he couldn't earn money, he'd be useless.

"???" Ghost...Fearless?
Does Gu Chenghuai know that's how he's perceived in the family compound? She's absolutely thrilled.

Lin Zhao suppressed her laughter, "He is a good man. If he weren't, would I marry him? Would I bear his children? I'm not stupid."

She was also telling this enthusiastic and capable sister-in-law not to be so hardworking and selfless. Men shouldn't be spoiled, especially those chauvinistic ones. Don't give them too much face.

Who doesn't contribute at home? Why should full-time housewives be treated like dirt?!
So what if the sky is turned upside down?

These words touched Zhang Ping somewhat.

She was foolish; knowing full well that men are unreliable, she still bore him several children.

but.

Before she met Bai Taohua, her husband wasn't so unreasonable, and he treated her and the child quite well. How could he change so quickly?

Fine, let's just live like this. We have children, we can't get a divorce. Even if we did, she wouldn't be able to live a better life than she is now.

Zhang Ping left the Gu family and returned to her own home, where the man sat expressionlessly in the yard.

"Where did you go?" he asked coldly.

"You went out to visit someone. What's up? Is something wrong?" Zhang Ping replied curtly, sensing his off-key tone.

"Stop visiting other people's homes when you have nothing better to do, and keep an eye on the kids," the man commanded.

He knew Zhang Ping had gone to the Gu family. He had no good feelings towards Gu Chenghuai and Lin Zhao; he felt that the two of them had made him lose face.

“I can go if I want to,” Zhang Ping said unhappily. “I’m your wife, not your prisoner. Why are you interfering with me?”

After saying that, he walked towards the kitchen.

The man frowned, his tone full of displeasure, "You're so proud of yourself for kicking Bai Meizi out of the family compound, aren't you? Are you satisfied now? Zhang Ping, how come I never realized you were so petty? She's a woman, all alone, with two daughters to raise. What's wrong with me helping her out? Why are you so calculating! If anything happens to them, you'll be the culprit, you know that? We're both women, why aren't you gentle and understanding at all..."

Zhang Ping's eyes lost their warmth as she retorted, "I am petty, I am not gentle or understanding. If you want to find someone generous, go find one! You idiot!"

(End of this chapter)