Chapter 285: “what’s This Guy Imagining Now?”
Heng Bao couldn’t babble anymore, glaring at his dad, bad dad!!
With a creak, the bathroom door opened.
Gu Chenghuai tossed aside his son, went to meet his daughter-in-law, took the dirty clothes from Lin Zhao’s hands, and looked at her arm with his deep black eyes.
“Didn’t touch the wound, right?” His brows were worried.
The two kids also ran over, with expressions just like their biological father.
“It’s fine, I was careful.” After Lin Zhao answered, she muttered, “I don’t want to be complained about by the youngest brother.”
If her parents knew she was so reckless, there’d be plenty of nagging.
A smile flashed in Gu Chenghuai’s eyes.
He was just about to praise Zhaozhao for looking good in this skirt when Yu Bao beat him to it: “Mom, you look so pretty in a skirt.”
“…”
Heng Bao also said: “Yeah yeah. Haven’t seen this clothes before?”
As he spoke, he tucked his hands in, circling around Lin Zhao once.
“What are you doing?” Lin Zhao had washed off the dust from her journey and was in a great mood as she asked.
“Checking for blood.” Heng Bao answered, then nodded as if very satisfied, touching his chin, “None, looks like the wound didn’t split open.”
“…” So precocious.
Gu Chenghuai glanced at his son, “Go go go, what’s it got to do with you, go pack your things.”
Heng Bao put his hands on his hips, “How’s it not my business, this is my mom, I’m concerned about my mom, don’t meddle.”
Gu Chenghuai bent down to scoop up the second son, his palm-leaf fan-sized hand landing on his buttocks, “Brat, how do you talk, not letting you have a complete childhood… you’d float up to the sky.”
He was his own son after all, with his wife and kids just arriving, he was in a great mood, how could he bear to really discipline the kid, the slap he landed had most of its force removed, not heavy at all.
But—
In Heng Bao’s eyes, this was a huge deal.
The six-year-old little friend about to start second grade turned red-faced, his short spiky hair nearly standing on end.
He yelled: “Aaaah, Dad hit someone!”
Heng Bao flailed his limbs struggling, mad enough to howl, complaining to Lin Zhao, “Mom, let’s go home, not staying here, Dad’s too mean, I want to go back and complain to my grandparents, have them beat Gu Commander’s buttocks too.”
Mao Dan’er and the others exchanged glances, afraid Heng Bao would get mad from embarrassment, they tacitly turned away, not looking at him getting hit, whispering among themselves.
Gu Chenghuai held Heng Bao with one arm, swinging him like a swing a few times, “Who are you calling Gu Commander, stinky kid.”
“You, you, calling you.” Heng Bao found this play pretty fun, his mouth nearly curling up, barely remembering he was supposed to be mad, he pulled a straight face again, shouting from his mouth, “You wait, you can’t run, my grandpa and grandma will avenge their treasure grandson…”
Gu Chenghuai’s brows softened, he chuckled, “Who are your grandpa and grandma to me?”
Heng Bao paused, tried hard to lift his head, humming, “…your parents.”
“You still know that, then where do you get the confidence for my parents to discipline me?” Gu Chenghuai was also afraid his son wouldn’t get enough blood to the head, he straightened him up, tossed him up like lecturing him, stretched both arms and steadily caught him again.
Heng Bao had never played this kind of “game” before, scared white-faced when tossed out, but when caught, his face bloomed with a brilliant smile.
“Fun! Once more!!” He called excitedly.
Gu Chenghuai’s tone lifted, “Still complaining or not?”
With playfulness up, how could Heng Bao remember why he was mad, his voice full of excitement and thrill: “No no, fly once more.” He hugged his dad’s neck and acted spoiled.
Gu Chenghuai wanted to say, straighten your voice when you talk, treating you like my pearl in the palm, but seeing his son’s happy face, he didn’t say it, quickly tossed him a few times, then set Heng Bao down.
“You’re heavier, looks like you’ve been eating well.”
Heng Bao’s cheeks were rosy, very smugly saying: “Mom came to make meat for us, I ate so much…”
He drew circles with his arms, very happily sharing the past year’s life with his dad.
Gu Chenghuai responded now and then, saw Lin Zhao wiping her hair with one hand, decisively tossed aside his son, went to his daughter-in-law, took the towel and started wiping her hair for her.
“Does your arm hurt?” He asked.
“Doesn’t hurt.” Lin Zhao’s mouth curved slightly, “Didn’t I say… the injured arm didn’t use much force.”
Gu Chenghuai nodded satisfied, pressed her shoulder to make her sit, lean on the cushion he got a fellow villager to make, stood behind her, gently wiping the wet hair.
“Before the wound is fully healed, if you want to wash your hair again, I’ll help you.” His voice was gentle and slow, full of patience.
“How to help?” Lin Zhao turned her head to look at him.
His warm big palm lightly held her head, turning it back straight.
“You don’t worry about it, I have a method.” Gu Chenghuai said.
Laughter deepened in Lin Zhao’s eyes, she didn’t ask more, just said: “Okay, then I’ll wait.”
Her hair was very thick, quite troublesome to wipe dry, took a long time and still not dry.
Wondering when the hair dryer the youngest brother got for her would arrive?
Just thinking, Meng Jiusi came over carrying something.
“Youngest brother.” Lin Zhao waved, action like a beckoning cat.
Meng Jiusi walked to her, set down the thing, warmly said: “The thing you wanted, just in time to use.”
Hearing this, surprise filled Lin Zhao’s pretty starry eyes.
“Is it what I’m thinking?” She asked uncertainly.
Just a few months passed, and the youngest brother got it?！！！
Too awesome～!!
Meng Jiusi’s smile was gentle as a breeze, “Yes, the hair dryer you wanted.”
Lin Zhao happily stood up, “Great!”
“Came just in time, I was about to go cut my hair.”
Before leaving she almost cut it short, every time washing hair took forever to wipe dry, annoyed her into wanting to cut short.
Meng Jiusi looked at his little sister’s jet-black flowing long hair, “Finally grew it this long, such a pity to cut, with the hair dryer, no need to wait for it to dry naturally, keep it for now, cut when you don’t want it anymore.”
He was afraid Zhaozhao would impulsively cut it short and regret later.
Lin Zhao curved her eyes, “With the hair dryer, I won’t cut it!”
She took out the hair dryer the youngest brother brought, quite small and dainty, not at all bulky like she imagined.
She said very surprised: “It’s actually this small, I thought it’d be big.”
Meng Jiusi smiled, “Smaller is easier to carry.”
For his little sister, he naturally bought the best.
“Thanks youngest brother.” Lin Zhao’s tone rose, in a great mood.
“No need to be polite.” Meng Jiusi said indifferently, he had no wife, managed his own accounts, spent his earnings on whoever he wanted, no one dared to nag.
Thinking this way, divorce really was a good thing.
“You settle in first, I’ll go back to cook, come over for meal after packing.”
Leaving those words, he left again.
Once Zhaozhao comes to accompany the army, it’ll be like this, thinking about it made him happy.
“Gu Chenghuai, quick into the room, use the hair dryer to blow my hair!” Lin Zhao pulled Gu Chenghuai’s arm towards the room.
“Wanting this thing, why not tell me?” Gu Chenghuai’s focus was here.
“Tell you and you’d still need someone to help buy it, youngest brother is from the capital, knows more people, more convenient than you to buy.” Lin Zhao explained.
“I’m willing to find people.” Gu Chenghuai emphasized, “In the future want to buy something tell me, I’ll buy it.”
Before Lin Zhao could complain he was being pretentious, the man said again: “I like you troubling me, like getting things for you.”
Lin Zhao’s gaze softened, inwardly reflecting for a moment.
“Okay, in the future all to you.”
She urged the man: “Our family’s television is counting on you to buy! When are you buying?”
Gu Chenghuai let out a low chuckle from his throat, “Ticket already has news, buy in the second half of the year, guarantee you see it by New Year.”
Lin Zhao was a bit embarrassed.
She wasn’t in a hurry, current televisions had nothing to watch, not even Spring Festival Gala, programs few and pitiful, really nothing special.
Price super expensive too, several hundred.
No need to waste the money.
Lin Zhao pondered a moment, said: “How about buy after me and the kids accompany the army?”
“Hm?” Gu Chenghuai plugged in the hair dryer, expression puzzled.
“Too conspicuous, what if bad people target it. Radio at home is enough!” Lin Zhao casually made up a reason, couldn’t say she didn’t care, who would believe, a television, who wouldn’t care?！
Gu Chenghuai was easy to persuade, especially when his wife said it, reasonable or not, he’d adopt what he could.
“Okay.”
He looked at Lin Zhao guiltily, “Sorry to make you put up with it…”
Lin Zhao: “？？？”
Meow meow meow? What was this man imagining again.
She pointed at her half-dry hair, signaling Gu Chenghuai to blow it, “Help me dry it, you still need to bathe your two sons, they didn’t wash and just climbed into bed, so dirty, up to you.”
Gu Chenghuai was speechless for a moment, but didn’t argue.
The good in the kids followed their mom, the bad followed him, fine.
As long as Zhaozhao was happy.
The hair dryer’s buzzing started, hot wind hitting the hair tips, dried quickly.
Gu Chenghuai first time using it, but skillful, not unfamiliar at all, Lin Zhao wasn’t surprised, her man was smart, learned anything fast, most reliable.
“Dries so fast.” Lin Zhao sighed.
Gu Chenghuai’s lip hooked.
Just because they just got the hair dryer, his wife was so thrilled, after three or five uses it wouldn’t be like this.
Lin Zhao combed her hair, urging the man, “Go bathe your son, scrub him, days without washing, the dirt on him must be two layers thick!”
“Got it.” Gu Chenghuai smiled.
Before going out he instructed, “Be careful with your arm, tired then nap a bit, I’ll call you later.”
Lin Zhao really was tired, the kind where walking felt like the ground swaying, total exhaustion from too long on the train.
“Okay, I’ll nap a bit.” She walked to the bed, lying down felt her whole body lighten, comfortable enough to sigh.
Gu Chenghuai took out a thin blanket, covered Lin Zhao’s belly, then lightly stepped out of the room.
“Where’s my mom?” Heng Bao eating biscuits looked behind his dad.
“Tired, resting, you’re not allowed to disturb.” Gu Chenghuai said.
“I won’t.” Heng Bao looked obedient, using Lin Zhao as shield, he was always obedient.
“Don’t eat first, I’ll take you two in to bathe.” Gu Chenghuai found the towels and clean clothes prepared for the two kids, said to the twins.
The brothers were both clean-loving little friends, bathed diligently, many days on the train unable to wash, hadn’t stopped complaining about itching.
Hearing Gu Chenghuai, they finished the biscuits in hand, followed their dad.
“Mao Dan’er, Momo, you take Xiao Bai eat slowly.” Gu Chenghuai left words, carried his two sons into the bathroom.
…
Gu Chenghuai applied for a yard, not many people lived here, plus arrival near mealtime, the most gossipy women were all home cooking, so not many knew… the family courtyard had one more household.
But the playful kids knew, they were playing when a four-wheeled vehicle came, kids excitedly chased the car.
Until the car stopped.
Several kids saw people coming to Gu Family Courtyard, plus two identical little boys, little friends who hadn’t seen twins had eyes wide round, hiding in the corner whispering.
Car people, after people entered the yard, the little kids scattered like bees.
Back home, told their own biological mothers the rare sight they saw.
“Kids looking exactly the same? Twins right? Boys or girls?” This from one who loved comparing sons.
“That’s the yard Gu Commander applied for, his family came? Family courtyard has a show to watch!” This from one who loved drama.
“Arguing already? Finally came to accompany the army, can’t live in apartment building, only that unoccupied rundown yard, I’d be aggrieved too, who can’t live in that rundown yard? Village is full of them.” This from one with superiority from living in apartments.
Several households had new gossip topics because Lin Zhao came.
Those idle women hurriedly finished meals, quickly washed bowls and chopsticks, gathered together talking about Gu Family matters.
Number one said: “Heard Gu Commander’s family is hard to get along with, don’t know if true?”
Number two said: “Definitely. You all don’t know yet, that family has a pair of twins, boy twins! Giving birth to two boys at once, how confident must she be, how could she be easy to get along with?”
Number three said: “Hey, I heard my Qingqing say, that one…” she pointed her index finger up, “that one’s only son knows those twins, seems on good terms, don’t know how they met?”
Number four’s expression changed slightly, surprised: “You mean that hero leader?”
That was one of the top high-ranking leaders in the whole military region, how would the new military wife know him?
Qingqing’s mom nodded, “Yes, I asked Qingqing several times, she said she really saw Leader Ning’s son on good terms with the twins, several kids hugging and jumping around.”
Everyone present was stunned, they’d all seen Leader Ning’s son, young but steadier than adults, very polite, but… gave an indescribable distant feeling, people didn’t dare approach.
He only played with Doctor Meng’s two kids, otherwise read books and studied at home, self-disciplined like his dad, didn’t expect he had a lively side?
Unbelievable.
“Gu Commander’s family will go to the canteen for meals right? She just arrived, home definitely needs tidying, no time to cook, we’ll wait here, should see her.” Number one family said.
Others agreed, so several brought out small stools, huddled together doing their own tasks.
They did get their wish, an hour later saw Lin Zhao.
Gu Chenghuai had been setting up home every day this time, gradually got familiar with the family courtyard sisters-in-law.
Seeing several military wives, he proactively introduced to Lin Zhao: “Zhaozhao, these are family courtyard military wives, this is Zhang Saozi, this is Wang Saozi…”
After simple intro, introduced Lin Zhao to the several military wives, “This is my daughter-in-law, Lin Zhao.”
Heng Bao pulled his sleeve, “Dad, and me—your son!”
Yu Bao covered his face.
He was often at a loss because of his little brother’s excessive sociability!
