Post 80's Mother's Daily Routine

Chapter 41- 45

Chapter 041
Xu Tao seldom taught Zhao Linan a lesson, and Zhao Linan was also well-behaved. The child has always been very smart. Except for the discomfort when he first came to Yangcheng, Zhao Linan basically never cried afterward. When she suddenly saw the child cry into tears, she was also distressed.

"Mom, Xiao Nan, please don't kill me." Zhao Linan choked and choked, and stretched out his little fat hand towards Xu Tao.

Look at the scary kids!

"Mom didn't want to kill you, so don't cry, okay?" Xu Tao stretched out her hand to hug the child, raised her hand to wipe the tears on his face, and her heart was broken by the child's cry.

Xu Tao could even imagine why Zhao Linan cried so sensitively. Most of it had something to do with Zhou Yu's fierce drinking. After the child was drunk by Zhou Yu's fierce drinking, she gave a majestic warning. She might have thought that she was going to get angry before crying. so.

"Mom is just worried about you, did mom just keep calling you from behind, let you watch the road, let you slow down, but you don't listen!?" Holding the child, Xu Tao explained patiently.

"Well." Zhao Linan nodded with tears in his eyes.

He also knew that he was wrong, but he was very happy dragging his umbrella. He bumped into someone out of nowhere. Brother Xiaozhi's mother was really fierce!

"Do you think! If you listened to your mother just now, wouldn't you have bumped into Xiaozhi's mother?" Xu Tao continued her ideological work.

"Well." Zhao Linan nodded.

After the child bumped into someone, he immediately realized that he was wrong, but he was afraid. Xu Tao said seriously that he would go home and beat him, but Zhao Linan took it seriously.

The child didn't want to be beaten, so he naturally found a place to hide. In the end, he could only think of hiding on the bed. He thought he was naive and thought that hiding on the bed would prevent him from being discovered.

Children have always liked hide-and-seek.

"Xiao Nan, mother loves you and is afraid that you will get hurt. If you fall, your hands, feet, and legs will hurt, and mother will also feel bad, you know?" Xu Tao made the child stand on the bed, holding the child's face with both hands kiss.

"Well, Mom, Xiao Nan knows that Xiao Nan will be obedient in the future." Zhao Linan assured Xu Tao's neck with the same hands, as if he was going to strangle Xu Tao to death.

"Okay, Mommy understands, don't pinch Mommy's neck." Xu Tao reluctantly hugged the child, then held the child patiently and coaxed her for a long time to make Xiaolei'er happy.

When Zhao Weiguo came back from get off work in the evening, Zhao Linan had recovered his spirits, and the child obediently fed the chickens and became a shit shovel officer.

"You're back? Hurry, kill the eel." Xu Tao was greedy at noon, but he didn't dare to attack the eel. He finally waited all afternoon, and when Zhao Weiguo got off work, Xu Tao didn't let the man enter the door to rest. Opportunity, took Zhao Weiguo straight to the kitchen.

"Eel? You bought it." Zhao Weiguo was pulled by Xu Tao to the kitchen and raised his eyebrows when he saw the three sturdy eels.

This stuff is good, but it doesn't cook well.

"Well, I'll eat eel silk at night." Xu Tao nodded with bright eyes, she was too greedy.

Zhao Weiguo nodded: "Yes." When the

words were finished, Zhao Weiguo moved his hand. The man is really brave, no matter whether it is fish, chicken, or these eels, as long as it is handed to him, he can handle it cleanly.

"Zhao Weiguo, you are really amazing." Xu Tao watched from the side and couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

Zhao Linan also leaned on Xu Tao's leg: "Well, Dad, you are so powerful that you dare to kill a dragon."

"This is an eel, not a dragon." Xu Tao raised her hand and pressed the child's head, why did she insist on talking about the dragon?

"Why not, isn't the eel the emperor's younger brother? The emperor is a dragon, and his younger brother is also a dragon." Zhao Linan asked with a blink of an eye, and also revealed why he thought the eel was a dragon.

The child thinks that the eel looks like a dragon and its name is like a dragon, eel, the emperor! hey-hey!

"Okay, don't embarrass mom, mom is confused by you too." Xu Tao replied helplessly, but also knew that the child might not understand, so he let the child talk nonsense.

Zhao Weiguo quickly handled the eel and carefully shredded it with a knife. Xu Tao only needed to prepare the seasonings and then be the head chef.

A dish of eel with tangy oil came out of the pot, and the hot oil poured into Xu Tao was pure lard. The lard was very fragrant. In addition, the eel was wild. Whether it was Zhao Weiguo or Zhao Linan, the father and son were two. After tasting the taste, I couldn't help but widen my eyes.

"Mom, it's delicious!"

"Well, it's really delicious." Zhao Weiguo couldn't help but grab a few more chopsticks.

Xu Tao bought three yellow eels very foresight, and the family of three ate extremely satisfied. After dinner, Xu Tao still read a story book to Zhao Linan.

"Mom, brother Xiaozhi, won't you come to sleep with me today?" Zhao Linan woke up in the morning and found a little friend sleeping with him, not to mention how happy he was.

Children like to be lively, and Zhao Linan doesn't seem to like being alone.

"Well, brother Xiaozhi is going back to his house today." Xu Tao pulled a small blanket for the child.

"Alright then!" Zhao Linan was a little disappointed, but he didn't have much trouble with Xu Tao.

Xu Tao continued to read the story to the child. Halfway through the story, Zhao Linan fell asleep. Xu Tao and Zhao Weiguo got up and went back to the room. By the way, Xu Tao glanced at his watch.

It's already 9:30 in the evening, and I don't know if Zhou Haizhi has returned home, or is it the same as before?

Xu Tao actually remembered Zhou Haizhi in her heart. She thought that Zhou Haizhi would usually sleep beside the stone at the end of the alley when he didn't go home, and she couldn't help feeling a little sad. She knew that Zhou Haizhi was young, but she was very stubborn in her bones.

"Let's go to the end of the alley! I don't know if Zhou Haizhi went home today?" Although Xu Tao gave up the idea of ​​adopting Zhou Haizhi, she didn't want to cause trouble for herself, but she still couldn't see Zhou Haizhi being so pitiful.

She thought about taking a look with Zhao Weiguo. It would be best if Zhou Haizhi wasn't there. If she really slept with the stone again, she might as well bring the child home to rest.

It is really unbearable for such a small child to spend the night outside.

"Okay." Zhao Weiguo agreed to go back to the room and took out the flashlight.

The current flashlights are all silver, with large batteries inside. The light is not very bright when turned on, but it can barely illuminate the road, but it is quite heavy in the hand.

"Let's go!" Zhao Weiguo took Xu Tao's hand and walked out.

Xu Tao was afraid of the dark, her night vision ability was much worse than Zhao Weiguo's, and the alley was very quiet. She and Zhao Weiguo were walking towards the end of the alley with flashlights, and could vaguely hear one or two sounds from the alley in the distance. The sound of barking.

"It's so dark, so quiet, I don't know how Zhou Haizhi survived until dawn." Xu Tao really admired the courage of the child.

As an adult, Xu Tao couldn't stay alone in this alley until dawn. Just thinking about it, Xu Tao was horrified, and she made her brain crazy.

"Be careful, there's a pit here." Zhao Weiguo held Xu Tao and did not answer Xu Tao's words, but reminded her aloud.

"Yeah." Xu Tao nodded, took Zhao Weiguo's hand, and strode gently across the pit.

The couple held hands and walked towards the end of the alley. Within a few minutes, they came to the stone that Zhou Haizhi said. Xu Tao and Zhao Weiguo walked over and shone their flashlights in a circle. As a result, they actually saw Zhou Haizhi under the stone.

Zhou Haizhi hadn't fallen asleep yet, wearing the clothes Xu Tao prepared for him yesterday. The child was wrapped in that garbage bag and nestled beside the stone, looking very pitiful.

"Xiao Zhi!" Xu Tao's nose was sour as she looked at the child who shrank her neck in surprise under the flashlight.

"Auntie." Zhou Haizhi got up very embarrassed.

"Your mother locked the door again?" Xu Tao took a deep breath and tried to calm herself, but she looked at the door not far away.

There is even a little light from the crack of the door. Obviously, there are still people in the room who are not asleep, but the door has been locked, so that all the unconscionable things can be done, and the children will not be allowed to go home. , but Zhou Haizhi didn't dare to knock on the door.

"Yeah." Zhou Haizhi nodded.

"Go home with auntie and sleep with brother Xiaonan! It's not safe here." Xu Tao reached out and touched his head.

"Auntie..." Zhou Haizhi's expression was a little hesitant. He was embarrassed to interrupt, but he couldn't help but yearn for the warmth of the family.

"Let's go!" Xu Tao stretched out her hand towards the child.

Zhou Haizhi looked at Xu Tao's palm, looked sideways at the dark and closed light-yellow wooden door, and after a while, he stretched his thin little hand into Xu Tao's palm.

Xu Tao's hand was soft and warm. After being held, he felt a strong power. He followed Xu Tao to Zhao's house. In the darkness, he could only see a bunch of warm light from a flashlight.

Zhou Haizhi looked at the light, looked sideways at Xu Tao, looked at the warm palm holding his hand, and quietly looked back at the home in the dark, the trace of nostalgia for family in his eyes disappeared.

"Xiaozhi, didn't Auntie tell you during the day that you should go to Auntie's house if you have nowhere to go at night? Why don't you go?" Xu Tao asked softly when Zhou Haizhi didn't speak.

"I'm afraid it will disturb Auntie." Zhou Haizhi's voice was low, with embarrassment and gratitude in his tone.

"It's okay." Xu Tao answered.

She couldn't help but feel a little fortunate at the moment, fortunate that she took Zhao Weiguo out to take a look, otherwise Zhou Haizhi would have to rely on a big rock for another night tonight.

She couldn't even describe in words how she felt when she saw Zhou Haizhi's nest beside the stone, the five flavors were too mixed.

Returning from the end of the alley all the way home, Xu Tao asked Zhao Weiguo to help Zhou Haizhi take a bath again.

"Auntie, I'll just wash it myself!" Zhou Haizhi refused the kindness.

Xu Tao looked at Zhou Haizhi, thinking that the child is five years old, and his family has been forcing him to grow up, there is really no need to take care of him too carefully, and then nodded: "Okay, then Auntie will bring you clothes."

"Auntie, No need for clothes, I'll go to sleep naked!" He was afraid that Aunt Xu Tao was too enthusiastic, so he brought him a set of clothes to wear. He originally planned to go home today, but his mother Zhou Yu immediately scolded him when she saw that he was wearing clean clothes.

After knowing that the clothes on his body belonged to Zhao Linan's younger brother, his mother was even more fierce towards him, and even kicked him out of the house. He went home earlier than usual today, but he didn't want to be locked out. After all, although there was no bed at home, The utility room where the firewood could be kept was considered his room, and there was a ragged blanket for him.

"How about that?" Xu Tao was worried.

Children are prone to kicking the quilt when sleeping. Although Zhao Linan sleeps honestly, he often kicks the blanket. When he rolls over, the blanket is basically not on his body. Therefore, Xu Tao will dress Zhao Li to prevent his stomach from catching a cold.

Children, especially at the age of Zhao Linan and Zhou Haizhi, can easily catch cold when they sleep without clothes on. Even though the weather is very hot now, Xu Tao still doesn't dare to be careless. What's more, Zhou Haizhi had a high fever in the middle of the night last night.

Zhou Haizhi couldn't stop Xu Tao, so he had to put on the clothes Xu Tao prepared.

"Didn't eat! Auntie cooked eel noodles." Zhou Haizhi couldn't go home, and it was unlikely that he would eat dinner.

Otherwise, Zhou Haizhi could not be five years old and still the same height as Zhao Linan.

"Thank you, Auntie." Zhou Haizhi could only thank him, silently thanking Xu Tao for his kindness.

"You're welcome, let's eat!" Xu Tao touched the child, and after Zhou Haizhi finished eating, let Zhou Haizhi go back to his room to sleep.

Zhou Haizhi was very embarrassed, but after this night, Zhou Haizhi was no longer resisting the warmth released by Xu Tao, and he went back to his home less often. Every night at seven or eight o'clock, he would come to Zhao's house by himself and take a bath with Zhao Linan. , and then lie on the bed together and listen to Xu Tao tell stories.

In the past, the bed was small enough to accommodate a family of three. After Zhou Haizhi was added, Zhao Weiguo stopped joining in the fun and gave up the place to Zhou Haizhi.

Time passed by in the blink of an eye. About a week later, Xu Tao packed up the manuscripts of the novel in the house, and was ready to prepare dinner when Zhao Weiguo came home. As a result, while Xu Tao was still watering the vegetables, he suddenly saw Zhou Haizhi appear very embarrassed. He also trotted all the way to her, his face was covered with red and swollen marks, and there was a little blood on his nose.

"What's the matter, Xiaozhi?" Xu Tao looked at Zhou Haizhi who rushed in, put down the water gourd and asked suspiciously.

"Auntie, here, give you the money." Zhou Haizhi hurriedly shoved the two hundred yuan into Xu Tao's hand, the child was talking anxiously, and his head still looked at the door from time to time.

"Huh? Xiaozhi, what are you doing with the money for auntie?"

"Auntie, here it is, hurry up and hide the money." Zhou Haizhi jumped in a hurry.

"Zhou Haizhi, you little bastard." Zhou Yu grabbed a bamboo stick in the next moment, his voice rang sharply at the door, and then a figure appeared at the door.

Zhou Yu strode in from the threshold and walked directly into Zhao's house, looking at Zhou Haizhi angrily.

"Don't roll over for me yet?" Zhou Yu glared at Zhou Haizhi with an expression as if he was going to eat people.

"Sister Zhou, what's wrong with you?" Xu Tao looked at Zhou Yu and asked.

"Who is your eldest sister, don't talk to me, I'll just say why you are so kind! You took him in for the night and gave him food again. It turned out to be trying to deceive this little bastard for money." Zhou Yu grabbed the bamboo Tiao, pointed at Xu Tao's nose.

If it wasn't for the distance, Xu Tao suspected that Zhou Yu could not wait to poke her eyes out with a bamboo stick.

"I don't understand what you mean?" Xu Tao said silently.

"You eat the insides and the outsides, I asked you to give me the money, but you didn't give it, and even ran to her, do you still know who your mother is? I'm the one who gave birth to you so hard , you dare to bite me." Zhou Yu cursed angrily, glancing at the palm of his hand that had been bitten, his head was smoking with anger.

Zhou Yu seemed to be very angry when he spoke. After walking a few steps, he held the bamboo stick and waved it down to Zhou Haizhi's arm.

Xu Tao couldn't see, and pulled Zhou Haizhi to hide behind him.

She knew that it was unusual for parents to beat their children with bamboo sticks and whips these days, and the children's entire childhood would be born under these educational whips, but Xu Tao really couldn't bear it.

This Zhou Yu, if you have to teach a lesson at your own home, Xu Tao can't bear to come to her house and beat the child in front of her.

And from Zhou Yu's few words, Xu Tao also guessed why Zhou Haizhi hurriedly gave her the money.

The child didn't hide the money well and was discovered by Zhou Yu?

"Go away, or don't blame me for smoking with you." Zhou Yu shouted fiercely at Xu Tao.

"Zhou Yu, make it clear that this is my house. You come to my house to teach the children and beat me. Are you a little too arrogant?" Xu Tao snorted coldly, and her tone became unusually cold.

"Do you think I want to come to your house? You little bastard, get out of here and see if I won't kill you today." Zhou Yu rolled her eyes at Xu Tao, then pointed at Zhou Haizhi and drank it fiercely.

Zhou Haizhi was so scared that his body was shaking, but he went out anyway.

Xu Tao reached out to grab Zhou Haizhi to protect him, but Zhou Yu was faster and pulled Zhou Haizhi away.

Papapa——

Zhou Yu was really ruthless, he beat Zhou Haizhi without hesitation at all, he swung down the bamboo stick, and Zhou Haizhi's arm immediately became red and swollen.

"Zhou Yu, are you ill? This is your son, and you are so willing to fight like this." Xu Tao watched Zhou Yu swipe three times, and the force was so painful that Xu Tao felt pain.

"I'm born, I'm happy to kill you, can you handle it?" Zhou Yu replied, pulling Zhou Haizhi's collar with one hand and lifting Zhou Haizhi: "Give me the money."

"No. "Zhou Haizhi replied firmly to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and waved a few more bamboo sticks. This time, it was Zhou Haizhi's buttocks and legs, and each stroke was very hard.

Xu Tao couldn't stand it any longer, so she reached out to stop it.

Zhou Yu seemed to do it on purpose, holding the bamboo stick and waving it at Xu Taobai's slender arm.

"Hey!" Xu Tao took a breath and retracted her hand.

Zhou Yu snorted coldly: "I warned you, you have to come over yourself."

Xu Tao's face suddenly looked ugly, and she stared at her arm for a while.

"What is this doing?" Zhao Weiguo's voice sounded.

"Dad." Zhao Linan has been hiding at the door of the living room. After the child was drunk by Zhou Yujie that day, he had a psychological shadow on Zhou Yu. Seeing Zhou Yu coming to the house, he still had a bamboo stick in his hand, and scolded Zhou Haizhi so loudly. The child did not dare to speak.

It was not until he saw Zhao Weiguo that Zhao Linan rushed over like a small cannonball.

Zhao Weiguo stretched out his hand to pick up his son who ran in front of him, strode closer, glanced at Zhou Yu, his body was fierce, and then his eyes stopped on Xu Tao's arm.

"Is she hit?" Zhao Weiguo saw the redness and swelling on the snow-white, his eyes sank.