The two brothers returned home together.

“Mother, we’re back…”

“Mother…”

For dinner, there was egg-stir-fried yam. After frying the eggs, they were set aside, and then the yam was cooked in the same pot. Once the yam was cooked, the eggs and green vegetable stems were added in, and all three were stir-fried together.

It was not only delicious but also visually appealing. If there was oyster sauce, it would taste even better.

The green vegetables were exchanged with Mrs. Zhang, who sold eggs. Their home didn’t have any greens.

Next was soy sauce and sugar roasted Autumn Thunder bamboo shoots.

Finally, there was a soup of loofah and eggs.

There were no meat or fancy vegetables, but the three of them enjoyed their meal.

During dinner, Ning Shu said, ” Yibao, Erbao tomorrow you don’t need to go pick snails. Stay home and take care of San Bao. I’m going to dig these long bamboo shoots tomorrow.” She had dug about four or five catties of Autumn Thunder bamboo shoots today, and tomorrow, she wanted the two boys to stay home with San Bao so she could dig more.

“Tomorrow, the snails will probably all be picked clean too,” Erbao said.

Ning Shu thought about it and realized that with the rice harvesting these past few days and then tomorrow’s rice threshing, the field would indeed be empty.

“Mother, tomorrow Erbao will take care of San Bao, and I’ll go with you to dig bamboo shoots,” Yibao also had his own plans.

“I don’t want to. I want to go dig bamboo shoots with Mother too, and let Big Brother take care of San Bao,” ErBao also wanted to be with Mother.

“Guo Guo?” San Bao, who was obediently eating porridge, heard his brothers calling him and looked at them with confusion.

Ning Shu said, “You two worked hard picking snails yesterday and today, so I’ll give you a day off.” Even the old oxen in the production team needed rest, let alone the little bees in the Lin family?

“Mother, I’m not tired,” Yi Bao didn’t want to rest.

“Mother, I’m not tired either,” Er Bao liked Mother as she was now, and he didn’t want to rest either.

Ning Shu said, “…” The little bees were too hardworking. “

Then tomorrow morning, Erbao will go with me to dig bamboo shoots, Yibao will stay at home with San Bao, and tomorrow afternoon, Yibao will go with me to dig bamboo shoots, and Erbao will stay at home with San Bao. Is that okay?”

The two boys naturally had no objections.

After dinner, the family began to thresh the rice and remove the grains from the rice ears. Because the two boys didn’t pick many rice ears, they finished quickly. After threshing the rice, they took a leisurely walk in the yard to relax for a while before bathing and preparing for bed.

After a busy day, everyone was tired.

However, when they finished bathing and returned to their respective rooms, San Bao started to fuss.

He crawled to the edge of the bed, wanting to get down.

Er Bao stood by the bed and stopped him. “San Bao, what do you want?”

Yi Bao was also confused. “Do you need to pee or poop?”

Usually, San Bao was very well-behaved, so what was going on today?

“Mother… Mother…” San Bao had slept in Mother’s fragrant bed before, and he didn’t want to sleep with his brother. However, San Bao was still young and couldn’t express himself well.

“You want to find Mother, right?” Yi Bao asked.

San Bao nodded. “Mother, sleep.”

Er Bao asked, “Brother, what does San Bao want? Mother is definitely sleeping now.”

Yibao didn’t respond to Er Bao’s words. Instead, he asked San Bao, “San Bao, do you want to sleep with Mother?”

San Bao saw that Yi Bao understood his meaning and nodded happily. “Guo Guo, Mother, sleep.”

“Wow…” Er Bao’s eyes widened. “San Bao, you want to sleep with Mother! You’re so smart. Why didn’t I think of that? Brother, I also want to sleep with Mother.”

Yi Bao’s eyes sparkled. “Then let’s go find Mother.” In fact, he also wanted to sleep with his Mother.

“That’s great!” Er Bao was so happy he wanted to jump up.

So, the two brothers took San Bao to knock on Ning Shu’s door.

Although Ning Shu was a bit tired today, it was still early, so she wasn’t asleep yet. She was thinking about San Bao’s second birthday the day after tomorrow.

San Bao always played alone and didn’t have many toys, so she planned to make him a birthday toy.

At the same time, she also needed to make gloves for digging bamboo shoots tomorrow.

Ning Shu didn’t know what toy to make, so she decided to make a toy ball for San Bao.

Actually, making a toy ball was simple. It was woven into a circular shape with thin rattan strips inside, about the size of a soccer ball.

Then, she would take some cotton from an old quilt, stuff it into the small round ball, and wrap the small ball with the cotton.

This way, even if someone was hit by it, it would be soft and wouldn’t hurt. Finally, she would sew the ball up with the leftover scraps of old clothes. In simple terms, it was a fabric ball.

Whether San Bao played with it himself or played with Yibao and Erbao, it would be fine.

Just as she took out the materials for making a ball, she heard a knock on the door. “Yi Bao?” Usually, it was Yi Bao who knocked on the door.

“Mother, San Bao wants to sleep on your bed,” Yi Bao said from outside.

Huh?

Although Ning Shu had slept with San Bao in the morning, wasn’t that’s because no one was watching San Bao backthen? She hadn’t thought of sleeping with San Bao all along.

Although the bed was quite big, about 1.8 meters, It wouldn’t be uncomfortable sleeping with his youngest son.

“Mother… sleep… mother…” San Bao heard his mother’s voice outside and urgently shouted, tapping on the door with his small hands.

Ning Shu had to get out of bed and open the door, only to see three brothers at the door.

The main reason is that the three brothers are too obedient. If they are not obedient, she will directly refuse.

But they are too obedient, and she thinks that refusing is also a sin.

“Mother…” San Bao happily rushed over and hugged Ning Shu’s leg, then looked up at her with his little head. “Bao, come and sleep… now…”

Ning Shu helplessly said, “Then you can’t wet the bed, otherwise I’ll spank you.” Well, sleeping alone can be quite boring, and having someone to sleep together and have a lively time is also good thing.

Upon hearing his mother say “little butt”, Sanbao tilted his butt back and said, “Mother, butt… hit…” He said with great courage.

“Puchi…” Ning Shu laughed and said, “You’re really cute.”

She picked up San Bao and said to Yi Bao and Er Bao, “San Bao, will sleep with me tonight. You guys should go to sleep too.”

However, the two brothers remain at the same position.

Erbao said, “Mother, I also want to sleep with you too. I haven’t slept with you since I grew up.” He thought in his small heart that he must have slept with his mother when he was young too just like San Bao.

“Hmm.” Yibao nodded along, but he didn’t dare to look at his mother and lowered his little head.

Even the voice is not as straightforward and powerful as Er Bao’s. But there is also a deep expectation in his voice.

Ning Shu looked at Er Bao’s grape-like eyes, then glanced at Yi Bao’s little cowlick on top of his head, suddenly feeling a bit sad. “Well, come in then,”

she stepped aside, letting them enter.

“Yay…” Er Bao happily jumped, “Mom, I’ll go get the small pillow.”

“Mom…” Yi Bao suddenly lifted his head, then rubbed his eyes, “I’ll go get the small blanket.”

Ning Shu then noticed that Yi Bao was actually crying.

The small pillows and blankets for the two kids were made by Lin’s mother. Although they had been used for several years, Lin’s mother often cleaned them, so they were still quite clean.

After Ning Shu came, she also took care of them.

Carrying their small pillows and blankets, the two of them came to Ning Shu’s room.

They watched their younger brother rolling on the bed while Ning Shu sewed something on the side, and they climbed onto the bed curiously.

“Mom, are you making new clothes?” Er Bao asked.

Ning Shu: “It’s a secret, I won’t tell you.” It’s just that if San Bao has a birthday gift, Yi Bao and Er Bao shouldn’t be left out.

If she hadn’t thought about it before, after what just happened, Ning Shu also understood the feeling of being a parent, needing to treat all children equally.

If only San Bao had a gift, and Yi Bao and Er Bao didn’t, they would probably feel sad.

Being a parent… is really not easy.

But what do Yi Bao and Er Bao like?

Oh right, their desks are almost done these days. Then, two desks would be their gift, and she would go to the county town to buy some comic books for kids.

Perfect resolution.

“Mom, do you have secrets too?” In Er Bao’s mind, not telling others is a secret. “Mom, whisper to me, I won’t tell Big Brother and San Bao.”

Ning Shu: “…” With his mouth, she didn’t believe him at all.

“Nobody can say, you’ll know in a few days.”

Yi Bao blinked in confusion. Will Mom tell them in a few days?

“Mom, can you sing?” Er Bao asked again.

Ning Shu: “No.”

Let her sing children’s songs? She’s tone-deaf, so don’t even think about it.

Er Bao: “Then Mom, can you tell stories?”

Ning Shu: “No.” She doesn’t have the energy for that.

Er Bao: “Mom, why can’t you do anything?”

Ning Shu: “I can cook stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots. Do you want to eat?”

Er Bao thought for a moment. “Mom, I’ve had dinner already. I don’t want to eat now. Can I eat it tomorrow?”

Ning Shu: “…” This little rascal, he managed to break her guard like this. “Then can you sing?”

“I can,” Er Bao said proudly.

Now Ning Shu was curious. “Sing for me.”

“Okay.” Er Bao hummed a few times, cleared his voice, “A wide river with rolling waves, the wind blowing with the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides…”

Ning Shu was extremely surprised. Er Bao can sing such a song, which she also learned in music class when she was young.

She would have forgotten it if Er Bao hadn’t sung it.

“Mom, do I sing well?” Er Bao only knows how to sing two lines.

But Ning Shu applauded him, “You sing well. How did you learn it?”

Er Bao: “I heard the educated youth singing and learned it.”

“Er Bao, you’re really talented.” Ning Shu felt that if it were modern times, Er Bao might become a singer. Of course, this was the feeling generated by her 360-degree filter.

However, “Yi Bao, can you sing?” Yi Bao shook his head, feeling a bit down.

He couldn’t sing. Did Mom not like him anymore?

“Yi Bao is indeed like me, I can’t sing either,” Ning Shu said.

Yi Bao suddenly widened his eyes, then he smirked, his mouth almost reaching his ears.

Since he was born by Mom, and Mom couldn’t sing, he couldn’t sing either. He was like Mom.

“Mom, if I can sing, who am I like?” Er Bao asked innocently.

Ning Shu: “You’re like your dad.”

Er Bao pouted, feeling a bit sad. “Mom, can I not be like Dad? I want to be like you too.”

Ning Shu: “…” This child is really conflicted. “Then can you tell stories?”

Er Bao: “No, I can only sing.”

Ning Shu: “I can’t tell stories either, so in this aspect, you’re like me too.”

“Right, I’m like Mom, I can’t tell stories. Hehe…” Amidst the children’s chatter, Ning Shu finished her work. She looked at the bed, where the three kids were already sleeping.