Yibao and Erbao, who had each received fifty spanks on their bottoms, wiped their bodies, washed their feet, and were now lying in bed.

They were wearing thick cotton pants, so their bottoms didn’t hurt much from the spanking.

However, they cared about the pain during the spanking and cared about their pride afterward.

At this moment, the two brothers felt that they had lost both face and dignity, and they didn’t even want to listen to their father telling them stories anymore.

But it seemed that Lin Guodong had no intention of telling them stories today.

Lin Guodong sat in bed.

The three boys had warmed up the bed with their bodies, and it was already quite hot.

“Do you think bad guys are powerful, or are the police powerful?” Lin Guodong asked his sons.

San Bao immediately replied, “Dad… powerful.”

Although Yi Bao and Er Bao didn’t want to admit it, their dad was indeed powerful.

Lin Guodong patted San Bao’s head and said, “Dad is powerful not because Dad is a bad guy, but because Dad is a soldier. Soldiers become powerful through training. Do you want to be powerful like Dad?”

San Bao didn’t quite understand, but he also vaguely understood.

As a baby who hadn’t been spanked, San Bao had not yet experienced his dad’s evil intentions.

Yi Bao and Er Bao listened quietly, but they didn’t speak.

Lin Guodong chuckled, “Yi Bao, Er Bao, do you want to learn?”

Sometimes, dads also need to give their children a way out.

Yi Bao and Er Bao didn’t want to answer in their hearts, but their mouths were honest, “Yes.”

“Well, then, how can you be as powerful as me?” Er Bao asked indignantly.

“Training,” Lin Guodong said naturally, no longer stimulating or hurting their little self-esteem. “First, you said to me before that the game called ‘Bad Guys Catching Police’ is like the game we play, where the hawk catches the chicks. The hawk is only one, and there are many chicks.”

“But in our lives, bad guys can’t catch the police. Only the police can catch bad guys,” Lin Guodong said. “Think about it, when bad guys see the police, are they scared away?”

Yi Bao and Er Bao nodded.

But Yi Bao said, “But if the police catch the bad guys, there is only one police officer, and we don’t want to be bad guys.”

“So Dad has thought of a new game for you. You can all be police officers, all can be like Dad, soldiers in the Liberation Army, all can catch bad guys. Do you want to know?” Lin Guodong saw that his two sons were getting into the topic and looked at them with gentle eyes.

Yi Bao nodded, “Yes.”

Er Bao’s eyes were also full of curiosity.

Lin Guodong said, “It’s called ‘Joining the Army Together.'”

Yi Bao didn’t understand. “What is ‘Joining the Army Together’?”

Er Bao also looked at his dad.

Lin Guodong explained to them, “It means when there is one person, it’s called an instructor; when there are many people, it’s called soldiers. The soldier at the front of the line is called the squad leader. The squad leader plays with the soldiers and the instructor together. If a soldier is caught by the instructor, they lose the qualification to be a soldier. The last soldier left becomes a soldier in the Liberation Army…” He patiently analyzed it for his sons, over and over, until they all understood. “This way, you are all soldiers, soldiers in the Liberation Army, and there are no bad guys.”

“Wow, Dad, you’re so smart.” Er Bao seemed to have forgotten about being spanked by his dad.

“Dad, were you also a soldier before?” Yi Bao thought more than Er Bao.

Lin Guodong shook his head. “Dad wasn’t a soldier; Dad was an instructor. Do you know why Dad wasn’t a soldier?”

Yi Bao shook his head.

Er Bao said, “Instructors are more powerful than soldiers.”

“Yes, instructors are more powerful than soldiers,” Lin Guodong added. “The reason Dad became an instructor and trained soldiers is because Dad read a lot of books. When you read a lot of books in the future, your starting point will be higher. This way, you will become someone who trains others, not someone who is trained by others.”

Although the two boys didn’t quite understand, children admire strength.

They knew what Dad meant.

They had to study well, read a lot of books, so they could be as strong as Dad and become instructors that soldiers must obey.

Ning Shu yawned several times, looked at the time, and finally, at ten o’clock, Lin Guodong came back, and she was almost falling asleep. “Why are you back so late today? Did they cry?” She thought the two little ones’ self-esteem had been shattered and needed their dad to comfort them, so Lin Guodong came back so late.

“No, just talked to them.” Lin Guodong said.

Talking to two six-year-old kids until ten o’clock at night? Only Lin Guodong would do such a thing.

“Can Er Bao understand reason?” Yi Bao definitely could, but Er Bao is a bit mysterious, right?

Lin Guodong smiled and got into bed, sandwiching Ning Shu’s feet, which were already a little warm, between his legs. “If you talk to him patiently, he’ll understand.”

Ning Shu wasn’t curious. “Then I’ll leave Er Bao’s education to you in the future.”

She admitted that she wasn’t a patient person.

However, his patience made her more certain that the decision to follow the army was correct.

In the children’s growth journey, they not only needed a father but also a correct guiding light.

Lin Guodong’s values, personality, and profession undoubtedly made him the best guiding light for the children.

These were qualities and talents she didn’t have.

“That’s not a problem. The main thing is the timing for you to follow the army. It’s better to choose before it gets hot. It’s uncomfortable on the train when it’s hot, and you probably can’t stand it.” Lin Guodong knew her concerns.

She was afraid that when it got hot, all kinds of smells on the train would make her uncomfortable.

“Also, if you don’t follow me to the army, I’m afraid I won’t be able to take so many days off to come back and pick you up.”

This was indeed a problem.

She wouldn’t feel at ease carrying three children and luggage by herself.

But if she followed Lin Guodong to the army, then she couldn’t do group purchases for spinach on her one-acre plot, nor could she do group purchases for Xiao Shan’s dried bamboo shoots.

The dried bamboo shoots weren’t a problem; she could come back once, as they could last.

But spinach wouldn’t last. Unless… she dried the spinach? Then she could do a group purchase for dried spinach?

That was also possible. Dried spinach in egg soup was delicious, like in spinach and egg drop soup or in stir-fried spinach.

After thinking about it, Ning Shu felt that the safety of herself and the three children was more important than spinach.

“Then I’ll go with you.” Her personality was contradictory.

Sometimes, once she decided, not even ten oxen could pull her back, but other times, she was unpredictable.

” In that case, I’ll have to harvest all the spinach in the next few days, then make it into dried spinach. I’ll bring some to the army so we can eat it ourselves, and the rest I’ll leave. ” When she comes back to harvest the dried bamboo shoots, I’ll put the dried spinach on the app to sell.

Lin Guodong said, “If we harvest all the spinach and dry it, we’ll need a place and things to dry it. We can only harvest some first, and let Mom take care of the rest.”

Indeed, how many bamboo woven drying boards would they need to dry the spinach from an acre of land?

It could only be done slowly.

Let’s talk about it tomorrow.

The next day…

Lin Guodong had to go to the commune with the brigade leader early in the morning, so he prepared porridge and boiled eggs and left first.

Of course, he didn’t forget Ning Shu’s reminder to steam the sweet potatoes.

The three kids slept late because of yesterday, so they woke up late and had breakfast with their mother.

“Mom…” Er Bao looked at everyone eating porridge and eggs while he only had a small sweet potato.

His eyes turned red. His voice was full of grievances, “Mom…” he called out, his voice a bit hoarse.

Er Bao was on the verge of tears.

Ning Shu raised an eyebrow. “Didn’t I tell you yesterday? Everyone in this family can be offended, except Mom.”

Er Bao felt wronged. “How did I offend you? Am I not good?” His voice was on the edge of breaking down, then he cried, crying and running out.

“Wuwuwu…” The sound was particularly miserable.

Ning Shu: …

She made Er Bao cry.

Yi Bao was worried. “Mom, I… I’ll give my food to Er Bao.”

Seeing his brother cry made him feel bad too.

San Bao blinked. “Brother is crying.”

He didn’t know why his brother was crying, but if brother was crying, he didn’t want to eat either.

“Brother…” San Bao wanted to get off his child seat.

“You guys eat, I’ll go find Er Bao.” Ning Shu immediately went out of the kitchen.

She saw Er Bao sitting under the eaves, facing away from the kitchen, trembling. His small back looked extremely pitiful.

Ning Shu walked up gently and hugged Er Bao from behind. “Er Bao, Er Bao, my little baby, are you angry?”

Er Bao’s ears twitched but he didn’t speak.

“But yesterday, when Er Bao was playing games with Dad, Er Bao also looked down on Mom. Mom was so sad.” Ning Shu pretended to be pitiful.

“Yesterday, Mom tried so hard to help Er Bao, but Er Bao thought Mom was useless, thought Mom couldn’t beat Dad, wuwuwu…”