But when Xiao Bao heard his brother say that, he simply couldn’t control himself and burst into tears with a loud "waah."
Even now, Xiao Bao was afraid their mother didn’t want them anymore.
Mrs. Zhao didn’t expect that as the grandsons were talking, Da Bao would make his little brother cry ?
"Da Bao, Xiao Bao, your dad would never abandon you. This time, your mom went with your dad to the county town, and they will definitely come back. Come on, don’t cry."
But this time not only Xiao Bao was crying, but Da Bao began to cry as well.
Captain Zhao came back home and immediately heard the children’s crying. He quickly entered the room and saw Da Bao and Xiao Bao crying there.
"Old lady, what’s happened?"
Mrs. Zhao was comforting the kids while responding to Captain Zhao’s question, "They think Laosan and his wife don’t want them anymore."
This left Captain Zhao utterly confused.
"Weren’t the two of them going to the county town?"
Laosan had even come to him for a letter of introduction.
Captain Zhao knew that Laosan often took game to the black market to sell.
This time going to the county town, he was probably going to sell these things.
"But they haven’t come back yet."
When Captain Zhao glanced outside at the sky, it was getting dark. Could it be that Laosan and his wife hadn’t returned yet?
"Maybe they stayed at the county town’s guest house?"
Mrs. Zhao didn’t know either?
"Are you going to comfort them, or should you cook instead?"
Having lived for decades, Captain Zhao had hardly ever soothed his son, let alone his grandchildren.
"I’ll cook, I’ll cook."
It seemed Captain Zhao would rather cook than console the children.
Seeing her husband head to the kitchen to cook, Mrs. Zhao hurriedly went to get some food to comfort the two little ones.
"Come on, your mom and dad will be back soon, and if you keep crying, you’ll really become little crybabies."
But Da Bao kept sobbing until he started hiccupping, "Grandma, will Dad really come back?"
Mrs. Zhao felt like holding her forehead.
"Where else could your dad go if not back here?"
If the daughter-in-law went out alone, they would feel more anxious, but with her son accompanying her, is there still a need to worry they won’t return?
"Alright, no more crying, no more crying," Mrs. Zhao said, continuing to comfort Xiao Bao in her arms.
"Our team is quite far from the county town; it takes a lot of time for your parents to go there and back. Maybe they’ve just been delayed on the road, but they will definitely come back."
Mrs. Zhao wondered: Da Bao and Xiao Bao used to not cry so easily, did they?
It was only during this last half year that the female supporting character often brought up returning to the city, planting the seed in the kids’ minds that their mother didn’t want them, that she was going to leave for the city.
This time, even though their dad was with them on the trip to the county town, the brothers were still worried—worried that their mother wouldn’t come back.
Because the female supporting character seldom did fieldwork and usually stayed at home taking care of chores and the children, Da Bao and Xiao Bao were actually more attached to her, their feelings towards the female supporting character were even deeper.
Mrs. Zhao brought them some food.
"Grandma, I want to go back home."
Da Bao wanted to go back home to wait for their mom and dad to return.
"Your grandpa is cooking; shall we eat before going back?"
Da Bao and Xiao Bao, holding onto Mrs. Zhao’s arms, looked at her together, "Grandma, we have food at home, let’s go back."
Looking at her two grandsons, Mrs. Zhao was also moved.
"Old man, I’ll take Da Bao to Laosan’s place for a bit."
Wasn’t he supposed to cook?
If Laosan and his wife returned, they would come over to pick up Da Bao and Xiao Bao.
Was there a need to be so anxious?