Stepmother

    Song Zhaodi didn't care, and smiled: "Whatever you say. You don't wash the dishes at noon, and you cook at night. The five children in the family know that I never lie."

    "That's because they haven't seen your true face." Zhong Jianguo glared at Song Zhaodi and put away the table and chopsticks.

    Song Zhaodi smiled, got up and went upstairs to take money to Zhong Jianguo's "vampire" dad.

      .

    "Zhong Jianguo!"

    Zhong Jianguo's hand trembled, and his chopsticks fell into the basin, subconsciously thinking that Song Zhaodi heard what he said just now. Then I thought about it, five minutes have passed, with Song Zhaodi's character, if I heard him talk about her, it wouldn't have taken so long to come down: "What's the matter?"

    Song Zhaodi ran in: "Our family's money suddenly increased by more than 300 yuan."

    "What do you mean?" Zhong Jianguo didn't understand, but saw a large roll of banknotes in her hand, "Why did you take them all out? Put them back."

    Song Zhaodi: "Our salary plus 1 yuan is 235 yuan, I put 180 yuan in the quilt every month, and the remaining 55 yuan is kept in the money box. As we usually use.

    "I thought the weather was getting colder, so I went to the city with my aunt on weekends to buy cloth, add a set of cotton coats for a few children, and buy some snacks for the children. Counting fifty for your father It cost seventy to eighty dollars. There was not so much in the money box, so I planned to take one hundred dollars from the quilt.

    "I accidentally messed up the money when I took the money. I thought it would be fine now, so I took out all the money and counted how much our family saved. But count it twice Neither is right. Zhong Jianguo, is it the private money you saved in the past?"

    "What's the matter." Zhong Jianguo was speechless, "Where can I hide in such a big place? Besides, I don't smoke, I go to the camp every day, and I can't drink, no Buying cigarettes or not buying alcohol, what can I do with the money from my private house?"

    Song Zhaodi nodded: "You are right. It's not a hundred years from now, there is no use for money now. However, our family's money is indeed more than three hundred more."

    "How much is more than three hundred?" Zhong Jianguo asked.

    Song Zhaodi: "Three hundred and sixty-seven. Who do you think will send money to our family?"

    "Your son." Zhong Jianguo thought about it carefully, "You said last year that there is a sum of money in the hands of self-reliance and rehabilitation, and this money must belong to them."

    Song Zhaodi shook her head: "No. I took the money in front of the big baby. Apart from you and me, only the big baby knows that the money is put in the quilt."

    "That's why they gave the money to the big baby, and the big baby put it in." Zhong Jianguo said, paused, "This arrogant child, I don't know how to tell you such a large sum of money. With a sound, he wakes up when he turns around, and I have to beat him up."

    Song Zhaodi was speechless when she heard him say this: "I yelled to beat him every day, but I haven't seen you beat him once. Hurry up and pack up and go to work. When they wake up, I'll ask. "

    At two o'clock, the five children woke up, and Song Zhaodi did not shy away from self-reliance and rehabilitation, and directly asked them about money.

    Dawa, Self-Reliance and Rehabilitation opened their eyes wide, unable to believe it, and asked in unison: "You just know?"

    "When did you put them in?" Song Zhaodi frowned, "It's been a long time?"

    Zhong Dawa sighed deeply, her face full of helplessness: "No wonder Dad said that you are a big man. We have been in it for several months."

    "It's been almost half a year." said independently.

    The embarrassment on Song Zhaodi's face flashed: "We didn't add anything big, so I didn't move the money in the quilt, it's normal not to know."

    "As you say, mother, if I am in a hurry to use the money one day, I will take all the money directly, and I will not tell you, and I will return it after a while, and you will not know?" Zhong Dawa asked.

    Song Zhaodi coughed: "I'll change the place today, you can't find it."

    "It doesn't matter if we can't find it, just don't let the mouse find it." Da Wa said.

    Song Zhaodi suddenly wanted to hit someone: "Get out of here."

    "Sanwa, where's your schoolbag?" He turned around and looked for the youngest brother.

    Sanwa waved her little hand: "I don't want to write today, I don't need a schoolbag." Not being able to speak independently, she held on to the handrail of the stairs and ran down.

    Self-reliance was startled, and quickly followed: "Slow down, Sanwa."

    The eldest baby pulled the second baby, dragged her for rebirth, and said to Song Zhaodi, let's go. In an instant, only Song Zhaodi was left in the entire Zhong family.

    No children around, no mobile phones, no computers, no TV sets, and no entertainment facilities, Song Zhaodi suddenly hoped that she walked downstairs, and the pace of time also reached 1977 Eight years, the year of reform and opening up. However, this is not possible.

    September 20th, Sunday morning, Song Zhaodi fry two pots of vegetables, but only let Dawa serve one pot.

    The baby doesn't understand: "Why?"

    "Your grandma Liu is going to Hangzhou, and we won't be able to come back until the afternoon." Song Zhaodi said, "This pot of vegetables is reserved for you to eat at noon. If you want to eat steamed buns, hot steamed buns, and steamed rice if you want to eat rice. ."

    Zhong Dawa's eyes lit up: "Mother, don't be so troublesome, I can cook."

    "Our house is running out of oil, don't even think about it." Song Zhaodi said, "If there is still half a bowl of oil left at the end of the month, I will make you miserable."

    Dawa stretched out her finger, "It's a word."

    "Whatever you say." Song Zhaodi said, "You can go out to play, but you must lock the door and feed the chickens, ducks and geese."

    Zhong Dawa waved her hand: "We feed the chickens, ducks and geese. We know how to feed them. Don't talk about it, let's go quickly."

    Hangcheng is a provincial capital, much larger than the prefecture-level city of Yongcheng, and the goods in the cooperative are also very complete. Things like toffee, clam oil, toothbrushes and toothpaste are all available in Hangtown.

    Hangcheng is more than 200 kilometers away from Wengzhou Island. In addition to taking a boat, you have to transfer to a car. Sister-in-law Duan finds it troublesome. Sometimes Song Zhaodi wants to help her buy a ticket, but she is unwilling to go. Time to offer to go to Hangzhou?

    Song Zhaodi was curious, and when she saw Mrs. Duan, she asked, "What is my aunt going to buy in Hangzhou?"

      I can't do it with hospitality, so I just want to go to Hangzhou to buy some candy and fruit."

    Song Zhaodi couldn't help blinking: "I heard it right? Didn't Liu Ping just go to the hospital to work, so soon has a partner?"

    "When she said that, Lao Liu and I were also taken aback." Sister Duan sighed, "My daughter is too old, I can't control it anymore. If she wants to bring it back, bring it back. Liu's intention is to see how that young man is doing first, if she is honest, she is willing to get married, and we will not stop her."

    Song Zhaodi frowned: "Liu Ping seems to be only twenty-one years old."

    "She, like your eldest baby, was born in the first month." Sister Duan said, "She will be twenty-two in a few months. Girl, it's time to get married."

    Song Zhaodi: "I suggest that you delay Liu Ping for a year and a half on the grounds that she is still young. During this time, call them back for a meal every three days. You and Uncle Liu also happen to be for Liu Ping. Ping guards it."

    Song Zhaodi thought about it: "Then treat it as if I didn't say it."

    "If she is half as sensible as you, even if she doesn't bring the young man back, she will go straight to talk to him about the marriage certificate. You and I, Uncle Liu, are not worried." Sister Duan said, "Unfortunately, That kid was spoiled by me and your Uncle Liu."

    Song Zhaodi was curious: "Then why are you so used to her?"

    "Xiao Zhong didn't tell you?" Sister Duan asked. Song Zhaodi shook her head. Sister-in-law Duan gave the ticket to the staff and said, "Lao Liu and I had two children before. The first child fell ill when he was five years old. At that time, the army was in chaos and the treatment was delayed, so we didn't make it. Later I was pregnant with another baby and didn't keep it.

    "After that incident, I couldn't conceive a child for several years. Old Liu and I thought we would never have another child in this life, so we both accepted our fate and gave birth to Liu Ping. Lao Liu said that the child was very strong, and Lao Liu cried. Later, when Liu Wei was born, Lao Liu still favored Liu Ping.

    "Liu Ping sometimes loses her temper. I want to scold her, and Lao Liu will follow him. Later, when he grew up, Lao Liu felt that his daughter was crooked, and he couldn't control it any more. ."

    Song Zhaodi: "You don't stop at this time, it will be difficult in the future, you and Uncle Liu will be worried."

    "I understand what you're saying." Sister Duan sighed, "But there's no way. I now hope that young man will really treat Liu Ping well."

    Song Zhaodi didn't understand: "What does auntie mean? Does he and Liu Ping have other goals?"

    "You Uncle Liu." Sister Duan said, "Liu Ping, that girl has no brains, her colleague asked her where her home is. The girl directly said Wengzhou Island. What, she told people that her father was a soldier.

    "A soldier, Wengzhou Island, his family is with the army, and his surname is Liu. Anyone who has a little relationship can find out that she is the daughter of Master Liu." After a pause, "I came back last time. Show off with me, the colleagues in the hospital are very kind to her. Are they kind to her? They are for Lao Liu's face."

    Song Zhaodi: "Which hospital is Liu Ping now?"

    "It's still in Yongcheng Hospital." Sister Duan said, "The hospital in our military region has good treatment. I want her to come here. Your Uncle Liu also plans to talk to the director. She said that she is here. It's enough to stay here, I don't want to be here."

    Song Zhaodi coughed lightly: "You girl is really mindless."

    "Don't talk about it, I'll have a lawsuit when I talk about her." Sister Duan waved her hand, "I'll get to Hangcheng later, you can buy it for me, I don't understand those candies and fruits ."

    Song Zhaodi thought for a while: "Auntie, he wants to marry Liu Ping, but it's not that your daughter can't get married. I don't think we need to rush to curry favor with him, we will entertain him as we usually entertain guests. .

    "I remember a saying that when the old man looks at his son-in-law, he gets more and more angry. If he is smart, even if he sees Uncle Liu pulling his face and is dissatisfied with him, he can understand Liu Why is uncle unhappy?"

    "What if he can't see it?" Sister-in-law Duan asked quickly, "Will this thing collapse?"

    Song Zhaodi: "It will collapse. Since Liu Ping's father is Master Liu, are you still afraid that she will not be able to marry?"

    "I'm not afraid that she won't get married. Liu Ping has a bad temper. If she thinks that her object is being messed up by us, she can make trouble for us." Sister Duan sighed in annoyance. , "What will happen in the future, let's talk about it later."

    Seeing that she didn't want to talk more, Song Zhaodi changed her mind and said, "I don't know if I can buy a change of season cloth at this time. If I can't buy cloth, I can buy a rag head, and make some for the child. shoes."

    Sister-in-law Duan asked, "Have the family explained everything?"

    "I told a few children that I can only go back in the afternoon. Zili and Dawa can cook rice. I have a pot of vegetables left in the morning, and a few children will eat it by themselves." Song Zhaodi road.

    Sister Duan couldn't help but praise: "It's still Xiao Song, you can teach children. When Liu Ping was as old as self-reliance, not to mention steaming rice, even washing rice and washing vegetables."

    Even if Song Zhaodi is eloquent, she doesn't know how to answer. She was the one who didn't want to talk about Liu Ping, and she couldn't help but say... Song Zhaodi thought for a while: "It's not that I can teach children, it's mainly because Jianguo and I are not used to children."

    "When Liu Ping was seven or eight years old, I asked Liu Ping to do things, and your uncle Liu said she was young." Sister Duan said, "Tell me from time to time that you can do what you can do yourself. Do it yourself, don't always use the child, the child is still young. Now it's not too young, and it can't be used anymore, and Lao Liu doesn't say anything."

    Song Zhaodi was embarrassed, how should she answer this: "After getting married and having children, you will know how to do things."

    "At that time she won't do it and no one will help her." Sister Duan blurted out.

    Song Zhaodi echoed: "That's right. So, no matter how much we talk about now, it's really useless. Maybe Liu Ping's object is not only honest, but also really wants to marry Liu Ping."

    "If this is the case, she will come back tomorrow and get married the day after tomorrow. I have no problem with your Uncle Liu." Sister Duan said, "However, I don't think the possibility you mentioned is at all. exist."

    Song Zhaodi: "Auntie, you can't say that. There is a saying that a good man has no good wife. If you think your daughter is not good, maybe you will meet a good one."

    "Hey, I've heard what you said." Sister Duan was overjoyed, "Maybe she can really meet her."

    Song Zhaodi: "That's right." I thought to myself, this situation is even more difficult than a college student in Xiaosong Village. However, seeing Sister Duan so happy, Song Zhaodi didn't pour cold water.

    At the same time, Zili locked the door and asked, "Dad, where are we going to chop wild vegetables today?"

    "Don't go anywhere." Zhong Dawa, like a big brother in the lead, turned to face her four brothers, "Let's go to the beach to pick up crabs first."

    Self-reliance frowned slightly: "Mother doesn't allow us to go to the beach. And Sanwa is so young, we can't hold him if we can't walk to the beach."

    "We don't go to the sea in the east and the north, we go to the sea in the west, which is near our house. I asked Qu Zhuangzhuang." Zhong Dawa said, "Qu Zhuangzhuang said Follow the path by the side of the mountain for two miles to get there. Sanwa, can you walk for two miles?"