Chapter 14 Suspicion

Zhong Dawa's biological mother is a citizen of Shencheng. She has an average family background, but she didn't cook much when she was a girl at home. It wasn't because she had to go to school, or because she was lazy by nature, but because Dawa's grandmother was afraid that Dawa's mother would steal food from the kitchen.

Zhong Jianguo doesn't know how to cook. Big baby's mother's food is not delicious. Zhong Jianguo never dislikes it. At least he is better than him and can cook well.

Song Zhaodi put out the white rice porridge last night, Zhong Jianguo knew at a glance that Song Zhaodi could cook better than his previous wife.

A simple lettuce made by Song Zhaodi was full of color, flavor, and flavor. Zhong Jianguo immediately decided that if there was no major problem with this daughter-in-law, it would be her. Because of this, Zhong Dawa was forced to promise to listen to her stepmother.

Seeing the golden egg pie today, Zhong Jianguo couldn't help but envy his son, but he didn't want to see the woman who tricked him into being too proud: "It's also the most scheming stepmother."

"Zhong Jianguo, do I have to pour tea and admit my mistake, or kneel down and beg for your forgiveness?" Song Zhaodi asked with staring eyes.

Captain Zhong waved his hand: "I'm afraid of losing my life. However, you have to tell me who you learned to draw from."

"Painting?" Song Zhaodi was puzzled, "What kind of painting?"

Captain Zhong: "The drawing you gave me yesterday, the drawing of the chair is the same as the real one."

"That kind of thing." Song Zhaodi said, "Anyone who knows a little about sketching can draw it."

Zhong Jianguo snorted and didn't believe it at all: "How can I find out that everything becomes so easy in your mouth."

"Because I'm a smart person and a simple person." Song Zhaodi said, "I think I heard your third child cry."

Zhong Jianguo: "You think I'll still—"

"Dad, dad, brother woke up."

Zhong Dawa's voice came from the stairs. Zhong Jianguo got up and ran out.

"Pfft!" Song Zhaodi laughed.

Zhong Jianguo staggered, looked back at her, and said, "Big baby, second baby, come down and ask your stepmother to wash your faces."

"Small belly chicken intestines." Song Zhaodi brought the cabbage and egg pancakes to the small square table, and then filled a few bowls of porridge. Seeing that the eldest child was holding the second child waiting for a while, she wiped the white porridge on her hands, holding one in each hand, " This morning, I will drink porridge again, eat noodles at noon, and steam steamed buns in the afternoon."

Zhong Jianguo came out with Sanwa in his arms and threw Sanwa's diaper beside the water well. Hearing Song Zhaodi's words, he quickly reminded: "Don't steam too much, just steam ten or so enough for two days."

"How much do you eat at a time?" Song Zhaodi asked.

Zhong Jianguo: "I don't come back at noon. I don't eat much at night. The weather here is damp, and the steamed buns will get moldy after three or four days. It's not like in the north, it's fine after ten days and a half."

"Didn't you lie to me?" Song Zhaodi didn't believe it.

Zhong Jianguo glanced at her: "You thought I was you."

"Dad, dad, chicken, chicken." Zhong Dawa said loudly.

Zhong Jianguo: "I remember everything you said."

After dinner, Zhong Jianguo saw that it was not even eight o'clock, so he cleaned up the pots and bowls before going to the camp with his portfolio.

When Zhong Jianguo went home for a blind date, Master Liu suggested that Zhong Jianguo bring a guard. Zhong Jianguo felt that it would be a shame to bring a "bodyguard" back. He had no place to stay at his house, and the guards lived in the guest house, so he ordered the guards to stay here.

After Zhong Jianguo left, his guard Xiao Li was completely idle. As soon as he heard that Zhong Jianguo was back yesterday, Xiao Li ran to Zhong's house. When he saw the smoke from the chimney at the door, he realized that the Zhong family was cooking, and Xiao Li went back.

This morning, I ran to the door of Zhong Jianguo's office early and waited. Seeing Zhong Jianguo from a distance, Xiao Li didn't even think about it, and ran towards Zhong Jianguo: "Head of the regiment!"

"He's in good spirits." Zhong Jianguo looked at him, "Is Political Commissar Zhang there?"

Xiao Li: "Reporting to the head of the delegation, Political Commissar Zhang is here."

"I'm looking for Political Commissar Zhang to discuss something, you don't have to follow me." Zhong Jianguo said, "I have something to do at home, your sister-in-law and three children can't be free, you can go and help."

When there is an inspection mission at sea, the commander or division commander will send troops to the family members' homes to ask if there is any difficulty. Before Xiao Li became a security guard for Zhong Jianguo, he did a lot of housework for the family members of the military. This kind of thing was used to him, so he saluted Zhong Jianguo and ran to Zhong's house.

Song Zhaodi heard the knock on the door and wanted to get up to open the door. She saw the chrysanthemum in her left hand and the shovel in her right hand: "Daddy, go open the door."

"There's no lock on the door, come in." The big baby stood up and saw the big head above the bamboo raft door, "It's Uncle Li who is here."

Song Zhaodi deliberately asked, "Who are you talking to?"

The child opened his mouth to say "you", but he remembered that his father told him that he couldn't be rude, and he didn't want to call his mother, so he pointed at the younger brother next to him: "Erwa."

"Little clever ghost." Song Zhaodi said and greeted him, "Little Li looking for Captain Zhong?"

Xiao Li smiled: "No. The head of the regiment asked me to come over and see what I can do for my sister-in-law."

"Did he tell you that?" Song Zhaodi asked, "Didn't the other guy tell you?"

Xiao Li thought about it carefully: "No."

"My father chicken didn't say anything?" Zhong Dawa asked quickly.

Xiao Li didn't understand: "What chicken?"

"Wait for me." Song Zhaodi turned around and went back to the house, rubbing Zhong Dawa's head as she passed by, "Your dad forgot, I didn't." She went into the house and took out five yuan and a non-staple food book, "Help me. Buy a chicken, and seven or eight planks and nails."

"Sister-in-law, it's okay to ask me to buy eggs for you, but I really can't help you buy chickens." Xiao Li was afraid that she would misunderstand, "Our troops need meat tickets for pork, chickens, ducks and geese don't, duck and goose don't. It’s delicious. If you want to improve the food, you will buy chicken. If your sister-in-law wants to buy chicken, she must tell the non-staple food factory in advance to buy it.”

Song Zhaodi's eyelids jumped: "Jian Guo didn't tell me about it."

"The head of the regiment probably doesn't know." Xiao Li said, and found that Song Zhaodi's face was wrong, "You don't think the head of the regiment deliberately didn't tell you? No, when Dawa's mother was there, when there was no food at home, I asked Duan next door. The eldest sister buys for her. The head of the group rarely goes to buy vegetables, and he must not know that chicken is not easy to buy. "

Song Zhaodi turned to Dawa: "When you were in Shencheng, your dad didn't buy vegetables?"

"Grandma bought it." Zhong Dawa said, "Grandma is bad. Mom buys meat for grandma, and grandma only buys vegetables and not meat."

Song Zhaodi: "You mean you and your mother live at your grandma's house, and your father lives in the military camp?"

"Sometimes live, sometimes not." Zhong Dawa said.

Song Zhaodi turned to Xiao Li: "Is that so?"

"I was still in the Eighth Company at the time, and I didn't know much about the head of the regiment." Xiao Li said, "However, when the troops moved here, I heard that the regiment head drove to the grandma's house to pick up the sister-in-law. ."

Zhong Jianguo never mentioned Dawa's mother. Song Zhaodi thought that Zhong Jianguo was not good at speaking in front of her. It seemed that Zhong Jianguo didn't want to say: "The eight companies you are talking about are the good eight companies on Nanjing Road?"

"Sister-in-law knows?" Xiao Li was surprised.

Song Zhaodi: "Balian is famous, and I heard it from my classmates. Take the money first. If you have chickens, buy a chicken. If you don't have chickens, buy an old duck. The rest of the money from buying wooden boards will buy eggs and duck eggs. Try to buy as many as you can. Hatching the eggs of chicks and ducklings."

"Then I'll take a look." Xiao Li turned around and walked out, noticing someone outside the bamboo fence, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing standing there?"

Song Zhaodi followed Xiao Li's line of sight, and saw a short stature, about 1.53 meters, a dark-skinned, thin woman, greeted with a smile: "Sister-in-law, come in and sit."

The woman smiled shyly: "I see you're busy, so I'm embarrassed to go. Did you arrive yesterday?"

Song Zhaodi opened the two bamboo raft doors: "I arrived yesterday afternoon. I originally wanted to visit the door, but the mess in the yard has not been cleaned up, so I didn't bother you." She glanced at the woman's hand as she spoke, like Zhong Jianguo. Said, the bones in the middle of the fingers protruded a lot, "Big baby, go and move a bench for your aunt."

Sister-in-law Duan waved her hand: "No, no. How do I clean it up? I'll clean it up for you."

"Ah?" Song Zhaodi was stunned for a moment. Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be polite to her, she laughed and said, "Just help me watch Sanwa. I can do it alone."

Zhong Dawa promised his father to listen to his stepmother's words, and immediately ran to the house to move a small bench and put it next to Sanwa.

Sister-in-law Duan heard a sound, looked back, and smiled: "Dad is really good." Then she turned to Song Zhaodi, "Isn't it really necessary?"

"No need." Song Zhaodi said while planting flowers again, "Sister-in-law, I heard Jianguo said that the third baby is one year old. It stands to reason that he should be able to walk and call his father. Is it because we didn't teach him that he can't speak?"

Sister-in-law Duan knows how to grow vegetables and crops, but not flowers. Song Zhaodi refused to let her help, so she picked up Sanwa: "Sanwa's birthday is at the end of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and she is not yet one year old, so it is normal that she can't speak. Sister, you have to teach Sanwa to walk in your free time. Sanwa will go away, ask Dawa and Erwa to watch him, and you can free up your hands to do other things."

"That's what I planned." Song Zhaodi said, "Does my sister-in-law know where to hatch chicks and ducks?"

Sister-in-law Duan: "You want to raise chickens and ducks?"

"Yeah." Song Zhaodi said, "I originally planned to buy chicks. I heard from Xiao Li that chicken is very popular, so I don't think I can buy chicks. After raising chickens and ducks, I don't need to buy eggs or eggs in the future, and a few children are greedy. When the time comes, just kill the chicken directly to save you worrying about running out of meat tickets all day.”

Sister-in-law Duan: "That's the reason. I told Dawa's mother when she was here. However, she has to take care of three children, so she couldn't raise them if she couldn't spare them. I asked Xiao Li to take the eggs to my house, my house. There are old hens."

"Thank you, sister-in-law, then." Song Zhaodi wiped the sweat from her face, rubbed her waist, and found that a bamboo fence was planted to its head, and only moved a quarter of it. She couldn't help but sighed, "My Lady" is about to die of exhaustion. She, "sister-in-law, do you want flowers?"

Sister-in-law Duan didn't understand: "What flower?"

"It's a pity to lose so many flowers." Song Zhaodi paid attention to Zhong Dawa's expression when she spoke, "But if you don't unplug it, there is no place to raise chickens and ducks."

Sister-in-law Duan didn't even think about it: "I don't know how to plant."

"These flowers are better served than vegetables." Song Zhaodi said, "You don't need to water, fertilize, or catch insects when you plant them. They will bloom when they should bloom."

Sister-in-law Duan didn't quite believe it: "It's that simple?"

"It's not simple, it's all flowers that are easy to live." Song Zhaodi said, "How many will I plan for you?"

Sister-in-law Duan had seen the bright purple and red in the small courtyard of the Zhong family and wanted to plant flowers. But when she saw that Dawa's mother regarded flowers as treasures, she kept silent, because she was afraid that the flowers would die, and Dawa's mother was not happy. When Song Zhaodi said this, Sister Duan was moved: "Give me two of each."

"Dad, can you?" Song Zhaodi asked.

After the third baby was born, Mrs. Duan helped the Zhong family take care of several children. Zhong Dawa liked Sister Duan very much, so she nodded: "You can give two more." She stretched out two fingers as she spoke.

Sister-in-law Duan was delighted: "Our eldest child is really a good child. Auntie thank you eldest child."

With Dawa's words, the fence around the Zhong's house was full, and Song Zhaodi moved the remaining flowers to the Liu's house.

Song Zhaodi planted the last chrysanthemum and noticed that there were green cucumbers, purple eggplants, red tomatoes, cumin and pepper trees in Liu's small courtyard, and couldn't help but envy: "My sister-in-law has grown so many vegetables. "

"I'll pick some for you?" Sister Duan said.

Song Zhaodi waved her hand: "No need. Yesterday, Dawa's father bought a lot of vegetables, enough for us to eat for two days." He washed his hands and took Sanwa over, "I feel that the ground is wetter than yesterday, is it going to rain? "

"Yes." Sister-in-law Duan said, "If you want to go out in the afternoon, remember to put all your clothes in the room, close the windows, and it will rain as soon as you say it here. You like the wind when it rains."

Song Zhaodi said with a smile, "I see, thank you, sister-in-law. I'll ask you tomorrow if there is anything I don't understand."

"Okay." Sister-in-law Duan said with a smile, "Xiao Li is back. I saw him carrying a duck, and I guess he didn't buy a chicken."

Song Zhaodi hooked her head and looked at it, seeing Xiao Li pushing the door in and turning to Dawa: "Is it okay for ducks?"

"It's not good enough." Zhong Dawa pursed her lips, "It's not delicious.".

Song Zhaodi twisted his face: "It's good to have some food. Sister-in-law, we're going back."

"Slow down." Sister-in-law Duan escorted Song Zhaodi out, turned around and came back to see that the fence and wall had changed, and she couldn't help but smile. Immediately, go to the house to get a sieve and pick cucumbers, eggplants and tomatoes.

When Zhong Jianguo sent Xiao Li away, he asked Political Commissar Zhang if he thought there was something wrong with his family, whether it would be better for him to send someone to check, or to send someone from above to check.

Political commissar Zhang didn't even think about it, and said that it should be handed over to the organization.

The two went to find Master Liu together.

When Master Liu heard Ming Zhong Jianguo's intention, he almost choked to death: "What did you just say? Please send someone to check on your newly married wife, Song Zhaodi."

"Yes." Zhong Jianguo said seriously.

Seeing this, Master Liu couldn't help but get serious: "Xiao Zhong, if I remember correctly, Song Zhaodi is also your cousin's daughter? Your stepmother's main social relationship is with farmers. The house is still clean, what is there to check? Your daughter-in-law is not a soldier."

"My daughter-in-law is not a soldier, but a college student." When Zhong Jianguo said this, it was like a thunderbolt, which shocked Mr. Liu and Political Commissar Zhang to be dumbfounded.