Chapter 16 Openness

"Pfft!" Song Zhaodi couldn't bear it any longer, and said with a smile, "Captain Zhong, if you have nothing to do, go wash Erwa and Sanwa's face and wash hands, and eat later."

Zhong Jianguo was stunned, looked at the big baby who was carrying a small basket out, and then looked at Song Zhaodi, who was full of smiles: "When did you two get so good?"

"To tell you the truth, you don't believe it, you are a person, there is no cure for the disease of suspicion." Song Zhaodi put the eggplant and chrysanthemum on the table, and Zhong Jianguo stretched out his hand again. Song Zhaodi quickly reminded, "There are eleven chrysanthemums in the plate. Your eldest son counts them with his fingers and toes. You can pinch one before he comes back. Be careful he complains that you are the stepfather again."

Zhong Jianguo grabbed his second son and said, "Er baby, what do you have for lunch?"

"Green noodles and eggs." Zhong Erwa found that his brother listened to his stepmother's words, and no longer worried that he would be cleaned up by his brother because he was facing his stepmother. , I like the noodles my stepmother makes."

Zhong Jianguo was shocked: "Song Zhaodi, Erwa also drank your ecstasy soup?"

"Erwa, is the ecstasy soup delicious?" Song Zhaodi ignored Zhong Jianguo and asked the child in his arms directly.

Zhong Erwa's eyes were full of confusion: "What is Mihun soup? Dad, is Mihun soup delicious?"

Zhong Jianguo choked: "It's not good, people will become stupid after drinking ecstasy soup."

"I don't want to drink ecstasy soup!" Erwa said, "Dad, I, I'm hungry, I want to eat noodles, green noodles."

Song Zhaodi raised an eyebrow at Zhong Jianguo: "Believe it now."

"Can I know where you bought the green noodles?" Zhong Jianguo didn't believe it, but his son was too uncooperative, so he couldn't believe it.

Song Zhaodi said it briefly, and said how the chrysanthemum was made. At the end, she said: "The duck is on the stove, let's put it out. It's time for the big baby to come back." As soon as the voice fell, the big baby appeared at the door. Seeing that the child was struggling to carry the basket, Song Zhaodi hurried over and helped him across the threshold, "Auntie Duan, didn't you want it?"

"Auntie gave me two salted duck eggs and two cantaloupe." Zhong Dawa's little face was flushed with joy, and she said, "Thank you."

Song Zhaodi: "Well, I received thanks. Your dad and I eat salted duck eggs, and you and Erwa eat cantaloupe, but cantaloupe must be eaten tomorrow, and duck legs today."

"I want to eat flowers." Zhong Dawa said.

The yellow chrysanthemums planted in Zhong's courtyard are very small, a little bigger than quail eggs, Song Zhaodi thought for a while: "You eat half a piece of steamed bun and eggplant first, then I agree with you to eat five, my brother to eat five, and I to eat one. Duo."

"Where's Dad?" Zhong Dawa hurriedly asked.

Song Zhaodi: "Your father doesn't like it. He likes eggplant and salted duck eggs."

"I—" Zhong Jianguo wanted to say, if I don't like it, I have to try it. The eldest son grinned when he saw Song Zhaodi's hard-faced face, "Yes, I don't like eating flowers."

After all, Zhong Dawa was young, and he was thinking about edible flowers. He didn't notice his father's helpless expression, cheered, and went to get the steamed buns.

Song Zhaodi hurriedly stopped: "Go wash your hands."

"Okay." Zhong Dawa turned around and ran outside without any resentment.

Zhong Jianguo looked at Song Zhaodi with complicated eyes: "You are true!"

"Dad, stop talking, I want to wash my hands." Zhong Erwa patted him on the shoulder, "I want to eat flowers."

Zhong Jianguo sighed helplessly: "Okay, Dad will take you to wash your hands." When he went outside, he asked the eldest son, who was paddling his feet and working hard to press the water, "Have you accepted this stepmother?"

"Accept it." Zhong Dawa said without hesitation.

Zhong Jianguo asked again, "Why did you accept her so quickly, and yesterday you said she was a bad woman?"

Zhong Dawa looked up at Zhong Jianguo, not understanding why his father asked this, and thought for a while: "Dad asked me to accept my stepmother, and I will listen to my father."

Zhong Jianguo choked for a moment, thinking to himself, he has never seen you so obedient before: "Since you like your stepmother so much, don't talk about her in the future, but call, call your mother. Is that okay?"

"Okay." The child thought for three seconds and rubbed his hands together, "Dad, I'm going to eat." He ran into the house without waiting for Zhong Jianguo to speak.

Zhong Erwa broke free from Dad's arms, and as soon as her little hand got wet, she shook it vigorously twice: "Dad, I'm done washing up, I'm going to eat."

"Wait, the ashes on your hands haven't been washed off." Zhong Jianguo quickly grabbed him, "Dad has reason to suspect that if Dad goes out for ten days, your three brothers will become Song Zhaodi's son."

Zhong Erwa hurriedly asked, "Dad wants to go out?"

"You want to go out?" The water well is very close to the house, Zhong Jianguo didn't lower his voice deliberately, Song Zhaodi wanted to say that he was careful, but Erwa's question made her not bother to care about Zhong Jianguo.

Zhong Jianguo wiped Erwa's hands and carried him into the room: "Master Nian, you just arrived here and you are not familiar with anything. The faction has gone out."

"Do you really want to fight?" Song Zhaodi was born in the millennium in her previous life. When she grew up, China was so powerful that no one dared to bully her at will, so that the people of China felt that the "war" was far away from them. I heard Zhong Jianguo say that the people on the other side were staring at him, but Song Zhaodi didn't feel much. When she came to the island for a day, she saw military jeeps passing by the door from time to time, very busy, and she realized that Zhong Jianguo did not exaggerate, "When do you leave?"

Zhong Jianguo: "Don't fight. The troops send warships to patrol the sea just in case. We don't know how advanced the weapons of the Americans are, nor how powerful the weapons Lao Jiang bought from the Americans, we can only guard against it every day. on."

"Americans' weapons are very powerful." Song Zhaodi thought, "It seems that there are amphibious landing ships."

Zhong Jianguo's hand tightened.

"Dad, it hurts." Zhong Erwa snapped his fingers.

Zhong Jianguo came back to his senses: "I'm sorry, Dad didn't mean it. Dad, what your mother said just now, eat steamed bread and eggplant first, and then eat your flowers."

"I'm eating." Zhong Dawa pointed at the steamed buns that he took a bite.

Song Zhaodi's steamed buns were very big, and Zhong Jianguo didn't embarrass his son. He broke the buns in half and divided them in half.

Zhong Dawa looked at Song Zhaodi subconsciously.

Zhong Jianguo followed his son's line of sight and wanted to give Song Zhaodi a wink when he heard her say, "I listen to your father."

"You're not a child." Zhong Dawa pouted.

Song Zhaodi laughed dumbly: "But your father is eight years older than me, taller and stronger than me, I dare not not listen."

Zhong Dawa grabbed the steamed bun and took a bite, accepting Song Zhaodi's words.

Zhong Jianguo was shocked.

Eight years ago, as soon as Zhong Jianguo enlisted in the army, someone introduced him to a target, some were nurses, some were officers, some were officers of the art troupe, and it could be said that there were all kinds of women. The family has an inconvenient stepmother, which causes Zhong Jianguo to be extra cautious about marriage matters.

After thinking about it and inquiring from many sources, half a year later, Zhong Jianguo married the gentle and virtuous Bai Hua who taught in an elementary school.

The year Zhong Jianguo and Bai Hua got married happened to be 1960, and there was a famine all over the country.

On the second day of their marriage, Zhong Jianguo and Bai Hua brought gifts to Bai's house, and Bai's mother told Bai Hua a few words and told them to go back.

Zhong Jianguo was stunned at the time. Bai Hua also felt embarrassed, so he explained to Zhong Jianguo that maybe there was no food at home. Zhong Jianguo thought to himself that when his new son-in-law came, he should borrow some from his neighbors if he didn't have food. What's more, he still carried pork over there.

At that time, Zhong Jianguo had realized that this mother-in-law was not easy to get along with. Later, Bai Hua was pregnant, and Zhong Jianguo went to Bai's house to announce the good news. Bai's mother didn't ask her daughter Bai Hua's health, but asked Zhong Jianguo, "Bai Hua is pregnant and can't go to work. How should we live in our family?"

Zhong Jianguo thought to himself, my daughter-in-law is pregnant, what does it have to do with your family's poor life. Before Zhong Jianguo asked, Mother Bai said, "My daughter gives birth to you, and you have to give me 20 yuan a month."

Zhong Jianguo was so angry that he turned around and left. When he got home, he asked Bai Hua what her mother meant.

Bai Hua said that she used to give her family 20 yuan a month. Now that she is pregnant, Zhong Jianguo doesn't let her go to work. She has no salary, so her mother asks Zhong Jianguo for money.

Although Zhong Jianguo's salary is not high, because of the oil and grain subsidy in the army, his salary is enough for a young couple to live happily, and he has never asked Bai Hua's salary.

At first hearing Bai Hua said this, Zhong Jianguo couldn't believe it. Bai Hua is only 20 yuan a month, and all of it is given to the family? Zhong Jianguo wanted to ask loudly, the Bai family doesn't have no sons, why should the married daughter support the elderly.

Nian Zai Bai Hua was just pregnant, Zhong Jianguo suppressed his anger and told Bai Hua that when he had a child in the future, there were a lot of places to spend money, and he could no longer give money to her mother.

Bai Hua said that her mother would be angry if she didn't see the money.

Zhong Jianguo thought to himself, she was angry and I didn't give it to me, so I had to keep the money to support my son. However, he didn't say that. Instead, after the son was born, he had to save some money to raise three people by himself.

Bai Hua thought about it carefully and did not persuade Zhong Jianguo again.

Two months later, Mother Bai found the family home. When Zhong Jianguo came home, he heard Bai Mu and Bai Hua crying, that life at home was difficult and could not go on.

Zhong Jianguo listened quietly and did not make any comments. Bai Hua looked at her expressionless husband, and at her tearful mother, and asked Zhong Jianguo regularly if she could give her mother ten yuan.

Zhong Jianguo sighed and said that it was only five yuan.

After Bai Hua was pregnant, Zhong Jianguo added a lot of things to the house. Bai Hua did not suspect that he was there, so he asked her mother if it was ok for five yuan.

Mother Bai looked at her son-in-law with a cold face, and didn't dare to bother anymore, and left with five yuan.

At that time, a catty of pork was only 10 cents. The Bai family ate meat once a day, and five yuan was enough for the Bai family to eat for 50 days. However, a month later, the white mother came again, and the reason was still no money. Before finishing the three sentences, he continued to cry in front of Bai Hua.

This time Zhong Jianguo was not at home. When he got home and learned that Bai Hua gave her mother ten dollars, Zhong Jianguo was so angry that he didn't even want to say a word.

Since then, Zhong Jianguo's salary has never been given to Bai Hua, only ten yuan a month. He needs to buy large items at home, and he buys them himself.

Bai Hua realized that Zhong Jianguo was very angry, and Bai Hua did not dare to give her mother money when Bai Mu came over again. Bai Mu, who couldn't help but didn't ask for money, came to the door every three days, and Bai Hua, who was entangled, felt that she was unfilial. So while Zhong Jianguo was in a good mood, he asked him if he could give her mother two yuan.

Zhong Jianguo said, if your mother comes to take care of you when you give birth, I will give her five yuan. Otherwise not a penny.

As the saying goes, you have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder. Bai Mu accepted Zhong Jianguo's five yuan a month, and Bai Mu also bought an extra portion when she went out to buy vegetables. One is for Zhong Jianguo and Baihua, and the other is sent back to their home.

When Zhong Jianguo learned about this from his neighbors, he was simply overjoyed. When Bai Hua gave birth, Zhong Jianguo sent the difficult mother-in-law back, and did not forget to tell the guard that he was not allowed to let his mother-in-law in again.

Bai Hua wants to take the child at home, it is inconvenient to go out, and the mother Bai cannot come in, completely separating the mother and daughter, and the mother Bai is dumbfounded.

Three months later, Bai Hua's sister-in-law came over because her family wanted to see her nephew. Bai Hua also hadn't seen her mother's family for a long time, and seeing her sister-in-law was sincere, she went back with her sister-in-law.

Bai Hua had no farm work for Bai's family, and Bai's mother was not worried about Bai Hua's cooking. Zhong Jianguo thought that his daughter-in-law would not be tired when she arrived at her parents' house, so he did not stop him.

Five days later, Zhong Jianguo went to pick up Bai Hua. As expected by Zhong Jianguo, Bai Hua's only seven yuan was coaxed away by Bai Mu again. This time, Zhong Jianguo told the guard that whoever dared to let the Bai family in, who would be anxious for him.

The guards also hated the Bai family. When they got Zhong Jianguo's words, they would occasionally encounter Bai Hua and didn't tell her that her family had been here.

At that time, there was no phone, and no one told Bai Hua that Bai Hua really thought her family was not here.

She hadn't seen Bai Hua for three or four months, and Bai Mu realized that her son-in-law was very angry, and the consequences were serious. One time, Bai Hua was blocked at the gate of the army family's courtyard, and Bai Mu didn't dare to ask for money.

With Zhao Yin who can act in front, Zhong Jianguo doesn't believe in Bai Mu. After Zhong Erwa was born, Zhong Jianguo still only gave Bai Hua ten yuan a month.

Because the large and small items in the house are all purchased by Zhong Jianguo, ten yuan is more like pocket money for Baihua, and Baihua is not too little.

Bai Mu pushes Bai Hua to ask Zhong Jianguo for money. Bai Hua's ears were soft, but she also felt sorry for her husband who had not healed from old wounds and added new ones. Knowing that Zhong Jianguo hated her parents' family very much, he was naturally reluctant to make him angry and block him.

Mother Bai scolded Bai Hua for being unpromising.

Bai Hua was often scolded when she was a child, and she was used to being scolded by Bai's mother, so she didn't feel anything. The increasingly sensible Zhong Dawa was very angry, and went home to learn to Zhong Jianguo.

Zhong Jianguo did not know how many times he had persuaded Bai Hua, but a few soft words from Bai Mu and a few tears could always make Bai Hua turn back instantly. Zhong Jianguo was too lazy to say anything about the Bai family, so he advised Zhong Dawa not to be angry, and move to Wengzhou Island in a few days, far away from his grandma, so that his grandma would not scold his mother again.

Zhong Dawa was very excited and was infected by her son, and Bai Hua was also very happy. However, on Wengzhou Island, Bai Hua became pregnant unexpectedly. Zhong Jianguo was busy arranging his soldiers and patrolling the sea, so he couldn't take care of Bai Hua. Bai Hua proposed to take her mother over, but Zhong Jianguo did not object.

Zhong Dawa didn't understand, her grandma was very bad, why did she want to take her over. For this reason, didn't speak to Bai Hua for two days.

There are three children in the family, Zhong Jianguo gave Bai Hua 30 yuan a month, and he did not forget to remind Bai Hua that he could only give her mother one dollar each time.

Zhong Jianguo spoke carefully, but Bai Hua did not dare not to listen. Mother Bai started hiding things when she couldn't get the money.

Zhong Dawa found out that his grandma was hiding something, and when he complained to Bai Hua, he called his grandma a big bad guy. Bai Hua slapped Dawa and scolded him for being rude.

Zhong Dawa was very aggrieved, afraid that Bai Hua would hit him, so she didn't dare to talk back to Bai Hua. Bai Hua asked him to do things, but Da Wa pretended not to hear it, and often thought that Bai's mother's food was unpalatable, and she wanted to eat meat.

Zhong Jianguo felt sorry for his eldest son, and found that the eldest child did not scold him for his temper. Duan is afraid that the big baby thinks that both parents are bad people, and they are all towards the grandmother's family.

The relationship between the eldest son and Bai Hua was not good. After Bai Hua died, Zhong Jianguo told Da Wa to find a stepmother for their three brothers who was very good to them. Da Wa and Er Wa did not object.

Sister-in-law Zhong took the baby to her house, and the baby heard from the cousin that the stepmother was a black heart, worse than his grandmother and his grandmother.

Song Zhaodi was very kind to several children, and Zhong Jianguo only dared to order Zhong Dawa to call Song Zhaodi mother when she saw Dawa's soft attitude.

Zhong Jianguo also knew that the eldest son had a big temper. On the way back from the camp, Zhong Jianguo was still thinking about how he could persuade Song Zhaodi not to have the same knowledge as the child if the eldest child was disobedient.

The prepared rhetoric was useless, Song Zhaodi ordered Dawa to do things, Zhong Dawa didn't take Song Zhaodi's words as a deaf ear, she was very good, it was like a different person, after Zhong Jianguo was shocked, she said to Song Zhaodi: "Let's talk. "

"Talking again?" Song Zhaodi was curious, "This time it's you who confessed to me?"

Zhong Jianguo let out a "hmm".

Song Zhaodi was even more curious: "What did you do behind my back?"

"Let's talk about it after dinner." Zhong Jianguo said, "What will Sanwa eat?"

"Hey, I didn't cook for Sanwa." Zhong Dawa looked at the food on the table, "Let Sanwa drink milk powder again? Too much milk powder is not good, my mother said."

Zhong Jianguo glanced at the eldest son, and your mother never saw your mother's long and short words when she was alive: "Big baby, why doesn't your mother know that milk powder is not good?"

"Grandma said it." Dawa said.

Song Zhaodi suddenly thought: "Grandma also told you that milk is not good."

"Yes." When Bai Hua was alive, Zhong Dawa hated his grandmother's mother. When Bai Hua was gone, Zhong Dawa remembered everything she said, "How do you know what my grandma said?"

Song Zhaodi smiled and said, "I'm smarter than your grandma, and I know that your grandma lied to you. By the way, Zhong Jianguo, does Dawa's grandma know about your marriage with me?"

"Not only she doesn't know, but my stepmother doesn't either." Zhong Jianguo said, "You said you didn't like my stepmother, but I didn't tell my dad."

Song Zhaodi nodded: "I know you didn't say it. I mean they don't know yet?"

"I don't know." Zhong Jianguo said.

The smile on Song Zhaodi's face disappeared: "It seems that we really need to have a good chat."

In front of the children, Zhong Jianguo didn't want to quarrel with Song Zhaodi: "Eat first, the dishes are getting cold."

"Go and make milk powder for Sanwa first." Song Zhaodi said, "When we're done eating, cook porridge for Sanwa."

Zhong Jianguo nodded and went to make milk powder.

Song Zhaodi put Sanwa on the chair: "Big baby, support your brother, I'll serve you duck legs."

Zhong Dawa suddenly got up.

Song Zhaodi was speechless and wanted to laugh, how long has this child not eaten meat? However, he did not dare to let him eat too much. It was because he was afraid that he would not digest it and would not be able to sleep at night.

The duck skin was thrown into Zhong Jianguo's bowl, Song Zhaodi tore a duck leg in half, and the little brothers each said half: "Erwa, if you can't finish eating, give it to your brother, there is a lot in the pot, and there will be more to eat tomorrow. If you plug it, your stomach will hurt."

"Okay." Erwa took a bite of duck meat, raised her head and noticed that there was only white steamed buns in front of Song Zhaodi, "Why don't you eat it?"

Song Zhaodi raised her brows and found that the big baby had also stopped. She didn't say that she planned to drink soup first and then eat meat, but said directly, "I like soup."

"Your preferences are really special." Zhong Jianguo came out with the milk powder and glanced at her with disdain, pretending to be something.

Song Zhaodi: "It's very special." After a pause, "If it's not special, I won't marry you."

Zhong Jianguo took a breath and couldn't help but grit his teeth: "You—"

"Dad, is duck meat delicious?" Song Zhaodi asked.

Zhong Jianguo took a deep breath and kept persuading himself not to quarrel in front of the child, not to quarrel in front of the child: "Give me a duck wing."

Song Zhaodi handed Sanwa to him, took away Zhong Jianguo's bowl, picked a bowl full of it and put it in front of Zhong Jianguo.

"A lot!" Zhong Dawa couldn't help but exclaimed, and took a closer look, "Duck head? What is that thin one?"

Song Zhaodi: "Duck intestines. This is duck gizzards." As he spoke, he picked the duck liver and duck wings into his bowl.

Zhong Jianguo smiled and said, "You are so kind to me."

"Of course." Song Zhaodi responded simply, "Who made you my man?"