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Chapter 31
Chapter 31
Lin Zhong's mother, Sister Chen, smiled and said, "I asked her the same thing. She said I'd know if I went to see it. If you don't want to go, I'll go by myself."
"Go!" Someone kindly came to tell her that even if Song Zhaodi didn't want the old clothes of unknown origin, she had to go and look at it, anyway, it wouldn't be missing a piece of meat, "Wait for me, I put the buns in the cabinet, there are mouse."
Sister-in-law Chen: "Do you want to adopt a cat?"
"No." Song Zhaodi said, "When the weather is warmer, I'll go buy two goose eggs. I will raise two geese tomorrow. When the goose croaks, let alone the mouse, even the cat is too scared to come out of the nest."
Sister-in-law Chen heard that the big goose was a housekeeper. Seeing that Song Zhaodi had her own plans, she didn't say that she knew who had cats.
Song Zhaodi locked the door, picked up the three babies that she had trapped in the crib, and saw Mrs. Duan and her daughter Liu Ping going south outside the door, she was moved and asked, "Aunt Liu and Liu Ping are also going to buy old clothes? "
"It's possible." Sister Chen said, and paused, "Why didn't she tell you?"
Liu Ping must be talking nonsense in front of her mother. Song Zhaodi said, "Aunt Liu knows that I'm steaming buns, and she probably thinks I haven't done it yet. I didn't have time to make clothes for the cloth I bought last time, so I probably thought I didn't need it." About giving Song Zhaodi half a sack of old clothes, only Aunt Liu knew about her neighbors.
Sister-in-law Chen and Sister-in-law Duan are very familiar with her, knowing that she is a very good person, so she has no doubts and shouted loudly, "Sister-in-law Duan, wait for us."
Sister-in-law Duan turned her head and glared at Liu Ping: "Didn't you say your sister-in-law won't go?!"
"She said she had to steam the buns, how did I know she would steam the buns so quickly." Liu Ping whispered, and stopped with her mother to wait for Song Zhaodi.
As soon as Song Zhaodi approached, Sister Duan stretched out her hand: "Sanwa, come and let grandma hug her."
Zhong Sanwa stretched out her hand to wrap her arms around Song Zhaodi's neck.
Sister-in-law Duan was delighted: "Grandma has candy here."
Don't even have sugar three babies. Sanwa has just drank milk, she is very full and doesn't want to eat anything. Pillowing on Song Zhaodi's shoulder, the child tilted his head and looked at Sister-in-law Duan, so he wouldn't let you hug him.
Song Zhaodi patted his butt: "Naughty." Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed that Liu Ping was very guilty, so she didn't deliberately ask Sister Duan why she didn't tell her, but took the initiative to say, "Auntie is going to the supply and marketing agency to change clothes?"
"Let's go and have a look." Sister Duan said, "Just now—"
Liu Ping tugged at her mother: "Mother, let's go, if you go late, someone will pick up your good clothes."
Sister-in-law Duan said, "Yes, yes, let's go faster."
Song Zhaodi twitched the corners of her mouth, this little girl doesn't like Zhong Jianguo normally.
When they arrived at the supply and marketing agency, the woman who worked in the supply and marketing agency recruited a young boy, pointed at Song Zhaodi and the others and said, "Take them to your aunt's house."
The child responded and ran to the front.
Seeing this, Sanwa struggled to get down.
Song Zhaodi didn't plan to get the clothes of someone she didn't know, so she put Sanwa down and let him walk slowly.
Liu Ping was very anxious, but she didn't dare to take the initiative to mention it, because she was afraid that Song Zhaodi would follow up when her mother scolded her, and she didn't go to Song Zhaodi at all.
Sister-in-law Chen can live a good life. The children are not well dressed, but they are not short of clothes. also planned to make a few pairs of slippers for the family when went to buy old clothes, so was not in a hurry.
Seeing Sanwa swaying and walking for a long time, she didn't let herself fall down. Sister-in-law Chen couldn't help laughing: "This child is walking quite steadily."
"I wasn't feeling well two days ago, and I didn't want to hug him, so the eldest child took him from school to home." As soon as Song Zhaodi's voice fell, the child in front fell to the ground with a "thump".
A few people were startled and were about to run over to help him up when they saw the child lying on the ground and looking back.
Song Zhaodi shouted: "Get up by yourself. Sanwa, get up!"
Sanwa looked at her, what did you say? I didn't understand.
Song Zhaodi walked up to him and handed him a hand. The child pursed his lips, took Song Zhaodi's hand, and stood up with one hand on the ground.
"Would you like to hug?" Song Zhaodi stretched out her hand, but did not bend down.
The child looked at the big child in front of him, pushed Song Zhaodi's hand away, and ran over again.
Sister-in-law Chen was surprised: "He doesn't cry?"
"Three babies rarely cry." Sister Duan said, "I almost never heard him cry, Xiao Song is very good at taking care of him."
Song Zhaodi smiled and said: "He also cried. It was just that when I was busy, I didn't hold him. I cried a few times and found it was useless, so I seldom cried. I put him in the crib and he knew that I had something to do. I don't have time to coax him to play. He just plays by himself, and when he gets tired, he lies on the bed and sleeps."
"Xiao Zhong's children are all smart and like Xiao Zhong." Sister Duan said, "in the future, they can grow taller and taller like Xiao Zhong. Look at Sanwa's legs, they are only over a year old, and they will catch up with others. A two-year-old child."
Sister-in-law Chen nodded: "Big baby and Erwa often go to my house to play in Linzhong. I once asked Linzhong, can you and Dawa be a few years old to play together? Guess what our family said in Linzhong? , Dawa knows everything, but it's fun."
"He's so clever," Song Zhaodi said. "His father taught him, and he turned his head and learned how his father taught Erwa. Erwa now acts according to his face."
Sister-in-law Chen wanted to say something, but when she saw Sanwa fell again: "Xiao Song, there are stones on the road, you should pick him up."
"The clothes are thick, and the hands are not exposed. It's alright." Song Zhaodi said, "Boys are too squeamish. When they grow up, they are just two chairs. Look, I got up by myself." The baby ran forward again.
When Zhong Sanwa fell for the third time, Song Zhaodi felt that he had almost fallen today, picked him up, and walked for another ten minutes to reach his destination.
When Song Zhaodi walked into the courtyard, she was stunned: "Big baby, Erwa, why are you here?"
"Mother?" Zhong Dawa ran over.
Erwa raised her head and asked, "Mother came to buy clothes?"
"Who did you come with?" Song Zhaodi asked.
"Follow me." A woman came out of the room, "Zhenxing is coming, and the eldest baby and the second baby are also coming."
Song Zhaodi looked over and saw that it was Ma Zhenxing's mother Zhou Shufen, holding a red and white plaid skirt in her hand: "Are you here to buy clothes too?"
"Yes." Zhou Shufen said, "You also come and see, there are quite a few."
Song Zhaodi immediately said to the third baby: "the big baby, the second baby, lead the third baby out to play, don't make trouble in other people's yard."
"It doesn't matter." Behind Zhou Shufen, there was another woman, a woman in her thirties, with an ordinary appearance and a body shape similar to Mrs. Duan. "There is nothing in the yard."
Song Zhaodi smiled, turned her head and glared at Dawa, who hurriedly led Sanwa out.
The woman didn't see it, but she felt that the children of the Zhong family were obedient, so she greeted Song Zhaodi and his party to come in.
Sister-in-law Chen was standing beside Song Zhaodi. When Song Zhaodi turned her head, she just saw it, her brows were slightly wrinkled, what does Teacher Xiao Song mean?
As soon as the eldest baby and the second baby went out, the two children of the Ma family, who were hiding in the woods in the house, also ran out.
Sister-in-law Chen frowned when she saw her son: "Aren't you doing your homework at home? Why are you here?"
"I'm done." Lin Zhong was afraid of his mother's questioning, so he ran out.
Sister-in-law Chen wanted to understand why Song Zhaodi drove the eldest baby and the second baby out, so she didn't chase after her son to beat her when she had something in her heart. Following Song Zhaodi into the house, Sister-in-law Chen began to pay attention to Song Zhaodi's expression.
Song Zhaodi grinned as soon as she saw the clothes on the big square table.
Sister-in-law Chen noticed that there was no smile in Song Zhaodi's eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Song, are these clothes good?"
"Very good." Song Zhaodi picked up a suit jacket and saw an oil stain on it, her eyebrows jumped, making her guess right? It wouldn't be so coincidental, "This is—"
Zhou Shufen said, "It looks like paint."
Song Zhaodi put it to her nose and asked, her whole body froze. Sister-in-law Duan, who was next to her, clearly felt it, and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Song, what's the matter?"
"This dress is very good." Song Zhaodi said, "I heard from my mother that when the People's Republic of China was first established, there was a shop in Binhai that specialized in suits and cheongsams. Such a top would cost dozens of dollars."
"Mr. Song deserves to be a college student." The woman selling clothes complimented.
Song Zhaodi smiled and said, "Just read a few more books than others. Are all of your clothes a pound of food stamps?"
"Yes, yes." The salaries of Zhong Jianguo and Song Zhaodi are the highest for couples under the age of 40 on Wengzhou Island. The three children are all young, and the family of five does not eat as much as the other family of three. The woman knew that Song Zhaodi was not short of food stamps, and immediately regarded her as a big customer, "There are many here, Mr. Song will choose slowly."
Song Zhaodi put down the suit and chose the best style and fabric.
Liu Ping pokes her mother, you go to pick too, the good clothes will be picked by Song Zhaodi.
Sister-in-law Duan raised her hand and slapped the back of her daughter's hand.
The woman selling clothes noticed Liu Ping's small movements, and doubts flashed in her eyes: "Sister Duan, look at it too."
Wengzhou Island has only one non-staple food factory. Fishermen and military relatives on the island have to go to the non-staple food factory to buy things. Over time, everyone gets to know each other.
Sister-in-law Duan didn't ask how the other party knew that she was Master Liu's wife, and smiled: "Don't worry, Xiao Song will choose after we choose."
The woman is more puzzled.
Sister-in-law Chen replied, "You are welcome, but I am welcome." She walked to Song Zhaodi's side and said, "Xiao Song, you are a college student, you are well-informed and have a good eye. Help me pick a few pieces from our family's forest."
"There doesn't seem to be any clothes to wear in the forest here." Song Zhaodi turned to the woman selling clothes, "Is there anything else in your family?"
The woman looked at Song Zhaodi, and then at Sister-in-law Chen, who was full of hope, and gritted her teeth: "Wait." After that, she went to the side room.
Sister-in-law Chen quickly grabbed Song Zhaodi's arm and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Xiao Song."
Song Zhaodi pulled out the white shirt she had just tucked at the bottom, with pearls on the collar: "Real pearls, only one pound of food stamps. Sister-in-law, do you think she is stupid?"
Everyone was shocked, and Zhou Shufen subconsciously threw the plaid skirt in her arms onto the table.
Sister-in-law Duan froze in her heart, glared at Liu Ping, and asked, "Xiao Song, we?"
"Buy!" Song Zhaodi said, "one piece per person." As soon as the words fell, the woman came out with half a bag of things and fell on the large square table. Zhou Shufen reached out her hand subconsciously, and when she thought of Song Zhaodi's words, her hand froze in the air.
Sister-in-law Chen's eyes were wide-eyed, afraid that the woman would see something, she asked with a smile, "Is it all here?" Without waiting for the other person to answer, she said, "I have to choose one for our family forest. The young man is more loving than before. Beauty, I don't want to wear clothes with patches anymore."
"Then you pick a few more pieces." The woman answered casually.
Song Zhaodi picked up the suit jacket that she had just thrown aside: "I want this one, our old Zhong seems to be able to wear it. Aunt Liu, this white shirt is very good, and it has glass beads on it. Why don't you give it to me? Liu Ping is holding it?" The tone of inquiry, but the expression could not refuse.
Sister-in-law Duan knew that Song Zhaodi would not harm her, and her family did not lack a pound of food stamps, so she picked out the food stamps and handed them to the other party.
Zhou Shufen saw that Sister Chen and Sister Duan both took out their food stamps and no longer wanted to buy clothes. She still held the red and white plaid skirt in her hand, and reluctantly gave the woman selling clothes a ticket, so she asked Song Zhaodi: "I You have to go home to wash the dishes, can you come back?"
"Go back." Song Zhaodi said, "Our clothes are cold outside, and we have to put them in the house. If we don't put them away, they will get wet."
Sister-in-law Chen said, "Let's go."
Seeing that they were taking one piece each, the woman wanted to persuade them to pick up a few more pieces.
Song Zhaodi said first: "Sister-in-law, if Lao Zhong likes this suit, I will come to you tomorrow to buy it."
The woman was stunned for a moment, seeing Song Zhaodi's smiling face, she said yes again and again.
Sister-in-law Chen couldn't help but tugged at her: "Xiao Song, let's hurry back. I have to make noodles with noodles when I get home."
"Then let's go." Song Zhaodi expressed reluctance, turned her head, and the smile on her face disappeared.
Zhou Shufen and Liu Ping opened their eyes wide, surprised that Song Zhaodi's expression changed freely.
Song Zhaodi originally put her clothes on her arms, walked more than 100 meters away from the house of the woman who sold the clothes, and pinched the collar of her clothes instead. Sanwa asked Song Zhaodi to hold him, but Song Zhaodi didn't hold him, and said to Lin Zhong, "help me hold Sanwa."
"Okay." Lin Zhong was twelve years old and not short in stature. It wasn't too difficult to walk for a while with a child over one year old.
Chen Dasao, who was full of doubts, couldn't hold back any longer: "Xiao Song, what's going on?"
Song Zhaodi spread out her suit and pointed to the oily spot: "This is gasoline. Everyone knows what gasoline is? The oil used in cars. The leaders who are sitting in cars are all wearing tunic suits now. No one wears a suit, so my sister-in-law doesn't think this is The origin of a piece of clothing is strange?"
"Foreigners' rubbish?" Sister Chen said, "I heard our old Liu say it, right?"
Song Zhaodi shook her head: "Since the East China Sea Fleet moved here, the sea area of Wengzhou Island has been strictly managed. The patrol boats in the sea area go out to patrol every three days, and foreign garbage can't get in."
"Maybe from somewhere else, such as Shencheng?" Sister Duan said.
Song Zhaodi: "Then how did she escape the inspection and get here?"
"You can bring a little at a time, not too much." Sister Duan said.
Song Zhaodi handed the suit to Mrs. Duan: "I still smell fishy. It may be earthy or bloody."
"This, you, Xiao Song—" Sister Duan's hand shook and her suit fell to the ground, "Don't you mean that?"
Song Zhaodi: "Because our country started to advocate cremation more than ten years ago, but many people still choose to be buried. So I can't say for sure whether these clothes came from crematoriums or from coffins. One, it's all ripped off from the dead."
"My God!" Zhou Shufen's eyes widened in disbelief, "Then you still let us buy it?"
Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "Or else? Throw it back. Let's not take it home, leave it at the intersection, I'll buy some paper money, let's burn these clothes and return them to the owner of the clothes, let's have a clean trip this time. The clothes are sent back, and the things on the clothes follow us."
"Yes, Xiao Song is thoughtful." Sister-in-law Chen doesn't believe that there are ghosts and gods in the world, but one more thing is worse than one less thing. "Even if we don't buy clothes and come out empty-handed, we might get dirty things."
Song Zhaodi looked at Sister Duan.
Sister-in-law Duan had no opinion: "I listened to Xiao Song. When this girl just told me, I said that there is no such good thing in the world, she has to pull me over." She nodded Liu Ping's forehead.
Liu Ping stepped back again and again: "Mother, you have taken the clothes in your hand."
"You know you're afraid now?" Sister-in-law Duan said angrily, "Why did you go earlier? Don't be greedy for petty gains in the future. Otherwise, you won't know how he died."
Sister-in-law Chen smoothed things out: "Sister-in-law, don't blame her. Xiao Song, what should we say when we burn clothes?"
"The third child in our family saw unclean things on their clothes." Song Zhaodi said, "The old man in our village said that children can always see things that adults can't see. What do you think?"
Sister-in-law Chen: "We have no problem, I'm afraid Xiao Zhong will know and disagree with you."
"It's okay." Song Zhaodi took the white shirt from Sister Duan's hand, "A pearl like this would cost at least 50 cents before putting it away. There are a dozen or so inlaid on it, and the pearl alone will cost 35 cents.
"I can't guarantee whether the woman still has such a shirt. If people on the island don't know that there is a big problem with the clothes, there must be some cheap people who go to her to buy clothes."
Once the clothes are attached to the dead, no one will want the clothes of the dead, even if they are inlaid with gold and silver, unless the family has no clothes to wear and people who want money and want to die.
Sister-in-law Chen understood Song Zhaodi, and suddenly thought: "Why don't we tell the Revolutionary Committee?"
"Yes, let's go to the Revolutionary Committee." Sister Duan said.
Song Zhaodi shook her head: "Sister-in-law, people from the Revolutionary Committee are involved, and that woman's family may be locked up. If she is found to be speculating, she may die. I don't want this.
"Let's burn the clothes and spread the word. That woman is really smart and will burn the clothes. Even if someone sues the Revolutionary Committee, the Revolutionary Committee can't find anything and can't do anything about her. If she asks for money Don't die, if you don't dispose of the clothes, the people of the Revolutionary Committee caught it, and she brought it on herself. We gave her a chance. "
"Since this is the case, then we will burn at the intersection here." Sister Duan said, "She can also know first."
Song Zhaodi nodded: "I went to the supply and marketing agency to buy paper money."
"I'll go." Sister-in-law Chen said, "If you hadn't followed me, I would have bought ten or eight pieces and returned."
Song Zhaodi didn't argue with her, "Auntie, let's walk forward. Big baby, second baby, you go back to Linzhong first."
"Dad came back and asked where you were, what should I say?" Dawa asked quickly.
Song Zhaodi saw that the sun was about to set: "Tell your father that you are hungry and ask your father to cook."