Chapter 41: Qinglong Crossing the River

Song Zhaodi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, how could a Dingdian child be so cruel: "Come on. Come back and I'll cook, you set fire."

"I really don't want to go." The child pouted and hummed to the next door.

When Zhong Jianguo received the call, he asked Xiao Li to drive him home. When he got home and sent Xiao Li back, Zhong Jianguo asked Song Zhaodi, "My dad hasn't come back? It was about nine o'clock when I separated from him."

Song Zhaodi glanced at his watch, "It's almost twelve o'clock, go out and look for it."

"I'm not looking." Zhong Jianguo said, "I'm looking at Sanwa, you're going to cook."

Song Zhaodi didn't move.

Zhong Jianguo explained: "I told them not to run around. It's good to be caught as a spy. I'll lock them up for a few days and see if they dare to come in the future."

Song Zhaodi didn't understand: "Spy? A spy was found on the island again? When did it happen? Why didn't I hear a little bit of wind."

The island has always been very strict with the spies. Before, he just stared at the inside. He never thought that Lao Jiang's people would buy off ordinary fishermen.

Song Zhaodi rushed to tell Zhong Jianguo that Xiao Zhao in the non-staple food factory was suspicious on the principle of "I would rather admit my mistake and never let it go." It also made the troop leaders realize that the enemy has many tricks, and they must be careful.

There are many fishermen living on Wengzhou Island. They are afraid that the fishermen will panic, so they adopt a policy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside. On the surface, it looks the same as six months ago. In fact, as early as when Teacher Yao and Head Qian left, the troops began to investigate the fishermen on the island in detail.

Pick out some fishermen with strong roots and high consciousness to train for a few days. The army will give these people some subsidies every month, and these people will pay attention to the foreign population.

Zhong Jianguo was not in charge of training the fishermen, but Zhong Jianguo was present at the meeting. It was precisely because Zhong Jianguo knew that there were such a small group of people on the island that he reminded his father and Zhong Shengli. Fart to let go.

My father does not listen to persuasion, and the son cannot be scolded or scolded. Someone helped Zhong Jianguo to teach the ignorant grandfather a lesson, and Zhong Jianguo wanted to slaughter the only rooster in the family to celebrate.

"How can you know this kind of thing." Zhong Jianguo said, "I don't know too much."

Song Zhaodi: "So you don't care?"

"It doesn't matter." Zhong Jianguo hugged Sanwa and saw that he was holding a yellow thing in his hand, "What are you eating?"

Seeing him, Song Zhaodi was not in a hurry at all, and didn't bother to care. Anyway, it wasn't her father, not her brother: "Chicken cake. I came back from class to make it."

"Mother makes two bowls." Erwa stretched out two fingers, "It's very delicious, Dad."

Zhong Jianguo said with a smile: "Your father is not delicious, the cake is delicious, give it to my father."

"It's over." Erwa blurted out.

Zhong Jianguo choked for a moment: "It's really that you are so old in vain, and you don't know how to save some for your dad if you have something delicious. You are a little conscientious."

"Do you want to eat?" Erwa asked, "Tell my mother to make it for you."

Zhong Jianguo replied, "Your mother loves you but you don't love me, and don't make chicken cakes for me."

"Then, then don't eat it." Erwa thought about it and said, "Eat something else."

Zhong Jianguo's chest hurts: "I really want to eat chicken cake, Erwa, tell your mother that you want to eat chicken cake. When your mother makes it, you give me half of it."

"Children can't lie." Zhong Erwa said seriously, "Adults can't lie either." After a while, "My mother doesn't lie."

"Pfft!" Song Zhaodi listened to the music, "Can you eat noodles at noon?"

Zhong Dawa raised her small hand so that Song Zhaodi could see him first: "Eat the rice, I'm going to pour the rice with tomato soup."

"Steaming rice is easy." Zhong Jianguo said, "If they can get back in time, they will eat it. If they can't get back, they will be hungry."

After one o'clock, Song Zhaodi sent the three children upstairs to take a nap. Zhong Jianguo cleaned the pots and pans and was about to go to the camp.

Song Zhaodi, who came downstairs, stopped Zhong Jianguo and said, "Let's look for it." Without waiting for him to speak, he said, "You wish your father died, but it is also your father in the eyes of outsiders. He really had an accident on the island, It's not good for you either."

"Then I'll go now." Zhong Jianguo sighed, and when he arrived at the camp, he picked a dozen soldiers out to find his father.

After half an hour, Xiao Li came back.

Political commissar Zhang, who was talking to Zhong Jianguo, heard the footsteps and turned his head to look, Xiao Li looked worried, and sighed in his heart: "It won't really happen, right?"

"In the guard room." Xiao Li said, "The comrades in the guard room said that the fishermen found a pair of father and son inquiring about the family of the army and the regiment leader. They thought they were suspicious, so they tied them up and sent them to the guard room.

"Our comrade asked who the regiment leader's father was, and he said they were the regiment leader's father and younger brother. Our comrades asked him what year the regiment leader enlisted in the army and which regiment leader he was. I think he's lying."

Political Commissar Zhang hurriedly asked, "Is there no use of punishment?"

"No, no." Xiao Li said, "They have nothing but money and tickets on them, and they don't look like the people on the other side. The comrades in the guard room plan to detain them for a day."

Political commissar Zhang pushed Zhong Jianguo: "What are you still doing, hurry up to the guard room."

"Little Li, you used to ask the guard room to release the person." Zhong Jianguo said, "I should have made the whole army know about it in the past."

Political commissar Zhang thought about it carefully: "Little Li, drive over and bring people out, don't make any noise."

"Little Li, if my dad asks me what I'm doing, you can say that the commander is looking for me for a meeting. If I haven't come out for an hour, then ask Political Commissar Zhang for instructions. It was he who called the guard room to release him." Zhong Jianguo said.

Political Commissar Zhang didn’t understand: “What are you doing with this lie?”

"My dad will think that the commander is looking for me to talk about them." Zhong Jianguo said, "I can't talk about my dad. Normal parents will worry about me when they hear the commander looking for me. He only thinks about him. he himself."

Political commissar Zhang patted Zhong Jianguo on the shoulder: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. My parents and mother-in-law are very good, but my uncle is lazy and goes to our house every three days to fight the autumn wind. He has the same virtue all his life." In one breath, "Don't talk about it, I'm annoyed when I mention bad things. Xiao Li, go ahead."

Xiao Li's father was a teacher, and his mother obeyed his father. Because Xiao Li's father is the most knowledgeable among the relatives, and he is very reasonable, Xiao Li's family does not have such bad things, and he does not believe that there is no father who does not love his son.

Xiao Li thinks that Father Zhong is a little eccentric and loves his younger son. Since Zhong Jianguo was the head of the regiment, the words were repeated in his throat, and Xiao Li swallowed them back.

He went to the guard room to pick up Father Zhong, and heard Father Zhong ask where Zhong Jianguo was. Xiao Li thought to himself, let's see, the father is still worried about his son. However, Xiao Li, who engraved "obey orders" in his heart, still followed what Zhong Jianguo said.

Father Zhong then asked if the commander sought Zhong Jianguo because of him and Zhong Shengli.

Xiao Li's face changed slightly, and he sighed in his heart, "I know son Mo Ruofu, and know father Mo Ruozi." And just because Xiao Li hesitated for a moment, Zhong's father pretended to be Xiao Li by default and urged Xiao Li to drive quickly.

Song Zhaodi had no classes in the afternoon, so she sent the eldest baby and the second baby to school. When she came back, she found that the third baby was still sleeping, so Song Zhaodi poured out the old clothes that Teacher Yao gave her.

If there are many patches, directly cut them into pieces with scissors, and keep the soles. If there are few patches, take it apart and see if it can be used as a shoe upper. Song Zhaodi was busy cutting cloth, when she heard a bang, she reflexively looked out, and saw two people running in from outside.

Song Zhaodi raised the scissors in her hand and was about to throw them out to find that the two of them looked familiar, it was Zhong Jianguo's father and Zhong Shengli.

Song Zhaodi froze for a moment, then ran upstairs after reacting. When they went upstairs and saw the door of the guest room open, Father Zhong and Zhong Shengli packed their things and couldn't help asking, "What happened?"

"Don't worry about it!" Father Zhong took Zhong Shengli's hand and walked out like he was leading a child.

Song Zhaodi was heartbroken, and she didn't want to care. Originally, she was thinking of Zhong Shengli to dispel the idea of ​​joining the army, she was like a way to help Zhong Shengli. Seeing Father Zhong's virtue, Song Zhaodi also got angry and didn't send the two out.

Guessing that they were far away, Song Zhaodi went out and bolted the door from the inside.

In the evening, Zhong Jianguo came back and asked, "Are you gone?"

"Did you scare them?" Song Zhaodi asked.

Zhong Jianguo sneered: "I'm too lazy to scare him, it's because he has nothing to do with himself." He told Song Zhaodi about his father's running around and being arrested, and then said, "He only has Zhong Shengli in his eyes, but he is short-sighted and feels that he will not let him. When a child suffers, it is to be good to the child, without thinking about it, and only after suffering is the best."

"Your father can read and break words, and he is so confused because he married a confused wife." Song Zhaodi said, "Think about it carefully, when your mother was alive, was your father so clueless?"

Zhong Jianguo thought about it carefully, and the only memory of his childhood was that he was constantly busy: "At that time, my mother had the final say in the family's big and small matters, not my father's."

"Your dad, you'll be useless for the rest of your life." Song Zhaodi tutted, "Zhong Dawa, find some red tomatoes, and I'll make you Snowfall Flame Mountain."

Zhong Dawa: "But I want to eat Guan Gong and Qin Qiong today."

"Can you two speak human language?" Zhong Jianguo asked.

Zhong Dawa gave Zhong Jianguo a pair of eyes: "Stupid! Snow falls on the Flame Mountain is sugar mixed with tomatoes, Guan Gong and Qin Qiong are tomato scrambled eggs."

"Then what's the name of the green vegetable soup your mother cooked at noon?" Zhong Jianguo asked.

Zhong Dawa looked at Song Zhaodi, does the vegetable soup have another name?

"Qinglong crossing the river." Song Zhaodi said with a smile, "The name is domineering."

Erwa said loudly: "Domineering!"

Sanwa was startled.

Seeing the child shivering, Song Zhaodi hurriedly picked him up: "Will your dad make trouble when he goes back? My cousin came back empty-handed last time, and your dad came back without success. I always think they will not let it go."

Zhong Jianguo: "We're far away, and they won't spread the news here if they make a lot of noise at home. Don't worry. I'll buy a pound of pork tomorrow and cook it for you."

"Braised pork." Zhong Dawa said quickly.

Song Zhaodi couldn't help twisting the child's chubby face: "I've become fat and become a pig, and I still think about meat all day long. I'll kill you tomorrow and make it into a roast suckling pig."

Zhong Dawa shuddered and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of pig is a roast suckling pig?"

"Little Piggy is roasted whole, it's a roast suckling pig." Song Zhaodi said, "Just like a little piglet like you."

Zhong Dawa pushed her hand away, wrinkled her nose and said, "I'm not a piglet, Erwa is."

"Don't eat me." Zhong Erwa's face changed suddenly.

Zhong Jianguo hurriedly picked him up and kicked Dawa's ass, "Frighten my brother again, and I'll kick you into the sea."

"Hey big fish!" Zhong Erwa said loudly with her arms around Zhong Jianguo's neck.

Zhong Jianguo glared at Erwa: "Don't talk about it."

"Say, it's okay." Zhong Dawa pointed at Erwa, "I'll take care of you later."

Song Zhaodi slapped him on the back of the head: "I will scare my younger brother. Zhong Jianguo, I will buy half a catty of pork tomorrow and two pig bones."

Zhong Dawa couldn't care about the pain in her head, and hurriedly asked, "What else is going to be delicious, mother?"

"Pig bone and kelp soup and ants on the tree." Song Zhaodi looked at Zhong Jianguo, "Eat at noon."

Zhong Jianguo smiled and said, "I will definitely come back."

At noon the next day, Zhong Jianguo asked Xiao Li for a car and was going to go home for dinner, when he saw Master Liu's car flying by.

Zhong Jianguo raised his hand to salute, but the car backed up again. Master Liu opened the car window, "Xiao Zhong, get in the car, there is a situation."

"Something happened?" Zhong Jianguo asked when he jumped into the car.

Master Liu: "The Soviet Union is in trouble in the north. Lao Jiang probably received the news and took the opportunity to block us. I just received the news, and Lao Jiang's people are here again."

"Are you going to fight us?" Zhong Jianguo asked hurriedly.

Master Liu shook his head: "To fight with us now, it is one thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred to himself. Lao Jiang is unlikely to send troops."

"That's the same as before, harass us if you have nothing to do, don't hit us, and respond to us." Zhong Jianguo couldn't help but scolded, "It's shameless!"

Master Liu: "It's not that people are shameless, it's that people have nothing to fear." Looking at the barracks, he sighed, "I really hope that the great revolution will end sooner, and that the top is dedicated to construction, and stop messing around."

Zhong Jianguo wanted to say that it could not end in a short time. He quickly swallowed the words and sighed, "Yeah."

Yesterday, Zhong Jianguo swore that Song Zhaodi thought he would come back, so he cooked his meal specially. He didn't come back, and half of the meal was left. In the evening, Song Zhaodi simply made it into pickled rice.

Waking up in the middle of the night, Zhong Jianguo hadn't come back yet, Song Zhaodi told herself not to worry, but she still couldn't help worrying.

The next day, the sky was bright, and Song Zhaodi, who had not slept peacefully in the second half of the night, woke up and washed her face and went to Liu's house.

Sister-in-law Duan saw her pale face and affirmed, "I'm worried about Xiao Zhong."

"Auntie knows?" Song Zhaodi was surprised.

Sister-in-law Duan: "Old Liu didn't come back last night. Don't worry, even if Xiao Zhong leads his troops to fight at sea, he will stay in the cabin to command the battle. Unless the ship is destroyed."

"I also know this principle." Song Zhaodi said, "Auntie, I fought with Lao Jiang's people a few years ago. Are Jianguo and the others on the front line?"

Sister-in-law Duan nodded: "By the way, Xiao Song, I dried half a bag of dried eggplant a few days ago. I will send it to your elder sister on Sunday."

"Do you send eggplants?" Song Zhaodi thought she heard it wrong, and saw Sister Duan nodded, "It's not enough for the postage."

Sister-in-law Duan asked with a smile, "Can money buy cloth?"

Song Zhaodi choked: "Then I'll send it tomorrow."

"Don't worry." Sister-in-law Duan said, "The long beans I dried have not dried yet. Let them dry for a day or two. When the beans are completely dry, send them together with a piece of dried eggplant."

Song Zhaodi was a little surprised: "Auntie, you send dried eggplant and beans, what should I send?"

"What do you have at home?" Sister Duan asked.

Song Zhaodi thought for a while: "It seems that there is only money."

Sister-in-law Duan choked for a moment, and then she laughed and joked, "Then give me the money."

Song Zhaodi also realized that her mouth was too fast, and she was a little embarrassed: "I'll discuss with Jianguo later."

At noon, Zhong Jianguo came back with a change of clothes and shoes, told Song Zhaodi to take care of the house, and then got in the car and left.

The eldest baby and the second baby are used to it. They should eat and drink, and they don't even say to see his dad.

Song Zhaodi had been married to Zhong Jianguo for more than half a year. It was the first time she saw him in such a hurry, and she was inexplicably flustered.

On the afternoon of Saturday, May 25th, Zhong Jianguo returned safely. Song Zhaodi's dangling heart came to the fore.

She approached to see if Zhong Jianguo was injured, but Song Zhaodi found out that Zhong Jianguo was still a little fatter, and was very puzzled: "Why do I feel like you are fat, am I wrong?"

"That's right." Zhong Jianguo said, "In the past, you said that everything the human body needs can be obtained from the sea. I mentioned to the cooking class that we eat all kinds of fish, turtles and shrimps in a different way when we are free these days. Crab, it's too good to eat."

Song Zhaodi was even more puzzled: "I heard what Sister Duan said, Lao Jiang's soldiers are harassing us again. You are not going to sea to meet the enemy, but to travel?"

"Lao Jiang's soldiers are too cheap." Zhong Jianguo couldn't help swearing when he mentioned the people on the other side, "When we go back, they move forward, and when we go back, they go back, like a mother-child hide-and-seek. ."

It was the first time Song Zhaodi heard that the two armies could play against each other like this: "Then what?"

"We come back to rest and play with Lao Jiang's people in another group." Zhong Jianguo said, "Although the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs are delicious, I still want to eat meat. Do we still have meat tickets?"

Song Zhaodi: "I didn't dare to use it. It's time for the non-staple food factory to close the stall. I'll go buy it tomorrow morning."

The next morning, Zhong Jianguo got up and went to buy pork. When came back, washed all the clothes that the family took off last night. When saw a few pieces of wood in the corridor, guessed that Song Zhaodi and Sister Duan went out to pick it up, so borrowed an axe to chop the wood.

Song Zhaodi woke up and found the clothes on the rope and the firewood in the kitchen. She couldn't help but say to Zhong Jianguo, "I like your self-consciousness."

"For my self-consciousness, make a big meal in the morning." Zhong Jianguo said.

Song Zhaodi had seen the meat on the chopping board, at most a pound, and a woman with such a little meat couldn't make any tricks. So asked Zhong Jianguo to pick some green peppers and find some tender loofah.

Zhong Jianguo and his son don't like porridge very much, they like to eat steamed bread and rice. Song Zhao followed Zhong Jianguo's wishes today. In the morning, he steamed half a pot of rice, made shredded pork with green peppers, scrambled eggs with loofah, mixed tomatoes with sugar and patted cucumbers.