Chapter 47

Song Zhaodi was speechless and wanted to laugh: "You masters think about slaughtering chickens and ducks every day. Have you ever thought about how chickens and ducks feel? The oldest of them is only one year old."

"The value of the drake's existence is to be eaten by us." Zhong Jianguo said, "When the male goose grows up, we will eat the big goose stewed in the iron pot."

Zhong Dawa nodded again and again: "Yes. There are also those three little roosters and two little drakes."

This summer, Song Zhaodi bought ten more eggs, and asked fishermen on the island for two goose eggs, one of which was sent to Mrs. Duan's house for hatching.

All twelve eggs hatched, but Song Zhaodi was a little disappointed that there were so few mothers hatched this time, noticing that Erwa was staring at them and stopped eating, and wanted to laugh again: "Erwa also wants to eat ducks? "

"I want to." Erwa said, "Eat fried duck wings and fried duck legs."

Song Zhaodi pinched his little face: "The wings and legs of the big rooster are delicious when fried, but the fried duck is not delicious, and the braised duck is delicious."

"Then make braised duck." Zhong Dawa answered quickly.

Song Zhaodi looked at Zhong Jianguo: "Don't you go to sea during the Spring Festival?"

"Don't talk about it, it's possible to go out." Zhong Jianguo said, "The actions of the Soviet Union are becoming more and more frequent. Lao Jiang watched the Soviet Union make a fuss, and the small actions became more and more, and he became more and more uncomfortable."

Song Zhaodi pondered: "If you are not allowed to live in peace in the 30th year of the year, then your cooking team will catch a few baskets of perch, set up two large pots on the ship, and cook perch, stewed tofu, braised prawns and other seafood three times a day. Set up a row of simple stoves, grill squid on charcoal to feed the soldiers, and kill them by the way.”

"This method is feasible, anyway, the soldiers don't want to eat canned food." Zhong Jianguo thought about it carefully, "I'll report to the commander later. It's better to provoke Lao Jiang's people to eat along, and we'll give them a shot while they eat. ."

Song Zhaodi did not advise him to do this: "What about after a good shot?"

Zhong Jianguo's expression changed slightly, he glared at Song Zhaodi and drank porridge.

Song Zhaodi pursed her lips and smiled, raised her leg and stepped on his foot.

Zhong Jianguo snorted in pain.

"What's wrong with Dad?" Erwa asked concerned.

Zhong Jianguo endured the pain and said nonsense: "Bite your tongue. You eat more slowly, don't worry."

Zhong Erwa has no doubt about him: "Okay, Dad."

At the same time, in Binhai City, more than 2,000 miles away, Zhong Weiguo went to the cooperative to buy a few catties of fruit and candy after breakfast. Then go to the long-distance bus station to take a bus to Hongya Town.

After eleven o'clock, Zhong Weiguo arrived at Xiaosong Village.

In winter, there is little work in the production team, the weather is cold, and the villagers who have worked for a year are too lazy to get up before dawn. Breakfast was late, so it was after eleven o'clock. The villagers of Xiaosong Village hadn't cooked yet, and they were chatting at the door in twos and threes in the sun.

As soon as Zhong Weiguo entered the village, the villagers stared at him. Before Zhong Weiguo could speak, some enthusiastic people asked him who he was looking for.

Remembering that Song Zhaodi said on the phone to try to make trouble known to everyone, Zhong Weiguo glanced around and saw that there were more than a dozen people, men, women and children. How do I get home?"

"Are you looking for Di? She is married," said the enthusiastic villager. "At the moment, only her brother-in-law's mother and her sister's two children are at home in her family."

Zhong Weiguo: "I know, I am her husband Jianguo's eldest brother, and I understand the situation in Zhao Di's family." The voice fell, and all the people nearby turned to Zhong Weiguo.

"Are you the eldest brother of Captain Zhong?" The enthusiastic villagers looked at him, "You and Captain Zhong are quite similar."

Zhong Weiguo nodded: "Yes, how to go?"

"There is a big road in the south, walk more than 100 meters to the east, and ask someone again." The enthusiastic villager said, "The houses in the village are almost the same. I told you, but you can't find it."

Zhong Weiguo nodded: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." The villager laughed, "What are you looking for with Zhao Di's eldest sister?"

Zhong Weiguo sighed, "It's hard to say. Thank you." After speaking, he turned and headed south.

A long sigh lifted everyone's appetite. The three lively women looked at each other and followed Zhong Weiguo quietly. At the door of Song's house, the three women did not go in, but went to Goudan's house next door.

Goudan's mother heard the intention of the three, and pointed to the very short wall. The four women moved a few pieces of wood and lay on the wall to listen to the movement next door.

Mother Song planted some peanuts on the ground. The weather was nice today, so Liu Yang's mother took out the peanuts and sat in the sun, watching the two grandchildren play and peeling the peanuts.

Yang didn't know Zhong Weiguo. Seeing that Zhong Weiguo said that he was Zhong Jianguo's eldest brother, he saw that he came over with a bag of things, and he looked a bit like Zhong Jianguo, so he had no doubts.

"Dali, go and move a bench for this uncle." Mrs. Yang explained to the eldest grandson, and went to the house to pour water. When he came out, he asked, "Jianguo his eldest brother, are you in a hurry at this time?"

"Zhao Di's eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law come back at noon?" Zhong Weiguo asked without answering.

Mrs. Yang: "Come back. Since Jianguo bought a bicycle for our family, the two of them have come back for dinner every noon. By the way, his big brother, don't leave at noon, I'll cook right now."

"Auntie, no need." Zhong Weiguo said, "It's almost New Year's Eve, and our factory is busy reconciling accounts. We don't have to rest on Saturdays and Sundays, so I will take a day off and have to rush back in the afternoon."

Mrs. Yang: "Soon, I'll make some pancakes for you, and you can eat them on the way. By the way, his eldest brother, what are you doing with Laibao and Liu Yang?"

"Oh, it has something to do with Zhao Di's second sister." Zhong Weiguo didn't speak English, and English is too dazzling in the countryside, for fear that the Yang family would not understand it and would cause trouble for the family by shouting everywhere, "Zhao Di is now a teacher over there, and the family has There are several books, and her second sister probably took one because she looked good. She also took Zhaodi's vanishing cream, clam oil, and the pancreas at home. "

Yang Shi was stunned and couldn't believe what she heard: "Take it all, what do you mean?"

"Cough, it's stealing." Zhong Weiguo said embarrassedly, after all, they were all relatives.

Yang's eyes widened: "What do you mean, what do you mean for men to steal Di's stuff?"

"Yes." Zhong Weiguo said, "Zhao Di also said that she hopes her eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law will go to the town to wait for her second sister and get those things back, mainly books. By the way, Zhao Di also said that she will give You write letters and tell them in detail."

Yang couldn't help sighing: "This is a man. The child is about to go to elementary school, how can he do such a thing."

"Auntie, don't be annoyed, she may be confused for a while." Zhao Yin's heart was cruel, and he never dared to do anything. Zhong Weiguo has never had contact with a few women, so Zhong Weiguo believes that the most inattentive woman in the world is Zhao Yin.

When I mentioned Song Lainan to the Yang family at this time, Zhong Weiguo still couldn't believe it: "Auntie, Zhao Di also said that when her second sister comes back, remember to guard against her."

Yang sighed deeply: "Remember, remember, definitely remember." The voice fell, and the sound of jingle bells was heard, "Maybe Liu Yang and Noble are back."

"Mr. Deng, have you gone to school again? Aren't the students on vacation?"

Liu Yang's voice came in from outside, and Song Dali stood up with a swipe: "Grandma, it's my father talking to Teacher Deng." Then he said to Zhong Weiguo, "Uncle, I'll go call my father."

"No need." Zhong Weiguo smiled, "I'll go out and have a look." At the door, I saw a middle-aged woman approaching, a middle-aged man holding a bicycle and talking to a man in his fifties. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Song Dali coming out, and asked, "Dali, are they your parents?"

Song Dali shouted: "Father, mother, we have a visitor."

The three of them looked over together.

Zhong Weiguo was shocked, and his whole body froze.

Song Laibao hurried to the front, saw the stupid man standing in front of his house, and subconsciously looked at Song Dali: "Who is this?"

"My uncle's eldest brother." Song Dali said, "Big baby's uncle, bought us a lot of delicious food."

Song Laibao turned his head and shouted, "Brother Zhong, what's the matter with you?"

"Weiguo?"

"Uncle?"

Two exclamations sounded simultaneously.

Song Laibao shuddered, and following Zhong Weiguo's line of sight, he saw Teacher Deng running towards this side tremblingly.

Liu Yang was also startled, and when he came back to his senses, he found that Zhong Weiguo was full of shock. He subconsciously twisted it on his thigh, thinking that he would wake up from the dream, but he heard, "Weiguo, you, why are you here?"

"Uncle, why are you here?" Zhong Weiguo subconsciously felt that he had made a mistake, so he didn't dare to go forward, and when he walked up to him, he was indeed the same as the person he remembered, except for a few more white hairs and a few wrinkles, "Uncle— —”

Liu Yang couldn't help but interrupt Zhong Weiguo: "Wait a minute, Brother Zhong, Teacher Deng, don't rush to recognize your relatives, what's going on?"

A family member whom he hadn't seen for many years suddenly appeared in front of him. Zhong Weiguo didn't care to explain to Liu Yang, so he turned around and asked, "Uncle, what's going on?"

"Is he your uncle?"

There was an exclamation from behind, Zhong Weiguo turned around and saw that it was a woman with a slightly fat body and dark complexion who had never seen it before, "Who are you?"

"I'm Noble's neighbor, Goudan's mother." Pointing to the earthen house adjacent to the Song family, "So you and Zhao Di's son-in-law are the same as your uncle?"

Zhong Weiguo's face changed slightly: "Don't talk nonsense! My uncle is just a teacher, not any of the seven black categories."

"Weiguo, don't be rude." Deng Peilin patted Zhong Weiguo's arm, "The fellows are very kind to me, they give rice, noodles, oil and salt, and they even let us build a new house, which is brighter than this lesbian's house. ."

The dog's mother raised her chin and snorted.

"Then what happened to the capitalist she said?" Zhong Weiguo didn't understand.

Deng Peilin said: "One year after your mother died, I was transferred to another university to teach. Well, just choose me as the English teacher.

"The foreign language school was proposed by the prime minister and the foreign minister. At the beginning of the great revolution, there was a lot of noise outside, but the people in the foreign language school didn't dare to make trouble. Last year, the situation intensified, and the foreign language school was not spared. Your aunt and I were sent here. , on the grounds of suspicion that I am a capitalist."

"So you're not a capitalist." Goudan's mother said, realizing what she heard, and asked quickly, "Wait a minute, Lao Deng, you say you are a university teacher, and a university teacher means teaching college students?"

Zhong Weiguo: "Of course!"

"Well, then our Goudan will learn from you, will he become a college student in the future?" Goudan's mother then asked.

Deng Peilin said: "You have to be admitted to a university." As soon as he finished speaking, Goudan's face darkened, "However, you don't have to worry. The country has already started to run universities, and there may be more universities in the future, your dog, you If the children study hard, they will definitely be admitted to university and become a college student in the future.”

"It's pretty much the same." Goudan's mother was satisfied, "Hey, I won't call you Lao Deng, I will call you Teacher Deng, you have to teach our family Goudan well. By the way, Zhao Di's husband's eldest brother, you What I said in the yard just now, I won't say it to the outside world."

Song Laibao didn't understand: "What?"

"Let the man steal Di's stuff." Goudan's mother blurted out, Song Laibao's face changed suddenly, Goudan's mother realized that a bald mouth had come out, and smiled awkwardly, "Then what, my pig is hungry. , I'm going to feed the pigs." Without waiting for Song Laibao to speak, he slipped into the house.

The three women who followed Zhong Weiguo saw Goudan's mother running so fast, and quickly found a reason to leave. However, because Zhong Weiguo and Deng Peilin recognized their relatives, a lot of people had already gathered at the door of Song's house.

The villagers of Xiaosong Village immediately did not care how many college students Deng Peilin had taught and whether they could teach their children to be college students, because Deng Peilin could not escape anyway. The villagers ordered to ask Zhong Weiguo what happened to the man who came to steal.

"Mr. Deng, Wei Guo, it's cold outside. If you have something to say, go inside the room." Mrs. Yang said quickly, "Go to the main room."

Zhong Weiguo helped Deng Peilin in, and the villagers of Xiaosong Village turned around and knocked on the door of Goudan's house.

At first, Zhong Weiguo wondered how Goudan's mother knew. Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed that there was an extra row of heads on the top of the wall, and his head was buzzing.

Song Laibao followed his line of sight and found that many people were eavesdropping, and sighed: "This is the virtue of the people in our village."

"Laibao, I don't like listening to what you say." Song Laibao's distant cousin said, "You can't hide from us about Laibao stealing things. The New Year will be over in a few days, and Laimen must go. New Year's greetings to my father, her hands and feet are not clean, I have to keep an eye on her."

Zhong Weiguo looked at Song Laibao, what should do?

"Brother Zhong, what did Zhao Di lose?" Being stared at by a row of heads, Song Laibao simply asked his son to move some stools into the house and sat in the yard.

Zhong Weiguo said, "Books, vanishing cream, clam oil and pancreas."

"So much?" Some people were surprised. "The vanishing cream and pancreas are worth a lot, right?"

Song Laibao said quickly, "It's a lot of money, but my family is not short of that money."

"You are not lacking." Song Laibao's cousin said, "I heard from your mother that your family Zhaodi is a middle school teacher now, and her husband is the head of the regiment, so she has to have a small hundred. What you have leaked is enough for your family to eat and drink. Therefore, we didn't say you stole anything."

"How come I heard that the husband of the male is also paid quite high." Goudan's mother showed her head.

Song Laibao's cousin choked for a moment and said, "That's because the man is not satisfied."

"Zhao Di also said the same." Zhong Weiguo said, "When Zhao Di called me, I heard a very bad tone. I think I was very disappointed with her second sister."

"No one will be happy with such a second sister." Song Laibao's cousin said, sighing, "It's a pity that our stall is on. Laibao, what do you think about this."

Song Laibao has always felt that family shame cannot be made public: "I'll come back and ask my mother."

"Then when my aunt comes, I'll find you again." After the man finished speaking, he disappeared from the wall. The others saw this and left. Song Laibao immediately asked her son to call Deng Peilin's wife, and then asked Zhong Weiguo and Deng Peilin to speak in the house.

Zhong Weiguo talked to his uncle and aunt for two hours. Liu Yang asked for leave and rode him to the station. When Zhong Weiguo arrived at Binhai to call Zhong Jianguo, it was past eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhong Jianguo answered the phone and went home, saw Song Zhaodi washing Sanwa's feet, and reached out to pick her up.

"Is Dad crazy?" Erwa was startled and asked his brother quickly.

Zhong Dawa glanced at the man who was holding Song Zhaodi in circles and said, "I'm sick, it's not too bad."

Zhong Jianguo put down Song Zhaodi, raised his hand and slapped his son: "Go upstairs to sleep."

"Don't sleep." Zhong Dawa rubbed her head and hid beside Song Zhaodi, "Dad, are you going to be promoted?"

Zhong Jianguo was delighted: "Official fans! It's not a promotion, but it's also a happy event. There is news from your uncle and grandpa's family."

"Uncle Grandpa?" Zhong Dawa heard it for the first time, "Is it the same as Grandpa?"

Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "It's hard to find a person like your grandfather in a hundred families. He must be different from him. Zhong Jianguo, don't betray him. Your uncle has news, what does it have to do with me?"

"In your village." Zhong Jianguo told Song Zhaodi about his uncle's release, "It's fortunate that you didn't call my elder brother later, otherwise, we might not be able to see my uncle again in our lifetime."

Song Zhaodi was stunned and incredulous: "So coincidentally?"

"Sometimes things just happen so coincidentally." Zhong Jianguo said, "Is this just what the ancients said about the interdependence of good and bad?"

Zhong Dawa raised his hand and motioned his father to pause first, allowing him to say, "Is Uncle and Grandpa coming to our house? Dad, can you please not let him come? Our house just bought new vanishing cream and clam oil today. and pancreas."

Zhong Jianguo smiled bitterly: "Uncle and grandpa are temporarily unavailable."

"Will you come later?" Zhong Dawa asked.

Song Zhaodi: "Never will in the future. They are too old to take a car. However, we have to go see him."

"I can visit that uncle and grandpa." Zhong Dawa said seriously, "Just don't come to our house."