Chapter 50 Where is my brother going?

Zhong Dawa exclaimed, "Now?"

"Yes, it's now." Song Zhaodi said, "Go and take out your clothes, it's cold in the sea, take the thickest cotton-padded clothes and cotton shoes, and just take a set of clothes inside. Grandma has a kang at home, so the underwear can't be washed. Dry, you can bake it on the kang."

Zhong Dawa threw down her schoolbag and went back to her room. She turned out all of her brother's thick clothes and carried them into Song Zhaodi's room: "Mother, how do you fold them?"

"I'm coming." Song Zhaodi asked while folding her clothes, "Is there a lot of homework assigned by the teacher?"

Zhong Dawa: "No homework."

"Hey, your teacher." Song Zhaodi didn't want to comment, "Don't bring that book with you. Dali is in second grade this year like you. I'm afraid I'll forget what I've learned, so I'll read Dali's book when I look back."

Seeing that she was very busy, Zhong Dawa didn't want to disturb Song Zhaodi, but she couldn't help but ask, "Mother, did Dad say why?"

"He said that your uncle and grandfather are your father's uncle who is ill, and he especially wanted to see your three brothers." Three sets of cotton-padded clothes, cotton-padded pants and cotton-padded shoes were stuffed into a pack. Song Zhaodi didn't take the cotton-padded jacket anymore, and planned to go back to wear her Sister or her mother's clothes, "I don't believe a word of what your dad said."

Zhong Dawa was curious: "then did you ask my dad?"

"Your dad pretended to be very serious and didn't want to talk about it." Song Zhaodi recalled Zhong Jianguo's expression, and clicked, "He must have a guilty conscience. Stop him, don't let him go, he pushes me away and runs out."

Zhong Dawa nodded: "Mother, you guessed it right, Dad must be hiding something from you, or a big one." Pause, "Mother, you know, then we don't go."

"We're going." Song Zhaodi said, and couldn't help sighing, "Your grandma Liu is going with us, saying that you are going to Xiao Song Village to see your uncle's mother, that is, her sister-in-law.

"I think she might know something. She knows it, and your grandfather Liu must know it, too. It means that your father is really hiding something from me. We have to go anyway."

Zhong Dawa was about to speak, but suddenly found the room very quiet: "Where are the second and third children?"

"Next door." Song Zhaodi fastened her bag, took out a hundred dollars, and stuffed the rest into the quilt. She went downstairs with Dawa and found that the pot above the stove was smoking, so she took the pot off and sealed it. stove.

Zhong Dawa was curious: "Mother has already cooked? It's only four o'clock now."

"No." Song Zhaodi lifted the lid of the pot, "Boiled eggs and duck eggs, leave us to eat on the road."

Zhong Dawa's eyes widened: "A lot."

"Not too many, only thirty duck eggs and eggs together." Song Zhaodi said, "We have a lot of people, and we have to eat for two days. These are not enough."

Zhong Dawa couldn't help worrying: "Do you only eat eggs?"

"Your father ran to find a fishing boat after talking to me. It may have been found by now." Song Zhaodi said, "In such a short time, I can't make a few oil cakes even if I want to."

Zhong Dawa couldn't help sighing: "Dad's work is too unreliable." Carrying a schoolbag full of eggs, tea jars, milk powder and toffee, she followed Song Zhaodi out of the kitchen to find the lock, "Mother, does Dad have the key there? ?"

"Yes." Song Zhaodi put the key on the baby's neck, "Don't worry about your dad, even if he doesn't have the key, he can pick the lock." After speaking, she took the lock and locked the door.

The big baby walked to the gate and suddenly thought, "Mother, what about the chickens, ducks and geese?"

"There are vegetable leaves and wheat bran under the porch, and your dad will feed them." Song Zhaodi said, and couldn't help sighing, "You are a child, why do you have more things to worry about than me? Don't look at it, let's go."

Zhong Dawa responded and suddenly thought: "Mother, what if grandma is here?"

Song Zhaodi said nothing, dragged him by the arm outside the door, and closed the bamboo raft door: "Your dad is at the dock, ask your dad what to do."

"Oh, good." Zhong Dawa wanted to go directly to the pier, but when she saw Erwa and Sanwa out of the corner of her eye, she waved to her two younger brothers, "Follow me."

Sanwa thought she was going to play, so she ran over with her short legs, not too cold, and asked with a smile, "Where is my brother going?"

"Go to the pier to catch fish." When Sanwa didn't want to go out to play, and asked Song Zhaodi to hug him, Dawa just fooled him. However, this trick is not often used.

Sanwa was only a little over three years old, so he couldn't tell the truth from his brother's words.

"Yes, catch the big fish." Zhong Dawa held the third baby and handed the other hand to the second baby.

Erwa asked in a low voice, "Brother, I don't want to go to that grandma's house."

Zhong Dawa turned her head, why?

"It's cold." Erwa said, "Dad said it."

The big baby said in his heart that it was Dad who asked us to go: "Grandma's house has a heated kang, and my mother said it's not cold."

"Brother, what did you say?" Sanwa asked hurriedly, "speak louder, I didn't hear you."

Big baby thought to himself, just to keep you from hearing: "I said, it's almost time to reach the pier. Sanwa, hurry up."

"I'll run." Sanwa released Dawa's hand and ran towards the pier.

Wengzhou Island is quite big for children, and the children can't stand their energy. They visit Wengzhou Island several times in one summer vacation, so that the three-year-old Sanwa knows where the pier is.

Song Zhaodi watched Sanwa run fast, thought for a moment, knocked on the door of a fisherman, and asked someone for a rope.

"What are you doing with the rope?" Sister Duan was curious.

Song Zhaodi: "The aunt told me, why did you come back to Xiao Song Village with me?"

Sister-in-law Duan took a breath and smiled awkwardly: "When I didn't ask."

"You really have something to hide from me." Song Zhaodi was not angry either. Zhong Jianguo dared to let her take away the three children, which was definitely not dangerous. He didn't dare to tell her, it's definitely not a good thing.

When they arrived at the pier, seeing that Zhong Jianguo was still there, Song Zhaodi asked with a half-smile, "Don't tell me yet?"

"Hurry up and get on the boat." Zhong Jianguo avoided her eyes and urged, "Go to Yongcheng and take a bus to Hangzhou."

Song Zhaodi nodded slightly: "You can do it, Zhong Jianguo."

"Xiao Song, Xiao Song, I'll tell you later." Sister-in-law Duan took Song Zhaodi's arm, "Get on the boat first, or you won't be able to catch the train to Shencheng."

Two adults and three children rushed to Hangcheng Railway Station, and it was already dark.

At nine o'clock, when I got on the train, Song Zhaodi took off the shoes of the three children, took off the sweaty socks and put on thick cotton socks, and instructed: "Take off the cotton socks when you go to pee. "

Zhong Dawa: "I know."

It was cold in winter, and there was no kang or heating at home. Song Zhaodi made a few pairs of cotton socks for a few children and left them to wear them when they played in the house.

When Mrs. Duan saw it, she couldn't help but sigh: "I'm still worried that it's cold in the car, and a few children can't bear it."

"I'm also worried." Song Zhaodi said, "I specially brought them a set of cotton-padded clothes, and when they were transferring in Shencheng, I took them out and bound their hands and feet." After a while, "Auntie, you can tell me now. "

Sister-in-law Duan said with a smile, "I thought you forgot. In fact, I just found out. Your Uncle Liu called and told me."

"What happened?" Song Zhaodi asked hurriedly.

It's almost New Year's Eve, and there are few people going out. There are only a dozen people in the whole carriage, and half of them are Song Zhaodi and his party.

The other people were far away, and Sister Duan didn't deliberately lower her voice: "Your Uncle Liu didn't count me down, anyway, there are two children we need to adopt.

"Your Uncle Liu is the teacher, and the goal is too inconvenient, so I hope you will keep it. However, Xiao Song, don't worry, I will take care of you. Your Uncle Liu also said that the food and clothing of the two children will be provided by the commander, which is equivalent to Stay at your house."

Song Zhaodi immediately understood: "I heard Jianguo mention it once, Uncle Liu has been with the commander since he was a soldier, he is the commander's henchman, and our next-door head, Lin, is the vice-commander Wu's henchman.

"The two children must have nothing to do with Uncle Liu. They are relatives of the commander? No, if they are relatives, the commander can send them back to their hometown. Are they comrades in arms of the commander, or children of the leader?"

"I really don't know about this." Sister-in-law Duan waved her hand, "Let's see the child later, or come back to see Jianguo, you can ask him. I heard the tone of Lao Liu's words, and I was very anxious."

Song Zhaodi: "Where are the two children now?"

"In Shencheng." Mrs. Duan said, "Uncle Liu said that if we get off the train and go directly to Nanjing Road, we will see two children who are about the same height as Dawa."

When Zhong Dawa heard that he was mentioned, she asked curiously, "Grandma, mother, what are you talking about?"

Song Zhaodi was a little tired to have two more children in the family, but when he thought that if the commander had another way, he would definitely not let Zhong Jianguo, who already had three children, adopt those two children.

Hangcheng is very close to Shencheng, and it will be there in a while. Song Zhaodi didn't lie to the eldest baby: "We want two little brothers to come to the house, do you welcome them?"

"Mother, what do you mean by coming here?" Zhong Dawa often sees his father and his mother playing word games, "You have to make it clear."

Song Zhaodi helped her forehead: "It's just that we have two little brothers living with us, sleeping in the same room with you, and never leaving again."

"Are they making trouble?" Zhong Dawa asked.

Song Zhaodi almost laughed. The first thing the child thought of was this question: "It's not like making trouble, it's similar to Dali."

"Then I agree to let them sleep on the ground floor." After Zhong Dawa finished speaking, she suddenly thought, "Mother, why did they come to our house?"

Song Zhaodi: "Father is dead, mother is gone, and no one wants them. Your father thinks we won't take them in. They will freeze to death in such a cold day."

"Ah?" Zhong Dawa didn't expect it to be like this, "It's so pitiful."

Song Zhaodi: "Yes, it's very pitiful." Speaking out, Song Zhaodi thought something was wrong, "Sister-in-law, you should know their names, right?"

"I really don't know." Sister Duan said, "Your Uncle Liu may think Xiao Zhong will tell you."

Song Zhaodi continued: "Not only did Zhong Jianguo not tell me, but he also told you not to tell me before getting on the train? I am such a person in his eyes."

"Definitely not." Sister-in-law Duan quickly explained, "I think I feel sorry for you to raise two more children, so I'm embarrassed to say it."

Song Zhaodi snorted: "If he had this consciousness, you wouldn't use his uncle as an excuse."

"Xiao Song, your Uncle Liu said, we have to go to Binhai." Song Zhaodi didn't say anything, and Sister Duan almost forgot.

Song Zhaodi nodded: "I know."

When they arrived in Shencheng, Mrs. Duan took a few children to the hostel first. Song Zhaodi found a bluestone brick and carried the brick to Nanjing Road.

At twelve o'clock in the night, Song Zhaodi arrived at the door of the Peace Hotel. She didn't encounter anyone with bad intentions along the way. Song Zhaodi breathed a sigh of relief, but did not dare to throw away the bricks. After all, she had to go back.

I saw three people standing at the front door, one tall and two short.

Song Zhaodi hurried over and saw that the tall man was a woman. She was clean and clean, and she couldn't help but be a little puzzled. The woman's dress and skin color didn't seem to be able to support the two children: "Are you waiting for someone?"

"Who are you?" The woman looked at Song Zhaodi. Because of the dark moonlight, Song Zhaodi turned her back to the moonlight, so the woman opened her eyes and couldn't see what Song Zhaodi looked like. "Are you here to pick up these two children?"

Song Zhaodi nodded slightly: "Yes." After speaking, she paused, "Who are you?"

"You've come." The woman's face was full of joy. "I've been waiting for you here for three or four hours. Why did you come? Hurry up, hurry up and take people away." As she spoke, she pushed the two children to Song Zhaodi's side. .

It was only then that Song Zhaodi realized that something was wrong. The two children remained silent, their hands were empty, and their clothes were thin. Seeing that the woman turned around and was about to leave, Song Zhaodi didn't even think about it, she reached out and grabbed it, "Where's the child's luggage?"

"What luggage?" The woman was stunned and asked subconsciously.

Song Zhaodi was puzzled, and even more puzzled in her heart: "You told me to take the child away without packing the child's luggage?"

"No luggage." The woman said.

Song Zhaodi's heart suddenly burst, and she grabbed her arm: "Then let me ask you, who are you?"

"I, I'm just raising them for a few days, and it has nothing to do with them." The woman broke Song Zhaodi's hand as she spoke, "Let go of me, the child is given to you, and I have to go home too."

Song Zhaodi looked around and saw that there was not even a ghost on the empty street. She raised her hand behind her back: "Believe it or not, I will kill you with a brick?!"

The woman shivered and her face changed greatly: "You, you dare?!"

"Everyone in the hotel is asleep." Song Zhaodi whispered, "It's so dark, I'll kill you and run with two children. Even if someone sees it, they won't be able to catch me." He continued, "I advise you not to shout, your voice is not as fast as mine. Hurry up and say, who the hell are you?"

"She's the one who raised us."

A word came from behind, Song Zhaodi did not look back, but stared at the woman: "Why don't you raise it?"

"I, I have four children myself, and I can't afford to raise so many children." The woman said.

"Uncle Zhao gave you money."

Song Zhaodi's eyelids jumped, these two children were indeed the commander's people. It was obvious that the two children who were talking before and after were not the same person, but this was not the time to struggle with these, so he continued to ask, "How much did you give?"

"five hundred."

Song Zhaodi sneered: "Five hundred yuan? Enough for two children to reach adulthood. How long will she take care of you?"

"Five or six months."

Song Zhaodi: "What about your luggage?"

"She's hiding."

Song Zhaodi didn't look back from beginning to end, stared straight at the woman, grabbed her arm with one hand, and held a brick with the other: "I'll ask you one last time, where is the child's luggage? I said three times, but didn't say anything. , I slapped it with a brick—"

"I, I said," The woman is actually an ordinary housewife. She usually quarrels with the neighbors on the left and right, and talks about the East's parents and the West's shortness. The biggest scene I have ever seen in my life is just a black seven-category parade. .

In the middle of the night, when I met a ruthless woman, the woman would have been scared and stunned. If Song Zhaodi hadn't dragged her, she would have collapsed to the ground. She never thought that as long as she shouted to wake up the people in the restaurant, Song Zhaodi would run wild with her two children, but couldn't outrun the people in the restaurant.

Song Zhaodi did not let go of her, but put the brick next to her head: "Where is it hidden?"

The woman was trembling all over, her teeth chattering, and she pointed to the south with a trembling finger: "Yes, by the river."

"Take me there." The Peace Hotel was very close to the river, Song Zhaodi grabbed her arm, moved the brick to her neck, and shouted at the back, "You two keep up."

The little brothers subconsciously raised their heels.

Song Zhaodi pushed the woman and asked, "Do these two children know where you hid your things?"

"No, I don't know." The woman said honestly, "I told them that when I went to the toilet, I was going to hide things."

When the cold wind hit, Song Zhaodi shivered. Thinking that the two children were wearing very thin clothes, she couldn't help but walk faster: "They didn't ask you for it?"

"I said, if you dare to ask for those things, don't expect to see the people who come to pick you up." The woman said, feeling a pain in her arm, and said quickly, "It's here, it's here."

Song Zhaodi snorted coldly: "You two go get the things." Seeing the two children running in the direction of Shidun, she asked, "Where's the money?"

"No, no money." The woman said.

Song Zhaodi snorted: "Then let me guess." After a pause, "Is your man a relative or friend of Uncle Zhao that the two children said?"

The woman froze.

Song Zhaodi was quite surprised. She felt that Commander Zhao was either in meetings or stayed in the barracks all day, and there were definitely more men than women in the people she knew.

Song Zhaodi continued: "Your man promised the uncles of the two children to take care of them. So the uncles of the children gave you five hundred yuan. Later, you found that it was very difficult to take care of a litter of children by yourself, so you made trouble with your man.

"Your man has no choice but to call the child's uncle. The child's uncle is too busy to leave, so please ask me to pick up the child, right?

"Not saying a word means I guessed right. Your man told you to pack your children's luggage, but you dare not leave it, and you don't want to give those things to the children, so you hide things and scare them?

"Your man originally promised to take care of the child, and the child's uncle trusts your man again. Your man should be very kind. If you didn't do what you promised others, it's unlikely that your man will leave the rest of the money. Is the money on you? ?"

The two children who came with a large bag were dumbfounded.

The woman's face was pale, her body was shaking like a sieve, and she regretted rushing to deliver the two children.

Song Zhaodi chuckled, and the woman trembled even more: "I count three times, and if you don't say where you are, I will kick you into the river. If you don't drown, you will freeze to death."

"I, I said, I said." The woman said quickly, "in her pocket."

Song Zhaodi turned to the two children: "Take it out."

The tall boy hurriedly put the package on the ground, turning over the woman's pocket with both hands at the same time.

Song Zhaodi saw the child pull out a roll of things, let go of the woman's hand, held the brick and said to her, "Get out!"