Chapter 72

Song Zhaodi didn't care, and smiled: "Whatever you want to say. You don't wash the dishes at noon, but you cook at night. The five children in the family know that I never lie."

"That's because they haven't seen your true face." Zhong Jianguo glared at Song Zhaodi and put away the table and chopsticks.

Song Zhaodi smiled, got up and went upstairs to take money to Zhong Jianguo's "vampire" father.

Zhong Jianguo heard the sound of going upstairs and came out to see that there was no one in the living room. He couldn't help muttering, "A woman who pays a fortune." He turned back to the kitchen and continued to wash pots and dishes.

"Zhong Jianguo!"

Zhong Jianguo's hands trembled, and the chopsticks fell into the basin, subconsciously thinking that Song Zhaodi heard what he said just now. Then I thought about it, five minutes have passed, with Song Zhaodi's character, if I heard him talk about her, it wouldn't have taken so long to come down: "What's the matter?"

Song Zhaodi ran in: "Our family's money suddenly increased by more than 300 yuan."

"What do you mean?" Zhong Jianguo didn't understand, but saw a large roll of banknotes in her hand, "Why did you take them all out? Put them back."

Song Zhaodi: "Our salary plus 1 yuan is 235 yuan, I put 180 yuan in the quilt every month, and the remaining 55 yuan is put in the money box for our daily use.

"I think the weather is getting colder, so I will go to the city with my aunt on weekends to buy cloth, add a set of cotton coats for a few children, and buy some snacks for the children. Counting the fifty yuan for your father, it will cost seventy or eighty yuan. Money, there is not so much in the money box, so I plan to take 100 yuan from the quilt.

"When I took the money, I accidentally messed up the money. I thought it would be fine for now, so I took out all the money and counted how much money our family had saved. But it's not right to count it twice. Zhong Jianguo, isn't it? The private money you used to save?"

"What's the matter." Zhong Jianguo was speechless, "Where can I hide in such a big place? Besides, I don't smoke, I go to the camp every day, and I can't drink. If I don't buy cigarettes or alcohol, I hide it. What can I do with private money?"

Song Zhaodi nodded: "You're right. It's not a hundred years from now, there is no place to use money now. However, our family's money is indeed more than three hundred more."

"How much is more than three hundred?" Zhong Jianguo asked.

Song Zhaodi: "Three hundred sixty-seven. Who do you think will send money to our family?"

"Your son." Zhong Jianguo thought about it carefully, "You said last year that there is a sum of money in the hands of Self-Reliance and Rehabilitation, and this money must belong to them."

Song Zhaodi shook her head: "No. I took the money in front of the big baby. Apart from you and me, only the big baby knows that the money is placed in the quilt."

"That's why they gave the money to the big baby, and the big baby put it in." Zhong Jianguo said, pausing for a while, "this arrogant child, I don't know how to tell you such a large sum of money, when he woke up, I Gotta beat him up."

Song Zhaodi was speechless when she heard him say this: "I shouted to beat him every day, but I haven't seen you beat him once. Hurry up and pack up and go to work. When they wake up, I'll ask."

At two o'clock, the five children woke up, and Song Zhaodi did not shy away from self-reliance and rehabilitation, and directly asked them about money.

Dawa, Zili and Regen opened their eyes wide, in disbelief, and asked in unison, "You just know?"

"When did you put them in?" Song Zhaodi frowned, "It's been a long time?"

Zhong Dawa sighed deeply, her face full of helplessness: "No wonder Dad said you were a big man. We've been in it for several months."

"It's been almost half a year." Zi Li said.

The embarrassment on Song Zhaodi's face flashed: "We didn't add anything big, so I didn't move the money in the quilt, it's normal not to know."

"As you say, mother, if I am in a hurry to use the money one day, I will take all the money directly without telling you, and I will return it after a while, and you will not know?" Zhong Dawa asked.

Song Zhaodi coughed: "I'll change the place today, you can't find it."

"It doesn't matter if we can't find it, just don't let the mouse find it." Da Wa said.

Song Zhaodi suddenly wanted to hit someone: "Get out of here."

"Sanwa, where's your schoolbag?" Zi Li turned around and looked for the youngest brother.

Sanwa waved her little hand: "I don't want to write today, I don't need a schoolbag." Unable to speak independently, she ran down the stairs while holding on to the handrail.

Self-reliance was startled, and quickly followed: "Slow down, Sanwa."

The eldest child took the second child, dragged her for rebirth, and said to Song Zhaodi, let's go. In an instant, only Song Zhaodi was left in the entire Zhong family.

There were no children around, no mobile phones, no computers, no TV sets, and no entertainment facilities. Song Zhaodi suddenly hoped that she walked downstairs, and the pace of time also went to 1978, the era of reform and opening up. year. However, this is not possible.

On September 20, Sunday morning, Song Zhaodi fry two pots of vegetables, but only let Dawa carry one pot.

Dawa didn't understand: "Why?"

"Your grandmother Liu is going to Hangzhou, and we can't come back in the afternoon." Song Zhaodi said, "I'll keep this pot of vegetables for you to eat at noon. If you want to eat steamed buns, make hot steamed buns, and if you want to eat rice, steam rice."

Zhong Dawa's eyes lit up: "Mother, don't be so troublesome, I can cook."

"We don't have much oil in our house, don't even think about it." Song Zhaodi said, "If there is still half a bowl of oil left at the end of the month, I will make you miserable."

Da Wa stretched out her finger, "It's a deal."

"Whatever you say," Song Zhaodi said, "You can go out to play, but you must lock the door and feed the chickens, ducks and geese."

Zhong Dawa waved his hand: "We feed the chickens, ducks and geese. We know how to feed them. Don't talk about it, let's go quickly."

Hangzhou is a provincial capital, much larger than the prefecture-level city of Yongcheng, and the goods in the cooperative are also very complete. Things like toffee, clam oil, toothbrushes and toothpaste are all available in Hangtown.

Hangcheng is more than 200 kilometers away from Wengzhou Island. In addition to taking a boat, you have to transfer to a car. Sister-in-law Duan finds it troublesome. Sometimes Song Zhaodi wants to help her buy a ticket, but she is reluctant to go. This time, she offered to go to Hangzhou?

Song Zhaodi was curious, and when she saw Sister-in-law Duan, she asked, "What is my aunt going to buy in Hangzhou?"

"Liu Ping told me to bring her partner to her house for us to take a look at in a few days." Sister Duan said, "I thought that there wasn't even a candy at home, and we wouldn't have anything to entertain when they came, so I wanted to go. Hangcheng to buy some candy and fruit."

Song Zhaodi couldn't help blinking: "I heard it right? Didn't Liu Ping just go to work in the hospital, and have a partner so soon?"

"When she said that, Lao Liu and I were also startled." Sister-in-law Duan sighed, "My daughter is too old, and I can't control it anymore. If she wants to bring it back, she should bring it back. Lao Liu's intention is to see that young man first. Well, if she is honest, she is willing to get married, and we will not stop her."

Song Zhaodi frowned: "Liu Ping seems to be only twenty-one years old."

"Like your eldest child, she was born in the first month of the month." Sister Duan said, "She will be twenty-two in a few months. She is also a big girl in the countryside at her age, and it's time to get married."

Song Zhaodi: "I suggest that you delay Liu Ping for a year and a half on the grounds that she is still young. During this time, you call them back for a meal every three days. You and Uncle Liu also happen to be the gatekeeper for Liu Ping."

"Little Song, my girl won't listen to advice." Sister Duan sighed in worry, "If I do this with your Uncle Liu, she will think that I deliberately embarrass her object."

Song Zhaodi thought for a moment: "Then treat it as if I didn't say it."

"If she is half as sensible as you, even if she doesn't bring that young man back, she will go straight to talk to him about the marriage certificate. You and I, Uncle Liu, are not worried." Sister Duan said, "Unfortunately, that child was taken by me and your Uncle Liu. spoiled."

Song Zhaodi was curious: "Then why are you still used to her?"

"Xiao Zhong didn't tell you?" Sister Duan asked. Song Zhaodi shook her head. Mrs. Duan gave the ticket to the staff and said, "Lao Liu and I had two children before. The first child fell ill when he was five years old. At that time, the army was in chaos and the treatment was delayed, so we didn't make it. Later I was pregnant with another baby and didn't keep it.

"After that incident, I couldn't conceive a child for several years. Old Liu and I thought we would never have another child in this life, so we both accepted our fate and gave birth to Liu Ping. The doctor told Lao Liu that the child was very strong. , Old Liu cried. Later, when Liu Wei was born, Old Liu still loved Liu Ping.

"Liu Ping sometimes loses her temper. I want to scold her, and Lao Liu will follow him. Later, when he grew up, Lao Liu felt that his daughter was crooked, and he couldn't control it any more."

Song Zhaodi: "If you don't stop at this time, it will be difficult for you in the future. You and Uncle Liu will be the ones to worry about."

"I understand what you're saying." Sister Duan sighed, "But there's no way. Now I hope that young man is really kind to Liu Ping."

Song Zhaodi didn't understand: "What do you mean by auntie? Is it possible that he and Liu Ping have other goals?"

"You Uncle Liu." Sister-in-law Duan said, "That girl Liu Ping has no brains. Her colleague asked her where her home is. The girl directly said Wengzhou Island. When people asked her what her parents did, she told them that she Dad is a soldier.

"Soldier, Wengzhou Island, his family is with the army, and his surname is Liu. Anyone who has a little relationship can find out that she is the daughter of Master Liu." After a while, "the last time I came back, I showed off to me, a colleague in the hospital. They are very good to her. Are they good to her? They are for Lao Liu's face. "

Song Zhaodi: "Which hospital is Liu Ping in now?"

"Still at Yongcheng Hospital." Sister Duan said, "The hospital in our military region is well treated. I want her to come here. Your Uncle Liu also intends to talk to the director. She said that she has enough to stay here and doesn't want to be here. side."

Song Zhaodi coughed lightly: "You girl is really clueless."

"Don't talk about it, I'll start a lawsuit when I talk about her." Sister-in-law Duan waved, "I'll get to Hangcheng later, buy it for me, I don't understand those candies and fruits."

Song Zhaodi thought for a while: "Auntie, it's because he wants to marry Liu Ping, but it's not because your daughter can't get married. I don't think we need to rush to curry favor with him, we can entertain him as we usually entertain guests.

"I remember a saying that when the old man looks at his son-in-law, he gets more and more angry. If he is smart, even if he sees Uncle Liu pulling his face and is dissatisfied with him, he can understand why Uncle Liu is unhappy."

"Then what if he can't see it?" Sister-in-law Duan asked quickly, "Isn't this going to collapse?"

Song Zhaodi: "It will collapse. Since Liu Ping's father is Master Liu, are you still afraid that she will not be able to marry?"

"I'm not afraid that she won't get married. Liu Ping has a bad temper. If she thinks that her object is being messed up by us, she can make trouble for us." Sister Duan sighed in annoyance, "What will happen in the future, we will talk about it later. Bar."

Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Song Zhaodi changed her mind and said, "I don't know if I can buy season-changing cloth at this time. If I can't buy cloth, I can buy rags and make a few pairs of shoes for my children."

Sister-in-law Duan asked, "Have the family explained everything?"

"I told a few children that I can only go back in the afternoon. Zi Li and Da Wa will steam rice, and there is still a pot of vegetables I cooked in the morning, and a few children will cook and eat by themselves." Song Zhaodi said.

Sister-in-law Duan couldn't help but praise: "It's still Xiao Song, you can teach children. When Liu Ping was as old as self-reliance, not to mention steaming rice, not even washing rice and washing vegetables."

Even though Song Zhaodi was eloquent and eloquent, she didn't know how to answer for a while. She was the one who didn't want to talk about Liu Ping, and she couldn't help but say... Song Zhaodi thought for a while: "It's not that I can teach children, it's mainly because Jianguo and I are not used to children."

"When Liu Ping was seven or eight years old, I asked Liu Ping to do things, and your Uncle Liu said she was young." Sister Duan said, "Tell me from time to time that you can do what you can do yourself, and don't always order children. The child is still young. Now that he is not young, he can't use it anymore, and Lao Liu doesn't say anything."

Song Zhaodi was embarrassed. How should she answer this: "After getting married and having children, you will know how to do things."

"At that time, if she doesn't do it, no one will help her." Sister-in-law Duan blurted out.

Song Zhaodi agreed: "That's right. So, it's useless to talk about it now. Maybe Liu Ping's object is not only honest, but also really wants to marry Liu Ping."

"If that's the case, she will come back tomorrow and get married the day after tomorrow. I have nothing to do with you, Uncle Liu." Sister-in-law Duan said, "However, I don't think the possibility you mentioned exists at all."

Song Zhaodi: "Auntie, you can't say that. There is a saying that a good man has no good wife. If you think your daughter is not good, you may meet a good one."

"Hey, I've heard what you said." Sister Duan was overjoyed, "Maybe she can really meet her."

Song Zhaodi: "That's right." She thought to herself that this situation is more difficult than a college student from Xiao Song Village. However, seeing Sister Duan so happy, Song Zhaodi didn't pour cold water.

At the same time, Zi Li locked the door and asked, "Dad, where are we going to chop wild vegetables today?"

"Don't go anywhere." Zhong Dawa turned around to face her four brothers like a big brother in the lead, "Let's go to the beach to pick up crabs first."

Zili frowned slightly: "Mother doesn't allow us to go to the beach. Besides, Sanwa is so young that we can't hold him if we can't walk to the beach."

"Let's not go to the sea in the east and the north, let's go to the sea in the west, which is close to our house. I asked Qu Zhuangzhuang." Zhong Dawa said, "Qu Zhuangzhuang said to walk along the path by the mountain for two The mile road is here. Sanwa, can you walk the two mile road?"