Chapter 84

Sister-in-law Zhong: "We have a lot of people in the Zhong family. Although we don't have uncles or uncles, we have several cousins ​​and two aunts. Those two aunts have a good relationship with our mother. Zhao Yin takes Wei Guo and Jianguo together. When they were driven out, the two aunts came over and told Zhao Yin that they couldn't do this. Zhao Yin caught them and scolded them.

"Later, my grandparents got older, and Zhao Yin didn't take care of them either. The two aunts, Jianguo and Weiguo sent the two old men away, so they broke up with my father. They came to see me yesterday and told me they wouldn't come today. It's over. Several cousins' children got married, and Wei Guo went to help. My father and Zhao Yinzhuang didn't know, and they didn't go to help if they didn't give gifts.

"The fact that several uncles can come here today is also to give Wei Guo and Jianguo face. A few aunts didn't come, there is no other reason, they are just annoying Zhao Yin, and they are afraid of being entangled by Zhao Yin. Just now everyone was in the room discussing how to bury them. , Zhao Yin didn't even say to pour someone a glass of water or a cigarette."

"Wait a minute, sister-in-law, there's no one from my aunt's side?" Song Zhaodi asked.

Sister-in-law Zhong: "I came the day before yesterday. I heard that our father's death was related to Zhao Yin, and they thought it was a shame. After sitting for a while, I found a reason to go back."

"This..." Song Zhaodi was speechless, "Are those cousins ​​not rich?"

Madam Zhong nodded.

Song Zhaodi shook her head and sighed: "I should have thought of stepping on the low and holding the high. But what's the point of her living like this all her life."

"Who knows. Back in the 1960s, most people ate one or two meals a day. Zhao Yin, my dad and Shengli ate three meals a day." Sister Zhong said, "Some people have many children. , the commercial grain distributed was not enough to eat, and seeing her family had three meals a day, I asked her to borrow some food stamps. She was unwilling to borrow it, and said that they could not afford to have so many children.

"I used to pay attention to having more children, more blessings, and more people, more power. I knew that those years were so difficult, and the state ordered to have children, but no one wanted to. We still rely on the food stamps sent by Jianguo to survive.

"There are hundreds of people living in the package house, and there are only three or five families who are willing to communicate with Zhao Yin. Those families may think that Zhao Yin's work is too much, so he didn't come out today."

Song Zhaodi smiled: "The person who can get along with Zhao Yin is not a good person. If you don't stab in the back, you will be worthy of Zhao Yin."

"You're right." Sister-in-law Zhong opened the door, "I've bought some vegetables. Let's cook some vegetables and steam some rice."

Not in her own home, Song Zhaodi didn't tell her what to cook, what Sister Zhong asked her to do, and what she did.

At noon, a table of men, a table of women and children ate in Zhong Weiguo's yard. After the meal, Song Zhaodi helped Sister-in-law Zhong clean up the pots and pans together, and the family of seven went directly to the train station without going to Xiao Song Village.

After getting off the bus, Song Zhaodi took the second baby and the reborn, Zhong Jianguo carried the bag and the third baby. After walking for a while, they realized that something was wrong. Looking back, Zili and Dawa were standing at the door of the cooperative.

Zhong Jianguo shouted: "What are you looking at?"

"Mother, I'm hungry." Zhong Dawa rubbed over her self-supporting shoulders.

Zhong Jianguo raised his hand and looked at his watch: "I eat at one o'clock, it's only half past two now."

"The big baby eats a small bowl of rice." Zi Li explained for the big baby.

Zhong Jianguo: "You eat so much at home too."

"I eat a bowl of rice and a bowl of vegetables at home." Zhong Dawa stretched out two fingers, "sometimes there is an egg." Turning to Song Zhaodi, "Mother, I will eat three mouthfuls of vegetables today."

Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "Okay, I understand." Let go of Erwa and Gengsheng, "Zhong Jianguo, wait for me on the side of the road for a while, I'll go to the cooperative to have a look."

"Are you hungry too?" Zhong Jianguo asked.

Self-reliance is too embarrassing: "My mother said that you can eat as much as you want. I thought it was the same as in our house, and I only served half a bowl of rice."

"It's alright." Zhong Jianguo smiled, "It's fortunate that you eat less today, otherwise, your aunt's cooking would not be enough for our family."

The aunt said quickly, "We don't eat much, it's because my aunt doesn't eat much."

"Most people cook with dishes, only your mother uses pots to serve dishes, or very large dishes." Zhong Jianguo put Sanwa on the ground, "Erwa, Reborn, are our dishes better than your aunt's? How big is the home?"

Erwa shook her head: "I forgot."

"It seems so." Gengsheng said, "I took the dishes three times, and the dishes in front of me were gone."

Song Zhaodi ran back with a bag and handed it directly to Dawa: "Rice candy and hemp candy sticks, I didn't buy anything else."

"It's all in such a big bag?" Zhong Jianguo asked hurriedly.

Song Zhaodi: "Yes."

"You, why did you buy them so much?" Zhong Jianguo said, "A few of them are changing their teeth."

Song Zhaodi took a look: "Eat slowly, you won't get tired of your teeth." After a while, "Sister-in-law wants to cook us eggs, but I didn't let them cook. We don't have anything to eat in our bags. I think we have to go on the road. Eat, buy so much."

"No steamed bread or something?" Zhong Jianguo asked.

Song Zhaodi shook her head.

"No wonder I think the bag is very light." Zhong Jianguo, "I thought it was because the three babies were too heavy and the bag seemed light."

Sanwa pouted: "I'm not heavy. I'm not fat at all."

"Xing Xing Xing, you are not fat. No one said you are fat." Song Zhaodi said, "Let's go quickly and try to get home in the morning the day after tomorrow." Couldn't get back in the car right away.

After waiting at the station for more than two hours, got on the train to Shencheng at six o'clock.

After getting off the train, Song Zhaodi felt a pain in her arm, she looked down, Gengsheng hugged her arm, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, are you uncomfortable?"

"Mother, don't talk, hurry up." Gengsheng said eagerly.

Zhong Jianguo froze in his heart and said quickly, "Big baby, Erwa, hurry up." Holding Sanwa in one hand, covering his self-supporting face with the other, he strode out.

Song Zhaodi didn't dare to ask any more questions, and let Gengsheng grab her arm and drag Gengsheng to follow.

After getting on the bus to the pier, Song Zhaodi dared to ask, "Have you met someone you know?"

Gengsheng nodded again and again: "My uncle is going inside the station."

Song Zhaodi froze in her heart and turned to Zhong Jianguo: "Why did he come to Shencheng?"

"Let's go on a business trip." Zhong Jianguo whispered.

Song Zhaodi shook her head: "I don't think so. Just after the New Year, many units just went to work, and he went on a business trip?"

"You mean looking for them?" Zhong Jianguo shook his head, "Impossible."

Song Zhaodi thought for a moment: "Let's talk at home."

There were many people outside, and Zhong Jianguo was also afraid that it would reach the ears of restless people, so he said, "We'll talk about it when we get home."

When Zhong Jianguo came home in the afternoon, when Zhong Jianguo was bathing the eldest baby, the second baby and the third baby, Song Zhaodi called the two children into the kitchen: "When Commander Zhao brought you out, who else was there besides him and his guards? Know?"

"No one knows." Zi Li said, "I still remember that it was very dark and there were no people on the road. Uncle Zhao didn't wear a military uniform. He was wearing a Chinese tunic suit to send us to Shencheng. No one knew he was a soldier."

Song Zhaodi sighed: "Silly boy. Soldiers walk differently than ordinary people. If Commander Zhao only changes his clothes and doesn't deliberately disguise himself, others can still see that he is a soldier."

Zi Li's face changed greatly: "Mother"

"Don't worry." Song Zhaodi pulled the two children to her side, "I ask you, has that woman ever met Commander Zhao?"

"No." Zili said, "It was the uncle of the guard who sent us to an intersection, and the uncle who came to pick us up told the uncle of the guard, please rest assured, the regiment leader, he will take good care of us."

Song Zhaodi thought back carefully: "It was midnight when I went to pick you up that night, and that woman was so frightened by me that even if she could see what I looked like, she probably would have forgotten about it." After a pause, "You go first. Take a shower and ask your dad to go to Commander Zhao's house and ask."

"Mother, why is my uncle looking for us?" Zi Li was puzzled.

Gengsheng also didn't understand: "He sent us home."

"Normal people don't watch their nephews die. People like your uncle don't have a normal mind." Song Zhaodi said, "So I don't know what he thinks. But don't worry. Forget what I said to you? You I picked it up at Binhai Railway Station.

"Come tomorrow and ask Dawa to teach you a few Binhai dialects. When playing with the boys, talk to Dawa in Binhai dialect. Just be sure that you are from Binhai."

Gengsheng: "Mother, we can speak Binhai dialect and teach us vigorously."

"That's good." Song Zhaodi watched Zhong Jianguo come out, "Go and take a bath. Take a bath and go upstairs to sleep. You don't have to think about anything. When the sky falls, you and I are there."

Zhong Jianguo waved his hand: "Wait. Several children are so dirty that the water in the basin has to be poured out. Is there still hot water on the stove?"

"There is one more pot." Song Zhaodi said, and took the pot out.

Zhong Jianguo and Song Zhaodi took a bath, and the couple washed the whole family's clothes together. The sun had already set.

Song Zhaodi looked at the clothes on the two ropes, and felt a sense of accomplishment inexplicably, but she couldn't care about the emotion: "I go to Commander Zhao's house with you, or do you go by yourself?"

"I'll just go by myself." Zhong Jianguo said, "Go upstairs and rest for a while."

Song Zhaodi said yes, and went upstairs to lie down for half an hour, tossing and turning, but couldn't fall asleep, so she simply put on her clothes and went downstairs.

Playing with the radio downstairs for over an hour before hearing footsteps. Turning her face to look out, she didn't see Zhong Jianguo, Song Zhaodi hurried out and found Zhong Jianguo washing his hands slowly under the porch, really wanted to slap him: "What did the commander say?"

"The commander didn't tell that person where you were, but only said that a woman would pick up the child." Zhong Jianguo said, "After you received the independence and rebirth, you stayed in Xiaosong Village for more than ten years before returning. No, it's alright."

Song Zhaodi breathed a sigh of relief, but was not at ease: "You said that the self-reliant uncle is ill, the child has been lost for two years before he remembered to look for it. If he hadn't met the commander, the child would have turned into a pile of bones by now. "

"I analyzed it with the commander, it may be related to Old General Qi." Zhong Jianguo said, "For example, they asked Old General Qi to explain certain things, or to identify someone, and Old Qi proposed to see two grandsons. Only the self-reliant uncle came out. Find someone.

"Why did you go to Shencheng? Because the two children were lost at night. It's unrealistic to walk, the children are too young. The cars stopped at night, and only the train can go out. Check the train that night, and it's easy to find Shencheng."

Song Zhaodi thought for a while: "So they can't be sure that the two children are in Shencheng?"

"Yes." Zhong Jianguo nodded, "Let's go upstairs." After a pause, "Don't go back for two years."

Song Zhaodi: "My parents are in good health, and your eldest brother's family is also very good. You are all year round. If we don't go back, they won't blame us. However, if they check one by one, they may be able to find Commander Zhao."

"Let's talk about it." Zhong Jianguo said, "I look at Commander Zhao and don't worry, there may be other arrangements."

Song Zhaodi thought for a moment: "Could it be that others would go first in his military uniform?"

"It's also possible." Zhong Jianguo said, looking up at Song Zhaodi, "Tell me honestly, when will this great revolution end."

Song Zhaodi: "Ten years."

"Even if it starts from six or six years, there are still five or six years left?" Zhong Jianguo asked.

Song Zhaodi nodded: "Wait patiently."

"There's nothing I can do if I'm impatient." Zhong Jianguo sighed, "Fortunately, Lao Jiang's people came to tease us every three days, we have to go out from time to time, otherwise, we wouldn't want to be so safe here."

Song Zhaodi was curious: "Old Jiang is still alive?"

Zhong Jianguo was stunned, realizing what she said, and couldn't believe it: "You don't even know when Lao Jiang died?"

"I'm a fashion designer, not a historical researcher." Song Zhaodi said more and more guilty, "I don't know it's normal."

Zhong Jianguo took a deep breath: "Song Zhaodi, ah Song Zhaodi, don't your generation even know when the war of resistance against Japan ended?"

"I know." Song Zhaodi said, "August 15th."

Zhong Jianguo was too lazy to care about her: "your birthday is August 15th, of course you remember it now."

"Isn't the War of Resistance you said the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression?" Song Zhaodi said, "Since it is, it means that I am right. Even if I say that I remember it before, you won't believe it."

Zhong Jianguo nodded: "Even if you are right. Then I will ask you again, when did Japan sign the surrender letter?"

Song Zhaodi smiled slightly: "September 2nd."

When Zhong Jianguo asked, she regretted it. She didn't know, and the real Song Zhaodi also knew that she had family memories, and this kind of thing could not trouble her: "You don't know when he died for such a big man as Lao Jiang. I really don't know what's the use of living so many years in your last life."

Song Zhaodi raised her foot and kicked him in the leg.

Zhong Jianguo reached out and grabbed it like a conditioned reflex.

Be caught off guard!

thump!

Song Zhaodi fell to the ground with her feet in the sky.