Chapter 100 Chicken soup is tempting

Zhong Erwa choked, then looked at Song Zhaodi pitifully: "Mother, I'm going to cry."

"Daddy, go get the towel and wipe your brother's tears." Zhong Jianguo replied.

Erwa suddenly wanted to hit someone: "Dad!"

"Mum and Dad are teasing you." Zi Li said with a funny smile, "Mum will make five copies every time, whether she is making new clothes or new shoes. If you have three babies, we will have them."

Erwa thought about it carefully: "Yes." Turning to Song Zhaodi and Zhong Jianguo, he hummed, "The worst father and mother in the world."

"It's not that we are bad, it's you that are stupid." Zhong Jianguo said, "Don't pout and be unconvinced, the three brothers were not fooled."

Song Zhaodi smiled and said, "This is called being concerned about being chaotic, or being guilty and timid." Then she looked at the three eldest sons, "You understand what it means."

Zi Li, Da Wa and Regenerating nodded one after another.

"I don't understand." Erwa said loudly.

Sanwa put down the spoon and said old-fashionedly, "You will understand when you grow up."

Song Zhaodi smiled bitterly: "It seems that this sentence cannot be said in the future."

"I can't say it." Zhong Jianguo passed Song Zhaodi and pinched Sanwa's face, "Our little brat is very unhappy."

Sanwa glanced at his father: "I'm not happy today."

"Yes, yes, Dad is wrong, Dad should have noticed earlier." Zhong Jianguo said, "Let's eat, I'll take you to school."

Sanwa's eyes rolled: "Is Dad holding me?"

"Hold you." Several children rarely act like a spoiled child, including the youngest Sanwa. It was a rare occasion when Zhong Jianguo didn't want to reject his son, because he had to go through the school to go to the camp anyway.

After the meal, Song Zhaodi rushed the children upstairs to pack their schoolbags, and washed the pots and dishes with Zhong Jianguo.

When the child was not in front of her, Song Zhaodi asked what she thought: "Captain Zhong, how much do you know about the lady next door?"

"Why did you suddenly mention her?" Zhong Jianguo was curious.

Song Zhaodi: "Shen Xuancheng's mother gave us a pack of tea, I think she wants to have a good relationship with us. But she is so old, she is so rude, and half of her feet are in the coffin, you and Shen Xuancheng are on par again. No need to please us, she must do it for her daughter-in-law."

"I know." Zhong Jianguo said, "However, I don't understand what's the use of looking for us."

Song Zhaodi thought about it: "I don't understand either, so it may be troublesome in the future."

"Help me if I can help, or refuse if I can't. Anyway, he, Shen Xuancheng, an 'outlander' doesn't dare to trouble me." Zhong Jianguo scooped a ladle of hot water into the basin, "Don't think too much, wash the dishes first."

Song Zhaodi nodded: "You're right." Then she pushed the basin in front of Zhong Jianguo, "What you told Shen Xuancheng, I wash the pot, you wash the dishes." Pointing to the cooking pot, "I'm done."

"The steel pot for cooking porridge is not brushed." Zhong Jianguo said.

Song Zhaodi: "There is porridge in the pot. After drinking it in the afternoon, I will brush it." Wipe his hands, wave them, and walk out without looking back.

Zhong Jianguo was so angry that he wanted to curse, but unfortunately, he didn't dare.

Around 7:30, the family set off.

The four eldest sons wore the same clothes and walked ahead with schoolbags made of rags. Song Zhaodi carried the cloth bag, and Zhong Jianguo walked behind with Sanwa in his arms.

Mother Shen, who was sitting in the main seat, saw this scene, raised her hand and patted her son: "Look at Teacher Song."

Shen Xuancheng hooked his head and looked out, quite envious: "Five sons—"

"I'm not talking about my son." Mother Shen frowned, "I'm talking about Teacher Song."

Shen Xuancheng couldn't help blinking: "What's wrong with Teacher Song?"

"Mr. Song cooks a meal for a family of seven, and has to go to school." Mother Shen didn't want to make the words too harsh, so she stopped.

Shen Xuancheng coughed lightly: "Mr. Song is from a rural area and is used to doing housework."

"How did I hear that Teacher Song is still a college student and an intellectual?" Mother Shen said, paying attention to her daughter-in-law's expression. Seeing her daughter-in-law raised her head, Shen's mother picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.

Shen Xuancheng opened his mouth, looked at his wife and then at his mother, and rubbed his nose: "Mr. Song is very good."

Mother Shen's hand paused for a moment: "Amazing, right? I think a daughter-in-law should be like Teacher Song."

"Mother!" Shen Xuancheng knew that his mother would not mention Song Zhaodi for no reason, and he was very helpless to deal with the fact that he still fell into his mother's pit. "People are different, you can't ask for that." After a while, " Wengzhou Island is so big, and there is only one teacher Song, don't talk about it in the future. I'm done eating, I'll go to the camp." Saying that, he put down his chopsticks.

Mother Shen took a deep breath and waited for her son to walk away before turning to her daughter-in-law. But as soon as she saw her daughter-in-law bow her head and say whatever you want, I look like this, and Mother Shen was too lazy to say anything.

Coconut milk candy, Kudingcha, and Shen Xuancheng's laundry made Song Zhaodi see that it was rumored that the Shen family had a bad relationship, and that the problem was more likely to lie with Shen Xuancheng's wife, Sun Wanru.

Song Zhaodi thought that Mother Shen would talk to Sun Wanru. However, when the first month was over, Song Zhaodi not only did not hear the quarrel next door, nor did she see Sun Wanru.

When I talked to Zhong Jianguo about the Shen family earlier, Song Zhaodi was ready to help the Shen family solve some minor troubles, but half a month later, she didn't know whether the neighbor next door was a ghost or not... Even though Song Zhaodi hated trouble and didn't like to worry about it. Nostalgia, on the morning of February 2, when Zhong Jianguo was setting the fire, Song Zhaodi couldn't help but ask, "Is Sun Wanru still on the island?"

"Yes." Zhong Jianguo said, "When I came back last night, I passed by the entrance of Shen's house, and I saw Headmaster Shen's lover sitting in the room. Wait, haven't you seen her?"

Song Zhaodi smacked her lips: "You don't believe it when you say it, I haven't seen it once."

"Exaggerated." Zhong Jianguo said.

Song Zhaodi said earnestly, "It's not really. Hey, Captain Zhong, tell me about that lady."

Zhong Jianguo opened his mouth to speak, but stopped at the edge of his mouth and looked at her, "Comrade Xiao Song, you are not such a woman. To be honest, what's wrong with holding back."

Song Zhaodi: "When you just told me that Shen Xuancheng's wife is a lady, something flashed in my head."

"Continue." Zhong Jianguo said.

Song Zhaodi: "I am proficient in everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." After a pause, "Although I can draw some things, I can only sketch, and I have nothing to do to learn. The renderings are all computerized.

"In this era, there is no computer, and there is no fabric for Erwa to practice hands. Erwa is going to design this way, and it is bound to have to go back and forth on paper to revise it properly and try to make it at one time. This requires Erwa to learn to draw, and also You have to draw very well. If Sun Wanru can give Erwa some pointers, it will be much easier for our second baby to design clothes in the future.”

"You think a lot." Zhong Jianguo was surprised, "Have you ever thought that Sun Wanru would ignore you?"

Song Zhaodi nodded: "I thought about it. I also thought about it, as long as the Shen family asks me for help, I will ask Sun Wanru if he can paint. Once Shen Xuancheng looks for me, I will look for Sun Wanru once.

"But the point is, I've already figured out how to chat with everyone, but she's been in the house all the time. It's too much to not give me a chance to find out the enemy's situation."

Zhong Jianguo: "Isn't that right? You don't want to get involved in the Shen family's affairs anyway."

"But I didn't figure it out, and I took things from the Shen family. I always felt that there was something I didn't do." Song Zhaodi said, "It's better to figure it out earlier and teach us two babies earlier.

"Your abacus is really good." Zhong Jianguo was convinced, "If Shen Xuancheng knew you had this idea, no one would give you that Kudingcha."

Song Zhaodi snorted: "I'm here for your son, you figure it out."

"It's also your son." Zhong Jianguo didn't allow her to speak, and added, "Don't say it's not biological. It's your son who isn't biological."

Song Zhaodi choked: "Don't talk nonsense, help me get people out."

"I can't help it." Zhong Jianguo waved his hand, "If you have any tricks, just use them. I will never stop you."

Song Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Do you really want me to take action?"

"If you want to make a move, make a move." Zhong Jianguo looked at her and said with a smile, "You said before that even if I don't agree and stay home all day, I can't stop you if I want to."

Song Zhaodi: "Then I'm welcome."

"Let me remind you." Zhong Jianguo said, "This neighbor is different from the last one."

Song Zhaodi: "I know."

Teacher Xiao Song is an activist, and he does what he says.

Today is the second day of the second month, and the dragon looks up. It is not a big day, but a small festival. When she came back from school in the morning, Song Zhaodi cooked lunch and killed two hens.

When the big baby came back from school, he stared at the dead little hen and swallowed: "Mother, are both of them stewed?"

"It's all stewed." Song Zhaodi said, "Don't look at it, come and eat. I'll cook it again when you go to school in the afternoon, and it'll be ready to eat when you get back from school. I'll use chicken soup to make chicken noodle soup for you later."

Da Wa licked her lips: "I don't want to go to school anymore."

"You dare!" Song Zhaodi stared at him.

Da Wa shivered: "I don't dare, I don't dare. I'll wash my hands now."

After three o'clock, Song Zhaodi moved the stove to the eaves of the porch, put the two cleaned hens in the steel pot, threw a handful of mushrooms and a few slices of ginger, and Song Zhaodi went to do her own business.

Around four o'clock, when Song Zhaodi was upstairs mending the children's clothes, she smelled a strong fragrance. She was curious, where did the fragrance come from? She suddenly thought that she had done a good thing herself.

The reinforced pot is not a pressure cooker. The hen at home is almost five years old, and it will definitely not be stewed for more than half an hour. Song Zhaodi didn't go down to look either, and continued to sew and mend upstairs.

At half o'clock, the self-ringing bell in the living room would ring, and Song Zhaodi heard the sound and knew that it was half past four and the chicken was almost done, so she rubbed her sore neck, stretched her waist, moved her muscles and bones, and went downstairs slowly.

As soon as she appeared in the courtyard, Song Zhaodi heard someone calling her. Song Zhaodi looked west subconsciously.

"Xiao Song, this way."

Song Zhaodi turned her head: "Auntie, is something wrong?"

"What are you stewing?" Sister Duan pointed to the stove under the porch, "I smell like chicken."

Song Zhaodi walked to the fence: "It's chicken."

"Then why is it so fragrant?" Sister-in-law Duan wondered.

Song Zhaodi: "Because it's a hen."

Sister-in-law Duan's eyes widened in disbelief: "You, why did you kill the hen that lays eggs?"

"We have about ten hens in our family now, and we can't sell the eggs we lay, and we can't eat them all." Song Zhaodi said, "I thought that four of the hens were too old, so I killed two of them first. Wait until August 15th to kill two more." After a pause, "It will be a pity that you will die of illness and can't eat it, and it will be a pity to throw it away."

Sister-in-law Duan: "Did you raise it in the year you arrived on the island?"

"That's right." Song Zhaodi said, "Auntie, go get a pot, I'll serve you a pot of chicken soup, and I'll leave you to make noodles at night."

Sister-in-law Duan was not polite to Song Zhaodi. She took an aluminum pot to Zhong's house and said, "I also remembered what you said just now. There are several hens in my family that are almost seven years old. They were killed."

"When Liu Ping was confinement, you didn't bring it to Liu Ping to eat?" Song Zhaodi wondered.

Sister-in-law Duan: "Why didn't I take them? I took four of them. But I helped her hold her children once, and she thought I couldn't hold them. I didn't take the remaining ones when I was angry." When it came to Liu Ping, Duan said The sister-in-law was angry, "It is better to feed her a dog if she has no conscience."

Song Zhaodi smiled and didn't answer her words.

Lifting the lid of the pot and seeing a layer of oil floating on it, Song Zhaodi said, "Auntie, I'll put more oil for you, so you don't need to add oil when making noodles."

"Whatever you want." Sister-in-law Duan said, "But don't put the meat, keep it for a few children."

Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "I know. Those skin children were divided at noon, each one with a chicken leg. Because Sanwa was young and could not compete with them, they gave Sanwa two chicken wings. Jianguo and I each got one chicken wing and chicken head. ."

"The big baby?" Sister-in-law Duan affirmed.

Song Zhaodi smiled and said, "Yes. The five children in our family are self-reliant and sensible. The second child doesn't care about what they eat. Only the eldest child dares to share it."

"The old saying goes that one has a thick skin and eats a piece of meat." Sister Duan said, "Your eldest child is like this—Auntie, how can I hear a child cry."

Song Zhaodi stopped and listened carefully: "It seems to be next door."

"Master Shen's house?" Sister Duan pointed to the west.

Song Zhaodi nodded: "There are no children behind us, there is a road ahead, only the children of the Shen family are small." As he spoke, he suddenly thought, "Aunt, did Uncle Liu tell you about the head of the Shen family? I Ask Jianguo, he doesn't know anything."

"I'm also curious, how can Shen Xuancheng still be on the front line after marrying such a woman?" Mrs. Duan said, "Uncle Liu said that Shen Xuancheng participated in the Vietnam War, and he seems to have made great contributions. When the army was discussing the merit award, Shen Xuancheng took the initiative to ask to go to the South China Sea. Fleet, said to be close to his home.

"Because of the war, the marriage was delayed. When he arrived in the South China Sea Fleet, the leader of the army would introduce him to someone. Shen Xuancheng directly refused, saying that he had a fiancée."

Song Zhaodi subconsciously glanced westward: "Isn't she his current daughter-in-law?"

"Listen to me slowly." Sister-in-law Duan said, "When you and Xiao Zhong got married, the army didn't investigate much because they knew from the beginning that you were Xiao Zhong's cousin and your family was a poor peasant. Shen Xuancheng's mother-in-law was a rich lady. , the troops checked very carefully.

"The Sun family is a famous local family, and I don't know how many acres of fertile land. Later, when the local tyrants divided the land, the Sun family's land was divided, and among them was Shen Xuancheng's family."

Song Zhaodi couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Then Sun Wanru still hates Shen Xuancheng?"

"There are many people who divide the land of the Sun family. She can't hate it if she wants to." Sister-in-law Duan said, "The old man of the Sun family can be a man. When the land is gone and the money is still there, he will give out money to help the poor around him. When the revolution was raging in 2009, Mr. Sun was pulled out to parade through the streets, and no one scolded him or threw rotten eggs at him.

"But not every neighbor repays kindness. I heard that a few illiterate peasants took the opportunity to marry the eldest lady of the Sun family, that is, Sun Wanru. Listening to your uncle Liu's meaning, those families are With the eldest Miss Sun family knowledgeable and literate, she will be able to teach children well in the future. Grandpa Sun thinks that those families are not good matches, so he drags and finds a match for Sun Wanru."

Song Zhaodi continued: "And then find the Shen family?"

"No." Sister-in-law Duan said, "In the summer of 1966, Shen Xuancheng heard that there was also a revolution in his hometown. In September, he asked the army for leave to go home to visit his relatives. Actually, he went to see if there was anything wrong with the Sun family.

"I said just now that Shen Xuancheng told the army leader that he had a fiancée, and it was this Sun Wanru. He was thinking of the eldest Miss Sun, thinking that he would be able to marry someone when he went back to the army, so he told the leader that. Unfortunately, Sun Wanru didn't look down on him. ."

Song Zhaodi was curious: "Then how did you get married?"

"Grandpa Sun agreed." Sister Duan said, "I heard that the grandfather of the Sun family personally delivered his daughter to the door on the wedding day."

Song Zhaodi clicked: "No wonder Shen Xuancheng's mother doesn't like this daughter-in-law, and she has never heard the old lady quarrel. It turns out that her son likes her too much. By the way, how did the army leader pass?"

"The grandfather of the Sun family, that is, Sun Wanru's grandfather, is very righteous." Sister Duan said, "The old grandfather helped the revolutionary army before, and a distant uncle of Sun Wanru died. The army leaders found out about this and agreed to Shen Xuancheng and Sun Wanru. marriage."

Song Zhaodi couldn't help sighing: "This is what the predecessors planted and the later generations enjoyed the shade."

"Yeah." Sister-in-law Duan said with a pause, "Why is the child still crying? Is Shen Xuancheng's mother not at home?"

Song Zhaodi didn't understand: "Does it have anything to do with her being at home?"

"I met Shen Xuancheng's mother when I was shopping." Sister-in-law Duan said, "I asked why my daughter-in-law didn't come out to buy food. The old lady shook her head and sighed, saying that her daughter-in-law can't do anything. I suspect that Sun Wanru doesn't either.Will take care of the child." After a pause, "The child will cry for a long time. If the old lady is at home, she will definitely coax the child."

Song Zhaodi raised her brows: "Auntie, let's go and have a look."

"Don't go." Sister-in-law Duan didn't even think about it, "That kind of woman, if we go, we will think we are nosy."

Song Zhaodi smiled and said, "Not necessarily. Auntie, let's go over and take a look. If she doesn't know what's wrong, we'll just not walk with her house in the future."