Stepmother

Lin Zhong's mother, Sister Chen, smiled and said, "I asked her the same thing. She said I'd go and see. If you don't want to go, I'll go by myself."

"Go!" People kindly came to tell her that even if Song Zhaodi didn't want the old clothes of unknown origin, she had to go and look at it, anyway, she would not lose a piece of meat, "Wait for me, I put the buns in the cabinet, there are mice."

Sister Chen: "Do you want a cat?"

"No." Song Zhaodi said, "I will buy two goose eggs when the weather is warmer. I will raise two geese tomorrow. When the goose croaks, let alone mice, even cats are scared. Don't dare to get out of the nest."

Sister-in-law Chen heard others say that the big goose is housekeeping. Seeing that Song Zhaodi had her own plans, she did not say that she knew who had cats.

Song Zhaodi locked the door, picked up the three babies who were trapped in the crib by her, and saw Mrs. Duan and her daughter Liu Ping going south outside the door, a move in her heart, and she asked, "Aunt Liu and Liu Ping also went shopping for old clothes?"

"It's possible." Sister Chen said, and paused, "Why didn't she tell you?"

It must be Liu Ping who spoke nonsense in front of her mother. Song Zhaodi said, "Aunt Liu knows that I'm steaming buns, and she probably thinks I haven't done it yet. I didn't have time to make clothes for the cloth I bought last time, so I probably thought I didn't need it." About giving Song Zhaodi half a sack of old clothes, only Aunt Liu knew about her neighbors.

Sister Chen is very familiar with Sister Duan. She knows that she is a very good person.

Sister Duan turned around and glared at Liu Ping: "Didn't you say your sister-in-law won't go?!"

"She said she had to steam the buns, how did I know she would steam the buns so quickly." Liu Ping whispered, and stopped with her mother to wait for Song Zhaodi.

As soon as Song Zhaodi approached, Sister Duan stretched out her hand: "Sanwa, come and let grandma hug."

Zhong Sanwa stretched out her hand to wrap her arms around Song Zhaodi's neck.

Sister Duan was delighted: "Grandma has sugar here."

No sugar baby. Sanwa has just drank milk, she is very full and doesn't want to eat anything. Pillowing on Song Zhaodi's shoulder, the child tilted his head and looked at Sister-in-law Duan, so he wouldn't let you hug him.

Song Zhaodi patted his ass: "Naughty." Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Liu Ping was very guilty, so she didn't deliberately ask Sister Duan why she didn't tell her, but took the initiative to say: "My aunt is going to supply and sell. Change clothes?"

"Let's go and have a look." Sister Duan said, "Just now—"

Liu Ping tugged at her mother: "Mother, let's go, if you go late, you will be picked up by someone with good clothes."

Sister Duan said, "Yes, yes, let's go faster."

Song Zhaodi twitched the corners of her mouth, this little girl doesn't like Zhong Jianguo normally.

When I arrived at the supply and marketing agency, the woman working in the supply and marketing agency recruited a young boy, pointed at Song Zhaodi and the others and said, "Take them to your aunt's house."

The child responded and ran to the front.

Seeing this, Sanwa struggled to get down.

Song Zhaodi didn't plan to buy clothes from people she didn't know, so she put Sanwa down and let him walk slowly.

Liu Ping was very anxious, but she didn't dare to take the initiative to mention it, because she was afraid that Song Zhaodi would follow up when her mother scolded her, and she didn't go to Song Zhaodi at all.

Sister Chen will live a good life, a few children are not well dressed, but there is no shortage of clothes. I also planned to make a few pairs of slippers for the family when I went to buy old clothes, so I was not in a hurry.

Seeing Sanwa swaying and walking for a long time, she didn't let herself fall down. Sister Chen couldn't help laughing: "This child is walking quite steadily."

"I wasn't feeling well two days ago, and I didn't want to hug him, so the eldest child took him from school to home." As soon as Song Zhaodi's voice fell, the child in front "thumped" and fell to the ground.

Several people were startled and were about to run over to help him up when they saw the child lying on the ground and looking back.

Song Zhaodi shouted: "Get up by yourself. Sanwa, get up!"

Sanwa looked at her, what did you say? I didn't get it.

Song Zhaodi walked to him and handed him a hand, the child pursed his lips, took Song Zhaodi's hand, and stood up with one hand on the ground.

"Would you like to hug?" Song Zhaodi stretched out her hand, but did not bend down.

The child looked at the big child in front, pushed Song Zhaodi's hand away, and ran over again.

Sister Chen was surprised: "He doesn't cry?"

"Three babies rarely cry." Sister Duan said, "I almost never heard him cry, Xiao Song is very good at taking care of him."

Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "He also cried. It's just that when I was busy, I didn't hold him. I cried a few times and found that it was useless, so I seldom cried. I put him in the crib. , he knew that I was busy with something, and had no time to coax him to play. He just played by himself, and when he was tired, he would lie on the bed and sleep. "

"Xiao Zhong's children are all smart and like Xiao Zhong." Sister Duan said, "In the future, they can grow taller and taller like Xiao Zhong. Look at Sanwa's legs, then It's more than one year old, and it's about to catch up with other people's two-year-old children."

Sister Chen nodded: "The eldest child and the second child often go to my house to play in the forest. Guess what our family said in the forest, the big baby knows everything, but it's fun."

"He can be clever." Song Zhaodi said, "His father taught him, and he turned his head and learned how his father taught Erwa. Erwa now acts according to his face."

Sister Chen wanted to say something, but when she saw Sanwa, she fell again: "Xiao Song, there are stones on the road, you should pick him up."

"The clothes are thick and the hands are not exposed. It's fine." Song Zhaodi said, "Boys are too squeamish. After speaking, Sanwa, who got up by herself, ran forward again.

When Zhong Sanwa fell for the third time, Song Zhaodi felt that he had almost fallen today, picked him up, and walked for another ten minutes to reach the destination.

Song Zhaodi walked into the courtyard and was stunned: "Big baby, Erwa, why are you here?"

"Mother?" Zhong Dawa ran over.

Erwa raised her head and asked, "Mother came to buy clothes?"

"Who did you come with?" Song Zhaodi asked.

"Follow me." A woman came out of the room, "Zhenxing is coming, and the eldest baby and the second baby are coming too."

Song Zhaodi looked over and saw that it was Ma Zhenxing's mother Zhou Shufen, holding a red and white plaid skirt: "Are you here to buy clothes too?"

"Yes." Zhou Shufen said, "You also come and see, there are quite a few."

Song Zhaodi said: "Big baby, second baby, take the third baby out to play, don't make trouble in other people's yard."

"It doesn't matter." Behind Zhou Shufen, there is another woman, in her thirties, an ordinary-looking woman with a body shape similar to Mrs. Duan, "There is nothing in the yard."

Song Zhaodi smiled and turned her head to stare at Dawa, who quickly led Sanwa out.

The woman didn't see it, but she felt that the children of the Zhong family were obedient, so she greeted Song Zhaodi and his party.

Sister Chen was standing beside Song Zhaodi. When Song Zhaodi turned her head, she just saw it, her brows were slightly wrinkled, what does Teacher Xiao Song mean?

As soon as the eldest baby and the second baby went out, the two children of the Ma family, who were hiding in the woods in the house, also ran out.

Sister Chen frowned when she saw her son: "Aren't you doing your homework at home? Why are you here?"

"I'm done." Lin Zhong was afraid of his mother's questioning, so he ran out.

Sister Chen wanted to understand why Song Zhaodi drove the eldest baby and the second baby out, so she didn't chase her son to beat her when she had something in her heart. Following Song Zhaodi into the house, Sister-in-law Chen began to pay attention to Song Zhaodi's expression.

Song Zhaodi grinned when she saw the clothes on the big square table.

Sister Chen noticed that there was no smile in Song Zhaodi's eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Song, are these clothes good?"

"Very good." Song Zhaodi picked up a suit jacket and saw an oil stain on it, her eyebrows twitched, making her guess? Wouldn't it be so coincidental, "This is—"

Zhou Shufen said: "It looks like paint."

Song Zhaodi put it to her nose and asked, the whole person froze. Sister-in-law Duan, who was next to her, clearly felt it, and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Song, what's the matter?"

"This dress is very good." Song Zhaodi said, "I heard from my mother that when the People's Republic of China was first established, there was a shop in Binhai specializing in suits and cheongsams, and such a top would cost dozens of dollars. "

"Mr. Song is indeed a college student." The woman selling clothes complimented.

Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "It's just a few more books than others. Are all of your clothes a pound of food stamps?"

"Yes, yes." Zhong Jianguo and Song Zhaodi have the highest wages for couples under the age of 40 on Wengzhou Island. The three children are all young, and the family of five does not eat as much as the other family of three. The woman knew that Song Zhaodi was not short of food stamps, and immediately regarded her as a big customer, "There are many here, Mr. Song will choose slowly."

Song Zhaodi put down the suit and chose the best style and fabric.

Liu Ping pokes her mother, you go to pick too, the good clothes will be picked by Song Zhaodi.

Sister Duan raised her hand and slapped the back of her daughter's hand.

The woman selling clothes noticed Liu Ping's small movements, and doubts flashed in her eyes: "Sister Duan, take a look too."

Wengzhou Island has only one non-staple food factory. Fishermen and military relatives on the island have to go to the non-staple food factory to buy things. Over time, everyone knows each other.

Sister-in-law Duan didn't ask how she knew she was Master Liu's wife, and smiled, "Don't worry, Xiao Song will choose after we choose."

Women are even more puzzled.

Sister Chen replied: "You are welcome, I am welcome." Walking to Song Zhaodi's side, "Xiao Song, you are a college student, knowledgeable and visionary, help me to choose among the forests for our family. A few."

"It seems that there are no clothes to wear in the forest." Song Zhaodi turned to the woman selling clothes, "Do you have anything else in your family?"

The woman looked at Song Zhaodi, then at Sister-in-law Chen, who was full of hope, gritted her teeth: "Wait." After speaking, she went to the side room.

Sister Chen quickly grabbed Song Zhaodi's arm and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Xiao Song."

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Everyone was shocked, Zhou Shufen subconsciously threw the plaid skirt in her arms onto the table.

Sister Duan froze in her heart, glared at Liu Ping, and asked, "Xiao Song, we?"

"Buy!" Song Zhaodi said, "one piece per person." As soon as the voice fell, the woman came out with half a bag of things and fell on the large square table, Zhou Shufen reached out her hand subconsciously, thinking of Song Zhaodi's words, her hand froze midair.

Sister Chen's eyes were bright, and she was afraid that the woman would see something, so she asked with a smile, "Is it all here?" The young man is more beautiful than before, and he doesn't want to wear clothes with patches anymore."

"Then you can pick a few more pieces." The woman answered smoothly.

Song Zhaodi picked up the suit jacket she had just thrown aside: "I want this one, our old Zhong seems to be able to wear it. Aunt Liu, this white shirt is very good and bright. You still have glass beads, why don't you give them to Liu Ping?" The tone of inquiry, but the expression could not refuse.

Sister Duan knew that Song Zhaodi would not harm her, and her family was not short of a pound of food stamps, so she picked out the food stamps and handed them to the other party.

Zhou Shufen saw that Sister Chen and Sister Duan both took out their food stamps and no longer wanted to buy clothes. She still held the red and white plaid skirt in her hand, and reluctantly gave one to the woman who sold the clothes When I got the ticket, I asked Song Zhaodi, "I have to go home to wash the vegetables, will you come back?"

"Go back." Song Zhaodi said, "Our clothes are cold outside, and we have to put them in the house.

Sister Chen followed: "Let's go."

The woman looked at each of them taking one, and wanted to persuade them to pick more.

Song Zhaodi said first: "Sister-in-law, if Lao Zhong likes this suit, I will come to you tomorrow to buy it."

The woman was stunned for a moment, seeing Song Zhaodi's smile, she said yes again and again.

Sister Chen couldn't help but dragged her: "Xiao Song, let's hurry back. I have to make noodles with noodles when I get home."

"Then let's go." Song Zhaodi expressed reluctance, turned her head, and the smile on her face disappeared.

Zhou Shufen and Liu Ping opened their eyes wide, surprised that Song Zhaodi's expression changed freely.

Song Zhaodi put her clothes on her arms, walked more than 100 meters away from the house of the woman who sold the clothes, and pinched the collar of her clothes instead. Sanwa asked Song Zhaodi to hold him, but Song Zhaodi didn't hold him, and said to Lin Zhong, "help me hold Sanwa."

"Okay." Lin Zhong was twelve years old and not short in stature. It wasn't too hard to walk for a while with a child over one year old.

Sister Chen, who was full of doubts, couldn't hold back any longer: "Xiao Song, what's going on?"

Song Zhaodi spread out her suit and pointed to the oil stain: "This is gasoline. Everyone knows what gasoline is? The oil used in cars. The leaders who are sitting in cars are all wearing tunic suits now, no one Wearing a suit, doesn't my sister-in-law think the origin of this dress is strange?"

"Foreigners' rubbish?" Sister Chen said, "I heard from our old Liu, right?"

Song Zhaodi shook her head: "Since the East China Sea Fleet moved here, the sea area of ​​Wengzhou Island has been strictly managed, and the sea patrol boats go out to patrol every three days, and foreign garbage can't get in."

"Maybe from somewhere else, such as Shencheng?" Sister Duan said.

Song Zhaodi: "Then how did she escape the inspection and get here?"

"You can bring a little at a time, not too much." Sister Duan said.

Song Zhaodi handed the suit to Mrs. Duan: "I still smell fishy. It may be earthy or bloody."

"This, you, Xiao Song—" Sister Duan's hand shook and her suit fell to the ground, "Don't you mean that?"

Song Zhaodi: "Because our country started to advocate cremation more than ten years ago, but many people still choose to be buried. So I can't be sure whether these clothes come from crematoriums or coffins. It was dug out from the inside. No matter what kind it was, it was plucked from the dead."

"My God!" Zhou Shufen's eyes widened in disbelief, "Then you still let us buy it?"

Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "Otherwise? Throw it back. Let's not take it home, leave it at the intersection, I will buy some paper money, we will burn these clothes and return them to the owner of the clothes, let's go here. One trip is also clean. It saves the clothes being sent back, and the things on the clothes follow us."

"Yes, Xiao Song is thoughtful." Sister Chen does not believe that there are ghosts and gods in the world, but one more thing is worse than one less thing, "Even if we don't buy clothes and come out empty-handed, we may get dirty. s things."

Song Zhaodi looked at Mrs. Duan.

Sister Duan has no opinion: "I listened to Xiao Song. When this girl just told me, I said that there is no such good thing in the world, she must pull me over." Touched Liu Ping's forehead.

Liu Ping stepped back again and again: "Mother, you have taken the clothes in your hand."

"You know what you're afraid of now?" Sister Duan said angrily, "Why did you go earlier? Don't be greedy in the future. Otherwise, you won't know how to die."

Sister-in-law Chen rounded up the game: "Sister-in-law, don't scold her. Xiao Song, what should we say when we burn clothes?"

"The third child in our family saw unclean things on their clothes." Song Zhaodi said, "The old man in our village said that children can always see things that adults cannot. What do you think? ?"

Sister Chen: "We have no problem, I'm afraid Xiao Zhong will know and disagree with you."

"It's alright." Song Zhaodi took the white shirt from Sister Duan's hand, "A pearl like this would cost at least fifty cents if you put it away. There are a dozen or so inlaid on it, and the pearls alone cost Three or five dollars.

"I can't guarantee that the woman still has such a shirt. If the people on the island are not made aware of the big problem with the clothes, there must be some cheap people who go to her to buy clothes."

Sister Chen understood Song Zhaodi, and suddenly thought: "Why don't we tell the Revolutionary Committee?"

"Yes, let's go to the Revolutionary Committee." Sister Duan said.

Song Zhaodi shook her head: "Sister-in-law, people from the Revolutionary Committee are involved, and that woman's family may be locked up. If she is found to be speculative, she may die. I don't want this.

"We burned the clothes and spread it out, the woman would burn the clothes if she was so smart. Even if someone sued the Revolutionary Committee, the members of the Revolutionary Committee couldn't find anything and couldn't What should she do? If she asks for money, she doesn't want to get rid of the clothes, and the people of the Revolutionary Committee catch it, and she brought it on herself. We gave her a chance."

"If that's the case, then we'll burn at the intersection here." Sister Duan said, "She'll be the first to know."

Song Zhaodi nodded: "I went to the supply and marketing agency to buy paper money."

"I'll go." Sister Chen said, "If you hadn't followed me, I'd have to buy ten or eight and go back."

Song Zhaodi didn't argue with her, "Auntie, let's walk forward. Dawa, Erwa, you go back to Linzhong first."

"Dad came back and asked where you were, what should I say?" Dawa asked quickly.

Song Zhaodi saw that the sun was about to set: "Tell your father that you are hungry and ask your father to cook."