Stepmother

Sister-in-law Duan gets Song Zhaodi's words, and she will discuss with her daughter Liu Ping about going to the health school when she gets home.

Your family knows your family.

Senior Liu said that he would not change his mind if he gave his soldiers the places to go to college, even if Liu Ping was forced to die. However, when Liu Ping dared to force her to death, her father dared to beat her with a belt. Compared with death, Liu Ping and Liu Wei were more afraid of being beaten.

Liu Ping agreed to go to the health school, and Liu Wei went on to say that he would join the army next year.

Sister Duan did not want her son to be a soldier, but the young children on the island did not go to the army, and they went to the mountains and the countryside if they did not go to work. Sister-in-law Duan is from the countryside. She knows how hard the countryside is, and she is even more reluctant to let her son go back to the countryside.

The lesser of two evils. Sister-in-law Duan is not literate, and she understands this truth, so she agrees with her son to join the army.

When Liu Ping went to the health school, the first-year students brought by Song Zhaodi also entered the second-year.

In the autumn of 1968, on the first day of school, Song Zhaodi followed Sanwa to the school and saw the school teachers gathered in the principal's office again. problem occurs.

The principal saw that Song Zhaodi was very nervous, and hurriedly said that nothing happened, everyone was waiting for her.

Song Zhaodi sat down with three babies in her arms.

The principal said that today is mainly to discuss Mr. Song's problem.

These words made Song Zhaodi confused and curious, so she asked the principal what problem she had.

The principal went on to say that Commander Wu had mentioned to him that he hoped that Song Zhaodi would follow the class and teach English in the second year of junior high school. Immediately, he pointed to a few teachers and said that their children are going to the first year of junior high this year, and they hope that Song Zhaodi will continue to teach the first year of junior high.

On one side is Deputy Commander Wu, and on the other side is his colleague, the principal is in a dilemma, so the meeting is held. Everyone thinks of a way to get the best of both worlds.

Song Zhaodi shook her head and laughed when she heard what the principal said. Isn't the best way to get the best of both worlds is that she teaches the first and second classes of the junior high school.

The principal is not stupid, Song Zhaodi smiled, he knew that Song Zhaodi guessed what he meant, he was quite embarrassed, and asked Song Zhaodi if it was okay.

Song Zhaodi has a high salary, and it is reasonable to teach two classes, so she asked the principal: "If the students in the second year of junior high school are promoted to the third year of junior high school and want me to continue teaching them, then there What are you going to do then?"

The principal is dumb.

There are two English teachers in junior high school, one of whom is transferred from elementary school. Song Zhaodi took over the first year of junior high, and the teacher was transferred back to the primary school. Once Song Zhaodi takes three grades of English alone, another English teacher will face unemployment.

The principal knew after a little thought that this matter could not be compromised, so he went to see Commander Wu.

Commander Wu did not want to be told by others that he forced another teacher to lose his job because of his son, so he discussed with his son whether Song Zhaodi should follow the class or not.

Commander Wu's son wanted to be a diplomat. He knew that diplomats had to learn foreign languages ​​well, so he told his father that Mr. Song would follow him to the second year of junior high.

The principal was afraid that Song Zhaodi would disagree, so he specifically mentioned that Commander Wu's son wanted to be a diplomat.

Song Zhaodi did not expect that the college entrance examination would stop. Before the children of the Wu family gave up their dreams, they agreed to take the second year of junior high school and take the first year of junior high school. After this incident, Song Zhaodi realized that there is a shortage of good English teachers on the island.

Since the English classes were all scheduled in the morning, Song Zhaodi was fine in the afternoon, so she went to the supply and marketing agency to buy a thick notebook, and used the English textbooks for the first, second and third grades of junior high school and used it in daily life. The words are copied down, and the Chinese pronunciation is suffixed at the end. Afraid that the children would not know the characters, they wrote Pinyin on the Chinese characters.

When Zhong Jianguo was in junior high school, in order to learn English well, he also used the stupid method of adding Chinese reading.

Song Zhaodi told Zhong Jianguo again that this was done for the three children of the Zhong family. Zhong Jianguo was very happy to see her so caring. Song Zhaodi copied during the day and he copied at night.

The day before New Year's Day, the one-centimeter-thick notebook was full, and the words Song Zhaodi could think of were also finished.

In the morning of January 1, 1969, Song Zhaodi taught the book to Dawa. Dawa did not know English vocabulary, but Song Zhaodi taught him Pinyin very early.

Although Zhong Dawa is just in the first grade, she has already learned to use pinyin to read characters, so she picks one and asks: "Mother, what is it?"

"Police, there is a writing on the back." Song Zhaodi said, turning to Zhong Jianguo, "Why do I feel unreliable?"

Zhong Jianguo: "It's not reliable in the first place. But it's not standard, it's better than not. When the baby goes to junior high school, it's not too late to correct his pronunciation. How much can you learn now? How much to learn."

"Should I watch it if I want, or not if I don't want to?" Zhong Dawa asked quickly.

Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "My father and I worked so hard to write it, are you embarrassed not to read it?"

The baby choked.

Song Zhaodi: "You can teach your brother."

"I like this." Zhong Dawa was overjoyed and called Erwa and Sanwa to his side, "Come here, brother will teach you English."

Song Zhaodi hurriedly said, "Don't tear up the book. Otherwise, I'll smack your ass."

"No." The little friends on the island can't speak English. Zhong Dawa has already thought of learning English to show off to the little friends, but she treasures the English book made by Song Zhaodi.

Song Zhaodi has been married to Zhong Jianguo for more than two years. She has been with several children for so long, and she understands the nature of children very well. If a very introverted child gets a new dress, he can't help but spread it out and show it off.

Song Zhaodi estimates that there will be a group of children behind Zhong Dawa's **** at the end of the year at the latest. However, she underestimated Zhong Dawa's "diplomatic ability".

On January 11th, in the afternoon, Zhong Dawa went out and brought back a bunch of children. Song Zhaodi roughly counted, there were thirteen or four.

Half the children of soldiers and half of the children of fishermen on the island. Sitting in the living room of Zhong's house, Song Zhaodi's head hurts because of the noise.

The weather became cold, and Song Zhaodi couldn't drive the child out, so she told Dawa to go to Ma Zhenxing's house to play, and she had to make cotton shoes for their three brothers.

The big baby thought it would disturb her mother to make shoes, so she waved her little hand and went to Ma Zhenxing's house to play.

Sanwa likes to be lively, so she quickly grabbed Erwa's hand, fearing that the two older brothers would abandon him.

Seeing that the little baby wanted to go, Song Zhaodi instructed the older baby and the second baby to take care of the younger brother. When the younger brother wants to pee, remember to take off his younger brother's pants.

The big baby is not afraid that Song Zhaodi will get angry and beat people, but she is afraid that Song Zhaodi will not cook and ask his father to do it. I don't know if Zhong Jianguo did it on purpose. He has been learning how to cook for two years, and now he cooks once in a while, either because the salt is too much, or the salt is too small and tasteless.

As a result, what Song Zhaodi explained, Dawa never dared to forget. After playing at Ma Zhenxing's house for a while, he asked Sanwa if she wanted to pee or poop.

Zhou Shufen also thought that the child was very noisy, so she hid upstairs. I came down once in the middle, and saw the big baby was lifting the pants for the third baby. I thought that Sanwa was urinating in his pants, but when he went to the front and asked that it was the big baby who watched him pee, he couldn't help feeling that Song Zhaodi taught him well.

When the child was sent away, Song Zhaodi began to write a letter to her mother, telling her that she would not be able to go back to the New Year this year, and at the same time put fifty dollars in the letter.

Song mother received the money from Song Zhaodi, and knew that the little girl had a good life.

Zhong Jianguo will wash clothes and wash dishes, and a little girl can stand up to such a man. Song mother will not say that she will not see him for a year, and even if she does not see her for ten years, she will not worry about Song Zhaodi being wronged.

But Song Zhaodi was her own after all, and she never came back after she got married. Mother Song was very upset.

The eldest sister of the Song family saw that her parents were unhappy since they received the letter, so she suggested that they go.

There is not much work in the production team in winter. Mother Song and Mother Song are only in their early fifties and have never been seriously ill. They are in very good health and can withstand long journeys.

I just thought that the second daughter had complained about her, and only took the eldest sister's family to Wengzhou Island, not taking her to Wengzhou Island. Mother Song felt that if she didn't bring her second daughter's family this time, she would be punished again when she came back. complain.

Mother Song asked her eldest son-in-law Liu Yang to send a telegram to Song Zhaodi and ask Song Zhaodi if she would let her second sister come over.

Zhong Jianguo frowned when he received the telegram, and when he got home he asked Song Zhaodi, "What should I do?"

"My mother and my father want to visit us, do you want to refuse?" Song Zhaodi asked rhetorically.

Zhong Jianguo: "If your parents come, I will welcome you 10,000 people. When your mother comes, I not only don't have to wash the dishes, but also don't have to do the laundry. Your father will also give you It's all cleaned up. But your second sister's family comes over, and our family of five has to squeeze into the same bed again."

"No." Song Zhaodi said, "The eldest child has three beds in the house, and they asked my mother and my sister to sleep in one bed, a few children to sleep in bunk beds, and my second brother-in-law and my father. Sleep in the guest room." After a pause, "Second brother-in-law has to go to work, and he has to go back after three or five days at most."

Zhong Jianguo: "Then I will return the telegram?"

"Go." Song Zhaodi said.

On the afternoon of January 31st, Song Zhaodi took her three children to the pier.

Song mother and Song father got off the boat, and the big baby said happily: "Mother, the grandma who bought us a lot of delicious food is here again."

Mother Song was also happy when she heard Dawa's words: "I bought you a lot of delicious food this time." After speaking, she handed the bag in her hand to Dawa, "This child It grows really fast, and in two years, I will be able to help you do things."

"It's okay now." Song Zhaodi said, "burning fire, moving firewood, feeding chickens and ducks, the big baby may have done it. What about the second sister and the second brother-in-law?"

Mother Song sighed: "The two children are seasick, and they're behind. Your father and I were afraid that you would be in a hurry, so we came down first."

The second sister of the Song family is called Song Lainan. Song Zhaodi and Zhong Jianguo met her on the day they got married. When Erjie Song saw Song Zhaodi, she didn't congratulate her or asked her why she wanted to marry a man with three children. Instead, she opened her mouth and said, what's the use of going to school for so many years, not to fill a house for others.

Song Zhaodi was so angry at the time that she wanted to curse. If it wasn't for fear that Song's mother and Song's father would be sad, Song Zhaodi would not have agreed with her parents to bring her here.

Song Lai-nan got off the boat, Song Zhaodi took a look, Song Lai-nan was holding his young son and looked back and forth with his mouth pouted.

Song Zhaodi frowned, pretended not to see, and greeted: "Father, mother, let's go back, I've bought the vegetables, we can eat when we go back."

"Have you bought meat yet?" Song Lainan said suddenly.

Zhong Dawa frowned: "Who are you talking to?"

"I, of course I'm with you—" Song Lainan paused, "What did this child call you?"

Song Zhaodi: "Call my mother."

"I'm talking to your mother." Song Lai Nan said.

Zhong Dawa is not happy: "Then why don't you mention my mother's name? It's rude of you to talk like that."

Song Lainan suddenly felt short of breath and stared at Song Zhaodi: "Do you usually teach children this way? You don't understand a little politeness, and you don't know how to call people."

"What are you arguing about?" Song mother felt that Dawa was right, and Song Lainan asked a question without nomination or surname. She also wondered who Song Lainan was talking to, "Go back!" Glancing at the second daughter, she went to go ahead.

Song Laianan snorted and followed with pouting.

Song Lainan's husband, Song Zhaodi's second brother-in-law hugged his eldest daughter, very embarrassed, smiled at Song Zhaodi, and went after Song Lainan.

Zhong Dawa tugged at Song Zhaodi's trousers pocket: "Mother, who is she? How can she speak exactly like her grandparents?"

The eldest sisters of the Song family, Song Laibao and Song Zhaodi, look like mother Song, with round faces and big eyes, excellent eyebrows, and a very straight nose, but they are a little short.

Song Zhaodi suspected that Song's mother was too young when she gave birth to her eldest daughter, and her body was not mature enough to conceive Song Laibao. As a result, Song Laibao was born without two healthy sisters, and neither of them grew tall.

The second son Song Lainan is about the same height as Song Zhaodi, nearly one meter seven. But Song Lainan has the same eyes as Song Zhaodi, and a broad face like Song's father. In other respects, he is not like the Song family, but rather like some of Song Zhaodi's aunts and cousins.

Song Zhaodi said that her second sister was like Zhao Yin, which was not nonsense. Song Lainan's nose collapsed, exactly like Zhao Yin. Song Lainan likes to curl his mouth and wrinkle his nose when he talks, and Zhao Yin also has this problem.

Song Lainan spoke in a tone very similar to that of Zhao Yin and Zhong's father. Song Zhaodi didn't expect the big baby to see it at a glance, she was quite surprised, "No doubt, it's my second sister." She patted the back of the second baby's head, "Let's go home too."

Zhong Dawa is puzzled: "The second aunt you are talking about is her? But, they are all aunts, why are they different from aunts?"

Song Zhaodi coughed lightly: "This second aunt was just like the aunt when she was young. Later, when her head hit the door, she became like your grandmother."

"Is your head caught by the door?" Zhong Dawa asked.

Song Zhaodi almost laughed: "Yes! However, you can't say it in front of her, otherwise she will be very angry and beat you and Erwa while your father and I are away."

Erwa covered her mouth in fright.

Song mother and Song father walked out for a while, and felt that the footsteps were wrong. Looking back, Song Zhaodi was still standing there. Mother Song shouted loudly, "Zhao Di, what are you talking about?"

"I didn't say anything." Song Zhaodi replied loudly, holding the third baby, the second baby, and the eldest baby to follow.

Song Lainan watched and listened to all directions along the way, but his mouth was not idle. He kept saying that Wengzhou Island was a small fishing village, no different from her home.

Row after row of two-story buildings appeared in front of her eyes, and Song Lai-nan seemed to be suddenly caught by someone's throat. Before she could find her voice, Song's mother arrived. Song Lainan asked in disbelief, "Is this Zhao Di's house?"

"Yes." Song Zhaodi winked at Dawa.

Dawa picked up the key hanging around her neck and opened the lock on the bamboo raft door.

Song Lainan saw that the yard was lush and green, clean and tidy, as if he had stepped into the city from the countryside, and couldn't help but say, "This is like the house where military officers live."

"The house belongs to the army." Seeing her sour grin, Song Zhaodi felt ashamed for her, "After the founding of the People's Republic of China, if you change jobs, the army will take back the house."

Song Lainan paused: "Where will you live in the future?"

"Save money to buy a house, or buy land and build it yourself." Song Zhaodi said, "Dad, go open the door."

Zhong Dawa takes a look at Song Zhaodi, mother can also lie.

"Come in." Zhong Dawa opened the door and put away the book and sewing box on the bench, "Grandma, grandpa, please take a seat."

Father Song was delighted: "This child is getting more and more polite."

Zhong Dawa pursed her lips and smiled, and went to move a small bench, one for herself, one for Erwa, and sit beside Mother Song.

Song Zhaodi handed Sanwa to her mother, went to get a thermos and poured water: "Father, mother, drink some water to warm your body first."

"I want to put things upstairs first." Like last time, Mother Song took out the things she bought for several children while talking.

Zhong Dawa knew that it was bought for them, so she opened it immediately, saw the white thing inside, took out a piece and asked, "Mother, what is this?"

"Rice candy." Song Zhaodi thought about it carefully.

Zhong Dawa had never eaten it before, so she looked curious, handed it to Erwa, and opened another oiled paper bag: "What about this?"

"Caramel." Song Zhaodi opened the other paper bag as she spoke, and when she saw the candy stick inside, she couldn't help frowning, "Mother, why did you buy them so much candy."

Mother Song: "Of course it's for eating." Pause, "Last time I came with your father and saw that there is no food for children in your supply and marketing cooperative, so I guessed the big baby I have never eaten with Erwa. Dawa, Erwa, take it and eat it.”

"Mother, I want too." Song Lainan's daughter suddenly spoke.

Zhong Dawa passed the caramel in her hand to Song Lai-nan.

"I don't want it, I want that." The little girl pointed to the rice flower candy in Erwa's hand.

Song Zhaodi: "Dad, get a piece of rice candy for my sister."

"I don't want it, I want it from him." The little girl pointed at Erwa and said.

Zhong Dawa frowned: "My brother ate this one, and I'll get you a good one."

"I don't want it!" The little girl raised her voice suddenly.

Zhong Dawa was so frightened that she almost threw the caramel in her hand to the ground, and then she looked at Song Zhaodi: "Mother..." Is she sick?

"Erwa, this is for my sister." Song Zhaodi took a good piece, exchanged for the rice flower candy that Erwa had eaten, and handed it to Song Lainan's daughter Du Tao, who meant something. , "Second sister, your daughter's eyes are so good."