Stepmother: 14. Suspicion rises

Zhong Dawa's biological mother is a citizen of Shencheng. She has an average family background. She didn't cook much when she was a girl at home. It wasn't because she had to go to school, or because she was lazy by nature, but because Dawa's grandmother was afraid that Dawa's mother would steal food from the kitchen.

Zhong Jianguo doesn't know how to cook. Big baby's mother's food is not delicious. Zhong Jianguo never dislikes it. At least he is better than him and can cook well.

Last night Song Zhaodi put out the white rice porridge, Zhong Jianguo knew at a glance that Song Zhaodi could cook better than his previous wife.

A simple lettuce was cooked by Song Zhaodi, and Zhong Jianguo immediately decided that if there was no major problem with this daughter-in-law, it would be her. Because of this, Zhong Dawa was forced to promise to listen to her stepmother.

Seeing the golden egg pie today, Zhong Jianguo couldn't help but envy his son, and he didn't want to see the woman who tricked him into being too proud: "It's also the most scheming stepmother."

"Zhong Jianguo, do I have to make a cup of tea to admit my mistake, or kneel down and beg your forgiveness?" Song Zhaodi asked, staring.

Leader Zhong waved his hand: "I'm afraid of losing my life. However, you have to tell me who you learned to draw from."

"Painting?" Song Zhaodi was puzzled, "What painting?"

Leader Zhong: "The drawing you gave me yesterday, the drawing of the chair is the same as the real one."

"That kind of thing." Song Zhaodi said, "Anyone who knows a little about sketching can draw it."

Zhong Jianguo snorted and didn't believe it at all: "How can I find out that everything is so easy in your mouth."

"Because I'm a smart person and a simple person." Song Zhaodi said, "I think I heard your third child cry."

Zhong Jianguo: "You think I'll still—"

"Dad, Daddy, brother is awake."

Zhong Dawa's voice came from the stairs. Zhong Jianguo got up and ran out.

"Pfft!" Song Zhaodi laughed.

Zhong Jianguo staggered, looked back at her, and said, "Old baby, second baby, come down and ask your stepmother to wash your faces."

"Small belly chicken intestines." Song Zhaodi brought the cabbage and egg cakes to the small square table, and then filled a few bowls of porridge. Seeing that the eldest child was waiting for a long time with the second child, she wiped the white porridge on her hands and held it with one hand. One, "Drink porridge again this morning, eat noodles at noon, and steam buns in the afternoon."

Zhong Jianguo came out with Sanwa in his arms and threw Sanwa's diaper next to the water pressure well. Hearing Song Zhaodi's words, he quickly reminded: "Don't steam too much, ten or so will be enough for two days."

"How much do you eat at a time?" Song Zhaodi asked.

Zhong Jianguo: "I don't come back at noon. I don't eat much at night. The weather here is damp, and the steamed buns will get moldy after three or four days. It's not like in the north, where it's fine for ten days and a half months."

"You didn't lie to me?" Song Zhaodi didn't believe it.

Zhong Jianguo glanced at her: "You think I'm you."

"Dad, daddy, chicken, chicken." Zhong Dawa said loudly.

Zhong Jianguo: "I remember everything you said."

After dinner, Zhong Jianguo saw that it was not even eight o'clock, so he cleaned up the pots and bowls before going to the camp with his portfolio.

When Zhong Jianguo went home for a blind date, Master Liu suggested that Zhong Jianguo bring a guard. Zhong Jianguo felt that it would be a shame to bring a "bodyguard" back. He had no place to stay at his house, and the guards lived in the guest house, so he ordered the guards to stay here.

After Zhong Jianguo left, his guard Xiao Li was completely idle. As soon as he heard that Zhong Jianguo was back yesterday, Xiao Li ran to Zhong's house. When he saw the smoke from the chimney at the door, he realized that the Zhong family was cooking, and Xiao Li went back.

I ran to the door of Zhong Jianguo's office early this morning and waited. When I saw Zhong Jianguo from a distance, Xiao Li didn't even think about it, and ran towards Zhong Jianguo: "Head of the regiment!"

"The spirit is good." Zhong Jianguo looked at him, "Is Political Commissar Zhang there?"

Little Li: "Reporting to the head of the delegation, Political Commissar Zhang is here."

"I'm looking for Political Commissar Zhang to discuss something, you don't have to follow me." Zhong Jianguo said, "I have something to do at home, your sister-in-law and three children can't be free, you can go and help."

When there is a patrol mission to the sea, the commander or division commander will send troops to the military family's home to ask if there is any difficulty. Before Xiao Li became a security guard for Zhong Jianguo, he did a lot of housework for the family members of the military. This kind of thing was used to him, so he gave Zhong Jianguo a salute and ran to Zhong's house.

Song Zhaodi heard the knock on the door and wanted to get up to open the door. She saw the chrysanthemum in her left hand and the shovel in her right hand: "Dad, go open the door."

"There's no lock on the door, come in." The big baby stood up and saw the big head above the bamboo raft door, "It's Uncle Li who is here."

Song Zhaodi deliberately asked: "Who are you talking to?"

The child opened his mouth to say "you", but he remembered that his father told him not to be rude, but he didn't want to call his mother, so he pointed at the brother next to him: "Erwa."

"Little clever ghost." Song Zhaodi said and greeted him, "Little Li is looking for Captain Zhong?"

Xiao Li smiled: "No. The head of the regiment asked me to come over and see what I can do for my sister-in-law."

"Did he tell you that?" Song Zhaodi asked, "Didn't he tell you?"

Xiao Li thought about it carefully: "No."

"My father chicken didn't say anything?" Zhong Dawa asked quickly.

Xiao Li didn't understand: "What chicken?"

"Wait for me." Song Zhaodi turned around and went back to the house, rubbing Zhong Dawa's head as she passed by, "Your dad forgot, I didn't." She went to the house and took out five yuan and a non-staple food book. "Buy me a chicken and seven or eight planks and nails."

"Sister-in-law, it's okay to ask me to buy eggs for you, but I really can't help you buy chickens." Xiao Li was afraid that she would misunderstand, "Our troops need meat tickets for pork, chickens, ducks and geese don't. The goose meat is not delicious. If you want to improve the food, you will buy chicken. If your sister-in-law wants to buy chicken, she must tell the non-staple food factory in advance to buy it.”

Song Zhaodi's eyelids jumped: "Jianguo didn't tell me about this."

"The head of the regiment may not know." Xiao Li said it, and found that Song Zhaodi's face was wrong, "You don't think the head of the regiment deliberately didn't tell you? No, when Dawa's mother was there, when there was no food at home, I always asked Sister Duan next door helped her buy it. The head of the regiment seldom goes to buy vegetables, and he must not know that chicken is not easy to buy."

Song Zhaodi turned to Dawa: "When you were in Shencheng, your dad didn't buy vegetables?"

"Grandma bought it." Zhong Dawa said, "Grandma is bad. Mom buys meat for grandma, and grandma only buys vegetables and not meat."

Song Zhaodi: "You mean you and your mother live at your grandma's house and your father lives in the military camp?"

"Sometimes live, sometimes not." Zhong Dawa said.

Song Zhaodi turned to Xiao Li: "Is that so?"

"I was still in the Eighth Company at the time, so I didn't know much about the head of the regiment's house." Xiao Li said, "However, when the troops moved here, I heard that the regiment head drove to Dawa's grandma's house to pick them up. The sister-in-law."

Zhong Jianguo never took the initiative to mention Dawa's mother. Song Zhaodi thought that Zhong Jianguo was not good to speak in front of her. It seemed that Zhong Jianguo didn't want to say: "The Balian you are talking about is the good Balian on Nanjing Road?"

"Sister-in-law knows?" Xiao Li asked in surprise.

Song Zhaodi: "Balian is famous, and I heard it from my classmates. Take the money first. If you have chickens, buy a chicken. If you don't have chickens, buy an old duck. The rest of the money from buying wooden boards will buy eggs and duck eggs. Buy more eggs that will hatch chicks and ducklings."

"Then I'll take a look." Xiao Li turned around and walked out, noticing someone outside the bamboo fence, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing standing there?"

Song Zhaodi followed Xiao Li's line of sight, and saw a short stature, about 1.53 meters, a dark-skinned, thin woman, smiling and greeting: "Sister-in-law, come in and sit."

The woman smiled shyly: "I see you are very busy, I'm embarrassed to go. Did you arrive yesterday?"

Song Zhaodi opened the two bamboo raft doors: "I arrived yesterday afternoon. I originally wanted to visit the door, but the mess in the yard has not been cleaned up, so I didn't bother you." As she spoke, she glanced at the woman's hand. As Zhong Jianguo said, the bones in the middle of the fingers protruded a lot, "Big baby, go and move a bench for your aunt."

Sister Duan waved her hand: "No, no. How do I clean it up? I'll clean it up for you."

"Ah?" Song Zhaodi was stunned, seeing that the other party didn't seem to be polite to her, and laughed, "Just help me watch Sanwa. I can do it alone."

Zhong Dawa promised his father that he would listen to his stepmother, and immediately ran into the house to move a small bench and put it next to Sanwa.

Sister-in-law Duan heard a sound, looked back and smiled, "Dawa is really good." Then she turned to Song Zhaodi, "Isn't it really necessary?"

"No." Song Zhaodi said while planting flowers again, "Sister-in-law, I heard Jianguo say that the third baby is one year old, and it stands to reason that he should be able to walk and call his father. Is it because we didn't teach him that he can't speak? "

Sister-in-law Duan knows how to grow vegetables and crops, but not flowers. Song Zhaodi refused to let her help, so she picked up Sanwa: "Sanwa's birthday is at the end of the ninth lunar month, and she is not even one year old, so it's normal that she can't speak. However, eldest sister, you have to teach Sanwa to walk in your free time. Sanwa will be gone, ask Dawa and Erwa to watch him, and you can free up your hands to do other things."

"That's what I planned." Song Zhaodi said, "Does my sister-in-law know where to hatch chicks and ducklings?"

Sister Duan: "You want to raise chickens and ducks?"

"Yes." Song Zhaodi said, "I originally planned to buy chicks. I heard from Xiao Li that chicken is very popular, so I guess I won't be able to buy chicks. After raising chickens and ducks, I don't need to buy eggs or eggs in the future. When a child is greedy, just kill a chicken and save yourself the worry of running out of meat tickets all day long."

Sister-in-law Duan: "That's right. I told Dawa's mother when she was here. However, she had to take care of three children, so she couldn't raise them if she couldn't spare them. I asked Xiao Li to bring the eggs to my house. Go, I have an old hen at home."

"Thank you, sister-in-law, then." Song Zhaodi wiped the sweat from her face and rubbed her waist. She found that a bamboo fence was planted to the end, and only moved a quarter of it. She couldn't help sighing, "My lady" To exhaust her, "sister-in-law, do you want flowers?"

Sister Duan didn't understand: "What flower?"

"It's a pity to lose so many flowers." Song Zhaodi paid attention to Zhong Dawa's expression when she spoke, "But if you don't unplug it, there is no place to raise chickens and ducks."

Sister Duan didn't even think about it: "I don't know how to plant."

"These flowers are better served than vegetables." Song Zhaodi said, "You don't need to water, fertilize, or catch insects when you plant them. They will bloom when it's time to bloom."

Sister Duan doesn't quite believe it: "It's that simple?"

"It's not simple, it's all flowers that are easy to live." Song Zhaodi said, "How many can I plan for you?"

Sister-in-law Duan once saw the bright purple and red in the small courtyard of the Zhong family, and wanted to plant flowers. But when she saw that Dawa's mother regarded flowers as treasures, she kept silent, because she was afraid that the flowers would die, and Dawa's mother was not happy. When Song Zhaodi said this, Sister Duan was moved: "Give me two of each."

"Dad, are you alright?" Song Zhaodi asked.

After the third baby was born, Mrs. Duan helped the Zhong family take care of several children. Zhong Dawa liked Sister Duan very much, so she nodded: "You can give two more." She stretched out **** as she spoke.

Sister-in-law Duan is very happy: "Our eldest child is really a good child. Auntie thank you eldest child."

With Dawa's words, the fence of Zhong's house was full, and Song Zhaodi moved all the remaining flowers to Liu's house.

Song Zhaodi planted the last chrysanthemum. She noticed that there were green cucumbers, purple eggplants, red tomatoes, cumin and pepper trees in Liu's small courtyard. She couldn't help but envy: "My sister-in-law planted vegetables. That's a lot."

"I'll pick some for you?" Sister Duan said.

Song Zhaodi waved her hand: "No need. Yesterday, Dawa's father bought a lot of vegetables, enough for us to eat for two days." He washed his hands and took Sanwa over, "I feel that the ground is wetter than yesterday, do you want to go down? Is it raining?"

"Yes." Mrs. Duan said, "If you want to go out in the afternoon, remember to put all your clothes in the house, close the windows, and it will rain as soon as you say it. When it rains, you like the wind."

Song Zhaodi smiled and said, "I see, thank you, sister-in-law. I'll ask you tomorrow if there is anything I don't understand."

"Okay." Sister-in-law Duan laughed, "Xiao Li is back. I saw him carrying ducks, I guess he didn't buy chickens."

Song Zhaodi hooked her head and looked at it, seeing Xiao Li pushing the door in and turning to Dawa: "Can the duck make do with it?"

"Not good enough." Zhong Dawa pursed her lips, "It's not delicious.".

Song Zhaodi twisted his face: "Something is good. Sister-in-law, let's go back."

"Slow down." Sister-in-law Duan escorted Song Zhaodi out. She turned around and came back to see that the fence wall had changed, and she couldn't help laughing. Immediately, go to the house to get a sieve and pick cucumbers, eggplants and tomatoes.

Zhong Jianguo sent Xiao Li away, so he asked Political Commissar Zhang if he thought there was something wrong with his family, whether it would be better for him to send someone to check, or to send someone from above to check.

Commissar Zhang said without thinking, that it should be handed over to the organization.

The two went to find Master Liu together.

Master Liu almost choked on saliva when he heard Ming Zhong Jianguo's arrival: "What did you just say? Please send someone to check on your newly married wife Song Zhaodi."

"Yes." Zhong Jianguo said seriously.

Seeing this, Master Liu couldn't help but get serious: "Little Zhong, if I remember correctly, Song Zhaodi is also your cousin's daughter? Your stepmother's main social relationship is with farmers. , cleaner than your home, what is there to check? Your daughter-in-law is not a soldier."

"My daughter-in-law is not a soldier, but a college student." Zhong Jianguo's remarks were like a thunderbolt, which shocked Mr. Liu and Political Commissar Zhang.