Stepmother

    Erwa was curious: "Mother, are you going?"

    "You must go." Song Zhaodi said, "When you were young, your aunt took care of you for several months. Besides, your uncle hardly caused any trouble to our family, but we I've troubled him several times, and I should go through it with reason."

    Er ​​Wa did the math: "You have to go on Sunday."

    "Sunday morning passed." Song Zhaodi said, "I'll ask for a week's leave. You guys are obedient at home, don't talk to your dad, I'm not at home, he might beat you up if he gets angry."

    Er ​​Wa said with a smile: "We know. By the way, the elder brother said that the lady in the hall doesn't like you. If she says something unpleasant, you will ask the uncle to beat her."

    "If I don't tell you, your aunt will beat her." Song Zhaodi said, "It's almost five o'clock, let's cook."

    Zhen Gang: "There are still a lot of zongzi in the pot."

    "Put it on the stove for tomorrow morning to eat." Song Zhaodi said, "If you still want to eat tomorrow, make your own. There are dried reed leaves in the cabinet. I will cook it in fish soup for you later. Noodle."

    Sanwa couldn't help swallowing: "This is delicious. Second brother, go and make noodles."

    "Why didn't you go?" Erwa asked.

    Sanwa: "You are the elder brother, you are older, I will let you."

    "Then I hit you, don't move." Erwa reached out and grabbed him.

    Sanwa was so frightened that she quickly hid behind Song Zhaodi.

    Song Zhaodi staggered a bit by his drag, and slapped him on the back of the head with a backhand, but did not dare to force: "Don't make trouble, go wash the vegetables with Zhengang."

    Sanwa rubbed the back of her head, snorted at Erwa, pulled Zhen Gang and said, "Go out to play in the future, don't let him join us."

    "Erwa doesn't want to be with you either." Zhen Gang blurted out.

    Sanwa wanted to get rid of him immediately, however, getting rid of Zhengang was equivalent to pushing him to Erwa. After thinking for a while, she said, "I don't want to play with him either."

    The second baby glanced at the third baby and pretended not to hear: "Mother, go buy a piece of cloth, I will make you a dress, you wore a dress on the day of your cousin's engagement."

    "Er baby, I told you before, when you design clothes, think about which group you are targeting." Song Zhaodi said, "Today I will talk to you about customization."

    Erwa saw this word in the book Song Zhaodi compiled for him, but at the end. He wanted to ask Song Zhaodi, but Song Zhaodi told him before that she wanted to eat one bite at a time, and she couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so she didn't ask: "Mother, tell me."

    "Customization means tailoring clothes for a certain person, and wearing customized clothes is generally for special events. If someone asks you to customize clothes in the future, you must first ask her what occasion she is attending." Song Zhaodi said, "At the wedding banquet, you have to remind her that red is the color of the host. She insists on red, and it has nothing to do with you if the host is upset. Also, the wedding dress worn by Westerners is white. White is also the color of the bride, and white also symbolizes purity. , you have to remember this too."

    The second baby nodded: "Mother, what do you mean by wearing a white skirt, will you be distracting?"

    "No. No matter what kind of dress I wear in the past, I will always be a distraction. Because there are no dresses on the market yet." Song Zhaodi said, "I just need to dress clean and tidy."

    Erwa: "Then I won't do it for you?"

    "It can be done." Song Zhaodi stretched out her arm, "I am older, my shoulders are a bit thick, and the arms are a bit fleshy here. The man is strong. Do you know what it means?"

    Erwa smiled and said, "I see. Mother, make another pair of overalls for Sanwa, okay?"

    "Of course you can." Song Zhaodi said, "I'll go buy cloth tomorrow, you can do it when you come back from school. Pay attention to the lectures during class, and don't secretly draw design drafts. By the way, Erwa, you The design drawings you draw should be kept, if they are taken away by others, you will have no evidence to file a lawsuit."

    Erwa puzzled: "What are others doing with my design drawings?"

    "Of course it is the production of clothes." Song Zhaodi said, "I heard that there used to be a lot of ready-to-wear shops, but after issuing cloth tickets, those shops were forced to close. Now many places have abolished cloth tickets, those The store is also about to open. They won’t design clothes, and they will steal your design drafts. Seeing that the clothes you draw are so beautiful, they will definitely keep them for themselves.”

    Er ​​Wa said seriously: "I will be careful, mother."

    "Learn slowly, we are not in a hurry." Song Zhaodi said, "When you graduate from college, my mother will give you a sum of money to go to Hangzhou to buy a piece of land and build a house. Sewing machine people, make all your clothes and sell them all over the country."

    Er ​​Wa imagine, she is embarrassed: "How many clothes can a few people make. It's not enough for the people on our island."

    "A little bit of expansion." Song Zhaodi said, "Your father was promoted to division commander after being the head of the regiment for more than ten years. Think about building a large factory with thousands of people, even if our family can hire so many. Man, you haven't managed it, can you handle it?"

    Erwa shook her head: "No."

    "That's why I reminded you repeatedly that you can't eat a fat man in one bite." Song Zhaodi said, pausing for a while, "You choose the fabric yourself, there are four more cloth tickets upstairs, and I will also give you and Just make one."

    Er ​​baby is happy: "Thank you mother."

    "Silly boy." Song Zhaodi laughed, "You three are still young, you look good in overalls, and when you are older, if you wear them again, Xiao Xiurong next door will talk about you."

    Second baby: "I think seven or eight-year-old children look the best. The third baby is too tall."

    "Then cut off my leg in half." Sanwa asked, "How is it?"

    Er ​​Wa turned around and said, "Your face doesn't look like a child's."

    "Then there is no way." Sanwa said, "Mother, we have finished washing the dishes. You make fish soup, second brother makes noodles."

    Song Zhaodi was speechless: "You can arrange none." After speaking, she went to the kitchen.

    On the morning of June 3rd, Song Zhaodi carried one hundred yuan and brought two sets of clothes to Binhai. Arriving at Binhai on the afternoon of the 5th, Song Zhaodi washed off her stinky sweat in the guest house before heading to Zhong's house.

    In Zhongwei's country, Mrs. Zhong will cook food for Song Zhaodi. Song Zhaodi was not polite to her either. She ate dinner at her house, talked for a while, and then went back to the guest house.

    The next morning, Song Zhaodi went to Zhongwei Country in black pants and a white shirt. When she arrived at his house, Song Zhaodi was very happy.

    It has only been more than two years since the end of the Cultural Revolution, and some places have not recovered. Some people are even afraid of going back to three years ago when they wake up, so that people are still a few years earlier in terms of clothes, words and deeds, etc. Years are almost the same.

    During the revolution, there were only three colors of clothes, gray, blue, black, and white were rare. The engagement is a festive day, and wearing gray and black looks very mourning, so Song Zhaodi chose to wear a white shirt. However, Zhong Weiguo and his wife are also white shirts and black pants.

    Sister-in-law Zhong smiled when she saw Song Zhaodi and looked at their clothes, and couldn't help but laugh. Afraid that the man would come too early, Sister-in-law Zhong didn't pull Song Zhaodi to talk about the family, and directly called Song Zhaodi to eat.

    After dinner, as soon as the pots and pans were cleaned up, the man's family arrived.

    Song Zhaodi saw the "male protagonist"'s eyelids jump, and out of the corner of her eyes noticed that Zhong Miaomiao was smiling like a flower, and raised her smiling face to help pour the water and move the bench. Then help Mrs. Zhong cook together.

    After dinner, Song Zhaodi took a car to Xiaosong Village to see her parents, and asked Liu Yang to take her to the county for a car the next day. After arriving at Binhai, I went to see Mrs. Duan again, and Song Zhaodi returned to Wengzhou Island.

    Day and night, running around for a few days, when she returned home, Song Zhaodi didn't take a bath, so she went to sleep on the bench upstairs. After sleeping until dark and waking up to the smell of the food, Song Zhaodi couldn't help laughing. When she went downstairs, she asked, "What do you want to eat?"

    "We see that you are too tired, so let's go buy a fish." Zhen Gang said, "Teacher, drink some fish soup first."

    Song Zhaodi waved her hand: "I'm going to wash my face. Is Master Zhong back?"

    "Master Zhong is cooking in the kitchen." Sanwa came out with rice.

    Song Zhaodi looked back, washed her face and came in and asked, "Is the sun on Wengzhou Island coming out from the north today?"

    "Don't speak too harshly, Mr. Song." Zhong Jianguo came out with the egg yolk pumpkin, "Don't think I make it unpalatable, I cook every day."

    Song Zhaodi: "Follow the steps I teach you, don't add your own creativity, it won't be bad."

    Song Zhaodi smiled and said, "You have to ask your father. Master Zhong, isn't it?"

    "I'm the teacher." Zhong Jianguo gave her the bowl and chopsticks, "You're not hungry, let's eat first."

    Song Zhaodi shook her head and smiled: "This object of your eldest niece is not good."

    "I know." Zhong Jianguo said.

    Song Zhaodi suddenly turned her head to look at him, surprised: "You know?!"

    "I'll call eldest brother after you leave, Miaomiao is my niece after all." Zhong Jianguo said, "eldest brother says it's okay, just ask Sanwa how they are. As soon as I hear him If you don’t want to talk about it, you know you’re not satisfied.”

    Song Zhaodi: "I really didn't see it. Sister-in-law and eldest brother were happy. I thought they were very satisfied, and they didn't dare to talk much when they were eating."

    "The eldest brother is now the deputy director of the factory, and the eldest sister is also the director of a workshop." Zhong Jianguo said, "The two of them deal with a group of workers and leaders every day, pretending to be very happy to them. Easy. By the way, what did you see?"

    Song Zhaodi: "He looks very handsome, but he gives me the feeling of lack of energy and laziness. I always feel like a lazy person."

    "There are still people who are delicious and lazy these days?" Zhong Jianguo always thought that the man was not good-looking or had a poor family background, or had a low degree of education. He never thought that was the reason.

    Song Zhaodi: "It's normal. If there are four or five sisters in the family, he's the only kid. It's normal for the family to eat and be lazy."

    "No wonder the eldest brother is dissatisfied and asked them to get engaged." Zhong Jianguo said, "If it's just a little bit delicious and lazy, Miaomiao makes a fuss about him, but he can't refuse. In the eyes of most people, a man Once you get married and have kids, you know what to do.”

    Song Zhaodi: "My mother also said before that a man matures when he gets married." He sneered, "Being lazy before marriage, and motivated after marriage, there is at most one out of ten. Big brother delays it until the next year, It is estimated that I want to delay the relationship between the two of them, and take the opportunity to see if the man can still be saved."

    "Uncle is really amazing!" Erwa admired, "Better than Grandpa Liu, wait, mother, will my cousin be the same as Liu Ping?"

    Song Zhaodi: "Your uncle really means this, and he will definitely warn your cousin that she will break her legs if she messes up before marriage.

    "Accept each other happily and delay for a few years on the grounds that Miaomiao is young, let the other party relax their vigilance, and then introduce Miaomiao to a better man than that man when they are quarreling, indeed It's better than opposing it from the beginning and making the father and daughter turn against each other." Zhong Jianguo said, "It seems that we still have something to learn."

    Song Zhaodi said with a smile: "Our children don't need this trick, I just said I disagree, and a few children broke up with each other immediately."

    "Don't talk too much." Zhong Jianguo said, "Love is blind, even if you find someone like Liu Ping, you will think you are looking for a fairy."

    Song Zhaodi stared at him: "What do you mean? I wish your son could find a troublemaker?"