Chapter 22 Decide

“Dad is back!”

As soon as Lin Wei put the fried sixty-six clams and yellow clams out of the pot, she saw Mingming running in and shouting, she nodded and said, “Go wash your hands and prepare to eat.”

When not going to sea, Zong Shao has a relatively fixed time every day. He goes to the camp at about 5:30 in the morning, eats with the troops at noon, and leaves the camp at about 6:00 in the evening. He travels fast and can be home in about ten minutes.

After getting accustomed to his time, Lin Wei cooks a lot more. Basically, when he gets home on the front foot, he can cook on the back foot.

Because I bought a lot of seafood today, the dinner looked quite rich. Lin Wei used all the dishes at home and set up most of the table.

But that is to say, there are many plates, but in fact, there are only a few kinds of seafood, and the amount is not large.

I just bought two crabs. These things take up a lot of weight. No amount of seafood tickets Lin Wei has on hand will be enough. I bought a small pound of sea prawns, and the prawns are well-known for being mixed with shrimps, shrimps, skins, and shrimps. Because they are not big, they don’t look too small.

Then there are all kinds of shellfish, sixty-six clams and yellow clams. I bought four more raw oysters. The total amount of all kinds of oysters is almost four kilograms.

Although there are not many types, Lin Wei divided it into two methods. Part of the shellfish and prawns was fried in oil and then placed on two plates. One of the crabs was steamed, and the garlic oysters were added. Two more plates were used. .

As for the remaining crab, it was marinated with shrimp and shellfish, and it was placed on a plate.

After all, it was a meal, so I had to stir-fry a plate of green vegetables, and even if the seaweed was cheap and delicious, Lin Wei mixed another plate, adding up to seventy-eighty-eight, but not half of the table.

After the family sat down, Lin Wei slightly adjusted the placement of the plates, moved the raw pickles to herself and Zong Shao, and put wine in it.

Zong Shao followed her movements and looked at Haiwan: “This is?”

“Raw pickled seafood is raw seafood marinated with white wine, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings,” Lin Wei briefly introduced and asked, “Have you ever eaten it before?”

Zong Shao shook his head: “No.”

“Then you can try it. After marinating, I tasted it. The meat is very tender.” Lin Wei said, holding a prawn and putting it in his bowl.

When he saw it, he immediately said, “Mom, what about mine?”

“There’s wine in it, you kids can’t eat it,” she said, and shared two prawns with the brothers, but this time she was fried in oil.

Mingming was a little disappointed, but he still picked up the shrimp in the bowl and ate it.

When the mother and son were talking, Zong Shao had already eaten the prawns that Lin Wei was carrying. It tasted really good. The meat was a little more elastic than fried or steamed. Heavy.

Zong Shao grabbed the crab legs again, cut them open with scissors and asked, “Why did you suddenly think of this way of eating?”

“Didn’t I just come from Shicheng? I haven’t eaten seafood much before. I learned from the people at the supply station to steam fish and make oysters with garlic, but I think that although the seafood steamed tastes good, I can’t always eat it like this. Ah, but the staff in the supply station have a lot of things to do, it would be good if they could teach me the same way, I can’t keep catching them and asking them, isn’t it delaying people’s work?”

Zong Shao peeled off the crab legs, took out the crab meat with chopsticks, put it in Lin Wei’s bowl, and asked in a natural tone, “Well, then what?”

“Then…” Lin Wei looked at the crab leg meat in the bowl, and then Zong Shao picked up another crab leg, still using scissors to cut it open, distracted and said, “You can eat your own, don’t worry about me.”

Zong Shao snorted and continued to ask, “You haven’t said who you learned about raw and marinated seafood from.”

Lin Wei ate the sweet crab leg meat and continued: “When I came back, I happened to see Sister Deng sitting in the yard, thinking that she had fried sixties yesterday, so I asked a few questions. Then she said After that, we talked about raw and marinated seafood. Sister Deng’s hometown is by the sea, and this is their local specialty.”

It is also because it is so unique that outsiders may not be used to it, so Deng Xiangyun just mentioned it casually, and did not intend to say the recipe.

But Lin Wei was very enthusiastic about developing new dishes, so she immediately added raw pickles to tonight’s menu, asked Deng Xiangyun how to do it in detail, and asked her to guide her during the process.

As it turns out, both of them can accept the dish.

The Ruirui brothers were obviously greedy, but Lin Wei watched closely, so they could only stare at Sheng Xian and sigh, and then eat something else.

“It turns out to be like this.” Zong Shao suddenly shígG Dujia, “By the way, Lao Zhou told me something today.”

Lin Wei asked while eating, “What’s the matter?”

“The job in the hospital was arranged by the Military Dependents’ Resettlement Office for his daughter-in-law.”

Seeing how serious Zong Shao’s expression was, Lin Wei thought he would say something important, but that’s it… She breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I already know about it.”

“How did you know?”

“When I went to get my hukou in the morning, I heard what Sister Shen and Sister Liu had to say.” Lin Wei said, looking up at the opposite yard, and said in a low voice, “They not only told me about this, they also told me to sue me. Who is it?”

Zong Shao asked, “Is it the daughter-in-law of the deputy head of Zhao?”

Lin Wei was surprised: “How do you know?”

“When you were talking just now, you looked up and glanced over there.” Zong Shao thought for a moment and asked, “Did she hear your conversation with Comrade Liu that night?”

Lin Wei: “…” As expected of a soldier, guess what.

Just looking at Lin Wei’s expression, Zong Shao knew that he guessed correctly, his eyebrows gradually wrinkled, and he said in a deep voice, “I’ll talk to Zhao Feng again.”

“How did you talk to him? Ask him why Gao Xiulian sued me behind his back? Or let him make up a job for me?” After asking Zong Shao, Lin Wei said, “The former, Gao Xiulian is not authentic. , but if you want to say that she did something wrong, that’s not true. When it really started, I was justified and became unreasonable. In the latter case, if Deputy Head Zhao could make up the job for me, Gao Xiulian would have to complain behind her back with red eyes. ?”

Of course Zongshao understood the truth, but when he thought about it, he couldn’t help feeling aggrieved, and said in a muffled voice, “When I was choosing a house, I shouldn’t just look at the location.” Now it seems that the character of the neighbors is much more important than the location.

Lin Wei comforted: “I haven’t really dealt with it. Who knows what the neighbors are like. Anyway, I like our house very much. I open the window and see the sea outside every morning, and my mood is much brighter.” , it’s better to have less dealings in the future.

Zong Shao smiled: “You are really thinking about it.”

“What’s so hard to think about, happiness is one day, unhappy is also one day, why do you ruin your mood for irrelevant people.”

There is no way to get along with the neighbors in harmony. When Lin Wei lived in the courtyard of the cotton spinning factory, she often quarreled with people over trivial matters. She is young and thin-skinned. She can’t say anything too intrusive. She is always at a disadvantage when arguing with people.

It was Lin Wei who was put in such a way by Gao Xiulian at that time, not to mention running to quarrel with people, she certainly couldn’t swallow that breath so easily.

After confirming that the original work is true, Lin Wei thought about a lot of things and learned to look at the problem from another angle.

Lin Wei said: “She ran to complain for two reasons: one was to want my job, but as you can see, I lost my job, but it was not her turn; the other was for revenge, If she has such a small mind, she shouldn’t be able to see that I’m doing well. If I’m devastated by this matter, wouldn’t it be as she wishes? On the contrary, I’m happy, and I’m not sure who is suffering. ”

For today’s Lin Wei, it’s no big deal except life and death.

Instead of spending time arguing with Gao Xiulian, spend this time with her family.

Zong Shao was silent for a while, then suddenly said, “You have changed a lot this time.”

Lin Wei’s heart skipped a beat, and she almost thought she was being spotted by him.

After confirming the authenticity of the dream, she was always conflicted, hesitating whether to tell Zong Shao about it.

But she was a little worried, it was too bizarre.

Thinking about it from another angle, if Zong Shao suddenly told her that this world is a book, she would probably ask “Are you all right?”, suspecting that something was wrong with his mind.

Even if Zong Shao chooses to believe her, what’s the use of her saying this now?

She didn’t get sick, but died of an accident, and her death is still more than a year and a month away. Telling him now is just adding panic to their family. No one will have a good life in the next year and more. .

Thinking of this, Lin Wei smiled and said, “People will always change, just like Mingming, who used to cry at every turn, but now he doesn’t cry much anymore, and Rui Rui, who used to be too lazy to talk, but now he is willing to be with him. play with the kids.”

Hearing his mother’s words, Mingming raised his chest and said proudly, “I have grown up and become a man, with no blood or tears.”

Rarity followed suit and said, “I’ve become a man too, but I still have to cry when I bleed.” Then she looked at Zong Shao and said suggestively, “Dad, I want to eat big crabs too.”

Zong Shao’s action of peeling the crab legs stopped, and he reached out and slid a crab leg from the steamed crab for him.

But Rarity didn’t pick up the crab legs, stretched out her two greasy hands from eating shrimp, and said confidently, “I can’t peel it.”

Lin Wei was accustomed to taking care of children, she reached out her hand and wanted to take the crab legs from Zong Shao’s hand and peel off the crab meat, but before she could touch the shell of the crab legs, Zong Shao blocked her hand: “I’m coming.”

Seeing this, Mingming, who was biting **** the shell of the crab leg, rolled his eyes and got up, covered his mouth and said, “The shell is so hard.”

Zong Shao quickly finished peeling the crab legs for Rui Rui. Before Lin Wei took him from Mingming and bit half of the crab legs, he peeled them and said, “I’ll peel them, you eat your own.”

After speaking, he handed the peeled crab legs to Rarity, who clearly saw and shouted, “Dad, I want to eat crabs!”

So keep peeling.

When Lin Wei saw it, she said, “Don’t be accustomed to them, let’s talk about it when you’re full.”

“The last one for each person, the rest will be discussed after I finish eating.” Zong Shao turned his head to look at Lin Wei, “By the way, Lao Zhou told me something today.”

Lin Wei chewed the sixty-year-old meat and asked, “What’s the matter?”

“His daughter-in-law has no one to take care of the child after he goes to work. I want to ask if you are willing to help take care of it. She takes care of the three meals by herself, and she can just help watch it in the morning and afternoon. It’s five yuan a month.”

“You promised?”

“No, you only told me yesterday that your job was salacious, but he came to me today and told me that his wife had assigned a job in the hospital. I always felt that something was wrong, so I took it over.”

Although he didn’t think it was Deng Xiangyun who complained, he didn’t know what Lin Wei was thinking, so he didn’t agree immediately. He wanted to come back and explain the situation to Lin Wei first and see what she thought.

Zong Shao said, “If you don’t want to bring trouble, I’ll tell him tomorrow and reject it.”

Lin Wei shook her head and said, “I can bring it, anyway, that kid Xiao Shishi is very sensible, and he plays well with Ming Ruirui, but the money doesn’t matter, I don’t have to worry about Xiao Shi’s three meals a day, just be Ming Ming Ruirui. They have two more long-term playmates.”

She has inquired about the military wives who work in the family area who hire someone to take care of their children, and it costs only five or six yuan a month, and they usually take care of the children’s lunch. Although the tickets are provided by the parents, the money for the food is paid by them, and earning the middle price is just a hard work.

And the military wives who help take care of the children, the most troublesome work every day is to cook, as for other things, they really don’t need to spend much effort.

Children of three or four years old, four or five years old, can basically run and dance. Even if they are a real mother these days, they will not be too restrained by the children. .

The military sister-in-law who helps look after the child needs to pay attention to whether the child is playing dangerous games, whether to go to the water’s edge, and watching when going to the toilet. Therefore, those military wives in the family area who want to earn more money have seven or eight children in the area.

Lin Wei also brought her children like this. Mostly because she had just arrived on the island and her family lived by the sea, she took the children a little closer and basically didn’t let them out of her sight.

But when she is watching the children, she can also do her own things, such as sewing curtains, and farming, without delaying things.

Because it didn’t take much effort, Lin Wei didn’t want to take Deng Xiangyun’s money.

She doesn’t need money, she brings a small stone just to help, and she can feel more at ease when looking after the children. If you take the money, it’s a job.

People always have two sets of standards for those who help and those who work for themselves. Those who help get five points will also be thanked, but those who work for themselves should achieve ten points.

Otherwise, how can there be a social animal in a few decades?

It has become a job, and she will inevitably be at a loss when dealing with small stones later, it is better not to have money, so that the children can get along, she will help and watch, and if they can’t get along, she will break up.

“But three children, will you be too busy then?”

“Tell them if you’re too busy.” If she’s too busy, she must take care of her own children first.

Zong Shao pondered for a moment and said, “Sure, then I will discuss this matter with him tomorrow.”

…

Zong Shao was going to talk to Zhou Jianhai about it tomorrow, but just after dinner, he brought a small stone over, saying that his son wanted to play with the brothers, and his daughter-in-law asked him to come over.

But when the three children played together, Lin Wei also found an excuse to follow, and Zhou Jianhai told Zong Shao the main purpose of his visit: “At dinner, I told my wife about Comrade Lin.”

As soon as Zhou Jianhai started, Zong Shao knew what he was going to say, and said directly: “I also chatted with Weiwei just now, and she already knew what was going on.” He explained the situation concisely.

Zhou Jianhai and Zong Shao belonged to the same battalion. He served as the battalion instructor, and Zong Shao was the deputy battalion commander. He looked up and saw each other every day, and the relationship was deeper than that of ordinary comrades.

He didn’t want this incident to cause misunderstandings and affect his relationship for so many years, so after returning home, he asked his wife what happened in detail, and determined that she really didn’t know the reason, so he came to Zong Shao to explain it clearly.

Now that things have come to an end, Zhou Jianhai is very relieved, but at the same time he is also a little puzzled, and asked in a low voice, “Why is Gao Xiulian suddenly complaining behind your back?”

“I don’t know the old shígG Dujia Dao.” Zong Shao shook his head and said.

Zhou Jianhai asked again, “Does Zhao Feng know about this?”

“I don’t know, I only found out about it at night, and I didn’t meet him today.”

Zong Shao shook his head, looked at Lin Wei who was not far away and piled sand with the three children, and said in a low voice, “I will take the time to mention this to Zhao Feng in the past two days and see how he reacts.”

If Zhao Feng didn’t know about this, then they could still save a bit of face. On the other hand, if Zhao Feng knew about it, he would not be soft-hearted when they met him in the future.

Zhou Jianhai understood what Zong Shao meant, nodded and said, “Let’s ask more clearly, by the way, I told you in the morning, did you mention it to your brother and sister about asking your brother and sister to bring a small stone?”

“I mentioned it, she promised to help watch the little stone.”

Zhou Jianhai asked in surprise: “Really? I just said that my younger brother and sister are very aggressive. Before I came, your sister-in-law was very worried. Please let me not mention this matter, or I am smart…”

Rao is such a calm person as Zong Shao, listening to Zhou Jianhai’s boastful words, he couldn’t help but be speechless, and interrupted him: “Weiwei said, since you take care of the three meals yourself, then it’s Mingming Ruirui and the others. If you get a playmate, the money will be free. But I have to say a word before, Xiao Shishi doesn’t have any special treatment in our family, and when the children are quarreling, Weiwei will not particularly help him.”

“Understood.” Zhou Jianhai didn’t even think about special treatment, he hesitated, “We ask younger siblings to help take care of the children, isn’t it bad not to give money?”

“Accounting for Qian Weiwei will have a burden, and she may not be able to help take care of the child for a long time. If there is a position vacant, she will definitely go to work if it is suitable.” Zong Shao thinks it is better to make it clear.

Zhou Jianhai and Deng Xiangyun didn’t think about how long Lin Wei would be able to help, but they couldn’t find someone they could trust for a while, so they wanted to ask her to help with the transition. After hearing this, they smiled and said, “Understood, Xiangyun and I originally I also want to make more inquiries during this time to see who is more reliable in the family area to help take care of the children, and when the younger siblings go to work, we can still send the children to the family.”

Zhou Jianhai said and laughed again: “I told you, Weiwei Weiwei is quite affectionate?”

Zong Shao snorted and said calmly, “We have a very good relationship.”

Zhou Jianhai: ?

The author says:

Two more at six o’clock in the evening.

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