It’s 7 o’clock in the morning on the 24th of the first lunar month.
Zhou Wenzhong opened the bedroom door and walked out. The four people sitting at the dining table in the main room were shocked when they heard a noise coming from the bedroom.
"Bah, bah...bah..."
Zhou Wenzhong spit into the soup pot a few times, pulled out a stool and sat down, picked up Zhou Deming's cigarette from the table, lit one, and stuffed the whole pack into his cotton-padded jacket.
"Phew...eat! You're welcome, it's almost Chinese New Year! I'll give you some salt and pepper."
The 4 people looked at me and I looked at you, they dared to be angry but dared not speak. In the end, they all focused on Zhou Deming.
"I'm telling you! Don't think you can be lawless in this family! You..."
"You are speculating, hoarding gold, and sabotaging the state's unified purchasing and marketing. Do you want me to go to your unit and talk to your leader about your problems?"
When Zhou Deming heard this, he immediately slumped on the stool like a deflated balloon and stopped talking. It was this sentence again! He would say this sentence over and over again in the past few days!
Zhou Wenzhong pulled the soup pot on the dining table to himself and took out a spoonful of soup with a spoon.
"Suck...suck...it's not bad! Cornmeal mixed with sorghum flour is a serious food. Suck...well, my cotton-padded jacket is already in disrepair. Do you have any good suggestions?"
"mom."
Zhou Wenxiu gently pulled Ma Guihong's sleeves and pushed her lips towards the soup pot.
"You're not talking anymore? Do you regard me, Zhou Wenzhong, as your class enemy? Bang!"
Zhou Wenzhong slapped the table hard.
"explain!"
"You took away all the cloth tickets at home, how do you want me to find a solution for you?"
"Eh? Lao Zhou, don't hide when you encounter difficulties, let alone be afraid. I find that some comrades nowadays, when they encounter some difficulties, always want to go around and hide away! Is this the attitude that should be used to solve problems?
You can also think of a solution from another angle! You have to believe in your own abilities. You have been working in a department store for so many years. I believe you will have a solution. I want to see a brand new one when I get off work tonight at the latest.
Cotton coat, cotton trousers and cotton shoes, I wear size 41 cotton shoes. Also, I have a small request, there can’t be a single pleat on the cotton coat.”
"What the hell..."
"A fold is a piece of evidence. I believe you, Zhou Deming, can pick it out clearly."
Zhou Deming stood up angrily, walked out of the main room and ran away without leaving a word!
"dad!"
"Dad! Wait for me."
"Stand there."
Zhou Wenxin stood there holding his satchel, and Zhou Wenzhong stretched out his right hand.
"Take out the homework you wrote yesterday and let me check it for you."
After hearing this, Zhou Wenxin did not dare to resist at all. He opened his school bag, took out his writing book and handed it over.
After Zhou Wenzhong took it, he placed the writing book in front of Zhou Wenxiu.
"If you don't tear up his homework, I will tear up your homework from yesterday for 3 seconds."
Zhou Wenxiu's expression changed, she quickly picked up Zhou Wenxin's homework and tore it into pieces without any hesitation.
Zhou Wenzhong looked at Ma Guihong and said: "This is the punishment for not washing my sheets. Can you guess what the punishment will be next time? Let's play a little game when you are bored! I like playing games with others the most.
Got it!"
"Hahahaha...burp..."
Zhou Wenzhong burped, pulled the basket on the table, pressed the cloth on it with both hands and turned it upside down, poured the four cornmeal dough balls in the basket onto the basket cloth, tied a knot, lifted it up and left.
I'm still crying about poverty, cornmeal is a fine grain!
"Ah! It hurts, it hurts!"
"I'm sorry, I just stepped on it on purpose. Haha..."
Zhou Wenxin, who was squatting on the ground picking up scraps of paper, covered his right hand and looked at Zhou Wenzhong with tears in his eyes.
"He~ Bah!" A mouthful of phlegm spat on Zhou Wenxin's face.
"Last time, didn't you ask me to find a way to repay the madman's money? I didn't want them to help me. You said it the other time, saying that my strength would increase in the future, and I would earn more for my family in the future.
More money. You are right, my strength has increased, so it will hurt more to hit you!"
Zhou Wenzhong turned around and shook his head at the three people and said: "I know you hate me, and I hate you even more from the bottom of my heart. I, Zhou Wenzhong, am a bastard, and you are not a good person either. We are all stinky shit! You guys Just pray that I die in front of you. What a coward! A coward who only curses in his heart! I follow a fixed route to and from get off work every day, so if you can, find a way to kill me! Hiccup..."
Zhou Wenzhong stepped out of the threshold of the main room with satisfaction and walked out, silently saying in his heart: "Sign in."
[Ding! The sign-in is successful, and you will be rewarded with 2 cornmeal pancakes today, which are now stored in the storage space and can be taken out at any time.]
"Yes, today is a great harvest!"
"Wen Zhong is going to work?"
"It's aunt, I'm going to work. Have you eaten?"
"Do you want to eat in the morning? I don't have a job."
"Hey, you didn't say anything earlier. If I had known better, I would have left that steamed bun to you for next time. I won't talk to you for now. I'm in a hurry to go to the Erliang Station. I can't even open the pot at home, so I need to make some money.
Subsidy to support the family. You are busy."
"Eh, eh, okay."
I just finished sending away one neighbor, and there will be another one soon.
"Xiao Zhou, did you go to work so early?"
"Well, it's Aunt Li. I can't do it without going to work. There are a lot of people in my family. Even though I have divided the family, I still have to earn some money to supplement the family. After all, my younger brothers and sisters are still in school."
"You kid really have nothing to say! Didn't aunt tell you that since the family is divided, you should save your salary so that you can find a wife in the future? You have to be careful and wait until aunt tells you about a beautiful wife in two years."
"Eh! Now that I've talked about it, what else can I say? I have to listen to you! I'll start saving money from today. When I save enough money, I'll pay you a visit.
I have to ask you to run errands for me. I dare not say more, but at least one pair of leather shoes is enough! I have kept this in mind! I'm leaving first, Aunt Li. You are busy."
"Hmm~Okay, okay."
Aunt Li looked at Zhou Wenzhong's retreating figure, nodded silently, and sighed at the same time: "What a filial child. Oh, what a pity."
I just took two steps and passed by the Zhou family's main room when I spat over it.
"Bah! I have never seen such a father and mother in all my life. It is really embarrassing to the people in the courtyard, what the hell! Humph!"
Aunt Li curled her lips and left.
The Zhou brothers and sisters in the hall looked through the crack in the door, then turned to look at Ma Guihong.
"Mom, there is no one in the courtyard."
"Go to school. Remember to go home for lunch."
"Eh."
Zhou Wenxin said with a slumped face: "Mom, I guess I won't be able to come back at noon. I have torn up my homework, so I will probably have to stay in school to do my homework at noon."
"If you don't come back, don't come back."
"Mom, I'm hungry."
Ma Guihong sighed, took out 2 cents from her waist and handed it to Zhou Wenxin.
"At noon, let's find your classmates for a steamed bun to eat."
"Hey, Mom, I'm leaving."
"let's go."
The Zhou brothers and sisters gently opened the door of the main room, turned around and ran out of the courtyard quickly. Since the last time they separated, the two of them have been in this situation. Even when walking in the alley, they are inevitably pointed at by passers-by.
Ma Guihong in the main room couldn't bear it anymore. She knelt on the ground, slapped the ground with her hands, and shouted in a mournful voice: "When will this day end! This god damned my eldest son."
Where is it! Give me your son back! God should strike this monster to death with thunder! He is not my son~~"
Yan Bugui heard the cry from the opposite door at home and gently put down the bowl.
"I've finished eating. I'll go to school to prepare lessons first."
"Okay, Lao Yan, the commotion across the street has started again. How many days has it been? There is no peaceful time."
Yan Bugui looked at the children, and finally said to his wife Yang Ruihua: "Don't interfere with the other party's affairs, and stay away from that boy Zhou Wenzhong, he has a dark heart."
"Can't? I think that guy Zhou Wenzhong is quite polite."
"Haha~ What can a brain like yours understand? You have short hair and short knowledge."
Yan Bugui just took two steps, turned around and stared at Yan Jiefang and asked: "Second brother, what is the idiom to describe a person who speaks politely but secretly has a dark heart?"
Yan Jiefang, who was in the first grade of junior high school, looked downcast.
"Oh~ cruel and ruthless!"
"You should give back all the knowledge your teacher taught you!"
"Old Yan, what are you causing trouble so early in the morning? I've been here asking questions while my son is having a meal."
"Remember! It's called the sweet-mouthed sword!"
"Oh, I got it, Dad."
"Look at the children you gave birth to, none of them look like mine!"
Yan Bugui sighed after leaving these words, picked up his lesson plan bag and left.
"What are you talking about! Fortunately, you are still a teacher. Don't talk to your dad and eat!"
Yang Ruihua was waiting for the children to eat in the house, but Zhou Wenzhong was stopped on the street.
The reason is actually simple. The main road was blocked by the militiamen and was temporarily not allowed to pass. Even the tram was forced to stop. People on the bus also got off one after another, and men, women, old and young crowded shoulder to shoulder at the intersection of the main road.
This situation was rare after liberation. Zhou Wenzhong took advantage of his short stature and slimmer body to get in front of the crowd.