"Come again, you're so fierce, you don't look like a girl!"
Grandma Tong helped Tie Jun again. Mi Xiaodie pouted and glared at Tie Jun. Tie Jun shrugged his shoulders with an innocent look on his face.
Grandma Tong gave Mi Xiaodie a light slap and continued talking.
"The two families started to quarrel as they talked. The root issue is your mother's background. If she is popular, no matter whether it is the army or the cadre school, they can adopt you sisters.
If it's black, then it's a bastard. Whoever adopts someone is equivalent to carrying a big brand and wearing a big hat.
The more you listened, the more angry you became, and you shouted: "I went to look for these two babies, but I can't find them. I've raised them. I'm a beggar, so I'm not afraid of anything!"
Your words solved the problem between the two families, and no one objected. They each pooled together 20 yuan and 50 kilograms of local food stamps. If you didn't want it, the leader of the army forced it on him.
Youda started taking the three of you around. Someone in a village far away from the cadre school said that he had seen your mother taking you two sisters.
He also said that your mother came from Dawukou Town and went to the cadre school to find her baby.
After hearing this, you went to the cadre school and told the situation. The leader of the cadre school immediately found the list and called all the men to the playground.
They came over to see you two sisters one by one. In the end, no one recognized you. You got anxious again, pulled your neck and started to curse.
'Whoever laid the seed will stand up. If you can make babies, don't raise them. Let a mother-in-law take care of the two babies. Don't act like a naughty thing and ignore human affairs!'
Youda scolded you harshly, and those senior cadres also got angry, and those who were on the frontline followed suit and scolded you back. After a while, youda was kicked out of the cadre school."
"Why? Why doesn't my wife want us?"
Mi Xiaodie cried and shouted, Grandma Tong put down the scissors, hugged Mi Xiaodie, and actually recited a poem.
"Cucumbers are no longer used as vegetables, fallen leaves and rotten trees are useless. Lotuses are old and old, and leeks in June are laughed at."
The meaning of the poem is very clear, but Tie Jun doesn't agree with it very much. The situation must be very complicated. There is only one reason, which is that it affects his official career.
"I know about the Shizuizi Cadre School. There are more than a thousand cadres from various ministries and commissions of the State Council there. They must be aware of it. Maybe there is a mistake."
Liu Shengli went to the Ningxia Construction Corps and also visited the cadre school. Historical data proves that those cadres back then were excellent and no one ever complained.
"I don't want to find such a Da anymore!"
Mi Xiaodie bit her little silver teeth and said harsh words, her fair face covered with flowers.
Tie Jun was careful. Even though it had been more than twenty years, it was actually not as troublesome to find him as it was in the past. He could secretly ask Wan Qiu for help with this matter.
"Grandma, why am I called Xiaodie, and why is my sister called Xiaofeng, not the bee of a bee, but the peak of a mountain peak?"
Seeing that Grandma Tong didn't answer her words, Mi Xiaodie asked about the origin of her and her sister's names.
"You lost your mother when you were three years old. Grandma is half of his mother. He will tell grandma when he has something disturbing. Outside, when he is upset, he will find a place where no one is around to play the trumpet.
That day, he climbed up to the Man's Peak next to the Butterfly Valley, played the trumpet all afternoon, watched the butterflies flying in the valley, and named you Mi Xiaodie.
He passed on the trumpet craftsmanship to Wu Wa Zi, who treated Wu Wa as a boy and stood on Men’s Peak, so the name was of course the peak of the mountain.”
Tie Jun couldn't help but sigh, the old artists really have some crooked talents. Xiaofeng, Xiaolu, Xiaoyu, Xiaodie and Xiaofeng all sound good and have their own characteristics.
After Grandma Tong finished speaking, the fried noodles were served. The aroma of fried spicy chili wafted through, which whetted Tie Jun's appetite. He took the bowl and started eating, completely ignoring Mi Xiaodie's glance.
After dinner, it was getting dark. I looked at the time and saw that it was past 6 o'clock. They didn't dare to delay any longer and said goodbye to Grandma Tong and Ma Sui.
Sui’s mother took out 800 yuan and said it would give the children half a year’s living expenses. Liu Shengli was stunned and said: “Didn’t we agree on 500 yuan!”
"Haha, I sold a set of "The Romance of the West Chamber" and I was given 800. I gave it to my baby. He is growing up and needs to eat something good!"
Grandma Tong smiled like a flower. Tie Jun was ashamed of his initial hesitation. He hugged the old lady and whispered: "Grandma, you are so beautiful!"
"Sao Qing!"
Grandma Tong smiled even happier and touched Tie Jun's face with her little hand.
"Grandma, you don't like me anymore?"
"I like it, of course I do!"
Grandma Tong quickly hugged the coquettish Mi Xiaodie.
After getting in the car, Tie Jun and Mi Xiaodie looked back together. Grandma Tong's petite body gradually became smaller under the door light.
Along the way, the three of them didn't talk much. They were each thinking about their own concerns. It was almost 10 o'clock, and the car finally entered Wangxing Village. Tiejun was hungry again and was simply overwhelmed.
Under the illumination of the headlights, more than twenty households were scattered haphazardly on both sides of the only dirt road. Without exception, they were all half-terracotta houses.
"Get off the car, we can't drive in front!"
Liu Shengli parked the car in the only flat area at the end of the village and looked at a few decent mud houses, which should be the village committee.
"Where will you stay tonight?"
Tie Jun asked Liu Shengli.
"This is the village committee. Each person has a blanket. There is a bed for sister Xiaodie, and we will sleep on the bench!"
Liu Shengli pointed to the dark mud house, Mi Xiaodie giggled, as if Tie Jun had become a busy man.
After dividing the things, the three of them entered the village. Under the moonlight, Tie Jun looked around curiously.
"Little swallows, dressed in floral clothes, come here every spring..."
Turning to the side of the hill, a clear and pleasant voice came. Tie Jun turned his head, and Liu Shengli frowned.
"It's 10 o'clock, why is this child still in the courtyard?"
"Just thinking about it?"
"Um!"
Liu Shengli's pace quickened, and Tie Jun and Mi Xiaodie quickly followed.
"Erda? Is that you?"
Approaching the door, a pair of bright eyes looked over through the low earth wall, and the clear voice was a little trembling.
"Think about it, it's Erda!"
"Erda!"
"Whoop!"
The door opened, and a dark shadow jumped into Liu Shengli's arms.
"What are you shouting for? Damn you, you can't finish the show, don't even want to sleep!"
A woman's roar came from the east room, and Xiang Xiang in Liu Shengli's arms shouted: "Er Da is here!"
"What? Erda? Mother, be good, turn on the light in the house!"
A thick man's voice rang out, and then the lights in the east room turned on, casting dim yellow light. Tie Jun saw clearly and thought about it.
He was wearing a long coat made of sack pieces that hung down to his knees. A pair of red trousers was exposed below his knees. His legs were slim and his white shoes had two patches.
When I think about it, my hair is messy and stuck to my forehead, my face is dark and red, covered with sweat, my eyes are very bright and big, and my mouth is pretty, a small cherry mouth.
"Ah, Chief Liu is here. Look at the commotion. He just left. He still has enough money!"
A pair of dark-colored couples rushed out. The man was picking up his shoes as he spoke, and the woman followed behind, holding a small red windbreaker in her hand. She took it over after thinking about it.
"There are two more leaders, please come in, please!"
Seeing the man's yellow teeth and the smell of dry smoke coming to his nostrils, Tie Jun forced a smile, while Mi Xiaodie remained expressionless.
"Turn on the yard lights!"
Liu Shengli's voice was cold, and Tie Jun knew that the man in front of him was going to be beaten.