Chapter 134 Newspaper
Lin Yue and Xu Xiaodi have been learning to knit sweaters for some time. She has a talent for making clothes and learns quickly. During this period, she often knits sweaters with Xu Xiaodi.
She had knitted a small vest for Little Mushroom a few days ago, and he was wearing it. He was wearing a small white shirt underneath, and with the small vest, he looked like a little gentleman.
Little Mushroom is curious about everything. He was very excited when he saw the ball of yarn. He rolled it around on the ground like a little cat. The ball of yarn rolled to Wang Tingting's feet. Wang Tingting teased him and kicked it back gently.
Wang Tingting started learning to knit sweaters yesterday. Ever since she saw the mushroom-shaped sweater, she insisted on asking Xu Xiaodi to take her as a dumb "apprentice". But she was really dumb and didn't know how to use force. Even a knitting needle as thick as a chopstick could make her palms and wrists red and swollen.
Lin Yue felt sorry for her and advised, "Why don't you stop weaving for a few days and heal the wound on your hand first!"
Wang Tingting shook her head, a streak of red running down her face. "Gu Qingping will be back soon, and I want to knit him a waistcoat. He will definitely... " She realized what she had said and stopped talking.
Xu Xiaodi looked over and wanted to say something but held it back. A novice like Wang Tingting couldn't even weave a complete piece of clothing without practicing for a month or two. At her current rate, she would never be able to weave a waistcoat before Director Gu came back.
As for Lin Yue, there are very few people who can learn as quickly as she does.
Seeing her longing look, Xu Xiaodi knew that she was thinking about her family head Gu, and couldn't help asking: "Then why don't you go home with head Gu? You can also take a leave!"
A trace of sadness flashed across Wang Tingting's face, and she forced a smile and said, "I don't get along with his family."
Xu Xiaodi still didn't understand. When she was about to ask again, Lin Yue pulled her sleeve. Lin Yue winked at her, signaling her not to ask any more questions.
Director Gu's parents and relatives are all in the capital. With him, there are three soldiers in the family, which makes them a well-known family even in the capital. Originally, Director Gu's mother did not like Wang Tingting, thinking that she was not educated enough and her profession was not suitable for taking care of children at home. In fact, the family backgrounds of the two families are quite similar, otherwise the two would not have married.
Seeing the two people being so cautious, Wang Tingting smiled and said, "Hey, what are you doing? It's just a small matter, not a big deal! Let's continue knitting sweaters!"
Then he turned to Lin Yue and said, "Hey, why don't you do the same as me and knit a waistcoat for Zhang Yuandong? It's just right for me to learn the style."
The popular waistcoats are mostly worn by intellectuals. As a child, Director Gu grew up in a family with a Confucian temperament, so he would look good in a waistcoat. However, Zhang Yuandong has strong facial lines and a rough appearance, but he doesn't have the air of a scholar at all. Lin Yue imagined Zhang Yuandong wearing a waistcoat in his mind, and couldn't help laughing. He waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, my son can't wear a waistcoat. I'd better knit him a sweater."
Zhang Yuandong, who was mentioned by several people, was now in the office of Commander Xu, sweating anxiously. He held a sheet of information about the M16 automatic rifle in his hand and read out in broken English: "Oil, curse him to death, no no, no reveal, smack~ ah father, thief, fuck father's legs... (you must follow all of these safety...)"
He originally thought that Master Xu just wanted him to translate, which he could do with some difficulty, but he didn't expect that he would actually ask him to read it aloud, saying that he wanted to hear how this "bird language" was spoken. He also wanted to know how this "bird language" was spoken, why was it so difficult to read!
Commander Xu, Political Commissar Yu, and Chief of Staff Zhang were all in the office. When they saw him pause, they all applauded and praised him for his good reading. Zhang Yuandong only read a short paragraph, and his forehead was full of sweat. He really didn't expect that his poor English would be praised one day.
Teacher Xu knocked on the table and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhang, you have learned English well by yourself. Few of our teachers can speak English. You see, we got the American materials, but no one can understand them, and they are of no use. You have to lead everyone to learn English in the future!"
Zhang Yuandong said weakly: "Master... It's not that I don't want to teach, but I'm only a mediocre person myself, how can I teach others! Besides, the training has been intense recently..."
Political Commissar Yu disagreed: "I think your English is very good! Don't worry if you don't have time, you can use your rest time to study. There is so much time in the evening, you can use it to improve! Young people should learn more!"
After the decision was announced, it was quickly responded to. It wasn't that everyone was so eager to learn, but that they were all very interested in the English language and wanted to join in the fun. In the evening, Lin Yue found that many military officers had come to her house, all gathered around Zhang Yuandong and listened carefully. Zhang Yuandong explained to everyone with full righteousness: "This word is pronounced 'ah', and 'ah' means 'I'. 'You' is pronounced as 'you', and 'he' is 'hey'."
A group of people laughed, "This is easy, just 'Ah and Hey', hahaha!" Lin Yue almost spit out the water in his mouth.
These people continued to make a fuss: "What did 'Dad' say? Read it to me and I'll teach my little bastard a lesson when I get home."
Zhang Yuandong was really not very good at this. He took out an English dictionary, looked it up, and slowly read out: "Fa De'er, my father is Fa De'er."
The children were very excited to see so many people at home. They ran around the house and would occasionally stick their heads out to join in the fun. Seeing how lively they were, Lingling and Wanli also clapped their hands: "Good luck, good luck!"
A group of senior men were delighted when they heard this and responded loudly: "Hey!"
Lin Yue was speechless. These two children had never learned English. They were passively enlightened in such an environment all day long. They could forget about English classes in the future. Even so, Lin Yue couldn't help wanting to laugh. She turned her head away, her face flushed.
When Zhang Yuandong saw Lin Yue like this, he knew that there must be something wrong with what he read, and his face suddenly felt hot.
Lu Zhiguo squinted his eyes at him and asked with a playful smile: "What about 'my wife'? What is 'ah'?"
Zhang Yuandong knew this. He turned to that page, pointed to a word and read: "Wa-fu, daughter-in-law is wife, it is this word, 'Wa-fu'. 'My daughter-in-law' is 'Ah Wa-fu'. Oh, no, it should be 'Ma Ai Wa-fu'."
The crowd burst into laughter: "Oh my god, what is that American language? 'Maa ...
Lin Yue and Zhang Yuandong didn't live together for long. Although she tutored him in English for a while, it was no more than 20 days in total. Zhang Yuandong relied on self-study. He could guess the meaning of many English materials, but he couldn't understand them when it came to daily language. Lin Yue was really worried about this group of people. Letting such a half-baked teacher teach them, who knows what kind of teaching will come out in the future.
After finally sending this group of people away, Zhang Yuandong felt as if he had lost all his strength and felt more tired than training.
He knew that his English was poor. At night, he hugged his wife, buried his head in Lin Yue's shoulder, and said a little embarrassedly: "How about you correct my pronunciation? I can't even listen to what I'm saying. Teacher Xu is really asking me to teach English. Isn't this just asking for trouble?"
Lin Yue laughed, her whole body trembling. Zhang Yuandong was a little worried and squeezed her waist hard. Lin Yue finally stopped laughing, touched her hair soothingly, and coaxed: "Okay, okay, I really didn't mean to laugh at you, I apologize. But I think it's best not to correct your spoken English, it's good like this, I'm afraid you will be taken away for investigation if you speak too well."
Zhang Yuandong tensed up and nodded helplessly. How could he not know this, he just didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his wife.
"But you'd better not teach them at home. These two children are learning things at the fastest rate. I'm afraid they won't be able to change in the future."
Lin Yue's worry was not without reason. Nowadays, people in China attach more and more importance to English. I heard that schools outside the military area start learning English from junior high school. The child is still so young. If he is led astray, it will be difficult to correct it in the future.
The next day, Zhang Yuandong applied to his leader to use the empty room next to Lu Zhiguo's house as a teaching location. Later, it was very lively every night. However, it didn't last long. After the curiosity of the group of officers faded, Zhang Yuandong's teaching classroom gradually became deserted.
When he mentioned this to his teacher, Teacher Xu thought about it for a moment and said, "This is all for the purpose of letting everyone learn more knowledge. It's all voluntary. Since they are not active, we can't force them! If someone asks you for advice in the future, you can teach them. There's no need to force them to learn!"
Zhang Yuandong breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.
Wang Tingting was slow to learn knitting sweaters, but she made up for her shortcomings with diligence. During this period, her eyes were red from working so hard that she finally knitted a sweater that was barely acceptable the day before Gu Qingping came back. However, she was already very satisfied. Knowing that Gu Qingping was coming back, she dressed up the next day and wore her favorite skirt. Anyone who saw her knew how much she was looking forward to her man's return.
But on the night Gu Qingping returned, the two still had a fierce quarrel.
林樾在自己家裏,聽着隔壁的争執聲和桌椅的摩擦聲,心裏很為兩人擔憂,好幾次想出門查看一下情況,最後都忍住了,夫妻之間的事情,很多時候別人是沒法插手的。不過林樾還是一直留意着隔壁的動靜,生怕兩人在氣頭上,再動起手來。
好在兩人争吵了沒多久就慢慢消停了,顧團長第二天還穿上了王婷婷織的那件坎肩。雖然王婷婷手藝不怎麽樣,但顧團長的長相氣度在那裏,穿着倒是不難看。
林樾上午見到王婷婷,發現她沒什麽事,心情也挺好的,心裏算是松了一口氣。
她是真搞不懂這兩人了,說對彼此沒有感情吧,也不是。可兩個人吵架的頻率也太高了,而且兩人似乎一直較着勁,總想着對方為了自己低頭。
她沒有問兩個人昨天吵架的事,人家小兩口這會好着呢,她不去給人家找不痛快。
林樾今天出門早,不光碰到了王婷婷兩口子,還碰到了正要出門的呂志國。
呂志國看到林樾,笑道:“嫂子,還真是巧,我還想着中午去找你呢。”
林樾笑道,“我這幾天經常和你媳婦在一塊,有什麽事讓她和我說一聲就是了,哪用得着你特意去找我了!”
呂志國搓搓手,嘿笑道:“其實也沒啥別的事兒,我媳婦這段時間總饞着想吃海貨,咱這裏又買不到啥新鮮的海産品。這不是聽說你家有幹貨,就想跟你買點嘛!我媳婦她、她害羞,怕你覺得她太饞了,不好意思和你開這個口!”
“嗨,我還當什麽呢,就這個呀,這有什麽不好意思的,誰懷孕的時候還不是這麽過來的呢!我老家那邊上次寄來的倒是還有一些。你等着,我先去給你拿!”林樾一轉身,就看到王婷婷羨慕又失落的樣子,心裏隐隐明白了些什麽。不過當着呂志國的面,她沒有多說,打個招呼就又進了屋裏。
她從屋裏拿了兩個牛皮紙袋,裏面一個裝着五六只大蝦,一個是鱿魚絲。她把紙袋遞給呂志國,笑着說:“我家剩的也不多了,不過我前段時間收到老家那邊的來信,說是又寄了郵件過來,算算日子再過幾天應該就能到了。這些你先拿去,如果還想要,過幾天包裹到了我再給你拿!”
她說的不是假話,她的确是剛收到老家的信,上次林樾往老家寄了不少東西,那邊這個月又寫信過來說給她寄了包裹,因為是平郵,所以要比信到的晚上很多。不過裏面大概率是沒有海鮮的,倒是雙胞胎兩兄弟在信裏特意囑咐了一下,說給她寄的鹹雞蛋,讓她郵件到了早點去取。
呂志國接過牛皮紙袋,臉上挂上了笑容,高聲囑咐林樾道:“嫂子,你先等我一會,我回家拿錢給你!”
林樾叫不住他,只能在原地等着。沒多久,呂志國就從家裏出來了,他手裏拿着兩塊錢和一張魚票,對林樾說:“嫂子,我這也沒有海鮮用的票證,就給你魚票吧!”
林樾從他手裏抽出魚票,笑道:“咱這裏又沒有海味,你給我海味票我也沒地花去,正好我要去菜市場買魚,有這張魚票就行了,本來這點東西也花不了幾個錢!”
呂志國還有些不好意思,不過想到兩家常來常往,就點頭笑着應了,“那行,你們家兩個孩子愛喝那個奶茶,正好我家裏還有不少茶葉,都是自家炒的,今晚t上我給你送去!”
林樾沒推辭,笑着點頭應了。
她說家裏的幹貨不多了是真的,林樾從菜市場回來,又去了空間。
軍區位于內陸城市,買不到新鮮的海産品,這邊的人缺典還是挺嚴重的,林樾就不止一次看到附近村裏的農民有患大脖子病的。好在她空間裏有片海,經常會把大蝦、鱿魚這些東西做成幹貨給孩子當零嘴吃。
當然,以林樾的趕海技術,她也不可能自己抓到這麽多海貨,好在她對空間裏的生物有絕對的控制權,能夠操縱它們自己游到岸邊的地籠裏。不過每次都要消耗她不少的精力,空間還會關閉一會。
她過段日子還打算給老家寄一些東西過去,雖然小田村靠海近,但有些海鮮也不是随便就能吃到的,她這次打算多做一點幹蝦和鱿魚絲、小魚幹這些東西,就拿了一個大地籠,放到礁石灘邊的一個深水區。
她倒是不怕海裏的資源不夠,本身她空間裏的流速就快,而且六十年代大海的資源本身就非常豐富,她當時可是收了不少進空間裏面了。
她想了想,停止了手裏的動作,先去山上逮了只兔子才又回到海邊,沒多久,她就不出意外的被彈出了空間。
林樾這會感覺有些脫力,她手裏提着的肥兔子還在一個勁兒的蹦跶,兔子出了空間,可不會再受到她的影響,林樾一個沒拿穩,差點脫手讓兔子跑了。
她趕緊找了個大竹籃,把這只兔子倒扣在竹籃裏,上面壓上一個凳子防止它逃脫。
兩個孩子中午回來,看到小蘑菇正在逗弄一只肥胖的大灰兔子,兩個人歡呼一聲,把大兔子從竹籃裏抱了出來,高興地左摸摸右摸摸。
這只兔子原本是為了給孩子們改善夥食的,她這段時間很少做肉菜,兩個孩子都問過好幾次了。林樾見兩人這麽喜歡這只兔子,心想,完了,今晚上的兔子肉泡湯了。
沒想到的是,兩個孩子稀罕完兔子,一臉期待的對林樾說:“娘,今晚上就吃這只兔子嗎?我們能做那個大盤的鮮鮮兔嗎?”
兩人說的是鮮鍋兔,林樾在老家的時候經常做給他們吃。她爽快的答應了,本來這只兔子就是給孩子們改善夥食的,至于她和張遠東,晚上偶爾還能到空間裏吃個夜宵。
兩個孩子歡呼一聲,顧不上吃飯,推着他們爹去處理兔子去了。
65年的冬天來得特別早,十一月初立冬後,溫度一下子降了好幾度。軍區所在的城市和老家氣候不同,天冷的非常快,林樾前幾天剛給每個人都織了一件毛衣,這會已經開始要穿棉褲了。
兩個孩子長得快,一件衣服往往穿一個季度就小了,林樾上次買的布料多,她給幾個孩子做衣服的時候特意往大了做,褲腳都存了不少的布。等到了明年,把褲腳放下來,在裏面重新填上棉花,就可以繼續穿了。孩子正在長個的時候,這時候的人都是這麽做衣服,不管春夏秋冬,都能看到不少孩子的衣袖或者褲腿有一節顏色特別深。
林樾家四個孩子,做冬天的衣服是個大工程,好在部隊裏今年衣服全都換了新的款式,張遠東的衣服倒是不急着做。
張遠東中午回來的時候,面色有些凝重。林樾以為出了什麽大事,就見他遞過來一張報紙。
林樾心裏有了個不好的預感,拿起報紙翻了翻,從頭版欄裏看到了一篇點評歷史劇的文章。林樾的慣性思維讓她以為這不過是一篇影評,但放到頭版發表,肯定有不一樣的意義。她通篇讀下來,越讀越心驚。
林樾沒想到一個歷史劇,能和重要會議聯系起來。她不是很懂政治這些東西,但也能明顯看出裏面的問題。
她擡頭看向張遠東,張遠東點點頭,“這篇文章最早是在海市發表的,開始還有人辯論,不過現在已經是風向标了,各大報刊都轉載了。”
林樾沉默了一下,她對這段歷史了解的并不多,只有課本上的寥寥數語,沒想到這麽早就已經有苗頭了。
“我們今天把家裏的東西收拾一下吧,兩個孩子的小人書、志怪故事,還有家裏所有帶有裝飾、比較出格的東西全都收起來吧,這段時間都別看了。”林樾一邊思索,一邊開口,“還有得提醒兩個孩子,以後在外說話也要注意了,小心一點沒壞處。”
張遠東見她表情凝重,心裏也不由地更添了幾分沉重。不過兩人并沒有因為這事糾結多久,畢竟他們只是普通小市民,他們左右不了什麽,現在想太多也沒用。
林樾手裏還拿着針線,暗道幸虧知道的早,幾個孩子的衣服也不能做得太出格,她不是很了解這段歷史,不過上輩子看過幾部相關的電影,知道這段時間最好是什麽風頭都不要出。
這件事情發酵的很快,林樾現在天天都要盯着報紙看。天氣越來越涼,她卻一直非常燥熱,心裏總是有種緊迫感。就算張遠東托部隊裏出去采購的戰友買回了洋爐子和煤炭,她也沒感覺多少雀躍。
不過幾個孩子倒是很高興,尤其是淩淩和萬裏,他們幼稚園裏已經生起了洋爐子,老師每天都會安排不同的人生爐子,不過那都是大孩子的事情,像他倆這麽小的孩子老師是不敢用的。
現在好了,家裏也有了洋爐子,淩淩和萬裏和他娘争取了生爐子的工作,林樾想到她一般都會在家裏,就答應了。
洋爐子的煙道非常長,還有拐角,張遠東怕引起火,避開了床的位置,把洋爐子就安在了卧室裏面,他在窗戶上開了個洞,用來插煙囪。
小思思已經到了可以滿地亂爬的月份,不過身上穿得臃腫,很影響她的發揮。屋裏添置了新的家具,對她來說是很好奇的事情,她爬到床邊,伸着手想要去摸那個長長的煙囪。林樾看到了,趕緊把孩子抱了起來,心想以後可得看好了她,不然被爐子燙到了可不是好玩的。
她叮囑幾個孩子一定不能在卧室裏追逐打鬧,也盡量不要靠近爐子,免得被燙傷。淩淩和萬裏已經懂事了,他們知道輕重,倒是不用多擔心。小思思年齡小,只要照看好了就沒事,最需要注意的就是小蘑菇了,他現在正是到處亂竄的年齡,還喜歡找個小角落藏着,一個不留神就會找不到他。
林樾怕他太過好奇,不僅仔細叮囑了好幾遍,還讓淩淩和萬裏多留意着他,發現他去動爐子,就打他手心。
接下來的幾天,小蘑菇被打了很多次手心,開始還會噙着眼淚可憐巴巴的找林樾告狀,後來見他娘也不站在他這邊,終于死心了,再也不敢去随便動爐子和煙囪了。
冬天裏天冷,即使有爐子家裏依然非常冷,林樾非常懷念在農村的時候,冬天裏只需要往竈裏添上一把火,整個房間都會暖和起來。她把以前的被子拆了,裏面換上了新的棉花,這樣好歹能暖和一些。
淩淩和萬裏剛适應了自己睡覺,結果冬天到了,他們又回到了爹娘的大床上。林樾卧室的床是一米八寬的,睡一家六口還真的是很擠。張遠東從兩個孩子那屋搬過來一張小床,和大床拼接到一起,這才夠睡。
淩淩和萬裏生日這天,林樾和張遠東都沒有請別的客人,倒是兩個孩子的朋友們來了不少。淩淩好幾天前就纏着林樾,想要在生日那天喝奶茶、吃蛋糕。林樾拗不過她,一大早就起床給孩子們做了。
兩個孩子之前就告訴她,今天來的朋友會很多,林樾為了方便小孩子們拿,特意用牛皮紙折了很多小籃子形狀的紙杯,把蛋糕做成了紙杯蛋糕。因為沒有食用色素,林樾從空間裏摘了不少草莓,做成草莓醬抹到上面,倒是也挺好看的。
大院裏的孩子不至于沒吃過雞蛋糕這種東西,不過上面抹了奶油和甜甜醬的雞蛋糕他們還從來沒有吃過。小孩子尤其愛漂亮,他們第一次看到這樣又好看又好吃的小蛋糕,都很不舍得吃,一直到林樾說她還做了不少,才珍惜的吃到嘴裏。有小蛋糕和奶茶,孩子們吃得非常滿足t,至于林樾做的滿桌子飯菜,也不是那麽吸引人了。
家裏熱鬧,林樾沒有關門,小孩子們叽叽喳喳的說話聲能傳出去很遠,幸虧這是吃飯的時間,不怕影響別人休息。
林樾看到外面有人一直停在門口,她出門去看,卻見章健躲在門後,偷偷的往屋裏張望。他沒想到林樾會突然出來,吓得渾身一抖,就要逃跑。林樾一下子把這孩子抓住,笑道:“你跑什麽?想要找淩淩和萬裏嗎?怎麽不進去?”
章健低着頭,硬氣的說:“我為什麽要進去,他們又沒有邀請我。”
林樾失笑,她不好給兩個孩子做決定,就對他說:“那你在這裏等我一會,我進去問問他們,還給你拿雞蛋糕吃,好不好?”
章健倔強的昂着頭,只小幅度的點了點,林樾覺得好笑,并沒有和一個孩子生氣,進屋去叫淩淩和萬裏了。
等他們從屋裏出來,章健已經沒了蹤影。淩淩非常眼尖的看到他藏在樓道口後面,大聲叫:“章健,你給我回來!”
章健一聽到淩淩叫他,“嗖”的一聲就跑了。淩淩擡腳就往那追去,速度快得像是一陣風。
林樾問萬裏:“他們兩個還是那麽不對付嗎?我怎麽覺得他們關系好像好了一點?”
萬裏低頭吃着手裏的小蛋糕,抽空回他娘道:“嗯,還行吧,章健沒有以前那麽愛欺負人了,不過他就喜歡和淩淩對着幹。”
林樾失笑,突然又想到今天兩個孩子過生日,劉二丫竟然沒有來,她趁淩淩這會還沒回來,抓緊時間問:“今天怎麽沒看到劉二丫?她最近和淩淩關系怎麽樣了?”
萬裏一聽他娘終于問到了這個,立馬來了精神,他朝他娘招了招手,附在林樾耳朵邊小聲說:“報告首長,淩淩和二丫不一起玩了!”
林樾還挺驚訝的,她上次問到這件事,萬裏還說淩淩經常去找二丫,沒想到一段時間沒關注,兩人竟然已經不一起玩了。
“這是什麽時候的事呀?”
萬裏想了想,說:“好像是上周吧,本來淩淩還經常去找二丫玩的,隔了一段時間,二丫就不願意和淩淩玩了,我還見過她倆吵架了,吵得可兇了,淩淩還和我說二丫以後再也不是她的好朋友了。”
林樾了然的點點頭,二丫和淩淩一起玩本來就是為了她那些好吃的,淩淩手上沒了零食,二丫在家裏還要經常幹活,自然就不願意費時間和淩淩周旋了。
她其實挺不喜歡二丫這個小姑娘的,這麽小的年齡就這麽喜歡算計,哪怕情有可原,她也喜歡不起來。
說話的功夫,淩淩已經拽着章健的胳膊回來了。她把章健往屋裏一推,叉腰道:“我是那麽小氣的人嗎?快進去吧!”
林樾笑笑,牽着萬裏的手也進了門。
兩個孩子的生日過得很開心,還收到了不少禮物,林樾看了看,都是些生日明信片和小玩具之類的,沒有什麽值錢的東西,才放下心來。不過她沒想到,章健看起來別別扭扭的,竟然也送了禮物,是一個紗布袋,用小碎布縫成四四方方的形狀,裏面填滿沙子,玩法和雞毛毽子一樣。
林樾和張遠東也給兩個孩子準備了禮物,是由林樾畫圖,張遠東制作的兩輛用木頭做的小推車。張遠東自然沒有那麽大的本事,能在沒有工具的情況下做出小推車來,他是拿着去了部隊裏的家具工廠,熬了幾天夜才做出來的。
林樾畫的這個小推車不是在農村用的那種手推車,而是有點類似于輪椅,兩個孩子坐在上面,後面有個把手,可以讓人在後面推,兩個孩子的腳也可以踩到地,用點力氣就可以在地面上滑行。
這畢竟是他們人生當中的第一輛車,雖然做工簡單,也沒有什麽太過新奇之處,兩個孩子還是喜歡得不行,第二天一早,張遠東還沒起床,淩淩和萬裏就睡不着了,把還在被窩裏的張遠東鬧了起來,非要他現在就把兩個小推車拿下樓。
張遠東無奈起身,等着兩個孩子自己套上厚厚的衣服,一只手提着一個小推車下了樓。
張遠東早晨沒有去跑步,他怕兩個孩子磕碰到,就一直守在樓下。等林樾做好了早飯,從廚房裏探頭叫他們上來吃飯,發現樓下已經圍了不少孩子,他們眼饞的看着兩兄妹的小推車,父母叫回家吃飯都顧不上了。
淩淩和萬裏顯擺夠了,才終于和他們爹一起上了樓。但是要去幼稚園的時候卻鬧着非要坐小推車去。林樾和他們商量了半天也沒有效果,想到去幼稚園的這條路一直都是水泥路,只好勉強答應了,但是還是警告:“小車車是你們自己的,你們要自己保護它。如果弄壞了,你們要自己負責,能做到嗎?”
兩兄妹趕緊點頭,生怕晚了一秒鐘林樾就會反悔。
到了傍晚,淩淩和萬裏一直都沒有回來,平時張遠東如果下班早,會順道去接他們放學,但是今天三人都沒有回來。林樾在家裏等得着急,就抱起思思,領着小蘑菇,一拖二的出了門。
她一直快要走到幼稚園了,才在一條小道上看到這父子三人。兩個小推車都倒在地上,淩淩是個很少哭的孩子,此刻卻一直在抹眼淚,而萬裏低着頭,也是一副無精打采的樣子。
和他們站在一處的還有孫秀麗和她的兩個雙胞胎兒子,她把兩個孩子藏在身後,正和張遠東說着什麽,看起來義正言辭的。張遠東皺着眉頭,一臉的不耐煩。
林樾一邊往他們那邊走,一邊也把孫秀麗的話聽了個七七八八。毫不意外的,是幾個孩子因為小推車出現了矛盾。
林樾走過去,皮笑肉不笑的叫了句:“孫嬸子,這是怎麽了,怎麽那麽大火氣?”
孫秀麗被人打斷,心裏很不痛快,尤其是她聽到那聲“孫嬸子”,臉都黑了。她一聽就知道來人是林樾,猛地回頭瞪過去。
Lin Yue pretended to be shocked, patted his chest and said, "Auntie, what are you doing? Did I do something wrong?"
Sun Xiuli was so angry that her chest heaved up and down. She ignored Lin Yue and said, "Anyway, this has nothing to do with my son!" Then she was about to leave with her two children.
The twins hid behind Sun Xiuli, and one of them stuck out his tongue and made faces at Lingling and Wanli. Lingling saw this and cried even louder.
Lin Yue quickly blocked Sun Xiuli's way and frowned, saying, "Auntie, it's not good for you to leave like this. My child is crying so hard, how can you just leave like that? We should at least make things clear, right?"
"What is there to say? It was your two kids who were blocking the road. Our Maomao and Fengfeng were having a fuss and accidentally knocked down your car. I've already told you that the kids didn't mean it. You're adults now, do you still have to argue with them?" Sun Xiuli loves her twins so much that she becomes particularly irritable when it comes to matters involving her two children.
"No, mother, they wanted to steal our car, and we refused. So they deliberately put stones on the road and pushed our car from behind, pushing us onto the stones. Then the car flipped over, and my arm was injured." Lingling still had tears on her face, and she raised her arm to show Lin Yue.
Lin Yue was angry inside, but he said with a fake smile: "Your two children are quite smart. They knew to put stones on the road so that the car would easily flip over. It seems that they do this kind of thing frequently!"
Sun Xiuli scolded, "Don't accuse me. My son would never do such a thing. It sounds like your girl is making up stories to slander my son!"
Zhang Yuandong said calmly, "Since it doesn't make sense, then let's not talk about it. I'll go to your house tonight to visit Mr. Zhou and learn some parenting tips from him."
"You, don't use this to threaten me! If you say my child pushed you down, you have to produce evidence. Otherwise, how can you conclude that it was us based on your child's words?"
Lin Yue smiled and said, "Don't worry, auntie. If there is anything, we can talk about it slowly. You are right. We can't just listen to our child's one-sided words. We have to ask your two children as well."
As she spoke, she looked at the two brothers and said, "Alas, Lingling and Wanli also did something wrong. If you had played together from the beginning, this wouldn't have happened, right?"
Sun Xiuli thought that Lin Yue was afraid of her identity, and her frown relaxed a little. The two twins looked at each other, not knowing what Lin Yue meant, and neither of them said a word.
Lin Yue continued, "But you two are really smart. They didn't know that the car would fall down when it hit a rock. How did you know that? You must be well-informed and have seen such cars before, right?"
Zhou Zhenmao couldn't help but say, "What's the point of your car? Chacha has a real bicycle that's much more fun than this one, and it has three wheels. But I can still make him fall flat on his face with the stone I just threw, and he won't even know how he fell!"
Lin Yue smiled, stood up and shrugged at Sun Xiuli.
Sun Xiuli didn't expect that she could get the truth out of her with just two sentences. Her two sons usually seemed very smart, so how could they be so stupid now!
Lin Yue said calmly: "Now that your child has admitted it, can you apologize?"
Sun Xiuli wanted to argue something, but she heard Lin Yue continue to ask: "Check, oh, is it the child of Teacher Zhou's eldest son?"
Sun Xiuli's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't say anything. She slapped the two children on the back and said angrily, "You caused this trouble yourself, so go and apologize!"
Seeing that their mother was really angry, the twins immediately became obedient, lowered their heads and whispered "I'm sorry."
Lin Yue put one hand behind his ear and asked loudly, "What are you talking about? Why can't I hear you?"
Seeing that their mother was about to get angry again, the two brothers quickly said loudly, "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have pushed your car over. We were wrong!"
Lin Yue nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile: "Well, that's quite a good way to put it!"
Sun Xiuli glared at Lin Yue fiercely and said, "Then can we leave now?"
"Who said you can leave? Both of my children are injured. You don't think that just asking them to apologize will be enough, do you?"
The person who spoke was Zhang Yuandong. Sun Xiuli looked at Lin Yue angrily, "You don't keep your word?"
"Auntie, please don't wrongly accuse me. I didn't say anything about this in the first place. I just apologized and that was it! My child is injured, we have to go to the hospital, right?"