Chapter 107 Mom is a model worker

 Shipyard, family home.

This is a residential building built in the 1960s, with a uniform style. The red bricks are mottled and the outer skin is falling off. Some entire walls are covered with ivy, and the building number is unclear.

 The night is already dark, and the street lights are shining dimly.

Cong Ju was a little worried. When Santana stopped at the door of the building where she lived, she came back from her complicated thoughts: "Taozi, how did you know that my family lives here?"

“Sister Cong Ju, you are a model worker in the factory. Just ask around and you will find out.” Qin Tao said calmly. He parked the car, carried the things he bought for his children, and strode inside.

Cong Ju's footsteps also became hurried. Her weak body passed Qin Tao and walked in front, thumping upstairs until she reached the fifth floor.

The door lock clicked and opened. Cong Ju took a deep breath, opened the door and walked in.

The light cord was pulled and the light bulb flickered. Cong Ju felt her heart suddenly become sour, and her tears couldn't help falling.

　　Two children have fallen asleep. They are both girls. They should be clean and tidy girls. At this time, their clothes are dirty, their hair is messy, and their faces are like the big painted faces of cats.

The youngest daughter was only four or five years old. At this time, her lower body was kneeling on the ground and her upper body was lying on the sofa. She fell asleep in this position. One of her hands was still holding the unfinished bread and the lower half of her pants. , even still wet, with tears on her face, and in her sleep, she seemed to be mumbling: "Mom, mom!"

The eldest daughter is about eight or nine years old. Her body is lying on the sofa, her head is next to her sister's head. In her hand, she is holding a stack of papers with white walls on the edges. You can tell at a glance that it was peeled off the wall.

"Niuniu!" Cong Ju shouted, then quickly ran over, picked up her little daughter from the ground, and held her in her arms, tears falling heavily on her face.

Zhao Ling, who was walking at the back, had tears in her eyes. She walked forward and looked at her eldest daughter, who was sleeping on the sofa, and what she was holding in her hand. It was a pile of model worker certificates, and then Looking up at the wall behind the sofa, you can see the mottled wall covering. These awards once covered the entire wall, but now, they have been removed by the eldest daughter.

At this time, as if she had a premonition of something, the eldest daughter who was sleeping opened her eyes. When she saw Cong Ju, she was stunned for a moment, and then burst into tears.

“Mom, Mom, you are finally back! We don’t want a certificate, we want a mother, we want a mother!”

Cong Ju held her younger daughter in her hands. Seeing her eldest daughter crying, she wanted to hug her eldest daughter, but she couldn't free her hands.

“Lili, Lili, my mother is a model worker. She has to work more in the factory!”

At this time, Zhao Ling picked up her eldest daughter Lili and said, "My child, don't cry. What you are doing is sacrificing your family for everyone!"

(While writing, I was moved to tears. This is the characteristic of people of that era. However, I wonder if I will be scolded by some people again for ignoring my children at home and running to work hard in factories! To give another example, many book friends may know that the Hero of East China worked as a high school physics teacher for ten years before resigning. At that time, the school had to have evening self-study, and he could not go home until after ten o'clock. A colleague's home When the child was just two or three years old, she locked her at home to go to self-study. When she got home, the child had vomited all over the floor and was already lying on the floor and fell asleep. She also felt uncomfortable, but it was time for self-study. , the child was locked at home again.)

 Qin Tao watched all this.

 Of course he knows everything about Cong Ju’s family.

Originally, Cong Ju had an old man at home to look after the children. However, at the end of the new year, the old man at home died of illness, and the two children were left unattended. It happened that the factory had signed a contract for an export freighter, and the construction schedule was tight. Heavy, so Cong Ju and her husband fought **** the front line, often not leaving the slipway for ten days and a half. Although they bought enough food for the children at home, they also asked the eldest to take care of the second, and there were also dedicated workers in the factory. The person who arranged it was responsible for taking her to school, but after returning home, she still felt uneasy. After all, her eldest daughter was not yet ten years old!

 The two daughters, like Cong Ju, are very thin, which is also caused by long-term malnutrition.

Niuniu also woke up and saw her mother right in front of her. She hugged her mother's neck and never let go.

Qin Tao sighed, walked forward, and took out the iron frog.

“Niuniu, this is a gift from uncle. Lili, this is for you.”

 When the two girls saw the iron frog, they focused on it and finally stopped crying.

Lili turned the key of the iron frog, wound it up, and put it on the ground, but the iron frog did not move.

Qin Tao stretched out his hand and poked it, and the iron frog jumped out.

 “It’s fun, it’s fun.” Niuniu was also attracted and started playing with her iron frog.

Cong Ju looked at Qin Tao with gratitude.

“Here, get some hot water and wash your face.” Qin Tao demonstrated how to play the iron frog, and continued to run to the bathroom in a familiar way, got some water, and put in a towel.

In this era, almost all buildings have the same layout. This is not because Qin Tao has visited here many times.

 The two big painted faces were finally washed clean, and the two girls played with iron frogs and forgot their worries.

"Sister Cong Ju, how about you sleep with your two children tonight? Tomorrow, I will take you all away. Our Mingzhou Shipyard also has a school and a kindergarten for the children of employees. I will say hello and arrange for them to go there. Go inside." Qin Tao said to Cong Ju: "Anyway, if I take you away and leave the two children here, I won't worry."

 “Mom, you want to leave?”

 “Mom, we don’t want you to leave.”

 “Mom, we have to follow you!”

 The two children held the iron frog in one hand and held Cong Ju’s arm in the other.

Cong Ju nodded: "Okay, Tao Zi, I'll trouble you."

 Cong Ju finally agreed!

Bringing the two children together is equivalent to moving the family here. From now on, Cong Ju can stay at the Mingzhou Shipyard safely!

“Then Xiaoling and I will go to the guest house and pick you up tomorrow.”

Hearing that Qin Tao was leaving, the two girls resolutely gave up on their mother and ran to Qin Tao: "Uncle, uncle, don't leave!"

“Uncle, uncle, please stay with us. The house has not been so lively for a long time.”

“Taozi, there are two bedrooms at home. My two children and I sleep in one room. You...”

“Xiao Ling sleeps in the other room and I sleep on the sofa.” Qin Tao said.

Zhao Ling has no objection to Qin Tao's arrangements. Now she is also very maternal and wants to stay with her two children.

Cong Ju went to the kitchen and made a stew with the things Qin Tao brought and the few remaining potatoes in the kitchen. She also made a pot of rice. The two children ate it hungrily and kept praising their mother for her cooking. tasty.

While eating, Qin Tao continued to give hints to the two children: "Uncle will take you to Mingzhou Shipyard tomorrow. You can see your mother every day and eat the food cooked by your mother every day."

 “Really? Great!”

“Uncle, you won’t lie to us, will you?”

“If your mother doesn’t have time, uncle will cook for you. Uncle won’t lie. Come on, pull the hook!”

 (End of this chapter)