1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 407 Liang's Mother Becomes a Detective

I was not fully awake in the morning when I was awakened by a series of knocks on the door.

Although the walls and the thick wooden door of this room were very good, they couldn't withstand such a strong pounding. It was like the beating of a war drum, it was hard not to hear it.

The two of them quickly straightened their clothes, Liang Ziqiang jumped out of bed, opened the door and asked:
"What's wrong? Why are you up so early, Litchi?"

"Go and have a look quickly. Mom is beating Dad. Dad is no match for Mom at all!" Lizhi said anxiously as if she was furious.

Mother beats father? That's a bit strange.

Although my mother is usually not willing to show weakness in front of my father, my father is not so easy to beat. A glare from him is enough to scare my mother so that she dare not do anything rash. Most of the time, he can still beat her.

I don’t know what happened today, why did my mother suddenly become so heroic?
It was impossible to ask Lizhi, so he ran out of the door in three or two steps and saw his mother raising her hand and chasing his father on the open space outside the house. She was pretending to hit him again and again, but unfortunately every time she hit him, she missed.

But my father did not fight back bravely, he just ran away.

While running away, he still guarded the thing in his hand and refused to leave it behind.

At first glance, the red words on the transparent glass bottle are enough to blind you: Erguotou!

Chen Xiangbei, who had followed, wanted to go up and ask for clarification, but when she saw the words on the wine bottle, she also stopped and leaned over to Liang Ziqiang and whispered:
"Did Dad steal wine again?"

Although the words were quiet, Liang's mother heard them and said loudly:

"That's right! This guy with a short memory said early in the morning that he was going up to the second floor to look for a net. I was wondering, you are now out to sea with Ah Qiang's big ship, why are you looking for a fishing net at home during these two days of rest? Then I followed him up the stairs and looked up, and saw that reckless old man was sitting on the floor secretly drinking!"

After hearing his mother's explanation of the whole story, Liang Ziqiang didn't know what to say. He and his wife looked at each other and remained silent.

They hadn't expected that after the second floor was paved, it would have such a wonderful use, becoming a paradise for their father to hide away and drink!
Liang's mother watched as she chased him around again, but still failed to successfully take the bottle from her father's hand. She was so angry that she continued to scold him:
"I was in so much pain in the hospital last time. If it weren't for a kind-hearted person helping me, I might have gotten into trouble. It's only been over a month. Do you want to go to the hospital again? Are the beds in the hospital so comfortable, or are the medicines so delicious? Duobao has a better memory than you!"

Duobao thought it was fun to see the two older kids chasing each other on the ground, so he joined in and ran and fluttered around. When he heard Liang's mother mention his name, he barked twice in time.

"Am I the kind of person who doesn't know what's going on? Have you ever been drunk in all these years?" Father Liang held the wine in his hand tighter and defended himself, "I only drank two sips when I climbed upstairs. Drinking too much is harmful to the body, but drinking two sips is called health preservation!"

As he was talking, he saw his youngest son Liang Zifeng also running over after hearing the news. He felt that with the support of an authority figure, he could still turn the tables, so he quickly grabbed Afeng and said:
"Ah Feng, you are half a doctor now. You said that drinking a sip or two every now and then can invigorate blood circulation and maintain health, right? Tell your mother quickly, so she doesn't go crazy here so early in the morning!"

While saying this, he blinked a few times at Liang Zifeng. Obviously, it didn't matter whether he was a doctor or not. What he wanted was that Liang Zifeng would stand by him and say a few words for him.

"Do you really want to listen to me?" Liang Zifeng went to hold his parents back. Liang Ziqiang also hurried forward to mediate, causing the two of them to stop chasing each other for a while.

"Dad, after I came back from summer vacation, I also heard about your stomachache in the hospital," Liang Zifeng said seriously, "I was just thinking about how to tell you about this. Your stomachache looks like you got acute gastritis because you were hungry, but it's probably not that simple!"

"Why isn't it that simple? I took an injection and the pain stopped. I came back and took the stomach medicine prescribed by the doctor, and the pain didn't continue!" When Liang's father heard that his youngest son's position was not right, he was so anxious that he kept winking at him.

"If your stomach is healthy, you won't necessarily feel that much pain when you're hungry. You must have had stomach problems for a long time, such as chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, etc. You didn't notice this chronic stomach disease when it was not serious, but now that it has occurred once, I advise you to really quit eating it, otherwise no medicine will be of any use. When you suddenly feel severe pain next time, it may have become very serious!" Liang Zifeng advised again solemnly.

"Listen! Did you hear what your son said now?!" Liang's mother took advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly attacked, snatching the half bottle of wine from his hand.

"Dad, listen to Afeng and stop drinking. Not even two or three sips a day!" Liang Ziqiang also advised him at the right time.

"I don't want to drink anymore," Liang's father didn't expect that he would be deserted by his friends and relatives in the blink of an eye, so he had to soften his attitude, "This is the last half bottle, and your mother has taken it away. Where can I get it? There will be no more to drink in the future!"

Liang's father spread his hands, looking helpless. Unexpectedly, Liang's mother didn't believe it at all:

"Just this half bottle? Just make it up! I've looked on the floor, and not finding it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You must have more wine hidden somewhere, otherwise how could you produce one bottle after another?!

Just wait, I won't do anything else today, I will just find you some wine. I will search the house thoroughly, I don't believe I can't find the tail of you, an old fox!"

As Liang's mother was speaking, she suddenly noticed that Liang's father quickly glanced to one side of the open space, then quickly retracted his gaze and pretended to be calm.

"No way, did you hide the wine in..." Liang's mother became suspicious.

On one side of the open space is the old, broken ship that is considered a "family heirloom".

This antique with the words "De Fu" written on it was brought back by the sound of firecrackers and was regarded as a hero and treasure of the family. It has been parked on the side of the old rented house ever since.

Later, the whole family moved to Juzipo and gave up the old rented house. Naturally, they were reluctant to throw away this heirloom known as the "Mazu Messenger", so it was carried to the new house in Juzipo.

Recently, it has been parked on the side of Liang Ziqiang's new house, and the straw shed has been replaced by a plastic shed, which is built above it to protect it from wind and rain.

Liang's mother was skeptical and walked into the old broken boat, then began to peel off the planks in the cabin...

"Well, you old fox, you really know how to hide!" Liang's mother's angry voice came from Laochuan in an instant.

When she came down again, Liang's mother was holding three bottles of Erguotou in her hands!
The air froze for a moment, not just because of the surprise that there were so many bottles of wine hidden under the deck.

This scene reminded Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei of what happened more than a year ago. At that time, Liang Zifeng read books secretly like a thief, not daring to show himself in front of his father, so the books were hidden in various places.

Later, Liang's father, as if assisted by God, accurately lifted the planks of the old broken boat and took out all of Liang Zifeng's books from inside.

Now, the person hiding the truth has become Liang's father himself, and the detective has become Liang's mother.

At this moment, Liang Ziqiang couldn't help but want to yell at his old father: What goes around comes around!
"Didn't you say it was just half a bottle? Look for yourself, what are these? How capable you are! You have the guts to hide so much wine even when you have a stomachache!" Liang's mother was almost laughing out of anger, "It seems I have to check that boat from time to time in the future! You two are really something, you always put all the good stuff under the shabby boat!"

Obviously, this ship will be treated as an important regulatory object in the future. It will be a bit difficult for Liang's father to find a second such ideal "storage" place!
Liang Ziqiang felt that from today on, his father would have to say goodbye to the days of occasionally drinking a few sips of "health wine"...

(End of this chapter)