The Eldest Sister is Like a Stepmother [60’s]

Librarian: “I’m looking for this. This kind of door is very partial and hard to find. It will take some time. Can you see it?”

Lin Yiyi: “Yes, thank you.”

Unpopular and unpopular books like this are stored in abandoned warehouses because no one buys them. After all, books are consumables and are not cheap. In the minds of people in this era, buying such books is better than buying meat. , so the librarian searched for two hours before finding it, “Look, is this book ok?”

Lin Yiyi took a look and saw that the book is quite thick, and there are many recipes for various dishes, including radish and wax gourd, especially the cooking of pickled radish and pickled wax gourd, which surprised Lin Yiyi, because… this It’s so simple. After paying the money, Lin Yiyi took the fifth brother Lin and went home happily. When he got home, Lin Yiyi started.

It’s almost late September, the temperature is about 15-20 degrees, it’s not very hot, so things are not so easy to break. However, the shelf life is not long, unless it is relatively salty, but food like pickled winter melon, it doesn’t matter if it is salty, because when you want to eat it, you can soak it in cold water, so that the taste will be lighter. . Even the brine that has been soaked can be used for cooking, such as baked potatoes and the like, with the smell of stinky winter melon, which is very fragrant. Pickled winter melon, also known as stinky winter melon.

2 catties of wax gourd Lin Yiyi is all marinated, and the wax gourd is cooked and then marinated. After that, I started to make pickled radishes. The pickled radishes were very simple, first peeled and sliced, then boiled in boiling water, and finally marinated, with two tablespoons of rice vinegar, two tablespoons of sugar, seven tablespoons of soy sauce, seven tablespoons of cold boiled water, a pound of radish Billy , The taste of the sauce can also be adjusted by yourself. Pickled like this, you can eat it in a day. It’s a pity that there is no refrigerator in this era, otherwise it will taste better after being frozen in the refrigerator.

Lin Yiyi doesn’t know how to cook, but after making pickled winter melon and pickled radish today, she realized her interest in cooking. In other words, the joy of cooking for someone you like.

Three days later, in the early hours of Saturday morning, Lin Yiyi went to look for Brother Wang. Xiao Yu went with her holding fifth brother Lin and carrying a basket on his back. When he arrived at Brother Wang’s door, Xiao Yu gave the basket to Lin Yiyi, but Xiao Yu did not enter. Brother Wang’s house. The reason why I chose the early morning is because the mung bean sprouts themselves are not easy to put away, so take them in the early morning, and you can take the shot until dawn.

Seeing Lin Yiyi coming, Brother Wang immediately asked, “Have mung bean sprouts?”

Lin Yiyi said: “In addition to mung bean sprouts, there is another dish, which is cooked food. I would like to invite Brother Wang to try it to see if there is any business.”

Brother Wang was curious: “What dish?”

Lin Yiyi first took out 20 catties of mung bean sprouts, which were tender and tender. Brother Wang looked at it as if he saw money. Then Lin Yiyi took out another lunch box, and he opened it: “Brother Wang, try it.”

Brother Wang: “Is this a pickled radish?” He asked her girls to bring chopsticks and clipped them, “It’s cool, so crisp and refreshing.”

Lin Yiyi said: “I put it in the well water for a while, so it’s cool. In winter, I don’t need to put it in the well water. Will this radish’s Fangzi Wang collect it?”

Brother Wang was taken aback: “Are you selling a son?” He thought that the other party would sell radishes.

Lin Yiyi said: “Selling a house, this kind of thing can be researched by a conscientious person, but it is a matter of the length of time, but for Brother Wang, the time spent studying the house is enough to earn money to buy the house.”

Brother Wang said, “You are a smart girl.”

Lin Yiyi smiled: “Brother Wang, if you want to buy it, just pay for it.”

Brother Wang thought about it. As Lin Yiyi said, if you put a little effort into making this thing, it’s a matter of time, but if you spend this time researching ingredients, he might as well sell the finished product in advance. Brother Wang stretched out a finger: “One hundred.” To be honest, the recipe for sauced radish is actually worthless, but who said that the ingredients are valuable now? The material is valuable, and the finished product is even more valuable. Therefore, regarding the money of Fang Zi, Brother Wang is not sure to pay attention.

Lin Yiyi: “Okay, then one hundred.”

Brother Wang: “The girl is so refreshing and courageous. One hundred recipes, plus 20 pounds of mung bean sprouts, total 130 yuan.”

Lin Yiyi: “I’ll give you another 370 yuan, 40 catties of mung beans, 60 catties of soybeans, a total of 500 yuan, right?” Because mung beans are heavier than soybeans, she prefers mung beans, but soybeans are also good. Yesterday, she went to the bank to withdraw 500 yuan as the funds for the bean sprouts business, and the remaining 2,000 yuan was left untouched. Jin Yu is also looking at the house. If someone has a house to sell, he will buy it and move her household registration out, so that she can also eat commercial food. It’s just that right now, there’s no house at all. It is really this famine. No one will sell the house, not to mention that the house in the county is so tense.

Brother Wang: “Just right. By the way, there is meat today, do you want it?”

Lin Yiyi: “Are there spare ribs? Bones, pig trotters, etc.” For example, pork, she prefers this. The younger brothers of the Lin family will come tomorrow, just to give them bone soup.

Brother Wang: “There’s half a pig. I’ll keep bones for you. How many pounds do you want? Pork is 8 yuan a pound, and bones are 2 yuan a pound.”

Lin Yiyi: “…Give me a pound of pork and 2 trotters.” Meat can’t be eaten either.

Brother Wang: “I’ll cut it.”

After a while, Brother Wang came up from the cellar: “One catty of pork, two trotters and four catties, a total of 16 pieces.”

Lin Yiyi: “Okay.” 130 yuan, only 114 left.

Lin Yiyi went out with the basket on her back, Brother Wang took her to the door, and vaguely, he saw a tall man taking the basket on Lin Yiyi’s body, as if he noticed him, the man turned back. It was obviously dark, so he should not be able to see clearly, but Brother Wang felt that the man’s eyes were as sharp as knives.

On the way, Lin Yiyi didn’t feel sleepy at all, and excitedly told Xiao Yu about today’s harvest: “Today, this recipe for pickled radish was sold for 100, and 20 catties of mung bean sprouts were sold for 30. It happened that the bank took 500, and I bought Wang Ge’s recipe. 40 catties of mung beans and 60 catties of soybeans are all bought, and in the future, mung bean sprouts and soybean sprouts will be sold, and the money can be used to buy vegetables, so that we don’t have to worry about being unable to afford vegetables.”

Jin-Woo: “My daughter-in-law is amazing.”

Lin Yiyi: “Of course, otherwise how can I match you?”

Xiao Yu chuckled: “Yes.” He only has 80 yuan a month, 20 yuan is given to his hometown, and he has 60 yuan left, which is not as powerful as his daughter-in-law.

Lin Yiyi: “Tomorrow is Sunday. Dajun and the others will come. When they go back, let them bring some pickled winter melon and pickled radish to grandma and mother. These two dishes are crisp and refreshing and appetizing.”

Xiao Yu’s heart warmed slightly: “Okay.”

Lin Yiyi thought for a while and said, “Why don’t you give them 20 yuan a month instead of food? Are they willing?”

Xiao Yu: “That’s good. I take the money back, and my mother is reluctant to spend it. After hiding it, I will give it to the children. For now, it’s better to have food.”

Lin Yiyi: “Then next month’s food will be replaced with food, and the army will bring them?”

Jin Yu: “I’ll write a letter to my family first, and let Dajun and the others take it with me. Tell them about it. As for the replacement of food, my mother will definitely agree.” His mother is not that kind of uncivilized, In times of famine, food is of course better than money.

Lin Yiyi: “Yeah.”

…

Lin Yiyi counted, today is Saturday, September 17th, tomorrow Sunday, the three brothers of the Lin family will come tomorrow, and the result…

“sister…”

“Sister, here we are…”

What’s the matter with the voices of Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun?

In the afternoon, Lin Yiyi was writing the manuscript in the room, and the fifth brother Lin was playing with building blocks in the room. This building block was found by Lin Yiyi and the fifth brother Lin went to the waste station. It was specially played for the fifth brother, so that the fifth brother would not disturb her to write the manuscript.

Lin Yiyi was startled when she heard the voice, and she suspected that it was her own delusion. However, when the three brothers of the Lin family arrived at the door of the room, the three of them stuck their heads in from the door. Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun laughed stupidly, while Lin Sanjun kept his face cold and silent.

God, it’s not an illusion.

Lin Yiyi: “Why are you here?”

Lin Dajun: “Isn’t tomorrow the weekend? We came early and stayed here for one night. Hehe…”

Hey your sister. These three people really know how to choose the time. They bought pork in the early morning and planned to make stewed eggs with minced meat in the evening. The result…these three actually came. If they knew this, they should make stewed eggs with minced meat at noon. Stewed eggs with minced meat was what Lin Yiyi thought of, another dish that doesn’t require technology.

Lin Sijun: “Sister, everyone is saying that you have earned the royalties. What do you mean by the royalties?”

The matter of the royalties has been mentioned before, but the three brothers of the Lin family have not paid attention. In the past few days, there has been a lot of uproar in the village about Lin Yiyi earning royalties.

Lin Yiyi: “Didn’t my elder sister and the Xiao family talk about this before? I thought you knew.” She didn’t hide it. The younger brother of the Lin family was there when she said it, but boys are careless and don’t like to listen to gossip, so Lin Yiyi When talking to the Xiao family about the royalties, these three were probably focusing on other things.

Lin Sijun: “Now everyone in the Datang Production Brigade knows that the elder sister-in-law said in front of others, you have come to the county town with your brother-in-law to enjoy the happiness, and the brother-in-law is not allowed to help the elder brother and nephew. He also said that we are fighting the autumn wind. This person is bad. already.”

Lin Yiyi never thought that Qi Spinach would keep things calm, and besides, she really didn’t take Qi Spinach seriously, Xiao Yu understood, so she didn’t need to care about Qi Spinach at all, just: “What did the Xiao family say? ?” Let Qi Spinach ruin his reputation?

Lin Sijun: “Grandma Xiao and Aunt Xiao said that you lived in the county and didn’t eat your family’s food, and you gave them rich and strong powder and meat every month, and also said that you earned money for writing manuscripts, and also bought them nutrition and other things. So sister, what’s the matter with the royalties? Now the whole team is saying that you are a cultural person, but it’s amazing.”

Hearing that Lin Sijun said that Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju protected her, Lin Yiyi was still quite grateful, and she explained the fee for the manuscript: “The fee is for the submission. My sister wrote a manuscript for the newspaper office in the county. If what I wrote was published in the newspaper If you do, they will pay my sister a manuscript fee, five or six yuan for a manuscript.”

Lin Sijun: “Wow, that’s a lot. Sister, can I write?”

Lin Yiyi: “…you only know a few words? You can write it when you graduate from junior high school.”

Lin Dajun originally wanted to ask him if he could write, but when he heard what his sister said, he thought about it and only knew a few words? So don’t want to.

Lin Yiyi added: “Although my sister can earn five or six yuan for one manuscript, not every manuscript can earn it.”

Lin Dajun: “Sister, we understand, if you can make money from every manuscript, then it’s worth it?” In that tone, I didn’t believe that Lin Yiyi was so powerful. In Lin Dajun’s opinion, if his sister’s manuscript is successful, that is, the blind cat meets the dead mouse.

Lin Yiyi: “…” This tone is very unpleasant. “But I can still win occasionally. I have saved all the manuscript fees in the middle. After two years, I will wait for you to study. I will pay you tuition, buy you new schoolbags, and buy new stationery boxes.” This is an empty check, but the Lin family Brothers don’t understand empty promises.

The eyes of the three brothers of the Lin family lit up.

Lin Yiyi said again: “Now the age is not good, there is no food to eat when you go to school, so you can bear it, and when you need to go to work, you can work hard, earn work points, exchange food, and sister will write manuscripts to earn money. Money, when the years get better, you will have tuition fees for school and food to eat.”

Lin Dajun: “Well. By the way, sister, we brought you something.”

Lin Yiyi: “Did you bring me something? What?” After the shoes and fried dough sticks, she was moved again, but besides being moved, she was even more curious about what Lin Dajun brought.

Lin Dajun smiled, then brought the small backpack placed at the door: “Here.”

Lin Yiyi went to take a look: “…” The back basket is full of wild **** and green onions, “This green onion belongs to our family?”

Lin Dajun said: “Sister, you are amazing, and it belongs to our family. This wild **** belongs to Dr. Lin.”

Lin Yiyi: “Why did Dr. Lin give you wild ginger? Did you ask Dr. Lin for it?”

Lin Dajun: “No, no, can’t we find food now? We went looking for herbal medicines and exchanged wild **** with Dr. Lin, but there are too few herbs and it is difficult to find them. Dr. Lin said that if there are more herbs, I can still exchange food.” He said, scratching his hair a little embarrassed.

Lin Yiyi did not expect such a thing in the middle.

Lin Dajun said again: “I… I don’t think you like wild ginger.” In fact, the three brothers’ idea was to send the wild **** that my sister likes to the county, and then my sister will give them something when they come back.

Lin Yiyi: “Thank you, you guys are awesome.” Thumbs up towards them.

Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun laughed a little smugly, Lin Sanjun was playing with Lin Wudi, but his ears were always on this side.

Lin Yiyi said: “You are tired all the way. Sister will give you some sugar water to drink, and the firewood you brought to the utility room.”

Lin Dajun: “Hey.” Chai is what they must bring, and onion and wild **** are what they put their hearts into.

Lin Yiyi soaked them in three cups of brown sugar water. When the younger brothers of the Lin family came, she didn’t have the heart to write anything, so she simply prepared the dishes to make in the evening: “Dajun, after drinking the sugar water, I’ll give my sister to chop the meat, she thinks you will want to eat it tomorrow. Come on, this meat was specially bought for you to eat, sister, okay?”

Lin Dajun: “Sister, you are so kind.” He drank the sugar water in one breath, and then went to help chop the meat. While chopping the meat, swallowing saliva.

Lin Yiyi: “Be careful with your hands, don’t cut your hands.” Her body is 15 years old, and Lin Dajun is 13 years old. A 13-year-old boy is stronger than a 15-year-old girl.

Lin Dajun: “Hey.”

Lin Yiyi: She is not good at all. I bought this meat to eat myself, ┭┮﹏┭┮.

With three and a half more boys, of course a bowl of stewed eggs with minced meat is not enough. Lin Yiyi decided to make another plate of mung bean sprouts and pretzel. Both dishes are simple enough to make without a recipe.

When making mung bean sprouts, everyone had no idea, but when making pretzel, the brothers of the Lin family gathered around the stove, three of them staring at the iron pan with six eyes, because the potatoes were so fragrant when they were fried. . But there is no salt and pepper, pepper and the like at home, only salt.

Lin Dajun: “Sister, your potatoes are delicious.”

Lin Sijun: “I smell it and think it’s delicious. If only I could eat it every day.”

Lin Sanjun didn’t say a word, but obviously that’s what he meant.

Lin Yiyi: “You all study hard. When you are studying, if you are in the top five in the class in the exam, the elder sister will reward them with food.” She didn’t say the first place.

Lin Dajun: “But it will take a long time to study.”

Lin Yiyi: “So you review in advance to prepare for reading.”

Lin Dajun: “That’s fine.”

In the evening, when Jin Yu came back from get off work, he was a little surprised to see three more boys at home. Lin Sijun enthusiastically pulled Xiao Yu aside: “Brother-in-law, I’m here to report again.”

Jin-Woo: “Well, let’s talk.”

Lin Sijun: “That elder sister-in-law is too much. She talks bad about my sister everywhere in the village…” Barabara, Lin Sijun said a lot about Qi Spinach. Those who didn’t know it thought he was following Qi Spinach. Behind the stock, I don’t know how he inquired. Anyway, he can inquire about Qi Spinach’s irresponsible remarks.

Jin Yu’s eyes were calm, and he couldn’t see any fluctuations in him. He took out a penny from his trouser pocket: “Good job, continue.”

Lin Sijun received the money and was very happy.

In the evening, the brothers of the Lin family had a full meal. The three of them ate five catties of grain this week, and they were all full of water. Fortunately, my sister gave them a catty of Fuqiang powder, which made them eat several white steamed buns. The old lady helped them make it, and they also gave Mrs. Ge two steamed buns. Oh, their usual meals are also made by Mrs. Ge for them. They gave the food to Mrs. Ge, so the three brothers actually lived a good life.

Lin Sijun: “Sister, this egg meat is really delicious.”

Lin Dajun: “Sister, can we still eat next time we come?”

Lin Sijun: “Sister, I feel so happy.”

One bite of sweet potatoes and one bite of vegetables, the three brothers felt that this was the happiest time.

The next day Lin Yiyi made vegetable kimchi, that is, chopped cabbage, fry it in oil, then add water, add rice, boil a large pot, breakfast, lunch, dinner, three meals. But the pig’s trotters that I bought yesterday were also braised, otherwise it would be broken if I put them down. So at noon, everyone had another happy meal.

After lunch, the younger brothers of the Lin family were going back to the countryside. Lin Yiyi brought them this week’s rations, brought them a lunch box of pickled radishes and pickled winter melon, and said to them, “You and Xiao have the dishes here. One for each family, and this letter is for my mother-in-law, don’t give it to anyone else, you know?”

Lin Dajun said, “Sister, don’t worry.”

Lin Yiyi said: “You are naturally at ease when doing things, sister, be careful on the road, don’t meddle in your own business, and don’t stand out when you encounter things. If other things happen, you can go to Xiao’s house to find someone. If it doesn’t work, just come to the county seat, you know. ?”

Lin Dajun: “Got it.”

Lin Yiyi: “Let’s go.”

The three brothers returned home happily. They went home first, put away the rations, pickled radish and pickled winter melon, and then took the share of the Xiao family to the Xiao family.

Early the next morning, while Lin Yiyi’s family was still eating breakfast, Xiao Daqiang came.

“Father.” Lin Yiyi hurriedly got up, poured him a large glass of cold boiled water, and then filled him with a bowl of sweet potato porridge, “Father, you are hungry all the way, come and eat.” He has made a lot of sweet potato porridge. Yes, according to Lin Yiyi’s temperament, one meal is for three meals.

Xiao Daqiang: “No, no, I’ve eaten it.”

Lin Yiyi: “Dad, you’re welcome, I’ve made some money recently and used it to buy enough food for us to eat.”

Jin Yu said: “It’s true, she has made money recently, in addition to the royalties.”

Xiao Yu said so, Xiao Daqiang is not polite, and the things he eats at home, mainly clear soup, are indeed not full, but he is also a little curious: “How does the second family earn extra money?”

Lin Yiyi said, “Don’t I know how to grow bean sprouts? I sold the bean sprouts and made some money.”

Xiao Daqiang didn’t ask any more questions. He believed in his son, so he didn’t ask. Xiao Daqiang ate two bowls of sweet potato rice porridge in a row, and his stomach finally had some food, and he was not ready to eat any more. Even if his son and daughter-in-law were polite, he would definitely not eat it.

After having a good meal, Xiao Daqiang said bluntly: “Didn’t they send us a letter yesterday, Dajun? Everyone in the family read your letter, everyone discussed it, and decided to take out the money to buy food. This money is hidden. It will give birth, but food can save your life, so food is important.” After speaking, he took out a cloth bag from the innermost part of his clothes, the rope of the cloth bag was still hanging around his neck, the cloth bag was opened, and a stack was poured out. Qian, “This money was sent home by your second child over the past few years. After the house has three rooms, there is still 600 yuan. Your mother kept 100 yuan for urgent use, and the remaining 500 yuan was used to sell food. We also know that food is expensive now, so we bring it all.”

Xiao Yu said: “The food is really expensive now. Rice and Fuqiang powder cost 5 yuan a pound, and sweet potatoes and potatoes cost 2 yuan a pound. What are you going to buy at home?”

Xiao Daqiang: “Sweet potatoes and potatoes, rice Fuqiang powder is so expensive, where can we eat it?”

Lin Yiyi: “Then buy sweet potatoes and potatoes. Fuqiang powder and rice can be evenly distributed to the elderly.”

Xiao Daqiang: “Second daughter-in-law, you have a heart.”

Jin Yu said: “Okay.” He charged 500 yuan.

Xiao Daqiang said: “I bought something, you can put it here first. I will come to get a little every month, and I will take 250 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes at a time. People are not allowed to borrow it. It is not good for people to see it.”

Jin-Woo: “I send it to my family every month, and I say it’s my commercial food.”

Xiao Daqiang: “Be careful, then I’ll go.”

Jin-Woo: “Okay.”

Lin Yiyi: “Let’s go after lunch.”

Xiao Yu and Lin Yiyi spoke in unison, the words fell, and they looked at each other. The sons were not polite enough to be daughters-in-law. In fact, it is not, because men are not so slick, nor so thoughtful. In Xiao Yu’s heart, Xiao Daqiang is his father, his own person, and he doesn’t have to deal with it.

Of course, Xiao Daqiang didn’t think too much about it. Rural people are always eager to do things, especially those who are more honest like Xiao Daqiang: “No, I’m going back in a hurry, your mother and the others must be in a hurry. “

Lin Yiyi said, “Wait a minute, Dad.” After saying that, she went to tidy up. There was no lunch box at home, and Lin Dajun and the others packed it away, so she used rice bowls to pack it, and gave Xiao Daqiang a bowl of sauced radish and a A bowl of pickled winter melon, a stack of mung bean sprouts (sold some yesterday, and some left), a small cabbage, these things cost four yuan at the current price. Lin Yiyi said, “Father, I pickled these winter melons and radishes myself. They brought them to you yesterday, right? The mung bean sprouts are also sent by me. You can bring them back together.”

Xiao Daqiang hurriedly said: “I took it. Everyone ate it yesterday and said it was delicious. You don’t have to take it today. It’s not easy for you in the county. You need money for everything. We can’t help you, and we can’t hold you back.”

Lin Yiyi said: “These don’t cost money. I used the mung bean sprouts I made to exchange dishes with others, but the amount was not much, so please don’t be polite to me. Besides, we eat well in the county, and our family is in the countryside. If you don’t have to eat, Brother Yu is not happy.”

Jin Yu said, “Take it.”

When his son spoke, Xiao Daqiang was rude.

Then, Xiao Yu and Xiao Daqiang went out together. On the way, Xiao Yu said, “Five catties of food for each person in the family is too little, at least 10 catties.”

Xiao Daqiang: “But…”

Xiao Yu: “Don’t worry about the food, I can buy 250 jin for 500 yuan, I can eat it for two months, plus the ones at home, I can get through more than half a year, and I will buy more when I don’t have enough to eat.”

Xiao Daqiang: “How can you use your money, it’s not easy for you to make money.”

Jin Yu: “It’s like I gave two years of my family at one time, and I used the two years of my family to buy food.” Of course, he will not support everyone unconditionally. It should be unconditional to support parents, grandparents, but the eldest brother’s family and The third brother’s family is not his responsibility. But he wouldn’t say that, because it would poke the hearts of parents and they would feel useless, so he said that he used the money from the public to buy food, and regarded him as a one-time supplement for several years of household use.

No matter how close a brother is, it’s just a brother. Brothers should help each other, but there is a bottom line in helping. It’s the same thing.

Xiao Daqiang said, “I’ll go back and discuss with your mother.”

Jin-Woo: “Okay.”

Xiao Daqiang walked away with the basket, thinking that the 500 yuan in his son’s hand could buy 250 catties of grain, and his originally bent back straightened.

Xiao Daqiang came out of the county town around 8:00, and it was already 11:00 when he arrived at the Datang production brigade. Because he went to the county seat today, the Xiao family did not go out, they were all at home waiting for news.

As soon as Xiao Daqiang came home, all the family members came out of the main room. Seeing that he was carrying a basket, Qi Spinach wanted to go up and have a look, but she didn’t dare to look at the things in the father-in-law’s hands. In addition, in the past few days, she was ruled by her grandmother and mother-in-law, and she was allowed to do everything at home.

Qin Xiangju: “What’s the matter? What are you taking?”

Xiao Daqiang smiled at her and said, “It’s done, I’ve negotiated with the second one. This is what the second daughter-in-law asked me to bring. The second daughter-in-law is very capable. These things are exchanged with others by her hair mung bean sprouts. Yes, a pound of mung bean sprouts is exchanged for a pound of vegetables, and they are doing pretty well… After I got there, my second wife also called for breakfast, and I ate two full bowls of sweet potato rice porridge, which was delicious.” Saying that, her eyes were a little red, “The second daughter-in-law is also capable.”

Qin Xiangju: “No, do you think any daughter-in-law can make money with a pen?” As she said, she took off the lid on the basket. The lid was also made of bamboo. Amoy basket so concave.

When the lid was opened, and seeing the vegetables inside, Qin Xiangju said, “There are so many.” Pickled radish, pickled winter melon, mung bean sprouts, and cabbage. Although they are all vegetables, it is not bad to be able to buy vegetables now.

Xiao Daqiang said: “My son said that the family’s 5 catties of grain per month is not enough to eat, and this will also hurt the body. Let the family eat 10 catties per month. Hey, the two of them only have 20 catties of commercial grain. It’s only 10 catties. But my son said that if he runs out of food by then, he can give the household for the next two years at one time, and then use it to buy food.”

Qin Xiangju did the math. There are still 500 catties of food at home, plus the next 250 catties, there are 750 catties. There are 8 people in the family. If you have 80 catties in a month, you can eat for 9 months. By the end of the year, the brigade had a bumper harvest, and they could always share some. So she said: “Okay, then each person is 10 pounds per month.”

Hearing that the food has doubled, the Xiao family all laughed, and they could eat more full, who is not happy?

In the early morning of Wednesday, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu went to Brother Wang’s house with 40 catties of mung bean sprouts on their backs. Brother Wang was waiting for her. As soon as he saw her, he immediately said: “Comrade, comrade one by one, I have to tell you that too many people have robbed these mung bean sprouts. Unfortunately, it is only 20 pounds, which is not enough to sell.”

Lin Yiyi said, “I brought 40 pounds this time.”

Brother Wang smoked a cigarette: “Comrade Yiyi, you have to work hard every morning with mung bean sprouts on your back. Although it is said that someone is with you, but at night, who doesn’t want to sleep at home, do you think so?”

Lin Yiyi smiled: “What Brother Wang wants to say, just tell me directly.”

Brother Wang said, “You sold the recipe for pickled radish last time, so why don’t you just sell the recipe for bean sprouts this time?”

Lin Yiyi said: “It’s not impossible, it depends on how much brother Wang paid for it?”

After Brother Wang came up with the idea of ​​the recipe, he thought about the price of the recipe, and he asked: “comrade one, one sister, one niece, tell Brother Wang honestly, how many kilograms of bean sprouts can be made from one kilogram of mung beans. .” This is the key to measuring the value of the formula.

Lin Yiyi didn’t hide it: “Some bad beans should be picked out, about 10 to 13 pounds.”

Brother Wang took a breath of cold air, so much? In other words, five yuan per pound of mung beans can earn 10 yuan in bean sprouts? Brother Wang pondered, in this way, Lin Yiyi could earn 500 yuan just from the 100 catties of mung beans and soybeans in Lin Yiyi’s hands. After thinking about it for a while, Brother Wang said: “Sister Yiyi, I will pay 2,000 yuan to buy your bean sprouts recipe, what do you think? Don’t dislike you, you need to know, what about these mung beans and soybeans, if I don’t provide them, you The bean sprouts can’t be produced. Of course, according to the current money bean sprouts make, 2,000 yuan is indeed not much, but the premise is that you have to have mung beans and soybeans, what do you think?”

Of course, Lin Yiyi felt that what Brother Wang said was reasonable, and Brother Wang still paid a lot for this price. After all, she took the 2,000 yuan for nothing. But: “Brother Wang, do you have a house out?”

Brother Wang was taken aback: “You want to buy a house?”

Lin Yiyi said: “I want to buy a house and transfer the household registration to receive commercial food. Of course, I will pay for the house myself.” Houses in this era are very cheap, but the problem is that it is difficult to buy houses, because houses in this era are all units There is no housing market. Especially now that there is a famine. Who would be willing to sell the house? This is the guarantee of food.

Brother Wang understood as soon as he heard it, the houses in the county town were the source of food. He thought about it, he had a house in his hand, and the house was vacant, so it was of no use to him, because the commercial grain was based on the head, and it would not give you an extra portion just because you have an extra house. However: “I’ll give you a house and give you another 1,000 yuan, how about that?” Lin Yiyi can receive 20 catties of grain a month after a house is sold. According to the current grain price, even if sweet potatoes are 2 yuan a catty , a month is also worth 40 yuan, plus the oil and meat, it is six or seven hundred a year, so Brother Wang feels that he deducted one thousand is not too much.

Lin Yiyi: “Okay.” In fact, there is a reason why Lin Yiyi agreed so readily. Not only because of commercial grains, but also, by the end of 1961, especially in 1962, the famine and famine have eased, and when there is private land, vegetables will be cheap. At that time, vegetables will be cheap, but the city I will never dislike having a lot of vegetables, so the recipe for bean sprouts is worthless. However, Lin Yiyi sold it to Brother Wang at this price, and she did not lose heart, because Brother Wang was able to make money back in the past two years. Just wait for the food to ease, although the profit is less, but the bean sprouts can still make money.

Then, the two talked about the house and made an appointment to see the house.

After that, Lin Yiyi used 40 catties of mung bean sprouts, a total of 60 yuan, took out 20 yuan of capital, and spent 40 yuan to buy vegetables, 5 catties of taro, 5 catties of pumpkin, 3 catties of eggplant, 2 catties of lotus root, 5 catties of large Chinese cabbage. These are things that are durable and not easy to break. Lin Yiyi bought more, just didn’t want to run here every three days.

When Lin Yiyi went out, she saw Jin Yu standing at the door, Lin Yiyi: “Why are you here?”

Jin Yu: “You haven’t come out, I’m here to listen to the movement.” No movement means she is safe. Moreover, he checked Brother Wang’s details very well, and he knew that this person was very measured. That’s why he let Lin Yiyi communicate with him.

Lin Yiyi: “Let me tell you, I had a big deal today.”

Jin-Woo: “What business?”

Lin Yiyi: “I sold the recipe for bean sprouts. Brother Wang took a house and exchanged it with me for 1,000 yuan. I will go to see the house tomorrow. If the house is ok, I will transfer the house. After the transfer, I will be registered in the county seat. , there are also commercial grains, so our family will have more grains, and I will also share a little bit and send it to my hometown.”

Xiao Yu took Lin Yiyi’s hand: “Okay.” The good words are a little heavy.

daytime

Brother Wang and Lin Yiyi went to see the house. The house is also a single-family house, but the area is not as big as their public security staff house. The house is in a hutong, one of the six major hutongs in the county. The six major hutongs in the county seat are a bit old. Unlike the current family houses and staff houses, these houses were built early, and may even be before the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Brother Wang: “How is it?”

Lin Yiyi: “Is this house reliable?”

Brother Wang said: “The transfer of the house has followed due process, you can rest assured.”

Lin Yiyi: “Is this house yours? Will there be trouble in the future?”

Brother Wang: “This house is left to me by my father. There are no other problems. If you have any problems, you will know where I am. Don’t worry.”

Lin Yiyi said: “Okay, I’ll go back to my hometown this week to get a certificate, and I’ll find you Wang brother to go through the formalities when I come back.” Brother is a reliable person, and Lin Yiyi understands as soon as she hears it. Her man has checked Brother Wang.

Brother Wang said: “At that time, girl, you can’t do business anymore.”

Lin Yiyi said, “Don’t worry, Brother Wang, I still understand the rules.”

After the two said goodbye, Lin Yiyi took Lin Fifth Brother home and made lunch. I bought 40 yuan of food in the early morning, and I must have a good meal at noon. Every time I go to trade in the early morning, Xiao Yu accompanies her. Although she is for their small family, Xiao Yu also accompanies her. It should, but it should be one thing, distressing a man is another. Women can’t take everything a man does as they should, and men also need encouragement, comfort, and love from women.

At noon, Lin Yiyi made braised taro, braised eggplant, and then white steamed buns