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

The three brothers of the Lin family returned to the Ge family.

Lin Dajun: “Grandma Ge… Grandma Ge…”

Madam Ge came out of the room: “The army, the third army, the fourth army, you are back.”

Lin Sijun: “Grandma Ge, we’re back, we brought food back.”

Mrs. Ge: “It’s good to come back. You have been staying for several days this time. Are you playing in the county town?”

Lin Dajun: “My sister asked us to stay for a few more days. We played in the county town. My sister gave us back the money. The county town is not so fun, hey.”

Lin Sijun: “Grandma Ge, you can cook for us. We have bean sprouts and fried yam with sliced ​​meat. My sister said let’s eat it with you.”

Mrs. Ge: “Okay, okay…” She followed the three brothers, and she could also get some of the food they brought from the county seat. However, the three brothers of the Lin family lived happily with Mrs. Ge, because Mrs. Ge would cook and do laundry for them, and the three of them were actually very relaxed.

After a good lunch, the three brothers went up the mountain to dig yam.

Lin Yiyi, who was in the county seat, didn’t know about the quarrel between the three brothers of the Lin family and Qi Spinach.

Because October 1st is the National Day holiday, the urban residents’ welfare in October will be collected on September 30th. Lin Yiyi doesn’t know these things, but Grandma Wang wants to take her there, but she is small, and their family doesn’t have anything. Less, so she just waited to go with Jin-woo at noon. Jin Yu was pushing the cart, fifth brother Lin was sitting on the cart and giggling, while Lin Yiyi was watching him.

The two went to get 44 catties of grain, one catty of eggs (half catty was last month), six catties of meat (2 catties were last month), two bars of soap, and one catty of oil. Picked it up and put it on the cart, and went to pick up coal and firewood. Although it is said to be a collar, it also costs money, but the things are really cheap. These things only cost 17.4 yuan. If you go to Brother Wang, it will only cost you three pounds of meat. Last month, Jin Yu’s 24 kilograms of commercial grain had been exhausted, and only 6 kilograms of Fuqiang powder and 5 kilograms of potatoes were left. The reason why he was able to leave it was because he used wild boar for some food before, plus the vegetables she bought. Not a lot, otherwise 24 catties of commercial grain would not be enough for the two of them.

The grain I received this time was 16 jins of flour, 7 jins of rice, and 21 jins of coarse grains, and the rest added up to 22 jins of flour.

When he got home, Jin-woo moved the food and coal to the utility room and went to work. Tomorrow is Saturday and October 1st again. This time with the weekend, they can rest for two days. They decided to go back to the countryside.

Of course, when I go back to the countryside, I have to bring something. Just tomorrow, Cui Ping’s second batch of soybean sprouts will be ready. Lin Yiyi decides to bring four kilograms of bean sprouts, 5 kilograms of flour, and 3 kilograms of meat. Among them, one kilogram of flour , One catty of meat was given to Lin Dajun and the others. The remaining three catties of meat at home were made half a catty at night, and the rest were marinated.

Because I have to leave early tomorrow morning, Lin Yiyi made white steamed buns in the evening, half a catty of braised pork, and 14 white steamed buns per pound of Fuqiang Powder. I would eat half of it at night and eat the rest tomorrow morning.

In the past, when there were white steamed buns, Xiao Yu only ate 3 per meal, definitely not much, but at night there were so many white steamed buns that he ate 5, and Lin Yiyi wanted to lift his clothes to look at his stomach.

The next morning, the family of three got up.

When Cui Ping came to pick up the soybean sprouts, she saw Xiao Yu. This was the first time she saw Xiao Yu, and she was a little surprised. In fact, the people who saw Xiao Yu for the first time were all the same as her, because no matter how you looked at Xiao Yu and Lin Yiyi, the height difference between the two was too much. But fortunately, Lin Yiyi’s skin is fair, and after being raised in the county town for about 20 days, she is a bit fleshy. So apart from the height difference, I can’t find any other incompatibility.

After Cui Ping left, the family of three rode their bicycles to the countryside.

In October, even in the famine and famine season, the countryside will start to work, because the grain harvest is about to be bumper. Corn in early October, sweet potato in mid-October, and rice in late October. Even if the amount is small, there is still amount.

When Xiao Yu and the others arrived at Xiao’s house, the Xiao family was absent except for Grandma Xiao and the two younger ones. Everyone went to work. Grandpa Xiao was at his age, and he didn’t fall behind. Anything that is stolen is privately owned.

Take corn as an example. After the corn is harvested, there are many things that can be missed, such as corn cobs, which can be fed to pigs after processing. When pigs were raised in the past, pigs not only ate pig grass, but also all kinds of edible things in the fields and the common people would not fall. Although we don’t raise pigs now, we can’t guarantee that we can raise pigs when the age is good, so we have to pick up the leaks and put them away. Moreover, some people will eat it, because corn cobs are similar to sugar cane, although not as sweet as sugar cane, but also a little sweet.

There are also small corn shoots, which are the kind of corn that have only hairy tips. The corn kernels have not yet emerged. They are very tender, similar to bamboo shoots. .

These things are usually picked up by the old people and children at home. People like Grandma Xiao usually go there, but she has to take Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu, so she didn’t go.

Grandma Xiao narrowed her happy eyes when she saw her grandson: “Xiaoyuer, Yiyi, why are you here?”

Xiao Yu: “It’s the National Day holiday. It just happened that this month’s resident benefits were received, so we’re here. Mom and Dad went to work?” Xiao Yu knew that holidays were not popular in the countryside.

Grandma Xiao said, “No, they’re all going to break the corn.”

Jin Yu pushed the bicycle into the main room: “I’ll go to them.” Although he has moved his household registration, he can help his parents so that they can work less.

Of course, Grandma Xiao wouldn’t say anything. This is a normal thing on their side.

Lin Yiyi took out what she brought, four catties of flour, two catties of meat, and three catties of bean sprouts: “Grandma, you can make these at noon to nourish your body.”

Grandma Xiao: “Hey, that’s good.” Grandma Xiao felt that she did the right thing. If they followed the big house, the second daughter-in-law would definitely not bring so much meat. These two kilograms of meat made people jealous when they looked at them. “The army and the others have also gone to work. Let them come over to eat at noon.” Lin Yiyi was polite to them, and of course they were also polite to Lin Yiyi.

Lin Yiyi said: “No need, the three boys tasted amazing, I brought them some.” A pound of flour, a pound of meat, and a pound of bean sprouts were much less than what was given to the Xiao family. However, having flour and meat is also enviable.

Grandma Xiao: “These three children went back to Shanglin to work, and they didn’t know you were coming back today.” Fortunately, the two teams were close, and it was convenient to go back and forth to work.

Lin Yiyi: “It’s good to go to work, they are not too young, and they have to learn to support themselves. However, last week they learned a lot of herbal medicine with Dr. Lin, and they also knew that yam can be eaten. No, they dug up last week. More than 30 catties of yam were delivered to the county seat.”

Grandma Xiao: “Is it the white dish that the army and the others sent that day that resembles radishes?”

Lin Yiyi: “Yes, that’s it. When your parents are empty, you can go up the mountain to have a look. The yam is durable and can be stored in a dry place for several months.”

Grandma Xiao: “Ah, that’s good. Now I can’t find even wild vegetables on the mountain.”

Lin Yiyi: “Yam leaves cannot be eaten, so they will not be dug up as wild vegetables. Their roots and stems are all underground. If no one knows them, they will definitely not be dug up.”

Grandma Xiao: “That’s great.”

Lin Yiyi: “Grandma, I’ll take these things to the Ge family.”

Grandma Xiao: “If you go later, Mrs. Ge must be picking up leaks in the cornfield at this time.”

Lin Yiyi thought about it too.

Qin Xiangju works very neatly. She wears gloves, which are made by herself and are very thick. When she wears gloves to break corn, her hands will not hurt, so she breaks corn quickly. When I was working hard, I heard Lu Xiaochun say, “sister-in-law, is a distinguished guest coming to your house?”

Qin Xiangju: “What?” Does her family have any distinguished guests?

Lu Xiaochun said: “Look, the little fish is here. Ouch, maybe I will bring you something delicious from the county town.”

Qin Xiangju looked up and saw that it was really Xiao Yu. She laughed at the jokes of her younger brother and sister: “No, every time our second child and second daughter-in-law come back, they are very filial.” Then, she shouted at Xiao Yu. , “Second, why are you here?” Xiaoyuer couldn’t shout anymore, so he shouted at home. Now that his son is the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, calling Xiaoyuer again is not manly enough.

Xiao Yu went over, first called Lu Xiaochun as his aunt, and then said to Qin Xiangju, “I just received this month’s urban residents’ welfare yesterday, and it happens to be a holiday today and tomorrow, so I will send them to you one by one.”

Lu Xiaochun said: “Ah, people say that the son is married to a daughter-in-law and forgets his mother, but you are really lucky, sister-in-law. Your son is filial, and your daughter-in-law is also filial.”

Qin Xiangju said: “What filial piety is this kid? If it wasn’t for his wife to mention it, how would he know that he would come back to see us, but our family is really filial, not only filial, but also blessed…”

Lu Xiaochun: “No, each one is good, and can make money with a pen, but Xiaoyuer is the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. If you don’t have the skills, you won’t be worthy of Xiaoyuer.”

Breaking corn is a woman’s job, and a man is responsible for moving things and hoeing the ground. Xiao Yu is very strong and moves things quickly. With the participation of Xiao Yu, the Xiao family completed the task very quickly today.

When the Xiao family got to the gate of the yard, they smelled the fragrance. It was the smell of meat. People of this era have very smart noses.

Grandma Xiao: “You guys are back, you can eat.”

Qin Xiangju: “Come here, I can smell the fragrance from far away. What delicious food did my mother make?”

Grandma Xiao: “One by one, I brought back two catties of meat and made braised pork at noon.”

Qi Spinach and Liang Shi heard it, and their mouths were a little greedy, and they also wanted to eat along.

Qin Xiangju: “Ah yo, I don’t know how long I haven’t eaten my mother’s braised pork. Today, it’s taking up the second daughter-in-law.”

Lin Yiyi: “Obviously, grandma did it after seeing you, dad and grandpa working hard. I’m taking everyone’s light.”

Grandma Xiao not only made braised pork, but today’s rice is also dry rice, with rice underneath and sweet potatoes on top. When serving the rice, she gave all the rice to Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu, and kept the sweet potatoes for herself. Not to mention that Lin Yiyi likes to take sweet potatoes as a staple food, but even if she doesn’t like it, she can’t eat the rice herself, and let the elders eat sweet potatoes. Lin Yiyi distributed the rice to Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju, and went to serve a few pieces of sweet potatoes.

Of course Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju were unwilling and wanted to return the rice to her. Xiao Yu said, “You can eat them. She likes sweet potatoes, and she also eats sweet potatoes when she is in the county seat.”

Qin Xiangju and Grandma Xiao don’t think Lin Yiyi likes to eat sweet potatoes, they think she is saving money and leaving the good ones to Xiao Yu to eat.

The people in the first and third rooms went to work, and no one cooked the food at home, so they gave the food to Grandma Xiao, and asked her to burn it. The so-called food was sweet potatoes. Grandma Xiao cooked their sweet potatoes and put them in the baskets. Now that they were going to eat, she gave the baskets to Dafang and Sanfang: “Your sweet potatoes are here.”

Mr. Liang took two sweet potatoes and didn’t dare to look at the table, so he hurried back to the room. Back in the room, she and Xiao Bin were eating dry sweet potatoes, thinking about the braised pork and fried bean sprouts on the dining table in the main room, and felt very uncomfortable. But she couldn’t help it. This was used by the second room to honor the elders.

Qi Spinach eagerly looked at the braised pork, licked his mouth, and saw Lin Yiyi sitting on the side, but Lin Yiyi didn’t even give her a look. She had a quarrel with Qi Spinach, and then called her sister-in-law out of respect? That is impossible. With this shout, others thought she had a good character, so anything could pass.

Qi Spinach snorted and went back to his room, but soon, Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu came.

The two held the bowl and looked shyly at the adults, the bowl was empty.

Qin Xiangju said with a sullen face: “Your mother didn’t get you anything to eat?” This shameless Qi Spinach, since the separation of the family, has deducted the children’s food every time, and let the children come here to fight the autumn wind. Qin Xiangju loves her grandchildren and is really hungry. with them?

Xiao Rui shook his head: “Grandma, I’m hungry.”

Xiao Zhu: “I’m hungry too, grandma.”

Grandma Xiao: “Is she going to finish? She keeps her child’s food behind, and drives the child here every meal time. We’re sure we won’t let the child go hungry, right?”

Lin Yiyi thought to herself, this is the truth.

Lin Yiyi said: “Mother, grandma, I said something ugly, you and your mother love your grandchildren, and naturally you are reluctant to let them go hungry, but…the food you brought out to feed your children, but you are hungry. , Big brother is both a son and a grandson, how can he bear to starve his own mother and grandmother? This is too unfilial, right? Like my brother Yu, I can’t bear it.”

Indeed it is. If it’s a good time, it’s fine. When it’s the moment, they feed their children, but if they’re hungry, Xiao Wu just watches his wife do this?

Xiao Yu: “It’s also simple, this batch of grain has been received, and when the grain is to be distributed, the brigade will directly transfer Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu’s grain to your side, and deduct it from the eldest brother’s account.”

Lin Yiyi thought to himself, Brother Yu either didn’t speak, or he was cruel when he opened his mouth.

Mrs. Ge has already prepared the food, waiting for Lin Dajun and the others to return from the Shanglin Production Brigade. The dishes she made were brought by Lin Yiyi. She didn’t make braised pork. She was reluctant to make so many at once. She made pork noodles. She went to the brigade to pick up the leaks and picked up some baby corn, so she came back early, just enough to cook for the children. Not long after returning, Lin Yiyi came.

Lin Dajun: “Grandma Ge, we’re back.”

Lin Sijun: “Grandma Ge, it’s delicious, what are you cooking?”

Lin Sanjun…

The three brothers looked very energetic. They carried the basket on their backs and took the basket directly into the kitchen. Mrs. Ge saw a lot of baby corn in the basket, and knew that the children must have picked it very carefully.

Mrs. Ge said, “I made noodles with shredded pork and bean sprouts.”

Lin Sijun: “Wow, there are noodles and meat today. Grandma Ge, are you going to buy meat?”

Mrs. Ge: “No, it was your sister who came and brought you flour, meat, and bean sprouts. Your sister gave you a whole pound of meat. Such a good sister, you must be filial to her. “Although there is no such thing as a younger brother being filial to an older sister, there is an exception. What if the younger brother was raised by the older sister?

The Lin brothers were very happy when they heard that their sister was back: “Is my sister back? Great, now we have to go to work. We can’t go to the county seat this week.”

Lin Sijun: “That’s right, I can’t even send yam to my sister.”

Mrs. Ge served them noodles. She didn’t eat them, and she was embarrassed to eat their children’s rations, but she served herself a bowl of noodle soup. Yes, it was delicious.

Suddenly, a few shredded pork and noodles entered her bowl, and Mrs. Ge saw that it was Lin Sanjun. Mrs. Ge’s eyes were red. Don’t look at this child who doesn’t talk much, but has a very careful heart.

When Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun saw this, they thought about it, and they also caught Mrs. Ge. My sister said that Grandma Ge is kind to them, cooks and washes clothes for them, and they can’t eat alone.

The three boys lost their parents and an old man lost their children. They lived together because of an accident, but the atmosphere was inexplicably harmonious.

After eating the noodles well, it was still early before going to work, so Lin Dajun took his younger brother to Xiao’s house.

Xiao family

“sister…”

“Miss…”

They even entered the Xiao family’s yard, and the loud voices spread into the Xiao family. Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun were carrying baskets, while Lin Sijun was empty-handed. Lin Dajun: “Sister, we are worried about not being able to go to the county seat this week. This is the yam we dug in the past few days, as well as the small corn shoots that we have picked up. Bring it back to the county seat.” Then give them meat, Eat flour instead.

Lin Yiyi now knows a little bit about the younger brothers of the Lin family. These three white-eyed wolves were silly and sweet when they were young. Lin Yiyi: “You keep it for yourself, let Grandma Ge cook it for you, and replenish your body.”

Lin Dajun: “We kept it. When we were digging yam, we brought Grandma Ge with us. Grandma Ge has been digging with us for the past two days.”

Lin Sijun: “Today, Grandma Ge made shredded pork noodles for us. You brought the meat and flour.”

Lin Yiyi: “Is it delicious?”

Lin Sijun: “It’s delicious, I want to eat it every day.”

Lin Yiyi chuckled: “Beautiful you, you will have to wait until next month to get the meat next month. Next month, my sister will get the meat and give it to you.”

Lin Sijun: “Sister, don’t forget it.”

Lin Yiyi: “Well, no.”

After chatting with the younger brothers of the Lin family for a while, they went to work, and Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu were about to leave. They didn’t plan to spend the night at Xiao’s house. Bring something with you when you come, and something with you when you go. Lin Dajun and the others have dug more than ten kilograms of yam in the past two days, and together with the baby corn shoots, they have to pack up to 20 kilograms. The Xiao family also wanted to give baby corn, but Lin Yiyi didn’t want it.

Back to the county, almost 2 o’clock. As soon as their bicycles arrived at the door, Grandma Wang ran out of the house: “One by one, one by one…”

Xiao Yu led fifth brother Lin into the courtyard, and Lin Yiyi stood at the door of the courtyard: “Grandma Wang.”

Grandma Wang said, “Do you know? Did you give bean sprouts to the director’s wife, Cui Ping?” The size is all in one place. Although the steel factory and the Public Security Bureau are not the same unit, because everyone lives It’s been a long time, so we all know.

Lin Yiyi nodded.

Grandma Wang: “Ah, you stupid child, don’t give her bean sprouts anymore. Do you know what she uses your bean sprouts for? Go sell them for money.”

Lin Yiyi was stunned. If you think about it carefully, it is indeed possible. Otherwise, why would Cui Ping ask her to send five pounds of soybeans at one time? There are 20 pounds of bean sprouts when they are ready. It’s just that Cui Ping, the director’s wife, shouldn’t be.

Grandma Wang said: “You don’t know, when I went to the Wang family’s nephew’s place to buy vegetables today, I met an old comrade from our former family home. They said that Xiao Wang’s bean sprouts are 2 yuan a pound, and Cui Ping’s bean sprouts are 2 yuan a pound. One piece of bean sprouts is eighty-one kilograms.”

Lin Yiyi did the math, 1.8 pound of bean sprouts, 20 pounds of bean sprouts can be sold for 36 yuan, the cost of 5 pounds of soybeans is only 25 yuan, and can earn 11 yuan, but don’t underestimate 11 yuan, that is a month’s salary for a temporary worker Now, it is also the money earned by an ordinary person in the countryside in a year.

Others may not know about Lin Yiyi’s ability to grow bean sprouts, but Grandma Wang’s house is next door, and she will come and walk from time to time. She has also seen Cui Ping’s bean sprouts, so she knows that Cui Ping’s bean sprouts are Lin Yiyi’s. of. But she didn’t think much about Brother Wang’s bean sprouts.

Grandma Wang also thought about buying some mung beans and soybeans and asking Lin Yiyi to help them grow them. Everyone knows that these beans must be full of bean sprouts, but… Brother Wang’s mung beans and soybeans are no longer for sale, and they are all left to grow bean sprouts. So, Grandma Wang lifted her mind.

Lin Yiyi said: “I see, thank you, Grandma Wang. By the way, I brought back baby corn from the countryside. My brother and the others picked it up on the ground. You can take it back and try it. It tastes good and smells like corn. “Lin Yiyi went back to the house and took out about a pound of baby corn.

Grandma Wang accepted it: “Thank you, my daughter.”

Lin Yiyi took her to the door, and turned around and told Xiao Yu about it: “It’s the third time I’ve sent her bean sprouts, and there are still two kilograms left. If she really sells it , five catties of soybeans can be sold in half a month, earning 11 yuan in half a month, it’s still a waste of money.”

Jin Yu: “Then next time she comes to take it, and refuses directly.”

Lin Yiyi: “Sure, I promised Brother Wang that he won’t sell bean sprouts again. It would be bad if Brother Wang misunderstood Cui Ping.”