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

Lin Yiyi said, “Come here, I’ll bring you something to drink.”

The four brothers waited around Lin Yiyi. They were boys. When they came to open up the wasteland, they brought tools. They didn’t expect to bring towels, hats, water bottles, etc. They were still young, how could they think so carefully?

Lin Yiyi took out the bowl and pulled out the cork of the kettle.

Lin Sijun: “Wow, mung bean soup, sister, you are so kind, you are so kind, I like you the most.” After speaking, he took a few sips first, “It’s so cool and sweet.”

Lin Yiyi: Lin Sijun’s mouth is a deceiving ghost.

Lin Sanjun drank silently.

Lin Dajun made a grunting sound when he was drinking, and Lin Yiyi suspected that he was doing it on purpose and showed off to the people next to him. Like Lin Sijun, Fifth Brother Lin had water leaking from the corners of his mouth.

The people next to him looked at him with admiration. There are also children who bring water, but compared with mung bean soup, the water has no taste.

Lin Yiyi watched for a while, but she didn’t help. She couldn’t bear it on such a hot day, and she didn’t want to burn her skin. The younger brothers are boys, it is different. Men have to endure hardships in order to understand how heavy the burden of the head of the family is. Even if he is as small as the fifth brother of Lin, Lin Yiyi does not mean to let him work. The brothers cut hog grass, He also mowed, and his brothers hoeed the ground, and he was with him. The meaning is not that he works, but to let him understand the hard work and work hard with his brothers.

Lin Yiyi put down the bowl and kettle: “Dajun, my sister has gone back to cook lunch for you. There is still mung bean soup in it, remember to drink it.”

Lin Dajun: “Hey, I see.”

Brother Lin: “I know.”

Lin Yiyi: “I didn’t call you, what should you do?”

Brother Lin: “I know too. I’ll have mung bean soup later.”

Lin Yiyi: “Little fool.”

Fifth Brother Lin grinned, holding a bowl in his little hands.

On the private plot next to them, women from several households sat together. Originally it was a small talk, but now because Lin Yiyi came, everyone started talking about the Lin family.

“I heard that the Lin family is going to build a house. The three houses are all blue brick houses. After their pig raising skills were sold, the commune rewarded them.”

“This is still a powerful army. The technology of raising piglets has been passed down. I knew it back then…”

Some sour mouths: “Is this big army girl brainless? The technique of raising piglets is passed on to the girl and not to the boy?”

“Can you pull it down? Dajun and the others were young at the time, so what happened to passing it on to the girl? If my girl is as promising as one by one, I’ll pass it on to the girl.”

“That is, Dajunniang passed the pig raising skills to Yiyi, didn’t they pass it on to Dajun and the others? They also earned houses and workers for Dajun.”

“No, these are three blue-brick houses. Besides, all of them are so well married? You don’t even know how to raise piglets?”

“No, the work of the salesperson in the supply and marketing agency is all up to the father-in-law, and I will give it to the army when the army grows up in the future.”

“But…but isn’t that afraid that she will pass on the technology to her in-laws?”

“What’s wrong with passing it on to her in-law’s family? If she wants to pass it on to her in-law’s family, she won’t say it’s a technique passed down by her mother.”

“I heard that her mother handed down the fur at the beginning. Her mother was young and didn’t remember much. The rest were pondered by their sister and brother.”

“So it’s good for a girl to study, not only for her husband’s family, but also for her parents’ family.”

“No, her husband’s father-in-law worked for six years and earned thousands of dollars, right?”

“She earns money with a pen, and she can earn thousands of dollars in six years.”

I don’t know who said such a sentence, and everyone found out that they only cared about the work of the workers and the skills of raising pigs, but they forgot that Lin Yiyi was able to offer this job, indicating that he made more money, otherwise who would Workers’ jobs let out.

This comparison makes everyone even more sad.

“I heard that Yiyi plans to let Dajun and Lin Zhen get married when they are 18 years old.”

“This army should be 15 this year, and 18 years old will only take two and a half years, soon.”

“It’s still the captain’s wife who has hot eyes, and gave Dajun such a golden tortoise-in-law.”

“What this means is that if this happened in the past, wouldn’t the army be the son-in-law of the golden turtle?”

The son-in-law of the golden turtle, Lin Dajun, wiped the sweat with his sleeve, and was struggling to **** the ground with a hoe. He was very bitter.

At noon, all the families brought lunch to the adults who were reclaiming wasteland on their own land, but the Lin family did not.

why?

Because Lin Yiyi didn’t think of delivering meals, she thought that the army and the others would come back to eat. How could she know that in order to save time, everyone would deliver meals by themselves. Until Lin Zhen came to Lin’s house and called Lin Yiyi: “Sister Yiyi, don’t you want to deliver meals to Dajun and the others?” Lin Zhen delivered food to the squad leader and the others, went to the Lin’s house to check the situation, and saw that Lin Dajun and the others were hungry Her stomach was still reclaiming wasteland, so she went back to Lin’s house to inquire about the situation.

Lin Yiyi was taken aback: “Aren’t they coming back to eat?”

Lin Zhen didn’t think too much: “Everyone has to open up wasteland at noon, so it’s all family members who deliver meals.”

Lin Yiyi suddenly realized: “Look at me, forget this, okay, I’ll go deliver them food now.”

Lin Yiyi took out four large bowls. Because pity her younger brothers was more tiring to open up wasteland, all she cooked at noon was white rice. She put the rice in the bowls, and then poured potato and pork ribs soup on top. The rice was accompanied by the soup. Not to be choked, and then put the poached egg over the rice. Of course, the poached eggs were bought from the system mall. They were braised and fragrant. In addition to this, there was a plate of stir-fried vegetables.

After packing, she carried the basket and went to the field.

Seeing that his eldest sister finally came, Lin Dajun was about to cry.

Lin Sijun: “Big sister, you’re finally here, we’re all going to starve to death.”

Lin Yiyi: “You’re hungry, it took a while to make soup at home, you should find a cool place to eat.”

Lin Sijun: “Hey.”

The four brothers sat under a big tree. Because it is a mountainous area, there are many big trees next to it, so there are many places to enjoy the shade. Lin Yiyi took out the rice: “Hurry up and eat.”

Lin Sanjun held the big bowl and took a sip of the soup first. He was really thirsty.

Lin Sanjun ate white rice first, and when the rice was gone, he began to eat vegetables, potatoes, spare ribs, and poached eggs. The poached eggs were eaten last. It can be seen from Lin Dajun that he eats the bad first and saves the best for the last. As for Lin Sanjun, he had one mouthful of rice and one mouthful of vegetables, but the rice was big mouthfuls and the vegetables were small mouthfuls, and there were still a lot of vegetables left, so he poured the leftover rice from Fifth Brother Lin into his own bowl and continued to eat.

Brother Lin also took a bite of rice and a dish, but the rice and dishes were small bites. After a few bites of rice, he started eating dishes, and most of the remaining rice was divided between the army and the three armies.

Lin Sijun is relatively well-proportioned, with a big mouthful of rice and a big mouthful of vegetables. He is the kind of character who eats one bite at a time. It can be said that he can get along.

When they had a good meal, Lin Yiyi said: “Don’t rush to work, rest for a while, you are still young, my sister said before that if you are too tired, you will not grow taller, so you would rather open up more wasteland. God, don’t be too tired, understand?”

Lin Dajun: “Understood.”

Lin Yiyi said again: “Sister dinner will be ready, and when everyone comes back, you all come back, eat dinner and rest before taking a bath. You must take a bath, otherwise a man won’t be able to get his wife if he doesn’t take a bath.”

Lin Dajun: “Got it.”

Lin Sijun: “I’m still young.”

Brother Lin: “What is a daughter-in-law?”

Lin Sanjun was silent.

Lin Yiyi pinched the fifth brother Lin’s face: “Sister is gone.”

The dinner Lin Yiyi prepared for them was shredded pork porridge, cut green vegetables, and then bought 20 white steamed buns from the system mall, and left a note for them when they left: “White steamed buns will be breakfast tomorrow.” Summer stuff Although it is easy to spoil, the white steamed buns prepared at night can still be eaten the next morning. To put it uglier, even if it is a little broken, it is still edible. How can people in this era be willing to throw away white steamed buns.

When the four brothers returned home, they saw the white steamed buns and notes on the table, and then saw the shredded pork and vegetable porridge in the pot, and felt that this day was really happy.

Lin Yiyi was not happy. When she came home by bicycle, she had to prepare her own food, but such a day was very satisfying.

Three days passed in a flash. For these three days, Lin Yiyi rode her bike to the countryside to cook for her younger brothers every day. Finally, the Lin family’s private plot was cleared. The Lin family’s private plot is for growing potatoes and sweet potatoes. In fact, it’s not just the Lin family, but other families as well. Because food is still in short supply, it is not as important to grow other potatoes and sweet potatoes. When rice cannot be grown, except for sweet potatoes and potatoes. , and radish, corn, but everyone is used to growing potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Potatoes are grown twice a year. The first season is planted in early spring in January and February, and harvested in mid-May. The second season is planted in September and can be harvested in December.

Sweet potato also has two seasons a year. The first season is also sown in January and February, and harvested in April. The second season is planted in June and July, and harvested in September and October. It’s July now, which means sweet potatoes are about to be sown.

Therefore, everyone started to work during the day, busy with the planting of the brigade, and went to the private plot at night. In this flash, another three days have passed, and it is almost mid-July. Finally, all the private plots of the Lin family have been planted. They are all planted with sweet potatoes, which can be eaten by humans and pigs.

The private plot is busy, which means that the Lin family is going to build a new house. The matter of starting a new house, Lin Yiyi entrusted the team leader and his wife with full authority. She gave 300 yuan to the team leader’s wife, and asking everyone to build a house requires wages. This kind of building is not a house. Good value for money. Moreover, if you pay wages, meals are not included. It is too troublesome to cover meals, so Lin Yiyi feels that it is convenient to pay wages.

When the captain got the blueprint drawn by Lin Yiyi, he was a little surprised: “The type of this house has never been seen before, but it is a bit like a small courtyard in the county town.”

Lin Yiyi said: “Yes, I came up with it based on the small courtyard in the county seat.”

Captain: “This is a small yard with units in it. It’s a bit like a cup house, but it’s bigger than the cup house. The same is true for the cup house. The houses inside are separated, but it’s good for you. The door of the house opens to a hall, just like the main room. , then the left side of the hall faces north, a kitchen, a bathroom, a room, and two large rooms on the right. The hall also opens a door and a window to the back, so that the whole hall is even brighter.” Actually The houses in this era are separated by three major divisions. The biggest difference from the houses of later generations is that the doors of the commercial houses are all facing the hall, and the whole apartment is wrapped up. The houses in this era are not suites. All facing outside.

Lin Yiyi said: “What the captain said is that I combined the appearance of the package.” Then he made some changes in the shape of his house, which is much simpler now.

Captain: “There are three small bungalows in the corner of the front yard, one is a toilet, one is a pig and chicken coop, and one is a utility room. Your house is very innovative and unique in our team. yes.”

Lin Yiyi said: “The house is similar to the house in the county seat. It can be passed for a long time. When the army and their children grow up, they will not dislike the house.”

Captain: “You think too far. However, for three houses like yours, you all ask a man to help you and pay wages. I’m afraid it will cost a lot of money.”

Lin Yiyi: “How much does it cost?”

The captain thought for a while: “Everyone eats their own food. It is estimated that the salary is 5 cents a day. All the three houses are set up well. There are more people, about ten people. It takes 150 yuan for a month.”

Lin Yiyi said: “Then follow this.” So according to her plan, without the money from blue bricks, the three houses will cost a total of 300 yuan.

The captain said: “That’s okay, I’ll applaud you.”

Lin Yiyi: “Thank you, Captain.”

Since this era, the house is not particular, and it does not need to be a special day, so as not to be labeled as a feudal superstition. In fact, before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, or later generations, housewarming was quite particular, and it was necessary to choose a date.

After Lin Yiyi discussed with the captain, he started to build the house. Because the three houses are all together, there is no such foundation next to the old house, so their foundation is re-selected, and it is chosen in an empty place. Of course, the actual area of ​​the foundation is different from what Lin Yiyi planned. The foundation is about 200 square meters, but this includes the foundation of the yard.

After the house is built, one side of the corner of the yard is the toilet, and the other side can be a whole piece of land to grow your favorite vegetables. Counting the money for the foundation, the 300 yuan Lin Yiyi prepared was not enough.

The Lin family started to build a house, and Lin Dajun also went to work on the commune pig farm. Lin Sanjun took his younger brothers to help at the new base every day, and the captain’s wife often made some mung bean soup for everyone. The mung beans were provided by Lin Yiyi.

The establishment of the commune pig farm did not cause much shock, because many villages did not know about these things, but it was an important news for the Shanglin Production Brigade, because there was a quota of workers in the team, although this Only four families can fight for the quota, but everyone is happy just watching.

In fact, the other three families have completely given up. They all thought that this was the quota for the captain’s family. After all, the Lin family and the captain’s family are in-laws. As a result, the captain’s family did not win the quota, and the quota fell to one family. In the hands of a very industrious person, it was won by the man’s mother-in-law. The mother-in-law is not very powerful and has no knowledge, but she is very diligent and cleans the house very cleanly, and her job is to clean the pigpen.

Therefore, the position that others are fighting for is really suitable for them, and the result is successful.

Because of the commune’s pig farm, the Shanglin production team suddenly had two more workers, one was a woman cleaning the pigpen, and the other was Dr. Lin, who was hired as the pig farm’s doctor.

Lin Dajun has also been very busy recently, because the commune’s pig farm has been built, and the commune is going to buy piglets. According to the commune’s intention, Dr. Lin and Lin Dajun have to go. Lin Dajun didn’t want to go, but he had no right to object. Facing the leaders of the commune, he did not dare to object.

Lin Yiyi watched Lin Dajun pack his luggage, a pair of army green anti-military pants (training pants), and a gray short-sleeved T-shirt. In fact, people in this era don’t wear T-shirts, but this is a military exercise to prevent Jin Yu. It is made by training T, so everyone will not doubt this style. Moreover, this is indeed what Lin Yiyi went to the old tailor to do. She made a total of six short T, six anti-military pants, two sets for each of the three brothers, as a reward for their piglets.

Lin Dajun: “Sister, can I not go?”

Lin Yiyi: “You are the head of our Lin family. If you are afraid of everything, how can you be the head? How will the younger brothers rely on you in the future? How will the elder sister rely on you in the future?”

Lin Dajun hesitated.

Lin Yiyi said again: “Army, you are the backbone of our family. If you can’t even do it, what will we do if we are bullied in the future?”

Lin Dajun: “…”

Lin Dajun, you can’t reason with him, you have to lift his ass, he will understand.

Lin Yiyi said, pinched her thighs hard, and then her eyes were red: “You…you are so unsatisfactory, are you going to be mad at me? When you become a worker in the future, even if you are disrespected by your in-laws, you will win back the job in the supply and marketing cooperative, how can you…how can you hurt my heart like this.” As she spoke, she simply covered her face and hummed. cried.

Lin Yiyi couldn’t help it, she couldn’t find her tears without covering her face.

When Lin Dajun saw his sister crying, he immediately persuaded: “Sister, don’t cry, I’ll go, can’t I go?”

Lin Yiyi didn’t listen: “Sister doesn’t believe it, you will definitely regret it after you go, and regret that sister let you go… woo woo woo… Why am I so miserable, my parents died early, and I desperately wrote manuscripts to make money for my brother. Studying, the younger brother is also a hopeless, woohoo…”

Lin Dajun was afraid: “I won’t, I won’t regret it, sister, don’t cry.”

Brother Lin came in with his small clothes and pants in his arms: “Sister don’t cry, I’ll go.” The child stood at the door with the demeanor of a general, “Sister, I’ll go.”

Lin Yiyi: “…”

Lin Sanjun: “I’ll go.” He clenched his fists in both hands, the eldest brother was unreliable, timid and useless, he had to stand up.

Lin Sijun: “Sister, don’t cry, I…I’m willing to go too.” Although he was also worried.

Lin Yiyi: “Sanjun, sister can only rely on you, the army can’t be trusted, sister can’t rely on him anymore.” Said, hugging Lin Sanjun, lying on his thin and thin, but already straight shoulders.

Lin Sanjun: “Well, sister, don’t worry, you can rely on me in the future.” He must go to the army, save face for his sister, and rely on her. Thinking of this, he glanced at Lin Dajun with deep eyes, and he also disliked this eldest brother who had no eyes to see. It’s better for the eldest sister to lose confidence in him. In the future, the eldest sister will care about him alone and give him all her love. He will definitely not disappoint the eldest sister.

Facing the death stare of Lin Sanjun just now, Lin Dajun was not convinced: “Sister, how can I be unreliable, I must be reliable, I will go, I will go now, you wait, I will definitely strive for you.” He He picked up his luggage and walked towards the door.

Seeing this, Fifth Brother Lin followed and said, “I’ll go too.”

Lin Dajun: “You watch the house, you are not allowed to follow.” He ran towards Dr. Lin’s house, as if taking a slow step, he would regret it.

As soon as he arrived at Dr. Lin’s house, he said, “Dr. Lin, I’m fine, when are we leaving?”

Dr. Lin came out of the door and looked at Lin Dajun: “…you leave tomorrow morning, what are you yelling about now? Are you still carrying your luggage?”

Lin Dajun: “…I’m…I’m not afraid that you will forget, hahaha…” Lin Dajun is not cowardly in the face of the team leader, not cowardly in the face of Dr. Lin, and not cowardly in the face of the people in the village, but Cowardly facing his sister, cowardly facing his brother-in-law, cowardly facing the leaders of the commune.

Lin Dajun returned home with his luggage and saw his sister and brothers standing under the eaves watching him. Lin Dajun smiled and said: “I was afraid that Dr. Lin would forget the time just now, so I urged him to leave tomorrow morning.”

Lin Sanjun rolled his eyes.

Lin Sijun said, “Brother, we all know we’re leaving tomorrow, but we thought you were going out now.”

Lin Dajun: “…”

Lin Yiyi said, “Come in.”

Lin Dajun walked in cautiously and assured: “Sister, don’t worry, I will definitely go, don’t cry.”

Lin Yiyi took out twenty dollars from his pocket: “You take this money with you.”

Lin Dajun’s eyes lit up, wow, two ten yuan, a lot. The largest amount of money in his pocket is one cent, and the other cent is one cent, which is usually the pocket money given by his sister. Now in 1962, I have saved for a year, and I have not yet had two dollars.

Lin Dajun thought that he would never be able to get ten yuan in his life. Although it was said that the commune rewarded 600 yuan, their brothers knew that it was his sister’s money, and they had never even seen it.

Lin Dajun: “…this…why am I so embarrassed?” He just couldn’t move his eyes.

Lin Yiyi put the money into her hand: “Be careful when you are out and about, don’t speak when you don’t understand anything, ask Dr. Lin if you have any questions, and if you are in trouble, go to the police and find it. The police can call your brother-in-law, this is the phone number of your brother-in-law’s office.” After speaking, he took out another piece of paper with the phone number of Jin Yu’s office written on it.

Lin Dajun looked at his sister, his eyes suddenly red: “Well.”