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

Today is Saturday, Lin Yiyi slept late and didn’t go back to the countryside yesterday, she should go see it today, but she is so tired these days that she doesn’t even bother to move, she still thinks about her mother-in-law’s approval of the foundation. I didn’t tell her brother Yu.

It was too hot, but fortunately there was a fan next to it. Lin Yiyi turned the fan on to the maximum gear, and the fan was whirring. She didn’t even think it was noise. The reason was that the weather was too hot.

In response to the policy of rural development in July, the private plots of the major teams have basically been restored, and the next thing is the free trade market. The free trading day of Sunshine Commune is the 15th of each month. Because the policy has just started in July, it will not be held in July, that is, it will start from August 15th. Sunshine Commune set the location of the free market in the commune. Of course, there are 13 villages in the commune. The commune’s playground is definitely not big enough, so it extends from the commune to the roadside. However, there are no cars in this kind of rural area, even if it occupies the road, it is nothing. .

Lin Yiyi stretched and went to wash her face and brush her teeth first. When she was washing her face, she found that the facial cleanser was gone and had to be purchased. After washing her face, Lin Yiyi bought a bowl of mung bean soup and a boiled egg in the system mall, then lay on the bed and ate while watching the system mall.

“Huh?” When Lin Yiyi was looking at the system mall, she saw an advertisement about shampoo soap. She clicked on it and saw that it was a business that advertised using pure plant extracts, which contained various pure plants. Handmade soap, there are face soap, bath soap, shampoo soap, and different soaps have different functions, Lin Yiyi was overjoyed when she saw it. When she buys facial cleanser and shampoo, she also has to worry about destroying the body. If it is soap, she doesn’t have to worry about this at all, and even putting it aside will not attract Jin Yu’s suspicion, which is great.

Immediately, Lin Yiyi bought a few pieces of soap for various functions, especially the soap for bathing. She bought several pieces. The soap for bathing is relatively private. They were mixed up, so she bought several pieces of bath soap.

I bought the soap and looked at a few sets of underwear, but just to see, this kind of **** underwear cannot be worn in this era, because these cannot be made in China.

Then, Lin Yiyi looked at some clothes again.

“Sister…” Lin Dajun’s voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard.

Then: “Big sister, here we come.” Lin Sijun’s voice was even louder than Lin Dajun’s.

“Sister, here we are.” Fifth Brother Lin’s milky voice was much better than the two in front.

Lin Yiyi hurriedly opened the door and saw the four brothers of the Lin family standing in the yard. “Come in quickly, is it hot? Have a sip of herbal tea first.” She opened the kitchen door, let them in, and poured them cold water. Seeing the dozens of catties of lobster in the basket, I knew that they had brought lobster, “Dajun, did you come back yesterday?”

When Lin Dajun saw that his sister asked him, he hurriedly said, “I came back yesterday.”

Lin Yiyi: “How do you feel about going out this time? What did you see? Tell your brothers and let everyone listen. When there is a chance in the future, everyone will go out and have a look.” Let Lin Dajun share what he saw. Wen, not only helps to let other younger brothers understand the outside world, but also helps to cultivate Lin Dajun’s courage and increase his self-confidence.

So, Lin Dajun talked about what he had seen and heard in the past few days. He first said the train: “The train…it’s so long…it’s all made of iron, it can move…when I came back, it was a tractor, we Sit with piggy, the commune pays…”

Lin Sijun: “Wow, is there really such a long car? I want to ride too.”

Lin Sanjun’s eyes flashed.

Lin Yiyi was burning the fire and cooking mung bean soup. While listening to them talking, she couldn’t help laughing: “Then we will go to the train station tomorrow, and my sister will take you to see the train.”

Lin Sijun: “Is it really possible?”

Lin Sanjun also looked at his sister.

Lin Yiyi: “Of course you can, although you can’t sit for the time being, but it’s fine to go and see.” Otherwise, the army has taken the train, and they haven’t even seen it, so they are very disappointed, “Well, starting from next semester, Whoever comes first in the exam, I will take him on the train and go to the zoo to see animals.”

Lin Sijun: “Really?”

Brother Lin: “What is an animal?”

Lin Yiyi: “Of course it’s true. Animals are many, many small animals, such as piglets, chickens, chickens, tigers, lions…”

Brother Lin: “I also want to see animals.”

Lin Yiyi: “Then you have to work hard. If you can get five red flowers next semester, my sister will take you there.” Lin Wudi’s nursery has three red flowers every week. The red flowers are given to the three most obedient children.

Brother Lin: “Okay, elder sister can’t lie to children.”

Lin Yiyi: “Sister never lies to children.”

Lin Sijun: “Yes, my sister doesn’t lie to children. My sister said let us read books by ourselves first, and then let us go to school when we have money. We are going to school now.”

Lin Dajun nodded in agreement.

Lin Yiyi, who has been lying to children…a little ashamed.

Lin Sijun and Lin Wudi pestered Lin Dajun to ask about the train, and Lin Sanjun listened silently. After Lin Yiyi set the fire on, she looked at the lobsters in the back basket. All of them were plump and fat, with an estimated weight of 40 pounds. In the 1960s, there was no food, so lobsters were caught as food. Now that there is food, lobsters are of course a fire-colored landscape on the dining table. Lin Yiyi remembered the days of drinking beer and eating lobster watching football, although she didn’t like watching football.

But the problem is… Lin Yiyi can’t cook lobster. So, Lin Yiyi took a look at the system mall, and found that the system mall sells lobster dishes, spicy and thirteen-scented, and she carefully looked at the details of the seasonings. Oh my God, this is too simple.

Just pour oil into the pot, then add the washed lobster and fry for three minutes, then pour in the seasoning packet and cook for half an hour, it is OK, there is no technical content at all.

So Lin Yiyi decided to buy it.

Lin Yiyi: “The army, the third army, the fourth army, we eat this big ominous shrimp at noon, and now you wash it.”

The younger brother of the Lin family is an expert at washing lobsters and has a lot of experience. They cut off the head of the lobster directly, and then picked out the tendons of the lobster. The movements were very neat, and Lin Dajun, Lin Sanjun, and Lin Sijun would all handle it.

And Lin Yiyi has already bought the seasoning package. One package of seasoning package is the amount of three catties of lobster. Lin Yiyi sees that there are many people in the family and eats lobster in summer. When the atmosphere is good, one catty is not enough for one person, so Lin Yiyi bought two seasoning packets. Then he said to the younger brothers of the Lin family: “Dajun, you all look at the house, and my sister is going to buy something to drink.”

Even if you eat lobster without beer, you can’t do without drinks. No, she has to find a reason to buy soda.

Lin Dajun: “Sister, don’t worry.”

Lin Yiyi: “There is mung bean soup in the pot, you should watch it.”

Lin Dajun: “Got it.”

So, Lin Yiyi went out. She first went to the state-run restaurant to buy beer, but the state-run restaurant wasn’t open yet, but she was relieved that the state-run restaurant had beer, so that she could find the same model from the system store.

Beer entered my country at the end of the 19th century. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the beer industry in China developed rapidly and gradually got rid of the backward state of relying on imported raw materials. In 1954, my country’s beer entered the international market. So now is 1962, even if the county town is a bit remote, how could there be no beer in such a large state-run hotel?

When Lin Yiyi got home, the basket was already filled with beer and soda. Of course, the soda is still the famous Arctic soda of this era. There were many beers in the 1950s and 1960s, including Tsingtao Beer, Snow Beer, Bright Beer, Dalian Dark Beer, etc. Lin Yiyi chose Tsingtao Beer.

Seeing Lin Yiyi come back, the four brothers looked at Lin Yiyi eagerly.

Lin Yiyi: “You can only drink when you eat.”

At noon, when Jin Yu was getting off work, he walked to the area of ​​Grandma Wang’s house and smelled the fragrance. The lobster seasoning was so fragrant, and the smell was strong. Jin Yu thought Grandma Wang’s house was doing something delicious. I never thought it was my own home. Although his wife’s cooking skills have improved a lot, she doesn’t need to look to know that this level of fragrance is not something his wife can do. Whenever there is a heavyweight dish at home, it is bought by his daughter-in-law.

It’s just, a little strange, why the closer you get to the house, the stronger the fragrance is.

“Brother-in-law.”

“Brother-in-law, are you back?”

“Brother-in-law hug…”

Xiao Yu picked up fifth brother Lin with one hand, let him sit on his arm, and approached the kitchen, his nose was so itchy, the smell was so amazing, he was going to slap his face, take back what he said, the smell was actually made by his wife . He walked to the stove: “What are you doing? It smells so good.”

Lin Yiyi said: “The army came back from catching big ominous shrimp. I’m making shrimp. I can eat the last of the soup. By the way, the food is good today, and I bought beer.”

When Xiao Yu heard this, he was indeed a little moved, but he had strong self-control: “I have to go to work in the afternoon, I don’t drink at noon, I will wait for the evening to come back and drink.”

Lin Yiyi: “Then drink soda water. The soda water is placed in the well water in the bucket. It is cool and tastes good.”

Jin-Woo: “Okay.”

Lin Yiyi: “Army, take out the soda and ask your brother-in-law to open it for you.”

Lin Dajun: “Hey.”

Brother Lin: “Drink soda… Drink soda… I can drink a bottle.”

When Jin Yu heard the words, he touched his stomach.

Brother Lin looked at him and let out a crisp laugh.

The soda was opened, and everyone poured a bowl. Brother Lin couldn’t help but took a sip. Lin Dajun, Lin Sanjun, and Lin Sijun didn’t move. The three of them had suffered hardships, so they were very protective of their food, so they had to wait. Only eat the dishes, so you can taste the deliciousness of the dishes while enjoying the deliciousness of the soda.

Lin Yiyi didn’t let them wait, so he lifted the lid of the pot and let the lobster out of the pot.

Lin Sanjun moved his nose: “It smells so good.”

It was rare for him to open his mouth, and Lin Yiyi was quite proud: “Isn’t it fragrant? This big ominous shrimp can be eaten for two months, and August and September are the seasons for large ominous shrimp to breed vigorously. Then you can go fishing, I caught my sister to make it for you.”

Lin Sijun: “But it hasn’t been that long. Just like last year, everyone knows that big ominous shrimp can be eaten, and they are all eager to catch them.” Speaking of this, Lin Sijun was a little discouraged. Always taken away by everyone.

The childish words made Lin Yiyi wonder whether to laugh or cry: “This is everyone’s public resource. You can fish, and of course everyone can, and it’s delicious to eat together. Even if you don’t fish, we can’t finish it.”

Lin Sijun: “I know, I’ll just talk about it.” Lin Sijun didn’t have any malicious intentions, but he was just complaining.

Jin Yu: “This year, the fish pond in the brigade also has fish. By the end of the year, the family will be able to get several fish.”

Speaking of fish, Lin Yiyi has never eaten fish in this era: “Is the fish harvested in winter?”

Jin Yu: “No, the fish is harvested in spring, the river fish. But the end of the year is already the beginning of spring, and in order to eat a good meal in the New Year, the days of catching fish will be on the twenty-fifth or twenty-sixth.”

Lin Yiyi: “So it is.”

This lunch, three catties of lobster, was eaten very quickly. After the meal, both the younger brothers of the Lin family and Jin Yu felt that it was not enough.

Lin Yiyi: “There is beer in the evening, I make a little more.”

Jin-Woo: “It’s hard work.”

Lin Yiyi: “There are still more than 30 catties of lobster here. I can’t eat it all in one night. I can still eat it tomorrow. By the way, do you have a colleague to entertain? If you want to entertain, you can bring it, and you can have a nice meal in the evening. .” When eating lobster, it’s better to have a few friends together, chatting gossip while eating lobster, that’s the only way to feel comfortable.

In the first two years, the situation was not good, and everyone would not invite friends home. It was only in 1962 that things were relieved. Lin Yiyi remembered one thing: “It’s been almost two years since you went to the Public Security Bureau, and you haven’t had any guests yet. Why don’t you invite everyone over for a meal tonight? It just so happens that there are enough shrimps at home, so one person and one plate can’t be served. It will look too bad, I will prepare a few more vegetables and make a soup.”

Xiao Yu thought about it for a while, he didn’t care much about these human affairs, and he had already made up his mind about the task of his transfer this time, he thought about it for two years, he was going to be transferred back to the army But seeing his daughter-in-law thinking about him and making arrangements carefully, he felt satisfied and didn’t want to reject her kindness, even though he didn’t want her to be so tired. Xiao Yu: “Okay, then, I will invite some people from the previous bureau, about a dozen people.” In fact, when newcomers go to the work unit, they usually invite people from the department to dinner. This is a handed down habit, so Jin-woo invited everyone to dinner, but it wouldn’t stand out.

Lin Yiyi: “Promise not to lose the face of your Deputy Director Xiao.”

Xiao Yu said: “If you don’t rely on this kind of face, your man can earn it back. But…Thank you for thinking about me.” Whether or not he can earn it back is one thing, whether his daughter-in-law has him in his heart is another.

Before Jin-woo went to work, he drank another bowl of mung bean soup.

In the evening, Xiao Yu’s colleagues are coming, there are about ten, including the four brothers of the Lin family and Lin Yiyi, there is no room to sit at one table, so Lin Yiyi took the brothers to a waste station. When they came back, the brothers of the Lin family A table was brought up. The table was repaired and refurbished from an old table, and the scrap station was painted, but I told Lin Yiyi about the situation. This table has been sitting for a long time, and the smell of paint on it has long disappeared.

Lin Yiyi: “The army and the third army washed the remaining lobsters, and the fourth army helped my sister peel the potatoes.”

Brothers of the Lin family: “Hey.”

Lin Yiyi took out four cucumbers, soaked them in the bucket, and said to them, “Sister is going to buy some food, you can watch the house.”

Brothers of the Lin family: “Hey.”

Lin Yiyi went outside and came back after about half an hour, with the spare ribs she bought from the system store in the basket. She simmered the soybean and pork ribs soup first, and then picked the beans and eggplants from the vegetable shed in the yard. Lin Yiyi likes to cut all the vegetables in advance, so as not to be in a hurry. So now, she starts washing and chopping vegetables.

When it was almost three o’clock, she was ready to cook. She cooked simple dishes, such as with beans. She made sweet and sour beans. Put the beans in the oil and copy them, and then add soy sauce, rice vinegar, White sugar, water, when these seasoning sauces are about to dry, sweet and sour with beans will be fine.

Then eggplant, eggplant is cold, first cut the eggplant, then steam it on the steaming bar, and finally pour in soy sauce, salt, rice vinegar, then chop the garlic, sprinkle it on top, and pour a thin layer of hot oil .

There are also shredded potatoes with salt and pepper, cold cucumbers, scrambled eggs with chives, and finally the lobster with thirteen flavors. The remaining 37 pounds of lobsters, she made 27 pounds, and left the remaining 10 pounds for tomorrow. The 27-pound lobster is removed from the lobster head, and the two iron pots are made together, and the fragrance is far away.

Grandma Wang endured it at noon and didn’t come over. When it was about dinner time, she smelled this smell again, and she couldn’t help it: “One-one, what are you doing, why is it so fragrant?” Before she entered the kitchen, her voice had already been heard. came in.

Lin Yiyi walked out of the kitchen door and pointed to the basket under the eaves and the pile of lobster heads: “I’m making this shrimp.”

Grandma Wang swallowed her saliva when she saw the pile of lobster heads. The appetite just aroused by the fragrance disappeared immediately: “What is this? Can I eat it?”

Lin Yiyi: “I can eat it. We caught it in the countryside. There is a lot of meat. When there was a famine, we survived by eating this. Would you like to take a plate and cook it? This thing has to be braised and delicious. Oil A little more, a little more soy sauce, and no less other seasonings.”

Grandma Wang hurriedly shook her head: “No, no… I’m going back to cook.”

In fact, it’s no wonder that Grandma Wang has this reaction. People who have never seen a lobster look at it, it is indeed a bit scary, especially when the pile of lobster heads are put together, it is bloody.

Lin Sijun laughed: “Grandma Wang is so timid, what’s there to be afraid of? It tastes good.”

Lin Yiyi: “It’s the first time we went fishing for big ominous shrimp, and you told me you couldn’t eat it, so weren’t you afraid?”

Lin Sijun said: “It’s all caused by others. Everyone says you can’t eat it and say it’s dirty. Isn’t that just scare people?”

At 5:30, Jin Yu came with his colleagues from the Public Security Bureau. At a glance, there were about ten police officers. Everyone was wearing work clothes. When I committed a crime, I was timid and didn’t dare to breathe.

Lin Dajun and the others were playing in the yard. Seeing so many police officers coming in, the leader was Xiao Yu, and he said to the inside, “Sister, brother-in-law is back.” Lin Dajun may be cowardly to other officials, but He is not coward to the police, his brother-in-law is a police officer, and he is used to seeing the police.

Before Lin Yiyi made a sound, the public security who came together said, “Sister-in-law, I’m sorry to disturb you.”

Yang Tai: “Brother and sister, I’m sorry to bother you.” He said, handing over a bottle of wine, “What kind of food, it’s delicious.”

Lin Yiyi said: “It’s the shrimp that my brothers caught from the rural lake. They’re stuffy in the pot. You’re welcome, please take a seat. Army, bring the beer and soda.”

The table is full of dishes, and each dish is served in duplicate. There are not many colors, but the portion is very large.

Cucumber, cold eggplant, sweet and sour bean, shredded potato with salt and pepper, scrambled eggs with chives, soy rib soup, and finally Lin Yiyi served four plates of lobster.

Zhang Ming: “This tastes amazing, it’s so fragrant. Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are really good. Sister-in-law, do you have a younger sister at home? Both cousins ​​and cousins ​​are fine. My family is telling me who I am. I want to find someone like you. Yes.” If these words were said from the mouths of ordinary men, everyone would think it was impolite, but Zhang Ming is a public security officer, and the public security image is positive, and everyone will not think about it elsewhere.

Lin Yiyi was familiar with him and said with a smile, “I am the only one in my family. The young man should take his time to find someone who is suitable for him.”

Zhang Ming: “How long did it take you and the deputy director to find out that you are suitable?”

Lin Yiyi said: “We have known each other since childhood, childhood sweetheart, and he took my name.”

Zhang Ming: “It turns out that the deputy director has been shrewd since he was a child, and he set you up. The rabbits don’t eat the grass on the edge of the nest. You are really smart, deputy director.”

Jin-Woo took a lobster and stuffed it into his mouth.

Lin Yiyi couldn’t help laughing, this police officer is very interesting.

Jin Yu: “You can eat, don’t be busy.” In order to make this group of people eat, she was tired.

Lin Yiyi: “I’m not busy anymore. I’ll go eat with Dajun and the others. There are lobsters in the pot.”

Jin Yu: “Okay.” He knew that there was a table in the utility room, and the dishes were all compared to this table. He went to see it and knew that his wife would not wrong him.

Lin Yiyi put another table in the utility room. First, because the utility room was empty, and second, if it was placed in the other two rooms, the smell of lobster would fill the room by then.

27 pounds of lobster, after dinner, there are still four or five pounds. On average, each person is almost catching up with two pounds. After drinking the police beer, they drank the small wine brought by Yang Tai, and they all enjoyed themselves. After eating, Lin Yiyi packed the remaining lobsters and took them away.

When they left, Lin Yiyi greeted the younger brothers of the Lin family to clean up and Xiao Yu to wash the dishes.

Lin Dajun: “Sister, I heard that the movie theater in the county seat has been built. Can we go and see it?”

Originally there was no cinema in the county seat, it was a theater. It was rebuilt in 1957, and it was not completed until this year. It’s still early to go to bed. After listening to Lin Dajun’s suggestion, Lin Yiyi thinks it’s feasible: “Okay, I don’t know if there is a movie today.”