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

Lin Yiyi served them cold noodles and asked them, “What did you bring in exchange?”

Lin Dajun: “We brought steamed buns, flour, brown sugar, and big oyster shrimp. We picked the head of the big ominous prawn and cooked it with green onions. It’s very fragrant.”

Lin Sijun: “We caught a lot of big ominous prawns for a day. We just cooked them before we came, and they are still hot. Sister, do you want to eat them?”

Lin Yiyi said: “No, you put the big ominous prawns here, and put them together with your sister’s food, and then eat the noodles, you can change things. Xiaowu also put it here, so as not to crowd out too many people. There are a lot of people today, you have to pay attention to safety, and you may get in, and you should also pay attention. More importantly, be careful that others touch the porcelain, you know? “

As soon as he heard the touch of porcelain, Lin Dajun made a clever move.

Lin Sanjun: “I know.”

Lin Yiyi: “What are you going to change?”

Lin Dajun: “We want to change the tableware, as well as the desk, preferably the kitchen cabinet.”

Lin Yiyi: “You can exchange desks and cabinets with the craftsmen and see if anyone has exchanged handicrafts, such as rattan baskets, baskets, etc. Those things should be in the same area. If you can’t find a craftsman, then you You can also ask these handicraft buyers if they know any craftsmen, or if they are craftsmen.”

Lin Dajun: “Well, I wrote it down. But I have to go to work later. This is for the Third Army and Fourth Army to remember.”

Lin Sijun: “I will definitely remember.”

Lin Yiyi didn’t wake up fifth brother Lin, the children need to sleep more, and it’s really a bit early now.

When Lin Dajun and the others were eating cold noodles, Qin Xiangju came with Qi Spinach and Liang’s family, and they both carried baskets. Qin Xiangju has nothing to change. They have flour and meat for the second house every month, and vegetables at home, so what are they worried about? So Qin Xiangju just joined in the fun. When they arrived at the commune playground, the scene on Lin Yiyi’s side was very eye-catching, and Qin Xiangju saw it at a glance.

Qin Xiang: “One by one.”

Lin Yiyi: “Mother, sister-in-law, three younger siblings, you are here.” This body is 17 years old this year, and it can’t be called Liang’s sister Liang as cute as 15 o’clock.

Qin Xiangju: “One by one, are you going to trade these foods?”

Lin Yiyi said, “Yes, mother, what did you bring to trade?”

Qin Xiangju: “I’m just here to join in the fun. The eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law come to change things. I think you have a lot of things here. I’ll stay and fight for you later.”

Lin Yiyi: “That’s good, thank you mother.

Qin Xiangju: “Thank you.”

Qi Spinach: “Second brother and sister, these things of yours are delicious.” She was a little greedy. I thought to myself, the second daughter-in-law was so happy in the county town, why did she come here for something else.

Lin Yiyi: “I also feel good, but the first order has not yet started today. Why don’t my sister-in-law open my first order and let me have a good start?”

Qi Spinach: “I brought eggs, and I don’t have anything I can exchange at home, so this egg will hold up the scene. Are the second siblings interested?”

Mrs. Liang: “I also have eggs, second sister-in-law, let me exchange some vegetable buns and this noodle with you. How do you change it?”

Lin Yiyi calculated, the cost of an egg is 6 cents, the cost of a bun is 1 cent, and the cost of a bowl of cold noodles is 3 cents, but things can’t be calculated like this. Soon, Lin Yiyi had an idea.

Lin Yiyi said, “One egg, three buns, and one bowl of noodles.”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liang said, “Isn’t this what I took advantage of? No no no, this is too…”

Qi Spinach: “Second brother and sister, I want to change. Give me two noodles and 9 buns.”

Lin Yiyi: “Does sister-in-law have a lunch box or bowl?”

Qi Spinach: “Yes.” She took out a large aluminum bowl. Many things in this era are made of aluminum, as well as lunch boxes. Today is the first trading day, so many people bring a lot of things because they don’t know what they will get.

Lin Yiyi used her own bowl to serve cold noodles, filled two servings, poured them into the aluminum bowl with all the spinach, and gave her 9 more buns: “Sister-in-law, I see that you are tired after walking all the way, you are mine today. For the first transaction, I’ll give you two bowls of mung bean soup, you drink one bowl first, and you’ll drink another bowl later when you’re tired from shopping.” Use the mung bean soup to cover the spinach’s mouth, lest she say something that she doesn’t like listening to if.

Qi Spinach: “…” She really wanted to say something, such as asking the second daughter-in-law to add more noodles, or give an extra bun, but the second daughter-in-law said she would give two bowls of mung bean soup, so she couldn’t say anything. Qi Spinach gave Lin Yiyi five eggs, and then drank a bowl of mung bean soup soaked in well water, “Second brother and sister, this mung bean soup is really sweet.”

Lin Yiyi smiled, the cost of a bowl of mung bean soup at a market price of 6 cents a pound is very low.

Lin Dajun: “Sister, we’re done eating. You leave us four bowls of noodles. We have to eat at noon. These are four eggs.” The eggs were laid by two hens in the past two days. Their hens Those who eat earthworms are very good.

Lin Yiyi took the eggs: “Okay, don’t worry, keep it for you, you can go.”

Lin Dajun went to the commune’s pig farm, and Lin Sanjun took Lin Sijun to change things.

Mrs. Liang: “Second sister-in-law, I exchanged the same ones as my elder sister-in-law.” Five eggs cost half a catty, but she could exchange 9 steamed buns and two bowls of noodles. She was willing to take the noodles and buns home for her man to taste. Have a taste. Such a fragrant thing, her man has never tasted it.

Lin Yiyi: “Hey, good. The third sibling is the second guest, so I can only give you a bowl of mung bean soup.”

When Qi Spinach heard this, he felt extremely comfortable.

Mrs Liang said, “Thank you second sister-in-law.” She didn’t care about this bowl of mung bean soup.

Qin Xiangju shook her head, she knew why the second daughter-in-law asked her name to give the eldest daughter-in-law two bowls of mung bean soup and the third daughter-in-law one bowl of mung bean soup, only the eldest daughter-in-law didn’t know.

Then, Qi Spinach and Liang went shopping together.

Today is the first market trading day of Sunshine Commune, and it is also the first market trading day of the beginning of the rural policy, so it is very lively today. Not only the common people under the jurisdiction of the Sunshine Commune came, but also the county seat. Although there is more than one commune under the county seat, the free trading days of many communes are staggered. Even if there are several communes on the same day, it is impossible to go to the same commune with so many people in the county seat. .

However, Lin Yiyi’s business here is particularly good. Everyone knows that on market days, the food is always very attractive. As soon as the younger brothers of the Lin family eat, and Qi spinach trades with the Liang family, the people who see it will be ready to move.

Although there may be very few people raising piglets this year, there are definitely more people raising chickens. The common people hide their eggs to exchange for something, and Lin Yiyi can exchange one egg for three buns, even vegetable buns. Everyone thinks it’s worth it. Of course, everyone didn’t dare to change more. Many of them replaced one or two eggs, and the buns were changed for the children at home to taste. As for themselves, everyone was reluctant to eat them.

After Qi Spinach and Liang’s family left, Lin Yiyi put a bowl of cold noodles for Qin Xiangju to eat. Qin Xiangju came to help her daughter-in-law, how could she eat it, but her daughter-in-law was too polite, so Qin Xiangju took out an egg and put it in In the daughter-in-law’s basket, just change it yourself.

To put it bluntly, they are all polite, and they need to be divided so carefully.

After a while, fifth brother Lin woke up. When he woke up, he was still a little confused and a little scared, but when he saw his sister next to him, he was no longer afraid. Brother Lin stood up from the basket: “Sister, what about the brothers?”

Seeing that he woke up, Lin Yiyi took him out: “Brothers are busy, Xiao Wu is hungry, sister will give you buns.”

Fifth Brother Lin: “I’m hungry…” Then shook his head again, “I have eaten steamed buns, and the brothers gave them.” The three brothers of the Lin family rushed over in the middle of the night, woke Fifth Brother Lin, and coaxed him with a steamed bun.

Lin Yiyi: “Brothers are so kind to Xiao Wu, and they give Xiao Wu steamed buns to eat.” The three brothers were reluctant to eat them, so she gave Lin Wu brother a vegetable bag and a bowl of mung bean soup. Cold noodles are served early in the morning. The taste is a bit heavy for children, which is not suitable, but it is okay to eat a few mouthfuls.

Fifth Brother Lin took a bite of the steamed bun: “Brother gave Xiaowu eggs back.” During his summer vacation in the countryside, the younger brothers of the Lin family took turns taking an egg every day, and Fifth Brother Lin would also be taken in turn.

Lin Yiyi: “Wow, I really envy Xiao Wu. He has three good brothers.”

Brother Lin: “Good brother.” He took another bite of the buns, but he didn’t eat it, “Give it to the brothers and hide it.”

Lin Yiyi: “…you eat it, sister has it here, for the brothers.”

Hearing that Lin Yiyi still had it, he continued to eat.

Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun exchanged things with a very purposeful purpose. They didn’t wander around, but directly looked at the stalls one by one. They looked at it with a purpose to find what they wanted. Finally, after reading half of the stalls, they found a place selling straw mats.

The brothers stopped, they had no home…no bamboo mat. Neither bamboo mats nor straw mats.

Lin Sijun pulled Lin Sanjun’s hand: “Third brother, look.”

Lin Sanjun was also a little moved, he nodded and walked to the stall. There were no people in the bamboo mat stall. The people who came to the commune on trading days were all country people. The country people were more down-to-earth. On this,

The owner of the bamboo mat stall was an old man. He looked at the two young people in front of him and sighed, probably looking at it again. Their family had nothing they could afford, and they were destitute. Everyone knows what the year was before this year, but this year, there are generally very few people who can come up with good things. The old man is a person who only knows how to work, and the only skill is probably this, but this skill was really good in the past, a bamboo mat could be exchanged for money, but now… Craft is useless. It took him a month to complete the two bamboo mats this time. Because he knew that August 15th was the trading day of the commune, he came here on purpose.

“How to change this bamboo mat?” A middle-aged woman came over with a young girl. Seeing that they don’t dress like country people, they look like people in the county town.

The old man hurriedly said: “I want rice or flour, 20 catties.” He didn’t know if the other party would agree. 20 catties of rice or flour would only cost three or four dollars. If someone buys one of his bamboo mats, it’s definitely not worth three or four. It’s a block, but he also knows that he can’t buy high-priced ones.

Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun walked away as soon as they heard that they wanted 20 catties of rice or flour. They didn’t have so much rice or flour. The two brothers walked for a while, and then ran over a little excitedly. Lin Sijun: “How can I change these wooden bowls?” They saw the wooden bowls and wanted to change them, but ceramic bowls must be expensive. If wooden bowls are cheap, it is better to use wooden bowls. Wooden bowls will fall on the ground. Will not break. Also, these wooden bowls are very well made, polished to a smooth finish, and have no other flavors. There are wooden bowls for eating, wooden plates for serving vegetables, and large soup bowls. In addition, there are wooden chopsticks, wooden spoons, everything is complete.

The stall owner is a man in his thirties. He used to be a carpenter, but in such a situation in the past few years, who still hires a carpenter to do carpentry work? I can’t get enough to eat myself, but it is very uncomfortable for a carpenter not to touch the wood, so in the past few years, when he was not alive, he made a lot of wooden bowls, wooden plates, large soup bowls, wooden spoons, wooden chopsticks . The wood I was looking for was also picked up from the mountains, not the wood that was cut down on purpose. The business of the stall owner is not very good, but there are people who change it.

The man looked at Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun, and thought for a while: “What did you exchange for?”

Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun put down their backpacks, and Lin Sijun said, “We have steamed buns, flour, brown sugar, white sugar, soap, rice, and free meat tickets.” There are bits and pieces, but they are not many, the most. It should be steamed buns.

When the man heard this, his eyes lit up: “Free meat tickets are the kind of meat tickets that are directly exchanged for meat, right?” Everyone who has raised pigs in the early years knows it.

Lin Sijun: “Yes, do you change it?”

The man said: “10 wooden bowls, one pound of free meat tickets. One steamed bun and one wooden spoon.”

Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun discussed it, and Lin Sijun said, “One pound of free meat tickets is exchanged for 11 wooden bowls. We will give you four steamed buns and six spoons.”

man:”……”

The calculation of Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun is that the four brothers plus sister and brother-in-law need exactly six spoons. Then Lin Sijun took out three pounds of meat tickets and 12 steamed buns: “We want three copies of each, and we chose it ourselves.”

Man: “…” I thought it was a stingy small customer, but it turned out to be a big customer. However, the man kindly reminded, “After the wood is used as tableware, it should be placed in a dry and ventilated place, otherwise, if it is wet, it may become moldy.” Of course, under normal circumstances, it will not mold, otherwise the wooden bed at home All moldy. However, what should be reminded is that he is afraid that after the little guests are replaced, the adults in the family will dislike it and come to discuss it.

Lin Sijun: “I see.” They were always greedy for cheap.

Then, Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun started to take things. Each serving was 6 rice bowls, 3 wooden plates, a large soup bowl, and 6 spoons. They put them in the basket and were in a very good mood.

Lin Sijun asked again, “Uncle, are you a carpenter?”

Fortunately, this is what the man has saved in the past few years, otherwise it would be too late to make so many bowls at one time.

Man: “Yes, are you going to do something?”

Lin Sijun: “We want three desks and three kitchen cabinets, how do we exchange them?”

Man: “It depends on the wood. If the wood is provided by you, it will be cheaper. If the wood is provided by me, it will be more expensive.”

Lin Sanjun: “We don’t understand wood, how can you exchange it for wood?”

Man: “A desk is 20 catties of coarse grains or 5 catties of refined grains, a cabinet is 20 catties of coarse grains or 5 catties of refined grains, and then a catty of eggs or half a catty of meat.” The desk is simple, just a piece of wood and four pillars, but the cabinet is very complicated , so men want more.

Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun looked at each other, and then the two discussed with each other back to back. Finally, Lin Sijun said: “We only make a desk and a cabinet, and then give you 10 catties of refined grains and one catty of eggs.” 10 catties of refined grains refers to rice or flour, which they exchanged with their sister. The reason why they make one is because they give it to Lin Dajun first. When they plan to do their homework in the future, they will go to Lin Dajun’s place to take turns. As for the cupboard, they all eat together for the time being, so as long as Lin Dajun’s house has cupboards, That’s it. Moreover, they also thought that the eldest brother will get married in two years. They will take their time, so prepare the eldest brother first.

The free trade market has just been held, this is the first phase, and the prices of many things are relatively low. Everyone’s mind was still in famine, so they didn’t dare to be too **** food. If it is a good year, 20 catties of coarse grains or 5 catties of refined grains are exchanged for a desk, and it is definitely profitable.

After the two brothers negotiated with the man, they asked each other for the address. When the trading day was over, the two brothers had to go to the man’s house to find out the situation and then pay the deposit (food). The table, cabinet and bowl were resolved, and Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun were relieved.

However, Lin Sijun: “Third brother, we are eating together with the eldest brother anyway. Did we change our bowls and chopsticks too early?” This is meat.

Lin Sanjun: “It’s not early.” He changed it early, and hoped that one day, his sister would come to his house for dinner.

…

Lin Yiyi’s business here is very good, and it is basically exchanged for eggs. In rural areas, eggs are the most saved. Others used cloth shoes made by herself. Lin Yiyi’s feet were small, only size 35, so she didn’t get them, but she changed two pairs of shoes for Jin Yu’s feet.

Qin Xiangju was moved again when she watched her daughter-in-law change two pairs of shoes for her son.

“You… do you change anything else?” A young man came to Lin Yiyi’s stall with two wooden barrels. He smelled the cold noodles and vegetable buns and swallowed. He has asked about half of the stalls, but no one has exchanged with him. When asked about Lin Yiyi, he has given up hope. However, he was really attracted by the fragrance of this stall, so he mustered up the courage to come over.

Lin Yiyi: “What?”

The young man opened the lids of two wooden buckets, one with crabs and the other with shrimps.

Lin Yiyi took a look, both eyes lit up. Crabs are similar to swimming crabs, and shrimp are like prawns. Lin Yiyi said a little excitedly: “Did you fish this yourself in the sea?”

The young man seemed to have hope, and hurriedly said: “Yes, my family used to be fishing, and I often went to sea with my father when I was young.” There are some boys who go out to sea with their father, not to mention that after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, fishing and crab fishing in the sea are also allowed. “In the first two years, our family survived by eating the sea food, but… but maybe it was because I ate too much sea food, and my mother’s health was a little bad, but it’s okay to eat a little bit. The doctor said, my mother just Seafood is too nutritious, it’s a minor illness.”

Lin Yiyi looked at him eagerly and said, “I know that seafood is generally fine. Eating too much may be too nutritious, resulting in high cholesterol, high uric acid, etc.”

Boy: “Huh?” He didn’t understand.

Lin Yiyi did not explain. The reason why she knew some of this was because her mother had high cholesterol. Then she checked some knowledge about this, and also knew that eating too much seafood would cause high cholesterol, but normal eating would not of. Her mother’s health is still very good. In addition to high cholesterol, she especially admires her mother’s eyesight. Her mother has a vision of 5.2. An aunt who is in her 50s has a vision of 5.2, which is rare, even if she is also short-sighted by 200 degrees.

Lin Yiyi said, “I want all these things, how do you want to trade them?”

The young man: “…you…you look at it?” In fact, he was stunned by Lin Yiyi’s two words. He asked most of the stalls along the way. Everyone was not interested in crabs, but only interested in crabs. I am still interested in prawns, but the trading items given by others are very few, and he is reluctant to give them too little, so he might as well take them home and eat them by himself.

Qin Xiangju looked at it: “Do you like to eat this one by one?”

Lin Yiyi: “I bought recipes before to cook different dishes for Brother Yu. The recipes have crab and shrimp recipes. I want to try them.”

Qin Xiangju heard that her daughter-in-law was really jealous of her son for the sake of her son. Her son’s blessing was really good. His daughter-in-law thought so much for him. After a sigh, she said, “This crab has to weigh 5 pounds, and this shrimp has to weigh about 3 pounds.”

Young man: “Auntie, your estimate is accurate.”

Lin Yiyi said: “I have everything here, do you see anything you like? If you like it, I can trade with you. If you don’t like these, I still have coarse grains, refined grains, brown sugar, Sugar, soap, and oil are fine, but these are in my house, not here.”

The young man heard: “Do you have any cloth?”

Lin Yiyi: “I don’t have the cloth, but I can exchange it with someone else.” It was actually bought in the system mall.

Young man: “I want that cloth, this vegetable bag, this cold noodles, and rice. How much can I exchange?”