As a river snail spirit, Tian Tian survived in the apocalypse by relying on her river snail shell. Who knew that a bomb would fall from the sky when she went out, blasting her to the 1970s.
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Before, there was a lot of talk about catching people having more children than allowed in their county, but there weren't so many people catching people having more children than allowed in the countryside.
Therefore, many people who have relatives in rural areas send all pregnant women to the countryside. This can ensure the safety of the pregnant women. Besides, people in rural areas can have two children. If they are discovered, they can just say it is their second child, and the people in the over-birth team will not say anything.
Now hearing what Lin Meiyu said, it seemed like there was some commotion going on in their rural brigade.
"That's exactly what happened. Actually, our brigade also had people from the birth control team patrolling every day before. But at that time, the birth control team was made up of our own people. Although there were a few who were serious about it, most of them were for the sake of the brigade's reputation, so they couldn't say anything."
"But now the patrols are replaced by people from other teams. The two teams exchange positions, so it's not as relaxed as before. Your aunt is a little worried. She's worried that your sister-in-law was forcibly taken away and the child was aborted. The main reason is that your sister-in-law insisted on giving birth, and your aunt couldn't say anything."
Lin Meiyu felt a little sorry for her sister. She had been worried about so many things all day long. "Your aunt doesn't want this child. The main reason is that there are already enough children in her family. Look at the eldest child, who has two children, the second child, who has two children, the third child, who has one child, and the fourth child who is planning to get married recently. That means there are five children now. Just tell me. And basically, these children were born at the same time, with no more than two years between them. Just think about it and you can imagine how exhausted your aunt must be."
Tian Tian sighed after hearing this. Her aunt didn't have an easy life either. She had thought that after she arranged for her four sons to get married, she would be able to relax a little. However, she didn't expect that the fourth son hadn't even married yet. The marriages and childbirth of the first three sons had made her poorer and poorer.
Although now all the food and drink are produced from their own land and they don't have to spend money, the Tian family has three children in the front, and basically everyone who is close to and familiar with the Tian family wants to send their children to college, and Tian Tian's cousins are no exception.
Originally, there was enough food, but schooling is expensive now. If every child goes to school, it will cost a lot of money throughout the year. But if you don't send every child to school, some children can go to school, while some cannot, and this will create a contradiction.
After marriage, they were originally two families, but now there are four families living in Lin Meixia's small house. How can the relationship be harmonious?
Lin Meixia is a rough person. All she does is work all day long. She doesn't know how to handle the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or reconcile the relationships between daughters-in-law. She just thinks that if she does more and let them do less, maybe they won't complain so much.
"Their family life is like this now. If they separate in the future, who knows how much quarrels they will have," Lin Meiyu sighed.
In the past two years, every Chinese New Year, Lin Meixia would complain to Lin Meiyu. It wasn't that she wanted to ask Lin Meiyu for anything, but she was really feeling suffocated and needed to find someone to vent her emotions.
Lin Meiyu listened to what Lin Meixia said. To be honest, those wives did nothing wrong. They were all doing it for their own families because they didn't want their families to be good.
But the fault lies at home. They are too poor. Needles and thread are not worth worrying about. But Lin Meixia's family is so poor that needles and thread are quite precious.
You used an extra needle, I took an extra piece of thread, and she used an extra match when she was making a fire. These little things, if you keep fussing about them, will eventually become big things.
Could it be that Lin Meixia is thinking of saving money this year to renovate her house? Her house is almost fifty years old and is just an ordinary yellow straw house. Although it is quite sturdy, after all, she has lived in it for so many years, so it still needs some repairs.
But unexpectedly, once the eldest son's wife got pregnant, everything was interrupted and she insisted on giving birth to the child. Now the over-birth team has set their sights on their family, and giving birth to the child means they will definitely have to pay a fine, which they cannot afford.
With nowhere else to go, Lin Meixia remembered what Tian Tian had mentioned before about doing business. She thought that she might as well give it a try. Anyway, her life was already like this now, so even if she did business, her life would not be worse than before. So she went to Lin Meiyu's house to inquire about doing business. Unfortunately, Lin Meiyu knew nothing, and was clueless about business. When she came here and met Tian Tian, Lin Meiyu wanted to ask her in person.
Tian Tian felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. She had wanted to tell Lin Meixia that she could make acorn jelly, but everyone was doing business now and she didn't know whether business would be good at this time. Besides, doing business also requires initial investment, and she didn't know whether Lin Meixia could accept it.
"Write a letter and send it to my aunt tomorrow. I'll write the recipe of acorn jelly in the letter. As for whether she is willing to make it, it depends on her." Tian Tian said.
There are acorns on their mountain, and there are quite a lot of them. During the famine war, everyone had eaten acorns as food. However, acorns are bitter and astringent if you don't cook them well. But at that time, no one had any means to cook anything, so they simply boiled the acorns and ate them directly. Later, when everyone's life became stable, they were no longer willing to eat acorns.
There are a lot of acorns on their mountain. Although the method of making jelly may be a bit time-consuming and labor-intensive, the labor cost is basically not worth the money nowadays. Apart from the seasoning, this business can be regarded as a no-cost business.
It should be possible to let someone like Lin Meixia, who has a relatively low risk tolerance, do it.
The original intention of Lin Meiyu coming to find Tian Tian was to ask Tian Tian to help Lin Meixia. It was not about financial help, but to help Lin Meiyu find a job.
"Actually, there is no need for my sisters-in-law to stay at home. Isn't Sister Lili recruiting now? I can let my sisters-in-law go to Sister Lili to help with the work, and keep the money they earn for herself. In this way, they will have money in their hands and it will be convenient to buy things. When encountering problems, they won't be so fussy!" Tian Tian said.
What about the whole family? Why do they stay at home every day?