Yu Yin didn't know what her parents' attitude was towards her brother's marriage, and she didn't really care.
From the letter, Yu Yin sensed her brother's affection; what he liked, she liked too. She meticulously prepared many things, and even inquired with Wang Wenye, learning that Bai Xiaoyu appreciated high-quality handicrafts. Yu Yin, catering to his tastes, exchanged bamboo pen holders, fans, and uniquely shaped bamboo baskets from various ethnic minority friends…
They also prepared various local specialties such as tea, honey, dried fruit, dried mushrooms, and rice noodles.
After returning from Shanghai, Yu Yin took some time to tidy up the space, harvesting what needed to be harvested and picking what needed to be picked, and then replanted a new batch.
This spring, Yu Yin also plans to go up the mountain occasionally to stock up on some wild vegetables, just in case!
Yu Yin also carefully packed the matching watches she bought in Shanghai into the package, so that her brother could use them if he got engaged. After packing everything, she and Lu Shurui sent the items away.
March in Yunnan Province is quite comfortable; it's not too hot, and it's not the rainy season yet, so it's not humid.
The Yu family of four worked together to replant the vegetable garden in their yard. Although Ping An and An An weren't very skilled at it, they still actively participated. Children shouldn't be afraid of hardship; they need to be involved in many things. Let them personally experience the true meaning of "Farmers toil under the midday sun, sweat drips onto the soil," so they can understand the saying, "Who knows that every grain on the plate is the result of hard work?"
Thinking about having her child do this, Yu Yin was moved by the experience. Once, Pingping threw away food she didn't like, which surprised Yu Yin. In later times, this would be quite common; children were often picky eaters and would throw away anything they didn't like.
However, this was the 1970s, and many people were struggling to make ends meet. Pingping's actions made Yu Yin begin to reflect on whether she had been spoiling them a bit.
Because of the existence of the spatial dimension, her family never lacked food or drink. With both of them earning wages, Yu Yin never let her two children go hungry; she bought almost every kind of snack available at the supply and marketing cooperative. Her second sister also sent things from Shanghai, and her younger brother from Beijing. Their lives weren't worse than those of children in later generations, just with a less varied selection.
The two children are three years old now, and Yu Yin is sometimes too diligent, taking care of them too meticulously. You see, many children that age in the production team can already do a lot of things: feeding the chickens, tidying the house, and looking after their younger siblings.
From that moment on, Yu Yin reflected on her actions and consciously involved her two children in household chores. Even if they couldn't do much, they could help their parents by pouring a glass of water or handing them a small tool. The children were happy to help, feeling capable as they worked alongside their parents.
Under Yu Yin's subtle influence, the children learned not to waste food and to be considerate of their parents' hard work. The most obvious example is that An'an's clothes are no longer so dirty, and she knows to be more careful. She washes clothes with her father and feels pain in her hands.
Yu Yin's family lived a warm and happy life, while the Chu family next door lived a chaotic and disorderly life.
A few days ago, Sister Yixian went into labor early and gave birth to her third child in the hospital. It wasn't the little girl Chu Jianguo had been longing for; it was a bald boy. And a very loud bald boy at that, practicing his voice all day long.
Chu Chen and Chu Yang are about to run away from home to Yu Yin's house; they simply can't stand their younger brother's crying anymore. Chu Jianguo, on the other hand, looks exhausted, with particularly noticeable dark circles under his eyes, and vows never to have another daughter, fearing another brat.
Later, it was Sister Wang who gave an idea, saying that this was a night-crying man and that they should send him away.
Yu Yin had heard of this idea, but she didn't really know how it was actually done. Especially now, with the opposition to feudal superstition and all kinds of demons and monsters, ordinary people wouldn't dare to do it, let alone Chu Jianguo, who was the director of the Revolutionary Committee.
Yu Yin roughly knew that the child's crying at night might be due to calcium deficiency. She gave them a lot of dried shrimp and dried shrimp, and told Yi Xian to drink more bone broth. She didn't know if calcium supplements were still available, so this was all she could do.
A few days later, the child was still crying. Comrade Chu Jianguo couldn't stand it anymore and secretly asked Yu Yin about the child who cried at night.
Following Sister Wang's instructions, Yu Yin had Chu Jianguo write down the following words on a piece of paper: "Heaven is in turmoil, earth is in turmoil, my family has a child who cries at night. Passersby, recite this three times, and he will sleep soundly until dawn." Under the cover of darkness, Yu Yin secretly pasted these words onto a wooden board and placed it at his front door.
They had Wang Wenye and the other two pretend to pass by, each reading aloud once. Yu Yin and Lu Shurui also read it once. After they were done, they quickly tore it down and burned it.
Whether it works or not, I don't know, but I'm desperate and will try anything, better safe than sorry.
Whether it was a coincidence or the shrimp had worked, the third son of the Chu family finally stopped crying, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Yu Yin received an unexpected package, a package from Wei Mingyue, the eldest sister-in-law of the Yu family in Yang City.
"Yu Yin, here is a package from Yang City, sent by someone named Wei Mingyue. Do you know her?"
"My sister-in-law, do you think you know her?"
Lu Shurui had only seen Sister-in-law Yu when Brother Yu was injured, and he really didn't know her name.
"I really didn't know your sister-in-law's name was Wei Mingyue. How did she come up with the idea of sending you a package?"
Yu Yin also found it strange that someone she had no contact with would suddenly contact her, making her feel uneasy.
"Who cares? Let's open it and see if there's a message inside. We'll deal with whatever comes our way, what's there to be afraid of?"
Yu Yin and her friend opened the package together, and there was indeed a letter and some other things inside.
Canned meat, sausages, red plum MSG, cotton cloth, polyester fabric… there were quite a few varieties, but not many. What surprised Yu Yin the most was the red plum MSG. Did they already have it at this time? Yu Yin thought that apart from soy sauce and vinegar, there were no other condiments available.
Unexpectedly, Red Plum MSG already existed at this time, which shows that Yang City was quite powerful back then.
The sausage was the mark of the Harbin Red Union Meat Processing Factory, which must have been the Harbin Red Sausage of later generations. Yu Yin recalled the big white pears, Bu Lao Lin (a type of fruit), and beef jerky from her childhood... a few precious childhood memories. Decades later, many of these things are gone, or the taste has changed.
Yu Yin opened the letter and understood after reading it that her sister-in-law was making a deal with her with a clearly stated price. The items in the package were local specialties sent to them, which were also samples; they could be bartered or paid for.
Yu Yin found another envelope under the package, containing twenty ten-yuan bills. This was payment for her sister-in-law's purchase of tea, honey, dried fruit, dried mushrooms, and rice noodles. She wanted two hundred yuan's worth of goods, and she would pay for the postage herself.
Yu Yin was a little dumbfounded. The last time she met her, she found that Sister-in-law Yu's values were quite sound, but her personality was a bit direct. They could still get along, so she decided to treat her as a regular client.
Yu Yin handed the letter to Lu Shurui and asked him to take a look.
"Your sister-in-law is quite special, do you agree to be with her?"
"Say yes, wouldn't it be stupid not to make money?"
This is a very safe deal with no risk. Yu Yin really likes the idea of a united front!
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