Their commune does not have summer vacations, but only wheat and autumn vacations. Usually, the children are promoted to the next grade in August, and the courses are concentrated after the autumn harvest. By then, Mai Sui and Er Wang will be in the third grade, and the others will be in the second grade. Xiao Wang will still have to study in the first grade, after all, he is still young.

It seems that he can't stand the fact that he is younger than his brothers and sisters, and feels under a lot of pressure.

"Son, we go to school to learn knowledge, not to compete with others."

"I don't. I want to go to the fourth grade." Da Wang said decisively.

Lin Lan: ………If he had the same level as your mother when I was a child, with the current teaching quality, he would probably be able to finish the fourth grade.

you?

I doubt it, son!

"Son, let me discuss this with your father." Lin Lan couldn't accept it. Skipping grades was no joke.

Besides, by that time we'll skip a grade, that kid Sanwang will definitely be making a fuss.

Lin Lan decided to give it a cold shoulder and think about it for a few days, since he hadn't started school yet. "Let me talk to the teacher about it and see how you do in your grades before making a decision." She asked Da Wang to go to school first and come back to talk about it.

Da Wang left first.

After the children left, Lin Lan fed the dogs and cleaned up the house. She found that if she didn't go out to work, she would do a little bit of this and that at home, and the day would end without doing anything.

She tidied up the vegetable patch in the yard and was busy when Sister-in-law Han came over. Lin Lan stopped what she was doing and invited Sister-in-law Han to sit in the house.

Mrs. Han smiled and said, "We are family, why would you sit down? I will help you build the lentil rack."

Both lentils and cucumbers need to be grown on racks. There is no bamboo in the area, so they are tied up with wooden sticks. They are easily damaged by wind, sun and rain.

Lin Lan was not polite either. She found some cotton wood that had been soaked long ago, chopped off the outer husk to use as ropes, and worked with Mrs. Han to repair the frame.

Han's sister-in-law said, "Are you really going to get married? She asked us to discuss the wedding dowry."

Lin Lan kept working and asked Han's sister-in-law to help her. She tied the things up quickly and said, "Just share. There were rules when the family was divided. According to the current standards, the four families can share. It's not a big deal if we split the money equally."

Mrs. Han nodded. "I feel like something is wrong. How could you fall in love with her after just two or three looks? How could you deceive her?"

Lin Lan chuckled, "Sister-in-law, who cares how she cheated? As long as both parties are happy, it's just a matter of Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai."

Han Dasao didn't understand Zhou Yu's fight with Huang Gai, "I was just afraid that she would take advantage of the situation and ask for more things."

When a girl from the village got married, she would usually bring a cotton-padded jacket, a single jacket, two pairs of shoes, and her daily necessities. There was no need to arrange these things extra. If you wanted to arrange them, you could at most send a pair of hand boxes, a pair of red chopsticks, a sewing basket, and a pair of scissors. If you wanted to send a quilt, you had to be from a wealthy family. After all, cloth and cotton coupons were limited at that time, and you couldn't buy them even if you had money.

Generally, the bride's parents will ask for a dowry, which includes the fabric and cotton for a quilt, as well as a new dress and shoes for the bride.

At this time, people in the countryside naturally did not care about the three turns and one sound.

However, some biased parents would take the daughter's dowry and give it to their son, and take the quilts and clothing materials from the husband's family but not give them to the daughter. As a result, the daughter would be embarrassed on the first day of marriage, and if she met a powerful mother-in-law, she would be made to sleep on a bare kang.

To be honest, when Lin Lan first got married, she had nothing. Her grandmother was the head of the family, her mother had no say, and her father was also a fool.

The Han family would naturally not do so. The old lady was so partial to Han Jinyu that she would only plunder the money from her other three sons to support her precious daughter.

The two discussed for a while and agreed to just follow the rules of the division of the family property and absolutely not agree to the unreasonable demands of the old lady.

When Mrs. Han saw that Lin Lan was on the same side as her, she felt relieved.

At noon, Lin Lan prepared the meal first, and then she saw the children coming back happily after pulling up some grass at the door to dry it. The children greeted her happily, and everyone else was normal, except Da Wang, who looked like he was on a day trip! He still had a poker face with no expression, his eyes were fixed on nothing, and his lips moved inadvertently. Lin Lan was about to talk to him, but Da Wang ignored her and walked past.

Lin Lan: "My eldest son, where are you going?" You passed by the door without entering, what are you doing?

Da Wang didn't respond. When he passed the wall of his house, he realized something and turned around to go home.

Lin Lan: “…”

Erwang and Mai Sui whispered to Lin Lan: "My elder brother is studying very seriously. The teacher was so scared that she didn't know what was wrong with my elder brother and kept asking."

Lin Lan: ...So it’s true?

Da Wang glanced at the three of them and asked, "What did you say?"

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Why did you cross the line? The front door is right here."

Da Wang: "...I know, I'll go over and feel the river breeze." Then he turned around and went home.

Lin Lan and the others smiled at each other and hurried home to have dinner.

After lunch, the children did not have classes in the afternoon. Instead, they followed their teacher to the cotton fields to catch insects and earn work points.

Lin Lan warned, "There is a big well at the end of the cotton field. Be careful when you go to pick the worms. Don't rush into it. Children, don't go there. Stay at home with your mother."

Xiaowang was still young, not even as tall as the cotton. She couldn't catch the worms and her skin turned red from pulling them. She couldn't bear to do that.

Sanwang: "Brother Xiaowang, please give Xiaobai and the others a bath at home."

At that time, lice were found on all people, and animals had even more. Lin Lan had to work very hard and teach her children to be hygienic before she could eliminate the lice in her home. Even so, sometimes Sanwang would get infected by other children after playing with them.

Xiaowang happily agreed.

When Da Wang left, Lin Lan saw that he had a palm-sized notebook in his pocket with densely written words on it.

Is this really hard work? Lin Lan felt that this change in style was a bit unexpected. Although her son looked the same as before, still expressionless and indifferent, no one knew what he was thinking. But now she knew, he was actually thinking about studying!

What an amazing feeling!

After his brothers and sisters left, Xiaowang happily poured a basin of warm water and gave the puppies a bath himself, singing as he washed: "I love taking a bath, I love taking a bath, oh oh oh, so many bubbles~~" This was what Lin Lan hummed when she was giving him a bath. Others didn't think anything of it, but he learned it as soon as he heard it.

At this time, Gu Mi came to her and said, "Third Madam, my mother asked you to go to grandma's house with her."

Lin Lan responded and said to Gu Mi, "Do you want to play here with Xiao Wang?"

Gumi also likes puppies very much, and she discussed with Han's sister-in-law that she also wants to raise one, so she made an order and waited for her mother-in-law to wean her off to take one home. In the past, the old lady did not allow people to raise dogs, thinking that it would waste food, but now that the family has separated, Gumi likes it, and Han's sister-in-law also agreed to raise one.

Gu Mi said, "My Lady, I'd better go with you."

Lin Lan agreed, but Xiao Wang refused to go and wanted to play with the puppies at home.

Lin Lan and Gu Mi went to Old Lady Han's place. Elder Brother Han, Second Sister-in-law Han, Elder Sister-in-law Han and Haotian were already seated in the yard. Old Head Han, Second Brother Han and Han Qinghua had gone to work.

Since Haotian broke up with his grandfather, he has been very quiet. Every day, he just goes to work and thinks about what to do. If it is not necessary, he will not come to his grandfather's house.

Han Jinyu hid in his room, leaning on the windowsill and listening with his ears tilted.

Lin Lan looked at Haotian, "Haotian, why don't you go to work? We don't need so many people, your mother is enough."

Haotian was a little worried, fearing that they would bully Mrs. Han.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Go ahead."

Han's wife also told him to go ahead, "Your Third Lady is here."

When Old Mrs. Han heard this, she snorted heavily. The one who smashed her wardrobe with an axe and the one who overturned her table and smashed her dishes during the New Year's Eve dinner were both thorns in her eyes.

Haotian looked at his father, and brother Han also let him go, so he took the grain and went to work.

Old Lady Han sat on the main seat on a futon, crossed one leg, and fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan. "Today, let's discuss Jin Yu's marriage. The Liu family is generous and said they would give a betrothal gift of ten yuan, a bicycle, a watch, a radio, and two hooks. We can't be stingy and let the Liu family look down on us. Each of you brothers will give a quilt, and each of you will give ten yuan, and you can also pool together a sewing machine..."

Lin Lan almost blurted out: I'll give you a few... well... She was so disgusted that she almost swore.

Originally, Han's second sister-in-law couldn't help herself when the old lady said something about each brother having one quilt, but she didn't want to take the lead, so she wanted Han's eldest sister-in-law and Lin Lan to talk. Little did she know that Han's eldest sister-in-law was as dumb as a wooden stick. Lin Lan opened her mouth and swallowed it back.

Han's second sister-in-law finally couldn't help herself. "Those who know that we are marrying off our daughter-in-law may think that some high-ranking official in the city is marrying off his daughter. The three turns and one ring are all ready, so how can a sewing machine be so easy to buy? Where can you get a coupon? Even if the third child can get a coupon, won't he have to wait another two years? There is still more than 150 yuan."

As she spoke, she glanced at Lin Lan and said, "Hey, it's impossible for his Third Lady to be so generous as to directly give her a sewing machine as a dowry, right?"

Although everyone knows what the old lady has in mind, is Lin Lan a fool?

Lin Lan said calmly: "Of course it's impossible. Even if there is a dowry, it will be given to my daughter."

"You!" Han Jinyu in the room was so angry that he slapped the windowsill, and his hand hurt.

Old Mrs. Han was also so angry at Lin Lan that her eyebrows were raised, but unfortunately she could only hold it back, because if she offended Lin Lan, the third family probably wouldn't give a penny.

She said unhappily, "Then replace the sewing machine with a mirror cabinet, a hot pot, a white porcelain basin and a teacup."

Lin Lan didn't care. The old lady had the kettle and teacup in her room, so she could just give them as gifts. She wouldn't pay for them anyway. As for the mirror cabinet and other things, well, dream on. How could her newly made furniture be used as a dowry for Han Jinyu? She would dream on for a thousand years.

Seeing that Lin Lan didn't say anything, Mrs. Han shook her vigorously, moving her crossed legs left and right and up and down. As a result, Lin Lan sat very steadily and motionless like a mountain.

She could only angrily say: "Then don't use the sewing machine. Each person needs a quilt, a set of clothes, ten yuan, and a hundred kilograms of flour..."

"Oh, old lady, do you think our family is a big landlord?" Han's second sister-in-law rolled her eyes: "We only got a few kilograms of flour after the division of the family property? After working hard all year round, each person only gets a few hundred kilograms of food? Otherwise, we don't have to eat, and all the money is used to support my sister-in-law's marriage? If anyone marries her, it will be great, and they will become rich. It will be more profitable than raising a big fat pig!"

Anyway, it's not that they haven't done this before. The whole family was hungry, so they had to scrape together food to pay for Jinbao and Jinyu's schooling.

"What did you say? How do you talk?"

Old Mrs. Han was so angry that she hit Han's second sister-in-law with a palm-leaf fan. Han Jinyu also ran out of the house and wanted to fight with Han's second sister-in-law.

Brother Han: "Okay, calm down and get down to business."

Lin Lan wiped her face and neck with a handkerchief. This small courtyard was airless and very hot, much hotter than her own home.

Han's second sister-in-law snorted coldly and sat down next to Lin Lan, moving away from Han Jinyu.

She poked Han's sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, please speak up. You are the eldest son of the family. If you don't speak up, who will?"

Mrs. Han said, "My words won't work. Even if I say I'll give you 100 yuan and 10 quilts, I still have to have them."

After the family was divided, she had nothing but food and firewood, and the other things in the house. There were only two quilts in the house, and her daughters and sons slept on either side of her, so why would she give a quilt to Han Jinyu?

Let her dream on.

Seeing that Han's wife also said this, Han Jinyu started crying, "Brother, is this how you treat me?"

Brother Han was embarrassed: "Then what do you say? There are no cloth coupons or cotton coupons..."

"Go and exchange it, find someone to exchange it with. Who still collects cloth coupons by themselves? How many years have they been collecting them? You have to exchange it?" Han Jinyu said angrily.

Han Ersao: "What are you exchanging for? You?"

Han Jinyu wanted to hit her again, but Han's second wife refused to let her.

Han Jinyu started to cry, "At home you guys think I'm a nuisance, now that I'm getting married you guys are being mean to me."

Mrs. Han said nothing, Mrs. Han snorted coldly, and everyone looked at Lin Lan.

Lin Lan: "…Why are you looking at me? I don't have any money to pay you. You said you want so many quilts, but we don't even have any cloth. You said you want money, but none of us has that much money. You said you want food, but the food supply is fixed. Do you want to marry me or take our lives?"

"Wuwu..." Han Jinyu was so angry at Lin Lan that she started crying. Her mother didn't make the decision after the division of the family, and her sisters-in-law started to pass the buck, "You guys bully me."

Lin Lan: You cry so easily, as if I am bullying you. I have money, cloth and food, but I have five children of my own, how can I give them to you?

Who do you think you are?

"Since they gave me three turns, I can't be too shabby!" Han Jinyu cried.

Old Mrs. Han was also very angry, complaining that her three daughters-in-law were making her angry, "Big brother? Are you dumb?"

Brother Han didn't know what to say. There really wasn't any. If he was marrying a daughter of a noble family, he could just say that he didn't have any and just make do with it. But this is his mother's daughter, so what could he say?

Tell the girl not to ask for anything?

Eldest Brother Han: "Why don't we wait for the second and third brothers to come back before discussing it?" Now that the family has been divided, he can't be the head of the eldest house. He just has to work and earn work points.

Lin Lan said, "I'm sorry, I have the final say in this matter. When the family was divided, it was about the marriage of the younger sister-in-law and the younger brother-in-law. The dowry and the bride price were based on the current situation, and the four families contributed. What is the situation with marriage now? First look at the eldest sister-in-law, then the second sister-in-law, then look at me, and then look at how others do it now, and then compromise. No matter how much you ask, we can't do it. It's a waste of time and effort."

She glanced at Han Jinyu again, "The Liu family said they would give you three turns and one ring. Is it for the Han family or do you have to take it back? If you have to take it back, how can it be considered a betrothal gift? It's just a visit to our house to save face for the Liu family and to fool us. Do you really take it seriously?"

You think too highly of yourself. At this time, it takes a lot of effort to go around the city.

Han's second wife also said, "The third elder's family is right. They haven't even met for a few times, and the parents of both sides haven't even sat down to have a good chat, so how come they're talking about dowry? The parents of the Liu family or the matchmaker shouldn't come to discuss it. It should be written down in black and white on red paper, with the amount of betrothal gifts and dowry, only then can it be considered an engagement. You guys are just talking, and there's nothing to do yet."

Han Jinyu said angrily, "How do you know there is no sign of a marriage? I went to his house to see him. His parents were very satisfied with me and said they wanted to get engaged. They also told me to let Sanfang know. That's why I came back to discuss it. Let's discuss it and then the two families can officially get engaged."

Mrs. Han said angrily, "Sit down, everyone. Let's talk business."

Lin Lan: "That's what you said, but there's still no result after a year. You should first find out how other people in the village marry their daughters, and then notify us after you've discussed it. Xiaowang is still at home, I have to go back to see him."

She stood up and said goodbye to Brother Han, and Sister-in-law Han followed immediately.

Han Jinyu was furious. She rushed over and grabbed Lin Lan, crying and looking extremely aggrieved. "Lin Lan, you are so mean. Why would you mess up my good thing?"

Lin Lan frowned, pulled her arm back, and said coldly: "What do you mean I should interfere with you? Don't be shameless. It's none of our business whether you want to get married or not." She snorted, got up and left, and Han's wife followed immediately.

Behind her, Han Jinyu was so angry that she burst into tears, "Ah - I won't get married, I won't get married!"

…………

Han's wife said, "You really don't know your own surname. If we can do it, we won't refuse. But there are so many things, and we can't afford them even if we sell everything. What can we sell now? No one will want us even if we sell our children."

Lin Lan said, "Let her do whatever she wants. Others can't even get a bed and quilt, but she wants three. Let her wake up first."

She parted ways with Han's wife at the intersection and went home first.

The house was quiet and silent. When he entered the house, he saw Xiaowang sleeping in the haystack with a few puppies. Wangwang lay beside him and licked him from time to time.

Lin Lan: “…” She was caught off guard and was instantly melted by the cuteness. Han Jinyu and the others immediately turned into smoke and flew away.

She carried Xiaowang onto the kang, put a sheet on his belly, and then went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables for cooking.

Not long after, the children came back one after another. Sanwang took the wine bottle that he had used to find the cicada turtle, put some insects in it, and brought it back to feed the chickens.

Da Wang was carrying a bundle of grass, and Er Wang and Mai Sui also picked some wild vegetables.

The ground was wet after the rain, and the soil was also wet. Their clothes were wet, so Lin Lan asked them to wash and change into clean clothes first.

The hen that Han Qingsong brought back yesterday actually laid an egg this morning, so Lin Lan decided to keep it and observe it for two days. If it lays eggs, she will keep it. If it doesn't, she will kill it and eat its meat. After all, food cannot be wasted.

So I didn’t stew chicken in the evening, but just had home-cooked meals.

It was almost six o'clock when Han Qingsong came back on his bike with a basket tied to the back seat.

Lin Lan rushed over and asked, "Third brother, what delicious food did you bring us?" Yesterday it was a chicken, what is it today?

Han Qingsong: "The commune gave us a few melons."

He took the basket down and placed it on the water platform, and Lin Lan took the children to have a look. There were some big fat peaches, an orange-red melon, a few squash, and a few round melons.

“That’s great!”

Other brigades planted some fruits and vegetables, but their brigade rarely did so because Han Yongfang didn't like it! He said it was a waste of land and it was better to plant crops directly. It was okay not to eat fruits and vegetables, but it was not okay to live without food. So Shanzui Village rarely planted them.

Lin Lan took it out and asked the children to wash and eat. In their family, everyone eats whatever they like. If everyone likes something, they will share it and no one will eat alone.

Xiaowang and Sanwang both wanted to eat the melon, but they couldn't finish the whole melon, so Erwang had to cut it in half.

Just as Erwang was about to cut it, Sanwang immediately shouted, "Brother, don't do that. Cutting melons with a kitchen knife will cause a smell."

Erwang: "I washed it."

"That has a taste too." Sanwang insisted.

The kitchen knives at home are made of iron and are used to cut vegetables and meat all day long. They have a smell anyway.

Da Wang took the melon, put it in his palm and smashed it with his fist to make it crack, then he broke it open and gave it to his brothers to eat.

Sanwang screamed, "I want to smash it too."

As a result, he had no time to eat the melon and wanted to smash it for fun, but Da Wang grabbed him by the neck and dragged him aside to eat the melon.

Lin Lan took out the ripe ones and ate them first, picked out a few others and asked Mai Sui to deliver them to her sister-in-law's house, and picked out a few more and asked Han Qingsong to take them to the old lady later.

Han Qingsong watched the children eat without moving, and just helped Lin Lan.

Lin Lan gave him a melon.

Han Qingsong used his five fingers to crush it with one hand and handed it back to her.

Sanwang: "Oh, oh, I...I want the same thing." He picked up a peach, but ended up squeezing his hands full of water.

Mai Sui slapped him and said, "Eat it!"

Everyone laughed.

Lin Lan fed Han Qingsong a piece of melon and discussed the dowry with him. "I think it's too much and I can't afford it. Let them discuss it again."

When Han Qingsong heard that he needed quilts, money, and food, he frowned slightly and said, "I'll go check it out tonight."

After dinner, Sanwang urged: "Hurry up, we are going to find the cicada turtle." Now the children are all going to look, they have to be quick, otherwise it would be boring if they have been touched by others. Now even Mai Sui has been fooled and become addicted.

Lin Lan originally thought that Da Wang would stay and read, but she didn't expect him to follow them. However, she noticed that he put the palm-sized notebook into his trouser pocket.

The children said goodbye to their parents and went out, leaving Lin Lan and Han Qingsong alone at home.

Lin Lan didn't eat much. She just ate the remaining tomatoes and cucumbers. After rinsing her mouth, she said to Han Qingsong, "Da Wang wants to skip a grade."

Han Qingsong rinsed his mouth with water and asked, "Your grades are so good?"

Lin Lan: “…………It’s okay.” She was okay in the first grade, and the second grade would probably be tough enough. She was too embarrassed to tell Han Qingsong that she was skipping a fourth grade.

Han Qingsong: "He is older and would probably be shy in the first grade, so let him study in the third grade." With his younger brother and sister.

Lin Lan: "He wants to go to the fourth grade."

Han Qingsong: "... you are too ambitious."

Although Lin Lan also felt that it was a bit wrong, she didn't want Han Qingsong to say that about Da Wang, so she said, "He doesn't learn much in school now, and he is older and more mature, so maybe it's okay for him to listen." Before, she said that she would give Da Wang the cold treatment, but now she took the initiative to find excuses for him.

Hearing her say this, Han Qingsong said: "Then let the teacher test me. If I pass, I can jump." He likes to be down-to-earth, take one step at a time, and never be impatient for success.

Lin Lan nodded.

Han Qingsong is going to the old lady to ask Lin Lan if she wants to go.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Go ahead. Tell me after you've discussed it."

Han Qingsong nodded, but didn't leave. He just looked at her.

Lin Lan went over to kiss him, but when she wanted to step back he held her and she couldn't move. After that long kiss, she felt her lung capacity improved.

She licked her lips, "Go ahead."

Han Qingsong turned his head and looked outside, "Who's at the door? Come in."

Lin Lan turned her head and saw Han Qinghua walking in.

He smiled and said, "Third brother, sister-in-law, I didn't mean to disturb you." This meant that he had just seen it.

Lin Lan immediately carried the dishes and chopsticks into the house.

Han Qingsong glanced at Han Qinghua and said, "I was just about to go over." He said to Lin Lan, "It's not raining today, so leave the table there. I'll come back and move it." Lin Lan was not sleeping now and liked to sit in the yard for a while, reading a book and listening to the radio.

Han Qinghua smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, come with us. It's boring to be alone at home."

Lin Lan smiled and said, "It's OK, I'll read a book."

Han Qinghua glanced at the radio, his expression unchanged, "Sister-in-law, let's go. Dad and Mom are waiting. My eldest brother has already gone to call you."

Han Qingsong just looked at Lin Lan.

Lin Lan thought that since her sister-in-law was going, she would go too, so that she wouldn't be alone. She served the melons in a large gourd and handed one to Han Qinghua, "Very sweet."

Han Qinghua looked at her and smiled, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

When they passed by, they met Brother Han and Sister-in-law Han on the road. The two were walking one in front and one behind. Brother Han looked back after every two steps, but Sister-in-law Han refused to walk with him, and the two of them felt very awkward.

Han Qinghua said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you are still angry with my elder brother. Haha, don't be angry. It's all our grandfathers' fault. Let my elder brother make amends to you later." He stepped forward and put his arm around elder brother Han's shoulders, "Brother, you too, you can't make my sister-in-law angry no matter what. Look at my third brother."

Brother Han was a little embarrassed. He was reserved by nature and not used to expressing his feelings to others, especially with arms around each other like this. He was not comfortable with it.

Han Qinghua didn't care. If Han Qingsong hadn't gone up to stay with Lin Lan, the two brothers would have been very close.

The days are long in summer. When we arrived at Lao Han’s house, it was only about 6:30 and it was still bright outside.

Han Jinyu sat in the yard with a sullen face and red eyes.

Old Korean was sitting on a small stool smoking a pipe, which made a rumbling sound like a chimney.

Han's second brother and his wife were sitting there, the children had gone to look for the cicada turtle, and Haotian and Gumi were not there either.

Old Lady Han glanced at Lin Lan and said, "You still have the nerve to come here."

Lin Lan: "Then I'm leaving."

Han Qingsong held her hand and said to Old Lady Han, "Mom, if you continue to be like this, we will not come again."

Old Mrs. Han snorted and turned away, fanning herself with a cattail leaf fan.

Han Qinghua smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be angry. Mother was just saying that. You are just a child." He then said to Mrs. Han, "Mother, if you continue like this, my third brother and sister-in-law will really not come. If they don't come, you will miss them so much. You are such a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Really."

After hearing what her son said, Mrs. Han stopped talking and glanced at Lin Lan, "You're making me angry all day long."

Oh my god~~~Lin Lan was shocked. We are enemies, why are you being so coquettish in front of me?

Han Qingsong placed the melon in front of the old lady, "Mom, wash it."

Old Mrs. Han gave one to her daughter and another to Han Qinghua.

Han Qinghua smiled and said, "Mom, please eat what Third Sister-in-law gave you."

Mrs. Han began to wipe her tears again, "My Jinbao has grown up and become sensible."

Lin Lan Hehe, that’s my melon!

Han Qinghua said with a smile: "Mom, don't be like this. You're making fun of me and my sisters-in-law. Haotian is sensible now. If I'm still not sensible, how can I be a Dada?"

He and Han Jinyu are twins and he is two years older than Haotian.

Because they were twins and Mai Sui and Er Wang were also twins, Han Jinyu was happy to take Mai Sui and Er Wang with her. When she talked about it outside, people would always be surprised, saying that your family is really amazing, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law gave birth to twins.

At that time, Han Jinyu's inner sense of vanity was satisfied, especially because she felt that she and her brother were good-looking, and Mai Sui and Erwang were also good-looking, which made her proud to take them out.

In fact, Lin Lan's mother and grandmother both had the twin gene, but Mrs. Han's family did not have it, so when she suddenly gave birth to twins at an old age, she felt it was very magical, as if they were a gift from heaven. Therefore, she felt that she was very remarkable and blessed, and these two children were also God's treasures, and she loved them like the apple of her eye.

The old lady used to say this all the time, but now no one wants to hear it.

At that time, she complained that her elder sister-in-law had few children and could not have children, so Han's elder sister-in-law wanted to say: "Try to sleep on the north-south kang with your brothers and their wives. It would be strange if you can have children." However, Han's elder sister-in-law was just thinking and naturally could not say it out loud.

This time, because Han Qingsong and Han Qinghua were present, the dowry issue was much more serious. Han Qingsong had come to discuss it before, and the dowry issue was basically explained. He thought it was reasonable, but he didn't expect the old lady to change her mind when notifying her daughter-in-law, and actually asked for a huge amount, so Han Qingsong's expression was particularly serious.

This time the old lady didn't ask for too much from the lion.

"That's a quilt, a set of cotton-padded clothes, two sets of single clothes, two pairs of shoes, a set of sewing basket, a warm kettle, a porcelain basin, a teacup, a pair of hand boxes, and fifteen yuan." After saying this, Mrs. Han felt so aggrieved. Her precious daughter was going to be married off in such a shabby way?

She had wanted more money before, but her brothers said they could only give within their means and couldn't give more, so in the end each of them gave four dollars.

After three turns, none of my brothers came to see me off.

Now, there are not many people who can gather together to make a sound, and there is only Lin Lan in the whole village. And it was taken from Han Jinyu and his brother. Naturally, this festival will not be mentioned again to avoid embarrassment.

Lin Lan didn't care. After all, the family had already been divided, and the four families would contribute to the dowry. She wouldn't give a penny more.

These things may seem insignificant, but they were already very rare at the time. Nowadays, a family can only save a few yuan a year, so how can 15 yuan be so easy to get together? For example, cloth, a person only has ten feet of cloth a year, and clothes and bedding for spring, summer, autumn and winter depend on this little bit. Who can even give her some? Her own clothes are so torn, don't you want to sew and mend them? In addition, it is impossible to make new clothes. Han Jinyu has a lot of clothes of her own, so she can just bring them with her.

I have to think of a solution for the quilt.

Old Lady Han said, "Doesn't the third sister weave cloth? Buy her as much as she can."

Lin Lan said, "That's fine, everyone knows the price, just go with that." Buying cloth from a private person doesn't require cloth coupons, but you have to pay more, and the price is transparent. This also requires connections, otherwise even if you have money, you won't be able to buy it. After all, everyone doesn't have enough cloth coupons, and they need them urgently when there is a wedding or a funeral.

Han Jinyu: "Why do you still want money? She's your sister, why don't you just go and ask for it?"

Lin Lan hehe.

Han Qingsong's face darkened, "If you continue like this, you will have to buy your own dowry."