Lin Yiyi: "This is a letter from your third brother. You all should take a look. Xiaowu can't read, so Sijun will read it to Xiaowu and teach him how to read while reading. When your eldest brother comes back this week, tell him the content of the letter. Then the three of you brothers should all write a letter to Sanjun. Xiaowu can't write, so tell him what's in his heart and let Sijun help write it. After it's finished, send it together with your sister's letter." Lin Sijun is in the fourth grade this year and will be in the fifth grade in the second half of the year. He can recognize most of the words on letters.

Lin Sijun: “Okay.”

Fifth brother Lin: "I will be able to write next year." He is seven years old this year and will start the first grade of primary school in the second half of the year. He must study hard and become a child who knows more words than his brothers.

The fifth brother Lin had such a good ideal that for this ideal, he was the only college student in the Lin family.

Lin Yiyi said: "When Xiaowu learns to read, I will ask Xiaowu to help me write letters home."

Brother Lin Wu said proudly, "No problem."

Lin Yiyi calculated that Xiaowu is now 7 years old. By 1976, the ten-year turmoil ended, and by 1977, when the college entrance examination was resumed, he would be able to take the college entrance examination. Therefore, she never considered Xiaowu's job. Even if Xiaowu's grades were poor, he could always get into a junior college with a lower admission score.

But since it was so far away and she had to wait for 11 years, she didn't think about it for now.

Lin Sijun read the letter to Lin Wudi, who took the letter home and stopped by Lin Dajun's house to ask, "Is my sister-in-law here?"

Lin Zhen had finished her meal and was taking a break before going to work. When she heard Sijun's words, she said, "Yes, Sijun, what's up?" Everyone said that Lin Zhen had become the head of the family after marrying into a wealthy family and did not have to serve her parents-in-law. Although she sometimes had to take care of her brother-in-law, he basically ate at his sister's house. Therefore, all the girls in the village envied Lin Zhen's life.

In fact, this is true.

However, Lin Zhen was a hardworking girl. When Lin Dajun went to the county town to attend high school, she stayed at home to feed pigs and chickens, and then went to work. Her work was relatively easy, but she was not the kind of lazy woman who could only earn two or three work points. She was average and could earn four work points a day.

However, Lin Zhen also has something on her mind. Although she seems to be the head of the family and has the final say on everything, the money in the family is still in the hands of Lin Dajun. Lin Dajun is good in everything except this: he holds on to the money tightly and only gives Lin Zhen one dollar every month.

This made Lin Zhen very depressed.

Aren’t other families headed by women?

Lin Dajun is the head of the family. He is the boss of the family. But compared to having no money, having one yuan a month is already very good. How can other people have one yuan of pocket money every month? Moreover, Lin Dajun also said that when the piglets grow up, the meat coupons will be exchanged for eggs, and the eggs will be sent to the supply and marketing cooperative. He doesn't want this money, because the pigs are raised by Lin Zhen, so Lin Zhen keeps the money for herself. Hearing this, Lin Zhen was still very happy.

Lin Dajun's turtle hair still has principles.

Of course, Lin Zhen mentioned this to her mother. Her mother asked her to find a way to ask Dajun what to do with the money for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar at home. If Dajun said that he would pay for it, then Lin Zhen should not worry about it. After all, the money from selling meat tickets alone was more than ten yuan a year, plus the money Lin Zhen earned from her work points, it was about 20 yuan in total.

So, Lin Zhen went to ask Dajun what to do with the money for oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar? Lin Dajun said that he would buy oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. How would he buy it? Of course, he asked his sister to buy it.

Lin Zhen did not ask him how he would buy it. She felt relieved when she heard that Da Jun would buy it.

In general, the couple is doing very well. One month after their marriage, Lin Dajun has never felt so comfortable. He doesn't have to wash his clothes or cook his meals. It's really good to have a wife.

Lin Sijun said, "This is a letter from my third brother. My sister asked my eldest brother to take a look at it. After he has read it, he should write a letter to me and send it together with my reply."

Lin Zhen: "Okay, wait until Saturday night when your eldest brother comes, I will tell him."

On Saturday, Lin Dajun came back on his bicycle. He arrived home at nearly six o'clock. Before he even entered the gate, he called out, "Xiaozhen, I'm back."

Seeing her man coming back, Lin Zhen ran out of the house: "You're back?" She looked at him with a smile and enthusiasm. The couple had been engaged for several years, and their relationship was indeed good. Not to mention a passionate love, they could be said to have grown up together and accompanied each other, like a family.

Lin Dajun is a bit of a macho in front of Lin Zhen, while Lin Zhen is gentle and like a little woman. The two of them are really good. Lin Dajun's machismo comes from what Lin Yiyi said before. She said that Dajun is the main pillar of the Lin family. Since then, Lin Dajun has remembered that he is the main pillar of the family and must behave like a head of the family. Therefore, he has a bit of a macho personality.

Lin Dajun pushed his bicycle into the hall, took his schoolbag off the bicycle, and took out a box of facial oil from the schoolbag. He said in a not-at-all-romantic way, "Here you go."

To Lin Zhen, the surprise came too suddenly. She happily took it and asked, "You... why did you buy this?"

Seeing the joy in her eyes, Lin Dajun said proudly: "I see that I use this to apply on my face. If you apply it more, you can be like me, with a face as white as flour."

Lin Zhen: "...Thank you, Dajun." If it were someone else, they would definitely be irritated by his blunt words. But Lin Zhen got engaged to him when she was 15, and they have been together for more than three years now. She also knows his character, so she didn't care.

Lin Dajun: "Why thank you? You are my wife. You don't know how hard it is to buy this thing. I went to look at it every week but couldn't buy it. I finally bought it with great difficulty."

Lin Zhen was even happier after hearing this. No wonder it was delivered today, it turned out that it was not available before. "Sanjun sent a letter home. The letter was sent to my eldest sister. Sijun brought it to me. My eldest sister said that you should reply after reading it, and the reply letter will be sent together with my eldest sister's reply letter."

Lin Dajun was also happy to hear the letter from Sanjun. To be honest, when his parents were alive, the brothers did not have such a deep relationship. At that time, there were more boys in the family, and the later ones were easily neglected. Later, his parents passed away, and his eldest sister took them to fish for shrimps. After his eldest sister got married, he and his brothers went up the mountain to dig yams and find food. Then they went to work together, went to the county town to find his eldest sister, and raised pigs and chickens together. In the past five years, their relationship has become deep. They do things together and eat delicious food together.

The letter was opened, but Lin Zhen didn't read it. She handed the letter to Da Jun and said, "Take a look. I'll go get some food."

Lin Dajun: “Hey.”

There were only two dishes on the table, one was stir-fried cabbage with bacon, which was made during the Chinese New Year. When Lin Dajun was not around, Lin Zhen was reluctant to eat it, and the other was fried eggs with dried radish. Maybe women are all like this, they would rather treat themselves badly than treat their children and men badly.

When Lin Zhensheng finished his meal, Lin Dajun had already read the letter. Lin Dajun put the letter down and started to eat, and he mostly ate the cabbage.

Lin Zhen: "Eat eggs and meat, don't just eat vegetables."

Lin Dajun: "I don't like eggs. I'm tired of them." He wouldn't say it in front of others, but since Lin Zhen is his wife, he can say it directly.

Lin Zhen: "You are talking nonsense. Who would hate eggs?"

Lin Dajun: "Really. After our family split up, each of us raised two chickens and ate the eggs ourselves. In the first two years, everyone liked to eat them, but after two years, we didn't like them anymore, so we either gave the eggs to my eldest sister or took them to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them."

But before they got married, he would not tell these things. He clearly distinguished between outsiders and family members. My sister said that family matters should not be told to outsiders.

Lin Zhen suddenly remembered that before they got married, Lin Dajun would occasionally give her boiled eggs. She felt sorry for Dajun and would break one in half for him to eat, but Dajun always refused to eat it. She was very moved by this and thought that Dajun was reluctant to eat it and left it for her, but it turned out that he was tired of it.

Lin Zhen: "At my parents' house, we can only eat an egg every few days, and everyone eats it together. I can only eat one or two chopsticks each time."

Lin Dajun: "Then you can eat one egg every day. You can eat the eggs laid by our old hen yourself. If you can't finish them, you can buy them."

Lin Zhen: "How can I eat it every day? It's such a waste."

Lin Dajun: "How can it be wasted if you eat it? Eat one a day, and when you get tired of it, we can take it to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it."

Lin Zhen felt happy when he said that. "By the way, what did Sanjun write in his letter?"

Lin Dajun: "It's nothing special. It just describes what he saw on the way to the army and what happened in the army. You can read it yourself later."

Lin Zhen: "I won't read it anymore. It's written by Sanjun, and I don't think it's good."

Lin Dajun: "It's okay, just watch."

After finishing his meal, Lin Dajun walked around the yard. He didn't see Lin Sijun and Lin Wudi, so he asked Lin Zhen, "Where are Sijun and Xiaowu?"

Lin Zhen: "Have dinner at my elder sister's house. I'll be back soon."

Lin Dajun: "Let's go to my eldest sister's house for dinner tomorrow. I'll write the letter tonight and send it over tomorrow morning. We'll have lunch at my eldest sister's house."

Lin Zhen: "I have to go to work tomorrow."

Lin Dajun: "It's okay to take a day off. If there is not enough food, we can exchange eggs for food." This is so impressive. "From now on, you can take a day off every week. I will go to school from Monday to Saturday, and you will go to work from Monday to Saturday. We will both take a day off on Sunday." Dajun thought his idea was great.

Lin Zhen: "Then I'll listen to you." She wasn't that stupid to not take a rest when she could.

Lin Dajun: "By the way, you can go to the pig farm as a temporary worker in June." Before, it was someone from his father-in-law's family who went there, but now that he has a wife, of course he let his wife go, there is no reason to give the job to his father-in-law's family.

Lin Zhen: "Okay, I'll tell Mom then." Lin Zhen also thought there was nothing wrong with this.