His fiancee looked at him with emotion. His reflection was clearly seen in her clear eyes, which made Xiao Yu feel like being nice to her in the future. He hummed, and then hummed. Why was she looking at him? He felt a little embarrassed.

Lin Yiyi said, "Everyone, wait for me." Then she went back to the room and took out a pen and paper. "Grandma, aunt, Xiao Yu, captain, aunt, this is what I want to do. I want to write down the betrothal gift and make a betrothal gift list."

Captain: "Daya, why do you want to write a job offer?"

Lin Yiyi: "Brother Xiao Yu has so many betrothal gifts. I wrote them down so I can look at them later. This way I can always remember how good Brother Xiao Yu, my grandmother and my aunt are to me. Even if one day Brother Xiao Yu and I have a small conflict, I just need to look at the betrothal gift list and think about how good Brother Xiao Yu is to me, and I won't be angry." In fact, this is just on the surface. Lin Yiyi wrote down the betrothal gift list just to guard against her ungrateful brothers, because these betrothal gifts have to be kept. In this way, when she marries into the Xiao family, even if she doesn't care about her brothers, she can't be accused of being guilty for leaving so many betrothal gifts. Otherwise, without the betrothal gift list, who would know what the betrothal gifts are, and it would be useless to say it.

But in the eyes of the Xiao family, Lin Yiyi was honest. Xiao Yu thought, how could he have a conflict with his young fiancee, who was much older than him? However, he only thought that his young fiancee cared about him because she was prepared. There is no man who doesn't like to be remembered by his wife, so he was very happy.

The captain's family naturally had no objection. The couple were only there as witnesses, so what the two families did was none of their business.

After the betrothal gift list was written, Lin Yiyi said, "I will keep these 50 kilograms of food, 2 kilograms of wedding candy, 2 kilograms of meat and 6 yuan of betrothal money. My brothers at home have no food, it's really... But I will keep the other 10 yuan of betrothal money as a safe deposit. This is Xiao Yu's private money, in order to save my face, so I can't stay at my parents' home. Dajun, what do you think?"

Lin Dajun was being watched by so many adults, so of course he didn't dare to say anything bad. Although the younger brothers of the Lin family had selfish intentions at this time, they were still young and not so ungrateful. Besides, they only dared to plot against Lin Daya, the simple and soft-hearted sister, and they didn't dare to do that to others.

Lin Dajun said: "It's her duty. We can't afford a dowry. This 10 yuan should be given to my sister as a savings account." This way, my sister will remember his kindness, and when the family runs out of food in the future, he can still go to the Xiao family to beg for money.

If Lin Yiyi knew what he was thinking, she would definitely chase him away with a broom.

Then Lin Yiyi wrote down all these things on the betrothal gift list. After writing it, she asked the Xiao family members to sign, asked the captain to sign, and then signed her own name. Finally, she said to Lin Dajun: "Dajun, you are the head of our family. You have accepted these betrothal gifts and just sign here."

Lin Dajun also thought it was okay and signed it directly.

The betrothal gift was settled, and the wedding date was decided to be half a month later. This was the nearest auspicious date that Grandma Xiao had asked someone for. After everything was settled, Lin Yiyi said, "Grandma, aunt, Brother Xiao Yu, and the captain and aunt, you can have lunch at home at noon."

The captain said hurriedly, "No, no, your aunt and I will go back."

Qin Xiangju also said: "There are still a lot of things to do at home, so we will go back." In fact, if the Lin family's parents were still here, the Xiao family who came to propose marriage today would definitely stay here for lunch. But now that the Lin family's parents are not here, and given the Xiao family's situation, they still have to bring food here, so they won't eat.

Lin Yiyi didn't force it, she knew the situation of the Lin family well: "Then I'll see you off... Dajun, I'll see grandma and aunt off, and you can see brother Xiao Yu off."

Lin Dajun replied with a somewhat awkward "Hey." He was the eldest brother, and it was only right for him to entertain the male relatives. However, he felt a little guilty towards Xiao Yu.

Lin Yiyi walked in front with Qin Xiangju, while Xiao Yu and Lin Dajun walked behind. The two were silent. Lin Dajun glanced at Xiao Yu secretly, then immediately turned his head back. He was afraid.

Xiao Yu said: "Why are you so timid? Straighten your back." If the Lin family's parents were still alive, Xiao Yu would not care about his brother-in-law, but now the Lin family's parents are gone and his fiancée is still young, so Xiao Yu, as her brother-in-law, can also take care of her.

When Lin Dajun heard the serious voice, he straightened his back immediately. Especially since Xiao Yu was wearing a military green suit, which was the army's civilian uniform, and he looked energetic and serious, Lin Dajun dared not relax.

Xiao Yu added: "Your parents are gone. As the eldest son in the family, you must stand up for yourself. Otherwise, who will take care of your younger brothers?"

Lin Dajun: “Yes.”

Xiao Yu: "Although you have a sister, she is only two years older than you. She is just a girl after all. A man still needs to be able to stand up in the family."

Lin Dajun: “Yes.”

Xiao Yu: "What are your plans for the future? How will you arrange your family life?"

Lin Dajun: "My brothers and I have thought about it. We will continue to go to school and take the worker exam in the future."

Xiao Yu: "Go to school? What about tuition? What about food? In addition to Xiaowu, there are four children in your family who can go to school. How do you raise the tuition for each semester? How do you get food every day?"

Lin Dajun was silent. They had not thought about this. They had previously thought that school would start in September, so they should pay the September tuition first. Besides, don’t they still have their sister?

Seeing Lin Dajun silent, Xiao Yu also did not say anything.

Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju had already stopped, and Lin Yiyi sent them to the village gate. Before leaving, Xiao Yu said, "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, and we'll go to the county town to buy some things." He said this lightly.

Lin Yiyi nodded obediently: "Well, then I'll wait for you to pick me up."

Xiao Yu was very satisfied seeing how obedient she was: "Okay."

The Xiao family left, and Lin Yiyi and Lin Dajun went back. On the way, Lin Yiyi said, "Dajun, let's have porridge at noon, cut some minced meat, and let's all replenish our bodies. What do you think?"

Lin Dajun certainly had no objection, as he also loved meat.

Lin Yiyi added: "The meat porridge is ready. Bring the bowls to the captain's family to thank them for coming to support us today. We don't have any adults at home, and my sister is going to marry in another village. In the future, there will be only you brothers at home. With the captain's family taking care of you, others won't bully you. What do you think?"

Although Lin Dajun was reluctant to give up the meat porridge, he knew that what his elder sister said was right. The captain was the most powerful cadre among them. It would be good if his family could take care of his family. Although Lin Dajun had some thoughts, he did not dare to touch the captain. In his heart, the captain was the most powerful. However, thinking of what Xiao Yu said just now, Lin Dajun was a little absent-minded: "Sister, school will start in September, what should we do with our tuition?"

When Lin Yiyi heard this, she looked sad: "It's all my fault. I lost all the money I earned from selling blood. It was because my health was too bad and I sold too much blood at once. I made a total of 30 yuan."

When Lin Dajun heard this, he was shocked. My god, the elder sister actually sold it for 30 yuan. In the 1960s, 30 yuan was a lot of money in the mind of the 13-year-old Lin Dajun. He felt sad when he thought about losing 30 yuan.

Lin Yiyi continued, "The doctor who sells blood also said that I sold too much blood at one time. I can't sell any more this year, otherwise I will never be cured. But if I sell less at one time, like five yuan, I can sell it every year in the future, and it won't affect my health. Oh, it's all my fault. If I had sold less, it would have been fine."

When Lin Dajun heard this, he felt it was a pity.

Lin Yiyi: "Dajun, I will be going to junior high school in September, and I am embarrassed to ask your brother-in-law to pay for it, so I don't plan to go to junior high school this year."

Lin Dajun thought, when they were discussing selling blood before, didn’t they mention that my sister didn’t go to school?

Lin Yiyi continued, "Sister plans to go to junior high school next year. Although it is not easy to ask your brother-in-law for money, sister can sell blood to support herself. In junior high school and high school, sister sold blood to support herself. Selling blood to support myself to go to school, I feel at ease and I don't owe anyone anything."

Lin Dajun's eyes lit up: "Sister, I can also sell blood to support my own schooling."

Lin Yiyi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. It was worth her repeated several times that he should sell blood to support his education. The boy finally understood. However, Lin Yiyi looked distressed: "This... this... what about the Second Army, Third Army, and Fourth Army? If you are asked to sell blood to support their education, what if you become ill like your sister?" She deliberately distorted Lin Dajun's meaning.

Lin Dajun thought, he would not sell blood to support his brothers' education, he is not a fool. But he couldn't say that, otherwise wouldn't it mean that his sister is a fool? He said: "I sell blood to support myself to go to school, they can also sell blood to support themselves to go to school, once a year, didn't the blood doctor say it is very safe?"

Lin Yiyi: "Then you should discuss it with Erjun and the others. Although you are the eldest brother, you still have to discuss some things with your younger brothers. Otherwise, if something goes wrong in the future, your younger brothers will blame you. It's not easy to be the eldest sister or the eldest brother. Only we siblings understand this, but the other brothers don't."

Lin Dajun nodded in agreement.

After returning home, we had lunch of minced meat porridge. This porridge contained half a pound of rice and one or two ounces of chopped meat. However, if we added a little more water to make the porridge, everyone could eat it to their heart's content. Even Lin Yiyi couldn't resist eating two bowls.

Of course, the captain's family did not ignore it. Lin Yiyi asked Lin Dajun to take a bowl of soup in a medium-sized soup bowl, and also took one or two pieces of meat. Although the meat was little, it was meat. It was not available before the famine, let alone after the famine. The captain's family was reluctant to refuse. Even if they were willing to refuse, the children and the elderly in the family also needed to replenish their bodies. However, they also knew that after receiving the meat, they would have to take care of the Lin family's children more in the future. The captain's wife only praised Lin Yiyi for being sensible. They could see that it was Lin Yiyi's idea to offer porridge and meat. After all, Lin Dajun was still a half-grown boy and would definitely not think of this.