Of course Lin Dajun refused: "I am the elder brother, you have to listen to me."
Lin Erjun was very angry and kept silent.
Lin Yiyi didn't care about them. After dividing the egg custard, she brought the lobsters over: "Everyone is working on the lobsters today. Dajun and Erjun have worked hard carrying Wudi back and forth. You can eat 10. I found pheasant eggs today, so I'll eat 10 too. Sanjun and Sijun have worked hard digging earthworms today, so they'll eat 10 too. Wudi will eat two. Dajun, you're the boss, do you think there's a problem?"
Lin Dajun: "Sister, I'm the eldest brother, I should eat more. Why do the Third Army and the Fourth Army need 10?"
Lin Yiyi: "Then ask them if they agree or not? You guys go and discuss it. My fifth brother and I will eat first." The lobsters were very easy to eat after their heads were chopped off and their shells were cut open. Lin Yiyi fed her fifth brother while she ate. She drank half a bowl of egg custard and ate 10 lobsters. She felt full and didn't cook dinner separately.
After hearing what she said, Lin Dajun did not ask Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun for it.
Not only did she feel full after dinner, but the Lin brothers also ate very happily. Although the Lin brothers were not full, they were not without plans when it came to food. They knew to save some for later, so they didn't think of eating it all at once.
Lin Sijun: "Sister, the meat of this giant prawn is really delicious."
Lin Dajun: "It tastes as good as meat. I didn't know it was so delicious before. If I had known..." What a pity, I had wasted several years.
Lin Erjun licked his lips, savoring the taste.
Lin Sanjun listened to them in silence, wondering how many he would be able to eat tomorrow.
Lin Wudi: "It's delicious, sister, it's delicious."
Lin Yiyi pinched his face and said, "If it's delicious, I'll give it to you tomorrow, okay?"
Lin Wudi nodded: "Okay, sister, eat."
Lin Yiyi pinched his face and said to the other brothers of the Lin family, "Pour out the remaining big prawns in the sand pot, then rinse them with cold water, peel the prawn shells, and let us dry the remaining prawn meat. We can eat it when there is no more food. But before that, wash your hands thoroughly."
The younger brothers of the Lin family were very active in this matter. They washed their hands and peeled the lobster meat. Looking at the fragrant meat, they felt hungry again, but they did not eat it. Even if they wanted to eat it, Lin Yiyi would stare at them and would not let them eat it.
In the afternoon, we had a total of 20 catties of lobsters. We ate about four catties, and there were about 16 catties left. After removing the meat, there were only two catties left. The shells of the lobsters accounted for a large part of the total.
Lin Yiyi put two kilograms of lobster meat into a basket and hung it high on the roof beam. She then said to the Lin brothers, "Tomorrow, Xiao Yu and I will go to the county town. You guys continue to fish for this big fierce lobster. Don't tell anyone, or our family will be wiped out."
The younger brothers of the Lin family said, "We know." Everyone was protecting their food.
Lin Yiyi said, "You can have lunch by the stream to save time going back and forth. For dinner tomorrow, I will give each of you two slices of meat as a reward for your hard work tomorrow. How do you think?"
Hearing that there would be meat slices, the Lin brothers had no problem with it.
After spending the past two days with them, Lin Yiyi has come to understand them a little. The selfishness of the Lin brothers was slowly cultivated in the future life and with Daya's indulgence. At this time, although they have some scheming, they are not so much.
The next day, the sky was just getting light.
Lin Yiyi went to bed early last night, and got up early this morning. When she got up, Lin Wudi was still asleep. He was sleeping on his stomach, with his butt sticking out, looking very cute. Although his butt was not fleshy, Lin Yiyi couldn't help but spank him. It was a light spank, and the little guy didn't react at all.
Lin Yiyi looked at Lin Wudi and couldn't help laughing.
After getting out of bed, Lin Yiyi planned to wake up Lin Dajun and the others, but they were already up without her calling, which surprised Lin Yiyi. In fact, children in the countryside usually get up early, because they don't have any activities at night and go to bed early, so they get up early during the day.
When Lin Yiyi saw them, she said, "Second Army, heat up both sand pots, one for sweet potato rice and one for decocting medicine. Big Army, go wash the sweet potatoes. Wash the two remaining sweet potatoes from yesterday's pound of sweet potatoes, cut them into small pieces, and then take out a small bowl of rice." A small bowl of rice weighs about two or three taels.
Lin Dajun: “Hey.”
After the sweet potato rice porridge was ready, Lin Yiyi added two boiled eggs and four small sweet potatoes. After breakfast, she said to Lin Dajun, "These four sweet potatoes and one boiled egg are your lunch. Each of you has one sweet potato and one boiled egg. Dajun is the older brother, so the distribution must be fair and just. Do you understand?"
Lin Dajun: "I understand, don't worry, sister." The Lin brothers were very happy that they had boiled eggs to eat.
Lin Yiyi took out four more candies with satisfaction: "One for each of you."
The younger brothers of the Lin family were even happier. They suddenly felt that it would be nice to continue living like this.
The Lin brothers took the food and went fishing for lobsters. Lin Yiyi waited for Xiao Yu at home. Because it was still a little early, Xiao Yu came only after she finished drinking the Chinese medicine.
"Da Ya..."
Lin Yiyi was sitting in the yard with Lin Wudi and saw Xiao Yu coming on a bicycle: "Brother Xiao Yu." Lin Yiyi knew from Daya's memory that the Xiao family had bicycles, because when Lin's father and mother passed away, Xiao Daqiang rode a bicycle with Qin Xiangju to help.
Xiao Yu looked relieved when he saw that Lin Yiyi looked better than yesterday. He looked at her and saw that she was the only one in the yard. "Where are Dajun and the others?"
Lin Yiyi: "Go find something to eat."
Xiao Yu was very satisfied after hearing this, his sister was sick at home, and a 13-year-old boy could be the head of the family, so why should he stay at home instead of going out to find food?
"Let's go to the county town."
Lin Yiyi: "I want to take my fifth brother with me."
Jin-Woo raised an eyebrow.
Lin Yiyi: "Let Brother Xiao Yu get familiar with the baby sooner. When our baby is born, Brother Xiao Yu won't be so busy."
Hearing Lin Yiyi talking about their child, Xiao Yu's heart warmed up. He is 22 years old this year. Although he said that he had never thought about having children before, others at his age all had children. Now he is about to get married, which means that he will have children in the future. However, "You are still young, there is no rush to have children." After saying this, he thought again, is it because his young fiancée really wants a child to consolidate her position? Will she be sad when he said this, thinking that he doesn't want children? He explained again, "Wait until you are in better health and older before having children, it will be good for you."
Lin Yiyi glared at Xiao Yu: "What are you talking about, Brother Xiao Yu? I was talking about the future, not now. You are really...really..."
Xiao Yu: "..." Overthinking. But who asked her to bring it up at this time? Xiao Yu said expressionlessly, "Let's go to the county town." He used a paralyzed face to cover up his embarrassment.
Lin Yiyi: "Well, wait a moment." She went to get a small backpack, put Lin Wudi in it, and then hung it in front of her, then closed the door, "Okay."
Xiao Yu looked at her front and said, "Let's do it from behind." The front is already flat enough, and it will be flatter if it is pressed like this. No, no, no, I can't think like that. Xiao Yu quickly found the military regulations and memorized them silently.
Lin Yiyi naturally didn't know what he was thinking. She said, "It's not safe behind us. It would be dangerous if my little brother crawled out of the backpack."
Xiao Yu's thoughts were correct, but he couldn't bear to see his fiancée carrying him like this. He felt that he was torturing the little girl. He was thinking about it and suddenly thought of a solution. "Sit still first. I'll ride you after you're seated."
Lin Yiyi: “Yeah.”
After Lin Yiyi sat steadily, Xiao Yu got on the bike. He was tall and strong, so he sat on the bike first, then he stood on his feet, and the bike started to move, but it had an inertia of leaning forward, so Xiao Yu reminded her: "Hold my clothes later."
Lin Yiyi: "Hey." She grabbed the clothes around his waist.
Suddenly, Xiao Yu felt a little hot in his waist.
The bicycle started moving. The uneven road made Lin Yiyi frown. She said, "Brother Xiao Yu, the road is so bumpy. My butt hurts a little when I sit on it."
Xiao-Woo: "...Um...Are you feeling better?" He slowed down.
Lin Yiyi: "You ride faster, I can pass it in a moment." Then, she stretched out her arms and wrapped them around Xiao Yu's waist, "Brother Xiao Yu, please hurry up."
Xiao Yu: "..." His waist seemed to be no longer his own, and he couldn't ride faster. But how could a man not be able to ride faster? He cleared his mind of distractions and rode quickly.
It would have taken him 40 minutes to ride from the village to the county town, which would have taken an hour. When they were almost at the county town, Lin Yiyi let go of his hand to avoid being criticized by others.
The bike went straight to the department store. Xiao Yu said, "Let's go buy things for the wedding first, and then go to the state-owned hotel for dinner."
Lin Yiyi: "Listen to my brother."
Xiao Yu: "..." He parked and locked the backpack, then took Lin Wudi out of the backpack. Lin Wudi was not afraid of strangers, and looked around with his clear eyes. Maybe it was his first time in the county town, and he saw that there were many people here. After holding Lin Wudi, Xiao Yu asked Lin Yiyi to put the backpack on his back. Lin Yiyi was not polite either. If a man and a woman go on a date and don't even take things, it would be too ungentlemanly.
So, Xiao Yu carried the backpack and held Lin Wudi in his arms, while Lin Yiyi went into the department store empty-handed.
Xiao-Woo: "Have you thought about what to buy?"
Lin Yiyi said: "I don't know, my mother...she passed away suddenly and didn't tell me beforehand. Does Brother Xiao Yu have any ideas?"
Xiao Yu: "I asked my grandmother, she said that now is the time to be extravagant, too much dowry will make people feel rich, now is not the time to show off your wealth. So I thought of preparing a tin kettle, a washbasin, new clothes and shoes, and a cabinet for you, what do you think?"
Lin Yiyi said, "Isn't it too much?" She knew that in this period, a daughter-in-law bought with grain didn't even have a dowry, not to mention that Xiao Yu said he wanted to buy a thermos. Not to mention now, even in the 1970s, this was a very face-saving thing.
Xiao-Woo: "That's it."