Lin Sanjun became a policeman at the Zhenshang Police Station, and Ying Shuang became a doctor at the Shanglin Production Brigade Health Center. The couple was very famous in the Shanglin Production Brigade. After all, in this era, being a policeman or a doctor was a very remarkable profession, especially when one was a retired soldier and the other was the child of a martyr.

Lin Dajun is a worker, Zhang Xiaojun went to the Workers and Peasants University, Lin Sanjun is a policeman, and Lin Sijun is a newly married man who currently has no job. However, Lin Sijun and Jiang Xiaotu are not in a hurry. Lin Sijun has been raising pigs for 10 years, and the money from selling meat tickets plus eggs is more than 200 yuan. Jiang Xiaotu is the daughter of the battalion commander, and her parents at home also care about her, so she also has a hundred yuan in the bottom of the box, and therefore the couple has the confidence not to rush.

Lin Sijun is a carefree person. He doesn't know how to save money or manage money, so after getting married, he handed the money to Jiang Xiaotu. Jiang Xiaotu has a gentle personality and has helped Jiang with housework and taking care of her siblings since she was a child. She is very suitable to be a housekeeper.

Jiang Xiaotu served the rice and brought it to Lin Sijun: "We caught a lot of big shrimps today."

Lin Sijun: "During the famine, we had no food at home, so we used shrimp as food and then traded it for coarse grains. This was discovered by my eldest sister."

Jiang Xiaotu: "Sister is really smart."

Lin Sijun: "Of course, she's my eldest sister. I'll go to the county town in two days to see if there are any factories hiring."

Jiang Xiaotu: "It will be September in two days. The weather is hot in August. You can look for a place after August and in September." She said softly, looking at Lin Sijun with a faint smile, "If it's not enough, I won't go."

Lin Sijun: "Ah? You don't want to be a worker?" They got married in early July, and it will be two months in a few days.

Jiang Xiaotu smiled and shook her head: "No. I..." She smiled and touched her belly, "I'm pregnant."

Pfft… Lin Sijun spat out the rice in his mouth: “So fast?” No way, they just got married, how could she be pregnant? When I think about it, my eldest brother and his wife were married for a year and they were not pregnant. My third brother and his wife were married for almost a year and they were not pregnant either, how could he be so fast?

By the way, his sister and brother-in-law also got pregnant after several years of marriage, so how come he got pregnant... so quickly?

Jiang Xiaotu found it funny: "Not fast. You are already 22 years old, and other people have children at the age of 22. Do you like children?"

Lin Sijun: "..." This question is a little difficult to answer. He really doesn't like children. Because there are too many children in the family, he took care of Lin Wujun before he was 2 years old, or before Lin Yiyi traveled through time. After the birth of his eldest brother's child, he really didn't dare to be interested in children. Besides, he felt that he was still young. But looking at his wife's smile, he knew he couldn't answer like this because he had the desire to survive, "I like it."

Jiang Xiaotu: "I like it too. Although I have taken care of younger siblings before, it is different with my own children. I am looking forward to the birth of our children." She is a meticulous person and she is also good at observing people. When she married Lin Sijun, she knew his character. She likes Lin Sijun's sunny and cheerful personality, and she also likes that Lin Sijun has a family without burdens. The Lin family has no elders and has already separated, so it is good for a female comrade to marry into such a family. "Sijun, we have a baby, you have to work hard. I won't be able to work in the next few years. Pregnancy, childbirth, and raising children all require me, so as a husband and the father of the future child, you have to work hard."

Lin Sijun is a soft-hearted person, and it is useless for Lin Xiu to pester him like that, because he can't stand gentle tactics. Jiang Xiaotu said this to him, and he was motivated. Even though the child came suddenly and he was not prepared, he was already married after all, and he wanted to work harder to take care of his wife and children.

Troops

"Don't follow me, brother is going to play football." Early in the morning, Xiao Eleven stood at the gate of the yard, looking at the little kid behind him.

Little Nineteen wore a small hat because it was still very hot at the end of August. Lin Yiyi gave him a hat to block the sun so that he wouldn't get heat stroke. He also wore a white short-sleeved T-shirt, army green trousers, and a pair of small cloth shoes. And a small Jiefang bag. Like Little Eleven back then, he was a rare delicate little boy in this gray era.

Xiaojiu was born in April 1971. Now it is the end of August 1972, almost 17 months old. He still can't walk very well and is shaky. The two brothers actually look very similar, especially their eyes, which are big, with double eyelids and very long eyelashes. These eyes are the characteristic of the Lin family. The children of the Lin family have very beautiful eyes.

Little Nineteen looked at Eleven with a frown: "Brother... play..." meaning that he also wanted to play.

Little Eleven: “No.” This follower brother always liked to follow him. “Go home and play with mom. Your brother wants to play football and you can’t go.” Then he ran away.

Little Nineteen: "Brother..." Seeing his brother running away, he also ran to catch up. But the child's feet were not stable, and he fell to the ground after running a few steps, "Brother... It hurts..." He lay on the ground, raised his head, and looked at Little Eleven's back with tears in his eyes.

Little Eleven stopped and turned around to see Little Nineteen lying on the ground, shouting, "Brother... it hurts... Brother..."

Little Eleven: "You're so stupid." He ran back, helped Little Nineteen up, brushed off the dust on him, and rolled up his pants. He saw that his knees were a little red, but there was no skin broken. He squatted down and blew on them, then spit on Little Nineteen's red knees and rubbed his saliva, "Does it still hurt?"

Little Nineteen shook his head and burst into laughter: "It doesn't hurt, brother, I want to play too."

Xiao Shiyi sighed: "Okay, but you can't make trouble. You can only sit and watch. Do you understand?"

Xiaojiu: "I understand."

Xiao Shiyi took him to play football.

Lin Yiyi stood aside, watching them walk away, smiling and shaking her head. Wujun was in junior high school now, and his schoolwork was heavy, so he didn't play with Xiaoyi very much anymore. Now Xiaoyi played football by himself. But just like when Xiaoyi played with Lin Wujun, Xiaojiu now played with Xiaoyi.

Lin Yiyi is more relaxed about Xiao Shiyi, who is still in primary school. During the holidays, she does not force Xiao Shiyi to study. But Lin Wujun is different. He is already in junior high school. Lin Yiyi personally believes that primary school is a good time to relax, but junior high school is an important time to lay a foundation for learning, so she pays more attention to Lin Wujun's studies. Even in the summer vacation, she will let Lin Wujun review and preview every morning, and in the afternoon, she will let Lin Wujun rest. It means studying for half a day and resting for half a day, which is much more relaxed than when he was studying.

Lin Wujun did not rebel like other junior high school students against his sister's strict discipline. First, Lin Yiyi did not make him study all day. In addition to studying, his sister also gave him time to play. Secondly, he was used to listening to his sister's arrangements, and his sister would not harm him. Finally, he also loved to study, which was the most important thing. If he did not like it, he would not be able to study no matter how much he was forced to.

Little Eleven brought Little Nineteen to the playground of the family compound, where several children were waiting for him.

Xiaogouzi: "Eleven, why did you come just now? And you brought him with you?"

Little Eleven: "I'm here now, aren't I? My brother is coming, and there's nothing I can do." Little Eleven said, and found a tree to sit under, and said to Little Nineteen, "You sit here and watch your brother play ball. You can't go anywhere else, understand?"

Xiaojiu nodded, sat down obediently under the tree, and then took out a handful of melon seeds from his bag and started to chew them. These melon seeds were pumpkin seeds, and the shells would soften when in contact with water, so there was no need to worry about the shells getting stuck in Xiaojiu's throat. If they were sunflower seeds, the shells would be too sharp and too hard, and Lin Yiyi would worry that Xiaojiu would get stuck in his throat.

Seeing that his younger brother was very well behaved and obedient, Xiao Shiyi was relieved and continued to play football with everyone. While playing football, he looked at his younger brother. Seeing that his younger brother was sitting quietly, he concentrated on playing football again. When his younger brother was just born, he hoped he would have a younger sister. Now that his younger brother is so well behaved, he thinks his younger brother is also good. That's right, this younger brother cries too much.

Spit... Xiaojiu spit out the pumpkin seed shell, then gnawed the pumpkin seed kernel inside. He sat on the ground, his two legs touching the ground, swaying back and forth, looking very uncomfortable. Although it was summer and the weather was hot, it was not that hot because it was morning. Xiaojiu gnawed the pumpkin seeds while singing: "La la la... La la la..."

An hour later, Xiao Eleven came back with the football: "Nineteen, let's go home." His forehead was covered in sweat, and he took Xiao Nineteen home.

Lin Yiyi looked at her two sons and said, "You guys are back. Did you have fun?"

Little Nineteen: “Happy.” He still had the melon seed shell in his mouth.

Lin Yiyi took out a towel and washed his face: "Nineteen, what did you play with your brother?"

Xiao Nineteen thought for a moment and said, "Well... my brother plays football, and I... I eat melon seeds..."

Xiao Shiyi: "He is just sitting under the tree, enjoying the cool breeze and eating melon seeds. He can't play football yet. If he goes to play football, it won't be him who is playing football, but the ball that is kicking him."

Lin Yiyi: “…”

Xiaojiu: "Kick the ball at me."

At the beginning of September, Lin Wujun and Xiaoyi started school. Xiaojiu was playing ball at the door of their house that day. When he saw someone coming to their door, he asked in a baby voice, "Who are you looking for?"

Lin Yiyi heard someone outside and ran out to see that it was Lin Sijun. Lin Yiyi: "Sijun, why are you here? Come and sit down. Have you eaten?" As she said that, she poured him a bowl of mung bean soup. The mung bean soup was cooked in the morning and placed in cold water. It could be drunk when everyone came back at noon.

Lin Sijun drank a bowl of mung bean soup in one breath: "Eat it, I came to tell my elder sister and mother-in-law that Xiaotu is pregnant, and I also brought you some things." Lin Sijun's backpack contained 20 kilograms of lobsters, all of which he had caught in the past two days. In addition to lobsters, he also brought eggs and fresh meat, because these things are hard to find in the army, but vegetables can be exchanged at the villagers' homes.

Lin Yiyi was shocked: "So fast?"

Lin Sijun chuckled, a little embarrassed: "I also felt it was very fast, I don't know how I got pregnant."

These words... left Lin Yiyi speechless.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, I'll deliver the things to my mother-in-law's house first."

Lin Yiyi: "Well, go ahead."

Lin Sijun sent half of the things to Jiang's side.

Jiang was preparing lunch and washing things when she saw Lin Sijun coming: "Sijun, why are you here?" Jiang was one of many ordinary mothers-in-law, the kind of mother-in-law who becomes more and more satisfied with her son-in-law the more she looks at him. So when she saw Lin Sijun coming, she was very enthusiastic.

Lin Sijun: "Mom, Xiaotu is pregnant. I came to tell you that I also brought you some shrimps, eggs, and some meat." The shrimps were caught by myself, the eggs were laid by my own hens, and the meat was obtained from the meat coupons I bought from the mission pigs I raised. These things didn't cost much, but the eggs and meat were money.

Jiang: "Little Rabbit is pregnant? That's great. And you are really something. You just came here, why did you bring so many things?" Although she said this, Jiang couldn't hide the smile on her face. "Have lunch at our house. We happen to have shrimps today, and they are fresh." The shrimps were exchanged by Jiang in the village in the morning.

Lin Sijun: “Okay.”

Jiang was particularly happy today. She had not seen Jiang Xiaotu and Lin Sijun since they got married. Although she was relieved about her daughter, she couldn't help but think too much. The news Lin Sijun brought was a great surprise to her. What was Jiang most worried about after her daughter got married? Of course, it was her daughter's fertility problem. Now that her daughter was pregnant, she felt more relieved.

After Lin Sijun finished his lunch, he returned to Lin Yiyi's house and carried some things in his hands, which were given by Jiang, including Fuqiang powder, fine rice, and some dry goods. Jiang couldn't just accept her son-in-law's things without showing any intention at all, right? Wouldn't this become her natal family's fault in the autumn wind? She won't do it. Besides, my daughter is pregnant. Didn’t these fine grains enter her belly? So she was more willing to give.

In the evening, when Lin Sijun had dinner at Lin Yiyi's house, Jiang came again: "Fourth Army..."

Lin Yiyi joked: "Sijun, your mother-in-law is here."

Lin Sijun: “Mother…”

Jiang: "Sister Yi Yi, please don't tease me. I went to the village this afternoon and exchanged two fish. I will bring them to the Fourth Army when he leaves tomorrow. They live in the village and rarely get to eat seafood. It just so happens that there are fish this time." Jiang went to the village to exchange shrimps. She didn't exchange fish in the morning, so she went to exchange fish specifically in the afternoon.

Lin Sijun: "Mom, no need, you can keep it for yourselves, there is no shortage of food in our village."

Jiang: "Just take what the elders give you, otherwise I won't want anything you bring in the future."

Lin Yiyi: "This is your mother-in-law's intention, don't refuse it." Therefore, it is really important to choose the right in-laws. Whether it is the Jiang family or the captain's family, they are all good in-laws, and the Ying family is even better.

Jiang didn't leave immediately after giving him the fish. Instead, he asked about Lin Sijun's work: "Sijun, have you been at home recently?"

Lin Sijun: "Yes, the weather has been hot these two months, and I just got married, so I plan to look for a job in early September." Lin Sijun is not in a hurry to find a job because he has savings.

Jiang had no intention of forcing her son-in-law to find a job, but instead asked, "What kind of job do you plan to find? Are there many factories hiring workers now?"

Lin Sijun: "I don't know either. I want to find a job that I like. I don't like working on a pig farm like my elder brother does. I have been raising pigs at home for ten years, so I don't want to work on a pig farm."

Lin Yiyi didn't care what kind of job he found. Anyway, it was 1972, and the college entrance examination would be held in 1977. By then, Lin Sijun and his wife would both take the college entrance examination, so the current job was just too much for Lin Sijun. However, she could still give him some money. She said, "Since you don't know what kind of job you want to find, why not learn something first?"

Lin Sijun: "What are you learning?"

Lin Yiyi: "Learn to drive and get a driver's license."

Lin Sijun: "But where can I learn to drive?"

Xiao Yu: "This is easy. When I was in the Public Security Bureau, I knew a few people, including one from the transport team. I'll introduce them to you and you can go there when the time comes."

Lin Sijun: “Really?” Men’s love for cars is natural, so if they like cars, they naturally like driving.

Xiao Yu: “Yeah.” Actually, if Xiao Wu and Xiao Bin had enough education, he could have introduced them to learn how to drive. However, those two had only studied for two years and could not even recognize all the characters, so they were really not suitable for learning how to drive.

Two days later, Lin Sijun returned home. He stayed in the army for two days, mainly because Xiao Yu contacted the transport team, so he was delayed for one day. When he got home, he told Jiang Xiaotu that he was going to learn how to drive. Jiang Xiaotu was happy for her man. In modern times, being a driver is also a good career, especially for the transport team. Although Lin Sijun was only going to learn how to drive, if he learned it, he would have one more skill, and it would be easier to find a job.

Jiang Xiaotu: "Really? That's really great."

Lin Sijun went to learn how to drive in September. During the Chinese New Year, he brought good news to Jiang Xiaotu. He became a driver of the transport team, but it was only a probationary period. Therefore, he could not stay at home during the Chinese New Year and had to go out to drive.

For this reason, Jiang Xiaotu was worried about him, but she was also happy for him. Everyone knows that if you can get a place in the probation period, as long as you don't make mistakes, you will definitely have no problem becoming a regular employee. Lin Sijun was able to get this place, of course, it was inseparable from Xiao Yu's recommendation, but he himself was also hardworking and motivated, and the meat tickets from his family were also given to him.

Three years later, in July 1976.

Zhang Xiaojun brought Fang Fang and her son to the troops carrying large and small bags of things.

Lin Yiyi: "Are you going to take Fang Fang and her son away?"

Zhang Xiaojun: "Yes, the school recommended a job for me as a technician, and they also arranged a dormitory for me, so I plan to take them there." During the years Zhang Xiaojun was at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, he worked very hard. He was a person who would do anything to achieve his goals, so in order to have a good job after graduation, he would not slack off in his studies. It must be said that this kind of uncompromising means is a bit scary when used in other things, but when used in learning, it becomes perseverance.

Lin Yiyi: "That's good. It turns out that success gained through one's own efforts is much more proud than success gained through calculations, right?"

Zhang Xiaojun is not a fool, how could he not understand what Lin Yiyi meant: "Sister, thank you." No matter whether he will calculate others or have other thoughts in his life and work in the future, at least he is sincerely grateful to Lin Yiyi as his sister. During the years in the countryside, he had a pleasant time with his family, and the face his relatives gave him was also very generous.

Lin Yiyi: "You're welcome. Be good to Fang Fang and her son in the future. You can be conscienceless in some areas, but you must be conscienceless when it comes to your wife and children."

Zhang Xiaojun: “Yeah.”

Zhang Xiaojun took Fang Fang and her son away from the team, while Fang Cao still lived in the old Lin family house.

Time passed unknowingly, and by the end of 1977, many brigades in Yangguang Commune had access to electricity. As Yangguang Commune had developed well, the county government gave priority to the brigades under Yangguang Commune when it came to providing electricity.

Because the brigade already had electricity, the New Year's Eve dinner was naturally held at night. So at noon on New Year's Eve, Lin Yiyi invited several of the Lin family's younger brothers to her home for dinner because she had something to say.

After dinner, Lin Yiyi told everyone about the college entrance examination: "According to your brother-in-law's classmates in a special agency, the college entrance examination may be resumed next year." This was what Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu had agreed on.

Lin Yiyi's words shocked everyone.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, are you telling the truth?"

Lin Yiyi said: "I am 80% sure, so what do you think?"

Lin Wujun: "I don't have to think about it. I will graduate from high school next year. If the college entrance examination is resumed, I will continue to apply for university."

Lin Sijun: "I am also preparing to continue my college entrance exams."

Jiang Xiaotu: "Me too." Both of them are high school students, so they naturally yearn for the college entrance examination, so if the college entrance examination is reinstated, there is no doubt that they will go to college. Jiang Xiaotu is now at home taking care of the children. Lin Sijun is a driver with a good salary. In addition, their children are still young, so after graduating from high school, she has been at home and will not go to work.

Lin Dajun: “I…”

Lin Zhen: "I won't take the exam anymore. I'm sure I won't pass." She didn't do well in school and was just barely making it through junior high school. Letting her take the college entrance exam would be like killing her.

Ying Shuang: "I will continue to take the college entrance examination." She plans to apply to a medical university.

Lin Sanjun: "I will also take the college entrance examination." Although Lin Sanjun did not even graduate from junior high school, his perseverance was very strong, so he did not have to worry at all.

Finally, Lin Yiyi looked at Lin Dajun: "Dajun, what about you?"

Lin Dajun: “Me? I don’t know.” His work has been so unfocused over the past few years that he has no goals anymore.