After dinner, Lin Yiyi took Lin Wudi to digest the food, while the other brothers of the Lin family continued to process the lobsters, because these were all food. Although everyone was tired, they were also very interested.

There were about 80 catties of lobster in total. We ate about 8 catties for dinner, leaving 72 catties. After removing the meat, there was about 9 catties. Together with the 1 catty from yesterday, there were 10 catties of shrimp meat in total. Although 10 catties is not a small amount, there were about 1,000 lobster meats alone. Looking at the 10 catties of shrimp meat in the basket, under the light of the kerosene lamp, the Lin brothers smiled with satisfaction.

Afterwards, everyone took a shower and went to bed.

Lin Yiyi took Lin Wudi to take a hot bath, and the warm water kettle came in handy. She also brushed her teeth. The toothbrush and toothpaste were bought for her by Xiao Yu today.

In the middle of the night, a figure came out of the room that belonged to the younger brothers of the Lin family. After coming out, the figure quietly closed the door, then tiptoed to the gate of the courtyard and opened it. He ran to Lin Dafu's house as if he knew the way there well: "Auntie Guilan... Is Auntie Guilan here?"

People here have the habit of sleeping in the yard with mats in the summer. Besides, it is hot and there are many mosquitoes in the summer, so the people in Lin Dafu's family woke up quickly.

Lin Dafu opened his eyes and asked, "Who is it?" He opened the gate and saw the young man standing at the door. "Erjun, why are you here? Did something happen at home?" Thinking that there was no adult in the Lin family, Lin Dafu had this idea. Father Lin and Lin Dafu were both honest people. In addition, the relationship between Lin Niang and Yang Guilan was good, so Lin Dafu also cared about the young people of the Lin family. Otherwise, Yang Guilan would not have introduced Lin Wudi to him.

Lin Erjun said, "Uncle Dafu, I'm looking for Aunt Guilan. I...I want to discuss something with her. Is she...she here?" Lin Erjun's heart was pounding. He had been listening to Yang Guilan and Lin Yiyi talking in the main hall today. In fact, he listened carefully when they talked yesterday. Hearing Yang Guilan say that the family there can send their children to school, feed them well, give them meat and new clothes, he was moved. Then he heard his sister say that she didn't even want the 200 red envelope and wanted to give it to his younger brother. He felt dissatisfied. Why should she give it to his younger brother? My younger brother is only 2 years old and doesn't understand money. Besides, my younger brother gave it to someone else. What's wrong with them giving 200 red envelopes?

But he didn't expect that his sister would push this matter off today. She also said that she would take the younger brother to the Xiao family, and that they could go to work by themselves, and when they grew up, they would send the younger brother back to be raised by them. He was unwilling to hear this. They had to work to earn food and still raise the younger brother? So, Lin Erjun had the idea today.

Although Lin Dafu didn't understand what Lin Erjun meant, he still woke up his wife. However, Yang Guilan also woke up: "Dafu, bring Erjun in. It will disturb others outside, which is a bit inappropriate."

Lin Dafu: “Hey.”

Lin Dafu brought Lin Erjun into the house. As soon as Lin Erjun saw Yang Guilan, he knelt down and said, "Auntie, please help our family for the sake of my parents."

Yang Guilan was startled: "What's wrong with you? Get up quickly."

Lin Erjun pinched his thigh hard, and then cried miserably, "Auntie, our family really can't survive. My parents are starving to death. There is no food at home. I don't know how long I can eat with my sister's 50 kilograms of betrothal gift. My sister said she wanted to take my younger brother to her husband's house, but if she takes my younger brother to her husband's house, people will definitely look down on me. I... my sister doesn't want to send my younger brother away, I am willing to go. Auntie, do you think I can do it? I am willing to give it to that family. As a son, I can work, I can read, I have graduated from primary school, I can eat less. I... I don't want to be a burden to my sister. If I am not here, I should be able to save some food, and the people at home can eat for a few more days. Auntie, I don't want 200 yuan, I want 100 yuan, 100 yuan is enough for me, I... I want to leave 100 yuan for my sister, so that they can live a good life. Auntie, please, help me..." As he said this, Lin Erjun kowtowed on the ground.

Yang Guilan watched with some emotion. The distant relatives said they wanted a younger child because they didn't remember much, and they were afraid they wouldn't be able to raise an older child well. But when she looked at the well-behaved Lin Erjun, she also felt a little sympathy.

Yang Guilan: "If you become a son to that family, you will never be able to come back here."

Lin Erjun: "As long as my family can survive, I...even if I can't come back, I'm happy."

Yang Guilan: "Even if you grow up, you can't come here and write a letter of severance."

Lin Erjun: "If I go there, I should be filial to my parents who raised me there."

Yang Guilan nodded: "Okay, then I'll take you to the county town tomorrow and let my distant relatives take a look."

Lin Erjun: "Auntie, can...can you go earlier? Tomorrow when my sister and the others wake up, if they know I am going, they will definitely not agree. My sister is so kind and treats us so well, she would rather sell her blood to raise money for our tuition, if she knew I was going to give it away, she would definitely not agree. I...I don't want my sister to know, and I don't want her to sell blood anymore, I...I don't want her to die...wuwuwu..."

Yang Guilan: "You...you don't want Daya to know? But if you don't let Daya know, and my distant relative takes a fancy to you, Daya will definitely blame me."

Lin Erjun: "I can write to my sister and explain the situation. My sister won't blame you. If she really blames you, you can come to that family to find me, and I will...I will explain it to my sister."

Yang Guilan still felt that it was not appropriate.

Seeing Yang Guilan's hesitation, Lin Erjun kowtowed even harder: "Auntie, please save our family, Auntie, please save our family..."

Lin Erjun kowtowed so hard that his forehead bled. Yang Guilan couldn't bear it, so she said, "Okay, I want to take you to show them. If they agree, we'll come back and convince your sister. What do you think? Anyway, I have to tell your sister about this, otherwise your sister will blame me. And if you are adopted by that family, the household registration will have to be transferred to the village, and you have to come here by yourself."

Lin Erjun: "Then... can you go to the county town earlier and not let my sister know when you go?"

Yang Guilan: "Okay, you come early tomorrow morning and we'll set out around five o'clock." It takes two hours to walk from here to the county town. If we set out at five o'clock, we will arrive around seven o'clock.

Lin Erjun: “Hey.”

the next day

Lin Yiyi: "What did you say? The Second Army is not here?"

Lin Sanjun handed a note to Lin Yiyi: "We didn't see our second brother when we got up, so he left this for us."

Lin Yiyi took it and looked at it:

Big sister, I have to go to the county town for something, you don't have to worry about me.

After reading the note, Lin Yiyi returned it to Lin Sanjun: "Erjun is an adult now, we don't have to worry about him. We will continue to fish under the big breasts after breakfast."

The younger brother of the Lin family did not think much about it. Not to mention that Lin Yiyi was not worried about Lin Erjun, even the brothers of the Lin family were not worried about Lin Erjun. Children in the countryside were wild and ran around everywhere. In their opinion, there was nothing wrong with Lin Erjun running around. The only surprise was that Lin Erjun went to the county town.

Breakfast was sweet potato rice porridge, 2 taels of rice, two small sweet potatoes, and a little more water. After the meal, the four siblings continued to go fishing for lobsters. Anyway, they were going to contract all the lobsters in that area. Moreover, there were not many days left to fish for lobsters. Today was August 24. The fattest and most active seasons for lobsters were June, July, and August. Because of the warm weather, there were fewer lobsters in September, and the lobsters were not plump and tender. You could hardly see any lobsters. So these days, Lin Yiyi was reluctant to waste time, otherwise what would she eat in the future? Even though she had married into the Xiao family at that time and was not afraid of having no food, she felt it was necessary to leave more food for the Lin brothers so that they would not go out to beg for money.

At noon, they had sweet potatoes again, one for each person. Lin Yiyi also brought a thermos, but the water in it was cold boiled water, so that they wouldn't get thirsty while fishing for lobsters.

However, when it was past ten o'clock, Lin Erjun came back: "Sister... Sister..." He called out even before anyone arrived.

Lin Yiyi: "You're back? What did you do in the county town?"

Lin Erjun panted and pleaded for a while, then knelt down with a thud: "Sister, I...I'm going to find Aunt Guilan."

Lin Yiyi frowned: "Why did you go to look for Aunt Guilan? And Erjun, get up quickly, what are you kneeling for?" Because there were many lobsters upstream of the creek, several of the Lin family's brothers and Lin Yiyi were fishing for lobsters upstream today. When Lin Erjun arrived, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at her.

Lin Dajun: "Yes, Erjun, why are you kneeling? Did you do something bad?"

Lin Yiyi: "..." This big brother is...

Lin Erjun: "Sister, brother, I... I see that our family is so poor. We have no food, no money for education, and you have to sell blood. I... I feel guilty."

Lin Yiyi: “…” What are you doing?

Lin Erjun: "Auntie Guilan said that her distant relatives would give 200 red envelopes if they wanted a son, so I thought, if I became their son, they would give us 200 red envelopes, so that the family could have money to buy food, and my eldest brother and younger brothers could also go to school, so I... I found Auntie Guilan, and I met Auntie Guilan's distant relatives early this morning, and they were very satisfied with me. Sister, for the sake of my family, I am willing to be their son."

Lin Yiyi: "..." Why can't she understand what this ungrateful man says? Damn, he is really an ungrateful man. Maybe in the original plot, Lin Wudi was sent away, so he had no chance. This time, he didn't agree with Lin Wudi being sent away. He probably thought that the opportunity had come, so... just, "No, Erjun, sister doesn't agree."