As soon as he got home, Lin Sijun complained: "Sister, there are fewer big shrimps today than yesterday, and there are too many people, not only from our team, but also from Datang Production Team and Tangjiaao Production Team. Maybe by tomorrow there won't be any space for us to catch big shrimps." There has been such a big movement of fishing for big shrimps here these past two days, how could the team next door not have noticed it?

Lin Yiyi: "This lake doesn't belong to us, we're lucky enough to have some fishing... Dajun, there's no water at home, you take your brother to fetch water, and we'll have dinner after we fetch water. You've worked hard today, so I'll steam some dried meat for you, one piece for each of you." The meat was sent by the Xiao family, and she dried it in the sun.

Lin Dajun was a little dissatisfied at first. He had just come back from fishing for big shrimps and had to fetch water. This was exhausting. But when he heard that my sister said to give them meat slices, he stopped talking immediately. To put it bluntly, if you let him do the work and give him benefits, he will have no objection. Such a person is actually simpler than Lin Erjun.

In the evening, Lin Yiyi asked her younger brothers to take Lin Wudi out to play while she worked hard on writing the manuscript.

For two consecutive days, Lin Yiyi wrote several short stories, some with 1,000 words, some with 3,000 words, and some with 5,000 words. She didn't know what kind of articles the county newspaper liked, so she wrote a few more. She hadn't written a long article yet because she didn't have enough time. After she finished writing the short articles, she went to the commune, where there was a post office, so she could send them directly to the newspaper.

At the same time, the Zhang family in the county seat.

Yang Guilan's distant relative's surname was Zhang, and they were somewhat distantly related to Yang Guilan's maternal family.

When Mr. Zhang got home from get off work today, his wife gave him a letter.

Mr. Zhang: "Is this a letter? Mine?"

Mrs. Zhang: "Isn't it yours? It was mailed to our house, and there was no return address, but judging from the postal code, it's from our county."

Mr. Zhang tore open the envelope with some confusion, and said at first glance: "The handwriting is very good." Then he continued to read it, and after finishing it, he frowned.

Mrs. Zhang: “What’s wrong?”

Mr. Zhang asked, "Where is Xiaojun?" Lin Erjun has now changed his name to Zhang Xiaojun. Xiao means filial piety, which goes without saying. Jun is to retain Lin Erjun's original name, which is also a token of the Zhang family's care. Zhang Xiaojun has already transferred his household registration to the Zhang family's household registration book, and the relevant procedures have been completed.

Mrs. Zhang was pleased: "Look, he's going to junior high school soon, and he's reading books to prepare for the exam. He's a hard-working child."

Mr. Zhang nodded: "Come to the room."

Mrs. Zhang was puzzled. Seeing her husband's serious expression, she followed him into the room. After entering the room, Mr. Zhang handed the letter to Mrs. Zhang: "Take a look, what does it say?"

Mrs. Zhang was a little surprised after reading the letter, but she was not angry. They had only known Zhang Xiaojun for a few days. Although she felt that the child was hardworking, motivated, and filial to his original family, she did not have a deep affection for him. People's feelings are developed through getting to know each other. Otherwise, how could there be a saying that the grace of raising a child is not as good as the grace of giving birth to him? "What's going on? Is someone jealous of Xiaojun, so that's why?"

Mr. Zhang said, "I don't know the details of this matter. There are only two reasons why the other party wrote such a letter. One is kindness, and the other is to sabotage our adoption of Xiaojun. But no matter which reason it is, we can't doubt Xiaojun because of a letter. Besides, the child has already been transferred. If we return the child for this reason, it will not work."

Mrs. Zhang: "What if the child is a bad one? Look at what the letter says. It says that Xiaojun was so young, and in order to go to school and have food to eat, he persuaded his own sister to sell her blood to raise him. He also said that in order for us to adopt him, he wanted to cut off the family's food source. In this way, the family would be forced to be greedy for the 200 yuan because they had no food... Why do I feel upset about this?"

Mr. Zhang: "Didn't Guilan say that the Lin family is good? Xiaojun's eldest sister also returned the 200 yuan to him, but because this is the money we gave to the Lin family, and the Lin family gave it to Xiaojun, we naturally won't take it back. However, since the letter says so, we will observe Xiaojun for a while."

Mrs. Zhang: "What if Xiaojun is really... really scheming?"

Mr. Zhang smiled and said, "How can someone so young have so many schemes? If that's true, we should be on guard."

Mrs. Zhang was still a little hesitant: "Then return it to the Lin family?"

Mr. Zhang shook his head, "Why? You said we suspected he had bad behavior? How can we adopt him and then return him? Besides, we don't know the situation of the person who wrote the letter. If Xiaojun is really not good enough, we can teach him well. It's just a meal. But... after all, he is an adopted son. We can't say whether he will be filial to us in the future. I thought, why don't we adopt another one?"

Mrs. Zhang: "What are you doing?" Given their family's financial situation, it wouldn't be a problem for them to adopt two children. Although food is in short supply now, they can still get by if they can hold on. At worst, they can just buy food at a high price on the black market.

Mr. Zhang said: "Of the two adopted sons, one will be filial to us, which makes them competitive, thinking that we will give our property to whoever is more filial to us."

Mrs. Zhang: "Did you think of this suddenly?"

Mr. Zhang: "I have thought of this a long time ago. After all, they are adopted. We are not young anymore. We can't put all our hopes on one person. We have the money, so why should we worry that they will be unfilial?"

Mrs. Zhang thought for a moment and said, "You're right. When people compare themselves, they feel more stressed." Her eyes turned red as she spoke, "If only Ah Ren were still here." Her voice choked with sobs. Ah Ren was their son.

Mr. Zhang patted his wife's shoulder and said, "Don't think about it." He was sad and heartbroken, and his eyes turned red when he thought of his son. However, the dead are gone, and if he can't stand up to comfort and take care of his wife, his wife will find it even harder to get over this pain.

Mrs. Zhang didn't say anything.

Shanglin Production Brigade

Normally, Lin Dajun and his men would come back at 5 or 6 o'clock, but today they came back at 4 o'clock, and there was not even half of the lobsters as usual. Lin Dajun, Lin Sanjun, and Lin Sijun were processing the lobsters, and they couldn't help but complain about Lin Erjun again.

Lin Dajun said angrily: "If it weren't for the Second Army, we could still fish for a few days. Now, there are no more big shrimps, and I haven't found the next one."

Lin Sijun: "That's right, it's not that easy to find a big fierce shrimp."

Lin Sanjun was also angry with Lin Erjun, but he didn't say anything.

Lin Yiyi: "Hey...if the Second Army hadn't taken the 200 yuan, we might have been able to use it to buy some food. But...if people knew that we used the money from selling our brothers and elder brothers to buy food, we would have no chance of survival."

Lin Dajun: "Sister, you are so nice."

Lin Yiyi smiled and said, "If it was you, Dajun, even if I gave you the money back, you would definitely give it back to me secretly. I believe you are a good brother and a good brother."

Lin Dajun thought to himself that he would definitely not give it to his sister secretly, but he couldn't ruin the impression she had left on him.

Lin Sijun: "Why didn't Second Brother give the money to us secretly? Second Brother just wanted the money for himself. He is so selfish."

Lin Dajun: "He has always been so selfish. He even asked my sister to sell blood. He is the only one who has many evil ideas."

Lin Sanjun said nothing.

Lin Yiyi watched them continue to criticize Lin Erjun, thinking, what kind of brothers are they? However, "School will start in two days, what do you think?"

Lin Dajun: "Selling blood...is no longer an option." Director Yang had come to them specifically about selling blood and told them that selling blood was illegal. So, Lin Dajun, who originally wanted to sell his own blood to support his schooling, no longer hoped to do so.

Lin Sijun is a good-natured person. He has never been to school, so he is becoming more and more helpless.

Lin Sanjun said nothing and looked at Lin Yiyi.

Lin Yiyi said: "Dajun, you are the eldest brother, you are the head of the family, you go first, what do you think?"

Lin Dajun: "...I...you...your dowry...the dowry is fine..." He felt a little ashamed. The eldest sister had been leading them through a good life recently, and he felt embarrassed to mention the use of dowry to study.

Lin Yiyi: "The dowry is 16 yuan in total. Your brother-in-law took out 10 yuan privately to show off. I have to give it back, which means there are only 6 yuan left. After I get married, I can give the 6 yuan to you, Dajun, for safekeeping. However, 6 yuan is not enough for the three of you brothers to go to school together. Only enough for one person to go to school."

Lin Yiyi didn't say it clearly, but the three brothers were thinking, if only one person can go to school, then who will go? At this time, everyone wanted to go.

Lin Yiyi: "If you go to school and there is no food, what will you eat?"

So, someone has to find food.

Lin Dajun: "If we can get through to October, we'll have food." Their parents' work points can be used to distribute food in October, but they don't know how much they will get, and the food still has to be handed in.

Lin Yiyi: “I have an idea.”

Lin Dajun: "Sister, what do you think?"

Lin Yiyi: "Although we don't have to work now, we still have to work during the busy farming season. In the second half of the year, no matter how much food we have, the money earned from work points will still be given to us. So I thought that everyone would not go to school for the next two years, but first earn some work points and money, and then go to school when we have money. Of course, for the sake of fairness, you will manage the work points and money you earn yourself, and use the money to go to school. I think my brothers earn their own work points and money to go to school, and they work so hard, so diligently, and so motivated, maybe the commune and the school will praise you."

Children of this age like to be praised.

Lin Yiyi added: "If it was before, I could still sell blood to earn money for your studies, but now... selling blood is illegal."

Lin Dajun: "Sister, please don't sell blood." He didn't want his sister to break the law, otherwise their whole family would be in trouble.

Lin Yiyi: "I won't go. I'm afraid too. But what about your studies?"

The three Lin brothers remained silent.

Lin Yiyi: "I have another idea. Dajun, Sanjun, Sijun, you all listen. Dajun is only 13 years old, it's early for him to go to school, and it's okay for him to go to junior high school in a few years. Sanjun is already in the second grade, and Sijun hasn't started school yet, so I thought, I'll go to the county waste station in a few days to find some textbooks. Before we save money to study, Dajun can think about previewing the junior high school textbooks, so that when he goes to school in the future, Dajun knows everything, and the teachers and classmates will think Dajun is a genius and will definitely be jealous.

The primary school knowledge of the Third Army and the Fourth Army is taught by Dajun. When we were in school, the tuition for primary school was one yuan per semester. Dajun is not a teacher, so of course he does not need to charge a yuan in tuition. However, Dajun teaching will also interfere with his own knowledge preparation. Therefore, the Third Army and the Fourth Army pay 50 cents in tuition to Dajun. In this way, after a few years, when the Third Army and the Fourth Army have money, they don’t have to start from the beginning when they go to school. They can directly skip to the fourth or fifth grade. For the Third Army and the Fourth Army, a lot of tuition fees are saved. Saving money is equivalent to making money, and for Dajun, it can also make a few yuan. What do you think?"

The three brothers looked at each other. Lin Dajun had no objection. When there was no money to study, he could make money by teaching his younger brothers. What was the point? He could save the money to go to junior high school. So Lin Dajun said to Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun: "Sanjun, you still have to study for three years in the third, fourth and fifth grades, and the tuition fee is 3 yuan. If I teach you, you can save half of the tuition. Sijun, it's the same for you. It's not easy to earn work points and money. It's good to save half."

In the original drama, the Lin brothers all graduated from high school and became workers, which shows that the Lin brothers have good academic performance. So Lin Yiyi is not worried about letting Lin Dajun teach Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun, because she can still take care of them. Moreover, Lin Dajun will definitely be willing to teach, after all, he can make money, and as long as it involves their own interests, the Lin brothers will consider it.

So not long after, Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun also agreed. For Lin Sijun, this was what he had been longing for. He had originally thought that he could not study anymore. Now that his elder sister suddenly asked his elder brother to teach him, how could he not be happy? However, he said, "Sister, I have no money now."

Lin Yiyi: "If you don't have money, you can owe it to me first. Dajun, is it okay to owe it to me first?"

Lin Dajun: “No problem.” As the eldest brother, he was not afraid that Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun would not give it to him.

There is another very important reason why Lin Yiyi was able to convince them so quickly. The Lin brothers attach great importance to studying. The original plot did not explain why the Lin brothers attach great importance to studying, and Lin Yiyi was not interested in knowing. At least now for the sake of studying, they can live in peace, which is the best.

The Lin family has elementary school textbooks. When Lin Yiyi first started school, she shared a set with Lin Dajun and Lin Erjun. When Lin Sanjun started school, this set of elementary school textbooks was given to him. Now, the first and second grade elementary school textbooks are given to Lin Sijun. The books are very old and some parts are badly damaged, but when Lin Sijun held the books, he was very excited and his eyes were red. He didn't expect that he could continue to study after his parents passed away. This was something he had never thought about. Lin Sijun wiped his eyes silently, and then said to Lin Dajun and Lin Yiyi: "Sister, brother, thank you." If it weren't for his sister and brother, he would definitely not be able to study. Privately, Lin Sijun knew that his elder brother was willing to teach them because of his sister's words, or even because of the fifty cents, so he was more grateful to his sister.

Lin Sanjun was also reading a third-grade elementary school book in silence.

Lin Dajun was calculating how much money he could make.

the next day

Today Xiao Yu and Lin Yiyi were going to the county town to pick up new clothes, so they came early.

Lin Yiyi gave her brothers some instructions and left with Lin Wudi. Although the lobsters there were almost gone, they might be able to catch a few if they were lucky, so the Lin brothers naturally continued.

"Brother Xiao Yu." Lin Yiyi held Lin Wudi in her arms and carried a backpack on her back.

Lin Wudi still recognized Xiao Yu. When he saw him, he struggled to get Xiao Yu to hug him: "Hold...Brother, hold me..."

Xiao Yu carried him to the small chair fixed on the front crossbar of the bicycle. Because it was a small chair with a backrest to lean on, the little guy would not fall off even if he made a fuss.

Lin Yiyi: "Brother Xiao Yu, your idea is really good."

Xiao-Woo: "Well... this way you won't be tired."

Lin Yiyi smiled sweetly at him: "Thank you, Brother Xiaoyu."

Xiao Yu rode his bicycle with Lin Yiyi. He rode slowly, and she had something to ask him: "Yi Yi..." He was a little uncomfortable calling her by her name. He used to call her Daya, but what his mother said made sense. There were a lot of people called Daya in the village and even in other villages. Who would know who she was? "I want to ask you something."

Lin Yiyi was curious: "What's the matter?"

Xiao Yu: "Did you tell anyone about selling blood this time? Or, who else knows about this?"

Lin Yiyi: "? Director Yang of the commune knew about this and came to ask me about it..." She told me everything that happened before, including the matter of Lin Erjun, "Why did Xiao Yu suddenly ask about this? I heard Director Yang seemed very nervous when he asked. Brother Xiao Yu, you asked again, what's wrong?" Lin Yiyi pondered in her heart, Director Yang and Xiao Yu should not have a deal, right? How did Xiao Yu know that she had mentioned this to others?

Xiao Yu said: "Yesterday the police raided the place where blood was sold illegally and arrested the relevant personnel."

Lin Yiyi was even more surprised. "Yes, is it related to Director Yang? Brother Xiao Yu, how did you know?"

Xiao Yu: "I just came back from the army and transferred to the county police. I haven't taken up my post yet. I will report after our wedding." He was originally going to take a vacation during this period, but he didn't expect to get married during his vacation.

Lin Yiyi was a little surprised. She had never thought that such a thing would happen. However, "So from now on, will you ride a bicycle back and forth every day?"

Xiao Yu: "You can go with me to the county town. There is a family house there. Would you like to?"

Lin Yiyi was naturally willing, because no one wanted to live with her mother-in-law, but she had never thought about asking them to separate the family. First of all, that was the way it was in that era, and secondly, Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju were both very nice people at the moment. Besides, it would be too shameless to ask them to separate the family as soon as she got married.

Lin Yiyi: "When you are resting, you have to come back and be filial to Grandma Xiao and Auntie. There are no elders in my family, so there are many things I don't understand. I have to come back and ask Grandma and Auntie for advice. I will feel more at ease if they can support me and give me advice. Besides, Grandma and Auntie must miss you too."

Xiao Yu: "Okay... Don't tell anyone about the police's involvement with the blood shop. Originally, this was a tip you provided, and there was a reward, but for your safety, this matter was suppressed."

Lin Yiyi was shocked: "What does this have to do with anything?"

Xiao Yu: "Well, originally, I shouldn't tell you about things that involve internal secrets. You'll be scared if I tell you, but since it concerns your safety, I have to remind you."

Lin Yiyi: "Brother Xiao Yu, please tell me."

Xiao Yu: "The shop that sells blood is related to the spies. The blood they collect has other uses."

Lin Yiyi's heart was pounding. At this moment, she felt particularly clearly that she was indeed in the 1960s, and the spies were cruel and ruthless. If this matter had anything to do with her, the spies might come to kill her. She pulled Xiao Yu's hand on his clothes and couldn't help but hug his waist. Her hands were still shaking. She was really scared.

Xiao Yu could sense her emotions through her clothes, and he said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here for you."

Lin Yiyi: “Yeah.” However, this sentence did not reassure her, “Then… did Erjun know that selling blood was also deliberately promoted by others? That railway guy from the Tangjiaao Production Brigade, he…”

Xiao Yu: "He is a middleman. The so-called middleman means that he spread the news of blood selling in the countryside, and then people gave him rewards. Now he has been detained, and he will never be released in this lifetime."

This was not written in the original plot.

Of course, the original plot revolves around Daya. After Daya and Xiao Yu's engagement was cancelled, the author did not write about Xiao Yu, and even in the TV series, it was not broadcast. So Lin Yiyi is sure that these things are definitely not described by the author, so... is this world automatically generated?

Lin Yiyi suppressed her annoyance. No matter how she thought about these things, it was useless. All she could do was to live her life well. Although she didn't know whether her time travel was temporary or lifelong, she had to consider it as a lifelong time travel. Moreover, based on her years of experience in reading books, if she traveled through time and space as someone with the same name and surname, it would most likely be a lifelong time travel. However, she was wearing a cannon fodder female supporting role, while she was wearing a miserable heroine. To be honest, she was not as good as a cannon fodder female supporting role. Usually, cannon fodder female supporting roles were good-looking, had a good figure, and were rich, while the miserable heroine had nothing but hard work and perseverance. Fortunately, she was the heroine and should not commit suicide. Of course, she would not commit suicide either.

Lin Yiyi didn't show it on her face, but her mind was full of mixed thoughts.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xiao Yu thought she was worried about the spies, but for her safety, he had to tell her.

Arriving at the county seat, the two first went to pick up their newly made clothes, and then went to the state-owned hotel for lunch. After lunch, Xiao Yu said, "Shall I take you to get familiar with the Public Security Vocational College?"

Lin Yiyi: "Okay, thank you Brother Xiaoyu."