Grandma Xiao nodded and said, "She looks good. She looks like a little girl from the city now. She is a perfect match for Xiaoyuer."
Xiao Yu: ...Don't I look good with him when I have long hair?
Qi Bocai snorted in his heart, thinking that villains often do mischief. However, his eyes still stopped at Lin Yiyi's head, which was indeed... beautiful.
Liang touched her hair and wondered if it would look good with this cut. She felt a little tempted.
Lin Yiyi: "Thank you grandma and mom for the compliments. Brother Yu also said it looks good."
Qi Bocai was annoyed by their happy and harmonious relationship, and couldn't help stretching his neck to look into the cloth bag that Lin Yiyi was holding, but the cloth bag was very solid and he couldn't see anything at all. Since he couldn't see anything, Qi Bocai asked directly: "Second brother and sister-in-law, what did you buy? Let us take a look."
Lin Yiyi said truthfully, "It's nothing. I just took the royalties and bought some nourishing things for grandma and mother." Then, Lin Yiyi said to Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju, "Grandma, mother, go to your room. I'll give you the things."
Lin Yiyi's truthful answer did not sound so good to Qi Bocai. Buying things for grandma and mother-in-law, wasn't this a clear attempt to curry favor? "My second brother and his wife are so filial." She was not a fool, so how could she say something unpleasant at this time?
Grandma Xiao said with a smile: "Why waste this money? I am already an old woman, why should I take care of my body? You can keep it for yourself."
Qin Xiangju said quickly, "That's not right. Mother, you are old, so you should take supplements. It's better to take supplements at a younger age and keep an eye on us at home, so that we can feel at ease. As for me, I am neither good nor bad, so I don't need to take supplements."
Lin Yiyi smiled and said, "Although you are old, you look much younger than other old ladies. If you take more supplements, you will be even younger. Of course, mother's health cannot be neglected. People say that when a woman is in confinement, her family should take care of her. I don't have any family. When I give birth to a child for Brother Yu, I will still need you to take care of me during the confinement period. So mother must take good care of her body." She knew that Qin Xiangju's favorite was Xiao Yu, so anything related to Xiao Yu was the most important in her heart. Of course, Xiao's grandmother's precious grandson was also Xiao Yu. She knew it when Xiao Yu gave her Xiao's jade pendant that day.
Grandma Xiao said to Qin Xiangju: "Look at your daughter-in-law. Such a good daughter-in-law is your blessing."
Qin Xiangju said, "Look at what you said, mother. I am not a good daughter-in-law to you, right?"
Grandma Xiao said, "Okay, okay, the best thing I have ever done in my life is to marry you to Daqiang."
Qin Xiangju: "The happiest thing in my life is to have a good mother-in-law like you."
Next, it was the professional praise between Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Lin Yiyi was stunned. She finally understood why Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju got along so well. This relationship was probably blown up by each other. At this time, Lin Yiyi saw Xiao Yu parked his bike and came out. She looked at Xiao Yu silently.
Xiao Yu walked to Lin Yiyi and said, "You have to get used to it." His grandmother and mother's favorite thing to do is to blow each other. However, he looked at Lin Yiyi suspiciously. He felt that in the future, it might be his grandmother, his mother, and his wife, three generations blowing each other.
Lin Yiyi didn't know yet that her husband had seen through her appearance and saw her true nature.
…
After entering Grandma Xiao's room, Lin Yiyi took out 40 White Rabbit candies, and Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju each took 20. "Grandma, Mom, I wanted to buy you clothes, but the royalties were only eight yuan, not enough, so I bought candies for you to make tea with. When I get the royalties next time, I will continue to buy you candies for tea."
Grandma Xiao has never eaten milk candy in her life. It's not that there is no milk candy at home. There was one at home before, but sometimes she couldn't bear to eat it. But it's impossible to buy it at home. The White Rabbit milk candy costs 2 yuan per pound, and you need a candy ticket. With this money and ticket, it's better to buy brown sugar at 60 cents per pound, which can be used to make tea, replenish blood, and entertain guests. Of course, the granddaughter-in-law bought it to honor him, so she certainly wouldn't say it was a waste. She just said, "Grandma is old and doesn't like to eat this. You can keep it and make tea for yourself, take care of your body, and then give grandma a white and fat great-grandson."
Qin Xiangju said, "Mother, you are old now, how can you not eat the food out of your filial piety? I will not use it, and save it for Yi Yi to nourish his body."
Lin Yiyi hurriedly said: "I still have some. I'm greedy, so I hid a few for myself. I'm going out now." After saying that, she ran out.
Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju smiled helplessly. They thought that their daughter-in-law (grandson's wife) ran away because she was afraid that they would stuff the candies back.
"Sister...Elder sister..."
Lin Yiyi just went out and heard a familiar voice, then saw Lin Dajun with Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun. Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun were carrying a basket, which was slightly heavy, and no one knew what was in it. Lin Sijun was carrying a backpack, and in the backpack was of course Lin Wudi.
Lin Yiyi was stunned: "Why are you here? I will go back home in two days." Are you here to ask for money?
Lin Sijun put down the backpack and took Lin Wudi out of it. As soon as Lin Wudi saw Lin Yiyi, he started crying: "Sister... Sister..." Even if a child of this age cannot remember, he knows that this is his sister.
Lin Yiyi quickly hugged Lin Wudi: "Don't cry, little brother, sister is here."
Lin Sijun said, "Sister, you were not here last night, and he couldn't sleep the whole night, he was thinking about you." Lin Sijun was telling the truth. For the past half month, it was Lin Yiyi who took care of Lin Wudi, humming songs for him and teasing him, so the smart Lin Wudi knew how to choose between the sweet-smelling sister and the stinky brother.
Lin Yiyi was delighted to hear this and kissed Lin Wudi on the face: "You are such a good boy, dear boy. Sister will hold you..."
Lin Wudi was wearing black trousers, which were made from the excess fabric from Lin Yiyi's trousers. He made two pairs of them. Although the trousers were new, the clothes were old. He was wearing small clothes that his brothers had worn, and some places were torn and could not be repaired. However, Lin Yiyi thought that this combination was very good-looking. Nowadays, people cut holes in good clothes. Lin Wudi was at the forefront of fashion.
Lin Wudi was held by Lin Yiyi. He sobbed a few times in his arms, then looked around with tears in his eyes. When he saw Xiao Yu, he smiled toothlessly and stretched out his hands towards Xiao Yu: "Hold... hold..."
Xiao Yu took Lin Wudi and lifted him up high. The whole yard was filled with Lin Wudi's giggles.
Grandma Xiao said, "Little Fish is really lovable to children."
Qin Xiangju said, "That's right, Xiaoyuer likes children too." She was originally wondering how her son, who was so taciturn, would get along with his own children in the future. It seemed that her worries were unnecessary.
Qi Bocai said, "Second Uncle likes children so much, Daya... Yiyi must work hard." She originally wanted to call her Daya out of spite, but she was worried that Lin Yiyi would say that her voice sounded like that of a dead person, so she hesitated.
Lin Yiyi pretended not to hear her and asked Lin Dajun, "Why are you here? And did you bring food with you?"
Lin Dajun said, "Sister, didn't you say before that there were no adults at home and it was unsafe to leave the food at home? So we came here today for something, so we brought the food with us."
Lin Yiyi: "What's going on today?"
Lin Dajun: "Auntie Guilan went to the county town today and brought five pounds of dried shrimp to exchange for food for us. And Doctor Lin also said that he would also go to the county town to deliver herbs tomorrow, so he asked me to go with him to the county town with the dried shrimp."
Lin Yiyi said, "That's great. Did you thank Aunt Guilan and Dr. Lin? They helped us, so we should thank them. It's polite."
Lin Dajun: "..." His sister didn't say it before, but he is not a fool, "I will give dried shrimps to Aunt Guilan and Doctor Lin."
Lin Yiyi touched Lin Dajun's head and said, "Dajun has grown up. This is a good thing. I am finally relieved."
Lin Dajun was flattered by him, and felt a little embarrassed when he saw so many people from the Xiao family.
Qin Xiangju asked: "What's the matter with this food and dried shrimp?"
Lin Yiyi explained the situation again: "So these grains will be kept at our house first. When the dried shrimps are exchanged for grains, I'm afraid they will have to be kept at our house again."
Qin Xiangju said, "That's no big deal, just come and put it down." Seeing that the Lin brothers had their own food, she was relieved. She was worried that they had no food and would have to come to eat every few days.
Lin Dajun said again: "Sister, tomorrow Sanjun and I will follow Doctor Lin to the county town. If the food exchange is too much, I can't carry it by myself, so I have to ask Sanjun to carry it back with me. If we carry it back, can we carry it directly here?"
Lin Yiyi said: "Okay, don't get too tired. If you are tired, remember to rest on the way."
Lin Dajun said, "We know. Sister, we brothers have discussed this and there is one more thing we want to tell you."
Lin Yiyi: “What’s the matter?”
Lin Dajun said, "Sister, we have thought about it. We want to move to Datang Production Team so that we can be closer to you. Sister, is there any vacant house in Datang Production Team?" Living here, if anything happens to them, the Xiao family is there. With the Xiao family around, they are not afraid of being bullied. Lin Dajun thinks their idea is very good. The main reason is that they couldn't sleep last night. They are not used to the house without their sister, so they want to move here.
Lin Yiyi: "..." She desperately wanted to ask them for help, and they desperately wanted to come close to her, what was going on? But after thinking carefully, it was okay for them to move here, otherwise they were still young, and if something happened in the Shanglin Production Brigade, they would be responsible for it. Even though she was a married girl, the Lin brothers were not married yet, so she could not escape this responsibility.
Lin Yiyi hadn't spoken yet, but Qin Xiangju said: "There is an empty house here. There is only Mrs. Ge in the Ge family here. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, everyone in the family was gone, so if their house is vacant, you can go and ask." Mrs. Ge is old and has many inconveniences in life. The younger brothers of the Lin family are boys after all, so they can still help, and there is no need to avoid gender.
Lin Yiyi: “Is it really possible?”
Qin Xiangju: "Go ask in the afternoon."
Grandma Xiao: "Let's have lunch first. Dajun, have you eaten yet? Let's eat some more together."
Lin Dajun and his friends came here after lunch. Of course, if they were asked to eat now, they would have room for more. However, the Lin brothers have one advantage, which is that they are not the kind of people who act arrogantly in front of outsiders. Outside, they look quite well behaved.
Lin Dajun said, "No need, Grandma Xiao, we've already eaten." As he spoke, he looked at Lin Yiyi. If the elder sister asked them to eat more, they would still eat.
Lin Yiyi said, "Grandma, Dajun and the others have already eaten, and we are short of food. There's no need to be polite with them. I'll take them to my room to sit for a while, and you guys go and have your meal first." If Lin Dajun and the others came to the Xiao family for meal at this time, even if the Xiao family was really polite, they would have something to say if it happened too many times.
As she spoke, Lin Yiyi pulled Lin Dajun into the room: "Third Army, Fourth Army, come."
Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun followed.
After entering the room, Lin Yiyi closed the door directly, and then... there was only one stool in the room, which was the one in front of the desk.
Lin Yiyi said: "The first army, the third army, the fourth army, look, what is this?" Lin Yiyi took out three White Rabbit milk candies.
Lin Dajun and others were drooling as they watched.
Lin Dajun asked, "Is this milk candy?" Although he knew about milk candy, he had never eaten it.
Lin Yiyi gave each of them a piece: "This is milk candy, I hid it for you to eat, here."
The younger brothers of the Lin family happily took it, but Lin Sanjun hesitated for a while, then stepped back: "Sister, you eat it."
Lin Yiyi was a little surprised.
Among the Lin family's brothers, Lin Erjun is the most cunning and selfish one, while Li Dajun is the most opinionated fence-sitter who likes to take advantage of others. Lin Sijun is still a child, talks the most and can't hide his thoughts. Lin Sanjun is the most silent one, usually following his brother's footsteps and saying nothing. In the original drama, the four of them are all ungrateful and just follow others. But in fact, who is the role model of imitating others? Isn't it Lin Erjun? But no matter how they imitate others, in Lin Yiyi's heart, they are all ungrateful.
But now, Lin Sanjun actually gave her food, so how could Lin Yiyi not be surprised? She admitted that she had tinted glasses for the Lin family's younger brothers. From the beginning, she waited for them to grow up and then cut off the relationship. But now, facing Lin Sanjun's expectant eyes, she fell into deep thought. Maybe their nature is not that bad.
Seeing Lin Sanjun give the candy to Lin Yiyi, Lin Sijun and Lin Dajun hesitated for a while and also gave some to Lin Yiyi.
Lin Dajun licked his lips and said reluctantly: "Sister, you can keep it for yourself. We men don't eat this."
Lin Yiyi: “…”
Lin Sijun: "Yes, we boys don't eat candy."
Lin Yiyi: “…” These two people’s words were not convincing at all. If they stopped staring at the candy, maybe they would be a little more convincing.
Lin Yiyi didn't answer: "You guys eat it. Although I like to eat candy, I am happier to see that you have grown up and know how to respect me. As long as I see that you are united, loving and sensible, I will be satisfied."
The three brothers lowered their heads, especially Lin Sijun, whose eyes were a little red. It has been almost three months since their parents died. God knows how confused they have been during this time. Especially half a month ago, they had eaten up the last of their food, and then the second brother suggested that the eldest sister sell blood because she was the eldest sister. Then, the eldest sister fell ill, and then, the eldest sister took them to fish for giant shrimps, and then, they could exchange shrimp jerky for food. Lin Sijun found that his memory of the previous events gradually faded, and he was happiest when he fished for giant shrimps with his brothers and eldest sister. As long as he thought about having giant shrimps to eat in the evening, he was full of motivation.
Lin Sijun suddenly burst into tears: "Sister...wuwuwu..."
Lin Yiyi: “…” She stood up, walked to Lin Sijun’s side, and hugged her into his arms, “Okay, okay, you’re a brother now, you can’t cry anymore.”
Lin Sijun: "But I want to cry. I don't want my sister to get married. Can we still live together?"
Lin Yiyi: “…” Absolutely not.
Lin Dajun: "...or...or not getting married?"
Lin Yiyi: “…” Please selfishly let me get married.
In fact, Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun both knew that this was impossible at the moment.
Outside the door, Xiao Yu listened to their conversation and thought he should drive his brother-in-law away. It was too much. My wife had only been married to him for one day and my brother-in-law wanted her to break the engagement. Did he ask him? When Xiao Yu was about to push the door open with a gloomy face, he heard his wife speak: "You are wrong to do this. When we had no food, no money, and were about to starve to death, it was the Xiao family who gave us food, even if it was a betrothal gift, but it was also the Xiao family's intention. It was the Xiao family who saved us. Do you admit it or not?"
The Lin brothers lowered their heads and said nothing.
Lin Yiyi: "Dajun, you are the eldest brother, you should set a good example for your younger brothers. Now you answer me, is what I just said right? Did the Xiao family help us when we were starving to death? Should we be grateful to the Xiao family? Should we repay kindness?"
Lin Dajun: "Yes." He knew right from wrong, but why did he do such a thing in his previous life? According to Lin Dajun's character, he should have thought that since his second brother had taken advantage, why shouldn't he take advantage? With this idea in mind, he gradually became an ungrateful person.
Lin Yiyi said: "Since you understand, then Dajun must be a good boy and a good brother, and give me support in the future. I will rely on you in the future. If you behave well and be sensible, I will ask your brother-in-law to buy you milk candy."
Lin Dajun: “Yeah.” Holding the White Rabbit candy, for some reason, he suddenly felt that it was not as delicious as he had imagined.
Lin Yiyi said: "Okay, let's not talk about this. Didn't my mother-in-law say that? After dinner, go and ask Mrs. Ge. If the house over there is available, you will live here in the future. You should be happy when you think that we can live in the same brigade, so that if my sister needs help from brothers, you can come over right away. Just thinking about it makes my sister so happy."
Lin Dajun: "Big sister, do you also want us to live here?"
Lin Yiyi: "Of course, women without the support of their natal brothers are easily bullied. Sister...we no longer have parents, so we are looked down upon by others, so I can't lose you. You must work hard and save face for your sister."
Lin Sanjun: "Sister, have you been bullied?" Although Lin Sanjun is usually silent, when he speaks, he either keeps silent or hits the point.
Lin Yiyi said quickly, "No, no, it's just... it's just that our parents are gone, and I'm disliked for having no manners... But it doesn't matter, I... I'll just pretend I didn't hear it. Even if I don't have parents, I still have four younger brothers. Who has as many younger brothers as I do?" As she spoke, Lin Yiyi lowered her head, "I... it doesn't matter to me. As long as you have a promising future, it doesn't matter to me."
Lin Sanjun clenched his fists, his expressionless eyes tinged with anger.
Lin Sijun said angrily: "Sister, who said that? Let's go beat him up."
Lin Dajun was actually a bit timid. If no one said anything, he would definitely shrink back. But Sanjun and Sijun had said something, so as the eldest brother, he couldn't help but say, "Sister, who said that to you?"
Xiao Yu, who was standing outside the door, felt a little choked up. He knew who said these words, it was his sister-in-law. He didn't take it seriously before, thinking that his wife didn't care, but it turned out that his wife hid the pain in her heart. He knew his sister-in-law's personality, she was a bit competitive and unreasonable. But before, he always felt that as a brother-in-law, he shouldn't care about these things, but now think about it... Xiao Yu frowned and walked away. He walked a few steps, walked back, and knocked on the door.
Lin Yiyi: “Who is it?”
Xiao Yu: "I, have eaten." He has adjusted his expression.
Lin Yiyi: "I'm here... Dajun, you and your brothers can eat candy here. I'm going to eat."
Lin Dajun: “Hey.”
Lin Yiyi went out and saw Xiao Yu holding Lin Wudi waiting at the door. From this perspective, the two did not look like brother-in-law and brother-in-law, but more like father and son.
When the two walked into the main hall, Grandma Xiao said, "Xiaowu likes his brother-in-law. People who don't know the truth would think they are father and son."
Qin Xiangju: "That's right."
Qi Bocai said, "Second Uncle likes children, so you need to work harder. But I heard that if you have more contact with little boys before you get pregnant, your chances of getting pregnant are very high, so I will let you take care of our kid for a few days."
Xiao Yu: "Yi Yi is still young, so we won't prepare for a child for the time being."
Lin Yiyi was stunned and looked at him in surprise. She didn't expect Xiao Yu to take the initiative to explain.
Qin Xiangju said: "Yes, yes, yes, Yiyi is only 15 years old, her body is not fully developed yet, so she won't have a baby yet."
Qi Bocai said: "That's right, it's not good for us women to have children too early. But if Second Uncle likes children, he can hug my boy more. My nephew also has the word "son" in his name, so he is half a son. They are all legitimate children." The second half of the sentence means that he is much closer to me than my brother-in-law. Don't give all the good things to my brother-in-law. This is not the Xiao family's child.