Without waiting for Xiao Yu to answer, Lin Yiyi said, "Sister-in-law, what you just said is that if you have more contact with little boys before you get pregnant, the chances of getting pregnant with a boy will be very high. Is this true?"

When Xiao Yu heard Lin Yiyi's question, he wondered if his wife really had such an idea. Xiao Yu didn't believe it.

Xiao Yu was not the only one who thought that Lin Yiyi had this idea. There were also Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju. Qin Xiangju spoke up: "Yiyi, didn't we say that you are not in a hurry to have a child?" Not only is her body not developed, but she also has no breasts. If she really gets pregnant, whose milk will the child drink? So this kind of famine is really not suitable for pregnancy. Even if her daughter-in-law is in good health, Qin Xiangju doesn't agree.

Qi Bocai also thought that this was the case, so he immediately promoted his own son: "Yes, second brother and sister-in-law, you can hug our Xiaorui more often in the future."

Lin Yiyi smiled and nodded: "That's fine, when I have a child, I will hug Xiaorui more. But it's not good for sister-in-law to be so partial, the child will be unhappy."

Spinach? "I am partial? What do you mean? I don't understand." How can you talk properly? What does it mean to say "ahhhh"?

The others also looked at Lin Yiyi in confusion.

Lin Yiyi said: "My sister-in-law gave birth to a girl as her first child, so she must have held the girl often before she got pregnant, right? So I thought that my sister-in-law must like the girl very much. But my mother said that no matter whether it is a girl or a boy, they are all her own children, and she cannot be partial to them, otherwise the child will feel wronged when he grows up and remembers things."

Qi Bocai: "..." Can she say that she likes boys more? She is not like some people who beat or scold their own girls, but she likes boys more than girls. But... she can't say this, because her first child is a girl, which makes Lin Yiyi "think" that she likes girls more. If she explains, then it is wrong to say that if you have more contact with little boys before you get pregnant, you are more likely to get pregnant with a boy.

For a moment, Qi Spinach was a little embarrassed.

Liang ate silently. She would not get involved in things that had nothing to do with her. She could not afford to offend both sides. Her man was an unnoticed and incompetent man, so she kept a low profile. But she was happy to see Qi Bocai suffer a loss.

After lunch, Qin Xiangju took Lin Yiyi, Lin Dajun and others to the home of Old Lady Ge in the same village.

Old Mrs. Ge was a lonely woman. Before liberation, her husband and children were killed by the Japanese invaders, and she never remarried.

In those days, the rural areas were all backed by mountains. For example, the Xiao family was in the center of the village, and the Ge family was at the end of the village. The so-called end of the village was at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was behind the family. However, there was land between the mountain and the Ge family, which was the mountain area of ​​the brigade.

Old Mrs. Ge's house is a bit old, with three rooms in total, side by side. The middle one is the bedroom, with a window facing the door, and the kitchen on the left. The kitchen is very large, three meters wide and two meters long, and is rectangular. The bedroom door faces the kitchen, which means that if you want to go to the bedroom, you have to go through the kitchen.

To the right of the bedroom is the main room, which is the same size as the kitchen, with two doors side by side. The door openings of the two doors are quite wide, so this house is quite old. There is another reason why the main room is designed with two doors. In the past, after a person died, a mourning hall was needed, and the mourning hall was in the main room. If the door was not designed to be wider, the coffin would not be able to enter or exit. In some cases, the coffin was even made in advance and placed in the corner of the main room.

Qin Xiangju: "Is Auntie Ge here? I am Xiao Daqiang's wife... Is Auntie Ge here..."

After a while, the window of the middle room was moved away. The windows in the countryside were made of wood, not glass. After the window was moved away, a wrinkled head popped out from inside: "Is it Daqiang's wife?"

Qin Xiangju led Lin Yiyi and the Lin brothers into the yard, which also had no door. They came to the window, and Qin Xiangju told them what had happened: "Auntie, do you think this is okay?"

How could Mrs. Ge not agree? Of course she agreed. These days, the most frightening thing is to die at home without anyone knowing, so she did not hesitate and said directly: "Of course it's possible. This place is mine, and the three young men can live here. Just take care of my daily firewood and water." There was no need to think about rent and food. These days, food was tight for everyone. As for rent, there was no need to think about it, because the Lin brothers did not have to live here. If they had to pay rent, they would definitely not move in.

For Old Lady Ge, it was enough to have someone to help her fetch firewood and water. If she died someday, someone would inform her. For the Lin brothers, fetching firewood and water was a piece of cake. Three young men like them couldn't fetch enough firewood for an old lady? And couldn't they fetch enough water for an old lady?

So, both parties are satisfied.

After the negotiation, Old Lady Ge opened the main room on the right. It was empty inside, with nothing in it except the bed. This bed had been there for more than ten or twenty years. It was where her children slept, and it was still sturdy.

Qin Xiangju: "These two beds are just right. You can live here from now on. When you want to move in, ask your brother-in-law to help."

Lin Dajun said happily, "Hey, thank you, Auntie." He was really happy, and you could tell from the smile on his face. Lin Sijun grinned, a little silly, and Lin Sanjun smiled more obscurely, his mouth didn't move, but there was a smile in his eyes.

After the deal was settled, they moved in the afternoon. Xiao Yu went with a cart and Lin Yiyi went to pack up. They entrusted Lin Wudi to Qin Xiangju. Qin Xiangju asked Qi Bocai's son Xiao Rui to play with Lin Wudi. One was two years old and the other three years old. Both were old enough to play in the mud, so they were able to play together.

Lin Family

While the Lin family was packing up, Yang Guilan came over and asked, "Dajun... Is Dajun here?"

Lin Dajun ran out of the house: "Auntie."

Lin Yiyi also went out: "Auntie, you are here, come in and sit down and have some tea."

Yang Guilan was a little surprised to see Lin Yiyi: "Daya, why are you going back today?" It's not that you have to wait three days, but Yang Guilan is curious. While asking, she put down the sack and said, "Dajun, I exchanged five catties of shrimp meat for you. A total of 18 catties of food, 6 catties of rice, 12 catties of sweet potatoes and potatoes, 1 catty of shrimp meat for 3 catties of rice, and 4 catties of sweet potatoes for 1 catty of rice." At this time, the price of rice and sweet potatoes was about the same.

Lin Yiyi said, "Thank you, Auntie. Please wait a moment." Then she went into the house and found a small bowl of dried shrimp. "Auntie, take this back and eat it."

Yang Guilan refused: "Daya, you don't have to be so polite."

Lin Yiyi refused and insisted on giving it to her. Yang Guilan had no choice but to accept it. She had helped to exchange food because she felt sorry for the Lin family's children, but it was very tiring to carry 18 kilograms of food back. It was one thing for her to sympathize with others, but it was another thing for others to remember it. Now that Lin Yiyi was polite, she felt that it was worth helping. If the Lin family did not express anything, then Yang Guilan's sympathy would slowly run out.

After Yang Guilan received the dried shrimp, she asked, "Daya, what are you doing?"

Lin Yiyi said: "We are moving. My mother-in-law is worried that my brothers will have no help here, so she found a house for them in the Datang Production Brigade. She is an old woman who lives alone. My brothers only need to help the old woman collect some firewood and carry some water."

Yang Guilan said: "You are such a good mother-in-law. This way, your brothers will have someone to take care of them." Yang Guilan's praise was sincere. She originally sympathized with the Lin children for being helpless, but it turned out that they found a good man and their in-laws were also good. Now the Lin children finally don't have to worry anymore.

However, Yang Guilan thought of Lin Erjun.

This time when she went to the county town, she also visited her relatives and took a look at Lin Erjun's situation. She found that the Zhang family had one more child, and a total of two were adopted. No one is a fool, and everyone knows the intention of adopting two children. Yang Guilan thought about whether to tell Lin Yiyi, but after thinking about it, she still didn't say it. The Lin family are all children, what would happen if she told them? And although the Zhang family adopted two children, Lin Erjun lived comfortably in the Zhang family. Besides, the Zhang family will move out the day after tomorrow.

Yang Guilan did not mention Lin Erjun again and chatted with Lin Yiyi for a while.

Lin Yiyi: "Auntie, we still have some dried shrimps. Can we still exchange them?"

Yang Guilan: "I won't be going to the county town these days. If I go there another day, I'll go to Datang Production Brigade the night before to let you know."

Lin Yiyi: "Thank you, Auntie. I'm sorry to bother you."

Yang Guilan said, "It's no problem. What's the problem? I'm leaving now. You guys get busy."

Lin Yiyi: I’ll send my aunt off.”

The Lin family had very few things to pack. Grandma Ge's house had a bed, so the Lin brothers only packed the things they used on a daily basis, such as clothes, tables and chairs. After a while, they had finished packing and stacked them on the cart. Xiao Yu pulled the cart and the Lin brothers pushed it from behind.

Lin Yiyi was touched when she saw this scene. It was good for the younger brothers of the Lin family to live there. She could always remind them. If she let them live freely in the Lin family, they might become ungrateful soon.

The cart was pulled directly to Granny Ge's house. Xiao Yu took Lin Dajun to fetch water and told him the location of the well. Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun moved things at Granny Ge's house. Lin Yiyi did not help. She wanted to establish her gentle image in front of the younger brothers of the Lin family. She always helped them and took the back road of Lin Daya's free labor. But Lin Yiyi was not idle either. She bypassed Granny Ge's house and went up the mountain behind the mountain. The crops on the mountain grew very poorly. Thinking that it was only 60 years now and she would have to endure another year of famine next year, Lin Yiyi was not in a good mood. But she had no choice. This was not something that her meager manpower could solve.

Lin Yiyi looked at the mountain for a while, then turned and left. However, something was wrong, as if something was staring at her. When people face danger, they always have a very strange feeling. Lin Yiyi turned her head, and then her legs trembled. The thing staring at her was not something else, but the wild boar in the historical text that could be shot even when lying down.

The wild boar was at the foot of the mountain, more than ten meters away from her, but Lin Yiyi's legs were shaking uncontrollably. She didn't dare to shout loudly, for fear of disturbing the wild boar. But if she didn't shout, she felt that she might be in greater danger. She took a few steps back and shouted loudly: "Xiao Yu... Xiao Yu..."

Xiao Yu and Lin Dajun had already returned with the water. Lin Yiyi's hoarse scream frightened Xiao Yu, and he ran towards the mountain behind the mountain.

"Big sister." Lin Dajun also ran after, followed by Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun. Everyone heard it.

Old Lady Ge's house was quite remote, but there was another house next to it. It was empty and about to collapse. There was also a house in front of Old Lady Ge's house, but I didn't know if the people there were there, or if they heard the noise, but they didn't come out anyway.

Xiao Yu ran to the back mountain and saw a wild boar running towards Lin Yiyi, who was running towards Old Lady Ge's house. His heart was beating fast: "Daya..." He ran towards him frantically, and Lin Dajun was so scared that his legs went soft and he fell to the ground, "Sister..." Lin Dajun's crying voice broke the sky.

Seeing that the wild boar was about to be fed to Lin Yiyi, Xiao Yu rushed over and Lin Dajun closed his eyes in fear.

Xiao Yu held Lin Yiyi and rolled to the side. The wild boar missed and hit its head on the ground, and then... stopped moving. "Don't be afraid." Xiao Yu held Lin Yiyi and stood up. The young wife in his arms was limp and had no strength to stand up. "Don't be afraid. Go back and call for help. I'll take care of this."

Lin Yiyi shook her head: "I... I have no strength." Her legs were so weak, and she couldn't control her tears. Her face was covered with tears. She leaned against Xiao Yu and panted. Her head was like tofu pudding, all white.

Xiao Yu pulled her behind him and stared at the wild boar for a long time: "There's something wrong with this wild boar. It has been lying there for a long time and hasn't gotten up." Xiao Yu meant a long time, which was longer than normal. Generally speaking, how could a wild boar fall in a place like this? Even if it fell, wouldn't it get up right away?

Lin Yiyi listened to Xiao Yu's words and looked out from behind him for a while. Her pale head suddenly turned and she thought of a possibility. She said, "Could it be dizzy? Can you go and take a look?"

Xiao-Woo: "Okay, move away."

Lin Yiyi held his hand: "You have to be careful, if it's dangerous..."

Xiao Yu: "I can handle it, don't worry." If he were alone, he would not take a wild boar seriously, but his young wife was there, and he didn't want to scare her, nor did he want her to see his cruel side.

Lin Yiyi: “Yeah.” As she said that, she walked towards Lin Dajun, looking at Xiao Yu as she walked.

Xiao Yu did not go forward immediately, but picked up a few stones and threw them at the wild boar. Wild boars are not intelligent, so there is no need to think that they are lurking. So when he saw that the wild boar did not react to the stones, Xiao Yu said to Lin Yiyi: "Yiyi, go and call our father and eldest brother over. Dajun, go get a knife, and then bring a wooden barrel and a stool."

Lin Dajun fell to the ground, looking at it stupidly, his mind was blank, and when he opened his eyes, the wild boar was already dead, so he thought that the wild boar was killed by his brother-in-law. Now when he heard Xiao Yu's cry, he immediately stood up: "Hey." Turned around and ran.

Xiao Family

Lin Yiyi ran to the Xiao family breathlessly, "Mom."

Qin Xiangju: "What's the matter that makes you run so fast? Where's your man?"

Lin Yiyi: "...Mom, come in, I want to tell you something." Lin Yiyi pulled Qin Xiangju into the room and told her about the wild boar.

Qin Xiangju was shocked: "Quick, call your father, the eldest brother, and the third brother, let's go and help. Oh, I don't know if we have been discovered. If not..."

You know what comes next without having to say it.

When Qin Xiangju was pulled into the room by Lin Yiyi, Qi Bocai kept staring at her with his ears towards Lin Yiyi's room, but he couldn't hear anything.

As soon as Qin Xiangju came out of the room, she said, "Old man, eldest brother, third brother, take your tools, Xiaoyuer shot a wild boar." She spoke softly and mysteriously.

The Xiao family members covered their mouths in surprise. Xiao Daqiang and his son hurried to move. Qi Bocai and Liang followed and wanted to see what was going on. Qin Xiangju stopped them and said, "Why are you going? Stay at home. With so many people, do you think you are not a big enough target?"

Qi Bocai and Liang had no choice but to stay at home. They watched Lin Yiyi leave with Xiao Daqiang and others, but they were happy in their hearts. Second Uncle (Second Brother) killed a wild boar, which meant that the Xiao family would have pork to eat, right?

When Lin Yiyi and the Xiao family arrived, Xiao Yu had already cut the wild boar's neck and was bleeding it. He was not a professional pig killer, so he only cut towards the wild boar's artery.

Lin Dajun, Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun were watching from the side, with joy in their eyes, not afraid of the scene at all. Lin Yiyi walked in, took a look, and hurried away. She was not afraid of the scene of killing chickens, but she dared not watch the scene of killing pigs because pigs were big. After taking a look, her face turned pale.

Xiao Yu had been keeping an eye on her. Seeing that her face looked a little strange, he thought that she was frightened by what happened before, so he handed the situation over to Xiao Daqiang. He came to Lin Yiyi and asked, "What's wrong? Are you still scared?"

Of course, Lin Yiyi would not be so hypocritical as to say that she was afraid of pig slaughtering. In this era, even children of three or four years old would not be afraid. However, in modern times, Lin Yiyi had never seen pig slaughtering. She said, "I... I was scared when I thought about what happened just now, so... so I didn't dare to watch."

Xiao Yu rubbed her shoulders and said, "It's okay. It's dead. I'll stew the pork for you tonight."

Lin Yiyi: “…” Is this way of comfort really good?

On the other side, Lin Dajun was talking about the wild boar with great excitement: "My brother-in-law and I were carrying water when we heard my sister yelling that there was a wild boar, so we ran over... When we saw the wild boar was about to hit my sister, my brother-in-law rushed over, hugged my sister, and then knocked the wild boar unconscious with one punch. My brother-in-law is so amazing, I have never seen such an amazing person."

Xiao Yu and Lin Yiyi both heard what he said. Lin Yiyi thought to herself, you are lying with your eyes open. It was obviously not your brother-in-law who beat you. I don't know how you made that up.

Xiao Yu did not correct it. He just explained to Lin Yiyi softly, "It was not me who hit it. The wild boar fainted on its own."

Lin Yiyi said: "I didn't see it, it must have been Brother Yu who hit him, Brother Yu is so powerful."

Xiao Yu: "...I really didn't hit it. I was holding you and rolling to the side, and it fell to the ground and fainted." After she left, he went forward to check. There were no injuries on the wild boar's body. As for why it fainted and couldn't move, he didn't know, so he thought that it might be injured by internal dirt? "But if others talk about it, you can say that I hit it. Drag the wild boar to the team later. It's completely different if the wild boar fainted on its own and we picked it up, and it bumped into us and was caught by us." At least when the meat is divided, the Xiao family can get a little more because of this credit.

Lin Yiyi: "I know, we can get a little more meat, right? Brother Yu, do we want to share? Can't we take it all home?"

Xiao Yu tapped her forehead and said, "What are you dreaming about in broad daylight?" Someone might have seen you secretly.

Lin Yiyi stopped talking.

Over there, Xiao Daqiang said, "The pig's blood has been drained almost completely. Let's carry it to the team."

Qin Xiangju pouted and said nothing. She was reluctant, but she knew that the wild boar could not hide in broad daylight. Fortunately, it had already suffered a lot of wild boar blood.

Xiao Wu said: "Third brother, let us carry it."

Xiao Bin: “Hey.”

The two brothers tied up the wild boar and lifted it up. Qin Xiangju said, "Dajun, bring your brothers to aunt's house for dinner tonight." This was the wild boar killed by the son, and the son was Dajun's brother-in-law. They saw the wild boar together, so they should come to eat it.

Lin Dajun: “Hey.”

Lin Yiyi: "Mom, when the team distributes the pork later, can you help me get some bones?"

Qin Xiangju: "That's not difficult, OK. What do you want the bones for?"

Lin Yiyi said, "When I went to the post office to mail my manuscripts, I saw a doctor picking up a package. The doctor told the people around him that some foods can replenish certain things, and bone soup can replenish bones. Grandpa and grandma are old and need to replenish their bones. My nephews and nieces are young, so they should drink more bone soup so that their bones will grow better when they grow up."

Qin Xiangju's heart was slightly touched when she heard this. So it is very important to marry the right kind of wife. Look at the eldest and third sons, what kind of wives did they marry? The eldest and third sons chose their wives by themselves, but what was the result? One of them was superficial and the other couldn't say a word for most of the day. The second son's wife is still the best, she and her mother-in-law chose her personally.

Qin Xiangju completely forgot some things, for example, she thought the eldest daughter-in-law had a straightforward personality, as the eldest daughter-in-law should be like this. For example, she thought the third daughter-in-law had a good personality, honest, and would not make trouble. More importantly, Lin Yiyi, the daughter-in-law, was not chosen by her and Grandma Xiao, but by Blind Zhang. But Blind Zhang is dead, so it doesn't matter what she says.