Xiao Wu and Xiao Bin carried the wild boar to the playground in front of the village committee office, and Xiao Daqiang went to the team leader's house.

Captain: "What did you say? Wild boar?"

Xiao Daqiang laughed and said, "Yes, my second son did it, and now it has been carried to the playground. The wild boar can even come down the mountain. It is really dangerous. Fortunately, my second son's wife saw it and called the second son, otherwise the crops in the mountain behind Auntie Ge's house would have been destroyed by the wild boar."

The captain understood what Xiao Daqiang said. The wild boar was found by Xiao Yu's wife, and then Xiao Yu killed it. The captain didn't know whether to say that the wild boar had a bad fate or that Xiao Yu was good, but it was a happy thing after all. However, "What did your daughter-in-law do in the mountain behind the old lady Ge's house?" Maybe she was going to dig up crops. But the captain thought it was impossible, so he just asked out of curiosity.

Xiao Daqiang told the story of the Lin family's younger brothers.

The captain said, "That's really dangerous. If Xiao Yu and the others weren't there, the wild boar would have destroyed the crops and hurt people."

Xiao Daqiang was also scared when he thought about it: "That's right, my second son's wife was lucky, she found it."

The captain said: "Okay, okay, your daughter-in-law from the Xiao family is good. I understand. What do you like about the wild boar?"

Xiao Daqiang laughed: "We have already put some pig blood, otherwise it will be difficult to carry. The wild boar is about 200 pounds. Our family will take 30 pounds. The rest will be divided among you." Each household can get about one pound. There are about 200 households in Datang Production Brigade, which is not small. "By the way, you must leave some bones for me. My second son's wife needs them."

The captain thought, "How can a father-in-law care whether his daughter-in-law wants bones or not?" But he didn't say anything because it would cause trouble.

Xiao Daqiang certainly didn't think about the bones, it was Qin Xiangju who reminded him. The men of the Xiao family always loved their wives, and the wives were always the ones in charge of the family, but that didn't mean they were fools, they just didn't say anything.

The captain went to the playground first to take a look. You know what? The wild boar was quite big. In this famine year, it was a great fortune to see a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms. There were already several people on the playground. When they saw the Xiao brothers carrying the wild boar, they followed them all the way. Qin Xiangju was talking about the wild boar with a beaming face: "It's a pity for my daughter-in-law and my son. If my daughter-in-law hadn't seen it, the crops would have been destroyed. If my son hadn't been so skilled, he wouldn't have been able to kill a wild boar."

The woman who was at odds with Qin Xiangju said, "Xiao Yu is really amazing, he is indeed a former soldier. Xiangju, Xiao Yu is so amazing, why don't you help us kill a few wild boars tomorrow?"

Lin Yiyi was standing beside Qin Xiangju, holding her arm. She got angry when she heard the woman's words. Why should her man kill wild boars for them? It was so dangerous.

Qin Xiangju sneered after hearing this: "If you want to eat meat, let your man go. You have the nerve to let my son kill wild boars for you."

The woman obviously didn't care about Qin Xiangju's cold face and continued: "Isn't your Xiao Yu amazing? If my man had this ability, I would definitely ask him to go, don't you think so? It's not me who wants to eat meat, it's everyone who wants to eat it. Xiao Yu is helping everyone, the team."

Someone nearby also started to make a noise: "What Zhang Aihong said makes sense."

The person who was at odds with Qin Xiangju was called Zhang Aihong.

Lin Yiyi thought, this is moral kidnapping, oh, it should be called production team kidnapping.

Lin Yiyi pinched her thigh, and then her eyes turned red: "You...you are so excessive, wild boars...wild boars are also lives. You actually want to kill wild boars just to eat meat. You are too much."

The above is Lin Yiyi’s fantasy. If she said this, she felt that others would think she was crazy. What she really said was: "You...how can you be so excessive? You...how can you let my man take risks just because you want to eat meat? You...you are too much." As she said this, she hugged Qin Xiangju and cried on her shoulder.

A bunch of women...

Qin Xiangju patted Lin Yiyi on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, Yiyi. Not everyone is so shameless. There are only a few of them."

Lin Yiyi: “Wuwuwu… I… I feel sorry for Brother Yu. They are going too far. How can a good woman order someone else’s man around? Wuwuwu…”

A bunch of women...

Xiao Yu stepped forward and pulled Lin Yiyi from Qin Xiangju: "Go home." He buried her face in his chest, because... he knew she wasn't crying. Others might not be able to tell, but Xiao Yu could tell whether she was crying for real or fake. Besides, this little rascal was very smart, how could she be so fragile? Crying just because of this? Impossible. However, his wife felt sorry for him, so of course he wouldn't expose her. He was worried that she couldn't pretend anymore, so he could only take her home first.

Qin Xiangju smiled and said, "Hey, my daughter-in-law is young and likes to tell the truth, so don't mind it. But she is not wrong. Women can only command their own men. How can they command other people's men?"

Someone said, "Isn't your daughter-in-law too timid?"

"That's right. Everyone was just joking and she was so scared that she started crying."

Qin Xiangju: "She has a gentle personality, which is good. She is very well behaved."

"It's better if the daughter-in-law has a gentle temper, so she won't have to argue with us mothers-in-law."

"I think Xiangju has a good relationship with her daughter-in-law." Just now, the two of them were holding each other's arms. It is rare for a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to be together, even for a mother and her own daughter.

Lin Yiyi was taken away by Xiao Yu. After they left the playground, Xiao Yu let her go: "Why are you so mean?" Xiao Yu asked.

Lin Yiyi blinked and looked at him innocently: "Brother Yu, do you know I didn't cry?"

Jin-Woo: "...I saw you pinch your thigh hard."

Lin Yiyi: "..." But soon, she looked at him with a smile, "Brother Yu, are you always paying attention to me?"

Xiao Yu: "..." The big playground was a bit boring, everyone was waiting for the captain to come and distribute the meat. He saw the young wife holding his mother's arm, the two of them were as close as mother and daughter, so he watched. Watching her listening to everyone talking with a smile, watching her frown, watching her unhappy, every expression, was related to him. He looked happy in his heart, and then saw her pinching her own captain. Thinking of this, Xiao Yu asked, "Are there bruises on your legs?" He has fair skin, and even a slight touch would cause bruises. Before, when they were in the mountains behind Granny Ge's house, he discovered that the bruises on her arms were left when he hugged her and rolled to the ground.

Lin Yiyi's voice softened: "Yes, it hurts."

Xiao Yu: "...I'll rub it for you when I get home. The bruises will heal faster if they are rubbed away."

When the two were almost at Xiao's house, they saw Qi Bocai and Liang on the road. Seeing them, Qi Bocai asked, "Second uncle, second sister-in-law, how is the situation over there? Have you divided the pork?"

Xiao-Woo: "Not yet."

Lin Yiyi said worriedly, "Sister-in-law, the pork is about to be divided. I see there are so many people, I'm really afraid they will take our meat away."

Qi Bocai: "Bah, they dare to steal the meat, I will beat them to death." Then she ran away. It's nothing, the important thing is to eat the meat.

Liang also ran over. This was meat and they hadn't eaten it this year.

Xiao Yu looked at it and couldn't help shaking her head. She was worried that her sister-in-law would bully her, but now it seems that there is no need to worry at all.

Lin Yiyi winked at him mischievously.

Arriving at Xiao's house, Lin Yiyi saw Lin Wudi and Xiao Rui playing, with Grandma Xiao watching them. It would be better if... they didn't play with mud. Seeing this, Lin Yiyi asked, "Brother Yu, can you make a ball?"

Xiao-Woo: "Weaving a ball?"

Lin Yiyi thought for a moment and said, "No need, I have a way." Then she went back to the room. There were two bags of things in the corner of the room. One bag was food, which was given to her by the Lin family brothers. The other bag was clothes. They were the clothes of Lin's father and mother. Although they were gone, the clothes were still useful. For example, worn-out clothes could be used as mops and rags. Some people even used old clothes as towels to wipe their bodies. Some clothes could be altered to be smaller. In this era, no one would throw away clothes. Even the oldest clothes could be sewed and patched up to make other things.

Xiao Yu followed her in and saw her taking out some tattered clothes. He asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Lin Yiyi said: "You will know in a moment. Help me get some dry grass, which should be softer."

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow, but still went out.

Lin Yiyi took out a needle and thread and scissors, cut off the sleeve of a torn dress, and then sewed a section of it with needle and thread. Lin Yiyi's handwork is not bad, thanks to cross stitch. When cross stitch became popular, she embroidered several pairs, small ones like pendants and large ones hanging in the living room at home. Therefore, she also learned needlework well. If she encounters a sewing machine, it will not work.

Five minutes later, Xiao Yu came back with half a frame of dry grass and moved it into the room. Grandma Xiao was still outside and asked, "Xiao Yu'er, why did you move the dry grass into the room?"

Xiao Yu: "..."

Lin Yiyi couldn't help laughing when she saw the half-frame of dead grass: "Brother Yu, you are so cute."

Xiao Yu: "...Don't laugh. Isn't this what you wanted?" He always felt like he had done something wrong, but he didn't know how much dry grass she wanted, so he just found some more.

Lin Yiyi pursed her lips and shook her head, but she couldn't hide the smile on her face and in her eyes. She picked up some dry grass, which was relatively thin and would not hurt the child's tender skin. She put the dry grass in her hand and began to rub it, shaking off the dust. After the dry grass was kneaded into a ball, she stuffed it into the sleeve of her torn clothes, weighed it, and felt it was still light, so she kneaded some more dry grass and put it in. After feeling that it was about right, she sewed the other end of the sleeve, and then took it out. "Little brother, Xiaorui, let me teach you how to play games."

The 3-year-old Xiao Rui spoke more fluently than the 2-year-old Lin Wudi. He looked at Lin Yiyi shyly and said, "Auntie, what is this?"

Lin Yiyi said, "This is a toy. You and Uncle Xiaowu play together. This is how you play. You throw it to him and he throws it to you..." Lin Yiyi took the two children and taught them how to play. In the days when there were no toys, they were surprised and very happy to have such a ball, even if it was made of dry grass.

Xiao Yu finally understood what she meant by the ball. A ball made of rattan and wrapped in cloth is indeed more fun than this. Xiao Yu looked at the patient and gentle girl. She is his wife now and will be the mother of his children in the future. In the future, she will also educate their children in the same gentle way. Looking at Lin Yiyi, Xiao Yu's eyes became more and more gentle.

Grandma Xiao smiled and said, "Yi Yi is still smart. This toy is good. Let Xiao Rui and Xiao Wu play with it together." The two children are about the same age and can just play together.

Lin Yiyi smiled. Seeing that the children were playing and Grandma Xiao was watching, she returned to her room. The things she bought today had not been sorted out yet, and she also needed to wash her bra and sweatshirt. She took out the cloth bag and took out the things inside. In addition to the sweatshirt and bra, there were also soap and White Rabbit milk candy. She put the milk candy in the drawer and put the clothes to be washed and the soap in the washbasin. Then she took out the remaining money.

She had 46 yuan before, 6 yuan was given to Lin Dajun, 15 yuan was spent on paper, ink, and pens, and 25 yuan was left. She didn't pay for the haircut because she used her hair to offset it. The manuscript fee was 8 yuan, and she bought half a pound of milk candy, leaving 7 yuan, plus 25 yuan, there were 32 yuan. Then there was another roll of money given by Xiao Yu, she counted it, there were 80 yuan.

Xiao Yu watched her counting money, closed the door, and then opened his own cabinet. He originally had a cabinet in his room, which contained his things. Later, Lin Yiyi's wedding cabinet was carried in and placed next to his cabinet, so they just used the two cabinets separately. However, Lin Yiyi had never seen his cabinet before, and now she saw him open it, and she looked at it curiously.

Lin Yiyi: "Wow, the clothes are folded so neatly." Only soldiers can fold quilts in such a neat and angular way. Modern students basically have military training, and the instructors will teach them how to fold quilts during military training, but Lin Yiyi just can't fold them like this. It's so beautiful. At first glance, it gives people a feeling of... very neat and very comfortable, just like love at first sight.

Xiao Yu didn't say anything. He took out a Jiefang bag and then a passbook: "Here, our family's money." This home is not the Xiao family, but their small home.

Lin Yiyi took it and looked at it. There was 2,500 yuan in it. She felt lucky: "That's a lot." What kind of man was this who could save 2,500 yuan in the 1960s? Especially since this man was only 22 years old and a college graduate.

Xiao Yu said: "I didn't have any savings before I was 18. I graduated from college at the age of 18 and joined the army. Unlike the selected recruits, I was a special force and performed special tasks. When I was in the army, my salary was given to my mother. It was not easy for my father and mother to raise us." In other words, in such a rural area and such an environment, Xiao Daqiang and Qin Xiangju simply couldn't make money. Take the three brick houses of the Xiao family for example. Although they used the money sent back by Xiao Yu and their savings to build them, how much could they save? The majority of it was the money sent back by Xiao Yu.

Lin Yiyi was touched when she heard him talk about these things. People of this generation mature early and have a strong sense of responsibility. She could see that Xiao Yu was a person with a strong sense of responsibility. "How did you save the 2,500?"

Xiao Yu: "They are all mission bonuses." In other words, they are all life-saving money. Special missions are of course not ordinary missions.

I don't know why, but Lin Yiyi felt a sudden pain in her heart after hearing this, and she felt that the passbook in her hand weighed a thousand pounds. Her eyes turned red, and she felt very uncomfortable thinking that this was the money Xiao Yu had exchanged for his life.

Seeing her sudden silence, Xiao Yu said, "Buy whatever you want in the future. If you don't have a ticket, tell me." He felt that this was the minimum promise a man could make to his wife.

But Lin Yiyi didn't think so. She came here alone, just to find a safe haven. It is undeniable that she flirted with him at the beginning just because she wanted to marry him, because she knew from reading the novel that he was an upright man, and in the few descriptions of him, everything about him was positive. Putting aside the external conditions, his inner qualities also reassured her.

She was a little anxious to find a meal ticket, and he satisfied her in every way. According to modern standards, he was well educated, in good shape, good-looking, and successful in his career. However, as they gradually got to know each other, the affection and curiosity generated by the novels were gradually replaced by the touching moments in life. He was gentle and considerate, and his words were direct, but they were often the most touching.

"Brother Yu..." She threw herself into his arms, her intermittent sobs beating on his heart.

Why are you crying?

Xiao Yu didn't understand the magical sensibility of women. Most women are emotional animals. They are easily moved, while men are rational animals. Although he didn't understand, Xiao Yu gently rubbed her shoulders: "What's wrong?" Because she was moved by the money he gave her?

Lin Yiyi shook her head: "Brother Yu, you must be good in the future. It doesn't matter if you don't have money. You must not do anything dangerous again."

Xiao Yu was stunned, and countless warm currents flowed through his heart. It turned out that she was caring about him. She seemed to have always cared about him. "Yeah." He was alone before, but now he has a small family. In the future, their small family will have more people, so he will pay more attention to danger.

But this silly girl didn't know that if a young man from the countryside didn't work hard, how could he have a future? Fortunately, he had worked hard to give her a good life. At this moment, Xiao Yu really felt lucky that he worked so hard when he was alone and didn't have a family.

After a while, Qin Xiangju's voice was heard outside. She and the Xiao family came back. Everyone was talking very loudly, which meant that the wild boar meat was distributed well.

Qin Xiangju: "Yiyi, Yiyi, the bones you want are here."

Grandma Xiao: "Why do you want bones? Bones don't have meat."

Qin Xiangju: "I've said it one by one. Eat what you need to replenish what you need. Eat bones to replenish bones. You, your father-in-law, and the children at home all need to replenish bones. Ah, scholars are different. They know so much."

Grandma Xiao said hurriedly: "I feel a little tired these days, and my bones are not strong. I need to make up for it. Let's get well one by one. Remember me, an old woman."

Qin Xiangju added: "Of course the grandson's wife you chose is a good one."

Grandma Xiao: "That's right. I have good taste and I chose both my daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law well."

The people around listened but collectively kept silent.

Qin Xiangju: "Where's Yiyi?"

Grandma Xiao: "I'm in the house with Xiaoyuer."

Qin Xiangju: "...I'll go stew the bones." Her son and daughter-in-law were in the house, and she was only happy. She knew her son well, and he was very sensible, and would not mess around even in the house. However, young people are full of blood, so she had to remind him, "Yi Yi, come out and stew the bones."

Lin Yiyi said, "Mom, I'm tidying up the house, come right up." She put the money and bills in the drawer, locked it, and hung the key around her neck. "Brother Yu, give me this Jiefang bag from now on."

Xiao Yu: “Yeah.” This Jiefang bag is quite new, although it’s been several years old, but he doesn’t use it much because it can’t hold much.

Lin Yiyi went out happily.

Outside the house, Lin Dajun also came with his younger brother. He and Lin Wudi were playing. Lin Yiyi went to the kitchen, where Qin Xiangju began to get busy. She had to prepare pork and pig blood. It is good to eat fresh pig blood occasionally, which can also replenish the body. However, pig blood is a little fishy, ​​but there are many modern ingredients and it is easy to prepare. Some people like to eat blood, pig blood, duck blood, regardless of age, but Lin Yiyi doesn't like to eat it. She always feels that she can't eat it.

Qin Xiangju first put the pig's blood in the stove and steamed it. It was only when it was frozen that it could be cooked, which is commonly known as blood tofu.

Lin Yiyi said: "Mom, put the bones in the sand pot and boil them separately." Don't boil the pig's blood together, she can't eat it.

Qin Xiangju: "There is no sand pot at home."

Lin Yiyi: "My mother's family has it. Dajun and his family brought it here when they moved. I'll ask Dajun to get it."

Qin Xiangju: "Okay, let your man build you a stone stove outside, otherwise you won't have a place to put the sand pot."

Your man...Lin Yiyi: "Hey."

After leaving the kitchen, Lin Yiyi said, "Dajun, go to Grandma Ge's house and get the sand pot we brought here."

Lin Dajun: "Hey, get going right away."

Lin Yiyi: "Brother Yu, set up a small stove outside and use the bones to make soup in a sand pot."

Xiao-Woo: "Okay."

Xiao Wu: "Let me help. Just get some stones, slightly bigger stones." As he said that, he picked up a basket and I picked up the stones.

Xiao Bin: "I'll go too."

Qin Xiangju came out and said, "Xiao Yu'er, let the eldest and third sons take care of the small stove. You take this piece of meat to your sister's house, and this piece of meat to your grandmother's house." The Xiao family received 30 kilograms of meat, some bones, and a bucket of pig blood. The two pieces of pork Qin Xiangju took out weighed about two kilograms each. She was also sensible and would not use her husband's family to subsidize her own family.

Qi Bocai looked at it and frowned. Suddenly, she asked, "Mom, can you send some meat to my parents' home?"