Arriving at the reservoir bank, Lin Yiyi saw a group of children playing in the water and mud. Lin Yiyi shouted, "The first army, the third army, the fourth army... come back to me." You have to know how dirty the sewage is after the drought.

When the younger brother of the Lin family heard this, he stopped playing and rushed to find his sister. Unconsciously, their trust in their sister remained the same, but they also had more respect for her.

Lin Yiyi stood on the bank waiting, and suddenly saw something moving in the water plants by the reservoir. Lin Yiyi took a few steps back and suddenly felt terrified. Could it be a snake? However, before she could run away, the thing jumped out and blinded Lin Yiyi's eyes. It was a grass carp weighing seven or eight kilograms.

Lin Yiyi opened her mouth in surprise. She suddenly remembered that when she left Old Lady Ge's house, she had asked God not to let her run into wild boars, pheasants, eggs and fish would be fine, and now... there were fish. So... was this really the heroine's luck? The so-called heroine's luck, can you get whatever you want?

Lin Yiyi didn't know, but she walked to the haystack, watched over the fish, and waited for Lin Dajun and the others to come over.

"Sister..." Lin Dajun came quickly with his two younger brothers.

Lin Yiyi: "Hmm... Dajun, look." Lin Yiyi pointed at the fish.

Lin Dajun quickly covered his mouth: "Sister, where did you get this fish?" He asked in a low voice, with juice flowing out of gaps between his fingertips.

Lin Yiyi: “I picked it up on the shore.”

Lin Sijun: "Sister, you are amazing. You can pick up pheasants, pheasant eggs, and fish."

Li Dajun licked his lips and said, "Sister, how do we eat this fish?"

Lin Yiyi thought for a moment and said, "Take this fish back to Grandma Ge's house and raise it. I'm going to the county town to look at houses tomorrow. If I find a good one, I'll live there. When the time comes, you can bring the fish to the county town and help me with the business. I'll make fish soup for you guys."

When Lin Dajun heard that it was perfect, he could save his sister's face and make fish soup for himself. However, he was still curious about one thing: "Sister, are you moving to the county town? What about us?" They had finally moved here to be with their sister, but now that their sister was going to the county town, what should they do?

Lin Yiyi said, "Wait until I get familiar with the county city. After a few years, when you graduate from junior high school, you can go to the county city to study in high school. Can't you go with me? I moved to the county city because of your brother-in-law's work. I can't take you with me, otherwise the Xiao family will have to go with you. If so, the Xiao family may get angry and won't let me go with them. Then how can I get familiar with the county city? How can I save face for you?"

In this day and age, having a sister in the county town is a very prestigious thing.

Lin Dajun: "Listen to me." They didn't expect to go to the county town, and they didn't dare to act unruly in front of the Xiao family.

Lin Yiyi: "But you can come to the county every week, and I'll make delicious food for you. But in order to shut up your brother-in-law and the Xiao family, you can't come empty-handed."

Lin Dajun: "Then what should we bring? Jerky?"

Lin Yiyi: "Let's use firewood. The county town burns coal, but the amount of coal is limited and it costs money. When you come to the county town to visit me, bring some firewood. You are young, and people won't dislike it. They will even say you are sensible." Pipeline gas was not popular at that time, especially in remote county towns, so people burned coal and used stoves. But there were also people who burned firewood, because firewood was cheaper than coal. So some farmers would carry firewood to the county town to sell.

When Lin Dajun heard this, he thought that there would be no problem in delivering firewood, as firewood was the thing that was most in short supply in the mountains.

night

When Xiao Yu got off work, he told everyone about the Public Security Bureau's staff home: "Tomorrow I will go with Yi Yi to look at the house and clean it up. Once it's ready, Yi Yi will live there with me."

What Xiao Yu said was not sudden. He told his family about his career change on the first day he came back, so it was something that everyone expected that he would get married and take Lin Yiyi to the county town.

I just didn't expect things to happen so quickly.

The elders of the Xiao family were pleased. Their son (grandson) was promising and could go to the county town. How could they not be happy? But it was different for the same generation. Even brothers would be jealous. There were very few people in the world who were devoted to the greater good and ignored their own family. If there were, then that person was mentally abnormal.

Qi Bocai said sourly, "Second brother's wife is so lucky. She just got married and now she is going to follow my second brother to the county town to enjoy a good life."

Lin Yiyi smiled and said, "When I was little, my mother said that I was a lucky girl and that I would bring good luck to my husband. I didn't believe it, but when my sister-in-law said that today, I think I might really be a lucky girl. First, I was able to make money from my writings, and then I saw the wild boar. Brother Yu, do you think I am a lucky girl for my husband?"

Jin-Woo: "...Yeah."

When it comes to Lin Yiyi being a lucky charm for her husband or saying that she has a good fate, Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju are the ones who believe it the most. If Lin Yiyi didn't have a good fate, they wouldn't have asked her to get engaged to Xiao Yu.

So Grandma Xiao said, "I believe that Yi Yi can bring good luck to Xiao Yu'er. Your mother said that you are a lucky charm for her husband, so you can definitely bring good luck to her husband." Blind Zhang said at that time that Yi Yi was a good match for her grandson. Now, Grandma Xiao thinks that this girl is really destined to bring good luck to her husband, or at least to her grandson.

Thinking of this, Grandma Xiao became happier and happier. Who doesn't want to marry a grandson's wife who can bring good luck to their grandson? So Yi Yi must live with Xiao Yuer.

Grandma Xiao was not the only one who thought so; Qin Xianglian also said, "After we check out the house tomorrow and clean up, mom will go with you to help. It would be good for Yi Yi to go with you, as I'll feel at ease knowing Yi Yi is around." There is nothing wrong with a daughter-in-law who brings good luck to her husband following her son.

Qi Bocai: "..." Lin Yiyi is so shameless that she says she is a lucky charm for her husband. Why do grandma and mother-in-law believe it?

Qi Bocai didn't know what happened between Xiao Yu, Daya, and Blind Zhang. Even Xiao Wu and Xiao Bin didn't know much about it. They remembered things at that time, but who would remember such things? Anyway, Xiao Yu suddenly mentioned a 1-year-old little wife, and they were jealous of her at that time.

Qi Bocai: "Mom, do you really believe in the saying of a lucky husband? This is a new society, and feudal superstitions are not acceptable."

Qin Xiangju: "What feudal superstition? I just said that my daughter-in-law is a lucky girl, a blessed girl. How can this be feudal superstition? What kind of feudal superstition is this? Huh?" Qin Xiangju would not admit that this was feudal superstition. Her daughter-in-law was the one who brought good luck to her son, and she firmly believed in this.

Grandma Xiao: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You keep quarreling and making a fuss all day long. You don't have any filial piety at all."

Qi Bocai snorted, the Xiao family just bullied her.

Qi Bocai didn't know. She could say that Lin Yiyi was not good in other aspects, but she could say that Lin Yiyi was not blessed. If a woman was not blessed, wouldn't it bring trouble to her husband? So Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju would not admit that Lin Yiyi was not blessed. When Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu got engaged, Xiao Yu's illness was cured, so they believed in Lin Yiyi's blessing. However, they didn't think about blessing or not before, and there was no such saying at that time. Now that their daughter-in-law said that she was a lucky woman for her husband, they suddenly understood that she was a lucky woman for her husband.

Yes, a daughter-in-law (grandson’s daughter-in-law) brings good luck to her husband, so the son’s (grandson’s) illness recovered so quickly.

If Qi Bocai knew that because of the topic she raised, Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju had decided that Lin Yiyi was a lucky woman for their husbands, she would definitely be furious.

Lin Yiyi was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju would believe so much in her ability to bring good luck to their husbands. She was just jealous, but... Lin Yiyi looked at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu raised the corner of his mouth: "Well, Yi Yi brings good luck to her husband."

Lin Yiyi: “…”

At night, Lin Yiyi lay in Xiao Yu's arms: "Are grandma and mom particularly superstitious? Comrade Xiao Yu, you are a revolutionary comrade, you can't be superstitious." She didn't want to establish herself as a person who brings good luck to her husband. What if that doesn't happen in the future?

Xiao Yu: "...In the eyes of grandma and mother, you are a lucky charm for your husband."

Lin Yiyi: “Why?”

Xiao Yu: "Has your mother-in-law ever told you why we are getting married?"

Lin Yiyi shook her head: "No." But, having read the novel, she knew, could it be possible?

Xiao Yu said, "When I was eight years old, I got sick and almost died. Grandma and mother found Blind Zhang, a blind fortune teller who was a bit famous at the time..." Xiao Yu recounted the whole story, "After we got engaged, my illness was inexplicably cured, so in the hearts of grandma and mother, you are my benefactor."

Lin Yiyi realized this only then, so this was also the reason why Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju were so nice to her.

While Lin Yiyi was lost in thought, Xiao Yu's head gradually moved closer to her, his eyes filled with desire. Then he opened his mouth and held her lips, continuing the exciting kiss that he had just learned yesterday.

The next day, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu were going to the county town to look at houses. She took Lin Wudi to the Lin brothers. Anyway, the Xiao family had Qi Bocai around, so she was worried. That person had no sense of propriety and said that she would bully the child. Lin Yiyi didn't doubt it. She was still assured by the Lin brothers that they would not bully Lin Wudi.

…

Although it is called a vocational college, this area is not only staffed by the Public Security Bureau, but also staffed by other units. The Public Security Bureau has a small number of people, and this area is not small, so when the vocational college was built, it was of course built together with other units, which also saved a lot of money.

Xiao Yu had the key to the house in his hand, so he took Lin Yiyi directly there.

Lin Yiyi had been to this vocational college before. There were tube-shaped buildings and independent courtyards here. Someone with such a status as the former director of the Public Security Bureau must have an independent courtyard.

The environment in the small yard is very good, and there are flowers and plants, but the flowers and plants have died. The doors and windows of the yard are quite new, and it can be seen that they were painted when the previous director's family lived there. The wood of the windows here is painted military green, and the left and right windows have three panes of glass each, a total of six panes of glass, and are equipped with curtains. The door is painted black and looks very solid.

There are four rooms in the small courtyard, but unlike those in the countryside, there is no main room here.

From left to right, the four rooms are side by side. On the left is the kitchen and dining area. In the back is the stove, which has two mouths, and two iron pots. Next to the stove is a large clay pot, and the tile roof is covered with two wooden boards. In addition to the clay pot, there is also a table, four stools, and a kitchen cabinet. It is estimated that people cannot move these things away, so they are all left.

Actually, even if some things cannot be taken away, the iron pot is different.

When the former director entrusted these things to Yang Tai, Yang Tai also thought about the iron pot. Beds, tables and chairs, etc., Yang Tai, as the deputy director of the county public security bureau, would not look down on them, but iron pots were different. However, when he knew that the series of changes in the public security bureau were for Xiao Yu's airborne landing, he no longer had this idea. He wanted the iron pot just to give it to his relatives in his hometown, not to make money. An iron pot costs 30 yuan, and he bought it from the former director and then resold it? How could Yang Tai look down on such a business?

So he really wanted to give it to his relatives back home, not for the purpose of making money.

However, relatives are just relatives, not as important as one's own interpersonal relationships. Yang Tai also wants to have a good relationship with Xiao Yu. Although Xiao Yu was born in the countryside here, the fact that he graduated from a military academy makes him different.

The front door and window of the kitchen face the front yard, but there is also a back door next to the stove. There is a small room outside the back door, which is the toilet. It is about 2 square meters. The environment of the toilet is good. After going to the toilet, you need to flush the feces into the manure pit with water. This toilet is similar to the public toilets with partitions in the middle in the 1980s, but that public toilet does not need to flush by yourself. There is a water tank. As long as you pull the water tank, water will flow out and flush the feces into the manure pit. Obviously, this condition is not available now.

But Lin Yiyi thinks that this is already very beautiful.

At that time, there were no public toilets in the vocational school, only household toilets, that is, in the residential courtyard, one toilet for each household. The small courtyards here were built uniformly, so the toilets of each household were in the same location.

At the same time, there are three rooms besides the kitchen, two of which are bedrooms and the other is a utility room. Of course, the other one is also a bedroom, but judging from the environment, the former police chief’s family used it as a utility room, which was piled with all kinds of things.

There were some firewood and broken stools in the utility room, and there was black carbon ash in the corner, which must have been where coal was stored.

The other two rooms have beds, both of which are wooden beds, and are also equipped with tables and cabinets. One of the rooms has a bunk bed.

Lin Yiyi: "This family hasn't moved their stuff away yet?"

Xiao Yu: "The previous director was transferred to the city, and he couldn't move these things away, and he didn't deal with them for a while, so he gave the key to the current director Yang Tai and asked him to help deal with them. Maybe he didn't want to sell them at a loss." The beds, cabinets, and tables here are all custom-made, and you can see it. "So we moved in and bought the things too?"

Lin Yiyi: "Well, it saves us a lot of trouble, and I think the materials used in these things are not bad."

Xiao Yu: "Not bad, is there anything else you want to do with the house?"

Lin Yiyi: “There are two places.”

Jin-Woo: "Which two?"

Lin Yiyi: "One is the toilet and the other is the bathroom. I have an idea and you have to do it."

Xiao Yu: "What's your idea?"

Lin Yiyi took out a pen and paper from her Jiefang bag and drew a picture: "Brother Yu, how about we install this in the toilet? This is a hollow bamboo with a water tank on top. After going to the toilet, pour the water into the tank, and then the water in the tank will flow down along the hollow bamboo. The water will not splash up and can directly flush away the feces." If you use water yourself, the water will definitely splash up and be a bit dirty.

Xiao Yu was a little surprised: "This is a good idea, how did you come up with it?"

Lin Yiyi said in a proud tone: "I'm smart."

Xiao Yu couldn't help but let out a low laugh: "Well, you're smart." He didn't think much about it.

Lin Yiyi: "What about the bathroom? What should we do?"

Xiao Yu said, "Let's build a bathroom in the utility room."

The area of ​​this kind of single-family yard is not small, especially the area of ​​each room is quite large, much larger than the modern commercial housing with several bedrooms and living rooms. After the current houses are divided into different units, the area is actually quite small.

Lin Yiyi: "That's perfect, nothing is missing."

After the house was decided, the two returned to the Xiao family. Only Grandma Xiao was at home. When Grandma Xiao heard that Xiao Yu and his family were moving today, she was surprised: "Moving so soon? Without waiting for your mother and her family to come back?"

Xiao Yu said, "There's nothing missing in there. We just need to take some small things with us. I have to go to work tomorrow, so it's not convenient for me to move. If I delay it, it will take until next week."

Lin Yiyi: "There are three rooms over there. If grandma misses us, she can come and stay anytime. We have reserved a room for her."

Grandma Xiao smiled and said, "Oh, am I lucky enough to live in the county town?"

Lin Yiyi: "How come it's gone? When we buy a house in the county, grandma's household registration can be transferred to the county, and then grandma will become an old lady in the county." But in fact, this is not possible. Otherwise, anyone can move, isn't it all for commodity food? So Lin Yiyi's words were just to coax Grandma Xiao.

Of course, not everyone is willing to go for commodity grains. Commodity grains require money. Without money, there is no food. But in the countryside, as long as you work and earn work points, you will have food. So even if some people envy those who eat commodity grains, what they envy is not the food, but the work.

In the afternoon, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu packed up their things and hired a bullock cart from the brigade to go to the county town. The Lin brothers saw them off to the village gate and watched the bullock cart leave reluctantly, as they also wanted to go to the county town.

But my sister told them to come with the Xiao family tomorrow and bring the fish with them.

Although they said they were only packing luggage, there were actually quite a few things on the ox cart, such as Lin Yiyi's dressing chest, the bucket of soybeans, food for the Lin family's younger brothers, food that Xiao Yu had exchanged for wild boar meat, and so on.

There was nothing wrong with her bringing him up like this, after all, they were moving and might return to the Xiao family, but the meaning was different.

It was no more than two o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the county town. Lin Yiyi cleaned the toilet while Xiao Yu started to make a water pipe and water tank for the toilet. The water pipe is made of hollow bamboo and the water tank is made of wooden boards. Five wooden boards can be used to make a water tank, one for the bottom and four for the four sides. The top needs to be filled with water, so it does not need to be sealed. Then a hole is dug in the bottom wooden board and aligned with the bamboo ring. However, the ring can be smaller than the bamboo ring, so that the hollow bamboo can drag the water tank. Finally, the bamboo and water tank are fixed to the wall. It seems to be a simple job, but it actually takes some time to do it more carefully.

However, this house has not been occupied for two months, and the smell in the toilet had dissipated long ago during these two months, so when Xiao Yu was working on the water pipes and water tanks, there was no bad smell.

Lin Yiyi cleaned the toilet and took Lin Wudi to the toilet door to watch: "Brother Yu, your handicraft is very good."

Xiao Yu: "Just be careful." In fact, he is not very skilled in crafts, but he has good hand-holding ability.

Lin Yiyi: "My brother Yu is the best in the world." The nice words sounded like they were free. However, free nice words are not worth anything at all.

Xiao Yu knew her temper, but she was always happy to be praised. "Are you in a good mood?"

Lin Yiyi: "Of course." She was really happy when she thought that she wouldn't have to face the spinach anymore and no one would snatch her food. "Let's cook white porridge tonight." Real white porridge, not rice soup with only a few grains of rice. Cook it with the rice that was exchanged for wild boar. She couldn't bear to cook mung beans and soybeans. One pound of soybeans can grow 8-10 pounds of bean sprouts, and one pound of mung beans can grow 10-13 pounds of bean sprouts, but it's more than eating mung beans and soybeans alone. As for red beans, she didn't know how to make them grow, so she just used them to cook porridge.

Xiao-Woo: "It's up to you."

Lin Yiyi took half a pound of rice to cook porridge and added dried shrimp. I have to say that the shrimp porridge tasted really good, and it felt similar to pork ribs porridge.

Lin Yiyi ate two bowls herself, and the rest was eaten by Xiao Yu.

In fact, living in the county town, what Lin Yiyi is most satisfied with, besides the toilet, is the electric light. Especially now, lying in bed, looking at the warm yellow light, although it is not as bright as the energy-saving lights of later generations, and the light of the current light bulbs is more yellowish, but this is an electric light, which cannot be compared with countless kerosene lamps added together.

Xiao Yu: "Tomorrow I will go to collect this month's commercial grain. When grandma and the others come, you can entertain them and keep them for lunch. I will order lunch from the canteen of the Public Security Bureau. But now is a special period, and the commercial grain has been reduced by 20%." Then, Xiao Yu introduced the treatment of urban residents in detail, "According to my job, the monthly grain ration is 30 catties, 40% of which is flour, which is 12 catties, 5 catties is rice, and the rest is coarse grain, 13 catties, but now the monthly ration is only 24 catties. Oil is half a catty per month, cloth is 2 meters per year, soap is one piece per household per month according to the purchase book, meat is 2 catties per household per month, eggs are supplied at half a catty per household per month according to the purchase book, coal and firewood are supplied at 100 catties per household per month according to the purchase book..."

After listening to Xiao Yu's detailed account, Lin Yiyi's expression was like this_(3)∠)_: "Do you have coal and firewood, too?"

Xiao-Woo: "Yes."

Lin Yiyi: “…” She even asked Lin Dajun and the others to bring her from the countryside when they came to see her. How embarrassing.

Xiao-Woo: "What's wrong?"