After seeing off the commune leader, Xiao Yu came back and asked, "Want to go inside and take a rest?"

Lin Yiyi said, "Aren't you curious about why I changed my job from a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative to a security guard at the commune?"

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Lin Yiyi to say this at this time. This was her position. No matter what she arranged, he would not interfere. As a grown man, he never thought about taking possession of his wife's things. In his opinion, what belongs to his wife is also hers.

At the same time, everyone was looking at Lin Yiyi, waiting for her answer.

Those present were all relatives of the Xiao family and the Qin family. Although there were also a few people from the brigade, they did not pose any problem.

Lin Yiyi just wanted to put this matter on the table and say: "My parents are old, and it will be hard for them to work. I think it would be better to find a suitable job for my father, so that he can have commercial food and won't have to work." Xiao Daqiang is only 42 years old this year, not old at all, but she just said it in a nice way.

After hearing this, everyone felt that it was as they expected.

A sharp light flashed in Qi Bocai's eyes. If that was the case, their Xiao Wu was the eldest son, so shouldn't his father-in-law give this job to their Xiao Wu?

But before anyone could say anything, Lin Yiyi said, "Of course, giving the job to Dad is only temporary. When Dajun grows up, this job will still be given to Dajun."

Suddenly, everyone was stunned.

Lin Yiyi continued, her tone filled with sadness: "As everyone knows, my parents have passed away. I am 15 years old this year, and I have four younger brothers. The oldest is only 13 years old, and the youngest is only 2 years old. In a few years, the eldest, third, and fourth brothers will all grow up. When boys grow up, they will have to marry. If it were someone else's family, with parents around and With grandpa and grandma around, they don’t have to worry. My parents will prepare the house and money for the bride, but my family can’t do that. No one will prepare these for them. And they have just grown up, so they don’t have the money to get married and prepare these things. I think any family that loves their daughters would not want their daughters to marry a family that has nothing.”

Of course, there were families who loved their daughters, and they thought what Lin Yiyi said made sense. Moreover, even if they didn't love their daughters, they would still ask for betrothal gifts when their daughters got married.

Lin Yiyi: "So, when they grow up, they need to find wives and build houses. Do I, the elder sister, have to do all these things? But I am a daughter-in-law, and I can't always subsidize my parents like this. When my four younger brothers get married, they need to build a house, no matter how bad it is, at least 600 yuan. When my four younger brothers get married, they need a betrothal gift of 10 yuan each. When my four younger brothers get married, they need furniture. These are all money. They are all young men. Do I, the elder sister who married out, have to give all these? If so, who would be willing to do that?"

The four children were all ready to get married, which cost more than a thousand. When the mother-in-law heard Lin Yiyi say this, her face turned dark. Even if she has a good-natured husband and is easy to get along with, if her daughter-in-law occasionally helps her mother-in-law, it is treated as a favor, and they won't mind, but giving a thousand yuan to help is a bit too much.

Lin Yiyi: "So, my idea is to let my father-in-law take over this job first. When Dajun graduates in six years, the job will be handed over to Dajun. By then, the money earned by Dajun will belong to the Lin family's public school. In the future, my younger brothers will get married and build houses with Dajun's salary. This is also what I can do for my mother's family. Of course, I can take over this job myself first, and then give it to Dajun in the future. I will be No need to worry. But, in this year... I want my father-in-law to take this job, so that the monthly commercial food can be used for grandpa and grandma, parents and parents, and the monthly salary can also be used to support grandpa and grandma and parents, which can be regarded as filial piety of our second wife. "She didn't need to tell the details. After six years, the salary alone has exceeded one thousand. Who would give so much money to support their old father? Whose daughter-in-law would be so generous? Daughters-in-law give their jobs to their parents' family. This is the case in many families. No daughter-in-law must give her job to her husband's family. Her husband's family doesn't have the face to do so.

Everyone understands these principles.

But... the work you get still needs to be handed over in the end, which makes you feel a little sad when you think about it.

Xiao Yu: "Dad, if you have no problem with this job, you can do this." Xiao Yu's words represent that he stands on Lin Yiyi's side. Sometimes, no matter how much Lin Yiyi says, it is not as important as the support of a man.

Lin Yiyi doesn't care what others think. You have to know that she now has four younger brothers. If she doesn't give the job to her younger brothers, she will have to take care of everything for her four younger brothers in the future. I just want to ask those mothers-in-law whether they will agree to their daughter-in-law supporting her family like this.

Besides, after six or seven years, Xiao Daqiang will be old, almost 50 years old, and the salary in the past few years is enough for them to live a good life. After all, the money is theirs. They have already separated from the family, and the money does not need to be given to other branches. Moreover, the pension of their second branch will continue. Finally, if this job is given to Xiao Daqiang, who will he give it to in the future? It is obvious that it is the first branch, after all, the first branch has the eldest son and grandson, but this is the job she got, why should it be given to the first branch of the Xiao family instead of the younger brother of the Lin family?

As for whether the Xiao family would use the money to subsidize the first and third wives, she was not worried because she had already made it clear that this job was the second wife's filial piety. Their filial piety every month in the past six years was real. If there were any disputes in the future, these people would be witnesses.

So, no matter what everyone thought, the matter was settled. Xiao Daqiang took the job first, and then returned it to Lin Yiyi six years later.

In the end, everyone is still very jealous of the Xiao family. Isn't this a free job? Whose daughter-in-law doesn't leave the job to her family?

The Xiao family didn't say anything. No matter what they thought in their hearts, to put it in a bigger picture, this job belonged to Xiao Daqiang for the past six years, and they were happy. After all, the money they could earn in six years was more than one thousand.

After having lunch at Xiao’s house, Lin Yiyi, Xiao Yu and the others went back.

The work was done very quickly. Everyone knew how to switch between the commune's security guard and the supply and marketing cooperative salesperson. But of course, it was not a swap of two positions, so Lin Yiyi suffered a loss. So someone used 200 yuan plus the security guard position to exchange for the supply and marketing cooperative salesperson position, and of course Lin Yiyi took the 200 yuan.

In the blink of an eye, the Chinese New Year is coming. The first day of the first lunar month of 61 is February 15th in the solar calendar. Chinese people attach great importance to the Spring Festival. No matter where you live, you must go home to spend the New Year with your family.

So on February 13, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu returned to their hometown, and Lin Dajun and the others followed them back. However, they went to the Lin family. They no longer had a room at Grandma Ge's house because the room they had was used by Grandma Ge as a stove to grow vegetables.

In ancient times, the Lin brothers were like those who had rich clothes. Because it was the New Year, they were reluctant to wear new clothes, so they wore their old worn-out cotton jackets. Although the jackets were no longer warm, they didn't care. They carried a backpack with New Year's goods prepared by their sister. Their sister said that the second day of the first lunar month was the day for married daughters to return to their parents' home, so they had to wait for their sister to come back at home.

The three brothers and Lin Wudi walked into the village with bright smiles on their faces. Although they said that they lived well when they lived in Granny Ge's house, it was not their home after all.

There is one more thing that made Lin Dajun very happy. After he graduated from school, he could work as a worker. Although he had to use the money he earned to support his younger brothers and build houses and find wives for them, he was still a worker.

The people in Shanglin Brigade have been living a better life recently. Everyone has started to grow vegetables in their stoves. They grow the most easily mature radish, because there are many people growing radish and there is no place to exchange it for food. However, it is still good to fill the stomach, and it is much more delicious than coarse grains. Moreover, even if there is less in a month, there are still more than ten or twenty kilograms. Of course, not every family is like this, because this requires a room. Although some families do not have enough rooms, they will also squeeze together, and then everyone will squeeze together, because compared with sleeping, eating a full stomach and staying alive are the most important.

"Dajun, are you brothers back?"

"Fourth Army, how do you live in the county?"

"Dajun, do you eat meat every day in the county?"

"Sanjun, your sister has become successful, and you have moved to the county town."

"Dajun, I heard that your sister is going to give you the job of a worker in the future?"

"Dajun, has your sister found you a wife?"

Because Lin Dajun will be able to work as a worker in the future, he has become a popular candidate for son-in-law in everyone's eyes, even though he will be 14 years old after the Chinese New Year.

Lin Dajun and his friends said nothing, but his sister said that they all understood that money should not be exposed. The brothers returned home and started to clean up. At this time, several villagers came and brought them some vegetables as a thank you for growing vegetables in the stove.

Xiao Family

The Xiao family was wondering when Xiao Yu and Lin Yiyi would come back, and they waited until today. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the day after tomorrow is New Year's Day. The time is about the same, after all, Xiao Yu has to go to work.

"Grandma, Mom." Lin Yiyi got off the bicycle. Yes, a bicycle. She bought a women's bicycle in the system mall. It was a Phoenix brand bicycle and cost 350 yuan. When she first appeared at home, Xiao Yu did not ask much. In Xiao Yu's opinion, he naturally thought that Lin Yiyi bought it from Brother Wang, or bought it through Brother Wang's relationship.

Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju were stunned when they saw Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu riding their own bicycles. After a long while, Qin Xiangju finally found her voice and said, "This... this Yiyi also bought a bicycle?"

Lin Yiyi said, "This is a women's bicycle. Do you want to try it?"

Qin Xiangju: "Do you have women's versions of this bicycle?"

Lin Yiyi said, "Of course, the lesbian bicycles are different from the gay bicycles. Look at the front..." Lin Yiyi introduced the differences again, "No, the county rewarded me 200 yuan for growing vegetables in the pit, so I bought this bicycle. This way, if I have an emergency in the future, it will be convenient for me to go back to the countryside, and Brother Yu won't have to work so hard to rush back after get off work."

What can Qin Xiangju say?

Lin Yiyi: "Brother Yu, quickly take the basket off your bicycle."

Xiao-Woo: "Yeah."

Qin Xiangju: "What did you bring back?"

Lin Yiyi said: "Meat, oil, soap and bean sprouts, I think the ones I brought last time may have been used up at home." Although Xiao Daqiang is a worker now, workers only have commercial grains, not oil, soap and the like, which can only be collected with a town resident registration book.

Qi Spinach sat at the door, his eyes constantly looking over here.

Qin Xiangju moved the basket directly to her room, and Lin Yiyi and Grandma Xiao also went there.

Qin Xiangju took out some things and saw milk powder, fruits, noodles and the like inside: "You kid, you always spend money recklessly." But there was a smile on her face.

Lin Yiyi said, "It didn't cost much. The fruits and noodles were welfare provided by the Public Security Bureau. I asked someone to bring this milk powder to the elderly. It is the best for their health. These two pairs of small cotton shoes are for Xiaorui and Xiaozhu." She usually didn't buy anything for them, but she couldn't save money during the New Year. After all, Xiaorui and Xiaozhu were the children of the Xiao family. As she spoke, she took out two boxes of snow cream from her Jiefang bag, "Grandma, mother, I thought that the previous box you had was used up, so I bought this for you." She bought food, and maybe Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju would call other people, but snow cream is something for women, and Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju would never save it for their daughter-in-law. In fact, Lin Yiyi is a grudge-bearing person, but if someone is a little bit good to her, she will be easily moved. Take the fried dough sticks and cloth shoes of the Lin family’s younger brothers for example, she was really surprised that day.

Sure enough, Qin Xiangju was even happier when she heard that Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu were there.

Lin Yiyi brought only one pound of meat, in addition to pork, there were two pounds of ribs, etc. The oil and soap were residents' welfare, and the vegetables were bean sprouts that she grew herself. The chicken greens grown by the Xiao family were exchanged for other vegetables at Brother Wang's place to be eaten during the New Year, so she didn't bring any. Speaking of this, Brother Wang finally knew why Lin Yiyi had chicken greens. Brother Wang's eyes when looking at Lin Yiyi were completely changed. He used to think she was a well-behaved girl, almost like his own daughter, but after the incident of growing vegetables in the pit, Brother Wang thought this girl was really smart, and he didn't dare to look down on Lin Yiyi at all. So, among the things she brought this time, only one pound of meat and two pounds of ribs were bought by her in the system mall, and the rest were residents' welfare and New Year's goods from the Public Security Bureau, and even the milk powder was sent from Inner Mongolia. Every time she gives something, Lin Yiyi has a plan in mind, and she will not often give things that exceed the residents' welfare.

Lin Yiyi came out of Qin Xiangju's room and returned to her own door. Liang came in: "Second sister-in-law."

Lin Yiyi: "Hey, come sit inside. It hasn't been cleaned yet, so be careful of the dust."

Liang said, "I'll help you sort it out." After saying that, she entered the house and took out a pair of gloves from her arms. "Second sister-in-law, I thought your hands would be cold when you hold the pen, so I made you a pair of gloves. Thank you for teaching us how to grow vegetables. Our lives are much better now, and we have more food to eat than before. Even if I go home, my family will look up to me."

Lin Yiyi looked at the finely embroidered gloves in her hands, and felt the cotton inside. Moreover, the cloth of the gloves was still new, which showed that Liang had put a lot of effort into it. Besides, for someone like her who writes articles, the gloves were really suitable. In fact, she had gloves, and they were still in the pocket of her cotton jacket. On the way back, she took them off because her hands were hot while riding a bicycle. But she still felt that Liang's gloves were valuable.

Lin Yiyi said, "Thank you, Sister Liang." As she spoke, she opened her Jiefang bag and took out a box of snow cream from it. "Here, I wanted to give it to you later, but now it's just a coincidence." She had indeed prepared this for Liang, and she bought some extra when she bought things for Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju. As for giving spinach to Qi, that didn't happen.

Liang was a little surprised: "This... this is too expensive."

Lin Yiyi raised her gloves and said, "To me, expensive things are not as good as gifts. Your pair of gloves are precious."

Liang: "Then I'm welcome, second sister-in-law, I'll go get you some water and clean the place."

Lin Yiyi: “Thank you.”

Then, the two of them cleaned the house together, and then Lin Yiyi took out the quilt, which was brought from the county town. When they went to the county town before, they took the quilt away, but they didn't think about buying a quilt, and it was not easy to buy a quilt. But this time they brought it back and put it here.

Liang: "Second sister-in-law, why didn't I see Xiaowu this time?"

Lin Yiyi: "He and Dajun have returned to the Lin family. It's the New Year, so it's not good for them to stay here." Besides, in the past six months, she also believed that nothing would happen to Lin Wudi if he stayed with Lin Dajun for a few days. In the county, Lin Dajun led his brothers to collect firewood, and also took care of Lin Wudi, and everything was fine.

The Xiao family had a drier meal than usual in the evening. They also stewed the spare ribs and potatoes that Lin Yiyi brought, and made scrambled eggs with leeks and stir-fried vegetables. There were six people and three dishes in total, although the quantity was small but the portion was large.

The next day was New Year's Eve, and the first and third wives also ate with them. In the morning, Grandma Xiao took her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law to make dumplings. They planned to eat dumplings at noon and dinner at night. Lin Yiyi didn't know how to make dumplings, so she asked Grandma Xiao for leave and said she would go to the Lin family to check on the situation.

Grandma Xiao asked her to go later and bring some dumplings after they had packed them, but Lin Yiyi refused. She rode her bike away like a flash, only taking a basket with some chicken greens. In fact, the basket was just a cover. On the deserted road, she bought dumplings and meat from the system mall. The dumplings were for her brothers, and the meat was for others to use as a tool to build connections.

Lin Yiyi rode her bicycle into the Shanglin Production Brigade and saw many people sunbathing at the village gate. Since the chicken hair vegetables were available, the villagers were in a good mood to sunbathe. When they saw Lin Yiyi coming, they didn't dare to recognize her at first, fearing that they had recognized the wrong person. After all, the skinny little girl in their memory was nothing like the girl riding a bicycle, wearing dark gray corduroy pants, a black cotton jacket, and a red scarf.

Lin Dajun: "Sister..."

At the entrance of the village, Lin Dajun, who was playing with his friends, recognized that this was his sister, so he shouted. At this time, everyone came to their senses, this is Lin Yiyi?

Lin Yiyi stopped her bike and asked, "Are you guys playing here?"

Lin Dajun: "Well, sister, why are you here?"

Lin Yiyi: "Let me see you guys."

"Yi Yi, if the army hadn't called you, I wouldn't have recognized you." It was the captain's wife who spoke.

Lin Yiyi said, "Hello, Auntie. I was planning to go to your house to look for you, but I didn't expect to run into you here."

The captain's wife: "Yiyi, you are now a great benefactor to our entire county. The stove pit you came up with is really great. Now every household will not go hungry. Besides, the Chinese cabbage matures quickly. After eating it, we can just throw away some seeds. It's very convenient."

Lin Yiyi said, "If the pit is big, you can separate half of it and plant other things, such as radishes, cabbages, cauliflowers, etc. After all, the other half of the chicken greens can be eaten at any time, so the other vegetables can wait. By the way, the soil should be changed frequently. It is best to change it after planting a wave, and then pick up some decomposed leaves and wheat straw as fertilizer. It is written in the book that these are all very good fertilizers and can improve the soil. But I don’t know much about the soil, you can ask the veterans in the field."

The captain's wife said, "Yi Yi is really thoughtful." The soil also has nutritional value. Farmers know this to some extent, but sometimes they may not pay much attention to it. Now that Lin Yi Yi mentioned it, many people remembered that it was indeed the case. So, those who were still sitting in the sun immediately moved away and went up the mountain to look for rotten leaves and wheat straw.

The captain's wife and Lin Yiyi went to the Lin family together. Lin Yiyi took out half a pound of meat from the basket and said, "Auntie, don't be polite with me. You may not be able to buy meat now. Take this meat and have a good New Year."

The captain's wife said: "No, no, I can't take your things for free, and this meat is expensive."

Lin Yiyi: "I'm not giving it away for free. The farms will be a little busy at the beginning of the year, and we don't have a stove at home, so when the time comes, you can send some food to the army and I'll use meat to replace the food. Is that okay with you?"

The captain's wife said, "Then I won't be polite." They had planted two holes of vegetables, enough to eat, "but we have to make a deal. I have to give the soldiers 10 kilograms of vegetables to be equivalent to half a kilogram of meat." Half a kilogram of meat and ten kilograms of vegetables were given extra by the captain's wife. According to Brother Wang's calculation, half a kilogram of meat is only worth two kilograms of vegetables.

Lin Yiyi smiled and said, "That's fine. By the way, auntie, is the primary school in our village still open?"

The captain's wife said, "Oh, you are right. Originally, because of the famine in this year, the primary schools were closed. People had nothing to eat, so how could they have the energy to go to school? Don't you think so? But they will be reopened in early September this year, and this has something to do with you."

Lin Yiyi was curious: "Me? How does it have anything to do with me?"