Lin Yiyi said: "You can tell from her parents and family. If her parents have a good reputation and her brothers and sisters are good, then she is probably good too. If her parents are all rogues, like some women who roll on the ground at any time and specifically look for other people's greed and cheapness, then she is probably not good either." Lin Yiyi didn't mean to kill her, but she would not agree to let such a family enter, no matter how good the girl is, she would not agree. Marriage is a matter of two families. Once the girl enters, her parents are not good people. When they see a family like theirs, they will definitely make trouble. And the girl is caught in the middle. No matter how rational she is, she can't resist the word "filial piety". The word "filial piety" can sometimes bend even the hardest bones.

Lin Dajun: "Sister, I know. If I'm dating someone, I will definitely want to find out about her family." It's so dangerous. Fortunately, his sister told him. However, "Sister, I don't think I need to find out. Anyway, you have the final say in our family's daughter-in-law. If you find a daughter-in-law for us and you think it's good, it must be good. Just find out for us."

Lin Dajun didn't want to think about anything else but just wanted to get the benefits.

Lin Yiyi: "...But Dajun, the problem is a little different now."

Lin Dajun looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Lin Yiyi: "Because you will be a worker in the future, you will have a job. Now many people want to take advantage of you. Some girls are not well educated at home, or their family members deliberately let them contact you secretly and then deceive you. Once you fall for it, they will ask you to marry them. If you don't agree, they will frame you and report you to the police."

Lin Dajun was shocked and almost cried: "What should I do?"

Lin Yiyi said, "So you should keep your distance from the little girls who approach you on purpose. Otherwise, you will be deceived by them, and they will take away your job and your food, and you will have nothing in the future. Some people even take advantage of your relationship with your brother-in-law, and then use your brother-in-law's name to do bad things. If this is discovered, you and your brother-in-law will both go to jail."

Lin Dajun was so scared that he didn't want to get married: "Then...what should I do?" He didn't want to work anymore, is that okay? Is that okay?

Lin Yiyi said: "Then sister really introduces one to you?"

Lin Dajun immediately said, "Sister, the one you introduced must be good."

Lin Yiyi was really at a loss for words: "It's like this, I thought, our family is in the Shanglin Production Brigade, you will study in the commune middle school in the future, even if you graduate in the future, you will work in the commune, so I want to introduce you to a daughter-in-law from the village, who has a good family reputation and can take care of you, what do you think?"

Lin Dajun immediately said, "Sister, there is definitely no problem with what you said...but...but...the girl can't be too ugly, she has to be pretty."

Lin Yiyi said: "Of course, my brother is a handsome man, and he will soon enter junior high school. He is filial and well-behaved, so I certainly can't find an ugly wife for my brother."

Lin Dajun blushed. The 14-year-old boy knew what it meant to beg for a wife: "So... so, sister, do you have someone in your heart?"

Lin Yiyi: "What do you think of Xiaozhen from the captain's family?" Lin Yiyi asked tentatively.

When Lin Dajun heard this, his face turned even redder: "Very...very good." He was not a boy in love. Boys of his age also knew how to look at girls, but they just looked at them to see which ones were pretty and which ones were not. Lin Zhen happened to be the kind of person that boys like them considered pretty. In addition, Lin Zhen was the daughter of the captain's family and had a high status. People didn't dare to think about it before, so Lin Dajun didn't expect his sister to tell him about Lin Zhen.

Lin Yiyi saw what he meant, how could she not understand? She said, "Then why don't you date Lin Zhen first? Of course, you have to be sincere when dating someone, you can't joke around, otherwise the girl's reputation is important, you will hurt her."

Lin Dajun was anxious: "I am serious."

Lin Yiyi: "What if you go to junior high school and see a prettier girl and don't want Lin Zhen anymore?"

Lin Dajun: "Sister, didn't you say that you should look at the person when choosing a wife? What if the prettier girl has a mess at home? Lin Zhen is pretty good, and the captain and auntie are also pretty good."

Lin Yiyi was a little surprised. The young man actually had some brains.

Lin Yiyi said, "Okay, I'll tell the captain's family, but a man should be responsible for the person he is dating. Do you understand?"

Lin Dajun: “That’s for sure.”

Lin Yiyi patted his shoulder and said, "Sister is leaving."

Lin Dajun: “Hey.” His mouth was curled up so much that it could touch his ears.

Lin Yiyi added: "If you are obedient and behave yourself, I will buy you a bicycle when you start working."

Lin Dajun answered without hesitation: "I will definitely listen to you. I only listen to you, sister." There is no man who doesn't love cars, even if he is only 13 years old.

Lin Yiyi chatted with Lin Dajun for a while and then returned to Xiao's house. It was lunch time and everyone was ready to eat dumplings. The dumpling skin was made with the Fuqiang flour that Lin Yiyi brought, and only half a pound of meat was put in, and bean sprouts and green vegetables were added. The green vegetables were of course the chicken hair vegetables grown at home.

Everyone eats in the main hall. The first and third rooms bring their own food. In addition to food, they also have to bring vegetables. This is the rule.

The dishes that the eldest wife brought were a piece of tofu and half a pound of meat, which were exchanged when Xiao Wu went to the city to deliver food to Brother Wang. The Xiao family now delivers the food by themselves, and every time they bother Lin Yiyi, Lin Yiyi has to get up in the middle of the night, so Xiao Yu asked Lin Yiyi to take them to get familiar with it, and then they delivered it by themselves.

The third room was given a large chicken drumstick and half a pound of eggs.

The things sent by the first and third wives were exchanged by the two brothers themselves. It was New Year's Day and they wanted to eat some meat. If it were in the past, they couldn't even imagine having meat, so now they could exchange vegetables for meat from Brother Wang, and they were very happy.

Qi Bocai always liked to be greedy and cheap, so she didn't object to Xiao Wu's gift of meat instead of meat. The Xiao family made a lot of dumplings because they had a lot of Fuqiang flour. The second room brought four pounds of Fuqiang flour every month, and they had been doing so for half a year. Even if they ate some of it, there would definitely be 17 or 18 pounds left, and the old family was reluctant to eat it. So this time, Qin Xiangju was willing to use it to make dumplings, and let everyone in the family eat until they were 80% full.

The dinner was even more sumptuous, with a plate of braised pork, weighing half a pound, as well as braised tofu, various vegetables and eggs. It was the only good meal of the year, and since there was chicken greens at home, no one felt bad about eating. It can be said that even in previous years when the harvest was good, no one ate so comfortably.

The next day was the first day of the new year, and the children all went around to pay New Year's greetings, but it had nothing to do with their adults. On the first day of the new year, except for the second room eating with the elders of the Xiao family, the first and third rooms ate separately, after all, they had separated.

What surprised Lin Yiyi was that Qi Bocai didn't even ask the children to take advantage of him.

After the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the second day, when married daughters return to their parents' home. If the family had not been divided, the daughters would return to their parents' home, and the mother-in-law would have to prepare gifts, but now that the family has been divided, the mother-in-law does not need to prepare. However, this year, everyone in the county who can grow vegetables is growing vegetables on the stove, and everyone's New Year gift for the New Year is vegetables.

Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu returned to the Shanglin Production Brigade. Before they reached the village gate, they saw Lin Dajun and his brothers waiting for them at the village gate in new clothes. When they saw them coming, the four brothers ran over.

Lin Dajun dragged Lin Wudi and ran: "Sister, brother-in-law..."

Lin Sijun: "Sister, brother-in-law, you are finally here. We have been waiting anxiously for you."

Lin Sanjun looked at his sister and brother-in-law silently.

Lin Wudi: "Sister, hold me."

Lin Yiyi picked up Lin Wudi and put him on the seat on the crossbar of the bicycle, which was specially prepared for him.

When the family returned to the Lin family, Lin Yiyi saw that the Lin brothers had already washed the vegetables, including the greens given by the villagers, as well as tomatoes, cauliflower, etc. that they brought from the county.

Lin Yiyi said: "Invite the captain and his wife to have lunch at noon, and have a formal discussion about the matter between Da Jun and Lin Zhen."

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

14-year-old Lin Dajun blushed. In fact, on the morning of New Year's Eve, after his sister told him about this, he secretly went to see Lin Zhen in the afternoon. He pretended to walk by the captain's house casually, and then was stopped by the captain's wife. He drank a bowl of sugar water at their house, and then looked at Lin Zhen for a few times, and then he came back happily. When he came back, he was still thinking in his mind that Lin Zhen's blushing face was really beautiful.

Now hearing Lin Yiyi say this, Lin Dajun's face turned even redder: "Listen to my sister."

At noon, Lin Yiyi went to the kitchen and invited the captain and his wife to dinner. The dishes she prepared were simple, including stir-fried greens with chicken, tomato and egg soup, shredded potatoes with vinegar, and cauliflower soup with sliced ​​meat.

The farmers discussed matters while eating, and by the time the meal was over, the marriage between the two families was settled. They only had to wait until the 15th day of the first lunar month for the Lin family to pay a formal visit.

The news that Lin Yiyi went home on the second day of the Chinese New Year to invite the team leader and his wife to dinner soon spread to the people in the village. These days, no news can be kept secret, let alone people having dinner in secret. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, Lin Yiyi came back from the county town with two pounds of meat, a box of cold cream, and a piece of cloth, followed by Lin Dajun, to the team leader's house to propose marriage. The Shanglin Production Team was stunned that the two families were actually engaged. But thinking back to the dinner on the second day of the Chinese New Year, everyone understood a little bit.

Many people felt it was a pity, after all, Lin Dajun was now a well-known worker in the whole village, who could thank him for having such a promising sister. However, no one's family could move as fast as the captain's family.

If you think about it carefully, this is normal. The Lin family has no one to rely on in the team, and Lin Yiyi is in the county. As the saying goes, even if there is something wrong, distant water cannot save nearby fire. It is best to find a daughter-in-law for Lin Dajun who has a house and a family background in the village. And in the village, who can compare with the captain's family?

But in this way, the captain's family also found a backer. Didn't Lin Dajun's brother-in-law, the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, also become a backer for the captain's family?

After Lin Dajun and Lin Zhen's affairs were settled, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu returned to Xiao's house. When they came to Lin's house, they told Qin Xiangju to keep Xiao Ling for dinner and wait for them to come back.

When they returned to the Xiao family, Qi Bocai and Liang had already returned from their parents' home. They both hurried back to have dinner with Xiao Ling.

Qi Bocai was chatting with Xiao Ling. When she saw Lin Yiyi coming, her whole body stiffened. But thinking back to what her mother had said, she forced a smile: "Second brother's wife is back?" That smile was uglier than crying.

Lin Yiyi was stunned. What's going on with all this spinach?

But you can’t hit someone who smiles at you. Qi Bocai spoke first, and Lin Yiyi couldn’t help but give him face. She also smiled and said, “Sister-in-law, you’re back so soon?”

Qi Bocai heaved a sigh of relief when she heard Lin Yiyi's response. She was afraid that Lin Yiyi would not give her face, and she would be extremely embarrassed. Her mother said that being on good terms with the second branch would only benefit them, not harm them. In fact, ever since the commune rewarded Lin Yiyi for her work, she had come to understand a little, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. This time when she returned to her parents' home, she was scolded by her mother again. Not to mention the distant past, just take her father-in-law's salary as an example. If she wanted her father-in-law's salary, she had to change her character. Otherwise, if she continued like this, she would offend all the elders of the Xiao family, and she would have nothing in the future. That's why Qi Bocai took the initiative to greet Lin Yiyi just now.

Qi Bocai hurriedly said: "That's right, there was no one at home, so I came back early. You came back a little late." Although he said that, Qi Bocai still felt embarrassed.

Lin Yiyi said: "I have arranged a marriage for Dajun."

Qin Xiangju came out and was a little surprised: "You arranged a marriage for Dajun?"

Lin Yiyi said, "Yes, our brigade leader's daughter Lin Zhen is a nice girl. Besides, we don't have any relatives in our family, so if we become relatives with the brigade leader's family, we can also take care of the army and the others."

Qin Xiangju was very much in favor of Lin Dajun's marriage. As long as his character was fine, this marriage would definitely be a good one.

…

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, farm work began in the countryside. 14-year-old Lin Dajun and 13-year-old Lin Sanjun went to the fields, while 11-year-old Lin Sijun did some odd jobs and cooked for his two brothers. As for Lin Wudi, he returned to the county town.

Every day after work and after dinner, the three brothers would go to the mountains to collect dry firewood. It was cold in winter and their sister needed to heat water for washing clothes, but there was not enough coal and firewood in the county town. So every week when their sister came to see them, they would bring the prepared dry firewood to her and tie it to their bicycle.

In the blink of an eye, it was July of the 61st year. It was a hot summer, and there was nothing to do in the fields. The three Lin brothers went to the county town. If it was a famine year, July and August would be the busy time for rice, but now the disaster situation in various places is serious, and many places are suffering from floods, so now the brigades are not planting rice.

On this day, Lin Yiyi mailed out the new manuscript, and then took the remittance slip she received from the post office to the bank. After receiving the first print run fee, Lin Yiyi wrote another four short stories, and these four short stories were printed in 10,000 copies. The first two short stories were supplemented by 5,000 copies, so the print run fee received this time was a bit more, a total of 4,590, which was five times the previous one. From December last year to July this year, a total of 8 months, she earned 4,590, which is equivalent to 700 a month. Add the previous 940 royalties, and you have 5,530. Lin Yiyi was very happy.

After leaving the bank, she went home and prepared a few bottles of Arctic Ocean soda. As soon as she got home, she put the soda into the well water.

Then I heard a quarrel next door.

Although this kind of house has poor sound insulation, the general noise is not that loud. Lin Yiyi can hear the quarrel over there clearly because the quarrel next door is too loud.

The cause was that Grandma Wang’s second son and daughter-in-law resigned.

Lin Yiyi knew something about this. Xiao Yu mentioned it to him at home. In the first half of the year, the relevant national policy came out, and temporary workers in various units were persuaded to leave. Simply put, food is tight now, and persuading temporary workers to leave can save a lot of food. The work that temporary workers can do can also be done by regular workers, so temporary workers are persuaded to leave. Another point is that because there are many temporary workers in the unit, many of them come from the countryside, so there are fewer people farming in the countryside, and the output of food is also reduced. Anyway, there are various explanations.

The second son and his wife were both temporary workers. Among those who were fired, there were the couple. In fact, the second son of the Wang family should have been fired a long time ago. He was not among the temporary workers who were fired before because his elder brother, the director of the steel plant, was negotiating. Now that this mandatory regulation has been issued, the elder brother has no choice but to fire him. If he continues to protect him, he will be criticized and his style of work may become a problem.

However, the second son and his wife were not convinced. Why should they be laid off just because they were their parents' children and the eldest son and his wife were regular employees? The eldest sister-in-law had her job before marriage and had nothing to do with her husband's family. So what about the eldest brother's job?

Grandma Wang's husband used to work in a textile factory, but later on, he became ill, so he transferred his job to his eldest son. He also wanted to make it more convenient for his eldest son, but how could a textile factory be better than a steel factory? So they used their job in the textile factory plus their savings to transfer their son to a steel factory.

The son also had a promising future. After arriving at the steel mill, he became the director within a few years. Coincidentally, the younger son had grown up, so the eldest son got the younger son a job at the steel mill. Although he was a temporary worker, it was not bad, except that the benefits were a little worse than those of regular workers. Coincidentally, the steel mill had a very high recruitment rate a few years ago, so it was just a matter of words for Grandma Wang's eldest son to recruit the younger son.

But this year the policy changed.

So, the problem arises.

Grandma Wang's second son is called Wang Xiaolei. As proud as he was of having a brother like this before, he hates this brother as much now. If it weren't for this brother, he thinks the position of director of the steel plant would be his, so today, he and his wife couldn't help but come to make trouble.

Wang Xiaolei: "My requirements are not high. My eldest brother's position was exchanged with my father's position and money. But I also have a share in my father's position and my family's position, so I should get half of my eldest brother's salary."

Mrs. Wang said, "Hasn't your elder brother taken care of you these years? Now that the country is in this state, you blame your elder brother. When your father-in-law retired, he gave you the job. Could you handle it?"

I said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to tell me all this nonsense. You couldn't make it in the past, but you can make it now. That's all I ask. We split brother's salary in half. Unless brother finds me another job, whether it's a regular job or a temporary job, I won't be greedy."

Mrs. Wang: "You don't even have to do any work, but you want half the salary. You are worse than any traitor."

Wang Xiaolei: "Sister-in-law, be careful about what you say. If I am a traitor, what will happen to our family?"

Wang Xiaolei's wife: "Sister-in-law, there's no need to say anything. We want half of brother's salary. Do you want to give it to us?"

Wang Xiaolei said, "That's right. If you don't want to pay me, then I'll give up my job. I'm willing to pay you half of your salary."

Brother Wang said, "Tell me honestly how I have treated you these years. Did I support my parents when they didn't have a pension? Did I get you that temporary job at the steel mill? How have I, as your brother, ever let you down?"

Wang Xiaolei said, "My parents don't have a retirement salary because they gave you the job. If I hadn't given you the job, he would still be in the job. Why would I need to look at your face to ask for money? So your salary is equivalent to my parents' retirement salary. Conscience? You don't have to tell me whether it's conscience or not. If you give me the job, I will give you half of the salary according to my conscience. How about it? I will give you the conscience you want."

Grandma Wang: "That's enough, stop arguing. Xiaolei, you can't do your brother's job. Dalei, what Xiaolei said is right, your current job was exchanged for your father's job, and Xiaolei does have a share. Besides, although your father and I don't have a retirement pension, we have commercial grain, and we are not supported by any of you." When you get older, it's hurtful to be kicked around like a ball.

Grandpa Wang: "Give one third of Dalei's salary to Xiaolei."

Mrs. Wang: "Why? We have already separated. How can we let the brother who has separated the family support the younger brother-in-law's family?"

Grandpa Wang: "Dale's job is mine. I bought it with my job and my family's money."

Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied. How could work be calculated like this?

Grandpa Wang continued, "I think I was fair. Dalei only gave one third, and he kept the remaining two thirds. After all, he was the one doing the work."

Mrs. Wang: "I don't agree, Wang Dalei, you dare to give it to me."

When Lin Yiyi was listening attentively, Xiao Yu came in holding two watermelons: "What are you doing?"

Lin Yiyi saw him and her eyes lit up: "Watermelon, where did you get it?" Oh my God, it's great to have watermelon on a day like this.

Xiao Yu: "It was issued by the unit. It was transported from the provincial capital. The fleet went there specifically to pick it up. But we also have to pay for it. It was through the relationship of the previous director. Wasn't he promoted to the provincial capital before?"

Lin Yiyi: "So good? That's great. Come on, put the watermelon in the bucket."

Xiao Yu put both watermelons in, and Lin Yiyi started to wash the water.

Xiao-Woo: "What were you doing just now?"