On the way, Lu Xiaochun: "Yi Yi, do you take someone with you when you ride a bike?"

Lin Yiyi: “Yes.”

Lu Xiaochun: "Take your mother and go to the commune to queue up first, and leave me alone."

Lin Yiyi: “Is this okay?”

Qin Xiangju: "Yes, yes, let's go line up first, quickly."

Lin Yiyi could only ride a bicycle with Qin Xiangju to the commune first. Qin Xiangju was worried when she first got on the bike, but she didn't expect her daughter-in-law to ride so steadily.

Lin Yiyi: "Mom, let's go line up. If it's our turn and we buy something for Auntie, will others say that Auntie cut in line?" Lin Yiyi was worried that there would be too many people buying piglets and not enough piglets. If they lined up to buy piglets for Lu Xiaochun, some people would be unhappy if they couldn't get any.

Put yourself in their shoes. If you queue up with great effort, and someone else's friend queues up for you, and then that person's friend buys the item for him/her, resulting in you not being able to buy the item, you will also feel unhappy.

But Qin Xiangju thought differently. She said, "It's nothing. We are not cutting in line. We are standing in line in an orderly manner."

Lin Yiyi didn't say anything.

But when they arrived at the commune, it was proved that Lin Yiyi's idea was unnecessary and that there should not be too many piglets.

In fact, it was not that there were many piglets, but that there were few people raising pigs. There were 13 production brigades under the Yangguang Commune. Here, one brigade was equivalent to one village, so there were 13 villages under the Yangguang Commune. However, in each village, there were only three or four households willing to raise pigs. The commune had transported many piglets on assignment, so no one was rushing to grab them.

When it was Lin Yiyi and Qin Xiangju's turn, Director Yang, who was in charge of this batch of piglets, saw Lin Yiyi and greeted her warmly: "Comrade Lin Yiyi."

Lin Yiyi also said enthusiastically: "Hello, Director Yang, you have worked overtime early in the morning to serve the people. You have worked hard."

Director Yang said, "I am very happy to serve the people. Comrade Lin Yiyi, are you here to pick up the piglets?"

Lin Yiyi said: "My mother-in-law will take one, my family will take one, and my aunt from the Xiao family will take one, a total of three. Is this okay?"

Director Yang said quickly, "Yes, yes." Because of the famine, no one is raising pigs now, and there are still many piglets left. He is still worried about what to do with too many left. There is really no way. If no one raises pigs, the supply and marketing cooperatives here will have no pork. This year, the number of people planting vegetables has slowed down a bit, so the commune discussed and approved a batch of piglets. Who would have known that there would still be no one to raise them. There are 13 brigades under Yangguang Commune, and these 80 piglets can't be distributed all. "I guess this batch of pigs can't be distributed all, too many were approved."

After hearing this, Lin Yiyi was moved: "What should we do with the extra piglets?"

Director Yang: "When we approved the piglets, we said that the excess ones would be returned, but we also lost money on the round-trip travel expenses. The piglets were only 20 each when they were approved, and I approved 80 piglets at the time. We have 13 teams, but only half of them are left now."

Lin Yiyi: "The main reason is that there is no food to feed them now, and everyone is worried."

Director Yang: “That’s right.”

Lin Yiyi: "So each family can only raise one?"

Director Yang: "There is no such rule. In the past, it was said that one family could only raise one pig because no one would raise two." After all, it is not easy to fatten a pig, and if something happens during the process, the 20 yuan for the piglet will be gone.

If this is the case, Lin Yiyi has an idea: "Director Yang, my family wants to raise two cows, is that ok?"

Director Yang was a little surprised: "Comrade Lin Yiyi, you have to think carefully. If the pig dies, the 40 yuan will be gone."

Lin Yiyi said: "I have thought it through. Thank you Director Yang for reminding me."

Director Yang: “Okay.” Director Yang was happy that someone was willing to raise an extra pig.

Qin Xiangju pulled Lin Yiyi and said, "Yiyi, do you want to raise two?"

Lin Yiyi said, "My three brothers and I can raise two together, so it should be possible." She mainly wanted to try out whether the method of raising piglets described in those novels was accurate. You know, when she saw this, she also specifically searched Baidu, and Baidu introduced that there is indeed such a method. Now she remembers the content, so Lin Yiyi wanted to give it a try, hoping that it would succeed. If it succeeds, she will hand this method over to the commune... It would be best if she could find another job.

Lin Yiyi felt that she was thinking too far ahead. The experiment had not yet started, and it was unknown whether it would succeed.

When Qin Xiangju and the others came, they only brought three baskets for the piglets. Now Lin Yiyi wants to buy two, so there are four piglets in total, which cannot be put in three baskets.

Director Yang directly found a basket from the commune and lent it to Lin Yiyi, so that Xiao Daqiang could bring the basket back when he went to work tomorrow.

After buying the pigs, everyone went back home when Lu Xiaochun arrived. Lin Yiyi carried the piglets on her bicycle, fixed the baskets on the back of the bicycle, one on each side, and then carried the piglets in. When the piglets went in, they kept squealing. The little piglets were timid and they were in an unfamiliar and bad environment. These piglets were born no more than a week ago. They were too heavy and had too much meat, so they were expensive. Qin Xiangju and Lu Xiaochun carried two baskets with long bamboo sticks, and the pigs inside were also squealing. To Lin Yiyi, the squealing of the pigs was a little scary, but to others, it was very cute. Because they could raise pigs, it meant that the year was getting better, which was the hope of the people.

Three people and four pigs returned to the production brigade from the commune and first passed by Shanglin Production Brigade.

Lin Yiyi: "Mom, I'll take the pig to my parents' house first and come back later."

Qin Xiangju: "Okay, I'll ask the boss to come over and fix the pigpen for you. You must renovate the pigpen you had before."

Lin Yiyi said, "No, we still have to take care of things at home. I'll let Dajun and the others do it here. They have to get familiar with each other. If you don't understand something, you can ask the captain. Big brother, please help me." She didn't want to owe any favors to the first wife. Now that Qi Bocai took the initiative, Lin Yiyi couldn't ignore her. After all, she had to consider Xiao Wu's face, not Qi Bocai's. After all, this man was Xiao Yu's elder brother, and the relationship between them was still good. However, it was only a face-saving favor. Lin Yiyi didn't want to have any other contact with the first wife. She knew Qi Bocai, who would not do anything without benefits. Now he took the initiative to say hello to her just because he saw that the second wife was prosperous.

Qin Xiangju: "Okay."

Lin Yiyi pushed her bicycle into the village with two piglets on it, which caused a stir. Although it was very early and some people might have had breakfast early, there were already people walking around in the village. Some people saw Lin Yiyi and greeted her: "Yiyi girl, did you get the piglets from the commune?"

Lin Yiyi said: "That's right, we should follow the commune and contribute to the construction of the country."

"Oh, it's hard to raise piglets nowadays. If they don't have food to eat, no matter how well you take care of them, they won't grow any weight. What's the mission of weighing 150 kilograms?"

Lin Yiyi smiled and said, "You have three half-grown boys in your family, and you're still worried about not being able to raise pigs? Even if you don't raise them well now, you'll learn it after more times. There is no ordinary people who don't know how to raise pigs. If you don't know how to raise pigs, can you still call yourself an ordinary person?"

The other party laughed out loud.

Someone else said, "Yiyi, you are all city dwellers, why do you still want to be ordinary people like us country people? We are ordinary people, farmers, and you are workers."

Lin Yiyi: "But I came from the Shanglin Production Brigade. We must always return to our roots."

"What the girl said is right. We common people believe in returning to our roots."

"Yiyi, you told the army to raise pigs, and you don't plan to let them enter the county town?"

Lin Yiyi said: "You can go to the county town, and you can raise pigs. Just like me, I went to the county town, but I came back often, right?"

"Then Dajun will be a worker in the future, with a stable job. Why are you asking him to raise pigs?"

Lin Yiyi: "Even if you have a stable job, you still have to eat pork. Why can't you raise pigs? And this is not raising pigs, this is working hard for everyone to eat meat."

Everyone was amused by Lin Yiyi's joke.

Lin Yiyi pushed the bicycle and carried the pig to the Lin family. The Lin brothers just got up and were stunned to see Lin Yiyi coming back.

Lin Dajun: "Sister, why are you here?"

Lin Sijun: "Sister, have you eaten?"

Lin Yiyi: "What do you want to eat? Dajun, go to the captain's house and ask the captain and his wife to come over. Sanjun and Sijun, take the piglets in the basket into the pigpen." The Lin family's pigpen had been empty because they hadn't raised pigs for several years, but it was clean inside.

Lin Dajun: "Piglets?"

Lin Yiyi: “Go call someone first.”

Lin Dajun: "Okay, okay."

Lin Sijun: "Sister, did you buy this piglet?"

Lin Sanjun also looked at Lin Yiyi.

Lin Yiyi: "These are the mission pigs I brought. We have two. In the future, besides studying and working, you will also have to cut grass and raise pigs. By the way, when you eat sweet potato porridge, don't throw away the sweet potato skins. Pigs love to eat them, too."

Lin Sijun: "But we don't have anything else to feed the piglets."

Lin Yiyi: "There are not many people raising pigs nowadays, and most of them have pig grass to feed them. Apart from that, I will teach you other methods. Let's build the pigpen first."

Lin Sijun: “Oh.”

Captain's House

Lin Dajun ran to the captain's house in one breath: "Captain... Captain..."

A neighbor saw Lin Dajun and couldn't help but joked: "Dajun must be missing his wife, so he came here so early in the morning."

Lin Dajun said, "Auntie, my sister said that since Lin Zhen and I are not married yet, I have to call Lin Zhen "comrade" and not "wife". Otherwise, it would be considered as a disrespect for the girl. The reputation of a girl is very important."

Neighbor: "Look at me, Dajun is still sensible. Your sister taught you the right thing."

The captain's wife ran out and said, "Dajun, what's going on? Your uncle is eating."

Lin Dajun: "My sister brought two piglets. Please come over."

The captain's wife was stunned. She thought Lin Yiyi brought the piglets to give them to them to raise. She called the captain to go with her, and Lin Zhen also went to see.

There were bursts of pig squealing coming from the Lin family. Lin Yiyi was standing outside the pigpen, while Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun were inside the pigpen comforting the piglets.

The captain's wife said: "Yiyi, what's wrong with your piglet?" It didn't look like it was for them. The captain's wife also knew that she was overthinking.

Lin Yiyi: "Auntie, I brought back a mission pig for my family, but I don't know how to make a pig nest. I would like you and uncle to give us some advice."

The captain said: "You want to raise pigs? Now that people's food problem has been alleviated, it may be difficult to raise pigs."

Lin Yiyi: "Because of the current difficult situation, no one is raising pigs, so there is no shortage of pig grass on the mountain. Even if the adoption task is not met, the commune will subsidize one pound of meat ticket. And the three brothers Dajun are not young anymore. In addition to studying and working, they can start working earlier."

The captain knew that Lin Yiyi had the right idea, so he said, "Okay, I'll build a fence outside the pig pen for you. You can use thicker wood or bamboo. Army, follow me up the mountain now to pick up wood and bamboo."

Lin Dajun: “Hey.”

The captain's wife: "Yiyi, do you think it's okay to raise pigs now?" The captain's wife was actually quite thoughtful. She was curious when she saw Lin Yiyi suddenly raising pigs, so she asked a few more questions. She knew that Lin Yiyi was a smart person, and even if she raised pigs, she would not suddenly raise two, so she wanted to find out the tricks.

Lin Yiyi didn't really mean anything else. She just used the pigs for an experiment. But she certainly wouldn't say that. Lin Yiyi organized some words in her mind and said, "Auntie, this is what I think. The commune actually got piglets. They must want us to follow them and raise pigs. As ordinary people, I think it's right to follow the commune. This is called enlightenment. We should be highly enlightened. Even if we don't raise pigs to 150 kilograms, the commune will not treat us unfairly. The 20 yuan deposit will be returned to us, and we will also be given a kilogram of meat coupons as hard work. Why don't we give it a try? You know, it's hard to get a kilogram of meat coupons now.

Of course, there are risks in the process of raising pigs. If the pigs fail to survive, the 20 yuan deposit will be gone. But no one can guarantee success. Even if a person is doing well on the road, there may be bad luck, right? "

The captain's wife was in deep thought.

Lin Yiyi didn't say much. She had to make her own decision on this matter.

The captain and Lin Dajun had not returned yet, so Lin Yiyi went into the kitchen and cooked a pot of sweet potato porridge with a lot of water. After she finished cooking, she served everyone what they wanted to eat, and then put the washed sweet potato peels in to continue cooking. After cooking, she served all of them out to cool. Although it is a bit of a luxury to feed piglets with sweet potatoes now, the piglets have just arrived in a strange place and need to be carefully raised for a few days. Once they are familiar with this place, you don't need to be so particular.

When Lin Yiyi bought the pigs, she asked Director Yang that these pigs were all about seven or eight days old. The most suitable time for pig castration is three weeks after birth, which is about 21 days. So she had to wait another half month, which was enough for the piglets to get familiar with the place. And there are also taboos for piglet castration.

1. Sick piglets cannot be castrated. If piglets are castrated during illness, their resistance is relatively poor and it is easy to cause death if they are castrated.

2. Castration is forbidden during the estrus period of sows, because the fallopian tubes of sows become congested when they are in estrus. If castration is performed, it can easily cause heavy bleeding and lead to death.

3. It is forbidden to perform castration after a full meal, because it can easily cause gastrointestinal damage and affect the digestion, absorption and growth of pigs.

4. It is forbidden to castrate newly purchased pigs because the change in environment makes the piglets very uneasy and their reactions may be somewhat radical. If they are castrated at this time, it will cause their acute death.

5. Castration is contraindicated during weaning of piglets, because piglets are stimulated by weaning. If castration is performed immediately afterwards, it will affect their growth and cause stress-induced diseases. At this time, piglets will be weaker and more likely to die.

Taking the past few days as a whole, the piglets have just arrived at the Lin family. We are giving them half a month to adapt and raise them healthily with sweet potato porridge before we castrate them. The timing and environment are very suitable.

When the captain and the Lin brothers came back, they started to make wooden stakes and fences in the pigsty. Because the pigsty is not only a pigsty, but also a dung bucket, etc. The pigsty is also a toilet.

When Lin Dajun and his brothers returned, they also brought a basket of pig grass.

Then, Lin Yiyi led Lin Sijun to cut pig grass into small pieces and then mixed it with the cooked and cooled sweet potato porridge. After it was done, Lin Yiyi asked Lin Sijun to carry it in to feed the pigs.

Lin Dajun: "If we fatten up both pigs, we can have a lot of meat." As he said this, he licked his lips, wanting to eat meat.

Lin Yiyi said: "You can eat it in the second half of the year, let's go have breakfast."

Lin Dajun: “Hey.”

To thank the captain, Lin Yiyi asked him to stay for dinner, but he said he had already had breakfast and waved goodbye.

During the meal, Lin Yiyi told the Lin brothers about raising pigs, which were summaries of novels she had read before: "The first army, the third army, the fourth army, you must listen carefully to what I say next. This is very important for raising pigs well. You must know that if the pigs are raised well, it means you will have a lot of meat to eat."

Lin Sijun: "Sister, go ahead and tell me."

Lin Yiyi said: "First of all, pigs, like humans, need a good living environment, so you have to clean the pigpen every day."

Lin Dajun: "Do we still need to clean the pigsty? It stinks."

Lin Yiyi: "Does the pork smell good?"

Lin Dajun: “…”

Lin Yiyi: "If you don't do it, I won't give you these piglets. I spent 40 yuan on these two piglets just to give you more pork. I earn money to support your studies, write manuscripts every day, and buy piglets for you. Is it easy for me?"

Lin Dajun: "Sister, I was wrong." Be proactive in your apology.

Lin Yiyi: "Sister wants to save some more money and buy a bicycle for Dajun when he graduates, but what about you? You are disobedient, you actually..."

Lin Sijun: "Sister, don't be angry. If my elder brother doesn't listen, I will listen. I will clean the pig pen. When I graduate, you can buy me a bicycle instead of buying one for my elder brother."

Lin Dajun was anxious: "Sister, don't listen to Sijun, I will definitely clean it up, you have to believe me." Don't refuse to buy me a bicycle.

Lin Yiyi: "I don't trust Dajun and Sijun. People say that people who are good at talking can't do things. I think among you three brothers, Sanjun is the most obedient and the one who is best at doing things." This is what Lin Yiyi has discovered in the past year or so. Although Lin Sanjun doesn't talk much, he is the most obedient.

Lin Sanjun, who was the most obedient and capable, nodded, his ears slightly red, and he shyly replied, "Yeah."

Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun were not convinced. Why did they say they were not as good as Lin Sanjun?

Lin Dajun: "Sister, I will definitely do it, please believe me."

Lin Sijun: "Sister, I can do it too. I'm more hardworking than my third brother, for sure."

Lin Sanjun snorted at them, expressing his strong disapproval.

Lin Yiyi: "How about this, you brothers take turns cleaning, one week each. This way it will be very clear who hasn't cleaned. I'll come check when I'm free, and as long as I find that someone whose turn it is hasn't cleaned thoroughly..."

Lin Dajun, Lin Sanjun, Lin Sijun: "No."

Lin Yiyi nodded and continued, "Secondly, when feeding the piglets during this period, you must cook the sweet potatoes until they are soft. However, you don't need to feed too much sweet potatoes, one pound a day is enough. After they cool down, add them with pig grass. The pig grass must be cut into small pieces. The piglets have just come to our house and they are not familiar with it, so they will be afraid, just like people will be afraid when they go to a strange place. Do you understand?"

Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun: "Understood." They already understood. As for their sister's words, they just had to do as she said. If they didn't understand... there was no need to ask.

Lin Sanjun didn't say anything, but nodded. As the most obedient and capable child, Lin Sanjun always listened to his sister and never asked questions about things he didn't understand.

The three brothers all agreed that whatever their elder sister said was true and that whatever she said was right.

Lin Yiyi was very satisfied: "Third, in addition to sweet potatoes, there is another very nutritious thing, that is earthworms."

Lin Dajun exclaimed: "Then let's go dig earthworms." For rural children, digging earthworms is their best skill. They also used earthworms to catch lobsters before.

Lin Sijun's eyes sparkled, and he also had the same idea.

Lin Yiyi said: "Here I am going to criticize the army again."

When Lin Dajun heard this, he shrank his neck and said, "What's wrong with me?" Wasn't it wrong for him to actively dig for earthworms?

Lin Yiyi said: "Sister is going to teach you now, the Third Army and the Fourth Army should also listen, this is about civility and courtesy. Our country is a civilized country, so we ordinary people should also be civilized people."

Lin Dajun: "Sister, what do you mean? I don't understand."

Lin Yiyi: "It's right that you don't understand. If you did, you wouldn't be talking now... So-called civility means that when someone is talking, you can't interrupt them as long as they haven't finished talking. If you don't understand something, you have to wait until they finish talking before asking. Not interrupting others is not only civilized and polite, but also has another benefit, which is to cover up and hide your own shortcomings.

For example, we are chatting now, and the Third Army and the Fourth Army are not asking, but you, the Great Army, are asking. In the eyes of others, you, the Great Army, don’t understand this or that, aren’t you stupid?"

Lin Dajun opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lin Yiyi: "Sister knows what you want to say. In fact, the Third Army and the Fourth Army don't understand either, but they didn't speak up or ask, so people don't know that they don't know. So, in the eyes of others, are you the only one asking the question, Lin Dajun, the dumbest?"

Lin Dajun pouted: "... Yeah."

Lin Yiyi reached out and patted his shoulder: "So, when others are talking, don't interrupt them. This is both polite and can hide your own shortcomings. If there are things you don't understand, you can ask later. It's also possible that someone asked a question and the other party answered it, then you heard it, right?"

Lin Dajun: "I understand."

Lin Yiyi said: "Okay, let's continue with the topic of earthworms. Dig up the earthworms, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and then mix them with pig feed and feed them to the pigs. Pigs raised this way will be better than those eating only pig grass. Just like a hens that grow up eating earthworms, they lay big red eggs. Ah... speaking of hens, let's raise two hens this year, and you can keep the eggs for yourselves in the future, how about it? When you go dig earthworms, you can dig some to feed the chickens as well." Kill two birds with one stone.

Lin Dajun: "Listen to me."

Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun also had no objections.

Lin Yiyi: "Then let Dajun take care of raising the hens."

Lin Dajun: “Me?”

Lin Yiyi: "Da Jun is the head of our Lin family. Can't he do such a small thing?"

Lin Dajun immediately straightened his chest and said, "I can do it. I can do it. I will definitely do it well."

Lin Yiyi: "Then leave it to Dajun. I believe Dajun can do it. I'm going back to the Xiao family. I'll send Xiaowu over here in the afternoon. He should be informed of such a big thing as raising piglets at home. You can take him with you when you go cutting pig grass or digging earthworms in the future." It was one thing for her to raise Lin Wudi, but he also needed to know about the affairs of the Lin family. Even though he was young, he still wanted to participate in the experience of working hard with his brothers.

Lin Dajun: “Hey.”

After giving instructions to the Lin family’s younger brothers, Lin Yiyi returned to the Xiao family.

The Xiao family is already preparing lunch.

As soon as she got home, Lin Wudi ran towards her: "Sister, you're back." After all, he was still young, and he was staggering when he ran. Lin Yiyi was a little worried, but she didn't rush to hug him. Children stumble and fall, and it doesn't matter if they fall. Even Lin Yiyi herself fell several times when she was learning to ride a bicycle when she was young, especially her two knees, which often bled and left scars. But later, when she was older, various scar removal products came out, and she applied them and the scars disappeared. I don't know if it's related to the products, or because the scars have been removed over time.

Only when Lin Wudi ran in front of Lin Yiyi did Lin Yiyi hold him back.

Brother Lin Wu tilted his head back and asked, "Sister, did you buy the little pig?"

Lin Yiyi said, "Yes, sister bought a little pig, and your brothers will raise it. When Xiaowu comes home, you can raise it together with your brothers, okay?"

Lin Wudi: "Okay, raise a big one to eat meat."

Lin Yiyi: “…Okay.” Lin Xiaowu is so cruel.

In the afternoon, Lin Yiyi sent Lin Wudi back to the Lin family. I have to say, seeing that there were two piglets at home, Lin Wudi was really happy. He stood by the wooden fence and said, "Little piglets, can I tell you a story?"

Lin Yiyi: “…”

In the blink of an eye, it was the 28th of the lunar year, and Xiao Yu came back with this month's residents' welfare, which was 4 kilograms of flour for the old man, 4 kilograms of pork for the couple, a bar of soap, a kilogram of oil, and welfare from the Public Security Bureau, such as noodles, fruits, canned food and the like.

Lin Yiyi: "There are canned foods this time? Last year there were only noodles and fruits."

Xiao Yu said, "This year's harvest is better. Last year's harvest was worse." He bent down and whispered in Lin Yiyi's ear, "I left four cans for you at home." A total of six cans of meat were distributed, and he took two cans and left the remaining four cans for Lin Yiyi. Canned meat was rare and he hadn't seen it for several years, so he wanted to give it to his wife to try.

Lin Yiyi was just surprised by the canned meat, not that she liked it, but she was happy when Xiao Yu said it secretly. Her ears were itchy and she pushed him away: "Just say it, why are you getting so close?"

Xiao Yu: "..." So innocent, isn't this what she likes the most? Every time she talks, she has to get close to him and touch his waist. Now that he is close, why does she reject it? Sure enough, what you can't get is the best, and if you get it, you will reject it. Xiao Yu thought, should I try to resist and welcome it?

Qin Xiangju went in with her things and turned to look at the couple, her eyes full of smiles. Seeing that her son and daughter-in-law had a good relationship, it meant that she would soon have a grandson. Her daughter-in-law was only 16 years old this year, and she would be 17 after the Chinese New Year, so she could prepare to get pregnant. Thinking of this, Qin Xiangju prepared to ask her daughter-in-law.

After lunch, Qin Xiangju said: "Lao Yang's family sells tofu in the afternoon. Do you want to see them one by one? Although you come back every month, you are not very familiar with the people in the village. Why don't you take the opportunity to get to know each other?"

Lin Yiyi said: "Okay."

Although Lin Yiyi doesn't know everyone, there is no one in the village who doesn't know her.

Qi Bocai also wanted to join in the fun, but Qin Xiangju didn't invite her, and she couldn't bring herself to go.

Qin Xiangju was carrying a basket with a few pounds of meat in it to exchange for something. On the way, Qin Xiangju said, "Yiyi, I see that you are in good health now. Have you ever thought about when you and Lao Er will have a child?"

Lin Yiyi: “…” It turned out that her mother-in-law’s asking her to go shopping together was fake, and this was the real question.

Qin Xiangju looked at her fair and tender face and saw a blush on it. She understood very well and said, "You girls blush when you talk about this, but having a baby is not something to be ashamed of. Don't be shy. Of course, I'm not rushing you. Don't feel pressured. You're only 17 after the Chinese New Year. If you do the work but don't have a baby, there's no rush."

Lin Yiyi: "...Mom, I haven't had my period yet." Yes, Lin Daya's body hasn't had her period yet. To be honest, as a 28-year-old woman, although she knows the severity of her period, Lin Yiyi has to say that it's really nice to not have her period. The biggest difference between men and women is not the issue of having children, but the issue of her period. Without the harassment of her period, a woman can be a man.

Qin Xiangju was stunned at first, then understood: "This... you haven't had your period at this age?" Most girls start to have their period at the age of 13. My daughter-in-law is 17 after the Chinese New Year. Why hasn't she had her period yet? "Yiyi, have you seen a doctor?" Qin Xiangju was a little worried that her period had not stopped at this age. Could it be that her menstruation had stopped? Thinking of this, Qin Xiangju said, "Yiyi, menstruation is very important for women. It is related to the issue of having children in the future. Women who don't have their period can't have children. You should see a doctor about this." Qin Xiangju was very worried.

Lin Yiyi really didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after hearing what Qin Xiangju said, she actually overlooked a problem. She hasn't had her period at this age yet, what if there is something wrong with her uterus or something? Thinking of this, she also began to worry. "I'll go to the hospital for a checkup after the New Year."

Qin Xiangju: “Oh.” But Qin Xiangju couldn’t help feeling uneasy.

Qin Xiangju bought three pieces of tofu. It was winter now, and tofu would be fine if left for two days. Originally, Qin Xiangju wanted to make a stew in the evening because her son had returned and brought meat. Meat and tofu were the most delicious. But now, because of Lin Yiyi's incident, she didn't think that tofu and meat were delicious. Of course, she didn't show it, and since only Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu were eating with them, no one noticed her expression.

night

Qin Xiangju lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Xiao Daqiang: "What are you doing? What's on your mind?" The two have been married for decades, and Xiao Daqiang still understands her a little bit. Whenever she can't sleep or has something on her mind, she keeps switching between sleeping places. Last year, when he just took over the military job, she also switched between sleeping places. She couldn't sleep, not because she was reluctant to give up her job in the future, but because she was happy to have this job. Qin Xiangju is not a person who would take advantage of small things. Although it is a pity that she will have to give up her job in the future, her mentality is still very good. She couldn't sleep at that time, but she was happy.

Qin Xiangju: "Go away, what do you know?" Qin Xiangju couldn't sleep. She got up from the bed and planned to talk to Grandma Xiao. She could only talk to Grandma Xiao about this matter. She couldn't talk to the men in the family, and she couldn't talk to the women in the family. Who knew if the other daughters-in-law had any secret thoughts? However, she couldn't talk to Grandma Xiao either. Her mother-in-law was old, and she didn't want her to worry about it. Besides, it was already night, and it wouldn't be good to disturb her mother-in-law and father-in-law's sleep.

So, Qin Xiangju lay down again.

Xiao Daqiang: "What's wrong with you? Why don't you tell me?"

Qin Xiangju: "What are you talking about? Go to sleep."

Xiao Daqiang was speechless and just went to sleep.

the next day

Today is New Year's Eve, and many families get up early because they have to start preparing for today's reunion dinner. Last year on this day, Qin Xiangju led her daughters-in-law to make dumplings, and Lin Yiyi went to the Lin family.

This year's New Year's Eve, Qin Xiangju woke up late. She didn't sleep the whole night, and she couldn't get up at dawn. Xiao Daqiang didn't call her, because he knew she slept late last night, so he asked her to sleep more.

Xiao Yu always gets up early. No matter how late he sleeps the day before, he will get up early the next day. Moreover, how late can he sleep the day before when he doesn't even have any couple activities? It's nothing more than kissing his wife, and then he endured it and let it go.

When Xiao Yu got up, Lin Yiyi also woke up. In this cold winter, the heater next to her was gone, and Lin Yiyi still felt a little uncomfortable. She hugged Xiao Yu's waist and said, "It's still early. Don't go to exercise today. Sleep a little longer."

Xiao Yu said: "Okay, wait for me, I'm going to the toilet."

Lin Yiyi: "Well, hurry up."

Xiao Yu got out of bed, pulled her quilt first, and then put on his pants. However, when he was about to put on his pants, he was shocked. What happened to the blood on his thigh? He didn't even put on his pants, and hurriedly called Lin Yiyi: "Wife, are you injured?"

Lin Yiyi squinted her eyes and answered in a daze: "What...what's wrong?"

Seeing her expression, Xiao Yu said nothing and directly lifted the quilt and took her out. Her white underwear was covered with blood. He was always calm and never frowned in the face of any dangerous tasks, but his face turned pale with fright in an instant: "Yi Yi, Yi Yi, get up quickly, I'll take you to the hospital." Xiao Yu's only thought at this moment was that his wife was seriously ill and must be sick.

Having said that, he took Lin Yiyi's cotton trousers without saying anything and put them on her two white and slender legs. He didn't even have time to let her change her blood-stained underwear.

Lin Yiyi was a little dumbfounded. When she reacted, the man was already holding her, pulling her cotton trousers in panic. Lin Yiyi hurriedly grabbed his hand and woke up: "What...what happened?" She thought carefully about Xiao Yu's words. He said to send her to the hospital, what happened to her?

Xiao Yu pulled her hand away: "Your pants are covered in blood, let's go to the hospital, don't worry."

There's blood on your pants?

Lin Yiyi was slow to react and looked down. When she saw the blood on her underwear, she screamed, "Ah..." Then she hurriedly said, "Go, go, bring me a basin of warm water, quickly, quickly..." As she spoke, she patted Xiao Yu's hand and said, "Brother Yu, Brother Yu, don't worry, I'm not injured, I'm just having my period... I'm having my period, don't worry, it's okay."

Xiao Yu certainly knew what menstruation was, but since he had never seen Lin Yiyi menstruate, how could he have thought that this was Lin Yiyi's menstruation? He put down his hand, panting, his heart still pounding, and his throat was dry from fear, "I'll go get some hot water."

It took me a while to come back to my senses.

Xiao Yu walked out of the room to get some water and met Qin Xiangju and Grandma Xiao at the door.

Qin Xiangju: "What's wrong? I just heard Yiyi's cry. Did you bully her? Don't bully her, she..." Qin Xiangju wanted to say that her period had not come yet, and her husband