Lin Yiyi said: "Come here, I've brought you some drinks."

The four brothers surrounded Lin Yiyi and waited. They were boys, so they brought tools when they came to open up the land. They did not think of bringing towels, hats, water bottles and the like. They were still young, so how could they think so carefully?

Lin Yiyi took out the bowl and pulled out the cork from the kettle.

Lin Sijun: "Wow, mung bean soup! Sister, you are so nice, you are so nice, I love you the most." He gulped down a few sips, "So cool and sweet."

Lin Yiyi: Lin Sijun’s words are full of lies.

Lin Sanjun drank in silence.

Lin Dajun made gurgling sounds while drinking, and Lin Yiyi suspected that he did it on purpose to show off to the people around him. Lin Wudi was just like Lin Sijun, and water leaked from the corners of his mouth.

The people watching were indeed envious. Some children came to bring water, but compared with the mung bean soup, the water tasted tasteless.

Lin Yiyi watched for a while, but didn't help. She couldn't stand the heat, and she didn't want to get her skin sunburned. It was different for the younger brothers, who were boys. A man must endure hardships before he can understand the weight of the burden of being the head of a family. Even for a young man like Lin Wudi, Lin Yiyi didn't mean to stop him from working. When his brothers cut pig grass, he also cut it. When his brothers weeded the land, he also helped. The meaning was not that he had to work, but that he understood the hardship and worked hard with his brothers.

Lin Yiyi put down the bowl and kettle and said, "Dajun, I'll go back and make lunch for you. There's also green bean soup in it. Remember to drink it."

Lin Dajun: “Oh, I see.”

Fifth Brother Lin: “I know.”

Lin Yiyi: "I didn't call you, what should you do?"

Lin Wudi: "I know too. I'll drink mung bean soup later."

Lin Yiyi: "Little fool."

Brother Lin Wu grinned, holding the bowl in his little hands.

On the private plots next to them, women from several households were sitting together, originally chatting, but now because Lin Yiyi had arrived, everyone turned the topic to the Lin family.

"I heard that the Lin family is going to build three houses, all made of green bricks. They were rewarded to them by the commune after they sold their piglet-raising skills."

"The army is really amazing. They have passed down the piglet-raising techniques. If I had known this earlier, I would have..."

Some people said with a sour mouth: "Is this military wife brainless? She taught the piglet-raising technique to the girl but not to the boy?"

"Come on, can you? The Dajuns were young at the time, so what's wrong with passing it on to a girl? If my girl is as promising as Yi Yi, I will pass it on to her."

"That's right. The military wife passed on the pig-raising technology to Yi Yi. Didn't Yi Yi pass it on to the military? She also earned a house and a job for the military."

"That's right. This is a three-story brick house. Besides, Yi Yi married such a good woman. Why would you care about the skill of raising piglets?"

"That's right. My father-in-law is taking over the job of salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative. I will give it to Dajun when he grows up."

"But...but aren't you afraid that she will pass on her skills to her husband's family?"

"What's wrong with passing it on to her husband's family? If she wanted to pass it on to her husband's family, she wouldn't say that this was a skill passed down from her mother."

"I heard that her mother only passed down the basics. Her mother was young at the time and didn't remember much. The rest was figured out by her and her brother together."

"So it's good for girls to study. It's not only good for the husband's family, but also for her own family."

"That's right. Her husband's father-in-law has been working for six years. He must have earned thousands of dollars, right?"

"She can earn thousands of dollars by writing."

I don't know who said this, but everyone realized that they only cared about the workers' work and the pig-raising technology, but forgot that Lin Yiyi was able to give up this job, which showed that she earned more money, otherwise who would give up the worker's job.

This contrast makes everyone even more sad.

"I heard that Yi Yi planned to let Da Jun and Lin Zhen get married when they were 18 years old."

"This guy is 15 this year, right? It will be 18 in two and a half years, soon."

"It must be that the captain's wife had such a keen eye that she decided on such a rich son-in-law, Dajun."

"What I mean is, if this happened in the past, wouldn't Dajun be a golden son-in-law?"

Lin Dajun, the golden turtle son-in-law, was wiping the sweat off his face with his sleeves while working hard with a hoe. He was having a hard time.

At noon, every family went to deliver lunch to the adults who were working on their private plots, except the Lin family.

Why?

Because Lin Yiyi didn't think of delivering food, she thought Dajun and his men would come back to eat, but she didn't know that everyone went to deliver food by themselves in order to save time. It wasn't until Lin Zhen came to the Lin family and called Lin Yiyi: "Sister Yiyi, aren't you going to deliver food to Dajun and his men?" Lin Zhen delivered food to the captain and his men, and went to the Lin family's private plot to check the situation. Seeing that Lin Dajun and his men were still reclaiming wasteland with an empty stomach, she went back to the Lin family to inquire about the situation.

Lin Yiyi was stunned: "Aren't they coming back to eat?"

Lin Zhen didn't think much about it: "Everyone still has to open up new land at noon, so the family members will deliver the food."

Lin Yiyi suddenly realized: "Look at me, I forgot about this. OK, I'll go and bring them food now."

Lin Yiyi took out four large bowls. Because she felt sorry for her brothers who were tired from working, she made rice for lunch. She put the rice into the bowls, and then poured the potato and pork ribs soup on top. The rice was mixed with the soup so that it would not choke. Then she put the poached eggs on top of the rice. The poached eggs were of course bought from the system mall. They were braised and fragrant. There was also a plate of stir-fried vegetables.

After packing, she carried the basket to the field.

Seeing that his elder sister finally came, Lin Dajun almost cried.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, you are finally here. We are starving to death."

Lin Yiyi: "You must be hungry. It took a while to make the soup at home. Let's find a cool place to eat."

Lin Sijun: “Hey.”

The four brothers sat under a big tree. Because it was a mountainous area, there were many big trees nearby, so there were also many places to cool off. Lin Yiyi took out the rice and said, "Eat quickly."

Lin Sanjun held the big bowl and took a sip of the soup first. He was really thirsty.

Lin Sanjun ate the white rice first, and when the rice was finished, he started to eat the vegetables, potatoes, spare ribs, and poached eggs, with the poached eggs being the last to eat. From Lin Dajun, we can see that he eats the worst first and saves the best for last. Lin Sanjun ate a mouthful of rice and then a mouthful of vegetables, but he ate a large mouthful of rice and a small mouthful of vegetables, and there was still a lot of vegetables left. Then he poured the rice left by Lin Wudi into his own bowl and continued eating.

Brother Lin Wu also ate a mouthful of rice and a mouthful of vegetables, but he took small bites of both. After eating a few mouthfuls of rice, he started to eat the vegetables, and divided most of the remaining rice among the Great Army and the Three Armies.

Lin Sijun is a well-proportioned man, eating rice and vegetables with big mouthfuls. He is the type of person who eats one bite at a time and can be said to live a life of muddling through.

After they finished their meal, Lin Yiyi said, "Don't rush to work, take a rest first. You are still young. I have said before that being too tired will make you short and not grow taller. So you'd better work for a few more days and don't be too tired. Do you understand?"

Lin Dajun: “I understand.”

Lin Yiyi added: "I will prepare dinner. When everyone comes back, you can come back too. Eat dinner, take a rest, and then take a shower. You must take a shower, otherwise a man who doesn't take a shower won't be able to find a wife."

Lin Dajun: “Got it.”

Lin Sijun: "I'm still young."

Lin Wudi: "What is a daughter-in-law?"

Lin Sanjun was silent.

Lin Yiyi pinched Lin Wudi's face and said, "Sister is leaving."

Lin Yiyi prepared shredded pork porridge for them for dinner, cut some green vegetables, and bought 20 steamed buns from the system mall. When she left, she left them a note: "Steamed buns for breakfast tomorrow." Although things go bad easily in summer, the steamed buns prepared at night can still be eaten the next morning. To put it bluntly, even if they are a little bad, they can still be eaten. How can people in this era be willing to throw away steamed buns?

When the four brothers returned home, they saw the steamed buns and the note on the table and the shredded pork and vegetable porridge in the pot and felt that this was a really happy day.

Lin Yiyi is not happy. She has to ride her bike back home and prepare her own food, but such days are very satisfying.

Three days passed in a flash. During these three days, Lin Yiyi rode her bicycle to the countryside every day to cook for her brothers. Finally, the Lin family's private plot was reclaimed. The Lin family's private plot was prepared to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes. In fact, it was not just the Lin family, but other families did the same, because food was still in short supply, and planting other things was not as important as potatoes and sweet potatoes. When rice could not be planted, in addition to sweet potatoes and potatoes, there were also radishes and corn, but everyone was used to planting potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Potatoes have two seasons a year. The first season is planted in early spring from January to February and harvested in mid-May. The second season is planted in September and can be harvested in December.

Sweet potatoes also have two seasons a year. The first season is also planted in January and February, and the harvest is in April. The second season is planted in June and July, and the harvest is in September and October. Now it is July, which means that the sweet potatoes will be planted soon.

So, everyone started working during the day, busy with the brigade's planting, and went to their private plots at night. In a flash, another three days passed, and it was almost mid-July. Finally, the Lin family's private plot had been planted with sweet potatoes, which could be eaten by humans and pigs.

The private plots were done, which meant that the Lin family was going to build a new house. Lin Yiyi entrusted the task of building a new house to the team leader and his wife. She gave the team leader's wife 300 yuan. If you hire people to build a house, you have to pay them. This kind of building is not a renovation, and the Lin family has three houses, so the wages are calculated. And if you pay wages, meals are not included. It is too troublesome to include meals, so Lin Yiyi thinks it is more convenient to pay wages.

The captain was a little surprised when he received the drawing drawn by Lin Yiyi: "I have never seen this type of house before, but it looks a bit like a small courtyard in the county town."

Lin Yiyi said: "Yes, I came up with it based on the small courtyard in the county town."

The team leader: "This is a small courtyard with apartments inside a building. It's a bit like a tube-shaped building, but it's bigger. The tube-shaped building is also like this, with the apartments inside separated, but it's better this way. When the front door of the house opens, there is a hall, which is the same as the main room. Then on the left side of the hall facing north, there is a kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom, and on the right are two large rooms. The hall also has a door and a window facing the back, so that the whole hall is brighter." In fact, the houses of this era were separated into three large rooms. The biggest difference from the house shapes of later generations is that the doors of the rooms in commercial housing all face the hall, and the entire apartment is enclosed, while the houses of this era are not suites, and the doors all face outside.

Lin Yiyi said: "What the captain said is right. I also incorporated the appearance of the tube-shaped building." Then she made some changes to the shape of her own house. Now it is much simpler.

The team leader: "There are three small bungalows in the corner of the front yard. One is a toilet, one is a pig and chicken kennel, and one is a utility room. Your house is very innovative and unique in our team."

Lin Yiyi said: "The house is similar to the houses in the county town. It can last for a long time. When Dajun and his children grow up, they will not dislike the house."

The captain said: "You are thinking too far ahead. However, if you build three houses like this, you will need to hire men to help you and pay them for their labor. I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money."

Lin Yiyi: "How much does this cost?"

The team leader thought for a moment and said, "Everyone eats at home. I estimate that the wages are 50 cents a day. It will take a month to build all three houses. There will be more people, about ten or so. The wages will be 150 yuan."

Lin Yiyi said: "Then let's do it this way." So according to her plan, not counting the money for the bricks, the three houses would cost a total of about 300 yuan.

The captain said, "Okay, I applaud you."

Lin Yiyi: "Thank you, Captain."

Nowadays, people don’t care about houses, and don’t need to choose any special days, so as not to be labeled as feudal and superstitious. In fact, before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, or in later times, relocation was still very particular, and it was necessary to choose a day.

After Lin Yiyi discussed with the team leader, they started to build the house. Because the three houses were all together, there was no foundation next to the old house, so they chose a new foundation in an open place. Of course, the actual area of ​​the foundation was different from what Lin Yiyi had planned. The foundation was about 200 square meters, but this included the foundation of the yard.

After the house was built, one side of the corner of the yard was the toilet, and the other side could be used as a piece of land to grow some of my favorite vegetables. Including the money for the foundation, the 300 yuan prepared by Lin Yiyi was not enough.

The Lin family started to build a house, and Lin Dajun also had to go to work at the commune pig farm. Lin Sanjun brought his brothers to help with the new foundation every day, and the captain's wife often made mung bean soup for everyone. The mung beans were provided by Lin Yiyi.

The establishment of the commune pig farm did not cause much sensation, because many villages did not know about it. However, it was important news to the Shanglin Production Brigade, because there was a quota for workers in the team. Although only four families could compete for this quota, everyone was happy just watching it.

In fact, the other three families had completely given up. They all thought that this was the quota for the captain's family. After all, the Lin family and the captain's family were in-laws. As a result, the captain's family did not get the quota. The quota went to a very hardworking family. It was the man's wife who fought for it. The woman was not a powerful person and did not have much knowledge, but she was very hardworking and cleaned the house very cleanly, and her job was to clean the pig pen.

Therefore, the position they are fighting for is real and suitable for them, and they will succeed.

Because of the commune's pig farm affairs, Shanglin Production Brigade suddenly had two more workers, one was a woman who cleaned the pig pens, and the other was Doctor Lin, who was hired as the doctor of the pig farm.

Lin Dajun has been very busy recently because the commune's pig farm has been built and the commune is going to buy piglets. According to the commune's intention, both Dr. Lin and Lin Dajun have to go. Lin Dajun doesn't want to go, but he has no right to object. Facing the commune leader, he dare not object. He timidly gives his opinion to his sister, but his sister doesn't listen to him, so Lin Dajun can only go with her.

Lin Yiyi watched Lin Dajun pack his luggage, a pair of military green anti-military pants (training pants), and a gray short-sleeved T-shirt. In fact, people in this era don't wear T-shirts, but this is made to protect Xiao Yu's military sports training T-shirt, so no one will doubt this style. Moreover, this is indeed made by Lin Yiyi at the old tailor. She made a total of six short T-shirts and six pairs of anti-military pants, two sets for each of the three brothers as a reward for raising piglets.

Lin Dajun: "Sister, can I not go?"

Lin Yiyi: "You are the head of our Lin family. If you are afraid of everything you encounter, how can you be the head of the family? How will your brothers and sisters rely on you in the future? How will your sisters rely on you in the future?"

Lin Dajun hesitated to speak.

Lin Yiyi added: "Dajun, you are the pillar of our family. If even you can't do it, what will we do if we are bullied in the future?"

Lin Dajun: “…”

It's impossible to reason with Lin Dajun. You have to push his butt before he will understand.

As Lin Yiyi spoke, she pinched her thigh hard, and then her eyes turned red: "You...you are so disappointing, are you trying to piss me off to death? I worked so hard to write articles so that you could study, and so that you could become a worker in the future. Even if I was looked down upon by your in-laws, I would fight for the job in the supply and marketing cooperative for you. You...how could you hurt my heart like this." As she spoke, she simply covered her face and burst into tears.

Lin Yiyi had no choice but to cover her face, otherwise she couldn't find her tears.

When Lin Dajun saw his sister crying, he immediately became frightened again: "Sister, don't cry, I'll go, can't I go?"

Lin Yiyi refused to listen: "I don't believe you. You will definitely regret it after you go. You will regret that I let you go... Wuwuwuwu... Why am I so miserable? My parents died early, and I worked hard to write articles to earn money to support my brother's education, but my brother turned out to be a loser, wuwuwu..."

Lin Dajun was scared: "I won't, I won't regret it, sister, don't cry."

Lin Wudi came in holding his little clothes and pants: "Sister, don't cry, I'll go." The child stood at the door with the demeanor of a general, "Sister, I'll go."

Lin Yiyi: “…”

Lin Sanjun: "I'll go." He clenched his fists. His elder brother was unreliable and timid and useless. He had to stand up.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, sister, don't cry, I...I am willing to go too." Although he was also worried.

Lin Yiyi: "Sanjun, I can only rely on you. Dajun is unreliable, and I won't rely on him anymore." As she said that, she hugged Lin Sanjun and lay on his thin but upright shoulders.

Lin Sanjun: "Well, sister, don't worry, you can rely on me in the future." He must join the army to win face for his sister and be a support for her. Thinking of this, he glanced at Lin Dajun with deep eyes. He also despised this big brother who was not worthy of being seen. It's better for the big sister to lose confidence in him. In the future, the big sister will care about him alone and give him all her love. He will definitely not let the big sister down.

Facing Lin Sanjun's death stare just now, Lin Dajun was unconvinced: "Sister, how can I be unreliable? I must be reliable. I will go. I will go now. You wait, I will definitely do you honor." He picked up the luggage and walked towards the door.

Seeing this, Lin Wudi followed and said, "I'll go too."

Lin Dajun: "You stay at home, don't follow me." He ran towards Dr. Lin's house, as if he would regret it if he was a step slower.

As soon as he arrived at Dr. Lin's house, he said, "Dr. Lin, I'm fine now. When are we leaving?"

Doctor Lin came out of the door and looked at Lin Dajun: "...We are leaving tomorrow morning. What are you yelling about now? And you are carrying your luggage?"

Lin Dajun: "...I...I'm just afraid that you will forget, hahaha..." Lin Dajun was not afraid when facing the team leader, not afraid when facing Doctor Lin, and not afraid when facing people in the village. But he was afraid when facing his sister, his brother-in-law, and the leaders of the commune.

Lin Dajun returned home with his luggage and saw his sister and brothers standing under the eaves looking at him. Lin Dajun chuckled and said, "I was afraid that Dr. Lin would forget the time, so I went to urge him. I will leave tomorrow morning."

Lin Sanjun rolled his eyes.

Lin Sijun said, "Brother, we all knew we were leaving tomorrow, and we were wondering what you were doing out now."

Lin Dajun: “…”

Lin Yiyi said: "Come in."

Lin Dajun walked in carefully, assuring: "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely go, don't cry."

Lin Yiyi took out twenty yuan from her pocket: "Take this money with you."

Lin Dajun's eyes lit up. Wow, two ten-yuan notes, that's a lot. The largest amount of money in his pocket was a dime, and the next was a cent, which was pocket money his sister gave him. He saved it up bit by bit, from September 1961 to now in 1962. He had saved for a year, and he still didn't have two yuan.

Lin Dajun thought that he would never get ten yuan in his life. Although the commune rewarded him with 600 yuan, he and his brothers knew that it was his sister's money and they had never even seen it.

Lin Dajun: “…this…how can I feel comfortable doing this?” He just couldn’t take his eyes away.

Lin Yiyi stuffed the money into her hand and said, "Be careful when you go out. Don't say anything if you don't understand something. Ask Doctor Lin if you have any questions. If you encounter any trouble, go to the police. Once you find the police, you can call your brother-in-law. This is your brother-in-law's office phone number." As she spoke, she took out a piece of paper with Xiao Yu's office phone number written on it.

Lin Dajun looked at his sister, his eyes suddenly reddened: "Yeah."