The family of six went to the cinema. Lin Wudi sat on his brother-in-law's shoulders, holding his brother-in-law's head with his two little hands, feeling that he was the tallest and most beautiful kid. Especially his little feet, which kept jumping because of excitement. He just came back from the countryside today. The countryside is a muddy road. He walked a lot, so his feet were very dirty. At this moment, all the dirty mud was shaken on Xiao Yu's clothes.

Lin Wudi was chattering to Xiao Yu about something that Lin Yiyi couldn't understand, and Xiao Yu responded with a "hmmmm" sound. Lin Yiyi sighed, Xiao Yu was really patient with children. Lin Yiyi turned her head to look at Lin Dajun again and asked about the pig farm: "Dajun, what is the current situation of the commune pig farm?"

When his sister asked about the business, Lin Dajun answered seriously: "The piglets for the pig farm were delivered yesterday. This time, 100 piglets were approved, 50 of which are for the commune pig farm, and the other 50 are mission pigs. I heard from Director Yang that after our commune pig farm is opened, we don't have to buy piglets from outside in the future. We will have them in our own pig farm."

Lin Yiyi: "Then when will you go to work?"

Lin Dajun: "I will take a day off tomorrow and go back to work the day after tomorrow."

Lin Yiyi: "Bring 60 yuan with you when you go to work and ask Director Yang to adopt three piglets."

Speaking of money, Lin Dajun took out the 20 yuan his sister had given him from his pocket and gave it back to his sister: "I didn't buy anything. Director Yang paid for the meal. Director Yang said that he was on a business trip on behalf of the commune and the food was provided by the government. He couldn't let the common people pay for it themselves."

Lin Yiyi took the 20 yuan and gave him another 50 cents: "This is a reward for you. You did a great job on this business trip. You told your brothers a lot about the outside world and broadened their horizons. You didn't waste the money, and I'm very pleased."

Lin Dajun happily accepted the 50 cents, which was happier than the 20 yuan because the 20 yuan belonged to his sister. His sister gave him the 50 cents as a reward, so it was his. However, he said, "Sister, do we need to buy three piglets? Director Yang said that each family can only raise one piglet."

Lin Yiyi said, "We will separate after we build the three new houses. Then you will all be householders and can raise piglets and chickens at home."

Except for the fifth brother Lin who had no idea what family division was, the other three brothers were stunned.

Lin Sanjun: “Divide…divide?” They had never thought about dividing the family.

Lin Dajun: "Why do you want to split up the family?"

Lin Yiyi said, "After the separation, you should keep the food you earn from work for yourself, and save the money you earn from work for yourself. When you grow up, you will get married and have your own children. If the separation is not done, where will you live after you get married? Where will your children live? Who will keep the money you earn? Who will provide food for your children?"

Lin Sijun: "Leave it to me for safekeeping."

Lin Yiyi: "Do you want to tire me to death? I have to take care of your things, your wife's things, your children's things, and your grandchildren's things in the future."

Lin Sijun remained silent, as if this wouldn't work either.

Lin Yiyi said: "Even after the separation, you are still brothers, and brothers should help each other. For example, if you have a quarrel with someone, and you can't win alone, then three brothers can join together. Three mouths can definitely be stronger than one mouth. If three mouths are not enough, then call your wives, and six mouths will be enough. But... you can quarrel with your mouths, but you can't fight with your hands." To put it bluntly, quarreling and swearing will not kill people, but fighting will.

Lin Sijun laughed at her sister's description: "Sister, I'm the best at quarreling, but Third Brother is definitely not good at it."

Lin Sanjun: “…”

Lin Yiyi said: "No matter what conflicts there are between brothers, you can solve them by yourselves behind closed doors. Even if you have a fight behind closed doors, it doesn't matter. But outside, brothers must unite. We are children without parents, and we can't be without brothers anymore. Do you understand?"

Lin Dajun: "I understand." Without parents, they would be bullied by others, but with more brothers, others would not dare to bully them. People in the countryside want sons, and this is actually the reason. With sons, they can stand up straight, and there will be someone to support them even if they fight. Speaking of which, if Lin Erjun had not left, if the five brothers of the Lin family united, they would be invincible in the commune. Who has so many sons?

Lin Sanjun: He must join the army. Once he becomes a soldier, he will be his sister's support. No one can bully them because they have no parents.

There weren't many people watching movies at this time, so when they went, there were a lot of movie tickets left. Lin Yiyi bought five movie tickets, and children like Lin Wudi didn't have to pay. The movie played today was called "Kunlun Iron Ride", which was released in 1960. The content of the movie was very popular with the Lin brothers. The children watched and discussed it quietly.

The movie was 82 minutes long and ended at just after 8:10. When we came out of the theater, Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun were still discussing actively, while Lin Sanjun remained silent throughout. However, I could vaguely feel that he seemed to have changed a little.

Before entering the cinema, he wanted to join the army, just to give his sister some support and prevent others from bullying them because they were orphans. But after watching this movie, he seemed to understand another meaning.

the next day

In the morning, Lin Yiyi took the Lin brothers to see the train, and in the afternoon, Lin Dajun took his brothers back.

In the blink of an eye, on August 10, the three houses of the Lin family were all completed. The three houses were side by side. Although each courtyard had its own small courtyard, there was a one-meter-wide door on the side. The door was open, so if you want to go to the other side's house, you don't have to go around the outside of the courtyard, you can just go through the side door of the courtyard. If there is something, you can just shout at the side door of the courtyard. If the sisters-in-law don't get along well in the future, this door can also be sealed.

All three houses were completed. In addition to the bricks provided by the supply and marketing cooperative, Lin Yiyi spent another 400 yuan, which was 100 yuan more than the original budget of 300 yuan. However, there were still many pieces of furniture in the houses that had not been put in place, such as tables, chairs, cabinets and the like.

The 10th was Friday, and Lin Dajun was at work. On the 12th, Sunday, Lin Yiyi took her brothers to divide the property and transfer the ownership. The division invited the team leader, Doctor Lin, and the team secretary to be witnesses.

The Lin family had no assets, so there was no conflict in dividing the family property. The three houses now belonged to Lin Dajun, Lin Sanjun, and Lin Sijun. There was still 200 yuan left from the sale of the pig-raising technology, which was used as the three brothers' future marriage expenses and school expenses.

As for the remaining Lin Wudi, Lin Yiyi will temporarily pay for Lin Wudi's studies. After Lin Dajun gets a job, Lin Dajun will pay for Lin Wudi's studies until he graduates. At the same time, Lin Dajun will also have to pay for Lin Wudi's house, and the scale of the house will be based on the scale of their current three houses. This is the responsibility that Lin Dajun should bear after getting the job.

In fact, Lin Wudi is still young and his education won't cost much. By the time he grows up, Lin Dajun will have been working for more than ten years. Even if prices go up by then, Lin Dajun can definitely afford to buy such a house. On the contrary, he still earns it.

The three Lin brothers had no opinions on the content of the division agreement, and the fifth brother Lin had no right to express his opinion, so after the division, they immediately divided their household registrations.

At noon, the Lin family held a wedding banquet in the old house. Qin Xiangju and Grandma Xiao came to help. Together with the team leader's wife, Doctor Lin's wife, and Yang Guilan, there were enough people.

The banquet was attended by villagers, but there were not many people, just a few families who helped build the house. Rural people pay attention to interpersonal relationships, and the Lin family has no relatives, so they rarely have interpersonal relationships.

After lunch, everyone helped to clean up. Lin Dajun took Lin Sanjun, Lin Sijun and Xiao Yu to the commune pig farm to adopt mission pigs. Each mission piglet cost 20 yuan, and the three brothers took four of them, leaving only 120 yuan out of the remaining 200 yuan. One of the piglets was taken from Lin Wudi's account, but they were the three brothers who raised them, and when they were released from the pen, they would share the money equally.

Xiao Yu carried the piglets on the back seat of his bicycle, exactly two on each side. Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun each carried a piglet, and Lin Sanjun carried a pig on his back.

When they got home, the Lin family had already packed up. The chicks that had been promised had also arrived and were put in the chicken coop in the three brothers' new house. Lin Wudi was playing with the chicks. He ran around the three houses, looking at the piglets in one house and then that house, and was having a lot of fun.

After the piglets arrived, they were raised directly in the new house. Lin Dajun's family raised two, and Lin Sanjun's family and Lin Sijun's family raised one. However, because the other piglet was shared, the three brothers took turns to feed it, with each of them being responsible for one week. Of course, there were also two chicks under the name of Lin Wudi, which were also raised at Lin Dajun's place.

In fact, houses of this era can be moved into as soon as they are built. Unlike modern houses, new houses need to be decorated and then have various smells. Rural houses of this era are not decorated. However, newly built houses always have a smell of moisture and soil, so Lin Yiyi decided to let the house cool for a few more days, but the furniture in the house can be matched.

Lin Yiyi: "The main army, the third army, and the fourth army."

Lin's brothers: "Sister?"

Lin Yiyi took out the meat coupons and said, "Here are 20 kilograms of free meat coupons. The 15th is the commune trading day. You can bring the meat coupons to exchange for something."

Lin Dajun: "I was at work that day."

Lin Yiyi: "Da Jun should tell San Jun what he wants to exchange, and San Jun and Si Jun should also discuss what you need to exchange at home. Your stoves don't have pots, and I will buy them for you when the time comes, using the remaining 140 yuan you have. But you have to figure out the bowls, washbasins, cabinets, desks and the like at home. Market transactions take place every month, so don't be impatient, take your time. If you don't know the transaction prices of some things, you can go with the captain's aunt and ask her for reference when the time comes."

Lin Dajun: "Trade with meat?" He was reluctant.

Lin Sijun drooled at the sight of the meat, but he couldn't bear to part with it.

Lin Yiyi: "If you don't want to use meat tickets, then think about it, what else can you use to trade?"

Lin Sijun's eyes rolled. "Let's go fishing for big shrimps. We've traded shrimp meat for food before. Even if we can't trade as much food as before, we can still trade for other things, right?"

Lin Dajun: "If I had known that we wouldn't eat the eggs, I would have saved them. We can definitely trade the eggs." They each had an egg every day and ate them happily.

Lin Sijun: “Ah…”

Lin Dajun: "I will save all the eggs from now on and not eat them."

Lin Sijun: "I won't eat it either."

Lin Sanjun: “…” He was also prepared to do so.

Lin Yiyi watched them thinking about life and felt very good. To have something you want through your own efforts has a different meaning.

Lin Yiyi: "You can also make some food to trade."

Lin Dajun: “Dumplings?”

Lin Sijun: "Steamed bun?"

They know how to make dumplings and steamed buns, and since Lin Yiyi had made them several times, they all helped together.

Lin Sanjun: "No flour."

Suddenly, Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun looked at Lin Yiyi: "Sister, flour?"

Lin Yiyi said: "Making steamed dumplings does require flour, but you don't have flour, what are you going to do?"

Lin Dajun said: "First...get the flour first."

Lin Yiyi: "Then how did you get the flour?"

The younger brothers of the Lin family looked at Lin Yiyi and said that their elder sister had flour. However, they could not bring themselves to ask their elder sister for it. They had grown up and were no longer as confident as they were in the 1960s when they could ask their elder sister for things. Now they knew shame. Their elder sister had built a house for them and raised piglets for them. Their elder sister had done enough for them. They were all educated people and knew that other people’s parents were not as good as them, let alone their elder sister.

Lin Sanjun: "We can exchange it with my sister using our meat coupons."

Lin Yiyi nodded in satisfaction: "Sanjun is really smart. If that's the case, I'll be the first person you want to trade with. I won't take advantage of you. A pound of meat is 0.8 yuan, and a pound of flour is 1.6 yuan. I'll use 5 pounds of flour to exchange for a pound of meat. How about that?"

Lin Sanjun took out a pound of meat coupons and gave them to Lin Yiyi.

Lin Dajun: "Sister, can we use our meat tickets to exchange for other things?"

Lin Yiyi said: "Dajun is also quick-witted. He knows how to use the human ticket to exchange for other things with me. Not bad, not bad."

Lin Dajun smiled with a proud look on his face.

Xiao Yu sat aside, watching Lin Yiyi teaching her younger brother. His eyes were very gentle, with only Lin Yiyi in his eyes. He thought that when they have children in the future, she will definitely educate their children in this way and educate them well. When educating children, you can't just tell them what to do, you have to guide them slowly and let them discover it themselves. At the same time, you should also give them appropriate affirmation. With affirmation and praise, they will work harder and want to make more progress.

Lin Sijun was very proud. His eldest brother and third brother both received praise from their sister, but he didn't. He had to work hard to get it.

Lin Yiyi certainly did not ignore Lin Sijun, but she did not remind Lin Sijun either, letting him think about it himself.

Lin Yiyi said to Lin Dajun, "Dajun, what do you want to exchange your meat coupons for? You only have 20 kilograms of meat coupons, and each person can only use 6 kilograms, so everyone should be aware and not use each other's meat."

Lin Dajun: "Sister, if three people weigh 6 jin, it would only be 18 jin."

Lin Yiyi rolled her eyes at him: "Don't you want to eat meat?"

Lin Dajun laughed: "I want to eat, I want to eat."

Finally, they used the meat coupons to exchange with Lin Yiyi for rice, soap, brown sugar, and white sugar. They planned to prepare all these and see what they could trade when the time came.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, are you going to go on the trading day?"

Lin Yiyi: “Let’s go and have a look.”

Lin Dajun: "Sister, what are you going to trade? Do you want to trade?"

Lin Yiyi: "I use bean sprouts to trade for other vegetables, and also make some bean sprout buns, mung bean soup, and cold noodles to trade."

Lin Dajun: "Sister, can you make cold noodles? I've never eaten it before."

Lin Yiyi: "I had never seen buckwheat flour before, but I saw it when I went shopping two days ago. Cold noodles made with buckwheat flour taste very good. I will go directly from the county town to the commune site on the 15th. We will meet at the commune and I will let you taste it then."

In fact, Lin Yiyi saw buckwheat noodles when she was browsing the system mall a few days ago, and it reminded her of the cold noodles she had eaten in modern times. However, she only bought the noodles and never made them. This time she can give it a try.

The siblings discussed for a while, and then Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu returned to the county town.

That night, Lin Yiyi decided to make cold buckwheat noodles.

It is very simple to make cold soba noodles. First, boil the noodles in a pot, then cool them down. When they are cool, add the ingredients. The ingredients include cucumber shreds, radish shreds, bean sprouts, egg shreds, then add soy sauce, salt and rice vinegar, adjust the taste yourself, and then soak in well water. If it is now, you can add peanuts, carrot shreds, and coriander, and then put it in the refrigerator.

Unfortunately, refrigerators are hard to come by these days.

While Lin Yiyi was cooking, Xiao Yu was tending to the vegetable shed in the yard. When Lin Yiyi was done, she called Xiao Yu, "Brother Yu, come and taste it."

Xiao-Woo: "I'm here."

He scooped up a bucket of water and washed his face: "Is this the cold noodles you mentioned?"

Lin Yiyi: "Well, a bowl of noodles and a bowl of soup, let's try it." The soup was of course tomato and egg drop soup.

Xiao Yu first drank the soup in big gulps. The soup was no longer hot and the temperature was just right. Then he took a bite of cold buckwheat noodles. The sour taste made people's appetites open. After taking a bite, Xiao Yu praised: "This tastes good." Among the dishes his wife has made, lobster and this taste the best. "It seems that you have this talent." In the past, he thought that his wife did not have a talent for cooking. Although he was not particular about food, as long as he could fill his stomach, but after eating the lobster made by his wife, he began to look forward to eating.

Lin Yiyi: "How about I take this to trade on the trading day?"

Xiao Yu: "Is it expensive?"

Lin Yiyi: "We have two plates here, plus another plate full in the pot, a total of half a pound of noodles. The vegetables are all home-grown, and if these are not counted as costs, the noodles cost less than 10 cents." Quite cheap. In other words, 10 cents can get three plates, and each plate is only 3 or 4 cents. You know, a fried dough stick costs 3 cents, not to mention that it is not filling, and it is not enough to fill the gaps between your teeth. But for an adult female comrade, this plate of noodles can make her 60% to 70% full, which is definitely more cost-effective than fried dough sticks.

Xiao-Woo: "I think it's feasible, but what do you plan to change?"

Lin Yiyi: "Anything is fine. We can exchange whatever we have. If no one wants to exchange, we can wait until Dajun and Niang come to the market and give them food."

Xiao-Woo: "Okay."

Lin Yiyi: "In addition to the cold noodles, should I prepare some buns?"

Xiao Yu: "Meat buns? Are buns expensive?" He didn't know anything about this.

Lin Yiyi: "The cost of meat is definitely high, but we can put vegetables instead of meat. A pound of flour costs 1.6 cents, which can make 16 buns, and a bun costs only one cent, so everyone will definitely make the switch." Flour is not available in the countryside now, and only people with urban household registration can eat it because flour is included in the residents' welfare every month.

Lin Yiyi didn't go there to make money, she was just curious. The current trading market is like a modern night market or market day, but it is quite lively, and she just wants to go and take a look.

August 15th was the free trade day of the Sunshine Commune. It happened to be Wednesday, and Xiao Yu had to go to work, but the couple got up early. Xiao Yu pulled the cart and Lin Yiyi pushed the bicycle. The cart had two buckets, a backpack, a small table, two stools, and some bowls and chopsticks. It took about 40 minutes to get from the county town to the gate of the commune.

They went there early and arrived at around five o'clock. Although there were people there at that time, there were not many people.

Lin Sijun: "Big sister, big sister, here..." The younger brothers of the Lin family went earlier. The three brothers were too excited yesterday and didn't sleep much all night. Before dawn today, they brought Lin Wudi to the commune's playground to reserve a seat. At this time, Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun were carrying backpacks, but Lin Sanjun didn't. However, there was a big backpack in front of Lin Sanjun, and in the big backpack was Lin Wudi, who was sleeping soundly.

Lin Yiyi asked Xiao Yu to pull the cart over there: "Are you here? Have you had breakfast? Isn't Auntie here?"

Lin Dajun said, "When we set out, Auntie hadn't gotten up yet, so we came here first. When we arrived, there was no one here yet, so we were the first to arrive."

Lin Yiyi: "You didn't have breakfast?" As Xiao Yu said this, he had already taken out all the things and arranged them. On the ground was a bucket of cold buckwheat noodles, a bucket of green bean soup, a basket of vegetable buns, and next to it was a table and two stools.

Lin Dajun: “We ate the steamed buns.” However, they knew that the steamed buns would be exchanged for other things, so they were reluctant to eat them.

Lin Yiyi said, "I have food here. It's still early, you can eat something first." As she spoke, she took out plates and bowls and filled them with green bean soup and cold buckwheat noodles. The bowls were prepared in advance, and she had originally planned to wait for her brothers to come and let them taste them. Not only for them, but also for Qin Xiangju and the others, she had prepared bowls and chopsticks.