When Lin Yiyi left, Qin Xiangju discovered that her daughter-in-law had prepared not only outerwear but also inner clothes for her. Although the materials were ordinary, her daughter-in-law had prepared both inner and outer clothes. It was a brand new set, which moved Qin Xiangju deeply.

Not to mention Qin Xiangju, even Xiao Daqiang, from childhood to adulthood, has been wearing new clothes and new pants, except for when he got married, this seems to be the first time. In the past, either a piece of clothing or a pair of pants was made.

After Lin Yiyi came out, she went to find Xiao Yu. Qin Xiangju and her husband arranged for him to sleep on the bed in the kitchen. Lin Yiyi: "Brother Yu." She stretched out a finger and hooked it at him.

When Xiao Yu saw her, he couldn't help but smile and walked towards her.

When he came closer, Lin Yiyi took his arm and walked into the room. When Xiao Yu saw this, his heart was warmed. What was she doing?

Lin Yiyi certainly didn't know what her man was thinking. She pulled him into the house and said, "I don't have your father's underwear ready. Give him yours, the ones you used to wear, and don't give him the ones I bought."

Xiao Yu: “Okay, I got it.” His wife bought it, so he was reluctant to give it to her.

the next day

Qin Xiangju and Xiao Daqiang got up early. Xiao Daqiang had to go back to the commune to work. He only had one day off a week, Sunday. Lin Yiyi also got up early. She couldn't sleep on the weekend. She gave the electric fan to the two elders last night. It was hot here, so they couldn't sleep even more.

During breakfast, Qin Xiangju asked, "The foundation of your place has been approved, and the bricks from the commune have been transported here. They are now placed in our yard. When do you plan to build the house?"

Lin Yiyi said, "We were originally planning to start the house after the trading day. We can do it this time when we go back. I've already prepared the blueprints. The layout is the same as my mother's, but the area is a little bigger than theirs. Please call the house builder for us."

Qin Xiangju thought for a moment and said, "Then I will ask your grandfather to call for help when I go back today. The wages will be based on the wages of your mother's house, and meals are not included." Things like building a house must be done by the man in the family. Xiao Daqiang had to go to work, and Grandpa Xiao was still in good health, so the matter of calling for help was left to him.

Lin Yiyi said, "Okay." Then she went back to her room and took out 200 yuan. "Mom, take this money first. If it's not enough, tell me later."

Qin Xiangju refused: "We have money here, we will start with the mortgage, and I will settle with you when the house is built. As for the house in your hometown, you can

If we build a new house, we will definitely not be able to live in it. How are you going to deal with it? "The foundation of Lin Yiyi's house is not next door to Xiao's house. It is two or three houses away from Xiao's house. However, it is only two or three houses away, so it is still close.

Lin Yiyi asked, "Does mother have any suggestions?"

Qin Xiangju said, "The eldest and the third son both want a house. They both have sons, but there is only one house. Let them draw lots. But how much do you want to set for the house?"

Lin Yiyi was stunned. She thought Qin Xiangju would let her buy the house directly, but she didn't expect that she would let the first and third wives pay for it. For this reason, she once again felt that Qin Xiangju was a reliable mother-in-law. It must be said that having a reliable mother-in-law is really important.

Although the elders of the Xiao family also valued the first and third houses, and wanted the second house to take care of the first and third houses if the second house was in good condition, they still valued the second house the most, or in other words, their son (grandson) Xiao Yu. Besides, since the family had already been divided, they would have to pay for the house. If the second house was in good condition, they would just give the house to them.

Xiao Yu said, "It costs about 300 yuan to buy a house in the Lin family. According to this calculation, one room will cost 70 or 80 yuan. I don't want to make money from my brother, so I will only charge 60 yuan for one room." The Lin family has many rooms, but his room is large, so 70 or 80 yuan is about the same. He quoted 60 yuan. First, it is cheaper for his brother, which makes him feel comfortable. Second, even if he gives a discount to his brother, he doesn't care about the difference. This is about money. He said it is more suitable than his wife said. If his wife said it is too high, the old family will have some ideas. If it is too low, they will suffer losses. So it is more suitable for his own son to say it.

Xiao Daqiang: "Okay, then sixty. We'll draw lots then and give it to whoever draws the right number."

Qin Xiangju said, "The first wife can probably afford 60 yuan, but the third wife can't." The third wife's money was used to buy milk powder, which cost 10 yuan a can. Lin Yiyi brought it. Although he only ate milk powder for the first few months and ate rice noodles afterwards, the third wife's money was indeed tight. Although he could eat rice noodles later, milk powder was also prepared, and he had to be fed a bowl from time to time. Speaking of this, it was also thanks to Lin Yiyi that he was able to get milk powder.

Xiao Daqiang said, "We will pay for this. Second brother, I'll give you a heads up too. When the third brother gives birth, your mother will give 200 yuan. For the house you own, she will give another 60 yuan. This money will be used to deduct from the division of property when your mother and I are no longer together. The third brother's family will also have 200 yuan deducted from their share in the future." Xiao Daqiang also had a plan in mind. He was very proud of Lin Daqiang's plan.

He has been in the army for six years, earning about 200 yuan a year, which is 1,200 yuan a year. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, when he and his wife pass away, the 1,200 yuan will be divided among their four children. He only has one daughter, so she cannot be treated unfairly. Each of them can get 300 yuan.

Why do they save money in this lifetime? Isn't it to leave more money for their children after they die?

Xiao Yu said, "We'll talk about it later. If you have money, buy yourself something good. Don't think about sharing the money with anyone. We brothers have grown up and can make money by ourselves." Looking at his old father, Xiao Yu felt a little sad. He has been smart since he was a child and went to school early. When he went to school, the country had not been liberated yet. The country was not liberated, which meant that there was some chaos outside. So every day when he went to school, his father accompanied him. He had to send him to school early in the morning, and then his father went to sell newspapers and picked him up after school. When the weather was bad, his father carried him on his back. At that time, he lay on his father's back and felt that his father's back was so broad and thick. Now, he is taller than his father, and his father... is also old.

After working hard all his life, Xiao Yu finally thought about how much money he would give to his children after his death. How could he not feel sad? Later, when he grew up, he also started selling newspapers. At that time, he thought that if he sold more newspapers, he could save some money and buy wine and meat for his father.

Time flies. Now he has started a family and has a career. He is no longer the boy who needs his father to carry him on his back when it rains or to escort him when he encounters danger.

Xiao Daqiang smiled and said, "I know."

Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu sent them to the gate of the vocational college. Qin Xiangju also brought the crabs and shrimps packed by Lin Yiyi and asked her to take them back for Grandpa Xiao and Grandma Xiao to taste.

Watching them walk away, Xiao Yu said, "My father taught me how to read when I first learned to read."

Lin Yiyi: “Ah?”

Xiao Yu: "My father was a newspaper boy when he was young. He met many educated people. He still sold newspapers when he grew up. Therefore, he attached great importance to the education of his children. He admired educated people. When I was young, before I started school, my father taught me to read, but he knew only a few words. So when he was selling newspapers, he would ask those who bought newspapers to teach him a few words, and then come back to teach me. Later, he saw that I had a good memory, so he sent me to school early. At that time, it was very difficult for a family like ours to send children to school. Moreover, there were four children in our family, and he could not favor one over the other.

The third child was young at that time, so my father sent my eldest brother and me to school. I went to school, and my eldest brother was still at home. Although Xiaoling was the same age as me, I went to school earlier.

So she didn't go either, after all, I was still young in terms of age. Later, my elder brother felt that studying was hard and didn't want to go to school anymore, so I was the only one studying at home. After school, I taught my elder brother and Xiaoling to read. My elder brother stopped studying and would carry a shoe box to shine shoes for rich people. He didn't like to talk, but he was an honest person. He could occasionally earn a few dollars, and then he would secretly buy snacks for me. "Xiao Yu thought of the past. At that time, he was poor, but also happy.

Of course, conditions are better now than before, and he is naturally happy because he has someone he wants to spend his life with. However, this kind of happiness is different from the happiness he once had.

Lin Yiyi said: "So now that you have achieved something, they are all proud of you."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Thank you."

Lin Yiyi: "Thank me for what?"

Xiao-Woo: "Thank you... I came up with the idea of ​​a nursery so that Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu can go to school."

Lin Yiyi: "I'm not doing it for them. I just think I have such an idea. If it works out, it would be good." This is the first time that Xiao Yu has told him about the Xiao family. She has never said it before. She knows that Xiao Yu is a person who values ​​emotions, so she tries to be polite when dealing with the Xiao family. She doesn't want to embarrass him. Of course, that's because he has always stood in her position. People's understanding is mutual. He stood in her position and agreed that she wanted to separate the family. He stood in her position and agreed with her to help the family. Although she used her own money to help the family, some people were not generous.

In fact, to put it bluntly, she can use her royalties to help her family, so some men will say, why can't he use his salary to help his family?

But Xiao Yu is different. He will stand on her side and support her silently.

So for Lin Yiyi, she was very moved. She was kind to the elders of the Xiao family because of this man's filial piety, but she never said that it was because of this man's support that she could live freely in such an era, and it was also because of the kindness of the elders of the Xiao family. On the contrary, if she got married, she also hoped that her husband would be filial to her parents.

In the afternoon, the four brothers of the Lin family also returned to the countryside. The fifth brother Lin followed his brothers. He did not miss his sister and brother-in-law. There were friends in the countryside and many places to play. It was much more interesting than in the county town.

Datang Production Team

It was still early for Qin Xiangju to return to the countryside. She went home first to put away the crabs and shrimps. She went back wearing new clothes. Although the color was ordinary, there were no patches on the clothes and the fabric was new, so she looked very new.

It's new clothes.

Qi Bocai was jealous. Every year, the second wife would give cloth to her mother-in-law, but she only made new clothes for grandpa and grandma, and for the children of the third wife, but never for the first wife. This time, her mother-in-law came back wearing a new set of clothes. You don’t have to guess that it was bought by the second wife. She really wanted her mother-in-law’s cloth, not to make clothes for the children, but for herself. She hasn’t made new clothes for several years. What about the second wife? Lin Yiyi has a lot of new clothes. Even the cotton shirt is only one per year, both long and short. It’s so annoying to compare with others. But she can’t show it.

Qin Xiangju would naturally not borrow flowers to thank Buddha. The second wife brought back two pounds of meat every month. She would make a bowl of meat soup for the first and third wives to nourish their bodies. This was nothing. There was only so much cloth in a year. The second wife gave it to the four elders. If she gave it away, what would the second wife think? So she only made clothes for Grandpa Xiao and Grandma Xiao with the cloth, and hid the rest.

Liang: "Mom, you're back?"

Qi Bocai: "Mom, what did you bring back? My second brother and his wife gave me a lot of good things, right?"

Qin Xiangju didn't even want to fart in line with the spinach. She felt it was a waste to fart in line with the spinach. She said to Liang: "I'm back. Is everything ok at home?"

Liang: "With grandma here, what could possibly happen?" Liang didn't talk much before, but now that she has a son, she has some confidence, so she can talk. Besides, she is good at reading people's faces, and she has learned a little bit from what Lin Yiyi says, so she occasionally says a few nice words.

Grandma Xiao came out from the main room: "Why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast?"

Qin Xiangju: "I've eaten it. Look, the second son's wife asked me to bring some crabs and shrimps for you and dad to taste. There are two more things I want to tell dad."

Grandma Xiao: "It's the second daughter-in-law who remembers us two old guys."

Grandpa Xiao: "What's the matter?"

Qin Xiangju: "One is about the second son's house. The second son's family is planning to build a house, so let my parents make the decision and find someone to build the house. The wages will refer to the previous Lin family's, and the house layout will also follow the Lin family's."

Grandpa Xiao: "Okay, I'll go find someone later. Now that no one is working, it's a good time to build a house."

Qin Xiangju: "There is another matter about the nursery. The second son's wife said that there is no nursery in our commune, and the children of farmers cannot be sent to the county town to attend the nursery, so she asked me to talk to the team leader and let our team open a nursery."

Grandpa Xiao

Stunned.

Qin Xiangju said, "My second son's wife said that children will become smarter if they receive education earlier. Now that the brigade has opened a nursery, our Xiaorui and Xiaozhu can go to the nursery. It's under our supervision, so we can rest assured. If they were really sent to the primary school in Shanglin Brigade, we wouldn't be able to take care of them if something happened."

Grandma Xiao said, "The second son's wife has a good idea. She is indeed a writer and a smart person."

Qi Bocai didn't care that her mother-in-law didn't give her face just now, she hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, this is good, if our brigade has a nursery, Xiaorui and Xiaozhu can go there." She didn't have to send the children to the primary school of Shanglin Production Brigade, she just wanted them to go to school, if there was a nursery in her brigade, how could she send them to other places and let other people's brothers take care of them, of course she was worried, but didn't she have no other way before. For this matter, Qi Bocai was really grateful to Lin Yiyi.

Grandpa Xiao said, "Let's go. I'll go with you to find the captain."

Qin Xiangju: “Hey.”

Grandma Xiao had nothing to do, so she went along, too. Then Qi Bocai followed, and finally Liang went with her child. It was good to go and listen, as her son would be able to go to the nursery in two years.

The Xiao family can be said to be the top family in Shangtang Production Brigade, not to mention in the brigade, but also in Yangguang Commune. Xiao Yu is the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, and there is no official higher than him in the entire commune. Lin Yiyi is also a famous person for growing vegetables and raising pigs. Therefore, the Xiao family is very famous in their own production brigade. In the brigade, the Xiao family is more important than the brigade leader's family.

When the captain saw Grandpa Xiao coming, he immediately said, "Uncle Xiao, why are you here?" The captain and Xiao Daqiang are of the same generation, so he has to call Grandpa Xiao "Uncle".

Grandpa Xiao said with a smile: "I'm fine here, but my daughter-in-law has some things to do. She just came back from the county town this morning, and my granddaughter-in-law asked her to pass a message to you, the captain."

The team leader said, "Comrade Lin Yiyi, is there good news?" He was also a little excited. The Xiao family benefited from the stove-bed vegetable planting, and the Lin family and Shanglin Production Brigade benefited from the pig farm. Two workers came from the brigade, and Lin Dajun also indirectly served as a small instructor at the pig farm. Lin Yiyi was the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family in Shangtang Production Brigade, but she had never benefited from the brigade, which made the team leader a little itchy.

Now, from what Grandpa Xiao said, is it possible that the benefits of their team are coming? So the team leader is very

expect.

Qin Xiangju said, "That's right. My second daughter-in-law said that the biggest difference between rural people and county town people is that the starting point of education is different. We rural people have to think about going to school, but people in county towns have already started going to nursery. If they start to study early, their children will definitely be smart early, so many rural children cannot compare with those in county towns."

The captain said, "That's true, but there's nothing we can do. Who has the money to send every child to school? And this is a family matter, and it's not easy for us outsiders to interfere."

Qin Xiangju: "But my second daughter-in-law said that we can also help families who are willing to send their children to school."

The captain said: "Sister-in-law, I don't understand what you are saying. Why don't you just tell me the truth?"

Qin Xiangju smiled and said, "My second son's wife wants us to open a nursery in our brigade."

Captain: "What?" Fortunately, there was no cigarette in his mouth, otherwise the cigarette butt would have fallen to the ground. At this moment, his mouth was open so wide that he could swallow an egg.

Qin Xiangju: "... I don't know the details, but my daughter-in-law said that we should open a nursery in our brigade, so that the children in the brigade can go to the nursery, not only can they receive education earlier, but also someone will take care of the children. My daughter-in-law also said that if we pay two kilograms of food a month, whether it's sweet potatoes or potatoes, everyone will definitely be willing to pay. Even if we hire someone to take care of the children, it's affordable, right? Then we can hire a teacher in the nursery, and use the tuition fees to give her 20 to 30 kilograms of food a month... I don't know the details, but my daughter-in-law said that this would be great for the reputation of our brigade."

Who can become a captain without a sharp mind? Even the most fair-minded people will have selfish motives. The captain thought carefully about what Qin Xiangju said, and then said to Qin Xiangju: "I need to have a good talk with my niece about this matter. Sister-in-law, can you take me to the county town?"

Qin Xiangju said, "Okay, that's all."

The team leader said: "Let's go now. School will start in half a month. If we can finish it before school starts, maybe we can open the nursery in our team." The neighboring brigade has a primary school, and their brigade has a nursery. The team leader also wants to do a good job and let everyone see his contribution.

Qin Xiangju: "So hurried?"

Grandma Xiao: "You go ahead. There's nothing to do at home."

Qin Xiangju said, "Well, that's fine, but I have to bring some things with me."

The team leader said: "Our team's corn is

The harvest is coming, bring some corn to your niece."

Qin Xiangju hurriedly said, "How can this be done? This is the brigade's stuff. No, no, no."

The team leader said, "Why not? If I say yes, then yes." The team leader also had his own considerations. Opening a nursery is not as simple as talking about it. He still needs to consult Lin Yiyi about the specific plan. If the nursery is opened, it will also be good for the team, so it's okay to take a few kilograms of corn. If you have connections in the team, of course you use the team's things.

The captain was not the only one in the office. There were other village officials as well. Everyone had heard about the nursery plan, so no one had any objection to the captain sending Lin Yiyi a few kilograms of corn. To put it bluntly, everyone also wanted to have a good relationship with the second son of the Xiao family.

Grandpa Xiao said, "Let's put it this way. It's really not appropriate to use the brigade's things to send things to our family one by one. Send the corn, but use our family's work points to deduct it. When the food is distributed, deduct the work points for the corn." Grandpa Xiao, as the invisible supreme leader of the Xiao family, had a clear mind. Although it was nothing for the brigade to send some corn to his grandson's wife, it would be bad if people gossiped about it. He didn't want his grandson's wife's reputation to be ruined for no reason. Now that the Xiao family's work points were deducted, everyone would have nothing to say. After all, when the corn harvest was good, everyone would get some, it's just that their family tasted it first.

Qin Xiangju: "Yes, yes, yes. As my father-in-law said, we will use our work points to deduct the money." Late August is the time for corn harvest. Now that the corn has been picked, it is fragrant and tender. Qin Xiangju thought of sending some corn to her son and daughter-in-law. It was really appropriate.

After negotiating with the team leader, Qin Xiangju went to pick some vegetables, including spinach and leeks grown by herself, as well as cucumbers, green beans, water spinach, etc. grown by other people. The things from other people were all exchanged by Qin Xiangju with grain. Her daughter-in-law was good to them, and they couldn't help but express their gratitude. So every time her daughter-in-law came back, she would prepare some vegetables for her. There was nothing she could do about it. In a place like theirs, the only things they could give were vegetables. Fortunately, her daughter-in-law liked to eat vegetables.