The 2-year-old Xiao Jixiang carries a small shoulder bag (cloth bag) on ​​his back. Liang imitated the Jiefang bag and made it for him. The Jiefang bag is too big, and it is not convenient for the child to carry it. Moreover, the fabric of the Jiefang bag is special and quite heavy, and the child cannot carry it, so a cloth bag is lighter. He wears a light gray short-sleeved T-shirt, a pair of black pants, and cloth shoes made by Liang. This shirt and pants were worn by Lin Wudi. Lin Yiyi sorted and packed all the clothes and pants worn by Lin Wudi and gave them to Liang. The fabrics of Lin Wudi's clothes are very comfortable. Besides, the edges and corners of the clothes worn are smoothed, so the children are more comfortable to wear. Moreover, these clothes are very new. Even if there is a hole, it will not be visible if a cute pattern is cut to patch it.

Don't underestimate the clothes that others have worn. In this era, who doesn't give the old clothes to the younger ones? Besides, old clothes can be used as rags, mops, and shoes. If you are not close friends, people won't give you old clothes. What's more, Lin Wudi's old clothes are still new. When Liang received these clothes, she was very happy. She didn't care about Qi Bocai's sour words. She knew that Qi Bocai was jealous of Xiao Rui for not being able to wear these clothes.

To be honest, Liang felt that even if she made them herself, she couldn't make such good clothes and pants. These clothes and pants can be worn until her son grows up. Because... Lin Wudi will also grow up, and the clothes left after he grows up can also be given to her son to wear.

In this era, some people would borrow other people's new clothes when visiting their partners, so the clothes worn by Lin Wudi were really nothing to Liang.

Little Jixiang said in a baby voice, "I'm full... I'm full..." As he spoke, he puffed out his belly, but he was small, so his belly was only this big, and he tried hard to puff it out to show Lin Yiyi, which was really adorable.

Lin Yiyi said: "No wonder Xiao Jixiang has grown taller, it turns out he is too full."

Little Jixiang: "Grow taller and go to work."

Lin Yiyi: "Xiao Jixiang is so well behaved, do you want any reward?"

Xiao Jixiang knew about rewards. Lin Yiyi often rewarded him. When he heard about the rewards, he felt shy and was too embarrassed to speak.

Lin Yiyi smiled happily: "You still feel embarrassed. Wait, my aunt will get you some food."

Liang: "Second sister-in-law, that's not necessary." It felt like they came here specifically to eat.

Lin Yiyi didn't take it seriously and went to the room to get some food, just two packs of small cookies and a few pieces of

White Rabbit Toffees. The small biscuits are milk-flavored biscuits, with four in a small package. They are handmade biscuits that she bought in the system mall. They are unbranded, which means there will be no problems. The small packaging bag is also a transparent bag. In the eyes of others, they think that these are biscuits from big cities. Even people from big cities will not question it, and just think it is a brand they have never eaten.

Since starting with handmade soap, Lin Yiyi has discovered the joy of buying handmade products because they have no brand names or logos.

Lin Yiyi gave Xiao Jixiang two small bags of biscuits and White Rabbit candy: "Come, open your little schoolbag and let Auntie put the food in for you."

Xiao Jixiang: "Thank you, Second Aunt."

Liang: "Every time he sees his second sister-in-law, his eyes light up. His second sister-in-law gives him too many snacks."

Lin Yiyi: "That's because our little Jixiang is well-behaved and obedient. Besides, there aren't many children in the family, so you shouldn't restrict him too much."

Liang smiled and brought over a basket: "Second sister-in-law, I went to pick some edamame today. The edamame this year is pretty good."

Lin Yiyi: "Have you planted edamame at home?

Liang said, "Yes, the food distributed by the team was enough, so the child's father used the entire private plot to grow vegetables. He grew vegetables for a year and then switched to growing coarse grains."

Liang and Xiao Bin were both capable people. They raised pigs and chickens. The food provided by the team was enough for them, not to mention that they had three acres of private land. Too much food would rot, so they simply planted vegetables in their private land.

Lin Yiyi: "The third child is a capable one."

Liang: "I heard from mother that my second brother and his wife are planning to live in the countryside?" She did not envy the county town. If someone like her who could not read a single word went to the county town, she would probably not be able to survive.

Lin Yiyi said: "Yes, I will go to the commune to do some work in two days. I don't know much about the production brigades under the Sunshine Commune, so I want to learn about it. It's not easy to understand if I live in the county. And there happens to be a nursery here, I will throw Xiaowu in there. He is a 5-year-old kid, and he can't play like a monkey anymore." He was not restrained before because he was still young. Although he is still young now, seeing that he is tanned like a black ball, Lin Yiyi decided to let him concentrate.

Liang: "I know this. Second sister-in-law can ask me if you want to know anything."

Lin Yiyi: "Is Third Sister-in-law free now? If so, tell me now."

Liang: "Of course there is no problem. Our Yangguang Commune has 13 production brigades, namely Datang Production Brigade, Shanglin Production Brigade, Huangjia'ao Production Brigade, Shangjia'ao Production Brigade, and

Production Brigade, Xiaoxiejia Production Brigade, Erhu Production Brigade, Bainiwan Production Brigade, Hongcha Production Brigade, Dongshan Village Production Brigade, Yangguantun Production Brigade, Zhaoqiao Village Production Brigade, Yuwang Village Production Brigade, and finally the Yangguang Town where the commune is located. "Of course, the town is not a countryside, there is no production brigade, so strictly speaking, Yangguang Commune is 12 production brigades plus a town.

Lin Yiyi took a pen and paper and wrote down the names of these brigades: "What are the characteristics of these brigades?"

Liang said, "Some have, some don't. For example, our Datang Production Brigade has a reservoir where we raise fish. Fish is also one of our brigade's income, but it's not a special feature. If we talk about raising fish, the Yuwang Village Production Brigade is the only one. The fish from their brigade is famous throughout our commune, and that's a huge source of income."

Although fish meat smells fishy, ​​it is still meat, and the price of fish meat is not cheap. The supply and marketing cooperative sells it for 40 cents per pound. Liang continued, "So among all our brigades, Yuwang Village Production Brigade is the richest, and many girls want to marry there. Before I got married, I heard everyone talking about how rich Yuwang Village Production Brigade was and how well the people there were raised. I also wanted to marry there. Later, my mother-in-law used 50 kilograms of grain to marry me, so I came here. When I married Xiao Bin, everyone envied me because I had a blue brick house to live in, and my second brother was a famous college student in the surrounding area, and he was in the army, so everyone said that I married into a wealthy family.

However, when I got married, the year was bad and my family didn't give me a dowry. I came here alone with only a few tattered clothes. I felt very ashamed at that time. But now I think that my family has shown me the greatest kindness by marrying me to the Xiao family. If they had married me to a poorer man, to an old man, what would I do? "During famine, some families married their daughters to old men for food. They only wanted food and didn't care about their daughters.

Lin Yiyi: "What you said makes sense."

Liang continued, "In addition to the famous fish from Yuwang Village, the tea from Hongcha Production Brigade is also very famous. At least everyone in the county knows about it. However, tea is not easy to sell. Therefore, unlike the wealthy Yuwang Village Production Brigade, Hongcha Production Brigade is quite poor because a lot of mountain land is used to grow tea. Tea is cheap, but it would be a pity to pull it out, but it would take up land if it is not pulled out. My mother's family is from Hongcha Production Brigade."

Lin Yiyi: "If you want to drink tea, you can also ask my third brother

It's a relationship with my sister."

Liang: "Sister-in-law, do you like to drink tea? I will go back to my parents' home tomorrow and bring you a few kilograms."

Take a few kilograms... Lin Yiyi was frightened by Liang's generosity. You know, in later generations, tea leaves are sold in ounces. How could she not be frightened by these kilograms? Not to mention the quality of the tea, even the worst ones are sold in ounces. Lin Yiyi really wanted tea leaves, but she didn't have this idea at first. Now that Liang said it, she had the idea. She also had a use for tea leaves. Lin Yiyi said, "It's enough for my third sister-in-law to bring me a few ounces. I'll exchange it with your family for Fuqiang powder."

Liang: "What? My mother's family used sacks to carry tea leaves."

Lin Yiyi: “…” The generous Liang family is a second-generation tea maker.

Liang continued, "The third famous brigade is the Bainiwan Production Brigade. The crabs and shrimps that my second sister-in-law exchanged before must have come from there. It's close to the sea. You can see the sea from the village gate, and you can't see the end. I heard that there was a very strong typhoon one year. The sea water flooded most of the village. The loss was a small matter, but many people were drowned."

Lin Yiyi certainly knew the harm caused by typhoons, but unfortunately there were no accurate weather forecasts in this era. In later generations, people would take precautions in advance, so things like deaths would basically not happen, because when a typhoon comes, everyone will stay at home, and government departments will do a good job of typhoon prevention, unless some people are tired of living and want to go out and have fun when a typhoon comes.

Liang continued to speak until a sound was heard outside.

"sister……"

That loud voice...I can tell it's Lin Sijun.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, we are here." Lin Sijun led Lin Wudi into the yard, but because Lin Sijun was carrying things, he was not as fast as Lin Wudi.

As soon as Lin Wudi ran into the house, Xiao Jixiang called out, "Uncle Xiaowu."

When Lin Wudi saw Xiao Jixiang, he was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Hey." Then he looked at Lin Yiyi and said, "Sister, I'm here."

Lin Yiyi: "Where did this little black charcoal come from?"

Lin Wudi was stunned again, then said: "I am Little Black Charcoal, and my brother-in-law is Big Black Charcoal."

Xiao Yu, who was shot, was lying down and taking a nap.

Lin Yiyi was happy when she heard it.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, I'm thirsty, do you have any cooling tea?"

Lin Yiyi: "I just came back today, and there is no tea yet. Please bear with me, I will make some now."

Lin Sijun: "Then I'll just drink water."

Lin Yiyi: "You are not allowed to drink it. Drinking too much water will cause roundworms to grow in your stomach. You don't want worms to grow in your stomach, do you?"

Lin Sijun was successfully frightened:

“…”

Liang said, "Come to my house and drink. I have some." Then she stood up and said, "I should go back too."

Lin Sijun: "Then I'll just bear with it." It was a short distance to Xiao's house, but he was too lazy to walk.

Lin Yiyi said to Liang, "Just sit there for a while. Don't worry about him. I'll go boil some water." Then she looked at Lin Sijun, "What's in your backpack? Why did I hear some noise?"

Lin Sijun: "Ah... two chickens." As he said this, he opened the lid of the backpack.

The hens of the two families grew up eating earthworms. In order to eat an egg every day, the brothers of the Lin family raised the hens very well. When they sent the eggs to the supply and marketing station, people said that the eggs they sent were big. Other people's eggs weighed 10 per pound, but theirs only needed 8 eggs per pound.

An average old hen weighs only three or four pounds, but the old hens of the Lin family's younger brothers weigh six pounds.

Lin Yiyi: "Why did you carry the hen here? Are you planning to raise it here with me?" Lin Yiyi thought, this guy wouldn't plan to live here, so he brought the hen here so that it can lay eggs for me in the morning, right?

Lin Sijun said, "I brought this for you..." He wiped his sweaty forehead, "Aren't you going to live in the countryside? You don't have pigs or chickens here. We have eight old hens at home, so we brought two over. Don't worry, we also bought two chicks."

There are four brothers in the Lin family. Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun are teenagers, Lin Sijun is a boy, and Lin Wudi is a child. However, they own four pigs and eight hens. For them, who can feed the whole family with one person, this is such a wealthy fortune. So the younger brother of the Lin family bought two hens at once.

This means we have nothing else but a lot of chickens.

Liang listened to Lin Sijun's words and looked at the fat chicken in the basket. She felt a little jealous. Whose brothers are so good? But it was true. Second sister-in-law raised them and provided them with education. Now they have grown up and know how to repay their sister.

Lin Yiyi: "..." She didn't want to raise chickens, she didn't want to dig earthworms, "I have to go to the commune to work, I don't have time to feed chickens."

Lin Wudi: "My chicken."

Lin Yiyi looked at him.

Lin Sijun: "Yes, this is Xiaowu's chicken. Isn't he going to the nursery here? Bring the chicken here, and you can give him an egg every day."

Lin Yiyi: "...Where are your eldest brother and third brother?"

Lin Sijun: "Still behind?"

Lin Yiyi: "They are not as fast as you?"

Lin Sijun: "No, they are on the road collecting firewood. You must have no firewood at home." A few days ago, they went to the county town to bring firewood to my sister.

To deliver eggs, my sister said she was going back to the countryside today and would live there from now on, so they came over today.

Lin Yiyi thought for a moment and said, "Let's kill the chicken tonight and eat it."

Lin Sijun: “Ah?” Thinking of chicken soup, Lin Sijun licked his lips. To be honest, they had been eating eggs for more than a year and were already tired of them.

Lin Yiyi looked at him and knew that he wanted to drink chicken soup: "Put a chicken in the pigpen, and ask your brother-in-law to kill the other chicken. Your brother-in-law is taking a nap." Although her family did not have pigs and chickens, the pig and chicken nests were ready, and the layout was the same as that of the Lin family.

Lin Sijun: “Hey.”

Lin Wujun ran towards the bedroom: "Brother-in-law got up and killed the chicken...Brother-in-law got up and killed the chicken..."

In fact, Xiao Yu woke up not long after they arrived because Lin Sijun's voice was too loud.

Lin Wudi ran into the bedroom and saw his brother-in-law lying there, but his dark eyes were staring at him. His little heart was startled: "Brother-in-law got up to kill pigs."

He was short and fat, and looked very cute, and his frightened expression was even more adorable. Xiao Yu looked at him and sneered: "Did you say something bad about me just now?"

Brother Lin Wu hurriedly shook his head: "I didn't, I'm a good kid, I don't say bad things about people."

Xiao Yu got off the bed and walked to Lin Wudi with his long legs. Lin Wudi looked up at him. Xiao Yu bowed slightly and asked, "Who did you say was the big black charcoal?"

Lin Wudi covered his mouth and shook his head faster.

Xiao Yu grabbed his hand and picked him up: "Are you going to tell me or not? If not, I will throw you out."

Lin Wudi hugged Xiao Yu's neck with both hands and giggled.

Xiao-Woo was so angry that he threw him up.

Fifth Brother Lin: “Ah…” From the sound, he sounds excited.

Xiao Jixiang looked at them with a hint of envy in his eyes. He was weak when he was born, so even if Xiao Bin was very strong, he would not dare to play with him like this.

Xiao Yu was very sensitive to people's gazes. Xiao Jixiang was looking at him without blinking, so he certainly noticed it. Putting Lin Wudi down, Xiao Yu said, "Go play with Xiao Jixiang."

Brother Lin Wu smiled and ran a few steps, then made a face at him: "Big Black Charcoal, my brother-in-law is Big Black Charcoal, slightly..."

Xiao-Woo smiled and shook his head.

Lin Yiyi: "Don't play with him. He's gone crazy now. He follows the Fourth Army around every day. Go kill a chicken and make chicken soup in the evening."

Xiao Yu: "Isn't this chicken sent here for Xiao Wu to lay eggs?"

Lin Yiyi: "There are eggs at home, keeping one to lay eggs is enough

. "

Xiao Yu picked up a kitchen knife and grabbed the chicken whose claws and mouth were tied by the Lin brothers: "Give me a big bowl." Speaking of which, why did the Lin brothers tie the chicken's mouth? Lin Sijun felt that the chicken was too noisy when it was carried in a basket.

Lin Yiyi brought him a big bowl.

Liang has already gone home, and Xiao Jixiang stayed here to play. He followed Lin Wudi, and the two of them are quite familiar with each other.

Xiao Yu put the chicken neck against the bowl and cut it with a knife. Suddenly, the bright red chicken blood flowed into the bowl. After about half an hour, the bowl was full of chicken blood.

Lin Yiyi brought a wooden barrel filled with hot water and said to Xiao Yu, "Put the chicken in and soak it for half an hour, then pluck the chicken's feathers."

Xiao-Woo: "Okay."

The chicken feathers were soaked for half an hour, and they were actually quite hot. Lin Yiyi couldn't stand it, but Xiao Yu was not afraid. Lin Sijun was not afraid either. He squatted and plucked the chicken feathers with Xiao Yu. He wanted to eat chicken early. Lin Yiyi went out for a while and went to Xiao's house.

Lin Yiyi: “Mom.”

Qin Xiangju came out of the kitchen: "Hey?"

Lin Yiyi: "Mom, we have chicken soup at home in the evening. I'll bring you bowls later. You can cook one less dish. There's also chicken blood."

Qin Xiangju was surprised: "Where did you get the chicken?"

They didn't raise pigs or chickens, but they planted cucumbers in a small plot of land in the yard. It was planted by Grandpa Xiao for them. If they didn't eat them, Grandpa Xiao and his family could eat them.

Lin Yiyi: "My brother and his friends brought two hens here. I raised one to lay eggs, and I ate the other one tonight. It just so happened that they were all here, so I let them eat it to replenish their bodies."

Qin Xiangju: "Your brother is still sensible." The younger brothers of the Lin family are really sensible. Every month they go to the county town to bring eggs to their daughter-in-law, and they also bring firewood to their daughter-in-law. This is what children should do to be filial to their parents.

Lin Yiyi said, "Children don't need to be praised, so please don't praise them." Although she said this, there was also a lot of pride in Lin Yiyi's tone. She is an only child, and she may not like her older sister, but she actually likes her younger brother. This comes from reading too many novels, where the younger brothers or older brothers are always praised by their older sisters.

As soon as Lin Yiyi got home, she picked some green onions and leeks, and planted them in the corner of the yard.

When they started to cook the chicken soup, Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun came with a bundle of firewood. When the brothers saw the chicken feathers in the yard, they were dumbfounded.

Lin Sijun hurriedly said, "We'll have chicken soup tonight. Sister, give us some chicken soup."

Lin Dajun swallowed his saliva:

I haven’t had chicken soup yet.”

Since Lin Yiyi traveled through time, she has cooked pork, spare ribs, and braised pork, but she has never cooked chicken soup. Lin Yiyi: "Eat more at night."

Lin Dajun: “Yeah.”

Killing and plucking the chickens used a lot of water, so Xiao Yu went to fetch water again. Lin Yiyi bought a material package from the system mall and poured it all in.

In fact, it is easier to cook chicken soup than pork ribs soup, because pork ribs take 2 hours to become soft, while chicken soup only takes half an hour to become soft.

At five o'clock, dinner was ready. Potato stewed chicken soup, edamame, fried leek with eggs, smashed cucumber, fried leek with chicken blood. Lin Yiyi brought a bowl of fried leek with eggs and chicken soup to the Xiao family elders. She didn't send it to the first and third rooms, but she kept Xiao Jixiang here to eat. Xiao Jixiang was playing here, so it was natural to call him to eat when it was time for dinner.

However, Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu came.

The two children were returning from the nursery school and passed by Lin Yiyi's house when they returned to Xiao's house. They saw some children watching at the yard gate and playing, so they came over to play.

Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu: "Second aunt."

Fifth Brother Lin: "Xiao Rui, Xiao Zhu, come and play."

Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu hurried over.

The two children were very friendly to Lin Yiyi. They were the first among all the children in the nursery to carry the Jiefang bags given by Lin Yiyi.

Lin Yiyi: "Stop playing, wash your hands and eat."

Lin Wudi: "It's time to eat."

As soon as he heard about dinner, Xiao Rui said, "Aunt, let's go home. Let's have dinner first and then come play." He is a very sensible child. In fact, Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu were mostly taken care of by Xiao's grandmother, because Qi Bocai had to go to work and couldn't take care of the children. It was only during the two years of famine that she took care of them, but the children were young at that time and didn't remember anything. Now the six or seven-year-old children have begun to remember things, and their personalities are slowly developing, so it must be said that Xiao's grandmother taught them very well.

Lin Yiyi: "Let's eat at Second Aunt's house, Xiao Jixiang will come along. Your Uncle Xiaowu is here today, so just think of it as accompanying your Uncle Xiaowu."

Xiao Zhu always listened to her brother, and she looked at Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui was hesitant. He wanted to eat here, not because of the food's quality, but because children like warm and noisy places.