Of course, no one dared to say anything to Lu's mother. Who dared to say such a big thing? After all, who could guarantee that their daughters, cousins, granddaughters, and granddaughters would not get divorced in the future? If divorce means bad behavior, and divorce means they cannot return to their parents' home, then if they dared to make such a promise, their relatives would definitely not associate with them anymore.

Facing everyone's silence, Lu's mother continued, "Yes, my daughter is divorced and kicked out by her husband's family. Can't I, as a mother, take her in? There are mothers and daughters among you. If your daughters are divorced, won't you take them in? If you are divorced, don't you want your parents' family to be your support? If you think so, then I have nothing to say. Who told you to be so cruel?

But it doesn't matter. As long as you dare to admit it, my daughter will give up this job, and I will always keep an eye on you, your daughter, and you. Whenever you quarrel with a man or are driven back to your parents' home by a man, I will report you for your bad behavior."

Zhao Fen: “You…”

Mother Lu looked at them without any fear at all.

Others stopped talking. To put it bluntly, this matter had nothing to do with them anyway. Even if Lu Jing was no longer a teacher in the blindness prevention class, it would not be their turn.

So everyone thought about it and stopped talking. Others stopped talking. What role could Zhao Fen play alone?

Lu Jing said: "Mom, I passed this exam based on my own ability. Unless the commune says I can't take the exam this time, I won't give it up."

Zhao Fen: "You are a high school student and you are competing with junior high school students. Do you have any shame?"

Lu Jing: "I was admitted to high school based on my own ability, and my family paid every penny for the tuition. Why can't I? Do factories require high school education to work? If high school students can't do this or that, then why do factories have education restrictions when recruiting workers? Why do counties have high schools? Why does the commune require a junior high school education or above in this case? The commune leaders are here too, you can ask them."

Zhao Fen was speechless after hearing what Lu Jing said. If she dared to say this to the commune leaders, what else would she be making a fuss about?

Lin Yiyi said: "As long as you have a junior high school education or above and your household registration is in the brigade, you can sign up to take the exam for the blind elimination class teacher. This is the rule, not just for your brigade, but for all brigades. As for you

I have listened to some of what you just said about divorce and character issues, but I also have to be fair. There are thousands of reasons for divorce. There are problems with the man, there are problems with the woman, there are problems with the man's parents, and there are problems with the woman's parents. Everyone present is not three or four years old anymore, so you don't need to believe everything others say.

If you think that Lu Jing has bad character, you can show us the evidence. The blindness-eliminating class will start on August 1. As long as you show us the evidence to prove that Lu Jing has bad character, we will cancel her qualification. Of course, if someone makes up a story and wrongly accuses Lu Jing, we will also issue a warning. "After a pause, Lin Yiyi said, "This world is not friendly to lesbians. I hope everyone will be more tolerant of lesbians for the sake of your daughter."

Lu Jing looked at Lin Yiyi with some surprise, while Zhao Fen lowered his head in shame.

Lin Yiyi: "It's over, Captain, I'm going back."

The captain said: "I'll take Assistant Lin."

Lin Yiyi: "No need, captain." After saying that, she rode away on her bike.

After watching Lin Yiyi leave, the captain turned around and said to everyone, "Okay, this matter is over. The quota for the blindness-eliminating class has been decided."

Except for the Shangjiaao Production Brigade, the remaining five brigades were relatively peaceful. After all, the content of the examination was set by the commune, so there was no problem of favoritism. In other words, this examination was very fair to the people in the brigade, so there was nothing to doubt about them, and therefore, there were fewer problems.

The last brigade was the Bainiwan production brigade. Lin Yiyi announced the name of the teacher of the blindness-eliminating class and was about to leave when someone called her, "Big sister."

When Lin Yiyi heard the voice, she turned around and looked: "Xiao Huang?" It was indeed him. In the past year, whenever there were crabs and shrimps, Xiao Huang would take them to the county town to exchange with her, but this month she moved to the countryside and had no time to tell Xiao Huang.

Xiao Huang said, "Sister, it's great to see you here. I went to the county town a few days ago and it seemed that no one was at your house. I didn't expect you to be the leader of the commune."

Lin Yiyi said, "What a coincidence. I just started working in the commune this month. We now live in the countryside, in the Datang Production Brigade. By the way, Xiao Huang, I just wanted to find you."

Xiao Huang was also happy to see Lin Yiyi: "Big sister, what do you want to talk to me about?" He was used to calling Lin Yiyi "Big sister" and didn't pay attention to his own address. However, others heard it and thought he and the commune

Leaders have friendship.

Lin Yiyi: “Let’s talk for a moment.” Actually, although Xiao Huang would send crabs and shrimps to Lin Yiyi in the county town for trading whenever he had them, the frequency was not very often. Sometimes it was once a month, sometimes once every two months. But they had only known each other for a year, so how could the frequency be very high?

Xiao Huang: “Hey.”

The two walked to one side, and Lin Yiyi said, "Xiao Huang, can you get some crabs and shrimps on the trading day of August 15 this year?"

Xiao Huang said: "Yes, just like last year, August is the season with abundant crabs and shrimps, and we have less work to do, so I can get it."

Lin Yiyi asked: "Can you give me more?"

Xiao Huang: "How much do you want, big sister?"

Lin Yiyi calculated that if a table weighed one pound of crabs... "About five or six pounds of crabs and five or six pounds of shrimps."

Xiao Huang said: "Okay, I will do my best to prepare these. Where can I take them to trade this time?"

Lin Yiyi: "August 15th happens to be a Thursday. I'm at work at the commune. You can take it directly to the commune. Then you can set up a stall at the gate of the commune and I'll do the deal." This is an aboveboard transaction and will not cause gossip. "By the way, what do you want then?"

Xiao Huang: "I want brown sugar and pork. If pork is not available, eggs will do. Is that ok?"

Lin Yiyi: "Okay, then I'll trade eggs with you." She had to buy pork from the system mall, but she had eggs. The Lin brothers couldn't eat all the eggs. These days, only the Lin brothers could say that they couldn't eat all the eggs. So Lin Yiyi didn't hesitate to take their eggs. These guys ate at her house every day.

Xiao Huang: "Thank you, big sister."

Lin Yiyi: "You're welcome. By the way, have you signed up for the anti-blindness class this time?" She knew that Xiao Huang had never been to school.

Xiao Huang said: "I have signed up and now I have the opportunity to learn to read. This is something I could never have hoped for before."

Lin Yiyi chatted with Xiao Huang for a while, and then she left. After she left, many villagers from the Bainiwan Production Brigade surrounded Xiao Huang and asked about their relationship. Xiao Huang did not hide anything and confessed that he and Lin Yiyi met on the first trading day last year. If this kind of thing is not explained clearly, everyone will be more curious. Xiao Huang grew up in the countryside and knew the gossipy thoughts of those women.

Sure enough, after hearing what Xiao Huang said, no one said anything. They originally thought that Xiao Huang had a good relationship with the commune leader, so if there was anything in the future, they could still use Xiao Huang's relationship. Now it seems that they were overthinking it. They didn't even consider Xiao Huang's status and how could he recognize him.

Do you know the commune leaders?

On August 1, the literacy classes of the 13 brigades under the Yangguang Commune officially started.

That day, after the commune meeting, Lin Yiyi privately approached President Cheng: "President, today is the first day of the blindness elimination class. Would you like to choose a time in August to go to the production brigades to sit in on the class?"

Upon hearing this, President Cheng said, "That's fine. You and Old Yang can go with me." Going to the countryside to check on the people's sentiments would also be good for his reputation, so President Cheng was willing to do it. "Yi Yi, in your opinion, when is the best day to go?"

Lin Yiyi thought for a moment and said, "I think it would be better to go in late August. By that time, everyone will have taken classes for half a month. President, you can take a look at the results of everyone's classes."

President Cheng said, "That makes sense. Let's set it for late August."

Lin Yiyi: “Okay.”

President Cheng: "You go ahead and do your work. I have other things to do. Please take care of the blindness-eliminating class."

Lin Yiyi: “It should be.”

August 15

Because there is a trading day every month, except for the beginning of 1962, the trading day is quite lively. Later, the number of people and things on the trading day gradually decreased, except during the Chinese New Year. However, even if there are fewer people and fewer things, it is still very rare for ordinary people to be able to trade what they want to trade.

Lin Yiyi and Xiao Huang traded something, and after the transaction was completed, they placed the crabs and shrimps at the gate of the commune and asked Xiao Daqiang to watch them. If they took them into the office, the whole room would be filled with the smell of sea water.

When she got off work, she arrived at the gate of the commune and saw that the wooden barrel filled with crabs and shrimps was hung on Xiao Yu's bicycle.

Lin Yiyi: "Will it be heavy? Do you want me to hang a bucket here?"

Xiao Yu: "No, it's more balanced if both barrels are hung together. Why do you need to change so many things?"

Lin Yiyi: "Didn't I discuss this with mom before? I'll treat everyone to a meal after the trading day is over."

Xiao Yu: "It's okay if you don't invite them. It's been almost a month. If you want to invite them, why not invite grandpa, grandma, parents to have dinner together."

Lin Yiyi said, "Then I'll listen to you." But what about these crabs and shrimps? After thinking about it, Lin Yiyi came up with an idea.

When they returned home, the Lin brothers were stunned by the sight of so many crabs and shrimps.

Lin Dajun: "Sister, how can you exchange so much?" None of them went to the trading day. They had meat, grain, vegetables, and eggs, and they didn't want to exchange anything. If they wanted to eat some other vegetables, they could buy them in the village with eggs.

Anyway, everyone in the village knew that they had the most eggs, and sometimes when people in the village needed eggs as a favor, they would come and exchange them. However, they never returned the money.

Lin Sanjun picked up one of the crabs and played with its claws.

Lin Wudi squatted next to Lin Sanjun and stared at the crab.

Lin Sijun: "Sister, are we going to eat today? Are we going to eat so much?"

Lin Yiyi: "We ate the crabs but not the shrimps. We took out one pound of fresh shrimps and boiled the rest in salt water and then dried them. Dried shrimps are also delicious."

Lin Sijun's eyes lit up: "I can eat five crabs."

Brother Lin Wu: "I can eat six crabs."

Lin Sanjun glanced at them.

Lin Dajun: "I can eat seven crabs."

Lin Sanjun: “…” Three fools.

Lin Yiyi: "There are only about 20 of us, and you guys have five, six, or seven. What are we going to eat?"

Lin Wudi immediately said, "I'll give mine to my sister and brother-in-law."

Xiao-Woo: "You still have some conscience."

Lin Yiyi: "What conscience? Is there anything here for him? It's clear that five, six, seven are all mine, and none of you belong to anyone." These guys really pissed her off.

Lin Sijun immediately changed his tone: "Then I'll make the decision, sister."

Lin Yiyi snorted, "Let's make six today and save the rest for tomorrow night. The crabs won't go bad if we save them tomorrow." But it's so hot that we can't save the shrimps, so we can only cook them and dry them in the sun. They will be delicious when used in shrimp soup tomorrow night. "Let's ask my parents, grandpa and grandma to come over for dinner tomorrow night."

Xiao-Woo: "Okay."

Lin Yiyi: "Dajun, go wash the crabs and pick out the shrimp threads."

With so many people, the dishes were washed very quickly, whether it was crabs with scallions or boiled shrimps. So an hour later, all the dishes were cooked, and the four brothers of the Lin family, plus Xiao Yu and Lin Yiyi, had a seafood meal.

After dinner, Lin Yiyi went to the old house of the Xiao family and told them about going to their house for dinner tomorrow. Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju knew about it in advance, and mentioned it when Xiao Daqiang came back. In fact, Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju wanted to invite relatives to dinner together, and they also wanted to be happy, but since their son said so, they decided not to invite them.

In fact, in the countryside, when someone in a family becomes a worker, it is normal to invite close relatives to a meal to celebrate.

However, now that I think about it carefully, when Lin Yiyi and Qin Xiangju discussed it, it was still early July. Now it is mid-August. It has indeed been a long time, and it is not appropriate to invite again.

However,

When Qin Xiangju and Lin Yiyi went to her parents' home to propose marriage for Qin Yuanyuan, she told her parents' home about this matter. Now they are not invited anymore. Although it is not an important matter, she still needs to inform her parents' home.

But Lin Yiyi also remembered this incident.

Lin Yiyi: "Mom, since Brother Yu has decided to treat us to a meal, I still need you to tell grandma about it."

Qin Xiangju: "Okay, I'll go tell them tomorrow."

Lin Yiyi: "Although I'm not inviting guests, I want to buy something to honor my grandma. Can you bring it to me?"

Qin Xiangju: "Okay, okay, you are so filial, your grandma will be so happy. In fact, you don't have to buy anything, you and your wife can go visit grandma, she will be happy."

Lin Yiyi said: "Why don't Brother Yu and I go visit her on the weekend?"

Qin Xiangju: "That would be great."

After chatting with Qin Xiangju, Lin Yiyi went back and told Xiao Yu about it.

Xiao Yu: "Then let's go over this week. What do you want to buy for grandma? I'll buy some from the county supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow and bring it over."

Lin Yiyi: "Buy some biscuits and two cans of milk powder. If the supply and marketing cooperative or department store doesn't have milk powder, go to Brother Wang and have a look."

Xiao-Woo: "Okay."

the next day

Although Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu invited Grandpa Xiao, Grandma Xiao, Xiao Daqiang and Qin Xiangju to dinner, in fact, it was Grandma Xiao and Qin Xiangju who made dinner. Lin Yiyi could eat directly when she got home from work. I have to say, it feels so good to be able to eat right after get off work.

Seeing the lively atmosphere at home, Lin Yiyi asked Xiao Yu, "Why not invite the first and third wives as well?" It's not that she is generous, but it would be bad if the elders in the family were invited, but Xiao Yu knew what she was thinking, so he didn't say anything. But Xiao Yu was considerate of her, so she couldn't just pretend she didn't know.

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows: "It's up to you." If he were celebrating today, he would definitely have to invite his eldest brother and third brother, but since it was his wife who was celebrating, Xiao Yu felt it was better for his wife to make the decision herself.

Lin Yiyi: "Then go and call them. Dad and Mom will definitely want everyone to come together."

Xiao-Woo: "Did you really go and call?"

Lin Yiyi: "Go ahead, it's a celebration, of course more people will be happy."

Xiao Yu chuckled and said, "Really?"

Lin Yiyi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Is it fake? Are you going or not?"

Xiao-Woo: "Okay, I'll go then."

After Xiao Yu called the people from the first and second rooms, Lin Yiyi saw that they were all carrying baskets.

It was filled with food, eggs, and vegetables.

Liang: "Second sister-in-law, congratulations on becoming a commune official." Since it was a celebration, of course they had to give gifts, but it was so sudden and they didn't have anything, so they just gave eggs.

Qi Bocai: "My sister-in-law is really amazing. She is now the leader of the commune." Qi Bocai no longer acts like a spoiled child in front of the second wife. Look at her. She has become the leader of the commune. What else can she do? Now her children are sent to the nursery. She and the second wife have no conflict of interest. So after she bought the green brick house from the second wife for 60 yuan, there have been no other conflicts.

Lin Yiyi: "Thank you, sister-in-law and third brother's wife."

She took two baskets, took the things out, and put the baskets aside so that they could take them back when they went home.

The two families brought a lot of food and vegetables, even 20 eggs. I guess they had discussed this before.

Of course, we have to discuss it. No matter how conflicts there are between the two rooms, we still have to discuss some human relationships.

This dinner was quite harmonious, because the first and third wives were also there, and it was lively and noisy. Although Grandpa Xiao, Grandma Xiao, Xiao Daqiang and Qin Xiangju were biased towards Xiao Yu and considered them a lot, no matter the first or third wife, they were all descendants of the Xiao family, so how could Grandpa Xiao not care? Unless they were extremely special and only cared about their children, there was no parent who didn't care about their children.

After dinner, the children played in the yard, a few men chatted in the yard, and the women began to clean up.

Qi Bocai: "Second brother and sister-in-law, Sanjun is 15 this year, right? When do you plan to propose marriage to him?"

When Lin Yiyi heard this, she was afraid that Qi Bocai would say that she was a matchmaker for Lin Sanjun. She felt that such words were really something that Qi Bocai could say. Lin Yiyi was about to say it was too early, but she heard Lin Sanjun say, "I'm going to join the army."

Qi Bocai looked at Lin Sanjun and Lin Dajun who came in at some point. The Lin brothers came in to say goodbye as it was getting dark and they were going back to the Lin family. However, they didn't expect to hear this. Lin Sanjun was worried that his sister had really arranged a marriage for him, so he immediately expressed his thoughts.

Actually, Lin Sanjun has been hesitant for some time. He said last year that he wanted to join the army. At that time, his brother-in-law said that he had to wait until he was 16 to join the army. His sister did not object. However, he is already 15 years old this year and can join the army next year, but his sister has never mentioned it. Lin Sanjun does not know how to bring it up. Every time he wants to

He was worried that his sister would refuse. This time when Qi Bocai mentioned his marriage, he mustered up the courage to speak out.

Lin Yiyi was stunned: "Three Armies?"

Lin Sanjun stepped forward and said, "Sister, I want to join the army. My brother-in-law said before that as long as you turn 16, you can join the army. I will be 16 next year."

Lin Yiyi: "But you will graduate from primary school in July next year. Don't you plan to continue studying?"

Lin Sanjun: "I want to join the army."

Lin Yiyi was silent.

Lin Sanjun: "Sister..."

Lin Yiyi: "Are you really going?"

Lin Sanjun stood straight: "Yes."

Lin Yiyi: "Let me think about it again."

Lin Yiyi thought about this for the whole night. When she went to bed at night, she couldn't settle down. She poked the chest of the person next to her and said, "I want to discuss something with you."

Xiao-Woo: "Hmm?"

Lin Yiyi: "Today, my sister-in-law mentioned Sanjun's marriage, and Sanjun heard it. Sanjun said he wanted to join the army. You said before that men can join the army when they are 16 years old. Sanjun has always remembered this."

Xiao Yu: "I don't know the quota for next year's military service, but if he wants to join the army, I can ask someone to send him there next year. He has a good physique and is calm in the face of things. In fact, his personality and physique are indeed very suitable for military service."

Lin Yiyi: "Do you agree?"

Xiao Yu: "From a public perspective, he is a good candidate for the military. From a private perspective, although being a soldier is hard, it is indeed a good career path. If you ask me, I am a soldier, and my thoughts are different from yours. If you don't want him to go, you can go and tell him, but... I know why he wants to be a soldier."

Lin Yiyi: “Why?”

Jin-Woo: "Because he has grown up and wants to protect his sister."

Lin Yiyi was stunned, and her eyes suddenly felt sore. She never knew she was so sentimental, but after traveling here for three years, she always seemed to be easily moved.

Xiao-Woo: "Why don't you let me go and talk to him?"

Lin Yiyi shook her head: "No, let God decide."

Xiao Yu was curious: "Let fate decide? What does that mean?"