Lin Yiyi was a little curious after hearing what Qin Xiangju said: "Then can we exchange as many fish as we want? Can we exchange as many as we want?"
Qin Xiangju said, "No, the fish we divided according to the weight of the fish we caught do not count. In addition, we can exchange them with work points. Each family cannot exceed the number of registered people. For example, our family has already split up, so we cannot exceed four fish." Xiao Daqiang went to work in the commune, but his registered residence was not moved out. He could only move his registered residence after buying a house outside. However, one fish costs 20 work points. How could ordinary people be willing to exchange it? 10 work points is one pound of grain.
When Lin Yiyi heard this, she realized that the fish would not go bad if she kept it for a few more days. She felt that two fish were not enough, so she asked, "How many of these six fish were exchanged for work points?"
Qin Xiangju: "I don't know about that. I wasn't there at the time."
Lin Dajun: "We know. Three of them were distributed, and three of them were exchanged for work points."
Just as Lin Yiyi was about to speak, she heard Liang's voice: "Second sister-in-law." Liang came with a basket, "Second sister-in-law, I brought you a fish, thinking that you are not registered here, so you can't get a share of fish." Liang and Xiao Bin are very hardworking. Xiao Bin has a lot of work points, and Liang has the highest work points among female comrades. Xiao Jixiang's appetite is still small, and they still have three acres of land, so the couple are not worried about food, and therefore, they are willing to use work points to exchange for fish. This time, the couple got a big fish and a smaller fish, and then used work points to exchange for three more fish. The largest one was brought to the second room, and the second largest one was brought back when they went to their mother's house on the second day of the New Year. The remaining two big and one small ones were kept for themselves. They hadn't replenished their fish properly throughout the year, so they were not stingy with the fish this time.
After Liang brought it, she saw that there were still two fish in the yard. She knew that the elders had brought fish to the second house, and she was not jealous. After all, these two fish were equivalent to the reward for Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun helping Grandpa Xiao catch them. If it weren't for Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun's help, how could Grandpa Xiao and Qin Xiangju get three fish?
Lin Yiyi had thought of asking Qin Xiangju to exchange her work points for the last fish, but she didn't expect Liang to deliver it. She smiled and said, "Thank you, Third Sister-in-law, wait a moment..." She didn't refuse, and went back to the room to take out a piece of cloth distributed by the commune, which was just the right size to make a dress for Xiao Jixiang, "Third Sister-in-law, take this piece of cloth and make a new dress for Xiao Jixiang later."
A fish for a piece of cloth, of course it's Lin
Yiyi suffered a loss. But some things require happiness. Since Lin Yiyi wanted fish, she thought it was worth it. Besides, she had no shortage of cloth, but Liang did. Both sides were satisfied with this gift. Moreover, Liang was very thoughtful.
Liang said hurriedly, "No, no, no, I'm here to deliver something, but it seems like I'm here to take something." She was too embarrassed to take the cloth. Usually, when Xiao Jixiang played here, the second room would make something delicious and ask Xiao Jixiang to stay. She was already embarrassed.
That's true. If the second room had soup or something like that, she would let the child stay and drink a bowl. The child is young, how much soup can he drink? Besides, it's just a little extra water in the dish, which is nothing.
Lin Yiyi: "You can take it. Do you have to wait until the first day of the new year when the child comes to pay New Year's greetings to give it to him? Just think of it as a little gift from me as a aunt to the child."
Liang: "No, no, no, no need, second sister-in-law..."
Lin Yiyi: "Mom, please talk to my third brother's wife and ask her not to be so polite."
Qin Xiangju said, "Old Third Wife, your second sister-in-law is right. You can take this cloth and make a new dress for Little Jixiang."
Since her mother-in-law said so, Liang did not refuse.
Liang returned home with the cloth and saw Qi Bocai basking in the sun. Qi Bocai looked at Liang. She knew that Liang went out with the fish. She thought that Liang went to flatter the second wife, but she didn't want to go. However, she squinted her eyes and looked at the thing Liang was holding under her armpit. It was a piece of cloth.
Qi Spinach stood up immediately: "Ah, what are you doing?"
Liang said, "Nothing, nothing." Then she hurried into the house. If there was no fishy smell in the basket, she would not want to dirty the cloth, and she would definitely put the cloth in the basket to avoid being seen by Qi Bocai. But she had no idea that Qi Bocai had such sharp eyes that she could still see it even if she put it under her armpit.
Qi Bocai watched Liang run into the house. She rolled her eyes and took out a fish from her own bucket. It was not the biggest, nor the smallest, but a medium-sized one. Although Qi Bocai had some thoughts, she knew that it would not look good to give away the smallest fish, and she was reluctant to give away the largest one. She took a medium-sized one, which weighed more than one pound. She put the fish in the basket and went to the second room.
Lin Yiyi and the others were busy, the Lin brothers went to the bathroom to take a bath, Qin Xiangju was washing small fish, which were picked up by Lin Sijun, Lin Wudi and Xiao Rui, as well as screws. Although there were not many, there were still five or six pounds, and these small fish were very delicious when put into shredded radish soup.
Seeing Qi Spinach coming over, Lin Yiyi was a little surprised.
Foreigner: "Sister-in-law is here."
Qi Bocai said, "Look, I sent you a fish."
Lin Yiyi was not a fool. Although she didn't know whether Qi Bocai knew that she had given cloth to Liang, Liang had sent fish, she had given cloth, and Qi Bocai had also sent fish. If she didn't give cloth, it would be a bit unreasonable. So she didn't hesitate and gave a piece of cloth, which was about the same size as Liang's piece of cloth.
Qi Bocai was delighted: "Second brother and sister-in-law, why are you so polite? I originally came here to deliver fish, but when you gave me the cloth, it seemed like I was here to get the cloth."
Lin Yiyi said, "You are so polite, sister-in-law. You don't have much fish at home, but you still sent it to me."
Qin Xiangju: "Stop wasting time. Xiaorui also went into the pond. Did you give him a bath?"
Qi Spinach: "His father is washing with him, I'll leave first." She got the cloth and didn't want to stay here.
Qin Xiangju watched her go and shook her head: "She's like a weed on the wall."
Lin Yiyi also laughed. After spending time with Qi Bocai, you know her inner thoughts. It's nothing. At least she's not the kind of scheming person described in novels. If you want to get along with someone who has powerful means, it's better to get along with someone like Qi Bocai. At least she will show what she wants on her face, and you don't have to worry about her high IQ to frame you.
After Lin Dajun and the others finished their bath, they helped Qin Xiangju wash the fish. After washing the fish, Qin Xiangju picked some to put into the soup, put the rest in the braised dish, and dried some in the sun.
The fish and radish soup was indeed delicious, especially for Lin Wudi, who mixed the soup with rice and ate a whole bowl of it.
the next day
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, Xiao Yu's police station was also on holiday. Early in the morning, he took Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun to the mountain. They went up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots. Among all the bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots are the most delicious. But winter bamboo shoots grow underground, and some of them have a little hairy tip, which is very difficult to find. Most people who go up the mountain to dig winter bamboo shoots have lunch on the mountain to save time going back and forth. Xiao Yu took Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun with him, and lunch was steamed bread prepared by Lin Yiyi.
When it was almost time for dinner, they came back with a basket of bamboo shoots on their backs.
Lin Yiyi said, "That's a lot." Winter bamboo shoots are very expensive nowadays, costing more than ten yuan per pound. "Take some over to the old house." There were so many that they couldn't eat them all.
Xiao Yu: "No, we met grandpa and dad, as well as my eldest brother and third brother when we went to dig bamboo shoots." We always go digging bamboo shoots together, but there was a famine in the past two years, so all the bamboo shoots were dug up.
, and is only now emerging again.
Winter bamboo shoots are very durable and can be stored for a week without going bad. So there is no need to worry about having too many bamboo shoots. However, the next day was New Year's Eve, and Xiao Yu took the two fish given by the old house and a small bag of ten bamboo shoots to give to Xiao Ling. Not all villages have bamboo forests, and where there are no bamboo forests, there are no bamboo shoots.
After Xiao Yu came back with the delivery, everyone had lunch at the old house. It was the New Year's Eve reunion dinner, and the staple food was dumplings, including minced meat and bamboo shoot dumplings, vegetable and tofu dumplings, and all kinds of fillings. There were thirteen people in the Xiao family and the Lin family brothers, a total of 17 people, two tables, and it was very lively.
Now no one would dislike the younger brothers of the Lin family. They also brought things with them, whether it was food or vegetables, they were all more than enough. The vegetables that the younger brothers of the Lin family brought were eggs, so Qin Xiangju made fried eggs with chives and fried eggs with salted vegetables for lunch. Anyway, there were enough eggs for everyone to eat several chopsticks of. The second room had dinner at home, and as for the first and third rooms, they ate with the elders of the Xiao family, and there was still some leftovers from lunch.
After returning from the Xiao family's old house after having lunch, Lin Yiyi instructed Xiao Yu to kill a chicken, and then instructed the Lin family's younger brothers to pluck the chicken feathers and stew chicken soup in the evening.
When stewing chicken soup, she put bamboo shoots, chicken greens, ginger, and some other ingredients. She didn't buy the soup packs from the system mall because everyone was at home and there was no place for such things. In fact, Lin Yiyi hadn't bought anything eye-catching from the system mall for a long time. She couldn't even buy soda because she was pregnant and couldn't go out to buy things by herself, so such things were impossible to appear at home.
After the chicken soup was ready, Lin Yiyi asked Xiao Yu to take a bowl of soup and a chicken leg to the old house. When Xiao Yu came back, he brought some vegetables and two pieces of tofu.
Lin Yiyi: "Is there anyone making tofu in our village?"
Xiao Yu: "This is tofu made in another village. Mom and sister-in-law went to exchange it this afternoon. Because you were pregnant, we didn't tell you. This was exchanged for our family. Mom said not to give her money." Because they took the chicken legs over, the tofu was regarded as a return gift from there.
Lin Yiyi: "Put it in a bowl and make fish head and tofu soup tomorrow."
The Datang Production Brigade did not have electricity yet, so they had dinner early. However, it gets dark quickly in the winter, so even if they ate early, it would be dark after just a while of sitting at the table.
But they have a lot of kerosene lamps and flashlights at home, and when they are all lit up, they are also very bright.
After dinner, the family began to keep vigil. There is no tradition of keeping vigil nowadays.
, at least not in Lin Yiyi’s family, but Lin Dajun and the others seemed to be in a good mood.
The Lin brothers were indeed in high spirits. In the past, they all lived at home during the Chinese New Year. They didn't find it interesting to celebrate the Chinese New Year when they were all at home. Now that they were at their sister's house, they found it interesting. Not long after the night watch, Lin Yiyi went to bed, and Xiao Rui and Xiao Zhu came with Xiao Jixiang.
At midnight, the night watchmen had another meal of dumplings.
the next day
"Uncle, aunt, happy New Year." Early in the morning, Xiao Rui came with his sister and brother, his voice was much louder than usual. He brought a Jiefang bag, which was specially used to pack candies. Children like the New Year because there are many delicious foods during the New Year, especially when they visit each household to pay New Year's greetings, they can fill their bags with snacks.
With the arrival of Xiao Rui and his friends, more and more children came to pay New Year's greetings. Lin Dajun and Lin Sanjun were old and felt embarrassed to go with the children to pay New Year's greetings, but Lin Sijun was not afraid of being embarrassed. He carried a Liberation bag, took Lin Wudi with him, and went to pay New Year's greetings with Xiao Rui and his friends.
There were not many families in the village, and it took no more than an hour to go through the village and pay New Year's greetings to every household. Lin Sijun and Lin Wujun filled their own Jiefang bags with fruit candies, but the most common item was sweet potato chips, which were the most common snack among farmers.
After the Chinese New Year, it is the busy farming season for ordinary people, and for workers, it is time to go to work.
That day, after Lin Yiyi got off work, she got into Xiao Yu's car and went home. Xiao Yu said, "I have to go on a business trip tomorrow, which will take about a week."
Lin Yiyi was surprised: "So long?" They had known each other for more than three years, and Xiao Yu had only been on a business trip once.
Xiao Yu: "Well, don't worry, it's not dangerous. The business trip is just superficial. I'm going to meet the chief."
Lin Yiyi understood: "So when you come back, will we reopen the business?"
Xiao-Woo: "I'll talk to you when I get back."
Lin Yiyi: "What about my work? Should I say hello to President Cheng first?"
Xiao Yu: "No, the reopening must be kept secret until it is reported to the higher-ups and approved."
Lin Yiyi: "Okay, then tell me, if I follow the army, who will get my job?"
Xiao-Woo: "You decide. Give it to whoever you want."
Lin Yiyi: "Why don't I trade jobs with someone else, from a commune position to a salesperson position in a supply and marketing cooperative? I think someone will definitely trade." Everyone knows that people who work in a commune are called cadres, and a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative is just a salesperson. Although salespeople in this era are awesome, they can't compare to cadres.
Xiao Yu: "You exchanged your position in the commune for a salesperson position, is it because you have a candidate in mind?"
Lin Yiyi nodded: "There is no suitable person in our Lin family. If we choose someone from the Xiao family, who can read, has a good relationship with you, and has a trustworthy character, then it would be Xiao Ling. What do you think? Although she has only studied for a few years, she is very advanced in the anti-blindness class, so I think she is good."
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