The Eldest Sister is Like a Stepmother [60’s]

Lin Yiyi said: "It can be seen from her parents and family members. Her parents have good reputation, and her siblings are good, so most of her are also good. If her parents are rogues, like some women Like, rolling around on the ground at every turn and staring at other people's families who are embezzling and cheap, then most of her are not good." Lin Yiyi didn't want to kill people, but she would not allow them to enter the door in such a family. Yes, no matter how nice the girl is, she won't agree. When the marriage is two families, once the girl enters the door, her parents are of bad character, and seeing a family like theirs will definitely cause trouble. And the girl is sandwiched in the middle, no matter how sensible it is, it can't stand a word of filial piety. When a word of filial piety is pressed down, sometimes the hardest bones will be bent.

Lin Dajun: "Sister, I know. If I deal with someone, I will definitely want to inquire about her family." It's dangerous, but fortunately his sister told him, but, "Sister, I don't think I need to inquire, anyway, our family It must be up to you to ask for a daughter-in-law. If you ask us for a daughter-in-law, if you think it’s good, it must be good. Just ask us about it.”

Lin Dajun, who doesn't want anything, just wants to take advantage.

Lin Yiyi: "...But Dajun, the problem is a little different now."

Lin Dajun looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Lin Yiyi: "Because you will be a worker and someone with a job in the future, and now many people want to play against you and take advantage of you. Some little girls don't teach them well at home, or their family members deliberately let her come into contact with you secretly. , and then lie to you, and when you are fooled, they will ask you to marry them, if you don’t agree, they will wrong you and report it to the police.”

Lin Dajun was taken aback and was about to cry: "What should I do then?"

Lin Yiyi said: "So for the little girls who deliberately approach you, you have to keep your distance from them. Otherwise, you will be deceived by them, and they will take away your job and your commercial food, and you will have nothing in the future. There are even some people who use you and your brother-in-law to have a relationship, and then use your brother-in-law's name to do bad things. If this matter is found out, both you and your brother-in-law will go to jail."

Lin Dajun, who was so frightened that he didn't want to ask his wife: "Then... what should I do?" He doesn't want to work anymore, okay? can?

Lin Yiyi said, "That elder sister really introduced you to one?"

Lin Dajun immediately said: "Sister, what you introduced must be good."

Lin Yiyi really didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "That's right, sister thinks, our family is in the Shanglin Production Brigade, and you will be studying in the commune middle school in the future, and even if you graduate in the future, your work will still be in the commune, so my sister will tell you something about the village. Daughter-in-law, if the family has a good reputation, I can also take care of you, what do you think?"

Lin Dajun immediately said: "Sister, what you said is definitely fine...but...but...the little girl can't be too ugly, she has to look good."

Lin Yiyi said: "Of course, my younger brother is a talented person. He is about to enter junior high school. He is filial and obedient. Of course, I can't give my brother a bad-looking daughter-in-law."

Lin Dajun blushed. The half-eldest who will be 14 years later, also knows what it means to ask for a daughter-in-law: "Then... that sister, do you have someone in your heart?"

Lin Yiyi: "What do you think of Xiao Zhen from the captain's family?" Lin Yiyi asked tentatively.

When Lin Dajun heard this, his face turned even redder: "It's...it's good." He's not a boy Huaichun. Boys his age know how to look at girls, but he just takes a look and sees which one looks good. Which doesn't look good. Lin Zhen happened to be the kind of person who looked good in the eyes of these boys. In addition, Lin Zhen was the daughter of the captain's family and had a high status. People didn't dare to think about it before, so Lin Dajun didn't expect his sister to tell him about Lin Zhen.

Lin Yiyi saw what he meant, what else did he not understand? She said: "Then you and Lin Zhen look around first? Of course, the object must be sincere and not joking. Otherwise, the reputation of the little girl is important, and you will harm others."

Lin Dajun was anxious: "I'm serious."

Lin Yiyi: "Then if you go to junior high school and see a more beautiful girl, don't you want Lin Zhen anymore?"

Lin Dajun: "Sister, didn't you say that you need to look at people if you want a wife? What if the more beautiful girl's house is a mess? Lin Zhen is very good, and the captain and aunt are also very good."

Lin Yiyi was a little surprised, the young man still has some brains.

Lin Yiyi said: "That's fine, my sister will tell the captain's family, but a man and a man, you should be responsible for dealing with the object, and you must have a sense of responsibility, you know?"

Lin Dajun: "That's for sure."

Lin Yiyi patted his shoulder: "Sister is gone."

Lin Dajun: "Hey." His mouth could touch his ears.

Lin Yiyi said again: "If you are obedient, be good, when you go to work, my sister will buy you a bicycle."

Lin Dajun didn't think at all: "I'm definitely obedient, I just listen to my sister." There is no man who doesn't love cars, even if he is only 13 years old.

Lin Yiyi chatted with Lin Dajun for a while, and then went back to Xiao's house. It happened to be lunch time, and everyone was ready to eat dumplings. The dumpling skin is made of Fuqiang powder brought by Lin Yiyi, only half a catty of meat is added, and bean sprouts and green vegetables are also added. The green vegetables are of course the chicken feathers grown at home.

Everyone eats in the main room. The big room and the third room bring their own food. In addition to the food, they also need to bring food. This is the rule.

The dishes that Dafang brought were a piece of tofu and half a catty of meat, which was changed when Xiao Wu went to the city to deliver vegetables to Brother Wang. The Xiao family is now delivering the food by themselves. Every time they bother Lin Yiyi, Lin Yiyi has to get up in the middle of the night, so Xiao Yu asked Lin Yiyi to take them to get acquainted with them, and then they delivered it themselves.

Sanfang sent a large drumstick and half a catty of eggs.

The two brothers exchanged the things they gave from the big and the third. They wanted to eat some meat for the Chinese New Year. If it was before, they would not have dared to imagine having meat, so now they can exchange vegetables for meat from Brother Wang. is quite happy.

Qi Spinach always likes to be petty and cheap, and she has no objection to this time Xiao Wu changed his meat for the New Year's gift. The Xiao family made a lot of dumplings, because the family has a lot of rich and strong powder. The second room brings four catties of rich and strong powder every month, and they have been taking them for half a year. Even if they eat some, there must be seventeen or eight catties left. People are still reluctant to eat, so Qin Xiangju was very willing to make dumplings this time, and also let the whole family open their stomachs to eat 80% full.

Dinner is even more abundant. I made a plate of braised pork, a full half a catty, as well as braised tofu, various vegetables and eggs. It is such a good meal all year round, and there are chicken feather vegetables at home, so everyone does not feel distressed. , It can be said that when the weather was good in previous years, everyone did not eat so comfortably.

The next day is the first day of the new year, and the children are all over the place to pay New Year's greetings, but it has nothing to do with their adults. In the first day of the first year, except for the second room and Xiao's parents, the big room and the third room are eaten separately. After all, they are separated.

To Lin Yiyi's surprise, Qi Spinach didn't ask the children to take advantage.

After the first day of the first year is the second year of the first year, the married daughter has returned to her parents' home. If there is no separation, the daughters go back to their parents' house, and the mother-in-law has to prepare gifts, but now that the family is separated, there is no need for the mother-in-law to prepare. It's just that this year, all the people in the county who can grow vegetables have been able to grow vegetables on the stove.

Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu returned to the Shanglin production team. Before reaching the village gate, he saw Lin Dajun and his younger brothers waiting for them at the village gate wearing new clothes. When they saw them coming, the four brothers ran over.

Lin Dajun led Fifth Brother Lin to run: "Sister, brother-in-law..."

Lin Sijun: "Sister, brother-in-law, you are finally here, we are all waiting to death."

Lin Sanjun looked at his sister and brother-in-law silently.

Brother Lin: "Sister hugs."

Lin Yiyi picked up Lin Wudi and put him on the seat of the bicycle bar, which was specially prepared for him.

When the family returned to Lin's house, Lin Yiyi saw that the younger brothers of the Lin family had washed the vegetables. There were chicken feather vegetables sent by the villagers, as well as tomatoes and cauliflower they brought from the county town.

Lin Yiyi said: "Invite the captain and his wife to have dinner at noon, and formally discuss the matter between the army and Lin Zhen."

Jin-Woo: "It's up to you to decide."

The 14-year-old Lin Dajun blushed a little. In fact, on the morning of New Year's Eve, after my sister said this, he secretly went to see Lin Zhen in the afternoon, pretending to walk past the captain's house inadvertently, and was stopped by the captain's wife, drinking at their house. After taking a bowl of sugar water, he glanced at Lin Zhen several times, and then he came back. When I came back, I was still thinking in my mind that Lin Zhen's blushing look was so pretty.

Now hearing Lin Yiyi say this, Lin Dajun's face turned even redder: "Listen to my sister."

At noon, Lin Yiyi cooks and invites the captain and his wife to dinner. She also cooks simple dishes, such as green fried chicken feathers, tomato egg soup, shredded potatoes with vinegar, and sliced ​​meat and cauliflower soup.

The peasant family talked about things while eating, and when the meal was ready, the marriage between the two families was settled. Only on the 15th of the first lunar month, the Lin family officially came to visit.

The people in the village soon learned that Lin Yiyi went home and invited the captain and his wife to dinner on the second day of the first year. There is no news to hide these days, not to mention that everyone does not eat secretly. On the 15th of the first lunar month, Lin Yiyi came back from the county, bringing two pounds of meat, a box of vanishing cream, and a piece of cloth, followed by Lin Dajun. Even got engaged. But looking back on the meal in the second year of junior high, everyone understood a little bit.

Many people feel that it is a pity. After all, Lin Dajun is now a worker who is known from all over the world. Who would call a promising elder sister? However, no one's movements are as fast as the captain's.

Thinking about it carefully, this is normal. The Lin family is helpless in the team, and Lin Yiyi is in the county seat. As the saying goes, even if there is something wrong, far water can't save the near fire, so Lin Dajun will find a house in the village for his daughter-in-law. ,it's the best. And in the village, who can compare to the captain's family?

But in this way, the captain's family has also found a backer. Isn't Lin Dajun's brother-in-law of the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau also a backer for the captain's family?

After Lin Dajun and Lin Zhen's affairs were settled, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu went back to Xiao's house. When they came to Lin's house, they told Qin Xiangju to keep Xiao Ling for dinner and wait for them to come back.

They returned to Xiao's house. Qi Spinach and Liang's family had already returned from their parents' house, and they all rushed back to accompany Xiao Ling for dinner.

Qi Spinach was chatting with Xiao Ling, and when she saw Lin Yiyi coming, her whole body was a little stiff, but when she recalled what her mother said, she forced a smile: "Second brother and sister are back?" That smile was uglier than crying .

Lin Yiyi was stunned, what happened to this Qi Spinach?

But she stretched out her hand and didn't hit the smiling face, Qi Spinach opened her mouth first, and Lin Yiyi couldn't help but smile, she also smiled: "Sister-in-law is back so soon?"

Qi Spinach breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Lin Yiyi's response, she was afraid that Lin Yiyi would not give face, then she would be humiliated and lost home. Her mother said that it is only their advantage to have a good relationship with the second room, and there is no disadvantage. In fact, since the commune rewarded Lin Yiyi for her work, she has come to understand a little bit, but she can't hold back her face. When she returned to her mother's house this time, she was taught a lesson by her mother again. Not to mention, taking her father-in-law's salary as an example, if she wanted her father-in-law's salary, she had to change her character. Otherwise, if you continue, you will offend all Xiao's family members, and there will be no farts in the future, so Qi Spinach took the initiative to say hello to Lin Yiyi just now.

Qi Spinach hurriedly said: "No, there is no one at home, so I came back early, but you came back a little late." Although he was talking, Qi Spinach still felt ashamed.

Lin Yiyi said, "I told Dajun about a marriage."

Qin Xiangju came out, a little surprised: "Did you tell Dajun about marriage?"

Lin Yiyi said: "Yes, Lin Zhen, the daughter of the captain of our brigade, is a good girl. Besides, we have no relatives in our family. Being in-law with the captain's family can also take care of the army and them."

Qin Xiangju agrees very much with Lin Dajun's marriage. As long as there is no problem with the character, the marriage is sure to be good.

...

After the 15th day of the first lunar month, the farm work in the countryside began to be busy. 14-year-old Lin Dajun and 13-year-old Lin Sanjun went to the field. 11-year-old Lin Sijun did some small work and then cooked for his two brothers. As for Fifth Brother Lin, he has returned to the county seat again.

The three brothers would go to the mountains to pick up dry wood after work and dinner every day. Because it was cold in winter, my sister had to boil hot water when doing laundry, and there was not enough coal and firewood in the county town, so every week when my sister came to see them , they will bring the prepared dry wood to the sister and tie it to the bicycle.

In the blink of an eye, in July of the 1961 solar calendar, in the hot summer, there was nothing to do in the field, and the three brothers of the Lin family entered the county. If it is a famine year, July and August are also the time when rice is busy, but now the disaster situation is serious in various places, and there are floods in many places, so now each team does not grow rice.

On this day, Lin Yiyi sent the new manuscript, and then took the remittance slip from the post office to the bank for deposit. Lin Yiyi wrote 4 more short stories after receiving the payment for the number of prints for the first time. These 4 short stories were printed in 10,000 copies, and the first two stories were supplemented by 5,000 copies. The number of remuneration is a bit too much, a total of 4590, which is 5 times that of the previous one. From December last year to July this year, a total of 8 months have passed, and I have earned 4590, which is equivalent to 700 a month, plus the previous 940 manuscript fee, it must be 5530, Lin Yiyi is very happy.

After leaving the bank, she prepared a few bottles of soda from the Arctic Ocean when she got home. When she got home, she put the soda into the well water.

Then I heard a quarrel next door.

Although this kind of house has poor sound insulation, the general sound is not so loud, and Lin Yiyi can hear the quarrel over there clearly because the quarrel next door is too loud.

The reason was that Grandma Wang's second son and second daughter-in-law resigned.

Lin Yiyi knew a little about this. Xiao Yu mentioned it to him at home. In the first half of the year, the relevant policies of the state came out, and the temporary workers in various units were dismissed. To put it simply, now that there is a shortage of food, dismissing temporary workers can save a lot of food, and the jobs that temporary workers can do can also be done by regular workers, so all the temporary workers are dismissed. Another point is that there are a lot of temporary workers of various kinds in the unit, and many of them are from the countryside, so that there are fewer people farming in the countryside, and the output of grain is also less. Anyway, there are various opinions.

The second son and second daughter-in-law of the Wang family are both temporary workers. No, among the laid-off people, there are their husbands and wives. In fact, it stands to reason that the second son of the Wang family should have been laid off a long time ago. The first few temporary workers who were laid off did not have him because his elder brother, the director of the steel plant, was dealing with it. , can only fire him. If he continues to protect him, he will fall into disrepute, and maybe his style will become a problem.

However, the husband and wife of the second son of the Wang family are not convinced. Why are they the children of their parents? The eldest husband and wife are regular workers, and they will be laid off? Sister-in-law's job is pre-married and has nothing to do with her husband's family, so what about eldest brother's job?

Grandma Wang's husband used to work in a textile factory. Later, he was in poor health, so he transferred his position to the eldest son. At the same time, it was also for the convenience of the eldest son. So they used the job in the textile factory and the savings to trade their son to the steel factory.

My son is also promising. After he arrived at the steel factory, he became the director within a few years. Coincidentally, the younger son also grew up, so the eldest son got the younger son into the steel factory. Although he is a temporary worker, it is not bad, that is, the welfare is worse than that of the regular worker. Coincidentally, in the past few years, the price comparison of steelmaking was great, and grandma Wang's eldest son recruited the younger son, but it was only a matter of one sentence.

But this year the policy has changed.

So, here comes the problem.

Grandma Wang's second son is called Wang Xiaolei. Wang Xiaolei used to be so proud of such an older brother, and now he hates this older brother. If it wasn't for this older brother, he would think that the job of director of the steel plant was his, so today, the couple couldn't help it. come to make trouble.

Wang Xiaolei: "My requirements are not too high, my eldest brother's position is exchanged with my dad's position and money, but I also have a position in my dad's position, and I also have a position in our family's position, so I get half of my eldest brother's salary. ."

Sister-in-law Wang said: "Has your elder brother not taken care of you in the past few years? Now that the state is in such a state, you are complaining about your elder brother. When the father-in-law retired back then, he just gave you the job. Can you handle it?"

My little Lei said: "Sister-in-law doesn't need to tell me whether there are some or not. I couldn't do it in the past, but I can always do it now. That's all I ask, and my brother's salary is half of each of us, unless the eldest brother finds me another job, I'm not greedy for regular workers or temporary workers."

Sister-in-law Wang: "You don't even have to work, you want half of your salary, and the traitors are not yours."

Wang Xiaolei: "Be careful what sister-in-law says. If I am a traitor, what will happen to our family?"

Wang Xiaolei's daughter-in-law: "Sister-in-law, needless to say that there are some of these, we will ask for half of the salary of the eldest brother, and we will not give you a word."

Wang Xiaolei said: "That is, if the eldest brother does not pay the salary, then give up the job. I am willing to give the eldest brother half of the salary."

Brother Wang said: "You feel your conscience and say, how have I treated you all these years? My parents don't have a retirement salary, did I raise them? Did I get you the temporary workers in your steel plant? This brother, why am I sorry for you?"

Wang Xiaolei said: "My parents don't have a retirement salary because they gave you the job. If Dad didn't give you the job, and he is still on the job, why do I need to look at your face and ask for money? So your salary is equal to It's the retirement salary of my parents. Conscience? You don't have to tell me that you have a bad conscience. If you give me the job, I will give you half of the salary according to my conscience. How about it? I have the conscience you want. I'll give it to you."

Grandma Wang: "Enough, stop arguing. Xiaolei, you can't do your brother's job. Dalei, what Xiaolei said is not wrong. Your current job is replaced by your father's job, Xiaolei. Ray does have a part. Also, although your dad and I don't have a retirement salary, we have commercial food, and we are not supported by you." It hurts to be kicked around like a ball when you are old.

Grandpa Wang: "Da Lei's salary is one third of Xiao Lei's salary."

Sister-in-law Wang: "Why? The family has already been separated. How can the elder brother of the separated family raise the younger brother's family?"

Grandpa Wang: "Dalei's work is mine, and I exchange it with my work and family money."

Sister-in-law Wang is very unconvinced, how can work still be counted like this?

Grandpa Wang continued: "I think it's fair to do it. Dalei only gives one-third, and he keeps the remaining two-thirds. After all, he is doing the work."

Sister-in-law Wang: "I don't agree, Wang Dalei, you dare to give it."

When Lin Yiyi was listening, Jin Yu came in with two watermelons: "What are you doing?"

Lin Yiyi saw him, and her eyes lit up: "Watermelon, where did it come from?" Oh my God, it's so nice to have watermelon on this day.

Xiao Yu: "It was sent by the unit. It was transported from the provincial capital, and the convoy was specially sent to the provincial capital, but we also need money, so we still have the relationship with the previous director. Didn't he go to the provincial capital before?"

Lin Yiyi: "So good? It's really good, hurry up, put the watermelon in the bucket."

Jin Yu put both watermelons in, and Lin Yiyi started scouring the water.

Jin-Woo: "What were you doing just now?"