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

When Qin Xiangju heard this, she wanted to reply to him, why don't you go to heaven? I want to change everything, how can it be so valuable.

Lin Yiyi knows the price of crabs and prawns. She often helps her mother to buy food on the grocery app. Such crabs cost 671 pounds, and prawns cost 50 pounds. If you follow the modern price To calculate, in modern times, 5 catties of crabs cost about 350 yuan, and three catties of prawns cost 150 yuan, which adds up to 500 yuan. In modern times, if you buy a little rice, you can buy 200 catties.

But in this era, not to mention 200 catties of rice, even 20 catties of rice, everyone is reluctant to change.

Lin Yiyi was in a dilemma for a while. She didn't want to take advantage of this young man, but the price she offered could not deviate from this era.

The young man looked at Lin Yiyi with a look of embarrassment, thinking that Lin Yiyi was not satisfied with what he mentioned, he thought for a while and said, "Why don't you look at the transaction, and if it is successful, we will trade it." If the transaction is done by himself If he is not satisfied, he will not trade.

Lin Yiyi could see his nervousness and thought for a moment before saying, "How about giving you three buns for a pound of crab?" People in this era don't like eating crabs, firstly because of the trouble, and secondly because they feel that there is no meat. This crab is not big, about three per pound. In everyone's eyes, the meat squeezed by three crabs is not as big as a bun. In the age of realism, it must be mainly to fill the stomach, so a pound of meat is not as big as a bun. Crab three buns, many people are reluctant to change.

When the young man heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, then... that side..."

Lin Yiyi said, "I have three buns and a bowl of noodles here. I'll give you 9 buns and two bowls of noodles, which is exactly five pounds of crab. What do you think?"

The young man hurriedly said: "Okay, thank you so much, you are really a good person."

Lin Yiyi: "Do you have anything for buns and noodles?"

The young man only had two wooden buckets with crabs and shrimps. He said, "I will pour out the crabs and wash them in the wooden buckets. You can put the noodles and buns in the wooden buckets."

Lin Yiyi: "...Well, I'll lend you two bowls for noodles and steamed buns, next time if you have crabs or shrimps, you can send them to my house to trade, and return the bowls to me by the way, how about ?" If the other party really refused to return the bowl, Lin Yiyi felt that he still took advantage of it, after all, the price of this crab and shrimp can buy ten bowls. If the other party comes to return the bowl, will she worry about not being able to eat crab and shrimp in the future?

Young man: "Thank you." This eldest sister is really nice.

If Lin Yiyi knew what he was thinking, she would definitely correct him, she was only 17 years old, not a big sister. In front of men, many women like to be sisters.

Lin Yiyi smiled: "Then let's talk about how to trade shrimp. Do you want rice and cloth?"

The young man nodded: "Yes, my eldest sister is getting married, and I want to give her a piece of cloth to make a new dress." After speaking, he was a little shy, "Our family is poor, I can't afford anything else, my sister can't afford anything else. Before wearing new clothes, I wanted to give her a piece of cloth. But I know that these shrimps are not enough to replace the cloth for new clothes, or you can do the math, wait for me... wait for me to go in a few days Fishing for crabs and shrimps, I'll bring them to you again, you...you can..." The young man couldn't say what he said later, and he also felt that he was a little too strong.

Lin Yiyi: "That's okay, I'll take the shrimp first. When you return the bowl next time, bring the crab and shrimp you caught. I'll calculate how much cloth I'll give you then. What do you think?"

The young man said: "Sure, thank you big sister." He was not afraid of Lin Yi's reliance on the bill. If he defaulted on the bill, he would only lose three catties of shrimp, but if he did not default on the bill, he could give his sister a new piece of cloth, so he felt it was worth it.

The young man put down one of the wooden buckets with shrimps. There is sea water in the wooden buckets, which can make the shrimps live longer, and the live shrimps will taste better when they are about to be eaten.

After the young man left, Qin Xiangju said, "One by one, is it worthwhile to exchange nine buns and two bowls of noodles for five catties of crabs?" In Qin Xiangju's opinion, it was not worthwhile. This crab is the size of her palm, and even a five-pound crab is a good deal without steamed buns and cold noodles.

Lin Yiyi said: "Occasionally I have eaten it once. When Dad gets off work in the evening, you and Dad go to the county town. I will cook it for you. It must be delicious." Her scallion crab, braised shrimp... just want it Drooling. Lin Yiyi likes this dish without cooking skills. Saying that, she took Qin Xiangju's shoulder again, "Mother, our conditions are good now, brother Yu's salary is high, and my income from royalties is also good, father-in-law is also a worker now, our family has the conditions, and we have to eat once in a while. , people live a lifetime, when conditions permit, you must be good to yourself, otherwise when you are old and can’t eat, you will have nothing to eat.” Lin Yiyi knows that people in this era pay attention to saving, and the elderly are reluctant to eat. , then only the juniors can buy some good ones for them to eat.

Qin Xiangju is actually a transparent person. Although she doesn't think it's worth it, her daughter-in-law's words are reasonable. Besides, the family has already been separated. How can she be so lenient?

"Sister, we're back." Lin Sanjun and Lin Sijun strolled around and came back just before lunch. Lin Sanjun was very eye-catching, holding a bamboo mat in his arms.

The bamboo mats of this era are different from the bamboo mats of later generations. The bamboo mats of later generations have squares and strips, but the bamboo mats of this era are woven with bamboo sheets. Very thin and thin bamboo pieces, not even a millimeter, are then woven into a mat, so it takes a lot of time. Not only are the bamboo pieces difficult to assemble, but after weaving, they have to be processed, otherwise people will be scratched by the bamboo mat when they fall asleep. hurt.

Lin Yiyi was born in the late 1990s. At that time, there was no such bamboo mat anymore, but she had seen this kind of bamboo mat in her grandma's photo album. It was a picture of her father when he was a child. Her father was wearing a red apron, tied with With a braid facing the sky, sitting on a bamboo mat, his mouth is sucking his little hand, plump and very cute.

Another advantage of bamboo mats is that it is particularly cool to fall asleep in summer, especially if you wipe them with cold water before going to bed, they are cooler than straw mats.

Lin Yiyi: "Did you change the seats?"

Lin Sijun: "For eldest sister."

Lin Yiyi was taken aback.

Lin Sijun laughed and said, "Sister, aren't you shouting that you are hot? The grandfather who bought the mat said it would be cool to sleep with. There were originally two bamboo mats over there, and one was replaced."

Lin Yiyi's eyes heated up: "What about yourselves?"

Lin Sijun disapproved and said, "We are men. We sleep in the courtyard outside when it's hot in the house. The elders all sleep like this. Sister, you are a lesbian, so you can't sleep outside."

Lin Yiyi opened her eyes wide, not wanting to let the tears flow out, but... she still couldn't control it.

Seeing her cry, Lin Sijun was frightened: "Sister, what's the matter with you?"

Lin Yiyi beckoned to them: "Sister is moved, you have finally grown up, sister is very pleased."

Lin Sijun laughed again.

Lin Yiyi wiped her eyes with her sleeves, but her eyes were still red: "How did you change this bamboo mat?"

Lin Sijun: "It was exchanged for two pounds of meat tickets and a packet of brown sugar. That grandfather asked for 20 pounds of refined grains, and we even bargained with him.

Lin Yiyi said, "You guys are awesome."

Lin Sijun was extremely proud, and being praised by his sister felt good.

Lin Yiyi took out the bowl: "Let's eat when your big brother comes." After saying that, she first filled a bowl of cold noodles, then took out two vegetable bags, and then put a bowl of mung bean soup, and said to Qin Xiangju, "Mother, Send these to Dad, and I won't leave here."

Qin Xiangju said, "That's fine, I'll go."

Not long after Qin Xiangju, Qi Spinach and Liang Shi came back, and they brought another person, Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling met them when they were changing things. She knew that Lin Yiyi and Qin Xiangju were here, so she let them come together.

Xiao Ling: "Second sister-in-law, where is your mother? Didn't you say that your mother is here?"

Lin Yiyi: "I sent food to my father, what did you change?"

Xiao Ling said: "It's nothing, I changed some sugar, a few taels of meat, and Fuqiang powder. There are not many eggs in the house, so I have changed some." There are twenty or thirty eggs that have been stored for a month. Who said that the eggs can't be stored.

I have to say that eggs are the common "currency" on this trading day. Nine out of ten households trade eggs, which is also the eggs that everyone saved in advance. However, on this trading day, Lin Yiyi's stall is also one of the best "business" stalls. The items in her stall are relatively affordable and the price is also cheap. Everyone is willing to buy one egg and three vegetable buns. food. It is an egg and a bowl of noodles, and everyone is willing to trade with their teeth.

The reason why cold noodles are so cheap is mainly because the price of flour is low. One catty of flour is less than 2 cents, and half a catty of flour can make three bowls of cold noodles for 1 cent. And a pound of eggs costs 6 cents, and an egg is about 6 cents, so it is more expensive to bring some nutrients that can supplement the body, such as eggs and meat.

However, after the rural economy has fully recovered, the prices of crabs and shrimps will also rise. Lin Yiyi remembered that when he was reading the chronology, he also checked the Internet curiously. According to the price of this era, a pound of crabs cost 3 hairs. A pound of shrimp costs 5 cents, but now there are very few crabs and shrimps, so there is no market, and there is no market price. Besides, crabs have very little meat. If you buy a catty of crabs with Sanmao, you will only have three crabs. This thing is too extravagant.

Xiao Ling still had a few eggs on her body, and she didn't know what to change, so she changed the vegetable buns and noodles at Lin Yiyi's place, and planned to bring them back to the children to eat. Lin Yiyi didn't give too much, she just gave it according to the exchanged amount. Qi Spinach and Liang's were both there. If she gave too much to Xiao Ling, they didn't have it, and it wouldn't look good.

Xiao Ling didn't wait for Qin Xiangju to leave first, and she had to go home to cook. Her mother-in-law was not in good health recently.

Lin Yiyi took her hand and said, "Come to the county town when you have time. Your second brother was still thinking of you a few days ago."

Xiao Ling said: "Hey." Is her second brother reading him? It was definitely not something that the second sister-in-law said so politely.

However, Lin Yiyi told her about Jin Yu, and Jin Yu came with a bicycle.

Lin Yiyi couldn't care less about Xiao Ling: "Why are you here?"

Xiao Yu: "After get off work at noon, come and have a look." Seeing that several women from Xiao's family were here, he was a little surprised, "Do you want me to help?"

Lin Yiyi shook her head: "No, I'm about to run out of things, you see, all the eggs are replaced." Not to mention, there are really too many eggs on her side. This time, she made a total of 5 catties of flour buns, which is equal to 90, and 10 catties of cold noodles, which is equivalent to 30 bowls, and they are almost replaced. As for the mung bean soup, she doesn't make much, because the mung bean soup in summer is not resistant to storage. So many times, when people exchange a lot of things, she will give them a copy. "You eat first." She said, and she began to serve things, cold noodles, steamed buns, and lobster. Although the stall was tented, it was still very hot. The so-called tents are actually thatched huts, which pass in rows.

Lin Yiyi's things were finished, and Qin Xiangju came. She was very happy to see her son: "Why are you here?"

Jin-Woo: "Come and have a look."

Lin Yiyi: "Mother has been helping me this morning, and thanks to my mother, I am not busy. Later, after the stall is disbanded, my mother and father will go to our house. I changed the crab and shrimp today and invited my mother and father to come and taste it. taste."

Jin-Woo: "Mmmm...you've worked hard."

Qin Xiangju smiled and said, "I didn't help you much. Your daughter-in-law changed two pairs of shoes for you. She also said that she wanted to make crabs and shrimps for you. It was specially changed for you. You have to treat others well."

Xiao Yu: "Yeah." Looking at Lin Yiyi, his eyes were full of tenderness.

Qin Xiangju said to Qi Spinach and Liang, "Go back. Your father and I won't go home today. Go back and tell your grandparents."

Qi Spinach: "Got it." The mother-in-law entered the county to enjoy the blessing.

Lin Yiyi: "Sister-in-law, please bring some vegetable buns and cold noodles here to your grandparents."

Qi Spinach and Liang's family didn't stay for long, and when Lin Yiyi packed up, they went back. As soon as they left, Lin Yiyi's stall ate. Before Lin Dajun came, the three Lin brothers, Qin Xiangju, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu, also ate noodles and steamed buns, as well as Lin's lobster. Of course, the lobster is not easy to change, so I just take it out and eat it.

When Lin Dajun came over, everyone had already eaten, his face was covered in sweat, and he ran over from the pig farm. Lin Dajun was very curious about what his younger brothers had changed, so when he was eating, he asked them about the situation, and he knew that they had changed his desk and cabinet for him to marry. He felt that the younger brothers were really considerate to him.

After Lin Dajun had a good meal, he hurried to the pig farm. Lin Yiyi had basically changed everything, so she took Lin Fifth Brother for a walk in the afternoon, and saw some food stalls, including maltose and even There were also salted duck eggs and watermelons, so Lin Yiyi changed a few pieces of maltose, some salted duck eggs, and three watermelons.

In the afternoon, Lin Yiyi and Qin Xiangju cleaned up the stall and prepared to go back. Backpacks and wooden barrels don't have much weight, but a table may take up the weight. If there is no Qin Xiangju today, Lin Yiyi would have to wait for Xiao Yu to get off work, but with Qin Xiangju, she is a middle-aged woman who is used to farm work. She is very strong, so she pulled the cart, Lin Yiyi and Lin Sanjun push behind.

It's not that Lin Yiyi is not filial to let her mother-in-law pull the cart, but that this body is only 17 years old, and she doesn't do farm work, so she really has no strength. With her and Lin Sanjun pushing behind, Qin Xiangju wasn't too tired. And the road from the commune to the county seat is relatively smooth.

When they got home, Lin Yiyi poured cold boiled water for everyone, and said to Qin Xiangju, "Mother, take a rest, I'll go out and return a cart." The cart was borrowed from the junkyard, but they didn't have it at home.

Qin Xiangju: "Hey, good."

Lin Yiyi first went to the junkyard to return the cart, and then went to the department store again. The father-in-law and mother-in-law came to the house. Since they were having dinner, they must have spent the night, but they didn't have any clothes to wash. Maybe in this era , It's okay to not take a bath all night, but Lin Yiyi still prepares clothes for them.

She didn't find any clothes that fit them in the department store. Lin Yiyi thought about it and looked at the system mall. Cotton and linen are popular in this era, so she chose cotton gray short-sleeved tops and linen black trousers. The price of this kind of simple style of clothes and pants is very cheap. Lin Yiyi has prepared old man's underwear for Qin Xiangju. As for her father-in-law's, she will definitely not prepare it. When Xiao Yu comes back, let Xiao Yu put the underwear he wore before. For his father to wear it, father and son are fine.

Then, she bought a few more beers before going home. There are crabs and shrimps today, how can I do without beer? What's more, the father-in-law has to come over and let the father and son drink slowly.

Lin Yiyi returned home and saw Qin Xiangju heating hot water.

Lin Yiyi said, "Mother, rest, I'll do this."

Qin Xiangju: "It's fine to sit anyway. You've been tired all day today, so you should rest first."

Lin Yiyi said, "Then help me deal with crabs and shrimps."

Qin Xiangju: "It's good to be brave."

Lin Yiyi said again: "Sanjun, look at the fire, wait for the hot water to be ready, pour the hot water into the kettle, and then help my sister wash some potatoes. Fourth army, you can go outside with Xiaowu to play for a while, before Your friends still mentioned you a few days ago, here are a few pieces of maltose that you can share with your friends."

Lin Sanjun: "Yes."

Lin Sijun: "Hey."

Qin Xiangju is really satisfied with Lin Yiyi, her daughter-in-law, she is filial to these old people, and she arranges her small family in an orderly manner.

Lin Yiyi said: "Mother, if you deal with the crab, I'm a little worried about being caught by it."

Qin Xiangju couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I'll do this, what are you going to do with it?"

Lin Yiyi: "You wash the crabs, then peel off the crab shells, and put the crab shells and crabs in separate bowls. I'll do the rest."

Qin Xiangju: "Okay, do you have to deal with it?"

Lin Yiyi: "Let's deal with it."

Qin Xiangju: "Okay."

Qin Xiangju handled the crab, and Lin Yiyi went back to the room to get a needle, and then handled the black thread on the shrimp. She was very good at handling the black thread. She helped her mother handle it, but she used a toothpick at that time.

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had processed the five catties of crab and three catties of shrimp, Qin Xiangju asked curiously, "What are you going to do with this?"

Lin Yiyi said: "Shrimp is braised, dried with soy sauce, and crab is scallion oil."

Qin Xiangju: "It sounds delicious, then I'll try your craftsmanship today."

Lin Yiyi: "You just have to wait and eat. You can help me watch the fire and add another when you need it."

Qin Xiangju: "don't worry, I'm watching the fire."

In an ordinary family, how dare a daughter-in-law let her mother-in-law set fire? But Qin Xiangju herself has a refreshing personality, and she doesn't like a twisted daughter-in-law, so Lin Yiyi is kind to her, and she is happy. The daughter-in-law is kind to her, doesn't this mean that the son is kind to her?

Lin Yiyi prepared the plate first, and then cut the crabs. Because the crabs are small, they only cut them in half. One plate can hold three crabs. Lin Yiyi prepared three plates. After the crab was placed, she poured a little cooking wine, then chopped the garlic, put it on top, and finally put the three plates on the steaming bar

The stove in this era is very large, because many families are not separated, and three generations live together, so it is necessary to cook all the food of the three generations in one iron pot, and the stove is not big enough. Therefore, three plates can be placed on the steaming column on the stove.

Steaming crabs while cooking rice is quick.

Qin Xiangju looked at it and couldn't help but said, "Then you are quite decent."

Lin Yiyi: "I just read the recipe, but I haven't tried it yet, but I'm actually very nervous. Mother, if I don't make it delicious later, in front of Brother Yu, you can say that you made it, so Brother Yu will not despise me, you are a motherfucker, but he does not dare to despise you."

Lin Yiyi's words were ridiculed, and Qin Xiangju couldn't help laughing and crying: "Okay, if it doesn't taste good, I'll take care of it for you."

A pot was cooking rice and steaming crabs, and Lin Yiyi had no time. She cut the remaining two catties of crabs, a total of six, and cut them into small pieces, even smaller than the steamed crabs, and put them in. Add salt, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, minced garlic.

Qin Xiangju understood at a glance: "Are you going to make pickled crabs?"

Lin Yiyi said: "Well, you can eat it tomorrow, and you can bring some when you go back, but you can't eat more raw crabs, otherwise your stomach will feel uncomfortable."

Qin Xiangju: "Then these crab shells were thrown away?"

Lin Yiyi: "The crab shell is fragrant, and the best thing to eat is the crab shell."

Qin Xiangju watched.

Lin Yiyi cut the potatoes washed by Lin Sanjun into pieces, put them in the iron pot, and put the crab shells in: "Just make a soup like this."

Xiao Yu got off work at the same time as Xiao Daqiang, but because Xiao Daqiang had to walk from the commune to the county seat, it would be late. Knowing that the old father was coming to the county town for dinner today, Jin Yu rode his bicycle to pick up people after work, and of course, his brother-in-law. On the way, Xiao Yu met Xiao Daqiang and Lin Dajun. Xiao Daqiang and Lin Dajun came together after get off work.

Jin Yu: "Dad, Dajun."

Xiao Daqiang smiled and said, "What are you doing here? It's just a little bit of the way, I'll get there when I walk."

Xiao Yu said: "One by one, I'm worried that you are too tired to walk." It was indeed his daughter-in-law's idea, he hadn't thought of it yet. Saying that, he said to Lin Dajun, "Dajun, sit on the bar and let your uncle sit in the back."