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

On the 28th of the year, it was the day when the big pond production brigade caught fish. Early in the morning, Zhang Xiaojun brought Fang Fang, Lin Sijun brought Lin Wujun and Li Wangda all over, they were going to go down to the pond with the Xiao family. However, this year is a little different from previous years. There are more fish in the ponds this year, and villagers are allowed to buy them with money. In previous years, work points were used in exchange, but work points can be exchanged for food. Many people were reluctant to exchange work points for fish. This year, the captain applied to the commune to allow everyone to buy fish directly with money.

After all, the fish in the pond is the business of the village, and since it is not a personal business, buying it with money is not considered speculative. Moreover, if there are more fish, they still have to be purchased from the supply and marketing cooperatives. However, the price of buying them from the supply and marketing cooperatives is cheap, but they can be sold at a higher price. Now the team sells them directly to the people in the village. The price of the purchase to the supply and marketing cooperatives, the village set the price of fish at 3 cents per catty.

Little Eleven watched as his uncles and brothers took off their shoes and rolled up their trousers. He followed suit. Little Eleven took off his shoes, stood on the ground wearing socks, and then began to roll up his trouser legs. His little feet were hooked in his socks because it was a little cold.

Seeing her son like this, Lin Yiyi couldn’t help but ask with a smile, “Eleven, what are you going to do?”

Little Eleven said loudly: “Go catch fish, eat fish.” As if he could catch a lot of fish.

Everyone listened to Xiao Eleven’s words, all looked at him, and then shook their heads tacitly. Is this catching fish? Still waiting to be caught. Lin Yiyi didn’t want to go to the pond today, but she was afraid of the cold, but when she saw that her son wanted to play, she was a little worried, so she had to follow the pond. In fact, other three or four-year-old children in the village will follow the pond, and then pick up small fish and other things at the shore. Little Eleven is squeamish when he eats and dresses, but his character is not squeamish, and Lin Yiyi is not squeamish about his son. Boys, it’s okay to be rough, he can play whatever he wants, and girls should be careful. so as not to hurt yourself.

Lin Yiyi: “Then you have to catch more fish today, and we will give you all the fish we eat for lunch.”

Little Eleven: “Okay, I’ll catch big fish and eat them one by one.” That’s a confident person.

Lin Yiyi: “Thank you, Little Eleven.”

Little Eleven: “You’re welcome.”

Fang Fang saw that Lin Yiyi was also preparing to go into the pond, she was also moved and took off her shoes. In order to avoid the shoes getting dirty, everyone wore straw sandals with bare feet. The reason why they didn’t go there to take them off was because they were worried that the shoes they took off would not be found. No matter where, there are always people with unclean hands and feet, so be careful and it will be fine. .

Everyone rested for a while when they were ready. During the rest, Qin Xiangju, Grandma Xiao and Grandpa Xiao came. Grandma Xiao can’t go to the pond. Even if she is in good health, she is not suitable for going to the pond. Qin Xiangju and Grandpa Xiao go to the Xiao family.

Qin Xiangju couldn’t help laughing when she saw her grandson: “Little Eleven, are you going to go to the pond too?”

Little Eleven: “Yes.” He carried his small backpack. His small back basket is very small, it was made by Grandpa Xiao for him, especially for children like him, and the small back basket is very light, so he can also carry it.

Lin Yiyi looked at him like, really dumbfounded.

At half past seven, everyone went to the pond together. Lin Wujun and Li Wanda were holding Little Eleven, and everyone was in high spirits.

On the way, I met Xiao Jixiang who was carrying a small backpack, so the team was huge again.

When we got to the pond, the water in it was almost full. The captain said a few words, and everyone went down to the pond. The men went to the depths of the pond, where there were the most and the largest fish. The women stood aside, and the children were on the banks of the river.

“One by one, are you going to go into the water?” Lu Xiaochun walked past Lin Yiyi and was a little surprised. This was the first time he saw Lin Yiyi go into the pond.

Lin Yiyi: “Auntie. No, if the child wants to go into the water, I will take him to play.”

Lu Xiaochun: “The water is cold, so be careful. There may be screws on the soles of your feet, so don’t cut them down.”

Lin Yiyi listened, and moved cautiously: “Aunt Xie She.” Lin Yiyi did not carry a basket, she followed Xiao Eleven, picked up a fish and threw it into Lin Wujun’s basket. She was mainly here to take care of her son.

At the beginning, Lin Wujun was holding Little Eleven, and it was slow to catch fish. Later, when he came to the interest, Lin Yiyi asked him to catch the fish by himself. She came to hold Little Eleven, and she held Little Eleven with one hand. Carrying Little Eleven’s backpack in one hand. Little Eleven catches fish very slowly. Although the pond is filled with water, the fish can be caught casually, but the fish are a little slippery, and the live fish can jump. Furthermore, his hands are small, so he can’t catch big fish, so he can only catch small fish, but the small fish is delicious when fried.

Little Eleven was still young and could not play for long in the pond, so after half an hour, he was tired. Lin Yiyi carried the child to the shore, washed his feet with water from a military kettle, and then used The towel wiped him clean, and then put on his socks and shoes: “You are here watching brother and uncle catching fish, okay?”

Little Eleven: “Okay.” He sat on a rock, shaking his short legs.

Lin Yiyi took out two sweet potato fries to grind his teeth: “Eat it.”

Little Eleven took a bite: “Where’s my fish?”

Lin Yiyi carried the small back basket in front of him. Although they were all small fish, his small back basket was already full. Xiao Shi looked at the full small back basket and was very proud. He doesn’t care how small his small backpack is or how big other people’s backpacks are, anyway, in his opinion, his back is full. But in fact, there is not even a bowl of fish in it.

Xiao Jixiang walked to the bank opposite Xiao Eleven: “Xiao Shi, don’t you catch fish?”

Little Eleven: “I want to take a break.” Hearing this, the women nearby laughed.

A woman said, “Come and catch the fish on the eleventh, your mother is waiting to eat the fish.” During this time, little eleven and a few children often played football in the big playground, so the women and him also got to know him on the street. Yes, it’s a joke. In the past, in their eyes, Lin Yiyi’s family would have been a little afraid to climb high.

Little Eleven: “My mother told me to rest, my feet are dirty, and my back basket is full.”

Lin Yiyi patted his head: “Eleven is really good.”

Little Eleven looked up at his mother: “Eleven is the best.”

After a while, Lin Yiyi saw that it was almost done, Lin Sijun and the others had to take a bath after they caught the fish, so she said to Xiao Shi: “Mom wants to go home and boil water, and bathe the uncles later, can you? Would you like to go home and help?”

Little Eleven looked at his mother.

Lin Yiyi: “A good boy will help his mother when she is busy.”

Little Eleven: “Okay.”

Lin Yiyi smiled.

Little Eleven: “I really can’t help you.”

Lin Yiyi: “…Where did you hear this?” It was too funny for a young lady to say this.

Little Eleven: “Dad.”

Lin Yiyi thought about it, and it seemed that his brother Yu had said this. However, the husband said it was different from that of the three-year-old son.

The husband said it was a kind of petting, and the three-year-old son said it. Isn’t this a joke?

Little Eleven didn’t know what his mother was worrying about, his shining eyes looked at his mother.

Lin Yiyi picked him up and said, “Let’s go, let’s go home.” After speaking, she said to Fang Fang who was still in the pond, “Fang Fang, come on up.

Shore, go home. “

Fang Fang was also playing in the pond for the first time. If it was normal, she would have disliked it, but today she thought it was very fun: “Come on.”

She went ashore barefoot. When passing by a few people, someone said, “Who is this, haven’t seen it?”

“I don’t know either. It should be a relative of Xiao’s second family.”

There are two bottles of water in the thermos at home, and Lin Yiyi took the thermos to the bathroom. “Fang Fang, take a shower first.”

Fang Fang: “Sister, I don’t have any clothes.” It was a miscalculation. I had known that I would not go into the pond today.

Lin Yiyi: “Why don’t you wear mine.”

Fang Fang: “Is this bad?”

Lin Yiyi: “The clothes outside and the pants below are dirty, but the inside is still clean. I’ll give you a pair of cotton wool pants and long pants outside.”

Fang Fang: “Then I’ll go back and wash it and bring it back to you.”

Lin Yiyi: “No, my trousers are still brand new. You can wear them. You just went to the countryside, and you should not bring many clothes, as long as you don’t dislike them.” In fact, the clothes she wears for others are not. I would love to wear it.

Fang Fang naturally wouldn’t dislike it, that is, the little sisters in the city have a good relationship and wear each other’s clothes, not to mention Lin Yiyi’s clothes and pants look good.

Lin Yiyi brought a pair of white cotton wool trousers and a pair of navy blue woolen pants from the room. In this day and age, she was either wearing corduroy or woolen fabric in winter, because these two materials kept her warm. Fortunately, Fang Fang is also thin. Even if she is two or three centimeters taller than Lin Yiyi, she can wear both cotton wool pants and woolen pants. Cotton wool pants need to wear socks. So Fang Fang was just right. In the case of woolen pants, Lin Yiyi was wearing just the right amount. She was wearing cloth shoes, about two centimeters away from the ground, so it wouldn’t be too short for Fang Fang.

Lin Yiyi: “You put on these trousers after taking a shower. After you take a bath, brush your padded jacket with a brush, brush off the mud on the outside, and dry it in the sun.”

Fang Fang: “Hey.” The eldest sister actually dressed her with such a good material. The eldest sister is really a good person.

Lin Yiyi, who didn’t know Fang Fang was moved, went on to boil water. There were many people taking a bath today, so she had to boil a lot of water, but she was willing to boil water even though she had a water carrier.

Fang Fang washed very quickly, it was just below the thighs, so she came out ten minutes later, wearing Lin Yiyi’s pants, she herself was extremely happy: “Eldest sister, your pants are just fine for me. “

Lin Yiyi: “Just wear it. You don’t need to return it to me. I also wore these pants twice when I bought them. Because I’m a little long, I haven’t worn them all the time.” Don’t wear it yourself, and don’t wear it for a long time, these are two kinds of views.

Fang Fang: “These are eldest sister’s pants, why am I so embarrassed?”

Lin Yiyi heard her liking from her tone, and she said, “Why are you embarrassed? Are you not my brother and sister? Do you dislike it? If you dislike the elder sister, there is nothing you can do.”

Fang Fang: “No, no, I like it very much. How can I dislike the material of these pants?”

Lin Yiyi: “It’s fine if you don’t dislike it. Fang Fang, you can watch the fire later, and then help me see Xiao Shi. I’ll go to the supply and marketing agency to see if there is tofu today. Let’s make fish soup at noon, and put the fish soup. Tofu is the best.”

Fang Fang: “Hey, I’ll watch it, sister, don’t worry.”

Lin Yiyi carried the basket, which contained two large plates, and then rode away on a bicycle. She didn’t come back until two hours later. When she got to the door, she heard chatting inside. Lin Sijun, Zhang Xiaojun and others had already caught fish and came back.

When Lin Yiyi came back, Lin Sijun said, “Sister, have you bought the tofu?”

Lin Yiyi: “The supply and marketing agency didn’t have tofu. My sister went to the county to buy it, and she also bought soda from a state-run restaurant.”

Lin Sijun: “Wow, can you drink soda at noon?”

Lin Yiyi nodded, seeing that they had already taken a bath, and said: “Second Army, you have used up the water in the tank, you go and fill it up, and the Fourth Army will help fetch water.”

Zhang Xiaojun: “Hey.” Why did he ask him to carry water again? He saw that Lin Sijun was bigger than him. Is it so bad to be a brother? If it was elsewhere, he would definitely refuse, but with the eldest sister, he dared not refuse. I don’t know what’s going on. The girl who was led by his nose in the past now makes him dare not disobey.

Lin Yiyi took a look at the fish. There were actually three big fish and half a bucket of small fish. They were caught by Lin Wujun and Li Wangda together: “Are there still fish selling on the big playground?”

Lin Wujun: “Yes, it’s very lively.”

Lin Yiyi took Lanzi and the money and went out. Before going out, he didn’t forget to say: “You wash the small fish, and don’t need the fish head. I will fry the small fish for you later. It’s crunchy and delicious.”

Lin Wujun: “Wash immediately.”

The large playground in front of the office of the large village committee is very lively selling fish, not only from the villagers, but also from other villages, but relatives in the village buy it through the villagers. Lin Yiyi was in the back, and when it was her turn, she said, “Captain, bring me fifteen fish.”

Captain: “So many?” This fish is so big, fifteen fish must weigh 30 pounds.

Lin Yiyi: “There are many younger brothers in the family, send them a few, and then pickle a few, and there will be no more.” Moreover, the fish will be fine for the first half a month.

The captain called someone to weigh 15 items neatly, and Lin Yiyi paid 9 yuan to the accountant.

Others saw it, and they were envious. They had to think about buying three, but they bought 15 in one go, hey.

Lin Linyi came home with the fish, took out another bucket, filled it with more than half of the bucket of water, and then put 15 fish in it, watching the fish swimming in the water was in a good mood. Then she went back to the house, picked up a plate of tofu and went to the old house. The tofu on the plate was not the kind of boxed tofu, but the fresh tofu in pieces in the vegetable market, which was in line with this era. However, this is also a great encounter in the system mall.

“Three younger siblings.” Lin Yiyi saw Liang’s in the yard. Mrs. Liang has already given birth, and is now taking a bath while shouting auspiciousness.

Seeing Lin Yiyi coming, Mrs Liang said, “The big playground is selling fish, has the second sister-in-law gone to buy it?” This year they did not send fish to the second room, because this year the brigade can use money to buy fish, but in previous years it used labor points. The second room has no work points, so they exchanged the work points for fish to send to the second room, but if they can buy it with money this year, the second room will definitely be bought, so they did not send it. Moreover, this year, she was just out of confinement and couldn’t go to the pond to catch fish. Xiao Bin hasn’t had a holiday yet. They don’t have any fish at home. They also need to spend money to buy fish. .

Lin Yiyi: “Bought, bought 15.”

Mr. Liang was taken aback: “So many?”

Lin Yiyi: “My eldest brother and sister are going to give birth in a few days. It’s fine to raise the fish for a few more days. Maybe I can give her milk. Even if there is milk, it can nourish her body. Besides, a few younger brothers also need to eat. , I simply bought a few more.”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liang said, “Second sister-in-law is still thoughtful.” If it was someone else’s family, who would care if the younger siblings had milk or not. But this year their family is rich, and she also plans to buy a few more, and give two more to her parents’ family during the Chinese New Year.

Lin Yiyi said, “I went to the county town in the morning and bought a few pieces of tofu. These two pieces are for you.” There are four pieces on the plate, and the other two pieces must be given to the elders.

Liang: “I’ll get you money.”

Lin Yiyi: “No need.”

Liang refused to obey and gave Lin Yiyi 40 cents. Seeing this, Lin Yiyi accepted it: “I’m going over there.”

Liang: “Hey.”

Lin Yiyi: “By the way, I bought soda at home, and let Jixiang come to eat and drink soda at noon.”

Xiao Jixiang said while taking a bath: “Second Auntie, I will come.”

Mrs Liang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “This child doesn’t know how to be polite at all.”

Lin Yiyi: “My family, why are you polite?” After saying that, she went to Qin Xiangju’s side. Qin Xiangju also bought fish this year. Like Lin Yiyi, they also plan to pickle a few fish, mainly because the family has money. In the past few years, Xiao Daqiang has also earned thousands of dollars as a commune guard, so he If you have money, naturally you are willing to spend it.

Seeing Lin Yiyi coming, Qin Xiangju said, “I heard you bought 15 fish?” When Qin Xiangju went to buy fish, she heard everyone talking.

Lin Yiyi said: “No, I’m going to make some pickled fish, and I have to ask my mother and grandma to help me. I can’t pickle.” While giving the tofu on the plate to Grandma Xiao, “This is going to the county town to buy it in the morning. Here, I thought I could put tofu and fish soup at noon.”

Grandma Xiao took the tofu: “What’s the matter? I have trough rice at home. I’ll bring it to you in the afternoon.” After saying that, she entered the house and brought the tofu plate with her when she came out.

After coming out of the old house, Lin Yiyi was preparing lunch, and Fang Fang set fire for her. The benefits of having two iron pots at home are reflected at this time, one for cooking rice and the other for cooking, but they have an iron stove at home, so the tofu and fish soup is stewed in it.

Today, there are many people in the family, but except for tofu and fish soup, everything else is vegetables, and they are all vegetables grown at home. There are salt and pepper shredded potatoes, cauliflower soup, vinegared cabbage, tomato scrambled eggs, braised radishes, and tofu and fish soup. This dish looks better than other people’s Chinese New Year.

After Fang Fang went to the countryside, she felt that the countryside was really a mess, not to mention unsanitary, and the food was particularly poor, but after seeing Lin Yiyi’s house, she didn’t think so. Lin Yiyi’s dishes are actually not particularly good, because they are all vegetables, but they look very colorful and fragrant. Even simple vegetables, such as tomatoes and eggs, can be eaten together less often, with a slightly sour taste, which is very easy to eat. She felt that the quality of the dishes had nothing to do with whether the vegetables were vegetables or not, but had something to do with whether they tasted good or not.

Lin Yiyi: “You are all seated. After dinner, will the Second Army make soda?” There are seven people in the family, so she took out seven bottles of soda.

Lin Sijun: “I’m coming.”

Zhang Xiaojun: “Yes.”

The two brothers quickly opened seven bottles of soda, Lin Yiyi and Xiao Shiyi made one bottle, and everyone else had one bottle. Everyone enjoyed this lunch.

Fang Fang: “I haven’t had a soda drink for a year. When I went to the countryside, I went to a state-run restaurant to eat and I would buy soda.”

Zhang Xiaojun wanted to say that he had only drank soda twice. The first time was when his adoptive parents took them to a state-run restaurant for dinner and bought them a bottle of soda. Later, there was no more. The reason why I drank soda for the second time was because I missed the taste of soda, so I went to the state-run restaurant to buy it, using the pocket money I saved.

After lunch, Lin Yiyi took out six fish: “Second Army, Fang Fang, you can take these two fish.” It’s not that Lin Yiyi is particularly generous, the two couples caught two fish today, and they are occupied Lin Yiyi was just trying to catch fish for their own sake. These two fish were actually earned by their own labor, but in their eyes, it was given to them by Lin Yiyi, so they were very touched.

Zhang Xiaojun: “We don’t need it anymore.” He has always been thick-skinned, and he will also figure out how to take advantage of it. If it is normal, others give fish, and if there is such an advantage, he will definitely take advantage of it. But today, he doesn’t want to take advantage.

Lin Yiyi: “Take it, when the New Year’s Eve is 30 in two days, have a good meal with Fang Cao.”

Zhang Xiaojun lowered his head.

Then, Lin Yiyi took out four more fish: “Fourth Army, two are for you to eat during the Chinese New Year, and the other two are kept for your sister-in-law to replenish her body when she has a baby.”

Lin Sijun: “Hey.” Compared with Zhang Xiaojun’s politeness, Lin Sijun doesn’t understand politeness.

After the fish was divided, everyone went back. There was a group of people when they came, and a group of people when they went. It was quite lively.

Entering the village, passers-by saw Lin Sijun and the others, and asked enthusiastically, “Sijun, are you going to your eldest sister’s house?”

Lin Sijun: “Hey.”

“What did your eldest sister give you?”

Lin Sijun: “Give the second brother two fish, and give us four fish.”

“This fish is really big. Your eldest sister is so kind to you. You should be filial to her when you grow up.”

Lin Sijun: “Sure, I give my eldest sister all my money.”

Passerby: Young man, no **** will marry you like this.

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There are also holidays in the army for the New Year, but the holidays are relatively short, and the time to go back and forth is not enough to delay the train, so most people do not go home. Like Lin Sanjun, who has only been in the army for two years, it is even more impossible for him to go home.