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

Qin Xiangju is three years older than Xiao, and is the daughter-in-law chosen by Grandma Xiao. First, because the Qin family has many sons, Grandma Xiao thinks that Qin Xiangju will be able to give birth like her mother. Second, because Qin Xiangju has a good personality, Xiao Daqiang has no direct siblings and needs a good-natured daughter-in-law to be the head of the family. The third is because Qin Xiangju’s family has many brothers, and the Xiao family can help if there is any need. Fourth, because of an old saying, female juniors hold golden bricks.

After Qin Xiangju got married, she lived up to Grandma Xiao’s hope and gave birth to three sons and one daughter. One of the sons and one daughter was still born with a dragon and a phoenix. From ancient times to the present, the meaning of auspiciousness and good fortune, so Grandma Xiao gave birth to this child. The daughter-in-law was more satisfied.

When Xiao Yu was eight years old, he suffered from a strange illness. The Xiao family found Lin Daya according to the blind man Zhang’s words, and then the two talked about their marriage.

For this, the Xiao family has always been very grateful to Daya. Moreover, as Da Ya grew up, the Lin family’s parents sent Da Ya to study again. Da Ya herself is also a hard-working girl, and the Xiao family was even more satisfied with this marriage. But now… the Lin family’s parents are gone in the famine.

Qin Xiangju is a shrewd person. Thinking of the current situation of the Lin family, she has an idea: “Mother, Xiaoyuer, I have an idea to tell you.” In fact, Qin Xiangju has been thinking about this idea for a long time, but she has never said it. , Jin Yu came back today, and it happened to be an opportunity.

Grandma Xiao and Xiao Yu followed Qin Xiangju into the house. Qin Xiangju said: “Mother, Xiaoyuer, the Lin family has encountered such a situation. Our family Xiaoyuer and Daya are already engaged. If we don’t help, we will feel sorry for the children who can’t make it through, and gossip. It will also spread. But if you help, the emergency will not help the poor, and now every family is sad.”

Grandma Xiao: “No, hey, why are these good-looking couples gone?”

Jin Yu said bluntly, “What do you want to say?”

Qin Xiangju: “Xiaoyuer, what mother means is that you and Daya get married directly, and we will give the Lin family 50 catties of grain as a bride price, which can temporarily solve the Lin family’s food problem, and we don’t need to provide additional food to help them. “If the son and Daya don’t get married, then they will definitely have to provide extra food to help the Lin family. At that time, when the son and Daya get married, they will have to pay the bride price, so it is better to get married now. When the bride price is paid, the relief food will be saved. “50 catties of food are used as the bride price, and we don’t want Da Ya’s dowry. This food is reserved for the children of the Lin family. If you save it, you can eat it for two months. “

Xiao Yu was silent. Intellectually, he knew that he should agree. Now that every household is suffering from food difficulties, his mother said this for the sake of the family, and at the same time, he also took care of the Lin family. However, thinking of that skinny girl, her pale face leaning against his arms, and her dark and agile eyes when talking to him, he didn’t want her to suffer like this.

During this period, a daughter-in-law married with 50 catties of grain is not always pleasant to say.

Grandma Xiao also looked at Xiao Yu: “Xiao Yu’er, what do you think?”

Xiao Yu said: “Five catties of food are required, but other wedding candy and bride price must not be less.”

Qin Xiangju was silent. She was partial to this son, but partiality was one thing, and it was private. On the surface, she wanted a bowl of water to be level. When the younger son married his wife, he used fifty catties of grain. In addition to 50 catties of grain, the son has other things. The little daughter-in-law must be uncomfortable, which is not conducive to the unity of the family in the future, but she also does not want the second son’s marriage to go through like this. Qin Xiangju thought for a while: “Fifty catties of grain, two catties of wedding candy, and a six-dollar bride price, but you said that you prepared them yourself, don’t let your little brother know.”

Jin Yu knew that his mother was good to him, but he couldn’t make her embarrassed, he said, “Don’t use the money in your father’s money, except for the food, I will prepare the rest myself.”

The son said so, of course Qin Xiangju had no opinion. Now that the matter was negotiated, she rarely teased her son: “Why did you agree when I mentioned marriage? You were too embarrassed to hear when I talked about Da Ya before?”

Jin Yu: “…How old was I before?” He was told that he had a fiancée seven years younger than him.

Qin Xiangju: “Ah yo, are you grown up now? Do you miss your daughter-in-law?”

Jin Yu said with a blank expression: “I went out.”

Grandma Xiao: “How can you be such a mother, always making fun of your son.”

Qin Xiangju said: “I just want to see his face broken. Mother, when Da Ya wakes up, I will talk to her.”

Grandma Xiao: “Hey, good.” She was happy when she thought that her favorite grandson was getting married, she hurried back to her room, took out a key from the cabinet, then opened the old box, inside She rummaged and found something she had treasured for decades, and then touched it cherishly.

Lin

“Wow…Wow…” The child’s voice became hoarse when crying.

“Little brother, stop crying, brother hug…” Ten-year-old Lin Sijun hugged the two-year-old child in his arms and coaxed, “Little brother, don’t cry.” Ten-year-old children are considered little adults in the countryside. The action of hugging the younger brother is very skilled and the posture is also very correct.

Lin Sijun did not hold Fifth Brother Lin less often. He was eight years older than Fifth Brother Lin, and the eldest sister, the second brother, and the third brother all had to go to school, so when Fifth Brother Lin was born, he was the one who brought him up. When he was ten years old, he had not gone to school when he was old enough to go to school, but his parents had promised him that they would send him to school when he was ten years old, because the eldest sister only went to school at the age of ten, and the eldest brother and the second brother went to school because the eldest sister went to school at that time. No one took me, so I went to school at the age of eight. The third brother also went to school when he was ten years old. He was brought up by the third brother.

But this year, my parents went.

Lin Sijun walked around the room with Lin Wudi in his arms, thinking about going to school. If his parents died, can he still go to school?

“Wow…Wow…” Brother Lin continued to cry.

Lin Sijun couldn’t coax him well, so he had to go to Lin Dajun and Lin Erjun. The brothers of the Lin family were sitting in the yard, listening to Fifth Brother Lin’s crying.

Lin Sijun: “Big brother, second brother, third brother, fifth brother must be hungry. He will cry all the time if he doesn’t give him food. What should I do?”

Lin Sanjun was silent. Among the brothers, he was usually the most taciturn, and it was Lin Erjun who always made up his mind.

Lin Erjun: “I haven’t eaten anything, what can I do? Let him cry.”

Lin Dajun: “Cry to death, forget it.” Crying to death is not a curse word, but a dialect habit here. For example, if a child calls out that he is hungry, an adult will reply that he will starve to death. In fact, there is no offensive intent.

Lin Sijun was a little worried: “The fifth brother is still young, so it’s not the way to cry.”

Lin Erjun rolled his eyes: “I have a way, let’s go to Brother Yu’s house.”

Lin Dajun was a little scared: “Didn’t Brother Yu tell us not to go?” Although Lin Dajun and Lin Erjun are twins, he is still the eldest brother, but most of the time, he still listens to Lin Erjun’s words.

Lin Erjun: “The fifth brother is going. The fifth brother is crying like this. What can we do? The eldest sister is the eldest sister, doesn’t she care?”

Lin Dajun thought for a while: “That’s right, when my parents are there, I will give the eldest sister any delicious food first. It’s just a girl’s movie, but my parents are partial.”

The Lin family is different from many families. In other families, daughters are worthless in this era, but the Lin family has five sons, which means flowering and fruiting, so the flower that blooms first is especially “delicate”. But the Lin family’s parents didn’t know, because they took good care of their daughter, but their two sons, who were two years younger than her daughter, kept it in mind.

The Lin family has no particularly good relatives. Father Lin is a local, but when his parents went to find them, he didn’t have any siblings. Mother Lin came from refuge and was rescued by Father Lin. Both of them were in their early 10s at the time, and Mother Lin lived like this. In Father Lin’s house, when the two grow up a little more, they will directly become husband and wife and live together. Because of this, the Lin family’s parents passed away, and the Xiao family helped to organize the funeral. There were no relatives or elders, so the Qin family was indirectly counted as relatives.

It takes about 40 minutes to walk from Shanglin Production Brigade to Datang Production Brigade, which is relatively close. There are hills in the middle, and there are no big wild things on the hills. Because it is not a deep mountain, it is relatively safe to walk on the mountain road. Because people often walk on the mountain, the mountain road is very flat. After crossing the mountain road, you will see a pond, which is very large. This is how the Big Pond Production Brigade came from. There are fish in the pond, and it is also one of the property of the production team. During the harvest season, the non-staple food purchasing station will come to buy the big fish. Of course, not all of them will be bought, but a few will be left, and then distributed to the villagers according to the labor. Welfare. In addition to the big fish, there are also small fish, such as small fish, which can be caught casually when the water in the big pond is dry, but they can only be caught for half a year.

The Lin brothers walked along the bank of the pond. They carried a basket with Fifth Brother Lin in the basket. Fifth Brother Lin was still crying, but his voice was hoarse.

At Xiao’s house, Lin Yiyi had already woken up, because the Chinese medicine had been fried, it had been cold for a while, and the temperature was moderate, so Xiao Yu woke her up.

At this moment, while drinking Chinese medicine, Lin Yiyi listened to Qin Xiangju talking about the appointment: “Da Ya, what do you think? We will offer you 50 catties of grain, 2 catties of wedding candy, and 6 yuan of betrothal money, you can choose I’ll marry you someday. Ah, it’s not that Auntie took the opportunity to take advantage of your betrothal fee. You must know that at the moment, money can’t buy food, and your family has a hard time now. You took these 50 catties of food. , I can just leave it for your family, and our family doesn’t need your dowry.”