Chapter 8
The children of the Lin family were already precocious. They would have thought of letting Daya sell blood to support them. Aren’t they precocious? So now when Lin Yiyi mentions it, Lin Dajun thinks about the matter of getting married and dividing the family property in the future. Although their family has no family property, the house is still there after all. He is the eldest brother, and of course the house in this family is to be given to him. In the past, the Second Army always talked over him, obviously he was the eldest brother, but everyone always listened to his ideas, as if he was the eldest brother. This is the first time that Lin Dajun has clearly realized the interests of him and Lin Erjun, not the same interests, they are also individual subjects.
After thinking about it clearly, Lin Dajun said: “Second Army, the eldest sister is right. I am the eldest brother. You can’t accuse me. After taking a look at the majesty of the elder brother, he felt pretty good, and then he said to Lin Yiyi, “Sister, I’m not driving you away, you have seen it, we have nothing in our house, if you are allowed to stay in our house, how hard you will be, So my brother is doing it for your own good. And my aunt also said that Brother Yu is getting old and getting married, so you can’t drag Brother Yu, right?”
Lin Yiyi thought about it carefully: “You are right, I can’t drag Brother Xiao Yu.” Then, Lin Yiyi showed a relieved look again, “Dajun, you have really grown up and know how to think about your sister, you are so sensible. , I can take care of my younger brother, and my elder sister is very pleased. My elder sister has decided that after my elder sister marries Brother Xiao Yu, I will give you 50 catties of food and 6 yuan as a dowry. ?”
Lin Dajun’s heart was hot, and he nodded immediately and said, “Don’t worry, eldest sister, I will take care of the family and the younger brothers, you can rest assured.”
Lin Erjun narrowed his eyes. He was jealous that the big brother could manage 50 catties of grain and 6 yuan, but in front of everyone, he couldn’t say it.
Qin Xiangju didn’t think of the future daughter-in-law’s calculations. In her eyes, the 15-year-old daughter-in-law is a kind and simple little girl, so in her opinion, all she sees are the ignorance of the younger brothers of the Lin family. Qin Xiangju said with a deep voice: “Okay, let’s have dinner first, and then discuss about Da Ya… and Xiao Yu’er’s marriage one by one.”
The Xiao family’s dinner was originally a fixed amount, but now because there are a few more Lin family members, even if you want to divide it, you can’t divide the food, so you can only cook it again. The re-cooked food is sweet potato soup, a sweet potato is cut into many pieces, and then the soup is boiled with water. The sweet potato pieces are cut into small pieces, and each bowl contains about ten pieces, but in fact, four or five bowls of sweet potato soup are only the amount of one sweet potato.
The brothers of the Lin family watched the sweet potato soup and devoured it. They hadn’t eaten for a day, and they were so hungry that they couldn’t bear it. However, no matter if they eat fast or slow, there is only one bowl anyway, and so does the Xiao family.
Lin Yiyi eats slowly. She crushed the soft and glutinous sweet potatoes and fed them to Lin’s fifth brother. The two-year-old child can eat anything.
Jin Yu looked at her with a confused expression on his face, but some thoughts in his heart.
After having a good dinner, everyone is not busy, because the amount of this bowl will consume all night. If you are busy at night, you will be hungry in less than an hour.
Qin Xiangju said: “I have discussed with your grandma and Xiaoyuer, big girl… Yiyi and Xiaoyuer have been engaged, so I plan to let them get married in Rexiao Nei.” In this era, whether you can get a certificate is not important. , Not to mention that 15-year-old girls get married, even 15-year-old girls have children.
Sister-in-law Xiao said: “The food in this family is not enough. If there is another person, wouldn’t the food be even more tense?”
Qin Xiangju said, “Why don’t you go back to your mother’s house and come back when the food is not in short supply?” This daughter-in-law has always had a strong personality. Originally, she thought that the eldest daughter-in-law’s personality could not be like a steamed bun, so she begged her too much. But when they saw each other, she was also polite. How could she know that her personality changed after marriage. The first child gave birth to a daughter, but she was not as savage as she is now. Now that she has given birth to a son, she is more and more wanton.
Sister-in-law Xiao said: “Why? I gave birth to the eldest grandson for the old Xiao family. Why do you drive me back to my mother’s house? Mother, what you said doesn’t make sense.”
Qin Xiangju: “The elder sister-in-law still cares about the second uncle marrying a wife. What’s your reason? My father and I are not dead yet?”
Lin Yiyi knew something about this sister-in-law Xiao in her heart.
Brother Xiao pulled a sister-in-law Xiao: “Okay, don’t talk about it, the third child is married to a wife, and the second child has no problem with marrying a wife.”
Sister-in-law Xiao said, “I’m not doing it for this family. If we eat one more bite, we will eat one less.”
Brother Xiao said nothing.
Xiao Yu said: “Sister-in-law also makes sense. Getting married at this time is indeed because the family’s food is in short supply.”
Sister-in-law Xiao was overjoyed: “Mom, look, even the second uncle said that.”
Xiao Yu said, “So after we get married, Da Ya and I can move out without spending any food at home.”
Grandma Xiao said, “What nonsense are you talking about? You and your eldest brother are both grandsons in the family. Your eldest brother’s daughter-in-law is the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, and your daughter-in-law is also the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. How can a daughter-in-law eat at home? , the other daughter-in-law can’t eat the family’s food? Are you trying to force the family to split up?”
Xiao Yu hurriedly patted Grandma Xiao on the shoulder: “It’s my grandson, don’t you be angry.”
Brother Xiao also hurriedly said: “Grandma doesn’t, I have absolutely no intention of breaking up the family.” He also has a son and a daughter. At this time, what will happen to the sons and daughters at home?
Sister-in-law Xiao stopped talking.
Qin Xiangju said: “Xiaoyu’er marrying a wife is a matter between me and his father, and I didn’t need your consent, one by one, with my tail up, I thought I was asking for your opinion, and I didn’t think about myself. Who is it? The dowry for this wedding is 50 catties of food, 2 catties of wedding candy, and 6 yuan as a gift.”
Sister-in-law Xiao was not happy when she heard it: “In the first half of the year, the third child only used 50 catties of grain to marry his daughter-in-law. In the second half of the year, the second child will have to add 2 catties of wedding candy and 6 yuan as a gift. This is not to beat the third child. Face?” The money in the public is all their eldest grandson, and she is not willing to give it to others.
When Xiao Bin and his wife heard it, they also had some ideas in their hearts. Although they knew that Mrs. Xiao’s words were malicious, it was the truth. They are both sons, so why does the second brother say that the bride price given by his daughter-in-law is more than his third child?
Qin Xiangju snorted: “Xiaoyu’er married Da Ya, and the father-in-law also gave 50 catties of food. The 2 catties of wedding candy and the dowry of 6 yuan were given by Xiaoyuer himself. If the third child has the ability, he would like to give it to the old The three families add 2 catties of wedding candy and a dowry of 6 yuan, I have no opinion, it is your decision, and it is your private money that moves.”
When he heard that the second brother paid for it himself, Xiao Bin didn’t want to. It is better to use private money to make up the betrothal gift than to hide the private money. The betrothal gift is given to the mother-in-law’s family, and the private money is hidden for yourself.
Sister-in-law Xiao said: “Second uncle is a soldier. Who doesn’t know that his salary in the army is higher than that of the third brother. Mother, how can the third brother make up for it?”
Qin Xiangju wanted to say something else, but Lin Yiyi said weakly: “It’s better… it’s better to let Brother Xiao Yu give a dowry gift to the third younger brother and sister, although … Although it’s not good to hear that the second uncle used private money to give the younger brother and sister a dowry gift, others will think Xiao Yu What does Brother Yu and the third sibling have, but we… as long as we don’t say it, no one else will know, right?”
Qin Xiangju’s face turned dark: “Nonsense, how can the second uncle give the dowry gift to the younger brother and sister?”
Lin Yiyi shrank her body and leaned towards Xiao Yu’s place, showing a look of fear: “Auntie, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have made this opinion, then… it’s better that we refer to the bride price of the elder sister-in-law. , what was the constitution when sister-in-law and brother got married, and how did we get here?”
As soon as Lin Yiyi said this, Mrs. Xiao was silent, but the corner of Xiao Yu’s mouth tickled.
Qin Xiangju said: “All of them are right, it’s better to follow the rules of Xiaoyuer’s marriage according to the rules of the elders. Even the dowry gift of 50 catties of grain for the third family is not enough, so I can make up for it? I still remember the dowry gift of the eldest’s wedding. Clearly, in addition to the food, there are six catties of meat, 66 Shun, just to make a good luck, so I gave six catties of meat, old people, what do you say?”
Sister-in-law Xiao said sullenly: “In those days… we got married early, but now where is there any meat? No one raises pigs in the whole village.” , How can there be anything to feed the pigs?
Qin Xiangju: “When you got married, the meat ticket was sent by Xiaoyuer from the army, just to give your family six kilograms of meat as a dowry. This man must not forget his origins. But…” Qin Xiangju’s words changed, and he didn’t care about the eldest daughter-in-law. With an ugly face, “Although six catties of meat are gone in this era, it can be discounted. Now at the price of the black market, one dollar is not enough to buy half a catty of meat, and Xiaoyuer and the third child will suffer a little. The meat is 6 yuan. Xiaoyuer’s 6 yuan dowry will be paid to the public. The third family will pay you another 6 yuan. Do you have any comments? flat.”
Xiaobin and his wife: “We have no opinion.” With six dollars in vain, who would have an opinion?
Xiao Yu said, “Then I’ll take out another 10 yuan as a dowry, 16 yuan, and ask for auspiciousness.” After speaking, he looked at Lin Yiyi.
Lin Yiyi also looked at Jin Yu, a little surprised.
Qin Xiangju’s eyes flashed, the second child is trying to crush the eldest daughter-in-law?
Everyone knows that when a man marries a daughter-in-law, the amount of the dowry depends on how much he values his daughter-in-law. If Daya is a dowry of 16 yuan, it is the highest among all daughters-in-law. Although it was said that this was the money posted by the second child himself, but when he said it, it was the betrothal gift from the Xiao family.
But thinking about the behavior of the eldest daughter-in-law again, Qin Xiangju said, “How much do you have to pay for yourself? It’s the matter of the two of you. I, the mother-in-law, don’t care about what’s going on in your room, I’m here to make you feel bad.” Yan In other words, she doesn’t care about being a mother, and if you are sisters-in-law or younger siblings, don’t get involved.