In late autumn, it is a bit cold in the morning and evening. But at noon, the sun is good.
Tongtong stood in the yard and glanced at the quilts that were hanging to dry. She was really not used to it being so quiet at home.
Starting from the ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, Jin Mingming went to preschool. The preschool was inside the elementary school. There was a courtyard enclosed at the end of the elementary school, and all the children in the village up to that age were sent there.
In fact, schooling in the village is not that strict. If there is no one to look after the child at home, if you take a dozen eggs and go to the teacher's house, the teacher will not be embarrassed and will definitely ask the child to go. The school can't charge a lot of money for one semester, so it just looks after the child.
It's ok as long as the doll doesn't run around.
Jin Mingming’s teacher lived in the alley next to her. She was from the Jin family. When Jin Mingming met, she had to call her aunt. In fact, she was a private teacher. Why would she be asked to go? Because there were many brothers in her family.
Before the land was divided, there were many males in the family, which meant that the rations were not enough to eat. What should I do if there was not enough food? I couldn’t starve to death! I had to borrow it from the brigade. I borrowed it year after year, but that was
I can't afford to repay this debt.
If you can't pay back, everyone will have opinions. If you owe it to the brigade, you owe it to everyone.
The brigade can't force people to pay back the food, right? What should we do? Come up with a way, that is, "Don't you have a daughter at home who has graduated from middle school? Why don't you go to school to take care of the preschool children? If you owe me
If you have been working for a few years, ask your daughter to work for us for free for a few years."
In this way, the girl no longer has to work in the fields, and the matter of food is just a matter of course.
As a teacher who became a teacher for this reason, how could the teacher restrict you and not want you until you reach your age? No matter whose child it is, how many children can you give to the school each semester if you think it is necessary?
Yuan, then send it over.
Therefore, all the children aged two or three were given away. The teacher could not take care of them, so the older ones took the younger ones with them, so that was fine. Jin Mingming, the daughter of the family, was old enough and she went to school. Xiaojun and Xiaoan were both young, so they
Not all of them went! Yang Shuhui was reluctant to let go, not only the little one, but also her granddaughter. She felt that it was very pitiful for her granddaughter to go to school at such a young age and in such a strange environment. If she went, she would have to take care of two little ones.
Wouldn't it be more pitiful?
Therefore, we must not send our children away before they are old enough, saying, "Your father and I are busy at home, why can't we take care of you?" There is nothing we can do when we are old, and there is no way we can have no one to take care of us. Our family has ways, because
Why should we put a halter on our children early? OK! This makes sense.
So, Jin Mingming went to school. As soon as she went to school, it was quiet, not just the whole family, but a quiet alley. Jin Yin took his two grandsons to the factory, and Damin had a vinegar wholesale shop, and they were still playing here.
OK.
At this point, my mother-in-law is in a big family. She hasn't been out for a hundred days, so she doesn't call her out. She says it's getting cold, so she doesn't have to do anything. Just keep her like this, for the whole autumn and winter, until the spring of next year.
Okay, let’s talk about other things.
Who doesn’t say that the daughter-in-law of the Jin family is precious? Ever since Dr. Gao said that Qin Yindi was anemic and had some other bad things, Yang Shuhui has been asking her to raise her like this. Others give their children full-month care, but we don’t do it! It’s not because we are afraid of others eating it.
I don’t want to spend money, but I have the money and energy, and I would rather spend it on my daughter-in-law.
What Yang Shuhui often talks about is, "Your hard days will be behind you! Whoever helps you will only come for a while. Three boys, your health is not good, and your baby is suffering! Hello, my grandson is here
Okay, I understand this very well."
Qin Yindi felt that the hardships she endured in her mother's family had been repaid in just this year. There was no need to wash clothes, clean up the house, and the meals were brought to her hands. Every meal consisted of meat, eggs, vegetables, and staple food, with various variations.
Especially after the family has a sister-in-law who is good at cooking, my mother-in-law has gradually developed her skills and is very willing to try them.
The key is that there is a richer sister-in-law who especially supports her mother-in-law to learn the craft! Whatever ingredients are needed, just say it. She is really willing to buy it, and then the third child will guide her with a strong stomach, and her mother-in-law will make it herself, and she will do her best.
Responsible for tasting. Anyway, she thinks everything is delicious.
But others are not the same. The third child will say, "Mom, the heat is too high and it's a little burnt."
The fourth person would say, "The aniseed is a bit old and may have smelled. I won't buy their aniseed next time."
Qin Yindi: "..." She thought, we are also the third son. Can we do this for our mother-in-law? It seems a bit difficult!
So I secretly told Damin at night, "When I get old in the future, I'm afraid I won't be welcomed by my daughter-in-law! I don't know how to do anything, and I won't have the energy to do anything at that time. I don't know how to clean the house, and I don't know how to cook."
No! Just tell me whether your daughter-in-law will dislike her in the future?"
I must be disgusted!
So Qin Yindi was very melancholy and said to Yang Shuhui, "Mom, you will definitely live a long life in the future! Otherwise, I will be angry with my daughter-in-law and I won't have anywhere to talk."
Yang Shuhui: "..." Well! I am married to this world and will live for thousands of years, so just stay peacefully.
Tongtong can see her mother-in-law busy in and out! Is it easy to think about it? When the third child’s family is about to give birth, is it okay for her mother-in-law not to take care of her? She and the third family’s family are 80% behind each other, who will her mother-in-law take care of and who will she not take care of? Of course, old man
If the natal family of the three families is strong, their biological mother may come to take care of her. But if the mother-in-law wants to only care about one side and not the other, no matter how reasonable she is, she feels a little unhappy! After all, she is the first child!
And what about my own side? Asking my own mother to take care of her? It’s unrealistic! The old lady over there is old and can’t live without people.
You still have to find a suitable person, even if it's just cleaning the house and helping with shopping. You don't have to be very good at cooking. As long as washing and chopping vegetables are done in advance, how much trouble can other things cost?
As a result, Tongtong hadn't found anyone yet, so Fourth Master found someone.
I brought him here directly. She was a short, dry lady in her fifties, whose surname was Ye. She was not well dressed, but she packed up neatly.
When the fourth master told Tongtong, he found out that Aunt Ye was from the mountains of Beishan, and the place was very poor. The man had died a few years ago, and the daughter had grown up, so she didn't want to suffer hardship in the mountains. She happened to have a distant relative living in this county.
She asked someone to write a letter to see if she could find a partner for her daughter in this plain.
The gift was not much, just to get her children away from a place where they had to run dozens of miles to carry water! She thought that life in the plains, no matter how poor, was better than living in the mountains.
This is also true! Her relatives did not coax her, and she really found a family. It is not particularly good, but it is not particularly bad either. It is just an ordinary farmer with several brothers, so it is difficult to find a wife. The bride price is small, of course.
Okay. There is no harm in marrying a wife from the mountains. Girls from the mountains can do it.
My son-in-law is good-looking and capable. He was very smart at first and said he was willing to take over his mother-in-law. Yes! He just got married and had a child. Her mother-in-law couldn't take care of her, so she had to take care of her. I took care of two children here.
I have a grandson who has been here for six years. The son-in-law has not kicked him out, but his mother-in-law keeps nagging him. In addition, the grandson can also go to school. It is really an eyesore! Even if he has to go to the underground, he will do any kind of work when he comes back.
But my mother-in-law still feels like eating her son’s food, drinking her son’s food, and putting her daughter in the middle to suffer from both sides!
This lady was also very lively. She thought she was going back to her hometown by car, but she was waiting for the bus at the entrance of the factory. She wanted to ask if they were recruiting people here. For example, these young men would work, boil hot water, and wash clothes.
I need some clothes, some cleaning, or if I want to have a meal together, we can also cook. We can take care of food and shelter for a month, and we can do it for twenty yuan.
The fourth master spent two months asking everywhere to find a suitable person to work in the house. At that time, he didn't say how much the offer would be, so people around him were embarrassed and looked down on this kind of job of treating someone like a mother.
No, it happened that I met such a person. After asking about the situation, the Fourth Master still had an impression of the family where the aunt said his daughter and son-in-law lived. Indeed, there was such a family, and he indeed married a daughter-in-law from the mountains.
The fourth master explained the situation and said that it was a job at home, so he should try it first.
Doesn't this bring people back?
Perhaps in the past few years at my son-in-law's house, I have noticed that my son-in-law has high eyebrows and low eyes, and his eyes are particularly lively. As soon as I saw the sun had passed, I touched the quilt and helped put it away, folding it neatly, and asked
Put it away as you get used to it. It’s not fast, but it’s done in an orderly manner.
That's right! Work at home is not something to be rushed, just do it slowly.
Yang Shuhui came over from the old man's house, and there was just one more person in the house. The fourth son and his wife were sitting in the yard talking. The fourth son was feeding his wife the washed grapes, and his wife opened her mouth and waited. Then the two
People were chatting and laughing, but there was an older man cleaning nearby.
People of this age are scared when they see this! What is this called? This is called enslaving and exploiting people, and they must be knocked down! These are the evil capitalists!
She hurried over and took the broom in his hand, "Hey, sister, I'm a guest at home, how can I ask you to do work?" Then she glared at the couple of the fourth family, "I won't give up my seat to your aunt!
"
Fourth Master and Lin Yutong were stunned and understood everything.
Lin Yutong looked at her mother-in-law and smiled, "You are working at home, and we are still resting. How about this?" Then she said, "This is not my aunt, this is my cousin! This is my dad's distant cousin.
You don’t recognize it?”
This father is not Lin Shuangchao, but his father-in-law Jinyin.
Then Yang Shuhui became confused, how could I not know that the Jin family has such an old family member?
Fourth Master swore, "It's my cousin. I didn't know they were related before, but now I know. Something happened to my cousin's family. We happen to need a helper. It's not a good idea to bring my cousin over."
What kind of cousin? Yang Shuhui asked: "Your father knows?"
I know! How could my father not know about our relatives in the Jin family?!
Yang Shuhui planned to ask the old man, but when he came, she had to be enthusiastic and asked, "Sister, are you encountering any difficulties?"
Aunt Ye is very innocent in her heart. The two families have no relationship at all. However, there is an embarrassing problem here, that is, the old head of the family is also in his fifties. He is very afraid of people. The family uses someone, like this nanny.
It will definitely be the same as the male protagonist. There will be a lot more right and wrong for nothing!
Therefore, we don’t say it’s another relative, we just say it’s the man’s old relative.
Okay! Then we are relatives, and all she can say is, "My grandma's surname is Jin!" In fact, grandma fled and didn't know her surname, so she should just assume her surname is Jin!
It was a chaotic era, with everything happening. Yang Shuhui couldn’t say that it didn’t happen!
Sister-in-law Tao, who was picking vegetables at the door, also came in, "Is she my cousin from the Jin family?" Then she also called her cousin, "What's wrong? Are you wronged or something? There are so many people in my mother's family, how can I still do it?"
Being bullied?"
Then Jinyin came back and said there was someone who was his cousin!
He and his son looked at each other, then nodded, "Ah! Yes, what's wrong? Can old relatives come to the door and kick them out?"
Then there was a relative who came from a distant place to join the family. The situation was indeed pitiful, and he was in need of help. It was true that children were being added one by one, and everyone understood.
Just like that, Aunt Ye stayed.
People of the same clan with the surname Jin didn't know what kind of cousin this was, but Jinyin said yes, so it was probably true. People wouldn't just come to blackmail someone if it didn't matter, right? So, members of the Jin family,
They were called according to their seniority. This one called me cousin, that one called me sister, the younger ones called me cousin, and some called me aunt. Others in the village called me Auntie Ye.
I am not afraid of being knocked down by anyone! This is a relative who has been taken in, in name only. But in private, Tongtong told Aunt Ye alone about the treatment, "This is the situation at home. The work is not urgent, but it is not a lot, and it is slow."
Take your time, it’s the same as working at home. Nowadays, the average salary is thirty or forty, let me take care of food, food and housing, I will give you forty per month..."
Aunt Ye panicked, "Too many!"
Tongtong shook his head, "Cousin, we won't argue about this matter. I'm going to give birth again and it will be even more tiring. You can just treat it as the elder in the family and just arrange the family affairs. This is what I think about these forty yuan.
Yes. I will give you 20 cash every month. You can take it in your hand. I will take you to deposit the remaining 20 into the passbook. Why? You want to keep it in your hand, as the money cannot be saved. Tomorrow your son-in-law
I sent your daughter here and said that I wanted to invest in the land. How many should I take first? Do you want to take it? Later, your son-in-law also said that the children’s school fees cannot be paid. Do you want to take it? Do you want to take it? Your future will not be guaranteed.
; Don’t take it, they think you have money and all the good things you have done in the past have been wiped out. It’s hard to remember this for a lifetime. It’s better to give yourself a backup from the beginning. To the outside world, you just say that you will get two in a month.
10. Make it clear to them that you will use all of these twenty dollars for your grandson’s schooling. You will pay for the child’s registration, and you will pay for the child’s information fee. Buy a notebook and pen for the child to keep.
This is all yours. If you can provide for your grandchildren to study, cousin, you are a hero. As long as the children don't lose their conscience, there will always be someone to take care of them when they grow old. Just in case, the money in the passbook is a guarantee.
When you save a lot of money, you can buy a yard in the county. This will be your guarantee for your future. One day when you really can’t do anything anymore, with these in your hands, the kids will surround you and they won’t be able to drive you away.
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Aunt Ye burst into tears all of a sudden. This was the end of her plan! What she said seemed to be akin to a close relationship, but if you live to this age, you know that what others said is right! In fact, it is still true.
That's the same thing. So, there was one more person in the family, and he cleaned up the utility room at home, and Aunt Ye lived there. The utility room was not big, and it was next to the bathroom. Lin Yutong didn't want some debris to accumulate in the yard of his home.
, so there is such a room, the door is hidden in the glass room, usually blocked by flower shelves, and outsiders don't know there is a door over there. The only bad thing is that there is no kang inside, but this is not a big problem, the fire path on the ground is covered
Yes, this room is closest to the stove for heating in winter. This room should be the warmest, just like the bathroom. A bed is enough.
After tidying up the room, I took some unworn black, gray and blue clothes and asked Aunt Ye to change them before she could wear them.
So, before dawn, someone was cleaning up the house. After cleaning up here, even the entrances of the courtyards at Damin and Sanling were swept out. Then they picked and washed vegetables. Yang Shuhui cut everything and put it into the pot. They distilled the steamed buns.
, I have simmered the porridge for an hour on low heat, and then I can just stir-fry some vegetables.
She also realized that life as a capitalist was really comfortable.
She was really fooled before, thinking she was really a relative. But then she saw the neatness of her work and the fact that Xiaotong would never treat a relative in distress like this, so she understood.
My daughter-in-law, as long as she can be lazy, there is no trick she can't think of, and she will tell lies whenever she opens her mouth.
I was about to talk about my daughter-in-law, but there was the sound of a car at the door, and several people got off a jeep and stood at the door hesitating: "Is this Writer Lin's home?"
Writer Lin? Ah? Oh! Apart from being a lazy ass, my daughter-in-law is actually a writer, although she doesn’t do a serious job.
Yang Shuhui quickly wiped her hands on her apron and said with a smile, "Yes! This is Writer Lin's house. Come in quickly."
That means you have found the right one.
Director Zhang glanced at Screenwriter Liu on the side, and the two of them walked inside with two young men, and were taken to a side hall by an aunt.
Oh! It’s really unusual to have such a farmhouse in the countryside today.
There were no autumn flies flying around, and it was very clean and spacious. After entering the small hall, there was a circle of wooden sofas with a coffee table in the middle. There was a clay pot on the coffee table, and there were wild chrysanthemums in the pots.
The room was clean. As soon as I sat down, a kind lady in an apron brought a tea tray and poured light yellow tea from a ceramic pot.
The cup was a little hot, not because of the tea, but because the cup was originally placed in an open, flat ceramic container on the shelf. After the lady had heated it for a while, she took it out and put it on a plate and brought it over to pour the tea.
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How should I put it? A very particular family!
The walls of the hall are hung with straw pendants, which are not vulgar, but very elegant! There are root-carved wood carvings in the corners, and various strange stones with paintings on them.
It makes people feel elegant when they look at it - it's hard to find such elegant people nowadays!
In their opinion, Writer Lin must be a first-class elegant person.
But then there were voices in the yard, and a lazy young female voice asked: "Mom, what's wrong?"
Tongtong really didn't know that there was a guest at home. The screen wall blocked it. She couldn't see the car at the door while standing in the yard. She was asleep just now and didn't hear anything. She yawned, "What's wrong? It's Zhao Dayong who has been released from prison."
Didn't Aunt Su Huan go to pick her up today? Did she bring her back? That's really exciting! After four years in prison, two children appeared... Did they start a fight? "
Yang Shuhui: "..." Why do you love watching the excitement so much! She said quickly, "Wash your face, we have a guest at home!"
Oh! "Didn't we start a fight?!"
Director Zhang heard a bit of regret from it, screenwriter Liu touched his nose and asked, "Is this the writer Xiaotong?"
This is unmistakable! Director Zhang defended himself by saying, "All the characters in her works are well-drawn, and I think they all have prototypes! It's just...a writer who is good at observation and refining!"
Screenwriter Liu said to himself, I feel like you are a fake writer on the inside!
