The whistle sounded, the motor made a churning sound, and the ferry slowly drove out with black smoke...
Lin Lan looked at the waves beside the ship. In the memory of the original owner, the Shilian Brigade was built in the middle of the mountain. To the northeast of the brigade were undulating shallow hills that stretched for dozens of miles, to the west was the Minjiang River, and to the south was a plain.
Shilian Brigade is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. The only disadvantage is that the transportation is inconvenient. To go to the town or city, you have to walk for more than half an hour on the mountain road. After going down the mountain, you have to walk on the river embankment for more than an hour to sit at the pier.
Ferry boat crossing the river.
Wu Shufen often said that during the famine years, people in the mountains did not suffer from hunger. Her parents, who used to look down on her, also fawned over her. A bag of red sweet potatoes, a bag of potatoes, or corns could buy a wife from Pingba.
The ferry slowly docked at the pier. After the boat stopped, Lin Lan picked up Xiaodouzi and walked across the pontoon, towards the river embankment.
Lin Lan was worried about not receiving the materials, and Xu Shufen was also worried about her. After doing some calculations after breakfast, she found that it had been some time since they had returned.
I went out to the main room and took a look at the basket containing peas and large white beans. I saw that there were only half a box of peas, more than half a box of large white beans, and half a barrel of rapeseed oil.
When I thought about Lin Lan needing four to five kilograms of peas a day, I felt a little worried, worried that my daughter wouldn't be able to pick them up.
Wu Shufen went out and said to her husband Lin Changyou, who was sitting on a chair smoking a dry cigarette, "You take the time to go to the Sino-Singapore Brigade next door and ask your in-laws if they still have peas and white beans on the team?"
The eldest daughter-in-law, Zhang Xiuqing, is the eldest daughter of Accountant Zhang of the Sino-Singapore Brigade. Lin Changyou and Accountant Zhang are cousins. This is how it is in the countryside. When it comes to seniority, all the people in the class are all relatives.
My daughter-in-law was kind to my mother. The old lady was lying on the bed wiping her feces and urinating. She didn't even get any bedsores on her body.
He looked at the two of them with a smile: "Eldest brother, second brother, I caught the fish, and mom told you all to go over and eat it."
The youngest son, Lin Guoqiang, rolled up his trousers and entered the yard with a fishing net in one hand and a fish basket in the other: "Mom, I'm back!"
These excrements are picked up to the production team in exchange for work points. Since the Lin family started a pig farm, the excrements in the manure tanks can also be exchanged for a lot of work points.
Lin Guoqiang said hurriedly: "I'll pick the dung!" He didn't want to go up the mountain to cut the leaves. During this time, there were as many aniseed and live peppers on the mountain as ants.
As soon as Lin Guoqiang moved to the pig farm at the back, he saw the two brothers Lin Guoliang coming from the pig farm carrying manure and water.
"Oh!" Lin Guoqiang put down the fish basket and ran away.
When Lin Guoqiang was a teenager, he secretly pitched his family's small wooden boat out for fishing. He was not skilled enough and capsized the boat. Fortunately, he was rescued by a fisherman. From then on, Lin Changyou would not allow him to pitch the boat alone.
go out.
Lin Guoqiang obediently took the pole handed to him by Lin Guodong and followed his elder brother towards the brigade's cesspool.
Lin Guoqiang didn't look back: "Lin Jun and I grilled fish and red potatoes by the river."
Wu Shufen picked up her needle and thread at home but couldn't calm down. She kept thinking about the old man going to buy beans. She thought about putting down her needle and thread, closing the courtyard door and going to the pig farm.
Lin Guoliang knocked on his forehead: "No wonder I can't find you. Do you think you are cleaning the pigsty or going up the mountain to cut leaves?"
Wu Shufen patted him and said, "After you eat, give it to your eldest brother, and the second brother and his family will take some."
"Okay!" Lin Guoqiang responded and took two steps, then looked back at my mother, "Mom, your throat feels uncomfortable. The fish cooked by my sister-in-law is also delicious. Just ask them to come over and eat together."
Wu Shufen thought of the second daughter-in-law's pettiness and said, "I'll go to the pig farm later and tell your second sister-in-law too, and ask them to come over for lunch."
The tradition of the Lin family is that the son will separate and live alone two months after his marriage. The same goes for Lin Guoliang and Lin Guodong. Their house is built next to the old house.
She touched the front door and said to herself: "Xiaolan, you have to defend your father and don't let the people in the team see his jokes." After that, she took a piece of straw paper and wrapped two packs of cigarettes, and went out.
Gave it to my wife.
Zhang Xiuqing looked at her brother-in-law with a smile: "You went into the river to fish for fish again. Dad knows that he will scold you again."
"Humph!" Lin Guoqiang said dissatisfied: "I'm too lazy to give it to her."
Before Lin Guocai and Lin Guoqiang got married, they lived with their elders.
Other families love their sons, but this family treats their daughters as treasures. If they are lazy and greedy, they will bring shame to the family.
"You are a big boy, but you are still very frizzy." Wu Shufen shook her head with a smile, poured the fish in the fish basket into a basin, looked at the water in the basin, and sighed.
Lin Changyou also valued this aspect of them before marrying the Zhang family. The eldest daughter-in-law is really good.
Lin Changyou took off the cigarette rod, raised his head and glanced at her: "Go and get some money, and by the way, send the third child to my front door and bring two packets to me."
"Let's go!" Lin Guoqiang stepped forward with a smile and handed the fish basket to her: "Look, I caught two feet-long river balls today, a few black fish, and half a basket of boat dingzi and yellow spicy ding.
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"Second brother, give him the pole." Lin Guoliang said.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Zhang Xiuqing, and the old daughter-in-law, Zhao Xiaohui, fed the pigs and cleaned the pig pens, while Wu Shufen cooked the pig food. Several children helped cut the pig grass when they came home from school.
The Lin family pig farm is calculated on a share basis, with a total of five shares. The two elders contribute three shares, the eldest brother Lin Guoliang and the second child Lin Guodong contribute, and the two brothers each share one share.
Wu Shufen took a look and said with a smile: "Your sister likes to eat Jiangtuan the most. I'll give her some next time I get it."
Lin Changyou took it and finished the last puff silently. He placed the foot-long cigarette rod beside his shoe and tapped it twice. After shaking off the ashes in the pot, he slowly stood up and put his back on his back.
Start walking outside.
When Wu Shufen saw him leaving, she went back to the house to get some needle and thread, and sat under the eaves of the steps to start working.
Lin Guoqiang first went to the eldest brother's house next door and said to Zhang Xiuqing, who had a round face and a bit of stoutness: "Sister-in-law, I went fishing in a boat this morning. Mom has a cough. Let me tell you to go there early at noon.
fish."
Lin Guoqiang also has thick eyebrows, big eyes, a slender figure, and tanned skin.
"Hey!" After hearing this, Wu Shufen happily went to the room, opened the cabinet and held the lid with her shoulder, took out a paper package from the corner of the cabinet and the big front door, opened the oil paper wrapped on it, and took two packages
come out.
Currently, there are three sows, more than 30 half-sized pigs, and more than ten large pigs that are about to be slaughtered in the pig farm.
Wu Shufen raised her head and glared at him: "I've been running to the river all day long, why don't I go eat soon!"
Wu Shufen quickly shouted: "You haven't had breakfast yet."
Accountant Zhang is a well-known filial son, but his wife has been suffering from leg and foot problems for more than ten years, so he has to carry her around on his back every day.
Lin Guodong put down the dung bucket and said with a smile: "Here!"
Zhang Xiuqing smiled and waved: "Go!"
Lin Guoqiang thought of the embarrassing things in the past, scratched his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, it all happened when I was a kid. I'll call my second sister-in-law."
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Lin Lan carried the sleeping Xiaodouzi down the river embankment, panting and leaning on a stone: Hey! It's too tiring to rely on the 11th road. I'll buy a bicycle first when I have money.
Xiaodouzi opened his eyes and looked at Lin Lan: "Mom, I'll go by myself."
"Okay!" Lin Lan put him down, rubbed his sore arms, and held him and said, "Let's go! If you get later, you won't be able to catch lunch."
There was a steep slope after getting off the river embankment. Lin Lan struggled to climb up while holding Xiaodouzi on her back.
After walking for a while, Xiaodouzi felt that Lin Lan was disturbing him by holding her hand, so he threw her hand away and said, "I'll go by myself!"