The whistle sounded, the motor made a sudden sound, and the ferry suddenly rolled out with black smoke......

Lin Lan looked at the waves on the side of the boat, in the memory of the original owner, the Shilian Brigade was built in the middle of the mountain, the northeast of the brigade is a wavy and undulating shallow hill that stretches for dozens of miles, the Minjiang River is in the west, and a plain in the south.

Shilian Brigade is a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, the only bad thing is that the transportation is inconvenient, to go to the town or the city, you have to walk more than half an hour on the mountain road, and after going down the mountain, you have to walk on the river embankment for more than an hour, and take a ferry to the pier to cross the river.

Wu Shufen often said that during the years of famine, the people in the mountains did not starve, and their mother's family, who used to look down on her, also came up. A bag of red roots, a bag of artichokes, or bud grains can be exchanged from Pingba for a daughter-in-law.

The ferry slowly approached the pier, and after the boat stopped, Lin Lan picked up her back and walked across the pontoon bridge with Xiaodouzi in her arms, and walked towards the river embankment.

Lin Lan was worried that she wouldn't receive the materials, and Xu Shufen was also worried about her. After breakfast, I found that it had been some time since they came back.

When I went out to the hall, I took a look at the basket containing the beans and the white beans, and saw that there were only half a box of beans and half a box of white beans, and half a barrel of rapeseed oil.

Thinking that Lin Lan would have four or five catties of beans a day, she was a little worried, worried that her daughter would not be able to pick it up.

Wu Shufen went out and said to her wife Lin Changyou, who was sitting on a chair smoking a dry cigarette, and said, "You take the time to go to the Zhongxin Brigade next door and ask your in-laws if there are any beans and white beans on their team?" ”

The eldest daughter-in-law, Zhang Xiuqing, is the eldest daughter of Accountant Zhang of the Zhongxin Brigade, and Lin Changyou and Accountant Zhang are cousins.

Accountant Zhang is still a well-known filial son, and the old lady in the family has been inconvenient for more than ten years, and he has to carry the old lady out every day.

The daughter-in-law is good to the old lady, the old lady is paralyzed on the bed to wipe the feces and urine, and the old lady does not have a little bedsore on her body.

Lin Changyou also valued them at the beginning, so he married the Zhang family, and the eldest daughter-in-law was really good.

Lin Changyou took off the cigarette stick and looked up at her: "You go and get some money out, and by the way, take two packets out of the big front door that the third child sent to me." ”

"Huh!" Wu Shufen went to the room happily after hearing this, opened the cabinet and put the lid on her shoulder, took out a paper bag from the corner of the cabinet, and the big front door, opened the oil paper wrapped on it, and took out two packets.

She touched the front door and said to herself: "Xiaolan, you have to fight for your father, don't let the people on the team see his jokes." With that, he took a piece of straw paper, wrapped two packs of cigarettes, and went out to give it to his wife.

Lin Changyou took it, smoked the last puff silently, put the ruler-long cigarette stick on the edge of his shoe and gently knocked it twice, shook off the cigarette ash in the smoke pot, slowly stood up, and walked out with his hands behind his back.

Wu Shufen saw him leaving, went back to the house to get a needle and thread, and sat under the eaves to do it.

The youngest son, Lin Guoqiang, walked into the yard with a fishing net in one hand and a fishing basket in the other: "Mom, I'm back!" ”

Lin Guoqiang also has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a slender figure, and tanned skin.

Wu Shufen raised her head and glared at him: "Running to the river all day long, why don't you go to eat soon!" ”

"Let's go!" Lin Guoqiang stepped forward with a smile and handed her the fish basket: "You see that I netted two feet long river balls today, a few black fish, and half a basket of boat Ding and Huang Lading. ”

Wu Shufen glanced at it and said with a smile: "Your sister likes to eat Jiang Tuan the most, and I will send her some next time." ”

"Humph!" Lin Guoqiang was dissatisfied: "I'm too lazy to give it to her." ”

Other families love their sons, and their daughters are treasures in other families. is lazy and gluttonous, and he embarrasses his family.

Wu Shufen patted him: "After eating, bring some to your eldest brother and second brother's family." ”

The tradition of the Lin family is that the son will be separated after two months of marriage, and Lin Guoliang and Lin Guodong are the same, and their house is built next to the old house.

Lin Guocai and Lin Guoqiang have not yet started a family, so they have lived with the two elders.

"Okay!" Lin Guoqiang took two steps down, and then looked back at the old lady, "Mom, your throat is uncomfortable, and the fish cooked by my sister-in-law is delicious, just ask them to come over and eat together." ”

Wu Shufen remembered the second daughter-in-law's careful eyes, and said: "Later, I will go to the pig farm and talk to your second sister-in-law, so that they can come over to eat at noon." ”

The Lin family's pig farm is calculated according to the shares, a total of five shares, the two elders contribute three shares, the eldest Lin Guoliang and the second Lin Guodong contribute, and the brothers each account for one.

At present, there are three sows in the farm, more than 30 half-sized pigs, and more than 10 large pigs that are about to be slaughtered.

The eldest daughter-in-law Zhang Xiuqing and the old daughter-in-law Zhao Xiaohui feed the pigs and clean the pigsty, and Wu Shufen cooks pig food. A few children came home from school to help mow the pigweed.

"Oh!" Lin Guoqiang put down the fish basket and ran away as soon as he slipped away.

Wu Shufen hurriedly shouted, "You haven't eaten breakfast yet." ”

Lin Guoqiang didn't look back: "Lin Jun and I roasted fish and red lotus by the river and ate them." ”

"It's a big boy, and it's frizzy." Wu Shufen shook her head with a smile, poured the fish in the fish basket into a basin of water, and sighed again and again as she looked at the Jiang Tuan in the basin.

Lin Guoqiang went to the eldest brother's house next door first, and said to Zhang Xiuqing, who had a round plate face and a little rough look: "Sister-in-law, I went fishing in a boat this morning, and my mother has a little cough, let me talk to you about going over early in the afternoon to make fish." ”

Zhang Xiuqing looked at the little uncle with a smile: "You went down to the river to catch fish again, and Dad knew that he was going to scold you again." ”

When Lin Guoqiang was a teenager, he secretly propped up his family's small wooden boat out to fish, and his unskilled skills overturned the boat, but fortunately he was rescued by the fishermen. Since then, Lin Changyou has not allowed him to go out alone in the boat.

Lin Guoqiang remembered the previous troubles, scratched his head and smiled: "It's okay, it's all when I was a child, I'll call my second sister-in-law." ”

Zhang Xiuqing smiled and waved: "Go!" ”

As soon as Lin Guoqiang turned to the pig farm behind, he saw Lin Guoliang and his brothers coming from the pig farm with manure and water.

Since the Lin family has run a pig farm, the manure in the manure tank can also be exchanged for a lot of work.

He looked at the two with a smile: "Big brother, second brother, I netted the fish, and my mother said let you all go over and eat." ”

Lin Guoliang knocked on his head: "No wonder I can't find you." Do you see if you are cleaning the pigsty or going up the hill to cut the leaves? ”

Lin Guoqiang hurriedly said: "I'll pick dung!" He didn't want to go up the mountain to cut the leaves, and during this time, the octagonal whiskers on the mountain were as many as ants.

"Second brother, give him the flat burden." Lin Guoliang said.

Lin Guodong put down the dung bucket and said with a smile: "Give!" ”

Lin Guoqiang honestly took the flat burden handed to him by Lin Guodong, and followed his eldest brother towards the manure tank of the brigade.

Wu Shufen picked up the needle and thread at home but couldn't calm down, always thinking about the old man going to buy beans, thinking about simply putting down the needle and thread, pulling the courtyard door and going to the pig farm.

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Lin Lan went down the river embankment with the sleeping little bean, panting against a stone: Hey! It's too tiring to rely on the eleventh road, and when you have the money, you can buy a bicycle first.

Xiaodouzi opened her eyes and looked at Lin Lan: "Mom, I'll go by myself." ”

"Good!" Lin Lan put him down, rubbed his sore arm, and led him and said, "Let's go!" No matter how late it is, it won't be able to catch lunch. ”

There was a steep slope down the embankment, and Lin Lan carried the back and led the little bean to climb up.

After walking for a while, Xiaodouzi thought that Lin Lan was holding him in the way, and shook off her hand: "I'll go by myself!" ”