Chapter 211. Beating
Lin Qing He looked up after rubbing the medicinal wine and saw this man watching her. She paused and said, "What are you looking at?"
"I'll pay attention next time." Zhou Qing Bai vowed.
Lin Qing He snorted and laughed: "You don't have to pay attention. If you met with a mishap, then don't hope for me to stay as a widow for you. I will take your sons and remarry. Then let your sons call another man their fathers. "
Zhou Qing Bai's face turned black.
Lin Qing He didn't bother with him, turned around, and headed out.
Zhou Qing Bai felt powerless. His wife really dared to say anything. She could actually say the word 'remarry' in front of him.
But when Zhou Qing Bai imagine that kind of picture of her becoming another's woman and his sons were another's, he couldn't accept it.
So, he really had to take good care of himself.
Lin Qing He came out to check Da Wa's body. Da Wa assured, "Mother, you really don't have to worry. Neither my uncle nor I got involved. It was my father who beat the wild boar down."
Up to now, Da Wa was still a little excited when speaking about this.
His father was really strong. He was very envious of his skill. He wanted to learn from his father!
Lin Qing He didn't know about it yet. Da Wa privately sought his father and brought it up. Zhou Qing Bai had no objection. Learn if he wants to.
Ever since this wild boar incident, Da Wa began to learn martial arts with his father.
With this training, Da Wa's appetite became larger than his father.
Lin Qing He felt that if her family didn't have some kind of shady income, she really can't have such a son. What's more, there were two more...
Wild boar pork was eaten up to the end of January. It should have been warmer at the end of January, but it was still cold this year. Until now, the temperature hadn't risen.
Guess this will affect the spring ploughing.
Lin Qing He took a morning off that day and then came to the city to get rid of the scraps she had accumulated.
After accumulating for half a month, it was the fifteenth of January, the day she and Zhou Qing Bai brought the children to the city to take photos and have fun as well as selling a batch. This batch was the most recent batch bought from Sister Mei.
This year was '75. Although it was still a bit strict, the atmosphere was much better than the earlier few years.
Regardless of whether it was her or Sister Mei, they were all veterans in this area. There had never been a slip-up.
Sister Mei exchanged money from her, while she can make a lot of money from selling a jin.
This time, there was a net profit of nearly thirty yuan.
It was like this for half a month. Goes to shows how great the demand for meat was in the market now.
Lin Qing He took two baskets from the space and came to the black market to buy eggs. The demand for eggs at home was astounding. Extremely high. She had to buy some back every time she came over.
As for the rest, there wasn't much to buy. They were all in stock at home. Lin Qing He bought some school supplies and went home.
Seventh or eighth days into January, it started to warm up on this day. However, within two days of warming, another swoop of cold weather came, and it fell back again. (T/N: Wait, I'm confused... they had a family outing on the 15th and now it comes back to 7/8th???)
"What to do?" Some old people in the village began to worry. It was still this cold now. This year's farming will be affected.
It wasn't until mid-February that the weather finally warmed up. Everyone was dispatched then.
This year's spring plowing was ten days slower than the previous year. Still, not a moment can be delayed anymore, or else they can just gnaw on barks this year.
This year, Da Wa entered Second Year. When the school started, he had gone to the principal's office to let the second year's teachers give questions. Then he passed the exam.
Each subject was over ninety points, so naturally, there will be no problems.
Still, the teachers were very surprised. Naturally, they asked Lin Qing He how she taught him. How could he become so smart?
Lin Qing He expressed that the kid who worked hard and wanted to help shoulder the burden of the family.
Although it didn't cost much to study at this time, a semester cost about ten yuan, which was a lot of money for farmers.
Da Wa skipped the second semester of First Year and the first semester of Second year, which meant he saved 20 yuan.
Twenty yuans was enough for him to drink milk for a period of time.
The milkman had resumed delivering milk. Two bottles of milk a day were a must for Da Wa.
The teachers in the school all received a salary. They originally thought Da Wa would be at least fourteen years old, not eleven.
The female teachers were very surprised.
"Teacher Lin, how do you feed him?" Teacher Xu asked.
Lin Qing He laughed it off: "There's no special feeding. Just three meals a day. Besides that, I ordered two bottles of milk for him in the morning."
"Afraid that's not cheap?" Another teacher said.
"It's not. But a child only gets those few years to grow taller. It's the golden time, he got to be nourished. I hope he can grow as tall as his father in the future." Lin Qing He replied.
Needless to say, Zhou Qing Bai's height was quite tall.
The few teachers were married and had children. After hearing her words, they all had their own thoughts.
Lin Qing He didn't say much. Everyone had their own way of raising children. What's more, she and they were not from the same generation. Her educational philosophy was from later generations, so they can't learn from her.
After all, in her opinion, spending ten dollars a month to buy fresh, natural, and pollution-free milk for the children was really good value.
But the ten yuan at this time was really a lot. A family of three in the city can use that for a month if they were frugal.
The eleven-year-old Da Wa's height was comparable to the fourteen-year-olds. It was really no problem for Da Wa to enter the Second Year. Da Wa was can really adapt. He soon gained a foothold in the class.
He also started to study Second Year's knowledge seriously, because there was no need to skip grades in the future. It was fine to study according to the class rank step by step.
However, Lin Qing He still paid attention to him and always quizzed him.
These were normal homework for Da Wa. Now he can gather a lot of pig grass for the pig farm after class.
Because of his attendance, San Wa stopped gathering pig grass. Once school was over, the schoolbag was tossed aside and directly went out to play.
Both little Su Cheng and little Su Xun were also sent back. Little Su Xun was always with Mother Zhou, while little Su Cheng was San Wa's tail.
As soon as San Wa was home from school, he will playing around with his third brother.
The days were peaceful when Second Sister abruptly came back to her maternal home. Her face had a tear, what's more, a claw mark!
"What happened?" Mother Zhou questioned with a black face.
"Mother, you gather up my brothers. We're going to old Huang's family to settle the account!" declared Second Sister.
Her husband's family was old Huang's family. Her injury was caused by her eldest sister-in-law and her mother-in-law ganging up on her. And her eldest sister-in-law's maternal sister-in-law too.
At this moment, there was no time. All the guys hadn't come back from the field. But it didn't matter, the Zhou Qing Bai and his brothers were soon fetched by Zhou Da Ni.
Mother Zhou also went to call a few women who knew how to handle wretched people. Then they charged off to the old Huang's house!
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Chapter 212. Fight
Lin Qing He didn't know about it. She heard about it from little Su Cheng's story after getting off work.
"Second Aunt was beaten. Grandma took uncles and the others to fight back!" Little Su Cheng explained.
"Where are your third brother and the others?" Lin Qing He asked.
"Third Brother followed them. I stay at home to watch the house." Little Su Cheng replied.
Don't judge according to Su Da Lin's gentlemanly behavior, little Su Cheng grew up in the countryside. He often fought with other children, especially since he mingled with his third brother.
So when he heard that his grandma and the others were going over to fight, it wasn't shocking at all for him. He wasn't afraid either.
Lin Qing He wanted to laugh when she saw him like this. She rubbed his little head and said, "It's wrong to fight, but if someone else hits you, then you can fight back. You don't have to endure it."
"I know. No one dared to hit me." Little Su Cheng proudly stated.
He had so many elder brothers. Last time there was someone who was older than him. He couldn't beat him. When he came back, he quietly told his third brother. His third brother went to get him back for him without saying a word.
Of course Lin Qing He was clueless about these things. Even if she knew, she won't say anything.
There might be something wrong with her way of education, but boys really had to be roughly raised when they are young, especially in the countryside. When boys, who have never fought with others, grow up, their childhood will inevitably felt a little imperfect.
Of course one had to know when enough was enough.
Lin Qing He inquired with Mrs. Cai. Mrs. Cai knew about it, she told her that Mother Zhou had called a few women in the village.
Lin Qing He knew in her mind that they were all very fierce women in the village.
So she took some leftovers that she got from Sister Mei yesterday and stewed it with starch noodles. Mother Zhou had gathered four people, so she divided it into four big bowls. All of them were big portions.
Zhou Qing Bai and the others didn't come back until around seven o'clock. After they came back, Lin Qing He had already prepared the food. It went without saying, she had to help entertain them (like a guest).
They stayed for a meal. Afterward, each was gifted this bowl of stewed noodles with meat. It made the few who were called to help delighted.
This kind of thing was very common in the countryside- calling the village's fierce ones to seek justice for their married daughter. It was enough to have them stay for a meal. It was rare to see one like Lin Qing He, preparing food for them to bring back.
They all said that they would wash the bowl and send it over later. And if anyone dared to bully the married-off daughters of the village, they can also call for them.
Once everything was mostly over, Lin Qing He finally had the time to ask Mother Zhou what was going on.
Mother Zhou spat out in disgust: "This old Huang Family really treat my old Zhou Family non-existent. Just those three melons and two dates, they withered as soon as we went over!"
She understood her second daughter's temper. To be able to force her to come back to her maternal family to file a complaint, how can they show any politeness?
Simply called for reinforcement as well as her daughter's brother and directly charge over for the kill.
Once they arrived, Huang Family's old pious woman and eldest daughter-in-law pinned down on the ground by accompanying fellow old women and received a beating. Huang Family's men didn't even dare to move!
Just cleaning up old Huang Family wasn't enough. They also charged to the Huang Family's eldest daughter-in-law's maternal family. They were from the same village, so it was very convenient. They went over and slapped that sister-in-law who had participated in beating Second Sister.
Naturally, that maternal family won't stand for it. They also had many brothers and immediately stepped in. But before they could do anything, they were knocked down by Zhou Qing Bai alone.
Eldest Brother and the others didn't even have to move!
Zhou Qing Bai did not step in when the women were fighting. However, Zhou Qing Bai won't have any hesitation with men.
All of Huang's eldest daughter-in-law's maternal brothers moaned on the ground. None of them dared to get up anymore. As soon as they got up, Zhou Qing Bai swept one leg over. Who would dare to climb up?
Have to say, Zhou Qing Bai had protective genes.
After all, Zhou Qing Bai knew what his second sister's temper was like. Even when she was forced to go back to her maternal family to borrow money to move out the year before, she wouldn't complain. This time she was beaten back to her maternal family to ask for help. Of course, Zhou Qing Bai stand up it for her and give her justice.
After the fight, everyone sat down and discussed.
Naturally, apology was a must. Not only did they apologize, they had give compensation. It was a rare opportunity for Mother Zhou to give justice for her daughter once, how could she let old Huang family off so easily?
Wasn't the family separation unfair last time? This time the old grudge and the new hatred were settled together!
On the way over, Mother Zhou clarified the situation to her helpers. It was best for them to bring up these things.
So they helped Second Sister get another hundred yuan as family separation allowance. With this, the beating matter was over!
Only then Huanghe production Village realized that old Huang Family's second daughter-in-law wasn't without a family. They finally made their move and now old Huang Family became injured.
What's more, they had to pinch their nose to accept this lesson. It was very likely they would never dare to give this second daughter-in-law attitude again.
Lin Qing He admired their handiwork. But really, only this way worked.
Moreover, the combat power of these few villagers were very good. One can stand against two. Lin Qing He felt that this meal and the bowl of stewed mea and noodles was worth the value.
After a while, their families' kids returned the clean bowl.
The next day, Second Sister came back again.
This time, there was a smile on her face. She brought over the one hundred yuan of family separation allowance that her mother had fought for her yesterday.
First, she paid back the money to her maternal sisters-in-law. As for the money she still owe her eldest sister and younger sister, put that on hold for a while.
"Don't blame your sisters-in-law for not joining in. They aren't old Huang Family's shrews' opponent. When we came back yesterday, Da Wa's mother made a lot of dishes to serve those who helped us." Mother Zhou explained.
"I'll note down what mother said in my heart." Second Sister smiled. Naturally she wouldn't mind. Her four younger brothers all participated, which was enough.
"Made Qing Bai's wife break her wallet." Second Sister continued.
Mother Zhou didn't say anything. The money was accepted first and said: "Now the old-age care are written in black and white. In the future, they will stick with the first branch, but you still need to contribute to old-age care. Just send the food on time. Remember to let the neighbors witness it to prevent that one born with black hearted say you gave old grain."
Mother Zhou had lived a lifetime. She had seen countless types.
Some will be like this. Clearly the daughter-in-law sent new grains as filial piety, but it was twisted into old grains. There was such an incident in the village before. Fortunately, the daughter-in-law left a leeway. When delivering over she encountered people and gave them a look.
After the news spread, she had some to vouch for her. If not, she would really be wronged.
Second Sister acknowledged this advice.
Even though they received a beating this time, Second Sister got to see them pinned down and get hit. Her accumulated anger over the past several years were released when she saw their crying and howling appearance
Her whole spirit was different.
Why else would the rural desperately fight for a son? From this fight, one can see the advantages of having sons in the family.
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When Lin Qing He got off work, Mother Zhou returned the money she had lent to Second Sister to her.
Fifty yuans.
At that time, Lin Qing He loaned 50 yuans to Second Sister. Eldest Sister-in-law and Second Sister-in-law gave 20 yuans each. 10 yuans from Third Sister-in-law.
But no matter how much it was, it was always the thought that counts.
"How's Second Sister's side?" Lin Qing He asked after taking the money.
"It's fine. I believe they don't dare to be presumptuous anymore." Mother Zhou replied.
In fact, the cause of this incident was due to Old Mrs. Huang wanting to covet Second Sister's pot, which Second Sister gained from exchanging all of her money with someone.
That pot wasn't new at all. It had two holes.
But for people nowadays, this pot was still acceptable.
Because there were four or five holes in the pot in the old Huang family, old Mrs. Huang wanted to come and take it as she knew Second Sister made an exchange for one.
Second Brother-in-law wasn't at home at the time. When he reached home, Second Sister had already returned to her maternal home to fetch reinforcement.
He was furious when he learned that his wife was beaten by his mother, his eldest sister-in-law, and others.
Once Mother Zhou led people over to press his mother to the ground and hit her until screaming and wailing in front of him, Second Brother-in-law ignored her.
His mother was really an oppressive bully!
This was the end of this matter. Inevitably, Mother Zhou did spread around in the village that the old Huang Family were crooks. Mother Zhou had a good reputation in the village. What's more, the villagers also know what kind of personality Second Sister had.
So it was known how bullying old Huang Family were. Especially since the few shrews in the village, who were treated to a meal as well as given a big bowl of stewed noodles with meat by Lin Qing He, talked about.
Simply forcing people into death road.
Lin Qing He said: "It'll be good if they can settle down for two years."
Soon a new era was coming. Better not stir any more moths before this new era comes.
Mother Zhou gave no response.
In mid-April, there was heavy rain. A truly heavy rain.
This kind of rain generally only existed in summer. Never thought it would rain so hard not long after the beginning of spring.
Some people's houses in the village collapsed. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Lin Qing He smoked their home with argy wormwood leaf. Only then she can be slightly relieved. She mentioned, "Don't know when we can get electricity in this village."
Currently, there was no electricity in the countryside. While the county city already had electricity.
"Soon." Zhou Qing Bai assured.
Lin Qing He felt that when the village has electricity, she was most likely not here anymore.
She had it all planned out. When the college entrance examination resumes, she'll leave. Of course, she will take her men and children together. She can't leave them in the countryside.
"What are you thinking?" Seeing her looking out the window in a daze, Zhou Qing Bai asked.
"Think of the college entrance examination." Lin Qing He replied.
Zhou Qing Bai stared at her. Lin Qing He patted her man's handsome face, and said, "When the time comes, you father and sons will have to accompany me, understand?"
"No household registration. They can't study in other places." Zhou Qing Bai looked at her and stated.
Lin Qing He was taken aback. It came to her. The management of household registration was extremely strict. Unless the household registration was moved, otherwise it won't be easy to execute.
"Then what to do?" Lin Qing He looked at him blankly.
"You go studying. We will wait for you at home." Zhou Qing Bai pursed his lips and said.
Naturally, he was reluctant to separate from her. He didn't even dare to think of that kind of scene. But he couldn't stop her from making progress. He knew she valued this college entrance examination very much. She wanted to ride the first boast. This exam was the best way to climb the ladder.
Lin Qing He looked at him and said, "You're staying at home, while I'm going to study. How can I bear to leave?"
Zhou Qing Bai grinned and replied, "Then you get an excellent result in the exam. Maybe there will be an exception!"
He was just saying this, but Lin Qing He took it seriously. If she can pass the exam with amazing results, she will have a chance to fight for that opportunity.
So Lin Qing He nodded seriously, looked at him, and declared, "I will work hard."
Zhou Qing Bai said: "Don't put pressure on yourself, the days are still long in the future."
She had said that the future country will be unrestricted and developed. He can afford to wait, as long as... as long as she doesn't get fascinated by the men outside who are better than him.
Of course, Zhou Qing Bai didn't utter this. This man was confident, but when he encountered his wife, he wasn't that confident.
A woman like his wife was naturally extremely exceptional. She will attract people's attention when she goes out.
Still, Zhou Qing Bai didn't pressure his wife. However, it was no problem to put pressure on his son.
He came to talk to Da Wa.
"What, can my knowledge be compared with my mother?" Da Wa was shocked. Then looked at his father seriously: "Father, I'm only in second year now!"
He didn't know what's his mother's knowledge level, but he did know it definitely won't be lower than that of high school.
He even saw it. His mother had already learned everything in the second year of high school!
Da Wa held deep admiration. He felt that he was inferior to his mother. He never thought his father to ask this.
Zhou Qing Bai glanced at his eldest son coldly.
Da Wa was not surprised. He just asked: "Father, why are you asking me this?"
"If your mother wants to take university entrance exams in the future, I hope you can enter the same university as your mother." Zhou Qing Bai voiced his plan.
He and his two younger sons can't follow. The household registration was a big problem. However, his eldest son could. The reason why his wife got him to skip a grade was to let him catch the first bus.
Therefore, this eldest son was the last person Zhou Qing Bai can rely on.
Da Wa was stunned: "Mother is going to take college entrance?"
"What, she can't?" Zhou Qing Bai said indifferently.
"It's not impossible. With Mother's knowledge, she can definitely pass. But if Mother gets admitted to college, what will happen to the family?" Da Wa asked.
"We have your grandmother." Zhou Qing Bai said.
Da Wa wanted to say that Grandmother was Grandmother and Mother is Mother, they can't be compared. However, he didn't refute it, and just honestly stated: "I'll work hard. Whether I can enter the same university as my mother, we will see when that time.
At present, no point comparing. The questions he did were all given by his mother. How can he beat his mother?
Zhou Qing Bai didn't force his eldest son. He got up and left. Da Wa rubbed his chin. Was his father worried that if his mother goes to university, she will be tempted away by others? That's why he wants him to keep watch?
Da Wa felt it was very possible. His mother was so beautiful and highly educated. If she goes to university, then there will be no ends of suitors.
At the thought of losing Mother, Da Wa became fired up. He must study, like really hard!
Lin Qing He was clueless about this. She made something delicious and went back to the room to quietly learn English.
To enable her to break through the siege, English was a weapon of advantage.
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As time goes by, it was May.
During this time, the weather was already starting to heat up. There were some vegetables in the backyard of the house ready-to-eat.
Of course, leeks had been eaten a long time ago. The leek pockets were the family's favorite.
Lin Qing He had to teach. She was very busy every day. Sister Mei had a job again. The pork business was still continued.
Her man worked on a pig farm. He can get a little supply with this position, so why not do it?
"The city doesn't seem to be peaceful for a while. There's no problem with your next customer, right?" Sister Mei asked in a hushed voice when she came over to get meat that day.
"No problem." Lin Qing He nodded and asked her what was going on.
"I heard those red soldiers from outside came over. There's unrest in the city for a while," Sister Mei said.
"It'll be alright after this period passes," Lin Qing He responded.
After coming here, she came to know of some things in this era, such as these red soldiers.
They were so active. But it'll come to an end. They will disappear next year and won't stir any trouble.
But still, the movement caused by this group of red soldiers from outside was quite large.
The worst-off among them was Wang Ling and Zhou He, who were criticized for adultery.
Because of the black history of the past, the two of them were naturally kicked over. Zhou He was said to been carried back. What's more, he also became a eunuch.
Wang Ling was just as miserable. Her face was beaten swollen. Even people close to her couldn't recognize her.
Because of the ruckus in the city, everyone in the village had been avoiding both of them like a plague for a while.
Nothing happened in Zhoujia Village, while the same can't be said for old Lin Family.
It was Third Brother Lin who came to inform them.
"Old Second Lin dare to get entangled with a widow in the village? Does he want to die?" Lin Qing He exclaimed in surprise.
The environment during this moment was extremely strict, Second Brother Lin still dare to commit crimes against the convention. Also his wife, she wasn't one to be quiet.
"The village has always been fine and didn't know that ruckus outside is so fierce. Just yesterday, they got taken away." Third Brother Lin said, "Our parents and the others are about to come and ask brother-in-law for help.
Lin Qing He sneered: "Old Lin family wants to get him. Well, it'll depend on how much they can pay!"
Third Brother Lin pursed his lips and said, "Sister, even though there are bickers in the past, we're still a family."
"Old Second Lin and I aren't a family. Same with the old couple. There is no reason to take back the married-off daughter and splashed out water." Lin Qing He said heartlessly.
She wasn't the original owner. Even when she inherited the body, she won't support the original owner's parents.
Of course, if the original owner's parents were good, it would be too much to not help. However, what kind of thing was that old couple?
She had no tendency of looking for abuse. These kinds who use old age as an excuse had nothing to do with her. She won't be polite at all.
"Father and Mother will be here soon," said Third Brother Lin.
He didn't leave either. Sure enough, after a short while, Father Lin and Mother Lin arrived. It was rare for the old couple to come together.
They had no choice. If they didn't come, their second son will be finished. They had to come even if they don't want to.
But it was just the old couple themselves. As for Eldest Brother Lin and Second Sister-in-law Lin, neither came.
"Oh, the two of you can actually come all the way to see me, the splashed out water. What rare visitors." Lin Qing He straightforwardly uttered.
"Qing He ah, you have to save your second brother. You can't be so unconscionable and not rescue when seeing one dying!" Mother Lin sobbed.
Lin Qing He snorted: "If you think this set of moves are effective on me, you can continue to sob. I will watch."
"Qing He, you are now a teacher of Community's Junior High School. Don't you care about your reputation?" Mother Lin stared at her.
This weasel look had Lin Qing He disdained from the bottom of her heart. She sneered: "What's my reputation? If you dare to label me as an unfilial girl, then I will let you be criticized for the feudal parenting style. Those people will not let you off because you are old."
Mother Lin was trembling with anger: "You...you treat me, your mother like this? Aren't you afraid that your sons will treat you the same way in the future?"
"Pack away that move. Is your treatment toward me the same as my treatment toward my sons? They know how I treat them. And I know how you treat me. How much money had I taken back to supplement old Lin family? How much work had I done for old Lin family since I was a child? Especially when I married Zhou Qing Bai, how much money I took from him? I think I don't owe you old Lin family at all." Lin Qing He blandly stated.
Mother Lin was steaming mad. She wanted to sit on the ground and throw a fit.
As soon as she plopped down, Lin Qing He grabbed a stool, sat down, and said indifferently: "Do cause a scene. I'll just watch it here."
Mother Lin couldn't continue. She never thought this daughter to be so cruel and unfeeling!
"Where is Qing Bai?" Father Lin asked, looking at this daughter.
"Gone to work. There are so many people in my family, what do we eat if he doesn't go to work." Lin Qing He indifferently answered.
"Qing He, Father knows we did you wrong in some area in the past. But we are one family, there's nothing that can't let go. This time, your second brother's matter..."
Before Father Lin finished speaking, Lin Qing He interrupted him: "Don't say it's my second brother. Old Second Lin is not my second brother. I don't have a second brother like him. Simply too shameful. Someone with a wife still has an unclear relationship with a widow. Who could be blamed for being caught?"
Father Lin was angry: "What happened had happened, what else can you do? Can't you help him? You're going to watch him get arrested like this?"
"How can I help? I'm just a teacher from a community junior high school. Didn't he get caught and get sent to the county city? I have no power to help at all." Lin Qing He responded.
In fact, she really didn't want to help. This kind of thing wasn't a small matter now. How can it be so easy to release?
After all, this was an age where one can report. If Old Second Lin committed a crime and was released out, what about the others? Won't others also be able to get out?
At that time, Zhou Qing Bai might also get implicated. So Lin Qing He didn't want to help at all.
Seeing that her cruel daughter was really going to let him wither away, Mother Lin just screamed: "Heartless girl. Our old Lin family's cruel daughter. Her own second brother was arrested and she won't save him. How can there be such an inhumane daughter!"
"Old lady, continue to howl. In a bit, let everyone decide later if choosing righteous over family loyalty is right." Lin Qing He's expression remained unchanged as she uncaringly stated.
"Sister." Third Brother Lin compressed his lips and looked at his sister.
"Shut up." Lin Qing He threw a gaze at him and said, "Really foolish. Even old Eldest Lin and Old Second Lin's wife didn't show up for fear of getting implicated. While you just blindly run around and not going to work. You don't need to raise your wife and children?"
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After being told off, Third Brother Lin couldn't speak.
Lin Qing He didn't go at him anymore. Her younger brother was kind and pure. This family of bad bamboo only produced him, the single good shoot. If not, she wouldn't get connected with him.
Second Brother Lin didn't do any merit to Third Brother Lin. The last time Third Brother Lin wanted to move out, Second Brother Lin often encourage him to break off from the family.
This was what Third Sister-in-law told her in private.
But now that something happened to him(2nd brother), he(3rd brother) was still happy to help run errands.
Father Lin and Mother Lin can tell that this daughter really had no intention to get involved in this matter. Mother Lin stopped making a scene. Her eyes displayed her desire to eat up Lin Qing He.
"If you won't help old Second, this old lady will die here!" Mother Lin got up and viciously hissed.
"Then I will give a little money for your coffin and let you be buried in beautifully." Lin Qing He nodded.
Threatening her? Not happening. If they can threaten once, they will threaten a second time. This time was Old Second Lin's business, what will be next time?
So she won't let this matter have a beginning.
"Good. Very good. I'll let you see me die!" Mother Lin declared and immediately charged to hit against the wall.
Lin Qing He didn't bat an eyelid. While Third Brother Lin was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped her: "Mother, talk it out. Don't go seeking death!"
"You heartless person! I birthed you and raised you. Now you repay us like this. You just watch me, your mother die in front of you!" Mother Lin ignored her son and glared directly at Lin Qing He.
She was about to hit the wall and die and she was still indifferent. She didn't say a word. That appearance was as if she wasn't her mother.
"Old lady, your daughter had already died. She was already dead when she went back to her family's house to ask for money and didn't get it. You come to make trouble with me, I won't care about you." Lin Qing He apathetically said.
"That's enough. Let me tell you, even if you don't recognize me, I'm still your mother!" Mother Lin gritted her teeth.
"If there is nothing else, then quickly go back. Otherwise, my mother-in-law will come over in a bit. It won't be easily dropped like this. Some time ago, my mother-in-law gathered women from the village and went to help my second sister (on husband's side) beat up her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. No one dared to say anything." Lin Qing He said.
Mother Lin, who bully the weak and fear the strong, changed her expression when hearing this.
She heard about this. After all, Zhoujia Village wasn't that far away from old Lin's house. What's more, this incident was magnified. After all, the people were gathered to beat someone. It'll definitely get spread around.
"As long as you get Qing Bai to help get your second brother out, we won't bother you in the future. If you want to sever the relationship with the old Lin family, no problem!" Father Lin gritted his teeth.
"It's happening no matter what. I broke it off from my side. It's your business to keep your side. It's nothing to do with me. Anyway, don't even think of getting a penny from me. However, when you pass, I will contribute a little bit." Lin Qing He snorted and said.
"Then tell me, what does it take for you to help in this matter!" Father Lin stared at her.
"I'll go to the city to check on Old Second Lin's matter." Zhou Qing Bai walked in from outside and stated.
Lin Qing He frowned and looked at him and said, "Aren't you working? Why are you back? Also, you can't help on Old Second Lin's matter."
"I'm just checking." Zhou Qing Bai sent her an assuring gaze.
Lin Qing He swept to Father Lin and Mother Lin: "Listen well. My Qing Bai only agreed to go over and check. Old Second Lin committed a crime. He deserves the punishment. Whether he can be released or what happened after the release, you can solve it yourself. If you dare to attack my family in the future, I will just let the dog bite people!
Father Lin and Mother Lin knew that she was ruthless. They both turned to Zhou Qing Bai. Zhou Qing Bai ignored it: "My wife has the final say in the family affairs."
The old couple choked on blood.
Still, Zhou Qing Bai went over to make an enquiry. He rode a bicycle to the county city.
Old Second Lin was arrested yesterday. When Zhou Qing Bai saw him, Second Brother Lin had already been beaten to into a mess.
"Qing Bai, brother-in-law, hurry... hurry up and save me. Quickly get me out." Old Second Lin scrambled and crawled over at the sight of him.
But before he got there, he was kicked back by a red soldier.
Old Second Lin didn't even dare to put one fart. He just looked at Zhou Qing Bai with pleading eyes.
Zhou Qing Bai ignored him and went out to find his comrade-in-arms.
"His incident isn't serious. The widow said she has nothing to do with him. It's just that he had the intent to. That's why he got a beating. You can take him back." His comrade took out the file and said.
The widow just clenched her teeth and persisted that there was no connection because if there was, she couldn't escape.
Old Second also said that he was falsely accused. The two people had the same confession. They were different from Wang Ling and Zhou He, who were caught on the spot and can't deny it.
So it was currently in the stage of torture. No conviction yet.
But if Zhou Qing Bai didn't come, then this matter would still continue. Since Zhou Qing Bai came, he can be released.
Zhou Qing Bai also led the widow and Old Second Lin out.
He paid no heed to the fact that old Second Lin couldn't walk properly. He had already listened to his wife's instruction. If he can't bring him out, then don't intervene. If he can, then don't bother with his life and death after taking him out.
Zhou Qing Bai also didn't like Old Second Lin, so he was done once he was taken out. Even without his wife's explanation, he planned to part ways with him here.
Both old Second Lin and the widow returned to the village. Although they were beaten badly and had injuries, at least they were released.
What's more, they were acquitted.
Old Second Lin scolded and cursed those who wrongly accused him within the village. The widow also joined in and greeted (a.k.a. cursed) their eighteenth generations of ancestors.
Because both of them stood so straight and no one caught them on the scene, it was all gossip. So they truly don't know whether the two were involved.
In the end, the two of them had a close brush with death.
Because this group of red soldiers from the outer city, the entire county cit, and the communities under the county city were panic-stricken.
This trend persisted until June. When those people departed again, everyone in the county was relieved.
When those people were here, no one dared to speak loudly on the streets of the county city.
Soon everyone had no time to mind these things because it rained in mid-June. It was nearly the season of the summer harvest and another heavy rain arrived. This had everyone on the edge!
If this goes on, what'll happen to the grain!
Not to mention other people, even Zhou Qing Bai frowned a little. This rain wasn't the kind that will stop in a few days.
Sure enough, the rain went continued until the end of June. When everyone felt dread in their heart, it cleared up.
The horn of the summer harvest sounded on the first day the rain stopped. Everyone took action!
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The village's summer harvest horn had sounded, but Da Wa and other second-year students had no time to participate.
That's because they will participate in the entrance examination in early July.
At this time the entrance examination was held in the city.
Lin Qing He's first year had long started their break. All the first year students joined in the summer harvest. That morning, Lin Qing He gave Da Wa a lift over. She set out ahead of time.
Unexpectedly, when she arrived, the second year's teachers were already waiting with their respective classes.
Seeing Lin Qing He bring Da Wa, Da Wa's homeroom teacher was relieved. She hoped that Da Wa could get a good place in the exam. If he ranked highly in the county, she won't get any bonus as the teacher. However, the school would gain a lot of faces.
At this time, the high school entrance examination didn't take two days like the later generations. It was completed in one day.
When Da Wa came out, Lin Qing He was already waiting. Today she came to accompany him. At this time, there was an addition of a big watermelon behind the bicycle.
"Mother, we have finished the exam." Naturally, Da Wa was delighted. He was the only one in the school that got this treatment. His mother was with him all day.
Lin Qing He had become a role model from future generations, accompanying kids on their exam. Have to say, it was very hard as there was nothing else to do.
She wondered around the black market and sold pork after her son went in. After a whole day, she was tired.
So Da Wa offered to cycle her back.
"Okay." Lin Qing He knew her eldest son's capability. It's just a bike. He can ride it when he was eight years old.
Now he was eleven years old and almost 1.65 meters tall. Just a little shorter than Lin Qing He. Soon he will surpass her.
So Da Wa took his mother home. On the way, they encountered other teachers.
Watching the mother and son go back, the other teachers' expression displayed envy: "Teacher Lin really knows how to teach children."
"Who would disagree. Her education is excellent and even personally came to accompany him."
"It's too costly. I heard that Zhou Kai currently drinks two bottles of milk every day."
How much did it cost for two bottles of milk a day? Half of the salary was spent on this. What's more, it was said that the other children were also given this. This cost a lot.
However, there wasn't much they can say. She was willing to feed her sons, so what can they say?
When the mother and son returned home, it was still early. Lin Qing He chilled the watermelon, while Da Wa rode the bicycle to the field.
At his time, he can still help out for more than an hour. How much he worked was how much work point he got.
The more this kid grows up now, the more he knew he had to help the family.
Because he knew very well that the family had no money. All the money in the family was spent on food and drink for them brothers.
Lin Qing He was preparing the meal at home.
It was better to make something simple today. So after some pondering, Lin Qing He made Liangpi.
It's not difficult to make Liangpi. It's just time and energy-consuming. Lin Qing He didn't mind. There was nothing to do at home now, so what problem was there to let them eat something good?
After the completion of the Liangpi, Lin Qing He fried a few more eggs, picked a handful of cowpeas, washed all the cowpeas, chopped them, fried them, and mixed them with the scrambled eggs when they were cooked. A spoon was placed on the side for whoever wanted to scoop some to mix with the Liangpi.
If they found the taste too light, they can also scoop a spoon of chili sauce. There was still a jar of last year's chili sauce left, which was delicious.
Lin Qing He herself had some craving. Still, she waited for the family to come back.
Once she was done and looked at the time, it was only six. Because the day darkened late and they were racing against time, they got off work at six. The soonest they can get home was around half past six.
Lin Qing He went to clean up the pigpen and chicken coop. After cleaning up, she took a bath again. Her whole body was refreshed and fragrant. Only then did Zhou Qing Bai, Father Zhou, and the kids returned.
"Dinner time." Lin Qing He washed her hair today. Her hair was still dripping. She grabbed a towel to bind her hair, and then served the Liangpi.
"Mother, what is this?" San Wa said with brightened eyes.
"Delicious stuff!" Su Cheng's eyes also lit up.
"Eat, eat." His younger brother Su Xun had grown a lot. He can utter simple pronunciation. This 'eat' was especially clear.
"Wash your face and hands, then come over and eat Laingpi." Lin Qinghe waved her hand.
There was no habit of eating Liangpi here. Still, this novel food was liked by the whole family.
Both Father Zhou and Mother Zhou enjoyed it very much. Stir-fried cowpea with eggs and a little chili sauce. Delicious combination.
"Yummy, really yummy." Little Su Cheng had his face buried in the bowl and repeatedly remarked.
"Since it's yummy, I'll make it next time." Lin Qing He smiled.
She turned to Zhou Qing Bai. Zhou Qing Bai was also satisfied with his meal. He loved spicy food. He mixed in a spoonful of chili sauce, which made him a little sweaty.
"Eat slowly." Lin Qing He wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.
Da Wa and his brothers started wiggling their brows.
Zhou Qing Bai glanced at his wife and said, "Make it again tomorrow."
"Alright." Lin Qing He readily agreed.
"Mother, Cheng Cheng said it's yummy and you said to make it next time. Who knows when next time is. Father said to make it tomorrow, you agreed without a second thought." San Wa pointed out.
"Then are you going to eat or not?" Lin Qing He asked.
"Eat!" San Wa responded.
Both Father Zhou and Mother Zhou laughed. This meal was truly satisfying.
After finishing, there was still a big watermelon waiting. After a busy day, it was really comfortable to be able to rest now.
The bricks and stones in the yard had been watered. It was dry now. The former heat had disappeared. Placing down the summer mat, the children would get on and roll and rest. It was extremely comfortable.
Lin Qing He and Zhou Qing Bai were on another mat, not sharing with these mischievous monkeys.
About half an hour after the meal, Lin Qing He sent Da Wa to cut the watermelon.
The whole family talked and laughed as they ate the watermelon. After a short break, they then went to take a bath.
Around nine o'clock, the children were all asleep. They were so tired, it was natural for them to got to bed earlier.
Zhou Qing Bai fed the pigs. After that, he went back to the room to find his wife to go swimming.
Lin Qing He didn't plan to go. She said, "I washed my hair today. Go by yourself."
This man loved swimming, especially in the summer. Every so often, he would call her to go with him.
Lin Qing He sometimes joined in and sometimes not.
Seeing that she didn't want to go, he went by himself.
However, he returned late that night. He departed after nine o'clock and would usually come back around 10:30. However, when he came back today Lin Qing He had already fallen asleep. When she checked the watch on the Kang's head, it was almost 12.
"Where did you go?" Lin Qing He yawned and asked.
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She knew her own man. Even though he was late, he wouldn't do anything wrong to her.
"It's nothing." Zhou Qing Bai changed his pants and snuggled up with his wife to sleep.
Lin Qing He had an urge. After sleeping a bit, she gained a lot more energy. So, she had the desire to get him to do something naughty?
Zhou Qing Bai chuckled and cave in for a round. Lin Qing He was satisfied and hugged her man to sleep.
The next day she heard of what happened last night.
Last night someone was bold enough to steal food from the sun-drying yard.
There was always someone guarding the sun-drying yard every day. Unexpectedly, someone actually was found stealing food last night.
Zhou Qing Bai was swimming. When he caught a wisp of this news, he went to help. What's more, the thief was an old acquaintance.
It wasn't someone else, it was Zhou He who was turned into a eunuch because of adultery.
The roots of his life have been trampled broken by others. Now this man was willing to go all. Refusing to do any work and commit any wicked thing.
This wasn't the first time.
According to the sun-drying yard guard, there seems to be some movement in the middle of the night since the beginning of the summer harvest. But because he took a nap while guarding, he thought it was an illusion.
Probably because of this, Zhou He's courage had fattened up. Well what do you know, he wanted to get more. So the movement became louder this time. It happened that someone went to relieve himself in the middle of the night and ran into him.
Zhou He bolted off. He was quite unlucky. He encountered the leader's son and old Second Cai from old Cai Family, who were about to change shifts.
So he was caught.
It was far away from the houses, so the noise wasn't heard.
Zhou Qing Bai had noticed some activity from the riverside and went to check. Since he encountered it, he spectated the interrogation of Zhou He to confess his stealing food process.
That's why he came back late.
Zhou He had been escorted away early today.
How can he not be taken away? At this time, the most taboo thing was to commit this. Zhou He had a previous offense. Now he was breaking the already broken jar and stole food. What's more, it was stealing hundreds of jins.
If he wasn't severely punished, it'll start another repetition of this. How terrible it'll be in the future?
So Zhou He met a miserable fate. This time he was sent to rehabilitate. His life won't fare any better.
Because of this, the villagers criticized Zhou He's family. The whole family really lost all their face.
After Lin Qing He heard this matter, she dropped it. She delivered the food over in the afternoon.
Lunch wasn't Liangpi. She will cook it in the evening. For lunch, they had mantou, a plate of bean sprout, and fried pork with green pepper. Also a boiled egg for each person. There was a box of spare ribs and seaweed soup.
The rest was a pot of mung bean soup. It was placed in a military bottle, so they can drink it when they want by pouring it out into a bowl.
Even though the summer harvest wasn't as tiring as the autumn harvest, it still can't be underestimated. Especially since the sun was really vicious.
Have to say, the bigger the sun, the happier everyone was. That's because the grain can be dried quickly after it was harvested and be filled into sacks to hand in public grain.
After paying public rations, everyone's hearts can settle down. In this era, it was shameful to be not able to pay the public rations and had to eat relief rations. Everywhere they go, they had no face to see people.
This summer, Zhou Qing Bai was looking forward to catching rabbits. Unfortunately, there were no rabbits to catch, because he didn't see any rabbits. Others did, but they couldn't react in time.
This made the children feel disappointed. They were used to eating rabbits. Every summer and autumn harvest, they get to eat rabbits. This summer harvest, there was none.
The adults didn't mind, They were pinning their hope on collecting the grain quickly because the weather looked like it was going to rain again.
The summer harvest was swiftly completed in half a month. This year's harvest was a little lower than last year. Still, it wasn't too low. At least everyone won't go hungry. It was still possible to eat until this autumn harvest.
There will be more mature grains. At that time, they will get allocated more.
A few days after the grain was harvested, everyone immediately planted a new batch of seeds. This was linked to the autumn harvest.
The weather was acting up. Not long after the seeds were sown, it rained heavily.
This saved everyone from the chore of watering. Everyone can rest too.
At the same time, Da Wa's grades for high school entrance examination came out. Initially, Lin Qing He reckoned that his result won't be terrible.
However, she didn't expect that he could get the first place in the county.
When the news came, Zhou Qing Bai and Lin Qing He, the parents were still very calm. While Father Zhou and Mother Zhou, the grandparents were over the moon.
County's number one. Their grandson got first place in the county during the entrance examination. There were so many junior school students in the whole county and it was their grandson who ranked first.
How can this not make them elated?
Even the leader personally came to congratulate him and said old Zhou family was going to produce a college student.
If the number one in the county can't enter college, what kind of ability can go to college?
And because of Da Wa's excellent grades, the county's school won't charge him tuition if he goes to the county school.
There was no scholarship, just made it tuition-free.
Still, this was better than nothing.
Compared with Father Zhou and Mother Zhou, who treated Da Wa like the apple of their eyes, Lin Qing He and Zhou Qing Bai, the parents were more composed.
"Don't be too proud. Keep working hard." Lin Qing He said.
Zhou Qing Bai was also satisfied with his eldest son this time. The chances of him going to college with his mother in the future increased.
Da Wa was a little excited, but after the excitement, he returned to normal.
He knew that the reason why he was able to gain the advantage this time was all due to his mother. Although the questions given by the mother weren't exactly the same as the exam, they were similar.
Especially the last main problem in mathematics. It wasn't easy, but he still solved it. He felt that the reason why he was able to stand out this time got to do with that question.
The villagers' thought was also very obvious.
For example, Mrs. Cai came to visit that day. She bought over a basket of soybeans to pick, while Lin Qing He was drying the sesame paste. The crushed sesame paste was very popular in the family.
"Da Wa is eleven this year." Mrs. Cai mentioned.
Lin Qing He didn't think too much at first. She wasn't so narcissistic and believed people came to visit just to target her son and said: "Yes. Now his appetite is larger than his father. Once the two behind him grows up, I'll be worried about not being able to support them."
"These young teens can really eat their father poor. This is the phrase for this situation." Mrs. Cai smiled upon hearing this.
Lin Qing He laughed.
Mrs. Cai continued again: "My third granddaughter is about the same age as Da Wa. She's also diligent and honest. Very filial to the elders."
Lin Qing He realized after hearing this: "That one called Xiao Cha, right?"
"Yes." Mrs. Cai broke into a grin: "Da Wa's mother, what do you think of Xiao Cha?"
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"Pretty good. The little girl is very hardworking." Lin Qing He replied, she indeed knew Cai Xiao Cha.
"She's not too small. Da Wa grows quite fast. In a few years, it will be possible to marry a wife." Mrs. Cai jokingly said.
The meaning was very clear.
"He's just eleven years old. Still a child. It's too earlier to talk about marrying a wife." Lin Qing He understood her mind when she heard this. She gave a faint smile.
Mrs. Cai couldn't tell whether she agreed or not, so she continued: "Da Wa's mother, what do you think of my Xiao Cha?"
"Xiao Cha is great. However, Aunt, don't rush it. Children and grandchildren have their own fortune, so let's not worry about it." Lin Qing He smilingly responded.
"That can't do. The parents have to select them so they can live well." Mrs. Cai said.
"It's not like they'll live with us parents when they marry in. It'll be the children living by themselves. Better to let the children decide for themselves. I'm not going to follow those arranged marriages in the past." Lin Qing He stated.
Mrs. Cai never thought that she actually planned to let Da Wa find one by himself. She also sensed that Lin Qing He didn't want to talk about it, so she stopped the topic.
"I went to see Xiao Ming yesterday, he looks so cute." Lin Qing He changed around.
Xiao Ming was the nickname. The full name was Zhou Ming. He was Cai Ba Mei and Zhou Dong's son. He truly looked great.
"I must thank you for that big pig trotter from last time. It's wonderful." Mrs. Cai beamed.
"I watched Zhou Dong and Zhou Xi grow up. They were like older brother and sister to Da Wa and the boys. Naturally, I would take care of his and Ba Mei's son." Lin Qing He replied.
Mrs. Cai grinned. She chatted for a while, and then she went back.
Lin Qing He shook her head very helplessly.
This wasn't the first time Mrs. Cai mentioned it. She brought it up again last time. She really didn't want to interfere with Da Wa's marriage. He can find one by himself. He can find whatever he likes. No matter, she won't get involved.
The most important thing was that Cai Xiao Cha was too honest. She can't suppress Da Wa's temperament. He was too lively. He won't like Cai Xiao Cha's kind.
Furthermore, as she said earlier, the daughter-in-law won't live with her when she got married. It was Da Wa, who'll she accompany for the rest of his life, so naturally, his own preference was important.
Lin Qing He had it thought out a long time ago. She will never live with her daughters-in-law in the future. As for post-natal confinement, she will not intervene. She'll just hire a nanny to help.
Raising the brothers was hard enough, she really doesn't want to serve her daughters-in-law anymore. Yes, she was such a selfish woman.
For the days to come, she had plans. She wanted to travel around with her family Qing Bai.
Of course, this was on the premise that she won't reach out and ask for money from her sons and daughters-in-law. If her sons and daughters-in-law need it, she can still support them.
These were all she can do.
The rest can be left for her and her Qing Bai to enjoy.
But for now, that's far away.
That evening, Lin Qing He told Zhou Qing Bai about this: "Our eldest is so popular now. Have anyone enquired with you about it?"
"Zhou Gang Tie's family and Wang Xiang Guo's family." Zhou Qing Bai answered.
Lin Qing He chuckled: "What did you say?"
"Let Da Wa find one by himself in the future." Zhou Qing Bai said.
Lin Qing He smiled: "Good answer."
Zhou Qing Bai looked at his wife with gentle eyes. His biggest wish now was that the children grow up quickly and then move out. He will be with his wife.
Zhou Qing Bai didn't know that his wife also had the same plan. What's more, planned further than him.
It was summer vacation. Lin Qing He took some time and brought the children to the city to watch movies and have fun.
Of course, little Su Cheng and little Su Xun came along.
San Wa and little Su Cheng were carried by Lin Qing He. Little Su Xun and Er Wa were carried by Da Wa.
At noon, they bought ingredients and came over to Su Da Lin and Zhou Xiao Mei's place.
The couple was very delighted to see their two sons coming with their aunt and cousins.
"You...you didn't need to buy...buy ingredients. It...It's alright for me...me to...buy them." Su Da Lin picked up his two sons and said to Lin Qing He.
"It was on the way. Conveniently bought it on the way over." Lin Qing He smiled.
Then they went in. Got to say, Zhou Xiao Mei and Su Da Lin were blessed. It wasn't easy to have such a place of more than 40 square meters at this time. It was very spacious.
Su Da Lin fonded over his sons for a bit and then went to cook.
Lin Qing He swept a glance at him, then winked at Zhou Xiao Mei, who had a big belly. Zhou Xiao Mei went into the room with her to talk.
"You're really blessed." Lin Qing He came in and remarked.
Apart from the problem of stuttering, Su Da Lin was almost impeccable. How can a perfect one exist in the world? This was already great. After all, she wasn't a peerless beauty.
Zhou Xiao Mei smiled shyly, and said, "Fourth Sister-in-law, don't talk about me. My fourth brother also treats you like the apple of his eye."
Lin Qing He looked at her belly and asked, "How's it going? Count the days, it should be next month, right?"
"Yeah." Zhou Xiao Mei nodded and said: "After this one, I swear that I will never give birth again. I'm tired of it already."
"After this, it's certainly not too little." Lin Qing He nodded.
If she really doesn't want to, then don't have any more. It wasn't a big deal.
"With these two mischievous monkeys and this one that coming in the future, I really trouble Fourth Sister-in-law." Zhou Xiao Mei felt embarrassed.
The two sons were so well taken care of. Not only Su Da Lin, but she was also grateful to her fourth sister-in-law.
"What trouble? Mother put the most effort. I only help occasionally." Lin Qing He replied.
She only made good meals for them when they grew up. As for when they were young, she really didn't know how to mind them. It was all handled by Mother Zhou.
The two sisters-in-law chatted for a while before they came out.
Su Da Lin had already fried a large plate of salted peanuts for the kids. He was cooking other dishes.
"Each one of you only knows how to eat. You have to learn a little bit. A man like your uncle who can make money, dote on his wife, and can cooks find it easy to get a wife," Lin Qing He remarked.
"Mother, Eldest brother have it easy too. Recently, some people started stuffing us eggs and asking us to take them home for Da Wa to eat." Er Wa peeled the salt water peanuts and laughed.
"When I grow up in the future, I will definitely have no worries about marrying a wife." San Wa also declared.
Zhou Xiao Mei was amused: "You're only that big and already thought of marrying a wife?"
"I want to marry too." Su Cheng quickly joined in.
"Just wait. None of you can run away." Lin Qing He laughed.
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After lunch at Su Da Lin and Zhou Xiao Mei, Lin Qing He took the children to the movie.
Seeing that Su Cheng and little Su Xun leave so happily and without reluctance, Su Da Lin commented, "They are really close to their fourth aunt."
"It's a must, Fourth Sister-in-law treats them well." Zhou Xiao Mei responded.
Su Da Lin smiled and said: "Fourth Sister-in-law is really nice. I can see she doesn't treat the boys differently from Da Wa and the others."
"That's the kind of person my fourth sister-in-law is. Either she won't help to watching over or agree and take care of them. She won't give preferential treatment." Zhou Xiao Mei said.
Su Da Lin grinned. He knew in his heart. If not, how could he be willing to let his nephew, Da Wa to come to live in their home?
Naturally, he wanted to repay back a bit.
That's how it works between relatives. Not blindly asking or giving. It was always mutual.
Lin Qing He didn't care about this. She took the children around to happily play for a day. They watched movies, ate candied haws, and then bought a watermelon home.
Mother Zhou knew that she took the children to see her little daughter today, and asked, "How is Xiao Mei?"
"Very good. She seems to be spoiled by brother-in-law like a little girl. This time I went over, she told me coquettishly that this one is the last one. Not going to birth anymore afterward." Lin Qing He said.
Mother Zhou smilingly chided: "This stinky girl. Doesn't know where she learned this mindset. Better to give birth to a few more while she is young. In the future, she won't have a chance to. What's more, it's not like she can't afford it.
Su Da Lin's salary had increased a little now. From 30 yuan a month to almost 40 yuan.
Zhou Xiao Mei also had a raise. A salary of almost 20 yuan.
After all, it was a small worker, won't be good as Su Da Lin.
But once the couple's salary was added up, it was sixty yuan.
In this era, if a family can have this income every month, it was definitely an exceptional living condition.
Those in the countryside can afford to raise so many, not to mention those with such a high income.
"After giving birth, there's three. It's not little. If Xiao Mei really doesn't plan to give birth, don't criticize her, Mother," Lin Qing He said.
"Three isn't a small number, but it's also not too many. Da Lin has inherited employment, it's better to desire more." Mother Zhou responded.
"Now there are two sons and if this one is a girl, it will sons and daughters complete. If it's a son, then that's three sons. Mother, leave them alone and let the couple discuss it." Lin Qing He clarified.
"En." Mother Zhou nodded. She didn't plan to intervene: "I killed and sorted all those ricefield eels."
"Then I will stew it with pickled veg." Lin Qing He nodded.
She started cooking. Ricefield eel stewed with pickled veg, tomato and egg drop soup, fried cabbage, and a pork belly with cowpea.
When Zhou Qing Bai and the others came back, the family began dinner.
Lin Qing He came over to look for Sister Mei the next day. After Sister Mei led her into the house as she whispered in a hushed tone: "Sister, how is the atmosphere in the city these days?"
"It's okay now. The chaos earlier this year was fierce, but now it appears extremely calm." Lin Qing He responded. Seeing Sister Mei like this, she had also lowered her voice: "Sister Mei, is something up in the slaughterhouse?"
"There is. Just don't know if you can take, Sister." Sister Mei whispered.
"How much?" Lin Qing He looked at her and asked.
"Forty jins. All first- and second-class good meat." Sister Mei watched her and answered.
"So much?" Lin Qing He said in amazement, "Don't tell me it's dead pig's meat." Even though it's dead pig's meat, it doesn't matter at all during this time. Everyone would be snatching to buy those dead piglets.
However, Lin Qing He couldn't accept it. She didn't want to do that unscrupulous business. As someone from the future, this was her bottom line.
"No. It's excessive raising." Sister Mei whispered.
Then she explained with a few sentences about the slaughter house's matter.
There were pigs raised in the slaughterhouse, but there was a limit on the number. If one wants to raise more, no one will know.
After all, they got plentiful there. What's more, those people who come and go there were the same group. It won't get out.
Of course, they only tried to do it this year. They didn't dare to do it before.
They never thought it'll be so strict this year. It scared everyone for a while. Fortunately, the slaughterhouse didn't get affected.
After Lin Qing He found out about this, she scheduled the time with Sister Mei. She returned later with Zhou Qing Bai around one o'clock in the morning.
At this time, it goes to show the benefit of letting Zhou Qing Bai know her secret.
Otherwise, she would have missed out on so much pork. Since she owned a space, she requested a lot more from Sister Mei.
Almost a hundred jins of pork.
This amount was within Lin Qin He's limit. Sister Mei decided to give it to her because she had known her for so many years.
After returning home, Lin Qing He told Zhou Qing Bai about it.
Zhou Qing Bai had a helpless expression but didn't say anything. At 1 o'clock that night, the couple went over.
One hundred jins of meat wasn't a small number. Sister Mei used two poly woven bags to store them and reported the weight of various meats. Lin Qing He and Zhou Qing Bai left immediately after they received the goods.
"Be careful," Sister Mei whispered.
"I'm going to your place tomorrow morning and sit around." Lin Qing He replied. Then she walked away with Zhou Qing Bai. Once they observed no one was around, they immediately withdrew the pork into the space.
"It's all good meat. I can't bear to sell it anywhere. Let's keep it for ourselves." Lin Qing He opened the bag with her mind in the space, checked it, and said.
Fatty meat. Pork belly. Pork loin. And of course ribs and big bones.
"Then keep it for ourselves." Zhou Qing Bai nodded.
Lin Qing He grinned. Then she won't hold back. All the meat she brought over had been eaten, so it was fine to leave these meats in the space for themselves.
For hundreds of jins of meat, the purchase price from Sister Mei was less than one hundred yuan, so she was naturally willing to keep it for themselves.
As for what she sold, she usually bought some leftover pork. It was still hot item in the black market. What's more, it was also very profitable.
The day before yesterday, she counted the family savings. It was already more than 5,000. In this era, it counts as half a ten-thousand yuan household. Must mention, Lin Qing He got a sense of accomplishment.
When the couple got home, they washed up and slept without disturbing the children next door.
After making breakfast the next day, Lin Qing He came to Sister Mei's house to settle the payment. The meat cost a total of almost ninety yuan, so she gave ninety.
Sister Mei was delighted, and then reconfirmed: "Is the next customer no problem?"
"No problem, don't worry." Lin Qing He, who had no next customer, nodded.
"That's good." Sister Mei smilingly nodded.
Lin Qing He didn't stay too long. After saying goodbye to Sister Mei, she went home and started to stew the bone soup for the noodles for lunch.
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Because they got this batch of meat from Sister Mei, the food at home went up a level.
This led to Mother Zhou stuffing Lin Qing He ten yuans. Lin Qin He was puzzled by this: "Mother, why are you giving me money?"
"It costs a lot of money to buy so much meat," Mother Zhou replied.
Ever since she joined her youngest son and daughter-in-law for meals, Mother Zhou felt a little guilty. She knew Fourth's wife can splurge, but what she didn't know that the money was basically spent on Qing Bai and the boys.
Qing Bai owned several sets of clothes. Just sweaters only were two. Both made by his wife.
Same with the boys. All of them were treated well.
Because Da Wa, the eldest grandson, was growing up, she made sure he ate well every day. Mother Zhou felt if it were her, she might not be willing to feed eldest grandson this way.
On the other hand, Fourth's wife ate poorly herself. It was either munching on cucumber or tomato. At most, one or two pieces of meat. There was one egg a day, but that was it.
Because of Lin Qing He's performance over the years, Mother Zhou chose to forget how she took care of the boys before.
After all, people have to look forward. Let those little things of the past pass. Why bother focusing on them?
Because the food was so great, it was natural to know that it was costly. That's why Mother Zhou handed some subsidy.
Lin Qing He chuckled when she heard this: "Mother, put it away. It goes without saying that meat is bought to be eaten. There's still some money at home. If there is no money, I will go to you."
How could she take money from her mother-in-law?
"Take it, your father asked me to give it." Mother Zhou persisted.
Lin Qing He had no intention to take it, but seeing that she really wanted to give it, she accepted and said, "Alright, I won't be reserved with you, Mother. If you need money to spend, just tell me. "
Mother Zhou smiled and nodded. Then whispered about Da Wa: "Your Aunt Cai came to me again and wanted to introduce her Xiao Cai to Da Wa."
"It's too early." Lin Qing He responded.
"I said the same thing. Besides, our Da Wa has to marry an intellectual in the future." Mother Zhou also had her thoughts.
She believed the reason why her eldest grandson was so good at studying was that he had inherited from his mother. Otherwise, relying on old Zhou's ability, how could they produce such a studious grandson?
Not possible.
This shows the importance of finding a good partner.
After finally studying to this high level, he must find someone at a similar level in the future. There was no reason to find a girl in the village. Especially, the girl, Xiao Cha. She was a good girl, but just too honest. Definitely, can't tame her grandson.
Have to say, Mother Zhou's thoughts were similar to Lin Qing He's.
Mother Zhou felt that it was better to find Fourth's wife's kind. She can handle old Fourth. Although old Fourth was a fine fella, she shouldn't find someone similar to him for him.
Look at old Second. He was completely under his wife's control. Not promising at all.
Eldest and old Third were like that, not as good as old Fourth.
So Mother Zhou decided that if eldest grandson is looking for a spouse in the future, she must open her eyes wide and examine slowly and carefully. Why rush?
Old Cai Family wanted to make an early reservation now? Don't think about it.
Lin Qing He chuckled and didn't say anything. In her mind, he was only eleven years old and hadn't stopped being breastfed completely. So why would he look for a wife? It's not overboard to look for one at the age of thirty-one.
However, at the age of eleven and a half, 1.65 meter Da Wa was very driven.
Now that he didn't need to focus on studying and need to wait until September 1st to enter high school, he joined his father every day to earn work points. Of course, Lin Qing He also brought high school textbooks in advance to give him a preview.
As for Er Wa and San Wa's studies, Lin Qing He's demand was less. They can study according to the normal pace. Initially, she wanted Da Wa to take his time with the study, but to catch the first train of the college entrance examination, she had to push her eldest son to work hard.
Fortunately, everything was on track.
Two years later, the college entrance examination will be just right after he completed the second year of high school.
Lin Qing He didn't have classes to teach. It was still summer vacation. She strolled around the city in her spare time and brought a lot of agricultural products to sell.
For example, peanuts, sesame, and soybeans. They weren't worth much money in the countryside, but they can still be sold out in the city.
"Big lass, do you still have these peanuts? I have something in my hand. Don't know if you will exchange it or not." A little old lady looked at Lin Qing He and whispered.
Lin Qing He wasn't familiar with her, and responded, "Madam, I finally exchanged for these after much difficulties. My family is desperate to use money. If not, I won't do this."
This was how she acted with unfamiliar people. She can't straight up agree as soon as it was brought up. Who knows if they were a spy or not?
"Don't hide it from me. I know you are a veteran at first glance. My two sons have jobs. However, without ration coupons, my grandchildren are starving. I'm not here to investigate." The little old lady whispered.
At this, Lin Qing He smiled: "Does ma'am want to exchange it with money or what?"
"Come with me." The little old lady said.
Lin Qing He followed. At this time, the people panicked as soon as there were shouts. She won't dare to commit the abduction. Also, she won't enter the small alley. At most, wait at the entrance of the big alley.
The little old lady had no plans of leading her in. She asked her to wait outside and she went in by herself.
Then when she came out, she brought her over to an alley which had no one.
"Big lass, look at this thing." The little old lady made sure no one was around and then revealed a corner of the gold bracelet.
Lin Qing He could tell what it was at a glance and shook her head: "Ma'am, you must joking. This kind of old society item can't even exchange for a steamed bun now. What use is it to me?"
"It's useless now, but it will definitely be useful in the future. If it weren't for the fact that we can't cook at home now, I wouldn't want to take it out." The little old lady did indeed have reluctance in her eyes.
Lin Qing He felt that pushing the price down with this little old lady was a bit bullying, so she said: "Then ma'am, what are you going to exchange it for?"
"Fifty jins food coupons and this gold bracelet will be given to you." The little old lady stared at her as she said.
"Take it out and let me have a look." Lin Qing He looked at her.
The little old lady showed her the gold bracelet. Lin Qing He weighed it. It got quite a bit of weight, so she said, "Forty jins."
"Forty-five jins."
"Alright..."
Lin Qing He took out the food coupons from her pocket. These food coupons were gained from her food exchange. As for her space, there were many national military food coupons brought back by Zhou Qing Bai. These were very precious. She'll save them for future use.
The old lady didn't expect her to direct. Still, she didn't say anything. Anyway, she picked up the bracelet. It wasn't really hers.
She'll exchange as much as she can.
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