The rise of a small town in shoe country

Chapter 3 Big Family

Jin Yunfei sat and waited in Hebutou for almost an hour before he saw his second brother coming in his own boat.

The third younger brother sat on the bow of the boat, jumped ashore to stabilize the boat, and Jin Yunfei boarded the boat carrying the burden.

Jin Yunfei said, let's go home, just in time for lunch.

Unexpectedly, the second brother put away the oars, touched his stomach and said, "Brother, people are like iron and rice is steel, I'm hungry."

The third brother shouted, brother, I want to eat popsicles.

The second sister also yelled, "Brother, I want to eat ice cream."

Jin Yunfei smiled and asked the elder sister, what do you think, elder sister?
The eldest sister doesn't talk much, but once she speaks, Jin Yunfei will mostly listen.

The eldest sister said, brother, as you said, after selling the food, our family can improve our life.

Nodding his head, Jin Yunfei smiled and stretched out his hand to his second brother.

The second brother immediately nodded and bowed, and took out a wad of money and two receipts from his trouser pocket.

Brother, we sold 120 three catties of grain at a price of 740 cents per catty, and received a total of 150 yuan and 590 cents. The agricultural tax payable was [-] yuan and [-] cents.

Jin Yunfei first looked at the payment receipt for grain sales, and then at the collection receipt for agricultural tax. He stuffed the receipt into his coat pocket, took the money in his left hand, and dabbed his right thumb and index finger with saliva to count the money.

Before he finished counting the money, Jin Yunfei stopped and stretched out his right hand to his second brother.

The second younger brother smiled, and took out a folded white paper from his trouser pocket. The eldest brother, the grain station said that our family sold more than 2000 catties of public grain, and issued a special certificate of encouragement.

Jin Yunfei raised his face, but his right hand has not been withdrawn.

The second brother made a bitter face again, and I said, elder brother, you don't have to be so perceptive.

Sighing, the second brother stood on one foot, took off the cloth shoe on his bent right foot, took out a few yuan and handed it to Jin Yunfei.

Before Jin Yunfei retracted his hand, he hummed.

The second brother stomped his feet and shouted, big brother.

The eldest sister, the third younger brother and the second younger sister were standing beside each other, sniggering endlessly.

The second brother hides money, and the whole family knows that only the eldest brother Jin Yunfei can cure him.

Sure enough, there was still seven yuan hidden in the second brother's other shoe.

Jin Yunfei no longer counted the money, but took out 20 yuan and handed it to the eldest sister, and told her to go ashore to buy vegetables and wine.

Take out two more [-] cents and hand them to the third brother and the second sister, and said with a smile, go buy popsicles, but don't go home and shout, if the third sister and younger sister at home know, I won't take you out next time.

The third younger brother and the second younger sister smiled and hopped up and down, following the older sister ashore.

The second brother seemed to be discouraged, and squatted on the basket, "Brother, you are too strict with me, making me lose face in front of my younger brothers and sisters."

Jin Yunfei laughed and said, they are all a family, so there is no need to save face.

As he said that, Jin Yunfei took out five yuan and threw it to his second brother. Take it and save money. If you let me know that you are going to gamble, I will definitely discount your two dog legs.

The second brother was overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, took the money and hurriedly stuffed it into his trouser pocket.

Jin Yunfei took out another ten yuan and threw it into the arms of his second brother, go quickly, go to the fat rice cake shop and cut ten catties of hot rice cakes, and use the remaining money to buy cigarettes for our grandfather and father, remember, don't lay an ambush.

The second brother took the money and went ashore excitedly.

On the boat going home, the second and third younger brothers were particularly enthusiastic and rushed to rock the boat. The second brother held the main oars, and the second brother used the auxiliary oars. The boat was empty again, and it took only an hour to get home.

There is no lunch at home. On this day every year, the family has to have a big meal, eat hot rice cakes, eat pork head meat, and grandpa and father can also drink liquor at one yuan per catty.

The eldest sister bought a fat head fish and a silver carp, and the mother and the eldest sister cooked together, and quickly cooked two pots of braised fish.

In the main room, the whole family gathered around the dining table, each found a seat and sat down, waiting for the last dish to be served, scrambled eggs with leeks.

The 11-year-old third sister, and the eight-year-old twin younger brother, got angry around Jin Yunfei, and the older brother didn't take them to the street. The three little guys were angry all morning.

Grandma said with a smile, grandson, what do you think?

Jin Yunfei patted his chest and said, next time, next time you go to the street, elder brother will take you there.

The third sister yelled, Big Brother, Third Brother and Second Sister ate popsicles, but we didn't.

Jin Yunfei looked at the third brother and the second sister, and asked with a smile, why did you two show your secrets.

The third brother pointed to the second sister and said, it was she who brought back the popsicle paper and let them see it.

The second sister likes to collect things that others don't pay much attention to, such as stamps, writing, pictures, and various wrapping papers. She has liked it since she was in elementary school. She has collected a large box like a treasure.

Forget about this, Jin Yunfei couldn't let the three youngest siblings suffer, so he took out three [-] cent bills and distributed them to the three little guys, only then did the three little guys turn their annoyance into joy.

The scrambled eggs with leeks were steaming on the table, and the whole family sat in their seats.

Grandpa moved his chopsticks first, and said, "Eat, let's eat."

Jin Yunfei also said, everyone eat first, and I will announce great news later.

Two tables for the Eight Immortals were put together, and six double benches could seat twelve people exactly. This was the grand occasion when the big family of the Jin family had dinner.

Each dish is divided into two portions, only in this way can everyone's chopsticks pick up the dish.

Rural people pay more attention to eating in the main room, the inside is bigger and the door is smaller, the left is bigger than the right, and the left is male and the right is female.

Grandfather Jin Yuanbai, in his early sixties, is an old man with white beard who can't do farm work. Apart from raising pigs, he is good at hand work. The Jin family's cloth shoes are all carried forward by his old man. He has studied in private schools for several years and is good at shoe soles.

Grandma Jiang Cailan, less than sixty, is also a little old lady who can't do farm work. She has a pair of small feet, tied up before liberation, and smiles all day long. After marrying into the Jin family, she learned how to make shoes, and is good at hand sewing.

His father, Jin Jialiang, was in his 40s, with a vicissitudes on his face, and looked like he was in his fifties. He did not inherit the technology of making shoes, but he was a good farmer. He fell and limped his right leg a few years ago. Also withdraw from the leadership position of the family.

His mother, Xie Yujuan, is 39 years old and tall. She married into the Jin family from the mountains and brought with her a body of martial arts.

There are eight brothers and sisters below, except for Jin Yunfei, the eldest sister Jin Xiaoling, 20 years old, graduated from junior high school, introverted and delicate, who can go to the hall and go to the kitchen.The second younger brother Jin Yunxing, 17 years old, dropped out of junior high school, smart, a little lazy, not pushy.The third brother, Jin Yunpeng, is 15 years old, he is heartless, he likes to be lively and fights, he is the most troublesome guy in the whole family.The second sister Jin Xiaoxia is 13 years old, the third sister Jin Xiaohong is 11 years old, the younger sister Jin Xiaoting is eight years old, and the younger brother Jin Yunhua is eight years old.

After the lively lunch, the whole family did not leave, waiting for Jin Yunfei to announce the "great news".

Jin Yunfei took his time and took out 410 yuan to his father. He borrowed [-] yuan from the credit union during the spring plowing and had to pay it back first.

Another one hundred yuan was handed over to the mother, and the next five younger siblings were still studying. Not only did they have to prepare for tuition and miscellaneous expenses, but each of them had to make a new set of clothes.

Then, Jin Yunfei said, I have decided that from now on, our family will be a professional household.

(End of this chapter)