There is a county-level city twenty kilometers away from Pingyang City called Zhaolin City. It is named after the hero of the Anti-Japanese War.
There is a village near Zhaolin City called Jinjiawazi Village. In the village there is an old volunteer soldier who participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. This man is upright and strong. He can still work in the fields at the age of eighty.
When the old man was young, his family was poor and his father died early. The three brothers remarried with their mother to a landlord's house. Because they were the second oldest children in the family, they were never taken seriously by their mother. When they were only five years old, they had to go to the fields to help the landlord's family. Pig, this is how you can change your stuttering.
By the age of thirty, both his eldest brother and younger brother had married and had children, but he was the only one single. When the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea started, the village was recruiting volunteers, and Lin Bingfu, who had no worries, took the initiative to sign up for the battlefield.
Because there was no one at home, Lin Bingfu had no scruples in fighting. He rushed to the front several times, but he was blessed with good fortune and finally returned home safely.
At that time, volunteers who returned safely would be assigned to good units. However, Lin Bingfu had never attended school for a day and could not even write his own name. Even if he had made meritorious service, he could only be assigned to work as an ordinary worker on the railway.
When Lin Bingfu came back from the war, the villagers introduced him to a man named Wen Suying from the next village. She was three years younger than him, but she was divorced and had two boys, one eight years old and one three years old.
In those days of eating from a big pot, if there were two more mouths in the family, they would have to eat less. Lin Bingfu was already in his thirties, and he would not be able to find a wife in his life if he delayed any longer. He eventually married Wen Suying and gave him a share in the village. A broken thatched house was built with yellow mud in the field.
Ten years after their marriage, the two gave birth to three more boys. At that time, few people had formal jobs. Lin Bingfu's work unit was in Pingyang City, and he would only go home during holidays. Because he had been on the battlefield, the children met He was so frightened that he ran home and cried, as did the other boys at home, but the couple could live their lives better.
Thirty years later, the two of them were in their sixties. Lin Bingfu also retired, and his eldest son took over. This caused dissatisfaction with Wen Suying's two sons. The eldest married a primary school teacher. He got married early and moved out, and only came back to see the old couple once during the Chinese New Year.
The second son lived next door to the two of them, and the old lady always felt that she owed her second son, and she usually had to sneak in some good things to him.
The third son, Lin Bingfu's eldest son, took over and also married a girl from Pingyang City. The girl had a fierce temper and couldn't get along with the old lady, and she rarely came back.
The fourth child wanted to join the army, but the couple disagreed. As a result, they severed ties with the family and were never heard from again.
The youngest son of the old couple, Lin Xihong, was not good at reading but was a little clever. He worked as an electrician in the village, married a wife from the mountains, and lived with the old man.
Not long after the younger son got married, his wife gave birth to a daughter. In those days, when a baby was born in the village, if it was a boy, the midwife would call him a nanny, and the master would reward him with more money. A hundred for a boy. When a girl is delivered, there is no sound, and the host usually gives her thirty-fifty.
When Lin Xihong's wife gave birth to a baby, the old couple rubbed their hands anxiously outside. At this time, they already had two grandchildren and three granddaughters. As the saying goes, the old son's eldest grandson is the lifeblood of the old lady.
Lin Bingfu was already in his forties when he gave birth to Lin Xihong, so he was considered old enough to have a son, so he was particularly fond of his younger son.
As the baby cried, the old man waited for a long time but didn't hear the midwife's call. He hurriedly pushed the door in and asked what was going on.
The daughter-in-law was so weak that she tilted her head and did not dare to look at the old couple.
"Hongzi, what's going on?"
The midwife held the baby and lowered her head.
Lin Bingfu had a bad temper and would not say a word when he saw the child. He thought something had happened to the child, so he quickly asked the old lady to take the child. The old lady took off the ring and saw that it was a thin girl.
"Old man, this is your granddaughter!"
The old lady hugged the little girl and couldn't put it down. Lin Bingfu burst into laughter when he heard this and took out two big tickets on the spot!
Two hundred dollars!
You know, people only give 100 yuan when they give birth to a son! But the old man retired from the railroad and is rich!
The old man's move confused everyone. Looking at his daughter-in-law's puzzled eyes, he immediately understood what everyone was thinking.
"Yu Lan'er, why are you not happy about having a daughter? I tell you that you are a great contributor to our family! Our family does not favor sons over daughters!"
Damn the old son and the grandson. The grandson is living in Pingyang City with his third son and his wife. He has almost no relationship with the old couple. How can he hold the warm little granddaughter in his hand? With a little granddaughter, the old son has to step aside!
The old man was so happy that he gave his granddaughter a nickname on the spot: Lin Yuanyuan. He knew that he was uneducated, so he chose the nickname for his parents. He chose such a nickname because he thought it sounded nice and matched his granddaughter perfectly!
Lin Yuanyuan was also up for it. Ordinary children wouldn't be so frightened that they cried when Lin Bingfu held him in his arms? Lin Yuanyuan couldn't see anyone yet, so she actually raised her little hand to grab her grandfather's beard, which made Lin Bingfu laugh. Her daughter-in-law was relieved to see that the old couple really cared about the child.
