When they were almost at the state-owned hotel, An Ran saw Chen Manman and Fu Xiaoxiao looking around, probably looking for her. She took a few quick steps and came up to them.

Fu Xiaoxiao saw it and said: Ranran, I thought you forgot and didn’t come.

Anran said: I'm sorry, Xiaoxiao, something delayed me. Manman, Xiaoxiao, let's go in.

The three of them went in and ordered a serving of braised pork and braised fish, a serving of shredded potatoes, three servings of rice, and An Ran asked for ten meat buns.

Chen Manman and Fu Xiaoxiao wanted to treat everyone, but Anran refused. She asked everyone to pay for their own meals. Seeing that she insisted, the two of them paid for their own meals without saying anything and found a seat to eat.

After dinner, they looked at the time and saw that there was nothing to buy, so the three of them came to the ox cart. An Ran secretly gave Uncle Li two meat buns. Uncle Li refused for a long time, but An Ran didn't take it back. Uncle Li didn't refuse anymore, thinking that after returning, he would ask his wife and daughters-in-law to take care of this girl.

Soon the villagers came back one after another. After making sure everyone was back, Uncle Li greeted them and said: Everyone, sit down, let's go back.

On the way, an aunt asked An Ran: Comrade, I am Aunt Hua, you didn’t buy anything during your trip?

Anran nodded and replied: Hello Aunt Hua, I don’t have anything to buy. I came to town just to send a letter. I came to look around and came back.

Another aunt said: Comrade, my surname is Yang, you can just call me Aunt Yang. How old are you?

Anran replied: Hello Aunt Yang, just call me Anran, I am 14 years old.

Chen Manman said: Hello, aunties, my name is Chen Manman, and the one next to me is Fu Xiaoxiao, she is 18 and I am 19. Aunties, just call us by our names.

An auntie said: My last name is Huang, just call me Auntie Huang. An girl, you are only 14 and your family sent you to the countryside. Your family members are not afraid of your small body. Can't you bear it?

An Ran knew they had no ill intentions, they were just gossiping. An Ran said, "My mother died. As for the rest of my so-called family, because they abused me, some of them were left with nothing but peanuts, while the rest starved and were sentenced to lifelong labor reform."

Everyone fell silent. Several aunts had not expected that An Ran was actually a martyr's relative. Now they all respected heroes very much and took special care of martyrs' relatives.

Uncle Li didn't expect that An Ran was a martyr's relative and she was the only one left at home, yet she gave him buns. It was heartbreaking to see such a polite and well-behaved child.

An Ran didn't want to use her status as a martyr's relative to pressure others. She just wanted to use her aunts' mouths to spread the news and remind the villagers that if they wanted to take advantage of her, they should think carefully.

Aunt Hua asked curiously: Girl An, you are the only one left at home, so who are you sending the letter to?

As soon as she finished speaking, the other aunts looked at her with disapproval. Chen Manman and Fu Xiaoxiao also looked unhappy. They looked at An Ran worriedly, afraid that she would be sad.

An Ran didn't care and thought Aunt Hua asked a good question. She said: I sent one letter to the neighbors in the compound, and the rest to the director of the neighborhood committee, the director of the Youth League Office, the military colonel, and the director of my mother's hospital. My uncle and aunt gave me some gifts when I came here and prepared some things for me, asking me to write back and report my safety.

They also said that if they didn't receive my letter, they would come here to find me. I was fine, so I wrote to them to let them know I was safe.

Several aunts were shocked. The neighborhood committee and the educated youth office were okay, but a military colonel was a very high-ranking official, and he was also the director of a hospital. This was not a treatment that ordinary people could have.

Aunt Hua is a person whose expression is hard to read. After hearing what she said, I became curious about what her mother did and how she sacrificed herself.

Then he couldn't help asking: "An girl, what does your mother do? How did she die?"

Aunt Huang nudged her with her elbow and told her to be more careful. Uncle Li also got angry. Isn't this just rubbing salt into someone else's wound?

Uncle Li said angrily: "Mrs. Hua, what's wrong with you? You are so trusting and ask everything."

An Ran said: It's okay, Uncle Li, my mother is a military doctor. When she was on a mission, she passed by a village where hundreds of people were infected with the plague.

My mother and other comrades treated the people. Due to a shortage of medicine, my mother worked day and night collecting herbs and became infected herself. Due to the shortage of medicine, my mother didn't use it herself, leaving it to the people and other comrades. Hundreds of people were saved, but my mother collapsed and never opened her eyes again.

Aunt Hua completely shut up and looked at An Ran apologetically. The others also looked at Aunt Hua with complaints. They all felt bad. What a great person this was. Some of the aunts even wiped away their tears and looked at An Ran's calm face with heartache.

Fu Xiaoxiao took out a piece of candy, opened it, and while Anran wasn't paying attention, stuffed it into her mouth and said: Eat a piece of candy, you will feel better.

An Ran didn't think anything of it. She admired the original owner's mother. Although she felt sad and uncomfortable when talking about this, she knew that it was the emotion of this body.

Anran said, "Thank you, Xiaoxiao," and said nothing more.

Everyone didn't know how to comfort her and remained silent.

Uncle Li thought about it and said: Girl An, your mother is an amazing person. We are all proud of your mother. People will never forget heroes.

From now on in the village, we will not let anyone bully you, we will not let you suffer any injustice, and we will not let the heroes feel disappointed.

Aunt Hua was already blaming herself, and after hearing what Uncle Li said, she also started to promise: "Master Li is right. If anyone bullies you in the future, you can come to me, Aunt Hua. Aunt Hua will avenge you and will never let An Yatou suffer any injustice." After saying that, she patted her chest with an expression like Sun Erniang, making everyone laugh.