After Ah Xiang's wedding, Yu Yin started collecting supplies again. Not only was her brother coming back, but the Lunar New Year was approaching, and she also needed to prepare New Year's gifts.
This time, not only did Wang Wenye and his group need Yu Yin's help, but their neighbor Su Yixian also came over.
"Yu Yin, Yu Yin, I need to talk to you about something."
"Auntie, we've come to find Ping An and An An."
"Come in. Ping An and An An are playing on the seesaw over there. Chen Chen and Yang Yang, go find them yourselves."
Chu Chen took his younger brother and ran off to find Ping An and An An. He liked his aunt's house because it had delicious fruit and fun toys.
"We've arrived safely."
"Brother Chen, come quick."
An'an, as always, liked the handsome Chu Chen and greeted him warmly. Pingping and Chu Yang looked at each other helplessly and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially Pingping, such a small child, making expressions that don't suit his age, so cute!
"Sister Yixian, have you eaten yet?"
"I've already eaten. It's almost Chinese New Year, and I want to send some New Year's goods home, but I don't know what to prepare. Wenye and the others told me that you helped them prepare their New Year's goods last year, so I wanted to come and learn from your experience."
They've been here for several months now, and Chu Jianguo's work is back on track. Su Yixian took the child to visit her mother-in-law's friend a while ago and returned a few days ago.
“I thought it was something serious, but it’s not that difficult. Wang Wenye and a few others came to say hello a couple of days ago, and I still need to help them prepare. While I’m at it, I’ll also bring some for you. Tea, honey, dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, rice noodles, rice vermicelli, rice cakes, dried fruit… See what you need, and I’ll go to the ethnic minority villages to exchange it.”
For Yu Yin, these were all things she was very familiar with, not troublesome at all, and she could even make a small profit.
Su Yixian was completely stunned. She had never prepared these things before; her mother-in-law and sister-in-law always did. This year, it was the first time they were celebrating the New Year alone, so they had to prepare some gifts to show their appreciation.
"Yu Yin, don't laugh at me, but I don't understand any of this. I'll go back and ask your brother Chu, and I'll tell you tomorrow."
"Okay, there's still some time before the New Year, we can make it."
Yu Yin thought to herself, if she could, no one would want to be a decathlon champion; who wouldn't want to lie down and do nothing?
The two chatted and listened to the children's laughter, feeling quite pleased.
In order to buy New Year's goods, Yu Yin has been running around to the villages these past few days, not only to A Xiang's village, but also to the village of her new friends whom she met while supporting agriculture. Their village also has a lot of dried goods, and Yu Yin went there to exchange a lot of them, hoping to help them have a slightly easier New Year.
Yu Yin is always busy, and she's not even home on her days off.
Lu Shurui took the children to look after the house. Since school was on holiday, the children weren't sent to daycare. Sometimes the two little brothers from next door would come over, and Yu Kang often came too. This time, he really became the leader of the kids. The advantage was that he didn't have to keep a close eye on Ping An and An anymore. Yu Kang and Chu Yang were a bit older and could take care of several of the younger ones. He only needed to make sure he could appear in time when they called for him.
It was another day off, and Yu Yin left early, leaving Lu Shurui to look after the house with the four children. Yu Kang wasn't there today; no one knew where he was.
Around noon, Lu Shurui was cooking.
"Uncle, someone is knocking on the door."
Chu Yang ran to the kitchen to find Lu Shurui. Aunt Yu Yin said that children should not open the door when they hear a knock, but should find an adult.
"Okay, Uncle understands. Thank you, Yangyang. Go play now, Uncle will see who it is."
After drying her hands, Lu Shurui went to open the door.
There was a boy who was about half a year old standing at the door, whom Lu Shurui did not recognize.
"Is there something you need?"
"Lu Zhiqing, someone has fallen into the river over there. Can you go and save them?"
"Someone fell into the water! Who fell into the water, an adult or a child?"
Lu Shurui was quite strange; he hadn't heard anyone call him "Educated Youth Lu" in a long time, and most people called him "Teacher Lu."
“A female educated youth, she can’t swim, she’s struggling. Educated youth Lu, hurry up, or someone will die.”
"Who told you to come and call me? That place isn't close to my house. Isn't there anyone else around?"
Lu Shurui found it strange. That river wasn't really a river, and it wasn't very deep during the dry season, so why were people splashing around in it? This kid was also interesting; he had come all this way to call him, which made one wary.
"This, this, a former educated youth asked me to call you, but I don't know her."
"What's wrong? Where did this child come from?"
Just then, Yu Yin returned.
Lu Shurui felt his heart calm down immediately. He took the basket from Yu Yin's back and told her that the child had come to ask him to rescue someone, a female educated youth had fallen into the river.
"Is that really a river? Isn't it just a puddle?"
Yu Yin thought for a moment and roughly guessed what was going on. Someone was trying to steal her boyfriend! Did they really think she was made of clay, that everyone wanted to come and show off to her?
"You stay home and watch the kids, I'll go check who's drowning."
Yu Yin pulled the child over there, while Lu Shurui closed the door and went into the yard.
"Xiaoyu, where are you going? Whose child are you dragging along?"
"Aunt Wang, Sister Wang, I don't know whose child came to my house looking for their father. They said that a female educated youth fell into the river over there and asked my child's father to go and save her."
This is the aunt Yu Yin met when she bought chicks; they always greet each other when they meet.
"How could anyone drown in that river? Why did we come all the way to your house to call for help? Come on, your sister-in-law and I will go with you to see who's causing trouble."
The three people, each holding a child's hand, walked in that direction.
Along the way, some people with good intentions followed along, and by the time they arrived at their destination, there were already quite a few people there.
In the narrow pond, a woman somehow managed to stick her head out and float on the water, looking quite convincing.
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