The next day, Li Zhien went to the commune before dawn and brought back the things that Pei Yuanzheng had prepared.
He first went around the brigade and gave gifts, thanking the cadres for taking care of his mother and sister, and said he was there to take his mother and sister home for the New Year.
On the way to Pei Yuanzheng's house, she didn't even try to avoid people, which made the young girls and wives in the village jealous.
He is a high-level worker from the city. How many girls think that by climbing up to that level they can change their job status and become city dwellers?
It’s a pity that they only came to pick up their family members.
They began to envy Ruan Niannian, but they couldn't feel jealous.
He has a good family background and is smart. His family members are either factory managers or directors, and there are also senior technicians. No one knows how much this family earns every month.
Sometimes the gap is so big that they can't give birth to anything else except envy. Maybe they even hope to be born into a family like this in their next life.
So this is why Ruan Niannian tried so hard to build a school in the village.
Only if the school is built in the village and is close to the school, there won’t be so many uncivilized parents who think that education is a waste of money and refuse to let their children go to school.
She always believes in a saying: reading makes people wise and enlightens people.
In this place deep in the mountains, studying is almost the only way out for people here. What else can they do? The best life is to earn a salary of several dozen yuan a month, which can barely feed and clothe the family.
After Li Zhien took Li Qing and Li Zhili away, Ruan Niannian and Pei Yuanzheng were the only ones left at home. Wu Xinghua, who took over Pei Yuanzheng's chores, still came to cook and wash clothes regularly.
Ruan Niannian was preparing things to take home, including her clothes. Now that her belly was bigger, her old clothes would definitely not fit her.
It was enough for Pei Yuanzheng to just take one set of clothes for changing, as well as the child's clothes. Ruan Niannian looked at the many clothes and quilts that had been prepared in the closet and was a little hesitant.
"Take it with you. Maybe you can stay that long. You are already more than seven months pregnant. I heard that some children cannot stay and like to come out early. If the child wants to come out over there, we have to wait for you to finish your confinement. Children grow up quickly. If you don't take it with you, the child will not be able to wear clothes when you come back. Wouldn't that be a waste of your sisters-in-law's kindness?"
The clothes were all sewn stitch by stitch by Wu Lanhua and Zhang Xiangyun, especially those made by Zhang Xiangyun, which took a lot of thought and were embroidered with beautiful animal patterns. How sad would it be if they became too small without ever being worn?
Following Pei Yuanzheng's advice, Ruan Niannian stuffed more and more, and finally stuffed out three big bags.
In addition to clothes, there are also various smoked meats, including leftover wild boar meat, meat from Zheng Chenggong’s farm, and smoked rabbit meat made from their own rabbits.
The main feature is the variety of varieties, and Ruan Niannian wants to bring some for her family whatever she sees.
In the end, I packed out five big bags, filled with various snacks, dried fruits, and bacon.
Ruan Niannian's hand that was stuffing things into the bag suddenly stopped, "Did you bring too much? How about getting rid of this bag?"
"It's okay, no need." Pei Yuanzheng held down her hand that was pulling out the things. "Just pack them. I'll go to the commune later to mail all these things. I only need to take one set of clothes for you and me."
Why didn't she think of sending it back?
Ruan Niannian continued packing with a smile on her face.
When she went home this time, her sisters-in-law and Wu Xinghua kept nagging her, asking her to pay attention to this and that.
Especially Li Jinhua, who treated her like her own daughter and wanted to repeat the precautions to her every day.
No matter how reluctant you are, the time on the ticket has finally arrived.
The bus leaves at around 4:00 p.m., so you have to transfer in Ying City first. It takes almost a day to get from Ying City to Ruan Niannian’s home.
"Then why did it take my parents two days to come here last time?" Ruan Niannian was puzzled. "I also took two days to take the train when I came here to work in the countryside before."
The two days of hard sleeper sleeper left a deep impression on her, even if it was an experience from her previous life, even if decades had passed.
Pei Yuanzheng pointed at the ticket and said to her, "There is a direct bus to Xi County, but there is only one bus to your place, so you have to go around a long way. There are many trains in Ying City, so there is a more direct route to your place. You can save a day by changing trains."
It wasn't that he didn't intend to tell her when Ruan Niannian's family came before, but he just didn't think about it. He only remembered it when he asked his men to wait for the sleeper tickets this time.
If he could save one day's time, Ruan Niannian would suffer less, so why wouldn't he do it?
The first trip was short, and I bought a hard seat with a red ticket.
There were so many people around during the New Year. Pei Yuanzheng relied on his physical strength and the care of the pregnant woman by the people around him, and successfully protected Ruan Niannian onto the train.
He only carried a small bag, which was very light.
All the other things had been sent back to Ruan Niannian's home by mail a few days in advance, and they just needed people to go over there.
When we were almost at Ying City, a sales truck was pushed over by a flight attendant. "Peanuts, melon seeds, fried shrimp chips, rice noodles, and all kinds of cigarettes and alcohol."
Fried shrimp chips? Rice noodles?
Ruan Niannian looked at Pei Yuanzheng in confusion, "Isn't this a specialty of Xi County?"
"Hey, comrades, are you from Xi County? This is the specialty of Xi County. It's 50 cents a bag, no ticket required. Would you like to support the financial revenue of your hometown?" The salesperson was quite enthusiastic and was selling them a bag of fried shrimp chips.
The attitude of the salespersons is totally different from other places.
Pei Yuanzheng nodded and took out a one-dollar bill. "Comrade, please give me a pack of each of these two specialties."
"Okay, comrade, take them." The salesperson handed Pei Yuanzheng a bag of fried shrimp chips and a bag of rice noodles, and took the one dollar from his hand.
When they arrived at Ying City, Pei Yuanzheng helped Ruan Niannian get off the bus. Seeing that the ticket showed there was nearly an hour left before departure, he took her for a walk in the square.
The square was full of people walking in a hurry, carrying large and small bags. There were very few people like Ruan Niannian and Pei Yuanzheng who were walking leisurely with only a small bag on their backs.
Right in front of the square is a sculpture of an eagle with its wings spread out, ready to fly. It is very majestic, and standing under it gives you a feeling of being protected.
Some people stopped to watch, but left after a while.
When there were fewer people around, Ruan Niannian asked Pei Yuanzheng, "Is this the project that Secretary Peng mentioned before to help Brother Qingshan generate income?"
"Well, this is part of it." Pei Yuanzheng knew something about it. He often dealt with Secretary Peng and others.
"Ah? This is only part of it? In addition to the ones on the train... Wait, let me guess, is there also the annual festival benefits for workers in various factories? What else?"
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