In the evening, after dinner with my aunt's family, the two cousins took the twins to play outside, and the four adults took Shen Anchen and Shen Anning to talk in the house.
Shen Yiyuan repeated what Shen Anning said in the afternoon and exchanged glances with Peng Cheng. They both decided to start preparations in advance.
Shen Anning took out the things he had prepared, and even Shen Yipei was surprised when she saw it.
"Ningning, where did these come from?"
"Well, I met an old man when I went out this afternoon and bought it from him. I spent two thousand yuan of the money in my family's passbook." Shen An Ning lowered his head, looking as if he was afraid of being scolded, thinking that it was really difficult to pretend to lie.
"Well, it's worth the money. This ginseng root and the hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder are also quite valuable. It must be from an old Chinese doctor..." Shen Yipei stopped talking halfway, but everyone knew what she meant.
"By the way, aunt, the doctor told me that these meatballs can save your life at a critical moment. I divided them among you. Please keep them well."
The group discussed for more than an hour, and after Shen Anning's insistence, her family finally agreed to report her age as two years older, allowing her to take her younger brothers and sisters to the countryside.
Originally, the adults disagreed. Shen Anning explained the geographical location of Gengjiatun and Wangtu Village, and the situation of the Second Farm in Heishan County. "Mom, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, I found out this information this afternoon from several families whose children went to the countryside in Northeast China. And didn't Grandpa write to you about it before? This is the best option."
There is a difference between voluntarily going to the countryside as an educated youth and being sent to the countryside again. Moreover, the people who were sent there were almost all in the difficult places such as the Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest, so it was more convenient for my uncle to operate there.
Although she was very worried about her and her younger siblings, Shen Anning started studying medicine at the age of seven. With younger siblings at home, she was also good at housework, cooking, and mending clothes. Shen Yipei thought that it would be better to go to the countryside than to stay here and be targeted. The old man was familiar with the people in Gengjiatun and would be able to help more when the time comes.
Now that the route has been decided, the next step is to prepare well. Shen Anchen's conscription form has been submitted, and he will probably be arranged to leave in the next few days. He doesn't have to think about the capital and the northwest, and it will probably be the southwest or south China.
After sending off my aunt's family, I gave the prepared safety pills to Shen Anchen, "Brother, these two pills on the chain are for emergencies. Don't be reluctant to part with them. Of course, I definitely hope you never have to use them, but if something really happens, you must remember that nothing is more important than life. I still have them here, you know?"
After getting her brother's assurance, she called the twins and told them that they would be going to the countryside in a while. Shen Anning had made up her mind to let her uncle make some arrangements and she would take her younger siblings there in advance. Although the educated youth had to obey the arrangements now, it would still be convenient to do things with connections.
On April 2nd, Shen Anchen was assigned to the South China Military Region with a large group of new recruits. On the same day, his cousin and his wife were sent to the Black Mountain Second Farm.
Shen Anning knew that the Peng family and the Shen family had been moving too fast in the past few days, and the villains behind them were naturally too scared to wait.
Because they had informed their uncle and aunt in advance, they didn't worry too much this time. Shen Yixing knew that his younger brothers and sisters were not reckless people. Since they had made arrangements, they must have thought it through carefully.
On the 5th, she received the notice for the educated youth to go to the countryside. Although the requirement was to set off in half a month, Shen Anning could not wait. She wanted to arrive first and take the initiative to find Wangtu Village. If she went with the large group of educated youth, there would inevitably be many things that she would not have time to do.
She had originally planned to go there directly, but her uncle said that all the educated youth would have to register together. So, she had to find a way to get her a letter of introduction to Heishan County and buy a sleeper berth. She would take her younger siblings there, settle down, and then come back. Her younger siblings' household registration would be registered with her first, and the certificate she issued was kept by Shen Anning. She would make specific plans after she met with the village chief and the Party secretary of Wangshan Village.
This means that she is in a hurry and must finish the work and get back as soon as possible.
In order to conceal their whereabouts, my uncle bought them a train at 11 o'clock in the evening. There was a conductor on the train who was the younger brother of my uncle's comrade-in-arms, who would take care of them along the way.
Traveling lightly, Shen Anning took his younger brothers and sisters with him, said goodbye to his parents, and went to Heishan County, Liaoning Province.
It was the first time for the twins to take a train. They were very curious along the way and couldn’t sit still in the carriage at all. Because the future was unknown, they were looking forward to it but not afraid.
Shen An Ning didn't take care of them. After they settled down, they had to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms like other children, and they also had to go to school. There were many things to do.
Trains nowadays are very slow, unlike those in later times.
It took two days and one night to get from the capital to Liao Province.
The provincial capital is a big station, and the train stops for forty minutes. The station is crowded, and Shen Anning is with her younger brother and sister, so she didn't even think about getting off and squeezing in the crowd. She took out two apples from the package and ate them as a meal.
When they first got on the bus, there were five people in the carriage including them. Now, the other two people have gotten off.
"Here, you two have an apple to fill your stomach first. It will probably take two or three hours for us to reach Heishan County." Most of their meals these days were boxed meals bought for them by the younger brother of their uncle's comrade-in-arms.
Shen Anyu had come to his senses more or less over the past two days. It wasn’t like he hadn’t seen it before in the city: people with red armbands raiding homes, people parading through the streets with placards...
"Sister, is there something wrong with our family?"
Listening to the little brother's words, Shen Anxuan was stunned, tears could not stop flowing down, "Sister, I miss my parents, elder sister, wu...,"
"An Xuan, it's okay. Mom and Dad are fine. You two have grown up now. I want to tell you today that for the next few years, we will live in a small village close to Grandpa and Grandma. We can't be too close to Grandpa and Grandma in front of outsiders, but we can talk to them more in private."
Before everything was arranged, Shen An Ning didn't want to say too much to the two children. Seeing that the younger brother and sister were very scared but still trying hard to control their tears, she could only hold them in her arms and comfort them slowly.
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