It was already one o'clock in the morning when the train stopped in Heishan County.
Saying goodbye to Uncle Li who had helped them all the way, Shen Anning handed over the things in his hand, "Uncle Li, I heard that there are two younger sisters at home. Thank you for taking care of us along the way. This is a little gift from me, you must accept it."
It was also last night when Shen An Ning was bored. She found two boxes of accessories in the supermarket, including flower-adorned hairbands and hairpins, and took six inconspicuous ones.
Li Da was asked by his brother to do this, so how could he accept the gift? But the hairband looked very pretty, and his two daughters were sure to like it, so he found it difficult to refuse.
Shen Anning looked at him, how could he not understand.
"Uncle Li, don't be polite. We don't have anything else. My sister has some more. Take these." After saying that, he stuffed the things into Li Da's pocket.
Instead of letting him send her off, Shen Anning took her younger brother and sister to find a guesthouse, handed over a letter of introduction, and booked a room.
The two little guys were so sleepy that they went to their room, took a quick shower, took off their clothes and went to bed.
Shen Anning had been paying close attention these past few days, but she finally relaxed and slept until around nine o'clock the next day.
When she opened her eyes, her younger brother and sister were already awake and sitting on the bed eating snacks. When they saw her get up, they hurriedly handed her clothes and shoes.
"Big sister, are you hungry? My brother and I left two pieces of egg cake for you."
Shen Anxuan feels very insecure now, and the only person he can rely on and trust is her sister.
She hugged the little guy and said, "Okay, big sister thanks An Xuan. Are you and little brother full? Go rinse your mouths. Big sister will take you to the state-owned restaurant."
After checking out, I asked two people before I found the state-owned restaurant. I ordered two bowls of peach blossom noodles. The peach blossom noodles now have a lot of toppings, two large slices of meat, dried tofu, and vegetables. A bowl cost 38 cents plus 30 grams of food coupons, and the three of us were full.
Asking his younger brother and sister to wait for him in the state-owned restaurant for a while, Shen An Ning walked away, found a deserted place, took out a backpack, put a few bags of brown sugar in it to hide it from others, and covered it with a cloth.
Because Fangshan Commune is some distance away from the county seat, Shen Anning took his younger brother and sister to the bus stop in the county seat. There are few buses in Heishan County, and one bus has to pass through several communes. It is usually not until the afternoon that you can wait for the bus to the commune, and there is only one bus a day.
With the guidance of the kind lady, Shen Anning found the tractor station and gave the security guard a handful of fruit candy. "Grandpa, I want to ask if there is a tractor going to Fangshan Commune? I am taking my younger brothers and sisters to visit relatives, and the bus will not arrive until the afternoon."
The old man guarding the door pulled out a drawer, swept the candy in, and closed it, all in one go!
"Look, girl, the third one from that side is going to Fangshan Commune. Go over there and wait. They're just here to change the oil. I think they'll be here soon."
"Hey, thank you, sir."
Sure enough, after waiting for about ten minutes, Shen Anning saw a tall, square-faced man carrying a barrel of engine oil.
Looking to be about forty years old, Shen Anning hurried over and said, "Hello, uncle, I'm going to visit relatives in Wangtu Village, Fangshan Commune, and I would like to ask you to give us a ride." As he spoke, Shen Anning took out two apples from his backpack and put them on the driver's seat, and also threw a handful of fruit candies.
"Okay, get in the car. There's just enough room up front for the three of you."
"Hey, thank you, uncle."
It’s great not to have to sit in a bucket.
Chatting with the uncle along the way, Shen Anning learned that the man was called Gao Dashan, a tractor driver from Fangshan Commune. There were more than a dozen villages under the commune, and he had two tractors. He was from Duanjia Brigade near the commune.
This was really a coincidence. Shen Anning called Uncle Dashan all the way, and Gao Dashan sent them directly to the entrance of Wangtu Village. In the commune, a tractor driver had a very high status. Thinking that they might have to deal with each other in the future, Shen Anning stuffed a small bag of brown sugar into Gao Dashan's pocket before getting off the car. The bag weighed less than two taels.
"Uncle, we won't give you any money. Take this brown sugar back to Auntie. Thank you so much for this."
No one was shy, so Gao Dashan accepted it directly.
Because it was almost one o'clock when we arrived, every household had eaten and rested at this time, after all, they had to go to work in the afternoon. It was still a bit cold in the Northeast in April, and there were only a few boys playing at the entrance of the village.
Instead of going directly to the village chief, he gave each of the children a piece of fruit candy, asked for directions, and asked them to lead the way to Gengjiatun.
The two villages were not far apart, and Shen Anning didn't see many people along the way. After thanking the child who led the way, the group of children ran away laughing with candies in their hands.
Shen An Ning knew about the home of the village chief of Gengjiatun. His grandfather in his previous life once said that because the village chief's house was built with blue bricks and tiles, it was the first house in the second row and was closer to the village entrance.
Avoiding people along the way, he took his younger brother and sister directly to the village chief's house and knocked on the door. Shen An Ning did not intend to hide it from the village chief of Gengjiatun. Grandpa Shen said that they were very good people and had connections, so he would not worry about not helping.
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