In mid-June, early summer, two new members were added to the courtyard.
After half an hour of labor, Xiao Hei gave birth to two little black cubs.
Because it was around ten o'clock in the morning, An Yu and An Xuan were still in school, and only Shen An Ning and Shen Zixi were at home.
The aunt and nephew squatted in the warehouse, looking at Xiao Hei who was sleeping tiredly on the quilt and the two puppies who had not yet opened their eyes. Da Hei stood by like a loyal guard, protecting his family.
"Auntie, these two puppies are a little different. They are different from Big Black and Little Black."
Shen Anning smiled when he heard this and explained: "They have just been born, and their fur has not grown out yet. After a while, when they grow bigger, they will be the same as their parents."
Newly born puppies are very fragile, and Xiao Hei has just become a mother, so she has a strong desire to protect. Shen Anning didn't stay in there for long with Shen Zixi, and moved the doghouse inside, leaning against the corner of the wall, so that Xiao Hei would feel more secure.
"Okay, Xixi, let's go out first. Xiao Hei still needs to feed his babies later. Let's make lunch and something delicious to nourish Xiao Hei, okay?"
"Well, auntie, cook some bones for Xiao Hei." Shen Zixi touched the two little Hei very carefully and walked out of the warehouse reluctantly.
Worried that Xiao Hei had just given birth and would not be able to keep up with nutrition, Shen An Ning also took out some dog food, dried meat and fish from the space, and also prepared milk powder and goat milk powder, a large bowl for each meal.
Three-year-old Shen Zixi has been very busy every day since the family had two new members. Whenever he has free time, he takes his small stool and sits in the warehouse. He does nothing but looks at Xiao Hei and his two little babies, and he feels very happy.
Although the little girl didn't say anything, Shen Anning could see that she missed her mother. In the past two years, the little girl has communicated more with the children in the village. Other people's parents are around, but she needs to go to the farm to see them, and she has to keep it secret from others. Shen Zixi is that kind of smart child. Although she is young, she understands everything. She is happy every time she goes to the farm, but she is always depressed on the way back.
There are still two years left, and everything will be almost over.
Everything is moving in a better direction. Shen Anning takes his younger brother, sister-in-law and niece, and usually goes between the village, town and farm. Since Cao Jingheng came to the town and lived there for a month, Shen Anning's relationship with him has become much closer. They often communicate with each other. When Shen Anning sends something to his second brother Shen Anchen, he will also think of sending him a copy.
A few months seemed to have passed in the blink of an eye, and the two puppies at home were growing up slowly. Because Shen Zixi usually took good care of them, the two puppies were also very close to her. Every time Shen Zixi went out alone, they would take the initiative to shout to follow her. Many people in the village said that every time the little girl went out, it was like she had two bodyguards with her, which made the children of her age envious.
In September, the Mid-Autumn Festival happened to fall a few days before the busy autumn harvest season. This year's planting methods have changed, and God has been very supportive, with plenty of rain and other weather, so the harvest is very good. The villagers have said more than once that this year's harvest may break the record.
In order to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm for the busy farming season this year, the commune invited people from the art troupe to perform in various villages in turn. Taking into account the high mobility of personnel, they started with a few farms and then went on to the villages below.
Of course, Shen Anning would not miss the opportunity to meet and reunite with her parents. A few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, when she was working at the commune hospital, she greeted Liu Jiaman and said that she would make mooncakes herself this year and bring them to her when she went to the farm to watch the performance.
Liu Jiaman is also a capable person. She knows that Shen An Ning is good at making delicious food, so when she went home, she told her parents about it. Her family also gave a lot of praise for the canned cakes and other things made by An Ning.
In previous years, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the farm would give benefits to some public officials. Mooncakes are indispensable during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every year, the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county and the commune are in short supply. After all, the current focus is on industrial development, and supply will be given priority there. The farm will definitely be ranked behind those factories.
Because of the supply of mooncakes, the farm has to compete with other businesses every Mid-Autumn Festival, and as a result, it loses a lot of profits, and some of the vegetables on the farm are also wasted.
So when Liu Jiaman said that Shen Anning was going to make mooncakes herself this year, Liu Zhiguang had his own "little calculations" in his mind.
Her daughter and Shen Anning are good friends. She is quite familiar with Shen Anning, and Shen Anning also buys a lot of meat and eggs from the farm every year. She wondered if she could let her daughter go to see Shen Anning.
When Liu Jiaman arrived in the village, Shen Anning was preparing food with her niece. In September in the Northeast, it was already late autumn and the weather was cool. The two of them moved a small stool and a table and sat under the shed where the firewood was stored.
"An Ning, An Ning, are you home? I'm coming in." As soon as Liu Jiaman opened the gate, she saw Shen An Ning standing up with a porcelain basin in her hand.
"What's this for?"
Shen Anning smiled and said, "I'm preparing the ingredients for making mooncakes. Why are you here at this time? There's a bench in the kitchen. Go get it yourself. It happens that the sun can be blocked under this shed, and there's a breeze. It's very comfortable."
Looking at the abundant food on the table and the floor, Liu Jiaman knew that she had made the right trip.
"Hey, well, my dad heard you were going to make your own mooncakes, so he wanted me to come over and ask you if you could make a batch for the farm as a Mid-Autumn Festival benefit for the employees. I might not be able to pay you, but you can exchange them for chicken eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs. The farm has raised a lot of geese this year, and we have meat. Anyway, New Year's Day is only a few months away, so if you want any meat, you can deduct it from this amount. How about it?"
After listening to this, Shen An Ning thought about it. She built an oven in the corner of the kitchen. It was built when Shen Anchen was on vacation and had nothing to do here. The purpose was to allow Shen An Ning to cook some food on a daily basis. She could cook it anyway, and she also had an old-fashioned oven in her space. She could use external power to cook her own food, and use the earthen oven in the kitchen to provide it to the farm, so it would not be seen.
"Okay, but this stove has limited capacity. Mid-Autumn Festival is only three days away, and I don't have that many sugar coupons. I do have enough food and ingredients, but I estimate that at most I can only get about 30 or 40 kilograms. Is that enough?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Jiaman immediately nodded and replied, "It's enough, it's enough. The supply and marketing cooperative will also give us a portion, but every year they give priority to large factories, and the quota allocated to farms is very small. And what you cook will definitely taste much better than what you buy outside."
Liu Jiaman is quite confident in her younger sisters' craftsmanship.
Of course Shen An Ning was happy to be praised, "Okay, when it's done you have to come over to help me, there are too many for my bicycle to carry, and there are An Yu and An Xuan, we have to go to the show together."
"Okay, no problem."
After making an appointment, Liu Jiaman went back and waited to pick them up after lunch on the Mid-Autumn Festival to go to the farm to watch the consolation performance.
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