In the evening, I was going to deliver something to Cheng Lao and the others. Shen Anning cooked more for dinner, a plate of pork elbow with soybean paste, a plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, and a plate of stir-fried mushrooms with peppers. The climate in Northeast China is cold, and spicy dishes can also keep out the cold.
She did not hide the fact that she was going out from her younger brother and sister, so after midnight, Shen An Ning carefully left the bed. As soon as she put on her clothes, she saw her sister An Xuan sitting on the kang, rubbing her eyes and looking at her.
She patted her sister's head gently and said, "Don't worry, the person you're going to see has helped our family before. He's a very capable old man with excellent medical skills."
Shen Anyu sent the person to the door, and he was still a little worried when he saw the elder sister riding a bicycle with a flashlight, "Elder sister, be careful on the road. If you run into anyone, just hide. If the bicycle is lost, it is lost."
"I know. Go in and go to bed. I'll lock the door from the outside. I'll open it myself when I come back later." What Shen An Ning didn't say was that she rode her bike out just to hide it from you. It was a bit embarrassing to deceive her younger brother and sister.
As soon as I left the village, I took a flashlight and shone it around. It was cold at night, and there was not even a mouse on the road. There was only sporadic moonlight shining on the road, and some mottled shadows through the branches.
The bicycle was put into the space and the electric scooter was taken out. The electric scooters of later generations are still very small, butterfly-shaped, with a large chassis. They have no problem running on the bumpy roads in the countryside, and they are very fast.
Relying on the fact that there was no one on the road, Shen An Ning was not polite at all and sped up to the maximum speed. In just about ten minutes, they arrived at the entrance of the village where the old couple Cheng were sent.
Afraid that there might be idle people with bad intentions wandering around outside at night, Shen An Ning did not dare to act recklessly in other people's villages, nor did he turn on the flashlight. He walked directly to the end of the village in the moonlight wrapped in his military coat. He heard from the villagers that the team leader and the branch secretary of Liujiagou were cousins, so Liujiagou was almost a one-man show with the surname Liu. The youngest son of the team leader's family followed his classmates to the county after graduating from high school, and now he is also a small official in the Revolutionary Committee. In recent years, the situation has been much better than before. Liujiagou set up a breeding farm in the name of the village collective, and almost every household raised a few chickens and two pigs. Life was the best in this area.
Knowing the approximate direction, Shen Anning hid himself in the night and walked towards the cowshed at the end of the village.
Liujiagou is a large village with about seventy or eighty households living there. The distance between the head and the end of the village is still very long. Shen Anning walked for about ten minutes before he saw the location of the cowshed.
Take out the prepared things in advance. Old Cheng said that there are only the two of them in the cowshed, so Shen Anning doesn't need to be shy about anything here.
Knock knock.
Through the crack in the door, Shen Anning vaguely saw some candlelight, “Xiao Shen?”
"Mr. Cheng, it's me."
Shen Anning heard the two old men in the room clearly breathe a sigh of relief, and carried his things into the room and closed the door very quickly.
The room was not very big, but fortunately there was a kang connected to the stove, so it was quite warm when it was burning. Shen Anning followed Mr. Cheng to the back of a pile of firewood before turning on his flashlight.
The three of them looked at each other and smiled, for no other reason than that the three of them being as cautious as if they were guarding against thieves was really funny.
Shen Anning placed the flashlight on the firewood pile and opened the package he brought. "Mr. Cheng, how big is the place where you hide things here?" Not knowing the specific situation of the cowshed here, Shen Anning was worried that the two old men could not protect the things.
Seeing Shen Anning's worry, Cheng Lao explained: "Don't worry about this place. Although the son of the team leader's family is a member of the Revolutionary Committee, this has both advantages and disadvantages. There have been almost no people causing trouble in Liujiagou in recent years. There are only two old guys left here. We do the work assigned by the village well. Usually no one comes here, and there is no contact with the outside world. They have relaxed their supervision of us, otherwise we can't go to the commune hospital."
While listening to Old Cheng talking, Shen Anning took out the things she had prepared from the snakeskin bag one by one, including a can of malted milk, two pounds of egg cake, a pound of honey and three kilograms, ten pounds of millet, five pounds of flour, ten pounds of sweet potatoes, some Western medicines and two lunch boxes she had packed in advance for cooking in the evening.
"Mr. Cheng, this is my first time here today, so I didn't dare bring too much with me. Just some food and some Western medicine."
Old Madam Cheng opened the two lunch boxes and saw the white steamed buns and pork elbows. She was really greedy because she hadn't tasted meat for almost half a year. "Shen family girl, I really trouble you. This dish looks delicious."
"Then you and Mr. Cheng should eat quickly. It should still be warm. I didn't bring many steamed buns, but I think this will be enough for you two to eat tonight."
Old Mrs. Cheng put the vegetables and steamed buns into their usual bowls, and Old Cheng put the things in the pit under the firewood pile.
"Girl, thank you for your kindness. We didn't bring many things when we came here, and now this is all we have. Don't despise it." As he said that, Old General Cheng stuffed a jade ring in his hand into Shen An Ning's hand.
Just by the touch, Shen An Ning knew that it must be no ordinary item. After thinking about it, she put it away. She knew that it was useless to refuse, so she smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, I will come over in the evening in ten days to give you some cotton-padded clothes and quilts for the winter. I have lived well in the village in the past few years. If you need anything, just tell me. As long as it is not too scarce, I can usually get it."
Old Cheng smiled. He knew that Shen An Ning was talking about the black market, and he had some admiration for the granddaughter of Chief Shen's family. He was sure that Chief Shen's family should be living very freely here.
After they finished eating, they packed up the lunch boxes and snakeskin bags. Shen Anning didn't stay long. She was not familiar with the Cheng old couple. Today she was relying on her grandfather's face. Otherwise, according to the temperament of the two old people, at this time, they would definitely not have too much contact with a stranger like her.
The way back was smooth. I rode the electric scooter very fast. Even if someone saw me, they would probably be scared and think they saw a ghost.
After arriving home, I first knocked on my brother's room door, then sat in front of the stove in the living room to cool myself down, and then went into the house to hug my sweet and soft little niece to sleep.
Lying on the kang, Shen An Ning reviewed the memories of his previous life. It was now the end of 1975. If nothing unexpected happened, there would be at most another year before his grandparents would return to the city. It might be a bit troublesome for his parents and brother and sister-in-law. It was estimated that he would have to wait until three months before the resumption of the college entrance examination to get any news.
There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain. In the end, this time her family will be safe.
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