After grandpa brought grandma back to Beijing, Shen An Ning received a letter from her aunt. Her uncle had a very high status in the military region, so with the help of her uncle, grandpa's situation was pretty good. In Shen An Ning's opinion, it was at least much better than in his previous life.
Moreover, thanks to Shen An Ning's feeding, grandpa and grandma are in good health and full of energy. The dormancy in the past few years has made grandpa more determined.
At the end of September, Shen Anning received the study materials sent to her by her grandfather. The bigwigs in Beijing were already discussing the matter of re-engaging in education. Although there was still a lot of debate, after all, it had been stranded for ten years, and it would be difficult to make a comeback from scratch.
No matter how heatedly the people above were discussing, it had nothing to do with Shen An Ning. Apart from seeing patients in the village and working in the hospital every day, she spent the rest of her time reviewing peacefully at home, taking care of her younger brothers, sisters and niece. The education in Beijing is definitely much better than that in the village. In the past few years, Shen An Ning has also taught them a lot, so that they can keep up with the learning pace there as soon as possible after returning to Beijing.
Based on the information and test papers sent by Grandpa Shen, Shen Anning summarized a lot of knowledge points according to her memories of her previous life, with a notebook for each subject. She thought about it many times and finally decided to apply for Peking University's Medical School. With Teacher Cheng as her teacher, she felt benefited a lot every time she had a simple conversation with him.
Shen Anning's changes were naturally noticed by her younger brothers and sisters at home. In order to give their sister more time to rest and study, An Yu and An Xuan took on most of the housework at home and even wanted to take charge of breakfast and dinner at home.
Shen Anning was a little amused. After An Xuan snatched the spatula from her hand again, Shen Anning looked at her younger brother and sister and said, "An Yu and An Xuan, you don't have to worry about your sister. Grandpa and grandma have already gone back. Next year, parents and eldest brother and sister-in-law will also go back. Our family will return to our normal life. You still have to go to school during the day. Your sister is just cooking at home. It's really not tiring."
After her repeated assurances, Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan reluctantly agreed to their sister's request, "Sister, if you are tired, you must tell us in time. Also, Xixi, you must not tire your aunt at home. You must be obedient, okay?"
Shen Zixi chewed on a big bone without raising his head, "I sent it, I'm very obedient."
The high school textbook knowledge was very simple for Shen Anning. Her familiarity with the books could be said to be consummate, so she focused on the materials and extracurricular knowledge, especially the science subjects. It would take a lot of effort to fully understand the sixteen volumes of the mathematics, physics and chemistry series.
The year 1976 passed quickly in the Shen family's anticipation. Several people in the cowshed were taken away. Under such circumstances, the villagers also noticed some signs. Everyone became respectful towards the people who were sent to the cowshed. Those hooligans who used to rely on the Revolutionary Committee to bully others also began to live a low-key life. For a time, the atmosphere in the village was exceptionally harmonious.
As the Chinese New Year approached, Xu Hongxia moved her bedding to Shen Anning's courtyard. This year, all the female educated youth in the educated youth courtyard had returned home for the New Year. Her family was also from Beijing, and some of her relatives had some promising prospects and connections. Seeing that the situation had eased, they wanted to find her a job in Beijing and let her return to the city next year, so she didn't want to make any trouble this year.
Shen Anning looked at Xu Hongxia who was sitting on the kang and eating a frozen pear, and raised her eyebrows. The little girl was lucky!
"Alright, hurry up and eat. We still have to make dumplings after we finish eating. I prepared ten kilograms of white flour. You will be lucky this year."
Xu Hongxia's eyes widened when she heard this. "Ten kilograms, really ten kilograms of white flour? Then we're buying all white flour this year?"
"Well, after all these years here, I think I should indulge myself this year. An Yu, An Xuan, and Xi Xi are all growing, so I'd like to give them some extra nutrition while they're staying here for the winter and New Year. You'll be in for a treat this year too. I bought half a tank of meat."
After hearing this, Xu Hongxia jumped up on the kang and roared with joy several times. After the excitement, she felt a little embarrassed. Although she had prepared some New Year's goods, she felt a little embarrassed when she saw the food and daily necessities prepared by Shen An Ning. She felt that the rice and dried vegetables she brought were not good enough. "An Ning, these things you prepared are so good. I didn't bring anything good..."
"Okay, stop it. If you feel embarrassed, just do more work these few days, and then treat me to a meal when you return to Beijing."
"Okay, you and your brother and sister don't move these days, leave all the work to me." Xu Hongxia smiled from ear to ear. She felt that staying in the Northeast this year was really the best decision she had made.
Three days before the New Year, Shen Anning and Xu Hongxia did not rest at all. They made more than a dozen dumplings, fried a whole pot of tofu balls, meat balls and radish balls, and steamed two pots of steamed buns and cornbread. This year, the village also organized a hunting team to go up the mountain and got a lot of game. Because Shen Anning was the village doctor, he prepared hemostatic and antifreeze medicine for them, so he was given a wild rabbit and five pounds of wild boar meat. Xu Hongxia exchanged her work points for a pheasant.
This year's New Year's dishes were very sumptuous. Xu Hongxia's parents didn't eat well during the New Year, so they sent several canned meats from Beijing and a large bag of cooking seasonings. Shen Anning looked at the complete seasonings and showed off her skills. She stewed chicken with hazel mushrooms, braised pork, stewed rabbit with potatoes and beans, cabbage and tofu, sauerkraut and mutton, spinach and egg soup, and the staple foods were meat and egg dumplings and two-grain steamed buns. Xu Hongxia looked at the table full of dishes. She started drooling when the pot was just started, and now her saliva is about to run dry.
"An Ning, can we start now?"
Shen Zixi drank the honey water and laughed: “Aunt Hongxia, don’t worry, my aunt made a lot, I guarantee you will be full.”
It was the time for An Yu and An Xuan to have a big meal, so there were four adults and one child. They ate a few hearty dishes prepared by Shen An Ning and everyone's stomachs were full. Several people collapsed on the kang after eating, and didn't want to clean up at all. They listened to the radio, laughed and made noises, and time passed quickly.
Listening to the sound of firecrackers outside, Shen Anning thought that the new year was coming and the day for them to return to Beijing was getting closer and closer.
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