Shen Anning was the last educated youth to leave. Her house and large furniture needed to be dealt with. Xu Hongxia originally wanted to wait for her, but something happened at home and she received a letter, so she left with the other educated youth who returned home.
Upon learning that Shen Anning and the others were going back to the city, Aunt Dashuan, Aunt Daju, Aunt Erlan, Aunt Weijia, and those who had helped Shen Anning or had been helped by Shen Anning, all took out the fine grains and delicious food that they had distributed during the New Year but were reluctant to eat.
Shen Anning didn't know how to describe this feeling. Her younger brothers and sisters cried, her little niece cried, and she cried too.
"An Ning, remember to come back with your brothers and sisters when you have the chance. We are so lucky to have you here these past few years. The sick people in our village have gotten much better."
"Yes, and Xixi, the girl, we really can't bear to see you go..."
The day before leaving, Shen Anning took her younger brother, sister and niece to the supply and marketing cooperative in town. An Yu and An Xuan spent all the pocket money they had saved over the years. Xixi also bought a lot of things for her friends, and the money was paid by Shen Anning.
In the east wing of the courtyard, a group of children were saying goodbye. Shen Zixi held Xiaoxue's hand, and the two of them cried bitterly, "Xiaoxue, don't forget me. We will be good friends for life."
"You too, Xixi, I don't want you to leave, but grandma said you are going home, isn't your home here?..."
An Yu and An Xuan originally had a lot to talk about with their friends, but when they saw two six-year-old children acting like they were parting forever, they smiled unkindly.
Shen Anning handed over the house and furniture to the village, and gave the twin bicycles to Geng Guoqing. He went to high school in the county this year, and it would be more convenient to have a bicycle. Shen Anning did not take the two radios with him, and gave one to each village.
Village Chief Wang took out three hundred yuan and said, "Little educated youth Shen, we know you will do great things in the future. We can't keep you here. You probably won't have time to come back for a few years. You didn't take the house you built in our village or the furniture you bought. Take these three hundred yuan. I'll keep this house for you so that you'll have a place to live when you come back in the future."
"Uncle Village Chief, I can't and won't take this money. During these years here, thanks to the villagers for taking care of me and my brothers and sisters, little Zixi wouldn't have grown up so well. I said at the beginning that I would leave this house to the village after I left. In the past two years, the village has also produced one or two barefoot doctors. If you don't mind, you can still use this place as a clinic, which will also be convenient for people from both villages. Don't mention the money. The hard times are over. The country needs to develop and people need to make progress. We will try our best to let the children in our village go to school. The village will decide how to distribute this money."
The village chief couldn't persuade Shen An Ning, so he took the money back and asked someone to go to the commune to apply for a tractor. He took Shen An Ning and three others and their belongings in recent years to the county to take the train. After all, with so many bags and several children, it was really inconvenient to squeeze into the bus.
Arriving at the county train station again after a few years, Shen Anning felt quite relaxed, as if she had sailed through thousands of mountains. Uncle Li, who was originally entrusted by her uncle to take care of them on the train, had specially adjusted his shift with his colleagues this time and bought tickets back to Beijing for them in advance. It happened that there were four of them, so they directly booked a soft sleeper compartment.
"An Ning, if you need anything, just call me. I'm going to patrol first."
"Okay, Uncle Li, thank you for your hard work. I'll call you if I need you." Shen Anning was not polite to this uncle. In recent years, his aunt and uncle would occasionally ask him to help bring some packages when he was on duty.
After closing the door of the compartment, his younger brother, sister, and niece finally relaxed. Shen Anning looked at the people lying on the ground with a bit of amusement. He put a few packages on the upper bunk and took some prepared food to put on the small dining table. "Anyu, eat something first. You can sleep on the upper bunk later, and An Xuan and Xixi will sleep on the lower bunk."
There were egg pancakes sent by the villagers in the oil paper bag, and several old people who had not left the cowshed also gave them a few boiled eggs. Before leaving last night, Shen Anning sent some rice and flour to the cowshed. Now that the whole country is re-examining, I believe they will leave the small village soon.
Xixi smelled the fragrance and tried to sit up. Shen Anning took out a wet towel and wiped her hands. "Xixi, sleep after you finish eating. After you finish eating, sleep with your aunt. Remember to call me to go with you if you go to the bathroom."
The three little guys were sleepy and tired from the bumpy ride, so they didn't eat much. Seeing the little guys fall asleep, Shen An Ning locked the door and put some heavy things behind the door. Then he tidied up and lay on the bed, listening to the sound of the wheels rubbing against the tracks, and slowly fell asleep.
When I woke up again, it was already light outside. I looked at my watch and it was half past six. Shen Anyu saw that his elder sister had woken up and sat up as well.
Ana Shen took out the toothbrush and towel for washing, “Anyu, go to the bathroom first, clean up and come back later to help your sister.”
"Okay, big sister, I'll be quick."
Breakfast on the train is usually served at seven o'clock. Shen Anning was not in a hurry and took out some edible biscuits and dried meat. They would not go bad in this weather, but they were a little hard.
After Shen Anyu came back and the carriage was empty, Shen Anning went to wash up. On the way back to the carriage, she happened to meet Uncle Li who was delivering a thermos to them. "Anning, it's a good thing I met you. Take this thermos. It will be more convenient for us to drink water today. I'll come and get it when the train arrives tomorrow morning."
This thermos was just what she wanted. There was hot water in Shen Anning's space. With the thermos, she didn't have to squeeze with others today, and it would be safer.
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