On the afternoon of the last day of training, Shen Anning and Liu Jiaman received their course completion certificates. It was already past five in the afternoon, and the two did not stay in the county town for long. They rode their bikes back directly and made an appointment to go to the commune hospital together to handle the formalities the next day.
Shen Anning rode a bicycle back to the village and many people saw it. Her bicycle had just arrived in the village for one day and was ridden to the county. The children in the village hadn't seen it for a week. Many children ran after the bicycle. There was really nothing they could do because it was the first bicycle in the village!
Looking at the group of children behind, they parked the car at the entrance of the educated youth site and gave each of them a piece of fruit candy. The village chief’s grandson, Xiaowang, looked at Shen Anning and asked, “Sister Shen, can we touch it?”
Looking at the hopeful eyes of the children, Shen Anning replied: "Of course, you can. Eat well and try to grow taller. Then I will lend you my bicycle."
Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan didn't feel anything. When they were in Beijing, they had bicycles at home. They were no longer curious. It was just that they hadn't seen their sister for a week and missed her a little. One of them held Shen Anning's hand and refused to let go.
She took a piece of pork liver from the basket and placed it on the stove in the kitchen of the educated youth center. She said goodbye to the children in the village, pushed the cart and took her younger brothers and sisters home. After not being back for a week, Shen Anning felt that time had passed quite long.
There was no change at home. Shen Anyu slept alone these days, and several friends from the educated youth site came over one by one to accompany Shen Anxuan.
Shen Anning was planning to visit her grandparents in the evening. Seeing that it was already late, she took out her things and prepared to cook.
"Sister, I want to eat scrambled eggs with meat." Shen Anxuan supported her little head and sat in front of the stove to make a fire. She had eaten a lot of vegetables in the Youth League these days. Her sisters had been very good to her, but she couldn't stand eating cornmeal pancakes and boiled potatoes all the time.
Chen Anning looked at her sister who was holding her chin with a deep face, and wanted to laugh. "Okay, I'll make you sweet and sour pork and scrambled eggs tonight."
I took out a chicken and stewed some soup, fried some eggs and sweet and sour pork, and used pure milk to mix with the flour to make steamed buns with milk flavor.
Shen Anyu ate two steamed buns and a bowl of soup, and Shen Anxuan also ate one and a half. Shen Anning could see that the two little ones really weren't used to eating this week, and this meal was too much.
I still slept until half past ten, put the chicken soup warm on the stove into the lunch box, wrapped six steamed buns with cloth, and took two bags of egg cakes and two kilograms of millet. My grandparents are both elderly, and millet has the effects of clearing away heat and thirst, strengthening the stomach and removing dampness, and harmonizing the stomach and calming the nerves. Eating it for a long time is good for both of them.
Wearing warmer clothes before going out, Shen Anxuan carried a small backpack, Shen Anyu carried the packed food, and the three of them crossed the bridge and walked to their grandparents' door.
After knocking twice again, Grandpa Shen opened the door and welcomed his grandchildren in.
Shen Anxuan was a girl who was used to acting like a spoiled brat. As soon as she entered the house, she put the small backpack on the head of the kang, took off her shoes and got into bed, and she even said that she wanted to warm her grandma's feet.
“You little rascal.” Grandma Shen touched Shen Anxuan’s little face, which was still delicate and tender, and had not suffered much.
"An Ning, how about going to the county this week?"
"Grandpa, I'm neither up nor down, neither hot nor cold. I now know the youngest daughter of the deputy director of the farm. She is a very nice person and we get along very well. Now we can be considered good friends." After taking out the chicken soup and handing it to the grandparents, Shen Anning put the egg cake in the cabinet.
Shen Zhaolin felt relieved when he heard his granddaughter say this. He advised, "Ningning, be sincere when making friends. We can't tell this girl the truth right now. We're being unfair to her. You must treat her sincerely when you are friends with her. We'll apologize to her if we have the chance in the future."
"Don't worry, grandpa, I know." At the beginning, Shen An Ning did get along with Liu Jiaman with the intention of taking advantage of her, but after the two of them got along for some time, Shen An Ning really wanted to be good friends with Liu Jiaman.
For two servings of chicken soup, Shen An Ning added some ginseng roots and wolfberries, considering that her grandparents were working hard and hurting their health.
Afraid that the two would eat too much and have indigestion at night, Shen An Ning only allowed them to finish the soup and half a steamed bun each.
"Ningning, Grandpa thinks I can eat a little more." Shen Anning looked at Grandpa Shen who was like an old child, a little helpless, "Don't worry, I brought six steamed buns. You and grandma can eat them tomorrow morning. Eating at night will make you feel indigestion."
Seeing that it was almost twelve o'clock and it was getting late, the three of them prepared to go back, "Grandpa and grandma, we will come again next time. You two should remember to eat well and don't save." Shen An Ning knew her grandparents. There were also people they knew living in the cowshed at the back, so some of the food would definitely be shared there, so she would take as much as possible every time she came.
In the morning, when the gong for work rang again, Shen Anning was stunned for a moment. From today on, she didn't have to go to work anymore!
She didn't rush to get up. She and Liu Jiaman had agreed to go to the mountain at 7:30, which was still early. She could put going up the mountain on her agenda from today. Although there were Western medicines in the commune, the quantity was limited. For some common symptoms, Chinese medicine was more appropriate, and the price was more acceptable to the villagers.
At six o'clock, I got up and cooked a pot of millet porridge and three eggs. I put some brown sugar in Shen Anxuan's bowl. This little guy has always been fond of sweets recently.
“Sister, why is there no brown sugar in my bowl?” Shen Anyu looked at the millet porridge of different colors and felt a little sad.
It was really funny, "Didn't you say before that only little girls put sugar in their meals?" Shen An Ning looked at his brother and said jokingly.
Shen Anyu:…………I was completely speechless.
After eating, Shen Anning carried the basket on his back and rode to the town. When he left, he instructed: "Remember to wash the dishes. Don't go to the mountains in the morning, okay? Shen Anxuan, remember to brush your teeth. Also, you can't eat candy today, okay?"
Arriving in the town at around seven o'clock, Shen Anning walked around first. The supply and marketing cooperative and the hospital were already open. The hospital in the town also purchased herbal medicines, but the price was cheaper.
After waiting for a while at the hospital gate, I saw Liu Jiaman riding over with a smile on her face. She first went to the personnel department to handle the job application process. Because the only two people who performed well in the Fangshan Commune exam this time were Shen Anning, who ranked sixth, and Liu Jiaman, who ranked thirteenth. The other qualified candidates were ranked relatively low, so the people in the personnel department were very polite to them.
"Hold this notebook carefully. If you lose it, you will have to pay extra to replace it. You need to work two days at the commune hospital every month, from seven in the morning to six in the evening, in groups of two. The remaining time is now written down on paper, take a look." Wang Mei handed over the schedule in her hand.
Shen Anning and Liu Jiaman certainly hoped that they would be on duty together. After looking at the list, they found that only the 15th, 16th, 23rd, 25th, and 28th of each month were short of two people. The rest were either short of one person or full.
After some discussion, they chose the 16th and the 25th. From now on, they will come to the hospital to start their shifts on these two days of every month.
She went to the pharmacy and got some common antipyretics, cold medicines, antidiarrheal medicines, analgesics, licorice tablets, a set of needles for injections, and a medicine box. Shen Anning looked at it and felt that it was quite presentable.
Doctors who pass the exam will have their first prescription medicines provided by the hospital free of charge. However, if they come to get prescriptions and medicines again in the future, they will have to pay according to the hospital's standards.
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