During the two days of living and eating with the six boys, Shen Ma and the others would help Shen Anyan with washing and changing clothes, and the rest of the time, they left all the eating, drinking, and defecation of the children to him.
Chen Ziyi is already a big boy. He is about the same age as the son of the eldest brother of the Qin family. The other four are almost the same age. To be honest, a five-year-old and a three-year-old are almost the same, and they are all equally childish.
It was with this kind of combination that the six boys had a great time playing together, and the youngest, Shen Zixuan, didn't look out of place at all even when following behind.
When Shen Anyan heard the arrival announcement on the radio, if he were ten or twenty years older, he would have felt like he had heard about the founding of New China.
Liberated, these three words kept floating in his mind. Liberated. In the past two days, he had only turned three pages of the book in his hand. Or he was lying there and attracted by the noise of the kids playing below, or he was tired from being tossed around by the energetic boys and fell asleep on the bed.
"Okay, kids, we're here. Put your things away, pack up any uneaten snacks, and pick up the trash. We're getting off the bus soon."
The boys have been extremely energetic these past two days. This is the holiday effect. In the first few days of the holiday, they don’t feel sleepy no matter how long they play, and they never get tired of playing anything.
The luggage was carried by the adults, and some of the things that Shen Zixi and the others wanted to give to their friends were sent in advance. Shen Anning also bought a lot of food and daily necessities for the children in the village. If they didn’t send them, they would not be able to take them all.
Father Shen knew that his wife and grandson would come over, so he coordinated with the people in the group in advance. It just so happened that he had been in the mountains for more than ten days during this period, so he could come down and rest for two days.
There are two large trucks in the village, which are used to transport agricultural products. Father Shen bought two packs of cigarettes for the driver, brought his own gasoline, and asked the driver to help pick people up at the train station.
Sitting in the truck bed, no one was unhappy at all, especially the children. They enjoyed the feeling of the wind blowing across their cheeks and sang all the songs they knew, listening to the songs slowly being blown away by the wind.
"Wow wow wow wow, that's so cool, isn't it, brother, aren't we so cool."
Chen Ziyi was dealing with his two younger brothers. The Northeast was at its busiest point of life at this time. They arrived early and had not yet eaten the buns and fried cakes they bought at the county breakfast shop. After all, they were sitting in the truck bed, so it was still a bit bumpy. Father Chen was afraid that everyone would vomit their food.
Before we reached the village entrance, a group of children around ten years old were already waiting at the intersection.
"Xixi."
“Chen Zixi.”
"Hey, Xiaoxue, Chaoyang, Xiaohua, Dasheng, go to the village entrance first. Be careful not to get buried by the dirt while driving this car."
This is simply Shen Zixi's second hometown. Having lived in the village for six or seven years, she is very familiar with every tree and blade of grass here.
Although Erbao had been here once, he was too young at that time and had no memory of it at all, so he was quite unfamiliar with the place.
A group of children watched their sister greet the older brothers and sisters below in a familiar manner, and all looked at Shen Zixi with different eyes.
Thanks to his sweet talk when he was a child and the occasional greetings over the years, the villagers were very enthusiastic towards Shen Zixi.
Shen Anyan leaned over to his wife's ear and said, "Look at Xixi like this. If you didn't know, you would think she had just returned home."
"What's the matter? Are you envious? Just tell the aunts that you are Xixi's father. Believe me, you will be very popular too."
Without even having a chance to rest at their accommodation, all eight children, including one, took their food and went to play in the mountains and rivers with a group of other children in the village.
The aunts who took them to the courtyard looked at Mother Shen and looked back every few steps in the direction the children were walking. "It's okay, Shen's sister, don't worry. We have our own people everywhere in this village, in the mountains and by the water. It's safe for children to play anywhere."
"Yes, in recent years, the surrounding mountains have been contracted by the village collective and are used to grow crops. The children go to the mountains just to eat the fruits. We have so much food here that it would take several days just to eat everything."
"Well, thank you sisters. We came here with our families, and we really troubled you..."
Before Mother Shen could finish her words, several aunts interrupted her, "Hey, being here is like being at home. An Ning, An Yu, and An Xuan have been here for nearly ten years, and later helped us open the factory. Otherwise, how could we have such a good life today?"
"That's right, being here is like being home. In our village, everyone treats An Ning and the others as our own children, so you are also family members."
The materials used in the small courtyard that Shen Anning built here before were particularly good. In recent years, the villagers renovated the courtyard when they built houses. Now the village has a separate clinic next to the village committee, so this time, the family can live in the same courtyard.
When they arrived at the yard, Shen Yiyuan took the initiative to take his brother-in-law and nephew to pack their luggage, leaving the world to the women.
"My three sisters, and my eldest niece, these two rooms in front were where An Ning opened a small clinic a few years ago. When the village collectively built houses a few years ago, the village chief ordered that both rooms be equipped with kangs and two more west rooms be added. So, this is just enough space for you to live here."
There are six rooms with kangs. Dad Shen used to live with his colleagues in the old village chief's house. Now that his wife is here, it is natural for him to move here. Besides, he has little time to rest. Most of the time he works in the mountains and lives in a tent. It takes most of the day to go up the mountain, so it is not realistic for him to come back and live there.
Aunt Shen lived in one room with Shen Zixi and Qin Shutong, Shen's mother and father lived in one room, Qin's uncle and aunt lived in one room, and Shen Anyan and his wife lived in one room. The remaining two rooms were occupied by the six boys, but everyone estimated that these naughty boys would definitely sleep together at night.
"Also, there are vegetables planted in this yard, and there are two vegetable plots at the door. If there are not enough for you to eat, you can come to our house to pick them. I live next door."
"Yes, the kitchen has prepared rice, flour and oil for you. They are all produced in our village. The soybean oil is very fragrant and is especially delicious when stir-fried."
Aunt Shen, Lin Junqi, has truly witnessed the hospitality of the people of Northeast China. She often hears her granddaughter talk about her memories of when she was five or six years old. Now she has truly seen it: the warm people, the beautiful scenery, the endless mountain products...
"Thank you, thank you sisters. We also brought you gifts this time. The ones An Ning prepared are all named. We don't know much about your family situations, so we prepared clothes, both for children and adults, as well as skin care products produced by An Ning's factory, which you can all use."
When the aunts heard this, they were so happy. They thought that people prepared gifts for them because they cared about them. They were all grateful people. It was heaven when a group of kind-hearted people got together.
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