We arrived at the village around seven or eight o'clock, chatted with a group of warm-hearted people for a while, and delivered the gifts. It was almost ten o'clock, and Aunt Shen and Mother Shen looked around the rooms. A group of boys must sleep together, so everyone spontaneously reserved the two rooms with the largest kangs for them.
"Sister-in-law, we don't know when our parents will come over, so why not leave the empty room for them?"
Mother Shen nodded after hearing what her eldest sister-in-law said. Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen took the train with them this time, but their destination was different. Grandpa Shen's old comrade was in Heilongjiang Province. In 1960, he left the center of power and returned to Heilongjiang Province to take a sinecure. He also brought all the children back to his hometown in Heilongjiang Province.
This also allowed him to luckily avoid those ten years. With all his merits, he became a powerless but high-ranking idle official in Heilongjiang Province. All the children in his family developed well. This time, he was in poor health and went to Beijing for surgery without telling anyone. After returning home, Grandpa Shen learned that he had undergone surgery in Beijing. In a fit of anger, Grandpa Shen called and told him that he was going to Heilongjiang Province.
We are all older people and don't live in the same city, so we see each other less and less.
Mother Shen put away the luggage she brought. The vegetables planted in the yard were lush and fresh, and they looked appetizing. In Beijing, they all lived in courtyards with two or three entrances, so they naturally planted some vegetables. However, the space was limited after all, and there were many people in the family, so most of the vegetables were usually bought.
"Sister-in-law, what should we make for lunch? There are so many varieties of vegetables here. I don't know if it's because they're so rare every year, but when winter comes, I feel that the dried vegetables sent by the villagers are more delicious than other vegetables."
"Yes, I've heard Xixi and An Xuan talk about chicken stewed with hazel mushrooms so many times. We've also eaten it in Beijing, and the folks there have sent us a lot of mushrooms, but I just want to try the flavor made here. Xixi always says that the taste of the one made at home is different from the one eaten in Northeast China."
Hearing what her sister-in-law said, Mother Shen felt that her saliva was about to come down.
Before they could decide what to eat, someone from the village chief's house came and invited them over for dinner, saying that the children were all there.
If it were just one or two adults, it wouldn't be a big deal, but there are more than a dozen people including adults and children. When they go to someone's house for dinner, they have to set up two more tables for them. Both Lin Junqi and Qin Shuni felt a little embarrassed.
"Oh, sisters, what's the big deal? An Ning and the others have helped the village so much over the years, and the children in the village receive information sent from the capital every year. Please be polite to me for a meal. My niece Geng Yue and An Ning have been good friends for many years. An Ning and An Xuan's children all call me aunt. We are a family, and everything is ready. My parents-in-law are waiting for you and your family."
There was no point in making the elders wait for them. The two sisters-in-law looked at each other, smiled and said to Geng Weijia, "Sister Weijia, since you said so, then I'll let you spend the money. This is our family's first meal and I'm sorry to bother you."
Because they were going to visit someone for dinner, Lin Junqi asked her son and daughter-in-law to take some snacks and candies they had bought. The gifts prepared for the villagers were one for each family, and there were no extras. Besides, there were many children there, so it was just right to bring these foods and let the children share them, which would show courtesy.
"An Yan, Man Xue, take all the things on the table in the east room."
"Yeah, okay mom."
When she arrived at the gate of Wang's house and saw five or six tables set up in the yard, Mother Shen understood what was going on.
The big families in the two villages are Wang and Geng. A couple came from one family, and there was a table for men and a table for women. The old village chiefs of the two villages did this to make everyone familiar with each other. They were all kind-hearted. The Shen and Qin families were not unkind either, and the children in their families were naturally hospitable and outgoing.
A few people were chatting with fellow villagers outside when they saw the children at home divided into two or three groups, chatting happily with their new friends, as if they had known each other since childhood.
Fortunately, Aunt Shen asked us to take all the food on the table with us, otherwise there would not be enough for the children.
Sitting on the stool, looking at the dishes on the table, the combination of meat and vegetables was obviously carefully considered. Moreover, because we were eating in the yard, there was a tarpaulin to block the sun, and a fan blowing away wheat husks, so we didn't feel hot at all.
Lin Junqi naturally also saw the hazel mushroom stewed chicken that she had been longing for. She didn't know if it was due to psychological reasons, but she felt that the hazel mushroom stewed chicken was indeed more delicious than the one she made at home.
The children had just arrived in the village in the morning and were busy getting to know their friends and sharing snacks. They also had a lot of interesting things to share and were quite well behaved.
But after one morning, the true face was revealed.
Looking at the boys whose true appearance could no longer be seen, the adults were overwhelmed. Liu Manxue even walked around the children several times. Her eldest son was covered in mud from head to toe. If his face was not clean, she would not have dared to recognize him.
The two little ones, Cao Siheng and Shen Zixuan, were even more amazing. They could still laugh even in such a state. Because they had just come out of the mud and their homes were nearby, the mud on their hair had not dried yet, and the two little guys actually designed hairstyles for each other, which gave Mother Shen and the others a headache.
"Alright, alright, stop making trouble. What's going on? How did you accomplish this?"
The older kids were fine, with mud on their trouser legs, hands and clothes. The worst hit were Erbao and his two younger brothers. Shen Ziyi looked at the two heartless guys beside him. This was purely a sudden disaster for him!
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