Shen Anning thought about it and said her plan, "Sister-in-law, I'm doing pretty well in the village. If you trust me, you can give the child to me when you have the baby. I can just call it my brother's child. Anyway, I told them before that my brother is a soldier."
To be honest, Liu Manxue was very moved. Although she was reluctant to leave, Shen Anning had been the pillar of the family for the past few months. Besides, she was also a medical student, so she would be able to detect any special conditions of the child in time. It was better than suffering here with them. "Wait until your brother comes back, and I will discuss it with him. We need to find a suitable time and excuse for this matter."
night.
Shen Anning took her younger brother and sister to her grandparents' house. They cooked a pot of tofu and fish soup, and in the afternoon, the children in the village gave her two fish as a thank you.
"This fish soup is really good, and the tofu is delicious too." Shen Zhaolin drank the fish soup with steamed buns. Now he has figured out the pattern. Whenever his granddaughter comes, he only eats half full for dinner.
Shen An Ning looked at her grandfather and told him what they had discussed on the farm today. "Grandpa, I'm going to my parents' today. The baby in my eldest sister-in-law's belly is expected to be born in November. I'm thinking of finding a way to bring my nephew or niece over to raise. Although the living conditions there are okay, the food they eat is not nutritious enough, and it's winter, so I'm worried." Even though they had made preparations in advance this time, she was still afraid that the tragedy of her previous life would be repeated.
Shen Zhaolin felt a little distressed. His eldest granddaughter was already taking care of the two younger ones. "Ningning, you've worked so hard."
After Shen Anning left with her younger brother and sister, Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen lay on the kang to digest the fish soup in their stomachs. They looked at the ceiling and said with a smile: "Old woman, from now on, all the things we have saved will be given to Ningning alone."
"You also need to tell me that I was originally planning to leave most of it to her. Don't think I don't know that among all these grandchildren, you love her the most. When we were naming them, I wanted you to be named Lin and my granddaughter to be named Ning." Yin Shiqing laughed at his wife, calculating in his heart the family fortune she had accumulated over the years. When the time comes, he will give some gifts to the other halves of his other children, and the rest will be given to his eldest granddaughter.
Shen Anning returned home and lay on the kang, thinking about what her grandfather had just said. She didn't feel bitter at all. In her previous life, she was a lonely person and enjoyed so much wealth left to her by the Shen family alone, but she was not happy at all. Her aunt also lived in self-blame every day. In this life in the countryside, even if she did farm work every day, she lived with a smile.
In early August, the village began to distribute grain.
Early in the morning, without the need for the brigade to beat drums or shout, everyone stood in line at the threshing ground. At about half past six, Wang Qinglin, the eldest son of the branch secretary and the next branch secretary, came to the threshing ground pushing a brand new Phoenix bicycle.
The crowd suddenly exploded, and everyone looked at the bicycle and started a heated discussion.
"Qinglin, who bought this bicycle?"
"Oh, that's really nice, a 28-inch bicycle."
"Oh my god, this is the second car in our village. Who is so generous?"
"It looks bigger than Shen Zhiqing's."
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The branch secretary stood on the stage and said, "Okay, everyone, be quiet and listen to me."
"This bicycle was bought by the village and paid for with the village's public account, but the bicycle ticket was given to the village by Zhiqing Shen. As everyone knows, our village has wanted to buy bicycles for many years but couldn't get bicycle tickets. Zhiqing Shen has a bicycle herself, but we don't have one in the village, which makes it inconvenient for everyone to do things. First of all, we should thank Zhiqing Shen. Her bicycle ticket helped us a lot."
"From now on, if villagers want to use bicycles, they must register them with the village committee. This is our common property and belongs to everyone in the village, so we must take good care of it. We can borrow it from the village committee if we need it, but if it's scratched or damaged, we'll hold it accountable to the individual. Once everything is clear, we can start distributing the food."
The food distribution was arranged according to the work points of each family from high to low, and each person went up to check. Shen Anning did not have many work points, so she was not at the front of the line at all, so she stood with the people at the educated youth point and was at the back of the line.
"An Ning, did you really give this bicycle ticket to me?" Xu Hongxia was already numb. How could such an important thing be given to her just like that?
Shen Anning didn't really want to be high-profile, but there was no way, so he said helplessly: "I just don't want to cause trouble. Some time ago, there was such an ugly commotion because of this bicycle. Now that the village has one, no one will stare at mine. Anyway, the village gives me work points every day, so I am not at a loss."
Xu Hongxia thought about it and realized that not having to work and earn six work points every day was indeed a good thing. "Oh, I don't know how much grain I can get this time."
"We will definitely have enough food in the first year. We also get subsidies every month. After the autumn harvest, we can go to the mountains to find some dry goods. We will definitely not starve."
The few people at the educated youth site were all quiet people. Those who loved to make trouble or couldn't stand the hardship got married or moved out. Fortunately, they had all left, otherwise they would have had to make trouble for firewood after the autumn harvest and hibernation.
Shen Anning watched as the wealthy families in front of him went up to share the grain, all pulling carts one by one. Seeing a group of people going up to share the grain, this could be considered the advantage of not dividing the family, right? The more people, the more centimeters, and the more food to be distributed.
Looking through the crowd, this was the first time Shen An Ning had seen such a large group of people. In the past, every morning when they came to collect tasks, one person would come from each family, and the team leader would distribute the food. But now, there were too few people to carry the food, so almost the whole family had to go into battle.
Although there were educated youth who got married here, Shen Anning could still tell at a glance that there was a difference between the skin tanned by years of sun exposure and the tanned skin of the educated youth who went to the countryside.
Moreover, it can be seen that the partners that the educated youth found had better family conditions and were not bad looking. Shen An Ning knew why they made such a choice. Life in the countryside was too hard, and it was better for two people to support each other than one.
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