On November 1, 1971, Shen Anning's little niece was born. His eldest brother named his child Shen Zixi, and her nickname was Xixi.
Because the date was calculated, Shen Anning went to the farm to find Liu Jiaman from time to time after the autumn harvest. She also bought ten chickens and ducks and two hundred eggs from the farm. The eggs in her space had been almost used up in the past six months.
It was a coincidence that on November 1st, Shen An Ning had just arrived at the farm early in the morning and was having breakfast at Liu Jiaman's house when someone came to say that someone was about to give birth at the foot of the mountain. Because there were several midwives on the farm, they didn't go to the hospital. After hearing this, Shen An Ning cleaned the two mouthfuls of porridge left in the bowl, stood up and watched Liu Jiaman pick up the medicine box and prepare to go over.
"Jiaman, let me go with you. We can learn and accumulate experience here." Shen Anning also wanted to take the opportunity to feed her sister-in-law a few ginseng pills.
Liu Manxue had a good first pregnancy and did not suffer much. Shen Anning stood by and watched over her, participating in the birth of her little niece throughout the whole process.
Looking at the still wrinkled baby, Ana Shen stood behind the midwife and looked at the little girl. It turned out that she looked like this.
Without being able to stay longer, Shen An Ning left with Liu Jiaman first. At noon, while there was no one on the road, Shen An Ning carried two sacks into the house. Shen's father, Shen's mother, and eldest brother Shen Anyan were all there. Looking at the two sacks stuffed to the brim, they didn't know what to say.
Shen Anning smiled and said, “Mom, there’s more. Come and help me sort it out. I didn’t pay attention when I was packing it. The things are very messy. I have to get the rest.”
Qin Shuni opened the package her daughter brought and took out items one by one: two large quilts weighing five kilograms, four sets of cotton clothes. Although they were all patched, you could feel that they were good things when you touched them, two kilograms of cotton, eight pairs of shoe soles, a few pieces of cloth, a bag of red dates, two kilograms of brown sugar, two bags of egg cakes, and two bags of glutinous rice sticks.
Looking at so many things, even Shen Yiyuan couldn't control his emotions. Winter is coming, and he doesn't know how long his sister and daughter have been saving so much cotton. They probably sent it all to them.
The door was opened again, and Shen Anning came in carrying a large backpack and closed the door neatly. It was just this one room, and the eldest sister-in-law had just given birth and couldn't always be exposed to the wind.
Taking out the things one by one, Shen Anning explained: "My aunt and uncle knew that my sister-in-law was about to give birth, so they started sending me things two months ago. Big brother, you take some and put them outside, and put the rest away."
Four bags of milk powder, two rolls of paper, two bars of soap, ten kilograms of rice, ten kilograms of millet, ten kilograms of white flour, ten kilograms of cornmeal, five kilograms of red beans, and a dozen pieces of old cotton cloth, which were left for my little niece to use as diapers temporarily. At the bottom of the basket were two lunch boxes, eggs in brown sugar water, and chicken soup. She had just given birth to a baby and needed some nutritional supplements.
"Mom and Dad, Big Brother and Sister-in-law, Xixi will be here this month. My uncle has already made arrangements. Xixi's ID will first go to Uncle Xibei and then to me. At the end of the month, someone from the armed forces will come to pick her up. I'll be waiting outside the farm then."
Liu Manxue looked at her daughter sleeping soundly in her arms, and she couldn't control her tears. The same was true for Shen Anyan. This was his precious daughter, who had to suffer with her parents as soon as she was born.
Shen Anning looked very sad, but she had to digest this emotion by herself. "Brother and sister-in-law, don't worry, I will take good care of Xixi. When the weather gets warmer next year and she is older, I will try to bring her to see you often and make sure no one finds out."
Leaving enough nutrients, Shen Anning did not stay long. Thinking of what he had discovered before, he decided to tell them, "Dad, brother, if the people living next to you can trust us, we can also help them appropriately. I have seen many convoys coming to the farm in the past few days, and some people in the convoys have delivered things to them."
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Those who can live in this row of houses have some connections, more or less. As long as they are not bad people, Shen An Ning is happy to make friends with them now.
He walked to the farm gate with an empty backpack on his back, glanced at the gatekeeper a few times, and then, as if possessed by a ghost, Shen An Ning took out two packs of cigarettes and a pound of fruit candy and handed them over.
Sure enough, a pair of hands took the things, and Shen An Ning received a nod from the gatekeeper. Come on, everyone is a smart person. It seems that there is a reason why the old man can be the gatekeeper here. She doesn't believe that the people in the team did things without revealing their tracks. Not everyone has the same space as her.
The next day after returning to Wangtu Village, Shen Anning started getting up early to go up the mountain. She had found so many good places in the mountains before, and she couldn't waste them.
Moreover, the eldest sister-in-law has already given birth to a child, so it is inconvenient for them to cook food with strong smells. There are many mountain products, and hazelnuts, walnuts and other products are rich in fat, which are suitable for them to replenish their bodies. In a month, Shen An Ning went to see Liu Jiaman every now and then, and never came empty-handed. Today she brought a few kilograms of hazel mushrooms from the mountain, and tomorrow she brought some fried pine nuts and hazelnuts, and occasionally made some fried chestnuts with honey and white sugar. With a good control of the heat, ordinary mountain products became rare delicacies, which made Liu Jiaman very happy every time.
Liu's mother felt a little embarrassed at first, but she couldn't stand Shen Anning's thick skin. She went to get breakfast today and carried some cabbage from Liu's house tomorrow. She also begged to learn the skill of pickling sauerkraut from Liu's mother. Gradually, Shen Anning integrated into the Liu family, and everyone on the farm thought she was a relative of Deputy Director Liu.
Father Liu did not deny it, he just claimed outside that this was his niece. It must be said that Shen Anning used the trick of borrowing the power of the tiger very well.
Winter is coming, and many people in the village are feeling uncomfortable in their joints. Shen Anning stays in the infirmary every morning to see the villagers, and in the afternoon she closes the door and goes up the mountain to hunt. In the deep mountains, she is lucky enough to catch a pheasant with a broken leg.
The children in the village all said that she was lucky because they went up the mountain every day for many days. Although they saw wild rabbits and flying dragons, they didn't catch a single hair because they had no skills.
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