Everyone on the farm was so captivated by the performance that no one noticed the three people sneaking away.
Near the house of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, Shen Anning saw the faint candlelight through the wooden window. She walked forward cautiously and pushed the door. The bolt was not closed. Shen Anning quickly entered the house with her younger brother and sister and closed the door.
The four people in the room heard the noise and saw Shen Anning's three siblings, and were so surprised that they were speechless.
When Shen Anxuan saw his parents sitting at the table eating, he immediately ran over and fell into their arms, "Dad, Mom, Anxuan misses you so much."
Shen Anyan looked at everyone's happy faces and teased: "An Xuan, why didn't you see your eldest brother?"
"Brother and sister-in-law, An Xuan misses you too."
After all, Shen Anyu is a man. Even if he has a strong longing in his heart, he will not act like a spoiled child like his sister, "Mom and Dad, Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law."
"Come, come and sit down. Have you eaten? Let's eat together." There were not enough benches, so Liu Manxue moved the tree stump from the corner and placed it in front of the table.
Shen Anning took the sleeping little man out of the basket and said, "Sister-in-law, don't bother. Let them do it themselves. Hurry up and hug Zixi."
Liu Manxue took her daughter over, and Shen Anning took out the remaining things in the backpack: ten kilograms of cornmeal, ten kilograms of white flour, two lunch boxes of braised vegetables, and twenty mixed-flour steamed buns.
It was the first time the whole family got together like this, and everyone had a happy meal. Little Shen Zixi woke up in her mother's arms, stared at Liu Manxue's face for a long time, and cried with her mouth open, feeling very aggrieved, as if accusing her mother of leaving her for so long, which made Liu Manxue and Shen Anyan's hearts melt.
Everyone looked at the little girl, coaxed her for a long time, and fed her some steamed bun crumbs before she was coaxed into submission. Shen An Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This little girl had wanted to eat their meal for a long time, and today she finally got her wish.
Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan told their parents in detail what had happened in the six months since they came here. They made a lot of good friends, exercised together every day, went to school together, and read picture books together during the winter. They kept saying that their lives were very colorful, just to reassure their parents.
Shen Anning looked at Shen Anxuan, who kept talking, and laughed so hard. He was indeed the biggest happy fruit in the family.
Always paying attention to the movement outside, she looked at the time and it was already past seven o'clock. Because those who were sent down could also watch the show, but they were afraid of being annoying, so they would only stand in the outermost circle. Shen An Ning was afraid that they would come back early, so she had to take her younger brothers and sisters and niece away first. Shen Anxuan, Shen Anyu and Zixi were different. They were too big a target, and Shen An Ning could not bring them every time she came to see Liu Jiaman, so the two little guys cherished the time they spent with their parents very much.
"Mom and Dad, brother and sister-in-law, we're leaving first. We'll come back next time when we have the chance." Shen An Ning took her niece, put her in a backpack padded with a thin blanket, and left with her two reluctant brothers and sisters. When they reached the threshing ground, it happened to be the last chorus, so they didn't squeeze in. The three of them stood outside waiting for everyone to leave.
Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan were a little disappointed. Today, they saw where their parents and brother and sister-in-law lived and the food they ate. It was much worse than their life in Wangtu Village. Shen Anning knew they were not feeling well. "Anyu, Anxuan, these are temporary. Our family won't be like this forever. As long as my parents and brother and sister-in-law are healthy, the rest is just a matter of time, you know?"
"Sister, we will be fine."
At eight o'clock, the show ended. As the actors took their bows, everyone began to leave in twos and threes. Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan quickly blended in with the group of children from Wangtu Village and Gengjiatun, and no one noticed that they had been gone for a long time.
After saying goodbye to Liu Jiaman and making an appointment to go to work together tomorrow, Shen Anning followed a group of aunts back to the village with a basket on his back. It was already dark at this time, but it was not so scary to walk together at night. Everyone was talking about the evening show along the way. Shen Anning also watched the first half. The show of the county art troupe was quite good.
Moreover, the girls in the art troupe are beautiful and the boys are handsome. The heartbeats of these young men and women should be much faster than usual tonight. Shen An Ning listened to the conversation between the aunts from the two villages and estimated that there would be many weddings in the village next month.
It took almost half an hour to reach the village. Usually, Shen Anning rode a bicycle to the farm, so she didn't feel it was so far. After saying goodbye to several aunts in the village, she returned home. The gate was open. An Yu and An Xuan had returned first and were boiling water in the kitchen.
Shen Anyu carried two kettles to the warehouse and said, "Sister, hurry up, they said it's already boiled, you can wash it first."
"Thank you, An Yu and An Xuan. I'll wash first then."
Holding Shen Zixi into the warehouse, he first cleaned the little one's mouth, washed her face, and applied baby skin cream to her. The skin tends to dry out in winter, and the child's face is very delicate, so it needs to be well protected.
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