Shen Anning was busy in the kitchen for three or four hours. When she went out of the kitchen at around six in the evening, she was covered in odor. The two children couldn't wait any longer and stood at the kitchen door with Shen Zixi.
As soon as the kitchen door opened, Shen Anxuan stepped forward and took Shen Anning's hand, "Sister, it smells so good, what are you cooking?"
"You'll know later. Now go help your elder sister." Shen Anning filled some duck products in a bowl in the kitchen and gave some to acquaintances in the village, one bowl for each family, and the quantity was not much.
The smell of food that was cooked this afternoon at the homes of several nearby aunts, the educated youth camp, the village heads and party secretaries of the two villages, and Wang Wenjia's place was so strong that she had to let everyone know what she was eating. If any villagers came to ask how it was cooked, she would just serve them a few bowls of the marinade.
The three of them ate duck products, drank pumpkin porridge, and ate steamed buns. Shen Anxuan ate a spicy one and refused to put it down even though his mouth turned red.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Shen Anning took the twins and Shen Zixi to deliver things to their grandparents. It was hot now and the things could not be kept very long, so Shen Anning took three boxes of braised food, twenty steamed buns, and the prepared summer quilt and mat. In the summer, they had to go to work and there was no electric fan or anything, which made it even harder for the elderly to endure.
Shen Anning helped her grandmother spread the mat and let the two old people take a good look at Xixi. Now the child really changes every day and changes very quickly.
Shen Anning saw the little guy lying in his grandmother's arms, looking a little drowsy.
Holding her little hand, "Xixi, what should I call you?"
"Grandpa, Grandma."
"Oh, baby, you're awesome." Grandpa Shen stared at Shen Zixi, his eyes full of admiration.
It was really late, and little Xixi fell asleep after saying a few words. Because her grandparents had to go to the cowshed, Shen Anning didn't stay long. She changed a few straw mats for summer use in the village and asked her grandfather to take them over. The ventilation of the house in the cowshed was not very good, and it was very stuffy in the summer.
After returning home, Shen Anxuan hugged the radio and ran back to her room in the reluctant eyes of her brother. Shen Anning didn't care how they divided the usage rights. Anyway, the two of them would not fight.
On July 8th, Geng Yue returned to the village and brought Shen Anning's report card.
Sitting on the kang, Geng Yue looked at Shen Anning with great admiration.
"An Ning, you know what? You got third place in the class this time. The teacher said you're amazing and told me to tell you to keep studying hard."
Shen Anning smiled and handed over the wild fruit in her hand. "I went to school for half a year before. Some of the content of this exam is what I have already learned before. Doing well in the exam is not a big deal. It is the top few in your class who are really amazing."
Looking at Geng Yue's expression, Shen Anning asked: "Yueyue, what about you? How did you do in the exam?"
"It's okay, tenth place. Well, in this class, it's okay as long as I'm not at the bottom. You know? There are many talented people in our class. I heard that the first place in the county's high school entrance examination last year was also in our class!" Geng Yue didn't want to get the first place anyway. There were too many talented people. She just had to go with the flow!
"Actually, you're already pretty good. You've only been in school for a few months. You'll definitely be better next time."
Shen Anning felt that Geng Yue was really suitable for studying. She was very quiet and patient when doing things.
Geng Yue smiled and told Shen Anning what she had heard at home, "Hey, let's not talk about studying. I heard my grandfather say that our village will have three new educated youth this year. I don't know if anyone from your Wangtu Village will come."
New educated youth. When Shen Anning heard these three words, she suddenly realized that she was also a new educated youth last year. More than a year had passed unknowingly, and she had integrated into the village and become a part of it.
"They're all from the same county. If people come from Gengjiatun, there should be people from Wangtu Village too. But if more people come, there won't be any place for them to stay."
Shen Anning thought about the two educated youth sites in the village. It would be enough to squeeze one or two more people in the male educated youth site. The yard of the female educated youth site was small, and the kang in the house was also small. If a few more people came, there would be no room for them.
Geng Yue ate two wild grapes and slumped down on the kang. "Yeah, my grandma wouldn't let me get too close to the educated youth in the village."
Shen Anning was a little curious, "Why? Did the educated youth in the village do something?"
Families in Wangtu Village with daughters waiting to get married don't think much of the educated youth. She heard from Xu Hongxia that the male educated youth who have lived in the educated youth site in the past two years are all honest, otherwise the villagers might dislike them even more.
The expression on Geng Yue's face changed. She and Shen An Ning were having such a good time that she forgot that Shen An Ning was also an educated youth. She was going to say something bad about the educated youth, which really didn't feel good.
"Isn't it hard to say?"
"If it's not convenient to talk about it, forget it, it's okay." It's just a love story between a man and a woman. Although Shen An Ning is curious, she doesn't need to know.
Sitting up with his hands, Geng Yue didn't know how to explain this.
"Well, that's right. Heishan County started accepting these young people several years ago when the first batch of educated youth went to the countryside. It was fine at first. They told the villagers about the skills they learned. Although it turned out that they weren't very reliable at the time, they were sincere in wanting to teach the villagers. My grandfather still has a good impression of the young people at that time."
"Later, they returned to the city one after another. After the movement began, there was a wave of educated youth going to the countryside, but later their hopes of returning to the city were slim. There were maybe one or two spots available each year for village and town cadres, any daughter looking to get married, any young man looking to get married. Well, in my village, there was a sister from my family who married an educated youth, but he ended up going to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University and never came back. They didn't even have a marriage certificate."
When Geng Yue said this, tears welled up in her eyes. She was also a girl, so she understood the pain of her older sister at home.
Shen An Ning handed over the handkerchief. She didn't know how to comfort Geng Yue. This kind of thing happened relatively rarely now. When the real return home boom came, this kind of thing might become common.
"Yueyue, do you know? Everyone says that if you don't listen to the advice of the elderly, you will suffer. I believe that since this saying has been passed down for so many years, there must be a reason for it. Although listening to your grandma may not be right at certain times, it is definitely not wrong." Shen Anning believed in the Geng family's grandmother's perspective on people, and the Geng family did not have the idea of favoring boys over girls. Geng Yue had a kind heart and was indeed easily deceived sometimes.
"Yeah, An Ning, don't worry. I know my temper. Let my grandparents and parents worry about these things."
Seeing that it was almost noon, Geng Yue would not stay at someone else's house for dinner. "An Ning, I'm going home first. I haven't seen my family for such a long time, and I miss them so much."
Shen Anning knew that Geng Yue had returned from the city, so she came directly to her. "Okay, go back quickly. Take this basket of wild fruits back with you. I picked them when I went up the mountain."
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