Early in the morning, Shen An Ning was woken up by the kiss of the little girl in her arms. She touched her face and looked at the saliva on her hands. Shen An Ning was a little amused.
The little guy lay on her, holding her face with two little hands, calling her aunt again and again. Shen Anning's heart was as soft as a ball of cotton. She sat up carefully and let the little guy step on her legs. Looking at the chubby little girl, her face was full of smiles.
"Bo, Xixi is so pretty. Auntie likes Xixi so much."
"I like it. Ah... Auntie."
Shen Anxuan, who was still a little dazed in sleep, opened his eyes and watched the interaction between his elder sister and his little niece. He propped himself up and sat up, patting Xixi's fleshy butt. "You little heartless girl, your aunt got up at night to cover you with a quilt these past few days, and you forgot so quickly."
Hahahaha, looking at Xixi's somewhat erratic eyes, Shen Anning and her younger brothers and sisters were all amused by her.
After getting dressed, Shen Anning thought of the gong sounds last night, but no one came to knock on the door that night, which meant that this was a village matter and should have little to do with the educated youth.
Put cotton boots on Shen Zixi, tie a rope around her, and then Shen An Ning took her to the kitchen to cook. It was her first time trying this, and the little girl was so excited that she stumbled and ran.
With An Yu and An Xuan protecting her from behind, Shen An Ning was not worried. For convenience, she made egg noodles directly. Xixi's portion was cut into small pieces, and the eggs were directly stirred and poured into the noodle soup. So the little guy was very considerate and finished most of the bowl.
"Auntie, belly, belly."
"Oh, Xixi, your belly is full, right? You are great!"
Now there is no farm work, so Shen Anning and her younger brothers and sisters take Xixi for a walk in the yard to help digest the food and take the little guy for a walk.
"An Ning, An Ning, are you home? Open the door."
When Shen Anning heard Xu Hongxia's voice, she hurried to the door and took off the bolt.
"What's wrong?"
"Big thing, big thing happened."
Looking at Xu Hongxia's face as if she had just eaten a shocking melon, Shen Anning was a little curious about what happened in the village last night.
"Let's talk inside." The younger brother and sister outside are still young, so it's better not to listen to anything uncertain.
"What's going on?"
Xu Hongxia closed the door and whispered, "Did you know that something big happened in the village last night? The militia captain was caught having an affair with Widow Liu. His wife caught him and he was taken to the ancestral hall last night."
Shen Anning thought of Liu Xiaocao who came to her to get medicine yesterday, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
"Hey, you don't know. The village is afraid that this matter will spread and affect its reputation. It seems that they don't intend to investigate the militia captain. They just dismissed him from his position. But Liu Xiaocao's life will probably be difficult from now on."
Shen Anning knew clearly that most of the villagers were surnamed Wang, and the militia captain was a member of the Wang family, so it was normal for them to cover up for him. Moreover, if this matter got out, the reputation of the village would be gone, and matters such as weddings and funerals would be difficult to handle. However, Liu Xiaocao...
She didn't believe that this was Liu Xiaocao's fault alone, but everyone seemed to have more understanding and tolerance for men.
Looking at Xu Hongxia, Shen Anning was a little puzzled, "How did you know about this?" Logically, the village should not tell the educated youth about such things.
"I overheard it. There was such a big commotion last night that we went out to see what was happening. But when we got to the end of the village, the villagers wouldn't let us get close. I was walking slowly and overheard people talking about it, so I found out."
He looked at Xu Hongxia speechlessly, wondering why she always liked to join in the fun. "Remember, don't talk about this anymore. We don't know anything about it, and it has nothing to do with us if it gets out."
Seeing Xu Hongxia nod with some fear, Shen Anning finally felt relieved.
After sending Xu Hongxia away, Shen Anning pretended nothing had happened and continued to live her life. Most of the villagers in the village were still very simple, as long as those bad apples didn't get in her way.
The next time I saw Liu Xiaocao was when Shen Anning was passing by the foot of the mountain. She was wearing a tattered gray coat and no longer had her former spirit.
She looked at Shen An Ning and just lowered her head. There was no one around. Looking at the note thrown at her feet, Shen An Ning quickly squatted down and picked it up.
After finding a secluded place on the mountain, Shen Anning opened the note and took a look. There were several names and a route. It looked like it should be a few mountains near the village. The starting point of the route was the back mountain where she was now.
Not knowing what purpose it would have for the time being, Shen An Ning put the thing away. The names on the note were all men in the village. If she guessed correctly, they should be the people Liu Xiaohua asked her to be on guard against.
After the beginning of spring, the villagers started to go back to work as usual, the children went to school, and morning exercise resumed.
Li Haotian and Yang Zhengcheng could only go up the mountain when the village children were in school. Their teammates had already arrived at Fangshan Commune, but because they had been recuperating from their injuries, they were closely watched by other people at the educated youth site and had no chance to meet.
The bearded man in the town also knew that a group of outsiders had come to the town with weapons. After all, he had been in this business for so many years, and almost everyone in the town was his spies, so he knew the reason for these people's arrival at the first time.
For the bearded man, this is a "war" where the enemy is in the open and he is in the dark.
In a yard near the town's Public Security Bureau, Big Beard and his gang of younger brothers were preparing things.
"Brother, the brothers are almost ready, but guns are hard to come by right now. We only found a few, and they are old-fashioned rifles, and there are not many bullets."
"Okay, I understand. Take a group of brothers to the mountain and make arrangements. I believe they will go to join the educated youth."
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