Several male educated youth were cleaning the house.
Xu Ning, Wei Lanlan, Yang Xiaomei, and Pan Mi were cooking in the kitchen.
The pot at Grandpa Wang’s house is not big, and to feed so many people, the meal has to be cooked in two batches: pork, cabbage, stewed with vermicelli, and pancakes.
After dinner, Xu An, Jianmin, Dalin and Wang Liang went to Jin Dapeng and Versace's house.
The machinery factory’s staff quarters are not far from Grandpa Wang’s home, just a few minutes’ walk away.
The remaining male educated youth slept with Grandpa Wang, and the four female educated youth lived in another room.
After a busy afternoon, everyone was tired. Since they had an exam the next day, they went to bed early.
After breakfast, everyone checked their bags again and prepared to go as it was almost time.
Grandpa Wang walked them to the door and said, "Come back after the exam. I'll prepare lunch for you."
They all felt a little embarrassed. Living here was already a big trouble for others, and eating here too was really ignorant.
Chen Xiangdong smiled and said, "Grandpa Wang, please don't bother us. We can just have lunch at the state-owned restaurant."
"There are so many people taking the exams these two days, how can the state-owned restaurants provide enough food? Don't be polite, just come back for lunch during these two days."
Grandpa Wang waved at them and said, "It's getting late, go take the exam."
They gave the food coupons and money to Grandpa Wang and asked him to buy some food at the state-owned restaurant at noon so they wouldn't have to trouble him to cook.
After two days of exams, Xu Ning breathed a sigh of relief when he came out of the exam room, and Xu An also came out from another classroom.
"Sister, how did you do on the exam?"
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Is everything okay, Xiao An? Are you cold?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't asked. As soon as Xu An asked, he felt cold to the bones. The fire wall in the classroom was too cold.
"Leng, sister, let's go back quickly."
They agreed that whoever finished the exam first would go back to Grandpa Wang and not wait here as it was too cold outside.
Xu Ning packed up his things and went back to Yushu Village together when everyone arrived.
She had been out for two or three days, and there were several young children at home, so she was really worried and wanted to go back immediately.
As eager to return home as she was, there were also Yang Xiaomei and Wei Lanlan. The snow was very thick, and they didn't return to Yushu Village until it was dark.
Niu Niu and Pippi saw their mother first. The two naughty boys’ eyes immediately turned red. They ran over, hugged their mother’s legs and cried loudly.
Tangtang also dropped her chopsticks and ran over. Xu Ning picked her up, and then picked up Niu Niu and Pippi.
Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei also hugged their children and were affectionate with them. Chen Xiangdong and Sun Hao stood by and watched them.
Xu Ning said to the children, "Stop crying, look what your mother has brought back for you."
Niu Niu whimpered and said, "Delicious candied haws."
When Pippi, who was crying, heard the candied haws, she also slurped her saliva.
Even Tangtang forgot to cry and stared at the candied haws in her mother's hand.
Xu Ning, who was being held by several children, was quite touched.
As soon as she took out the candied haws, the three children stared at them and drooled.
She completely forgot about her old mother, haha!
She picked up a candied haws and ate the biggest one.
Niu Niu swallowed and said, "Mom, give me a bite."
Pipi and Tangtang also stared at the string of candied haws and swallowed their saliva. Xu Ning gave the candied haws to Niu Niu with a depressed heart and asked him to share it.
The people nearby were all amused by what they did.
Niu Niu was the eldest. He took the string of candied haws that his mother had eaten and gave two whole strings to his younger brother and sister.
After giving it to her, she looked at it twice reluctantly, then looked at her candied haws which was missing one, pouted her lips and wanted to cry.
Xu Ning pretended not to see it and asked Xiao Mo to give the remaining strings to the adults.
Aunt Dashuan and Aunt Si hadn't been home for two days. Seeing that they had returned, they prepared to go back.
Xiao Mo hurriedly stopped them and said, "Auntie, eat first and then go back."
Then he said to Chen Xiangdong and the others, "It's getting late now, why don't you guys have a bite to eat here too."
For dinner, Aunt Dashuan made steamed buns made from two grains of flour. She made a lot and just fried some cabbage, so we just ate that.
Xu Ning also said to the others, "Let's eat here. If you go back, the food will be cold and you won't know when the meal will be ready. And there are children too."
After hearing this, the few people did not refuse. They already owed Xu Ning a lot of favors, so it didn't matter if they had just one meal. They would slowly pay him back in the future.
Xu Ning pulled the two aunts aside and said, "Aunts, we haven't talked together for a long time. I just finished my exams. After dinner, let's sit together and have a good chat."
After hearing her words, the two felt very comfortable and thought that Xu Zhiqing was really good at speaking and behaving.
Several people gathered together and had a lively meal.
Sun Hao and Chen Xiangdong each gave two dollars to the two aunts, but they refused to accept them.
Sun Hao and Chen Xiangdong were going to buy some things and send them over. They didn't ask for money because of Xu Ning's face, but they couldn't pretend to be ignorant.
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