Xu An had already boiled the water. When he saw Xu Ning coming over, he quickly took the bowl and put it on the table, asking her sister to sit down and drink the water. "I've cooled it down. It's not hot anymore. Drink it quickly."
Xu An looked at his skinny body. The ten-year-old boy looked like he was seven or eight years old. He had been in poor health since childhood, and he had suffered a lot in the past six months in the countryside. Xu Ning felt very sad, so he pulled him to sit next to him. Xu An picked up the bowl and put it to Xu Ning's mouth and said, "Sister, drink some water quickly. Doctor Han told you to drink more hot water."
After Xu Ning drank the water, Xu An leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Sister, let's go to the mountain to get some money, and go to the aunt's house in the village to buy some eggs for you to nourish your body." After hearing Xu An's words, Xu Ning was so moved that she reached out and hugged Xu An, choking with sobs and said, "Okay, let's go get money to buy delicious food, and we will both have a good nourishment."
Xu Ning had tried it just now, and her space followed, so she wanted to use this as an excuse to take things out.
The two siblings were still whispering when Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua came in with a basket of beans. When they saw the two siblings sitting there, they glared at them fiercely, their eyes looking like they wanted to eat people. Xu Ning was not afraid of them, and just took this opportunity to establish his authority and let them know how many eyes the horse king had.
Xu Ning picked up the firewood stick beside him, knocked it on the ground a few times, pointed at the two of them and said, "What's wrong? Your butt doesn't hurt anymore? If it doesn't hurt, I don't mind recalling it for you two again."
Seeing the two people running out while shouting, Xu Ning snorted and chased after them, shouting, "I'm telling you, if you dare to mess with us two siblings again, I'll beat you up every time I see you. And I want the twenty eggs that the village chief asked you to get tonight, otherwise..." Xu Ning knocked on the ground a few times with a fire poker, and the two people who ran into the house didn't make any sound.
Xu Ning turned around and saw Xu An looking at her admiringly and said, "Sister is so awesome." Xu Ning touched his head and said, "Little brother, sister will never let anyone bully you again." As soon as she finished speaking, Xu An's tears flowed down, and then he lay in Xu Ning's arms and cried loudly. Xu Ning's eyes also turned red.
Three male educated youth opened the door and asked what happened. Xu Ning said "Nothing happened"
I don't know if the three male educated youth heard what she just said, but seeing that they opened the door at this time, they should have heard it. Since no one spoke up when the brother and sister were bullied, it would be better to just pretend that nothing happened. At least when she has the upper hand, others don't interfere. This is good enough. She doesn't want to become an enemy of everyone. If nothing unexpected happens, the two of them should stay here until the college entrance examination is resumed. There are still more than eight years left. Even if they can't be friends, they can't have any more enemies.
Xu Ning said to the three people, "You guys go and have a rest. You still have to work in the afternoon." The three people nodded and went into the house.
Xu Ning took her brother to the kitchen and steamed three vegetable dumplings that had been made in the morning. Each person was given two. Xu An was young and only had one, but Xu Ning would always give more to his brother. After the steamed vegetable dumplings were ready, the two siblings shared them and went up the mountain. It was lunchtime and no one was going up the mountain, so they quickly went to retrieve the money hidden in the mountain.
At that time, the original owner hid the money in the mountains because there was no place to put it. It would definitely not be safe to keep it in the educated youth camp. One thousand yuan was still a thick stack, and it was not easy to hide it in the thin clothes worn in summer. So the brother and sister discussed and decided to bury it in the mountains and secretly take some when they needed it.
Now that Xu Ning has come through, she can put the money in the space, and when she takes food and daily necessities out in the future, she can have an excuse to say that she bought them.
In fact, Xu Ning had another idea. Today she saw a piece of vacant land behind the educated youth site near the foot of Daqing Mountain. The area was very small, but the location was very good. Behind it was the steep Daqing Mountain, and in front was a private plot. It was some distance away from the educated youth site, or was it inside the site? However, she opened a small door on the right so that she did not have to pass through the educated youth site in front when entering or exiting. It was like she was living alone, but she did not leave the educated youth site. This made it much more convenient for her to cook for herself in the future.
It is only 1969 now. In the future, more and more educated youth will go to the countryside, and more people will lead to more conflicts. Xu Ning just wants to live a peaceful life with his brother in the next eight years and wait for the college entrance examination, so he has to plan well now.
The two siblings walked for about half an hour and came to a big tree. After looking around and seeing no one was around, they began to dig. They found money and various bills wrapped in oilcloth, which were the amount they brought with them when they went to the countryside. The money they had used in the past few months was sent by the original owner's eldest brother Xu Yang. The original owner's eldest brother joined the army in December last year and only made a dozen yuan a month, but he would send the siblings six yuan every month. Even with this six yuan a month, the siblings did not touch it much.
Xu Ning took the money and tickets and put them directly in the backpack he was carrying, which was actually in the space. Xu An said, "Sister, shall we take them all away?" Xu Ning told him to take them all back. It was not safe to hide them here. It would be troublesome to come and get them every time he needed them. If someone saw them, everything would be gone. Xu An agreed with what his sister said, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, sister."
After the brother and sister came down the mountain, they went to Uncle Dashuan's house in the village to buy eggs. Uncle Dashuan had three sons and a daughter. Xu An and Uncle Dashuan's youngest son Jianmin cut grass for pigs together every day and had a very good relationship. Uncle and Aunt Dashuan were also kind. The original brother and sister basically bought eggs from their house.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Jianhua, the eldest son of Uncle Dashuan's family, coming out, and Xu An called out "Brother Jianhua".
Chen Jianhua: "Oh, it's Xu Zhiqing and Xiao An, what's up?"
Xu An said, "I'm looking for Aunt Dashuan." As soon as he said he was looking for his mother Chen Jianhua, she knew what was going on and said, "I'm here, come in!" Then she shouted inside, "Mom, someone's looking for you,"
Aunt Dashuan came out and saw that it was the two siblings. She hurried out to ask, "Xu Zhiqing, is your head okay? I wanted to go see you after work this afternoon. Why didn't you take a rest? Why did you come out?"
Xu Ning said with a smile, "Aunt, I'm fine. Do you have any eggs at home? I want to buy some."
"Yes, yes, yes. Wait a minute. I'll get it for you." Aunt Dashuan took out the basket of eggs and showed it to Xu Ning.
"Xu Zhiqing, how many do you want?"
Xu Ning looked at the basket and saw eight or nine eggs in it, so he said to Aunt Dashuan, "Aunt, I want them all. Can you count them so I can give you the money?"
Aunt Dashuan counted them and found nine, three cents each. Xu Ning counted out twenty-seven cents and gave them to Aunt Dashuan. Aunt Dashuan only took twenty cents.
The two pushed and pushed, and finally Aunt Dashuan said, "Xu Zhiqing, I was going to visit you tonight anyway. These two eggs are for your health. Next time you come to buy them, I will still charge you a penny less."
Xu Ning did not refuse after hearing this. He thought that since they were in the same village, he would be able to repay the favor in the future. He smiled and said, "Then I thank you, auntie."
Aunt Dashuan sent them to the door and said to Xu Ning, "Xu Zhiqing, you must not be so easy to talk to in the future. You have worked for a whole morning and earned as many work points as an adult like me. After work, you have to help them fetch water. How can you bear it at such a young age? If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your Xiaoan. He is so young. If you get sick from overwork, what will happen to him?"
Xu Ning lowered his head and said, "I understand, aunt, I won't do it again. I've been disappointed this time. Alas, I used to think that since we all live together, we'll see each other every day, so it doesn't matter if I work harder. But the more I work, the more they get worse, treating me and my brother like servants. I've figured it out, so I'll just keep out of their way from now on and help my brother earn work points."
Aunt Dashuan smiled and said, "Yes, yes, that's right. Go back and lie down. Don't go to work for the next two days. Wait until your head is healed before going back."
Xu Ning agreed with a smile, and took Xu An's hand and went back to the educated youth center. There was no one there, probably because they all went to work.
Xu An took the eggs and went to the kitchen, added water to the pot, and planned to boil eggs for Xu Ning.
Xu Ning asked him to light the fire and she would cook, but Xu An refused and said, "Sister, go lie down, I will bring it to you when it is done."
Xu Ning asked him to cook four, and Xu An washed three more and put them in.
While Xu An was lighting a fire and boiling eggs, Xu Ning went to the back of the plot to take a look.
The more I look at this place, the better I think it is. It looks like it is about 30 square meters, so I can build two houses there. I can also build a small toilet not far to the left. I have to go to the city tomorrow, so I'll find an excuse to get some things out of the space.
Xu Ning had planned to go to the city tomorrow. Xu An called her from the kitchen to eat eggs. Xu Ning walked towards the kitchen. This body had not had a full meal for a long time. When she heard that the eggs were cooked, Xu Ning couldn't help but quicken her pace.
When Xu An came to the kitchen, he had already put four eggs in a bowl. When he saw Xu Ning coming in, he hurriedly asked his sister to sit down and eat. Xu Ning asked him to sit down as well, took two eggs from the bowl and gave them to him, saying with a smile, "Eat! Two for each of us."
Xu An put two more eggs in her bowl and said, "Sister, eat them. I'm not hungry. They will nourish your body." He swallowed his saliva as he spoke, which made Xu Ning laugh and feel sad.
Xu Ning peeled the egg, put it into Xu An's mouth, and said, "Xiao An doesn't want to eat it, and sister won't eat it either."
In the end, Xu An ate one, and the other one said he would not eat it at all, saying that he would save it for his sister in the evening.
Xu Ning couldn't think of going into the city tomorrow to get more things out of the space.
After eating the eggs, Xu An went to cut grass for the pigs. He cut four baskets of grass for the pigs every day and earned two work points.
Xu Ning was lying on the kang, closing her eyes and thinking about her future path. She just looked in the mirror and found that the original owner had about 70% similar facial features to her, but her eyes were sparkling when she smiled, much more beautiful than her previous 300-degree myopia. In this era, with the original owner's family background, being good-looking was not a good thing. It seemed that she had to change her current image and personality.
He fell asleep while thinking about this and that. He woke up when he heard voices outside. He opened the door and saw that everyone had finished work. Xu An had just come out of the room of the male educated youth.
When I saw Xu Ning, I ran over and shouted, "Sister, does your headache hurt?" If I hadn't asked, I wouldn't have felt it. But after asking, I really felt that the wound was very painful.
When the wound hurts, she becomes unhappy. When she becomes unhappy, she starts looking for trouble. Who should she find trouble with? Of course, she will find whoever caused her injury.
I didn't care if Xu An asked if it hurt. He took the stick he had used in the morning and walked up to Li Fengjiao who was washing her face, and asked with a gloomy face and narrowed eyes if the 20 eggs were ready. Li Fengjiao was so scared that she stammered, "I'll buy it after I wash my face."
When Xu Ning heard her say that she would go buy it after washing her face, he glanced at her with the stick and went back to the house. Xu An followed his sister in.
The three male educated youth looked at each other and continued to do their own things. Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua both looked unhappy, but they didn't say anything. After washing their faces, Li Fengjiao went out, and Lin Qiuhua went to the kitchen to cook. For dinner, each of them had two vegetable steamed buns and a pot of fried beans. Everyone ate in silence and no one spoke.
After dinner, Xu Ning chatted with her brother outside, and then they went back to their rooms to rest. When Xu Ning returned to the room, she saw a small basket of eggs at the head of the kang where she slept. She counted them and found there were exactly 20 eggs. Xu Ning snorted and thought, "Look how useful this is. Why are you talking about it?"
He yawned and fell asleep on the bed.
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