After a heavy snowfall, almost no one was walking outside, and Xu'an School was closed.
The three siblings sat on the kang every day, listening to the radio, reading picture books, and making all kinds of delicious food. Their life was so comfortable.
Xu Mo held the steamed bun in one hand and used chopsticks to pick up the braised pork in the bowl with the other hand, saying, "Sister, I want to take the radio to the cowshed this afternoon for Grandpa Qi and the others to listen to. Is that ok?"
Xu Ning wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Go! Go with your second brother and bring the egg cakes I put in the basket just now."
I had originally planned to have Xu An deliver the egg cake in the afternoon. This was something Xu Ning had just figured out this morning.
I steamed it with milk powder, eggs and flour, and it turned out quite successfully, fluffy and soft. I put it in a basket and gave it to them to try.
In the afternoon, the two of them took the radio to the cowshed. She planned to tidy up her space. She put it away directly after buying it, and didn't organize it properly. Now there are many things piled up underneath.
Xinshi, Dawan Village, Youth Home
"Lu Xiaoran, Lu Xiaoran, there is a letter and a package for you." Lu Xiaoran had just returned from school and was cooking in the kitchen when she heard someone calling her outside.
He said to Li Xiaoyu who was lighting the fire, "I'm going to go out for a while, you help watch the pot."
Li Xiaoyu said, "Go quickly, I'll just watch the pot. I heard the postman calling you to pick up the package."
Lu Xiaoran walked to the gate of the Youth League Home and saw the postman taking a large package from the car. When he saw her coming, he asked if it was Lu Xiaoran. After confirming that it was her, I asked her to sign and then gave her the package and letter.
Lu Xiaoran saw that the address on the letter and the package was Yushu Village, Heilongjiang Province. She took the letter and the package into the house.
She planned to lock herself in the cupboard and watch after dinner. Today was her and Li Xiaoyu's turn to cook, and she couldn't leave all the work to Li Xiaoyu alone.
There were seven educated youths in Dawan Village where she lived, three men and four women. She and the other three women lived in the west room, while the three men lived in the east room.
Lu Xiaoran opened the door with the package in her hand. Chen Guo, who was lying on the kang, saw what Lu Xiaoran had taken and a look of jealousy flashed across her face.
However, she didn't dare to provoke Lu Xiaoran. This little girl looked kind and amiable, but she was actually very powerful. Now she was dating a famous gangster in the village. This gangster was cruel and fierce, and his parents were bullies in the village.
Lu Xiaoran opened the cabinet, put the package and letter in, locked it, and went out to continue cooking without even looking at Chen Guo on the kang.
Back in the kitchen, Li Xiaoyu asked with a smile, "Your brother sent it."
"Yes, my brother and sister sent it to me," he said, taking out the steamed bread from the pot and frying some cabbage.
Li Xiaoyu stood at the kitchen door and shouted, "It's time to eat!"
The other educated youth opened the door and came out. Each of them had half a bowl of cabbage and two steamed buns. The kitchen was too cold, so they took their meals back to their rooms to eat.
When Lu Xiaoran and the others in the room finished their meal and were resting on the bed, he opened the letter.
First, Xu An greeted her and introduced the source of the things sent to her, then Xu Mo's childish words, and finally Xu Ning's narration and report of safety.
Lu Xiaoran finished reading the letter with red eyes, then opened the package. Looking at the things in the package, she could no longer hold back her tears.
Li Xiaoyu, who was lying next to her, saw her crying so sadly, and quickly sat up and asked, "Xiao Ran, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
Lu Xiaoran quickly wiped the tears from her face and said, "It's okay, I just saw the letter from home and I miss home a little."
At this time, a deep male voice called out to Lu Xiaoran from outside.
Li Xiaoyu winked at her and joked, "Why don't you go quickly?" Lu Xiaoran felt embarrassed by her smile, so she put on her shoes and went out.
When she opened the door, she saw Song Mingyuan standing at the gate of the Youth House, pushing his bicycle. When he saw her coming out, he parked his bicycle there and walked towards her with a bag.
Seeing her red eyes, his face darkened and he asked, "Why are you crying? Who bullied you?"
"No, there was a letter from home," she said, pulling him towards the kitchen.
The two sat down in the kitchen. Xu Ning saw what he was holding and asked, "You went to the city again today. Didn't I tell you to avoid going to the black market? It's so dangerous."
Song Mingyuan coughed uncomfortably and said, "Don't worry! It's okay, I'm careful and I haven't been there much now."
As he spoke, he opened the bag on the table, revealing the snacks inside. Song Mingyuan pinched a piece and put it next to her mouth, saying, "This is a snack from Beijing. Try it and see if it tastes like this."
Lu Xiaoran looked at the pea yellow in front of him, then looked at the man opposite him.
Although he was not very handsome, nor the kind of honest and capable son-in-law that the mother-in-law liked nowadays, he was always kind to her.
Lu Xiaoran ate the snack in front of her, smiled gently and said to the man in front of her, "It's delicious. I haven't tasted this flavor for more than three years."
Seeing that she liked the snacks, Song Mingyuan placed the snack box in front of her and asked her to eat more. He then looked at her still red eyes and asked, "Did something happen to your parents?"
Lu Xiaoran looked at the worry in his eyes and said with a smile, "It's okay, my parents are fine, and my sister and brother are taking care of them over there."
Then he went back to the house and took out the package to show him, "This is what they sent me. Take some back for your uncle and aunt to taste."
After that, he found a bag and took out half of each of the pine nuts, hazelnuts and dried meat and gave them to him. He also took a can and filled it half with brown sugar.
Song Mingyuan hurriedly stopped her and said, "Just grab a few handfuls of pine nuts and hazelnuts, and keep the rest for yourself."
Lu Xiaoran ignored him, and then took something out of her pocket, wrapped the blue scarf around his neck, put the cotton hat on his head, and took out a pair of cotton gloves for him to wear.
"I haven't worn the cotton hat you bought me last time, so I'll give you this one my sister sent me. We each have a pair of cotton gloves, and two scarves, yours is blue and mine is red." Xu Ning said, and handed him the bag of dried meat.
"Take these foods back to your uncle and aunt. My aunt is so kind to me. She always brings me food. This is my way of showing my filial piety to her."
Song Mingyuan looked at Lu Xiaoran who was packing things and putting a scarf and gloves on him, and he felt a surge of tenderness overflowing from his heart.
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