Xu Ning returned home angrily, put away his bicycle, divided up the things he bought, and sent some of them to the cowshed in the evening.
I looked at the time and it was still a little early to cook, so I took out Lu Xiaotang's letter and read it again. I haven't received any news from him since the last telegram he sent me.
I don’t know what mission I’m going on. Is it dangerous? He sighed and put the letter back in the space.
At the border more than 4,000 kilometers away from Yushu Village, Lu Xiaotang, along with several of his men and elite soldiers selected from the local troops, have been staying in this primeval forest for two days and two nights.
Lu Xiaotang was urgently recalled from military school to the border to carry out a top-secret mission to meet the returning scientist Professor Chen.
Professor Chen's journey back to China was full of ups and downs, and the people escorting him finally decided to return to China through the primeval forest here.
When gunshots rang out, Lu Xiaotang immediately picked up the telescope and looked in the direction where the gunshots came from. A small group of people were covering a man wearing glasses and a little boy of seven or eight years old. Not far behind them were a dozen Russians in camouflage uniforms.
Lu Xiaotang put away the telescope and said to the man hiding in a nearby tree, "Captain Gu, the target has appeared. You are a local and are familiar with the route here. You will cover Professor Chen's departure and I will clean up the mess behind him."
Gu Ling glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "The terrain here is very complicated, and those mercenaries are all desperate criminals. You must be careful."
Lu Xiaotang nodded to him and said, "Captain Gu, I will be more careful. Please also escort Professor Chen back to China safely."
After saying this, he made a gesture to his men, and they immediately perked up and prepared for battle.
Gu Ling took his men to meet Professor Chen, exchanged secret signals with the people escorting him, and prepared to go back.
Lu Xiaotang and his men were also preparing to fight with the people chasing them.
One of the people who escorted Professor Chen back, who should be the team leader, said to Lu Xiaotang, "Those people behind us are all very skilled and have good marksmanship. Most of our brothers have been killed by them. You must be careful."
Lu Xiaotang nodded and said, "Quickly escort Professor Chen out. Our troops are already outside to meet him."
After Gu Ling took Professor Chen away, Lu Xiaotang said to his men in a deep voice, "No one is allowed to be left behind. Do you hear me?"
Several people saluted, hid themselves again, and prepared for battle.
When Xu An came back, he was holding a letter in his hand. Xu Ning threw the half-cut cabbage there, took the letter from Xu An, looked at the address, and found out that it was sent by Lu Xiaoran. She was a little disappointed, but still opened the letter. The letter said that she had given birth to a boy.
Xu Ning was very happy for her. He gave the letter to Xu An and asked him to take the letter and the other things to the cowshed in the evening.
Xu An brought Xu Mo back from the cowshed at night and said to Xu Ning, "Sister, Aunt Lu asked you to go to the village to buy some cotton. She wanted to make two sets of cotton clothes for Xiao Ran's children. She gave me money, but I didn't want it. I told her that the money sent by Brother Lu has not been used up yet."
Xu Ning nodded and said, "I understand. I will go to the village tomorrow to ask who has extra cotton."
Xu Ning smiled and said to Xiao Mo, "Hey, Jade-faced Little Tiger is here today too. I haven't seen you in the past two days. What are you doing at home?"
Xu Mo sighed and said, "What else can I do? I have to chat with my elders every day and show my filial piety to them. Today, I went to the village with Grandpa Qi. My brothers complained that I didn't have time to play in the mud with them. I don't have enough time every day."
Xu Ning looked at the smart little Xu Mo and said with a smile, "You little jade-faced tiger are so well-behaved and filial. Come, sister will get you something delicious."
Xu Mo sat on the kang and ate cakes while saying, "Sister, I heard from Grandpa Chen today that he will go to the township to pick up educated youth tomorrow, and this time he will bring three more."
After listening to Xu Moyi's words, she remembered that the book said that after the autumn harvest in 1972, Gu Wenping's female classmate would come here to work in the countryside. She was also the female supporting role who appeared the most in the book. It should be this year. It seems that the Youth League Institute is becoming lively again.
Xu Ning asked, "Xiao Mo, has Lin Miao from the Youth Academy talked to you recently?"
Xu Mo finished the snack in his mouth and said, "No, ever since I saw her a few times before, I asked her for candy and white bread, and she ignored me. Now she avoids me when she sees me."
Xu Ning thought for a moment and warned, "Xiao Mo, stay away from Liu Fang from the Youth Farm next time you see her. Don't openly clash with her, and don't stay alone with her. Got it? She has a very bad heart."
Xiao Mo asked doubtfully, "Sis, since you can't openly conflict with her, why did you hit her last time?"
Xu Ning touched his head and said, "Xiao Mo, I am different from you. Here, she and I are both educated youth sent to the countryside, and I am better than her, so she dare not do anything to me.
But your identity is very sensitive and you are young. If she bullies you, you can only endure it and your parents cannot intervene. ”
Xu Mo nodded obediently and said, "Sister, I understand. I will pay attention next time."
Seeing how well behaved he was, Xu Ning consoled him, "Xiao Mo, even though you can't beat her, you can tell me and I'll help you beat her up. I beat her like a pig last time."
Thinking of how badly she was beaten last time, the three siblings all laughed.
Xu Ning went to buy cotton after breakfast. Aunt Dashuan's daughter-in-law was about to give birth, and the cotton she grew this year was only enough for her own use. Fourth Aunt also did not grow cotton this year, so she went to Third Grandma's house in the village and bought a few kilograms of cotton. She put it together with the cloth she bought yesterday and prepared to deliver it over in the evening.
After lunch, the sky became gloomy and windy, and it looked like it was going to snow. Xu Ning saw that there was not much water left in the water tank, so he prepared to fetch a few buckets to fill it up.
I saw Old Chen driving a ox cart into the Youth League compound. There were three Youth League members on the cart, two men and one woman, with several large bags of luggage. It seemed that among the three Youth League members who came this time, one should have a well-off family.
Xu Ning didn't go over to take a look, but went straight home carrying the water.
It started snowing when Xu An came home from school. Seeing her sister was cooking, she put down her schoolbag and helped to light the fire.
He added some firewood and said, "Sister, when I was leaving school, I ran into Uncle Dashuan and Uncle Si coming back from the city with a cart. They were so happy to see me that they wanted to thank me."
Xu Ning told him that Su Hongying wanted to buy cabbage and radishes.
After the siblings had dinner, they saw that the snow was getting heavier. Xu Ning said to Xu An, "Xiao An, I bought some cotton today. You can take it to Aunt Lu and pick up Xiao Mo. Not many people will come here after the snow. Let him play here for a few days. I'll make something good for him."
Xu An nodded, and took the cotton and cloth wrapped by Xu Ning to the cowshed.
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