[Chapter 183 Chapter 183 Yellow Book]
Chen Xing and Chen Bing are particularly happy today!
Since their parents were taken away, they have never been as happy as they are today.
They are moving to a new home!
Tonight, they did not follow Brother Siqin to sleep in the shack, but all stayed in grandfather's small house to pack up their things.
My grandfather said, "A poor home is worth a fortune." We need to pack up all the things in the house and move them to our new home tomorrow morning.
It was already very late and it was already dark outside, but they were still busy in the house.
Siqin and Chen Xing are packing up the small cart they made by themselves. This cart will play an important role tomorrow as they will use it to pull the bed!
Therefore, those wheels need to be fixed firmly.
Grandpa was packing his medicines, while Chen Bing and Little Four Li Pingyuan were packing clothes for all of them.
Even the three younger ones were busy with the small bits and pieces they had picked up.
Everyone was doing their own thing, but that didn't stop them from talking quietly and passionately!
Chen Bing was showing off the box of dumplings that Aunt Shen gave him and his brother this afternoon.
He said it was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten in his life!
He used his limited vocabulary to describe over and over again how fragrant and delicious the dumplings were, and the other children gulped their saliva.
Siqin and Chen Xing were whispering about helping Shen Yuyao find a book in the afternoon.
"You said Aunt Shen wanted to find a book about farming?" Si Qin asked in a low voice.
"Well, it's not just about farming. Auntie said she wants anything that has to do with technology. I found two books on raising pigs and chickens, and I can see she was very happy.
Oh, she wants storybooks, too. Among the books she chose is Folk Tales.
After hearing this, Si Qin nodded seriously.
Siqin went to the scrap yard with his grandfather this morning.
He was very nervous before going.
His younger brothers were too young to understand the situation at home, but he knew it very well.
Si Qin knew that with his current status, it was impossible to find a job!
Otherwise, grandpa wouldn't have taken the risk to do such speculative activities.
Don't think that helping people find medicine is an easy thing, it involves big risks.
If he was caught, Si Qin didn't even dare to think about the consequences!
Siqin had mentioned many times before that he was willing to do business with others on behalf of his grandfather, but was rejected by his grandfather every time.
Grandpa always said with disdain: "Just you? Who knows who you are!"
But Siqin knew that his grandfather was protecting him, him and his brothers.
Before Uncle Cheng and Aunt Shen came, Grandpa didn't even allow himself to meet those who came to ask for medicine.
Siqin doesn’t know how to change this kind of life?
He had even made preparations. If something happened to his grandfather one day, he would take on the responsibility of taking care of his brothers...
Siqin never imagined that their lives would change so much after meeting Uncle Cheng and Aunt Shen!
First, I can eat my fill.
Then he and his brothers got new clothes.
Now, he and his grandfather even have jobs!
Moreover, the people who received them today did not even look at them with contempt, disgust or avoidance, as if they were equal people!
Siqin didn't know how to describe his mood at that time. He felt that those desperate and suffocating days seemed to be coming to an end.
“Those books will definitely be sent to the scrap yard in the end. I’ll find a way to get a few more copies for Aunt Shen then,” Siqin said.
Chen Xing looked at him hesitantly: "Brother, you just got a new job, you can't make any mistakes. No, I'll take Xiao Bingping and the others out to find a job for Auntie."
Si Qin glared at him and said, "Where is it that easy to find outside? Don't worry about it, I know what I'm doing!"
Shen Yuyao didn't know that the boys from the Gu family were thinking about how to help her find books.
She was very happy to have gained so much today.
After sending the two children home, she and Joan rode their bicycles together and headed home.
Perhaps because of their shared experiences, Qiao An even talked more today than usual.
She told Shen Yuyao that she knew about the animal husbandry department's book handling matter one day earlier than Shen Yuyao.
But I am already very satisfied with being able to make two trips. I said that I was able to pick up several books that I had wanted to buy before but had never bought.
At this point, Qiao An thought of the poetry collection she had just found, and the joy in her eyes was about to overflow.
From the casual conversation, Shen Yuyao realized that Qiao An knew much more than she did, so she started to inquire.
Naturally, the first thing she asked about were the books she had found before.
Shen Yuyao had heard people talk about banned books many times before. They said that there was no standard for searching books now, but as long as they were foreign books, they would definitely be within the scope of the search.
To put it bluntly, the reason why she had the courage to choose those books with yellow covers was because she had space.
Shen Yuyao was not worried about the search.
But she saw that Joan didn't seem worried.
This made her curious.
"You ask about those yellow books. They don't matter. As long as you look at it from a critical perspective, it's fine."
Qiao An told Shen Yuyao that these yellow books were published by the state for "internal reference and criticism."
It mainly includes works of Western literature.
In addition to the yellow book, there is also a gray book, but the publication volume of that book is extremely small, and only cadres at the department level and above are qualified to read it.
"It's very rare to be able to buy these books, and you are lucky. I searched for the whole afternoon yesterday but couldn't find any. I didn't expect there would be such books here. It's simply unimaginable!"
Joan exclaimed.
Only then did Shen Yuyao truly understand how important her egg had been!
The two separated at the door of their home.
After Shen Yuyao returned home, she first wiped the books she bought today one by one, and then sorted them out.
Afterwards, she kept the books she had chosen for herself and sent all the technical books back to her father.
Shen Yuyao did not read those books, so she didn't know how much of the content in them was useful.
But she knew that her father would be very happy if she sent these books back, and he would find a way to make the best use of them!
She felt that was enough.
After sending the books back, Shen Yuyao began to organize her own books.
Most of these books are not in good condition, after all, they were previously placed in the library for people to borrow.
Shen Yuyao used a clean cotton cloth dipped in clean water to wipe off the dust on the surface of the books bit by bit, then she took out the kraft paper envelopes stored at home, opened them, and rewrapped them with book covers.
Not only that, she also took out the only small bottle of alcohol in the family's medicine bag, dipped a cotton cloth in it and wiped the inner pages of the books.
Only then did I feel completely relieved.
After finishing the sorting work, Shen Yuyao picked up the book "Gulliver's Travels" and started reading.
Her favorite things to read at home were travelogues and anecdotes.
Through those books, Shen Yuyao felt that she had gained a lot of knowledge.
But she has not read travel notes written by foreigners.
She was very curious about how the world outside was different from here.
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