Li Xuemei didn't need to ask, she just kept talking while crying and hiccupping.
Her natal family is in Da'an Village. Da'an Village is a big village and has connections with several surrounding villages. Ms. Cui is also a chatty person. She is popular both before and after she gets married. Moreover, Cui Langzhong is the only native doctor in Shiliba Village.
, often walking around the villages, she is the most well-informed.
From her mouth, Li Xuemei learned that they had all sent letters to their relatives before setting off, but no one dared to confirm whether they would listen or not. As Mrs. Cui said, she was the only one who was sure that her family would come to Guanzhou.
Everyone is not sure whether they went to the capital city of Qishan Prefecture, or went to a nearby place, or followed them to Guanzhou.
At that time, they were hesitant and didn't know what Guanzhou was like, so they just mentioned it briefly.
It seems that the daughters-in-law in the village have a lot of private exchanges. Mrs. Cui's place is simply a gathering place for news. Li Xuemei just listened to it, and even her relatives in the village heard everything...
After returning home, Li Xuemei climbed directly onto the kang, leaning sideways and rubbing her waist.
I was so absorbed in listening that I sat there for a long time without noticing.
Yan Yu ran in after her, took off her shoes and got on the kang, and gently rubbed her mother's back, waist and legs with her little hands.
She is very strong now and cannot exert force.
Just stroking back and forth like this made Li Xuemei feel very comfortable.
"Mom, what did you do at Cui's house?"
"Let's chat with your aunt. By the way, there is a basin in the kitchen. In it are the black stars picked by the big dog and the little dog. You will give some to your big brother and big sister later."
"Black Star!" Yan Yu's eyes lit up. She had eaten this before. When she was a child, she followed her father back to her hometown. Occasionally she could find a few on the roadside. Her father fed it to her. If she was not careful, it would be easy to get it on herself...
She didn't wait, ran out immediately, divided the washed black stars into three portions, took her own portion and ate while walking.
"I have to leave some for daddy." She ate a few and stopped moving. She put them aside, then climbed onto the kang and rubbed them for her mother.
Li Xuemei turned over and let the fire kang burn the other side of her body.
Give her daughter a relationship map in the village.
"...There are not many people at your aunt's side, there are still some distant relatives who don't move around all year round.
There is an uncle on my mother's side who remarried an aunt and brought a son and a daughter with him. The son changed his surname and married a wife and had children. I heard that the daughter married back to her natal family. I also have a
My dear sister, it was this sister who helped arrange the marriage between mother and your father. She said she was married to the town next door...
Your uncle was also thoughtful and sent letters to both families."
Yan Yu: "Since we have relatives, we still have to look for them. At least let them know that they are safe and know that we are all well and live in Guanzhou from now on."
Li Xuemei said: "Mom thinks so too. I won't say anything else when I see you in the future. This news must be passed on. Your father and your uncle must talk about it. When will Huju City send people to Guanzhou to help our family and the village?"
Everyone is looking for it.”
While the two women were talking, Yan Laoer came back.
The Yan family's yard had not yet installed a gate, so Sanbao drove the cart directly into the yard.
Yan Yu looked out and saw there was charcoal in his father's car, and knew where he was going.
Put on your shoes and run over.
"Dad, are you going to deliver charcoal?"
"Well, I figured the brick factory would be selling almost enough, so I made a trip and made a plan to pick up bricks tomorrow."
Yan Laoer handed her a small bag and asked her to take it and put it away.
Yan Yu:……
"Dad, why didn't you sell it again? The price you gave me wasn't good enough?"
"It's more than last time, but I think if we go to Linhai Mansion in the future, the price may be higher there."
Her father knew what Yan Yu was thinking even if he didn't tell her. Her mother had decided on the shipment volume of their fragrant rice noodles, so her father naturally started searching to see if he could sell more.
Knowing the reason, Yan Yu kept the ginseng obediently.
The two men made a tacit agreement not to mention letting Maomao look for ginseng again. They knew with their toes that the leaders of the family would not agree.
"I'll go to Huju City later, so don't follow me," Yan Laoer said.
Yan Yu pouted, "I'm not going, our boy scouts will go into the mountains later."
"When traveling in the mountains, you have to take good care of those children and don't let them run away into the mountains." Yan Laoer instructed.
"Don't you underestimate us? Our military orders are like mountains. If you don't go to the mountains, you won't go." Yan Yu shook his head with great style.
Yan Laoer laughed and said again: "Calculate the account of Xiangjizi and deliver it to the Qi family when I come back."
Yan Yu didn't say anything.
"Dad, our little sickle and little hoe."
"Don't worry, I remember everything." Yan Laoer said.
Only then was Yan Yu satisfied. She picked up her small backpack and jumped out of the door.
At the big rock, there are still a few boy scouts left, but quite a few children who applied to join yesterday came.
Yan Yu counted them and probably had an idea in his mind.
She first settled the money in the small backpack to the grandfathers in the village.
The old men refused to accept the coins at first, but then Village Chief Luo gave the final word for everyone to accept them, and they accepted the coins handed over by the children with smiles.
Not much, I gave three coins for each backpack.
There is some kind of family discount in it.
When everyone at Yan Yu's side gathered, a team was organized for the new children, and they were ready to go into the mountains.
Yan Laoer and Qi Si stacked bags of medicine high and tied them firmly before leaving the village.
Yan Yu watched the bullock cart leave and struck it with the long stick in his hand.
"Set off!"
…
Yan Huaiwen didn't expect that someone was looking for him yesterday, and he was looking for him again today!
As the yamen servant came out and saw the familiar figure, Yan Huaiwen couldn't hide his surprise.
"God bless!"
"Brother! I'm back!" The smile on Yan Laoer's face was brighter than the scorching sun in the sky.
"Look, a full car will last you a while."
Yan Huaiwen said warmly: "It must have been a hard journey."
"Haha, it's not bad! This time I went to Longxing, which is a bit far. I thought I would buy as much as I could and put a lot of money at home into it." Yan Laoer winked at his brother repeatedly.
Yan Huaiwen:......
He gave him a dose of reassurance: "Brother, I'm going to write it in the library now, and you wait for someone to come and test the medicine."
Yan Laoer nodded hurriedly, eagerly looking forward to it.
Soon, Dr. An, who had received the news, ran out and saw the stack of bags containing medicine, his eyes lit up.
Ignoring the person delivering the medicine, he ran directly towards the medicine bag.
Yan Laoer, who just raised his smile to say hello to Dr. An...
"Well, Doctor An, I have a baggage here. The shopkeeper of Huimin Hall asked me to bring it to you."
He placed the bundle across the fence.
Dr. An paused for a moment, then opened the medicine bag first, took out some medicine, looked at it and smelled it, and looked happy.
Then he opened a few more bags, then walked over with a smile and picked up the baggage on the ground.