After the New Year, the day for An Moxue to leave was approaching. She had been packing her things these days.

I went to the county and town to go through the secondment procedures, and the pension payment was also transferred.

I wrote a letter to each of my friends, and bought a stack of letter paper, envelopes and stamps.

Some of the coarse grains distributed years ago were distributed again to several lonely elderly people in the village.

The night before leaving, An Moxue invited Village Chief Guo, Aunt Guo, Lao Ma Tou and Aunt Ma to have dinner at home.

At the dinner table, An Moxue said: "Thank you Uncle Ma, Aunt Ma, Uncle Guo, and Aunt Guo for taking care of me all the time. I am only leaving temporarily. I will come back to see you in my spare time. Those who participate in collective labor, I am not here." I have to ask a few people to look after the house for me every day.”

Aunt Guo said: "Girl Mo Xue, be careful when you go out alone. Don't be too generous. You may easily be taken advantage of."

Village Chief Guo didn't like hearing it anymore and said to An Moxue: "What does it mean to be taken advantage of? That is generosity. Don't listen to your aunt and teach everyone to be stingy."

He turned to Aunt Guo and said, "Look at the delicious food on this table. Do you think she is generous or she is taken advantage of?"

An Moxue felt warm in her heart when she saw such lively Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo, with a smile from the heart on her face, and said, "Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo, I know you are all doing this for my own good, and I will remember it." As you said, you won’t let yourself suffer. Eat your food quickly.”

As he said this, he gave several people a chopstick of food and put it into their bowls.

Lao Ma Tou said: "Take care of yourself and try to come back to celebrate the New Year this year. There is no place as comfortable as home."

An Moxue understood the meaning of his words and lived well, "Uncle Ma, I can do it."

"Moxue, when you come back, Auntie will cook a table of delicious dishes for you." Auntie Ma said expectantly.

"Okay, I'm just waiting to come back and eat Auntie's good food. Come, eat food, eat food. After eating, let's talk slowly." An Moxue waved her chopsticks again and picked up food for several people.

"Girl Mo Xue, how did you make this wine and why does it taste so good?" Aunt Guo asked curiously.

Can An Moxue use space well water?

No!

I can only talk nonsense: "Auntie, I don't know either! Aunt Meihua told me how to make wine! Maybe it's the grapes from our mountains! I'm leaving now, and Aunt Meihua doesn't know if it will happen." miss me?"

"Your Aunt Meihua cares about you so much. She will definitely miss you when you leave." Aunt Guo said with a smile.

"It's okay. If she wants to miss me, just tell her to bring her delicious food when I come back." An Moxue made a wish.

"Ouch! Doesn't this cost money again? Just be willing to do it, but don't buy blindly." Guo Zi preached.

"Yes, don't spend money randomly. We don't need it." Aunt Ma also agreed.

Lao Ma Tou and Village Chief Guo were on the side, eating vegetables, drinking wine, listening to the three of them chatting, but not participating in the conversation.

The two people were talking about other things——

"Then you drive to the county tomorrow and I'll go to the town." Old Ma Tou said.

"I asked Accountant Chen to go with you. We will have another meeting when we come back and have a good talk with the villagers. I thought I would arrive before the meeting, but I didn't expect it to be delayed until now. There is really nothing we can do this year. Who made us be rated as advanced? It’s a village, so we have to harvest it if we don’t want to.” Village Chief Guo’s words were full of helplessness.

"If you want to be more open-minded, we can do whatever our superiors ask us to do, but there is no need to embarrass others. Everything must be done according to the rules." Old Ma Tou, who was well-informed, explained to Village Chief Guo.

"Girl Mo Xue said the same thing, and I think that's the case too." Village Chief Guo still believed in An Mo Xue.

"What, Uncle Guo, are the people who will be sent to labor camps coming soon?" An Moxue asked curiously.

"Well, there are still a group of educated youths, all for tomorrow. I'm really worried about these educated youths. I hope some of them will be safe, but don't be thorny!" Village Chief Guo finished speaking and took a sip of wine.

"Uncle Guo, if you want to be more open-minded, I estimate that educated youths will continue to go to the countryside in the next few years and it will not stop. It is difficult to find jobs for these people in the city now. Going to the countryside is a general trend and there is nothing we can do about it. You If you have nothing to do, you can think about how to manage them better."

"How can we manage them? Most of these people are dissatisfied with the government's control and few are obedient." Village Chief Guo felt dizzy just thinking about it.

Old Ma Tou persuaded: "Okay, no matter how big the matter is, set a few rules and punish them if they break it. Make it simpler."

"Yes, this method works. You can discuss it with the village cadres. Rewards for good performance and punishment for bad performance. Rewards and punishments are clear, and they have nothing to say. Especially those who want to get married, they must obtain a marriage certificate."

"We are already married, what difference does it make if we get a certificate or not?" Aunt Guo still thinks that a wedding is a serious marriage.

"Auntie, don't you know this? When you go out, who knows that a man and a woman are husband and wife? As soon as the marriage certificate is issued, everyone will know."

"Then it's useless if you don't go out!" Aunt Guo still felt that it was of little use.

"Auntie, think about it, if an educated youth returns to the city and his wife goes to find him, if he doesn't admit it, who can prove that they are husband and wife? But if he gets the certificate, he won't be able to deny it as soon as he shows it. Do you still think this certificate is useless?"

An Moxue also hopes that the village chief will pay attention to it and wait until there are educated youths who return to the city in a few years, so that no tragedy occurs. It would be good to have one less case!

Village Chief Guo said: "What Mo Xue said makes sense. Take precautions before they happen. I have to discuss this with the village. If it doesn't work, you must get a certificate to get married. This is the national law. I will go to the town that day to find out. I can explain it when I come back." Let’s listen to the villagers.”

Old Ma Tou said: "That's good."

"Uncle Guo, if there are any letters from me, if I don't come back, just give them to Uncle Ma for safekeeping." An Moxue said to Village Chief Guo.

"Okay, remember." Village Chief Guo replied.

After the meal, she didn't eat much. From time to time, she poured some wine and ordered some dishes for a few people, and was very busy.

Several people finished the meal very late. Village Chief Guo and Aunt Guo left first, followed by Lao Ma Tou and Aunt Ma.

Lao Ma Tou said to An Moxue: "Be careful to keep your whereabouts secret. The fewer people know about it, the better. Safety first."

"Uncle Ma, don't worry! I will take care of myself. Here, here is the key to the house. There is still some food at home. Don't forget to take it all. I don't know when I will be back! I will share the whole grains. There are a few lonely old people in the village. Don’t stop taking the medicine for you and my aunt. If the medicine runs out and I haven’t come back, I will mail it back.” He handed the key in his hand to Lao Ma Tou.

Lao Ma Tou took the key and said, "Well, let's go. You should go back and have a rest early."

The next morning, at dawn, An Moxue carried her backpack, took a deep look at the home where she had lived for half a year, and strode out of Anle Village.

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