Became a poor little boy abandoned by his educated youth mother?

We are all grown boys, so why wouldn’t we want to go to the county town?

"Sister Yan, I have saved 5 cents of pocket money. I will pay for the bus fare myself. I want to go." Wangzai directly exposed all his savings.

Ermao said, "I'll go too."

After hesitating for a moment, An Xiaohu said, "I'll go too."

The few people following An Xueyan were not in a hurry to go back home, so they went straight to the An family and asked about the situation in Beijing.

An Xueyan also explained it to them carefully, and when she returned to the old house, she took out the photos that her grandmother had kept and showed them to them.

There were also candies bought from Beijing City, and one commemorative medal of the Chairman for each of them. I originally bought these as gifts for them, but I never had the chance to give them to them.

After giving it to them, he said, "I bought one for each of them. Wangzai, just tell them to come to me and get it."

The three of them put the commemorative medals on their chests, proudly puffed out their chests and raised their heads. Zhou Wangjia said with emotion: "Thank you Sister Yan for remembering us out there. I feel like a little hero after wearing this commemorative medal."

Ermao and An Xiaohu also thanked her, but knowing that she wanted to cook, they didn't let her do it.

Although the three of them were boys, they were no strangers to kitchen work. They divided the work and worked together to quickly prepare lunch, without her having to do anything at all during the whole process.

After cooking, he didn't stay long and just carried their firewood back home.

Smelling the delicious food, An Xueyan sighed, "It would be great if they didn't have to go to school. They would have free cooking labor every day."

After finishing her meal, she said goodbye to her grandparents, and asked Xiaoer and Xiaosan to look after the house, then she took her things and set off. An Xueyan thought that she couldn't just send the medicine, so she packed some of the dry goods that her family had picked up in the mountains last year and sent them together. After sending it to He Dongfang, she also sent some to Hu Shengli.

So it looked like she was carrying a big bag of things and went to her second uncle's house first.

At the door, she started yoking: "Sister Qiuxiang, do you want to go to the county town?"

Second Auntie flatly refused, "If she doesn't go, she'll go to the county town and spend money recklessly."

Then An Qiuxiang's voice came: "I'll go, I'll go."

"Yan Yan, I'll be right out, wait for me."

An Xueyan knew this would be the result, and shouted, "I'll be waiting for you outside, hurry up."

The second aunt's opinion was simply ignored by the two of them.

Another unhappy roar came from inside: "Why are you going? Come with me to the fields this afternoon to earn work points."

An Qiuxiang had fought with her mother countless times over the years and was no longer afraid. "Our family has enough work points to eat, so we don't need to earn so much. If you want work points, why don't you just slack off at work?"

"You unfilial thing, you actually want to order your mother to work. I'll beat you today. You don't even know how many eyes the Horse King has." Then I saw the second aunt-in-law go to get the broom under the eaves.

"Second Aunt, please don't be angry. I want to take Sister Qiuxiang to the city to see if there are any ways to make money. Then I can let her earn a little more money every month. This is definitely more cost-effective than earning work points, don't you think?"

Wang Laidi paused holding the broom, half believing it, and asked doubtfully, "What can you do to make money in the city now? How come I've never heard of it?"

"I heard you can pick up scrap metal and toothpaste tubes and sell them, so I decided to go check it out this time."

An Xueyan's words were not a lie. There were indeed people in the city who picked up those things and sold them. A diligent child could make a few dollars a month. However, for people like them from the countryside, it would be difficult to pick up anything.

At this time, An Qingshun also spoke up, "I think I've heard someone say this before, it should be true."

His words made Wang Lai put aside his doubts, and he said positively, "Then when you get to the city, ask around. Ask your fifth uncle and eldest aunt."

"Don't worry, Mom, I will definitely find out carefully." An Qiuxiang, who had already changed her clothes, promised.

But she didn't believe it at all. She thought Yanyan must be fooling her mother.

The two of them went hand in hand to find the old man driving the cart. The ox cart would not go to the county town in the afternoon. If anyone wanted to go, they had to pay one dollar to rent the cart.

If you take the bus at a fixed time, it would only cost 2 cents per person for a round trip. An Xueyan is not short of money, so she just paid one dollar to buy the bus.

Ask the driver to park the car at the usual place and wait for the kids.

Soon, seven or eight boys in their teens came over. An Xueyan distributed the commemorative medals and candies she had prepared to them. Except for the three people who had confirmed that they would go in the morning, only Li Hongbin was going. The others had to help with housework and could not go.

An Xueyan was powerless to do anything about it. This was the way it was in the countryside. Boys of their age would earn some work points as long as their parents didn't spoil them too much.

The six of them chatted non-stop along the way. Most of the time, An Xueyan explained to them what the outside world was like. The half-grown children listened with longing, and even the old man driving the cart pricked up his ears to listen.

Time seemed to pass very quickly when I was talking to someone, and soon we arrived in the city. After getting off the bus, I went to the post office to send my things.

Among the people who came with her, An Qiuxiang came to the city more often, while the others came less than once a year.

So their first stop was the department store, so they could go and see the place even if they didn't have to buy anything.

However, they still spent the pocket money they brought. Those who did not have tickets bought pencils, some bought fruit candies, An Qiuxiang bought a red hairband, and An Xueyan bought two pounds of egg cakes. They gave each person a small piece and took the rest back for their grandparents to eat.

My aunt has gone to school and no one makes cakes at home. If I want to eat some, I can only buy this kind of egg cake which tastes a little worse to satisfy my craving.

After the other kids finished eating, no one asked for more. They all knew their limits.

"Yan Yan, are we still going to look for our fifth uncle and aunt?" An Qiuxiang asked when she thought of her mother's words.

An Xueyan shook her head and said, "No, when you go back, just say there are too many kids picking up these things in the city, and those who are not familiar with the place won't be able to pick them up at all."

"Hehe, I knew you were trying to fool my mom. It's her money-loving personality that makes her fall for it every time."

Next, the few of them walked and looked along the way, strolling around every place in the county. Their county was not very big, and there were only a few iconic places, so it was no problem to finish the tour in 2 hours.

Finally, I went to the state-owned restaurant to pack up my food and waited for the food to be served.

Ermao sniffed hard and said intoxicatedly, "This smells really good. It's worthy of being a chef's dish. It's different from what we usually cook."

Zhou Wangjia laughed at him: "Ermao, if you've had enough of the smell, can you skip dinner?"

"No, I just want to eat two more bowls of rice at night just by smelling this aroma." Ermao said seriously.

An Xueyan covered her face and silently moved away from this guy. An Qiuxiang said, "The dishes my aunt makes taste similar to this."