In the morning, after An Xiaoyu finished washing, she walked out of the house and came to the small pond next to the tribe, as usual, she walked around the pond casually, looking at the fields inside the tribe, looking at the desert outside the oasis, and looking at the animals in the oasis.

I was a little tired from shopping, so I sat down on the old tree root next to me, looked up at the sky, and was a little distracted.

It didn't take long for a sound of footsteps to come, and An Youfu's figure appeared beside An Xiaoyu.

Don't look at Old Man An's aggressiveness yesterday, in fact, he is also emboldening himself, he is sixty years old, and he knows a little bit about the outside world, and this time he suddenly has to go out, so he naturally has no bottom in his heart. But he is the head of the family and can't show his cowardice, so he found this opportunity to find some comfort with An Xiaoyu.

An Xiaoyu was holding her snow-white short knife, sharpening a stalk, a sandy plant with a dry shell and spikes growing on the outside, but under the shell was a tender fibrous tissue that was used to store a lot of water and sugar, like sugar cane.

Cut the sharpened stalk into two sections, put one into his mouth, and handed the other one to An Youfu with a piece of shell. An Youfu took it with a smile and sat next to An Xiaoyu, and the two of them chewed the stalks of the stalks with "snorts", and the sweet taste filled the entire mouth.

An Xiaoyu hasn't eaten stalks for a long time, I remember the first time I ate it, it was my grandfather who took me out to play, at that time I had just learned to walk, and my grandfather had a knife in his hand, looking for these short stalks on the ground by the lake.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, An Xiaoyu still feels that the sweetness of the stalks is the sweet taste of the mouth in the world, and nothing can be compared, because this sweetness not only carries the satisfaction of taste, but also some happiness in it.

An Youfu chewed on the stalks, he was already very old, and his teeth were about to fall out, and only a few were still usable. Even if he was a fierce man back then, he still couldn't escape the fate of aging and the characteristics of the people of the Eastern Wilderness.

In this place, no matter how much you pay attention, there will be some fine grit mixed with food and water, and these silicon-based grit will not affect the taste at all, but over the years, the damage to the teeth and stomach will also accumulate.

A normal person in Donghuang, from the age of forty, will loosen and fall out of his teeth, and his stomach will begin to become easily painful.

An Youfu is still able to maintain such a healthy body, which should be due to his naturally strong body, as well as An Xiaoyu's mother's careful regulation of domestic water and meals after she got married, so that he still has a few teeth left to use.

"Child, are you not telling us anything?" An Youfu chewed vigorously on the sweet stalks of the stems, as if unintentionally.

An Xiaoyu turned her head and glanced at An Youfu, but she didn't expect that the first person in the family to notice her abnormality was actually her grandfather, who was worthy of being the patriarch for a lifetime. She didn't answer, she didn't speak, she just nodded, which made An Youfu even more sure of her thoughts.

"Actually, it's nothing, you've grown up, and your knowledge is wider than ours, you can make up your own mind about anything, and we don't need to worry, right?" An Youfu asked.

The knife in An Xiaoyu's hand paused, cut the second heel spine in his hand into two pieces and handed it over, An Youfu shook his head with a smile: "I can't chew, I can't chew!" Grandpa is old! ”

Stuffing the stalk into her mouth and chewing, An Xiaoyu seemed to be very obsessed with such a feeling, she looked at the back of An Youfu leaving, and suddenly laughed. I didn't feel that my grandfather was so cringe, and he didn't dare to speak.

She knew that An Youfu came over just to ask what kind of arrangement was made after arriving at the sea of nettles, for the unknown world, only a plan of action could comfort people, but when he came to An Xiaoyu's side, he just said a few such painless words.

An Xiaoyu spit out the residue of the thorns under the roots of the tree, stood up and continued to look for the stems that had grown from the thorns by the lake.

The growth cycle of this plant is very short, but the vines are not very long, and each stem grows out of the ground that can be used, about a short length of a palm, cut from the roots, and you can see the hard wooden structure formed by the underground part to firmly grasp the earth.

On top of these wooden structures are the soft fibers that store water and sugar.

An Xiaoyu watched while walking, and after a while, she slowly accumulated a handful of thorns in her hand, and the time was noon, and everyone in every family began to go home to eat.

Holding a handful of stalks, An Xiaoyu also joined the crowd of people going home, and the people he met on the road greeted An Xiaoyu happily, and An Xiaoyu also happily replied to them, just like before he left the Eastern Wilderness.

The food at home is still handled by her mother, although the taste is not as good as the cafeteria of the Three Thousand Academy and the restaurant outside, but this is the familiar taste of An Xiaoyu, although it is unpretentious, but it can bring her enough satisfaction.

An Xiao'an, this kid, ran out early in the morning, I don't know where he went, their high school was already on vacation, An Xiaoyu thought he was going out to play with his classmates, but when he came back at noon, he brought a body of oil.

Looking at the greasy underworld on his brother's hands and face, An Xiaoyu smiled and fed him water, asked him to wash well, and asked him where he went to play crazy.

"I'm not going to play, I'm going to learn!" An Xiaoan said proudly.

An Xiaoyu only then knew that his younger brother had begun to like machinery and equipment since he saw him being picked up by the train, not only was he particularly interested in physics and mathematics when he was in school, but he also didn't know when he became familiar with people from a small mine near the tribe, and often went to hang out with other people's repair masters and engineers.

These engineers from the imperial capital, in fact, like the people of the Eastern Wilderness, innocent, simple, down-to-earth, hard-working, tenacious, for these lively and energetic young people are even more like, after all, they are also people with children, but they can't go home to meet because of work.

So An Xiaoan began to get acquainted with these people, learned a lot of things that he couldn't learn in school, and because of his teaching, homework in school became easy.

"I will definitely be admitted to the Three Thousand Academy!" This is what An Xiaoan has said the most in the past six months.

Listening to her mother tell her about her younger brother, An Xiaoyu's heart was also very happy, she told An Xiao'an that the most powerful electronic machinery manufacturer in the entire empire is the Jiudaoguan Company in the imperial capital, and the most cutting-edge machinery industry in the entire empire is mecha.

If An Xiaoan can get one of the best results in the entire Eastern Wilderness, he can sign up for the mecha department of the Three Thousand Academy, study the same major as himself, and then become a mecha refurbber after graduation, and then prepare the mecha for An Xiaoyu at that time.

After listening to An Xiaoyu's words, An Xiaoan almost couldn't even eat, and happily told An Xiaoyu that he would definitely work hard.

In An Xiaoyu's opinion, his younger brother An Xiao'an's intelligence is indeed much higher than his own, he is the kind of person who can be admitted to the Three Thousand Academy by relying on real talent, and it is a pity that he entered the Three Thousand Academy by cheating, I hope An Xiaoan can make up for it, which can be regarded as reassuring her.

As for the mecha department, it's just an expectation of An Xiaoyu, An Xiaoyu doesn't know if there is anyone in the entire Donghuang who wants to apply for the mecha department, but only his own grades can get on, and this is still after the administrator has changed.

If An Xiaoan can get the score line of the mecha department, it is naturally the best, if not, it is also regarded as setting a relatively high goal, and under the encouragement of such a goal, An Xiaoan's results will be improved again.

After lunch, An Xiao'an couldn't wait to go back to the repair room of the mine, An Xiaoyu sent him to the door, and heard An Xiao'an greet the tribesmen from a distance, and then happily told them: "I want to take the mecha department of the Three Thousand Academy!" ”

An Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing.

However, the mother was a little worried: "This child knows how to study all day long, and I heard their teacher say that he didn't say a few words to his classmates at school, and the teacher thought it was autism." ”

"Mom, don't worry about it, he looks like autism? It's clearly ADHD! Ann whispered.

Her mother was also amused by her.

The mother and daughter began to return to the house, preparing to go to the sea to bring the things, with An Xiaoyu's guidance, this time she will not be as overwhelmed as when she sent An Xiaoyu to school.

But the lack of things still makes her a little worried, you don't have to bring too many clothes, you don't need to bring towels and bedding, you don't need water cups and toothbrushes, there is really everything in the big city?

"That's going to cost a lot of money, isn't it?" Mother felt that the world was not real.

"Mom! When you go out, the food, accommodation, and bus fares are all spent by the school, and I will buy you two clothes. An Xiaoyu pressed her nervous mother on the bed and sat down to calm down.

Mother raised her head: "Clothes are also very expensive, I heard that clothes are very expensive in big cities." ”

An Xiaoyu complained: "It's not that I don't have no money. ”

"Your money is for the dowry!" Mother emphasized.

An Xiaoyu suddenly laughed: "If my money is used as a dowry, the young men in the entire Eastern Wilderness will not be enough for me to marry!" ”

"Pure nonsense!" Mother couldn't help but laugh too.

So, time was fleeting in the stalks and thorns that were cut off in An Xiaoyu's hands, and the week was about to pass, just when all the families of the Jiuxi tribe began to prepare for the New Year, the news that An Youfu and his family were going to travel to the big city spread.

This news can be said to have completely shaken the people of the Jiuxi tribe, they just started because An Xiaoyu was very promising, went to school in the imperial capital, made some money, and brought them gifts, and was thinking about what to use in return, when suddenly she was going to leave the Eastern Wilderness with her whole family?

Leave the East Wilderness!

This is a topic that has made all the people of the Eastern Wilderness feel sacred for thousands of years, since the imperial railway was built to the Eastern Wilderness, every person in the Eastern Wilderness has the ideal of going to the Central Plains in their hearts. But this ideal is so difficult to achieve that they can't even afford a ticket.

There was a time when the people of the Eastern Wilderness had unrealistic dreams, hoping to walk along the railway, from the edge of the railway, relying on their rich desert survival experience and perseverance, to be able to use their legs instead of the speeding train to go to the country of their dreams.

However, the truth is always cruel.

Just like when An Xiaoyu left, the train would encounter a sand sea centipede, and even the train didn't dare to blatantly appear in the large desert of the Eastern Wilderness at night, let alone a living person.

These people who left with their dreams, no matter how many people they had, never returned.

Now, the people of the Eastern Wilderness have gradually accepted their fate, and the empire has also provided them with a feasible plan - the national test.

As long as they pass the assessment of the big exam, they can let their children have the opportunity to go to the Central Plains of the empire to study, such a simple and practical plan makes them give up all means and completely treat the national big exam as the most sacred thing in this Eastern Wilderness.

Just because of their ultimate dream.

Leave the East Wilderness!

How many people in the Eastern Wilderness went to the Central Plains, those who were already familiar with the sowing and harvesting, could only get an approximate number from the news reports on the TV, but when the dream of leaving the Eastern Wilderness was realized in the people around them, such an impact made them unable to accept it for a while.

So in less than half a day, this news swept through the entire Jiuxi tribe, and envious eyes were cast from the doors of each family to An Xiaoyu's house. And just when they were envious, the day of An Xiaoyu's departure also came.

According to the plan, An Xiaoyu will set off five days earlier than her family to accompany Xu Huixin to deal with the affairs over there, and then An Youfu and they will go to the Sea under the leadership of the commissioner of the Three Thousand Academy, and when they come back, there is just one week left before the New Year.

Ni Yu told her that after the commissioner of the Three Thousand Academy heard the news, he also came here some time in advance, preparing to meet An Xiaoyu when she left, and then contact her at any time to determine the schedule.

Listening to Ni Yu's tone, this commissioner seemed to be someone she knew, but she never expected that the person who got off the train was actually Wei Qingxuan.

Wei Qingxuan got out of the car, he was actually wearing a military uniform, and he also wore epaulettes, looked around, and saw An Xiaoyu standing at the temporary station like Cinderella in old clothes, and greeted with a smile: "Come and see where such a demon as you was raised." ”

The temporary parking station is no longer a temporary station at this time, because of An Xiaoyu's reasons, the Three Thousand Academy even approved with the Imperial Ministry of Railways to convert the temporary parking station into a fixed parking station here, and the engineering team began to work with the arrival of Wei Qingxuan.

An Xiaoyu rolled her eyes: "I can tell you, my family doesn't know about those evil things, don't tell me about bald lips." ”

"Understood, understood!" Wei Qingxuan had an expression on his face, you have to believe me.

An Xiaoyu took him to the side and walked home, ignoring the gossip of neighbors and friends, and asked, "What's the matter with you?" Why are you still hooked? ”

"The bitter daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law, and was finally promoted from a first-class private to a corporal, and got a third-class merit, and the last time I almost died, you know." Wei Qingxuan said.

"It's true that you almost died, and your little merit can be regarded as a third-class merit?" An Xiaoyu was a little surprised, Wei Qingxuan almost died last time, he didn't see the prisoner or get a clue, and he would get a third-class merit when he saw a ghost: "Go through the back door, right?" ”

Wei Qingxuan choked on saliva: "Yes, it's not the back door of your Second Lieutenant An?" ”

"Oh." An Xiaoyu understood this time, Wei Qingxuan used his body as bait because he didn't make a move, and the Military Commission gave Wei Qingxuan credit in order to give himself a hint, which was Wei Qingxuan's unexpected joy.

However, according to the urine nature of his family, the corporal is just a starting point, and it makes no difference whether it is morning or night, and the head of the Wei family is all a major general under the age of forty, and Wei Qingxuan is not in his eyes for this credit, but since it is an information exchange between the Military Commission and An Xiaoyu, he also accepted it.

"So, I'm not going to serve you in a? This time, the commissioner is me, don't worry? Wei Qingxuan asked.

"To be honest, I was really worried about it, I didn't know who they were going to send. Now that I know it's you......"

"Huh?"

"It's even more uneasy."

"You're not interesting enough!" Wei Qingxuan pursed his lips, and then saw An Xiayu take out a small wooden stick with thorns from the pocket on his stomach, and pulled out the knife and cut off the shell on it in three strokes, leaving only a white and shiny stick.

An Xiaoyu handed the stalk to Wei Qingxuan's hand: "Give you the wind and dust, an absolute local specialty." ”

Wei Qingxuan glanced at it and stuffed the stem into his mouth, and in an instant, a greasy sweet taste spread in his mouth, making a smile appear on his face.

"Anything else?" Wei Qingxuan asked with a shy face.

"When the time comes, let my brother take you to find it, the lake is full of land."

"That's a good feeling!"

Wei Qingxuan was taken by An Xiaoyu and came to the door of the house, An Xiaoyu introduced Wei Qingxuan to the family, telling them that he would leave first this time, and Wei Qingxuan would take them to the Sea of Tints in a few days.

Seeing Wei Qingxuan wearing a military uniform, her mother almost thought that she was a great person, but after hearing that it was An Xiaoyu's classmate, she immediately smiled happily, and dragged Wei Qingxuan to ask this and that like an inquiry.

Wei Qingxuan, an old fritter, was not only not embarrassed and cramped, but was very familiar with this kind of scene of picking a son-in-law, and secretly gave An Xiaoyu a look, and An Xiaoyu laughed angrily at him.

Ignoring Wei Qingxuan's living treasure, An Xiaoyu said hello to her family and left the house, walking towards the train that stopped over there.

The train has been divided into two sections, one section will take An Xiaoyu first, and the other will be ready to send An Xiaoyu's family in a few days.

Ni Yu didn't take the time to pick up An Xiaoyu this time, so she sat alone by the car window and left the Jiuxi tribe again.

After less than a day, we arrived in Shinonome.