Meng Yan's Transformation

After many days of recuperation, Yunqing finally began to recover and her condition improved day by day, so she was anxious to take the children home.

The seventh child, Zhan Zijie, was adopted by the old breeder couple of the production team.

The old breeder couple had not had children for many years after marriage. They adopted a daughter, Chunhua. After being taken care of by them, Zhan Zijie recovered as before, with a rosy face and radiant appearance. He jumped and played with his sister Chunhua every day, and established a deep relationship with his sister Chunhua. Little Chunhua naturally did not want to leave her little brother Zhan Zijie and lose a good playmate. When she heard that Zhan Zijie was going to be taken home, Chunhua cried with red eyes and begged her parents to keep Zhan Zijie. The old breeder couple also liked Zhan Zijie very much. Since they adopted their daughter Chunhua, they hoped to adopt another boy, so that they would have both sons and daughters. They suffered from no opportunity and their long-cherished wish could not be realized. This time they finally had the opportunity. The old breeder couple discussed with Zhan Yu and Yunqing and begged several times to adopt Zhan Zijie, but they did not get their consent. The old breeder couple also found the production team leader and the elders in the village to mediate... After losing the eighth son Zhan Zikang, Zhan Yu and Yunqing always felt like a big stone was pressing on their hearts. After thinking it over, they felt that they had many children and were short of money, which made them feel exhausted and powerless. They could not give their children a happy life with food and clothing. The guilt in their hearts was like the cold light left by the bright moonlight, which penetrated into their hearts forever. The smartness flashed by their frowning eyebrows told them that they were so sorry...

It has been a difficult journey, life is so hard. What kind of end is worthy of all the hardships along the way?

Zhan Yu and Yun Qing finally compromised. In the end, it was agreed that Zhan Zijie could stay in either family, but his household registration would be registered in the old breeder's household register. All of Zhan Zijie's living expenses would be covered by the old breeder and his wife. Zhan Zijie would just have a loving father and mother, and a good playmate, Chunhua. This would not only alleviate the family difficulties brought about by the large number of children in Zhan Yu's family, but also fulfill the old breeder and his wife's long-cherished wish of having a son...

The cold wind is howling, thousands of miles of ice are frozen, thousands of miles of snow are drifting, the mountains are dancing like silver snakes, the plains are galloping like wax elephants, winter is coming to the Great Northern Wilderness...

One day, an unexpected guest came to Zhan Yu's house. The children called him Uncle Ye. He also brought his blond wife with him. He brought a lot of delicious food to the children. He was even more affectionate to Xiao Mengyan. He also gave her her favorite pencil case. It was made of iron sheet, with the words "Learn from Lei Feng, be a good student of Chairman Mao" written on it. There were also two children washing clothes and a few cute little ducks next to them. Xiao Mengyan couldn't put this pencil case down.......

Zhan Zifeng once made a wooden pencil case for Zhan Zian. Every time Xiao Mengyan watched Zian doing homework, she would stare at the pencil case with longing and envy: "Brother Zian, can you let me touch your pencil case?" Xiao Mengyan begged Zian many times. Zian never let Xiao Mengyan touch the pencil case. Zhan Zian was the only one in the class who had a pencil case. This was something Zhan Zian felt very proud of. Other students wrapped their pencils with cloth or paper for fear that the pencil lead would break. If it broke, the pencil lead had to be inserted into a small straw to make a simple pencil and then used. When a pencil was used to the end and could no longer be held by hand, the wood wrapped with the pencil lead was planed with a knife, and the pencil lead inside was taken out and inserted into the small straw to make a longer pencil that could be used again. Zhan Zian especially cherished his pencil case. His pencil case not only made him proud, but more importantly, the pencil was placed in the pencil case, which made his pencil lead rarely break. Making a simple pencil was not easy, and Zhan Zian felt very troublesome.

Uncle Ye and his wife stayed at Zhan Yu's house for a few days and got along well with the children. The children liked them very much. Before leaving, they took Xiao Mengyan with them, saying that they were going to take Xiao Mengyan to play and buy her new clothes and a lot of food and fun things. Xiao Mengyan happily left with Uncle Ye and his wife, making her brothers and sister Yingying very envious...

In the boundless snow, a small body trudged forward with difficulty... Frost flowers hung on her long eyelashes, her little face was frozen red and blue, her eyes were firm, her heart was like a rock... "I must go home, I must go home, go home to find my father, mother, brother, and sister, I don't want to be the daughter of Uncle Ye and Aunt Darlene, I don't want it! I don't want it..." Little Mengyan cried as she walked... I didn't know how long she had walked, she fell down and got up and walked again, she was very thirsty and ate some snow, ah! How sweet! It was just like the water that my father pumped from the wheel well in the village, and she was very hungry and dug some grass roots buried in the snow, sweet and fragrant, just like the corn cakes that my mother made with saccharin...

Xiao Mengyan seemed to see: Brother Zi'an handed her his beloved pencil case with a smile; Brother Zifeng handed her the steaming bean cake strips that had just been cooked; Brother Ziqiang took her to ride on the tallest sheep in the production team, and it was soft and comfortable to sit on it, like lying on a cloud; Brother Zixun handed her Sister Chunhua's most beautiful doll; Sister Yingying handed her the fragrant potatoes; Dad took her to the health center on a brand new bicycle and bought her a beautiful flower handkerchief; Mom stroked her head and braided her cute pigtails. Mom was so gentle, so loving, and so beautiful...