May 25th, Friday, the weather is overcast.
The clouds in the sky gradually thinned. It had been raining for several days, and it looked like it was about to clear up. Ding Weihuo explained the situation to Ding Xiaoding, saying he wanted to go to the city for a few days to see where the children worked. Ding Xiaoding readily agreed, even suggesting that since the busy farming season was still some time away, they could stay for a few more days.
The Ding family, plus Xia Xingchen, a total of six people, carried large bags, and Ding Weihuo and Ding Anguo even brought some grain. They got on a tractor heading to the commune.
When they got on the bus, since everyone had a lot of luggage, people in those days were simple and unpretentious. No one said anything about the number of people in the Ding family group. When they got off the bus, Ding Ancheng was waiting at the Huaixi County station and had borrowed a bicycle from Wang Bingzhi to help carry the grain bags.
