Tian Sisi has been maintaining correspondence with her new best friend, Liu Qiqi. The two little girls got along swimmingly, especially since they shared a common hobby—collecting dolls.
Qiqi had always wanted to visit Yuequan Village, but last time when Tian Sisi came back for summer vacation, she had already started school. And with school resuming, she hadn't found time to visit; so, in their letters, they made a pact to come play once winter vacation started, and called on Hu Weichao, Hu Weixin, and others to join them in catching wild rabbits and pheasants on the mountain.
In early November, Hu Weiwen went to Inner Mongolia to assist in the border construction efforts. According to Qiqi, on the day Weiwen left, his young aunt and young mother-in-law were in floods of tears at the station. The other people there were crying too; the whole station was in tears, which made her eyes swell from crying as well.
