With the arrival of winter break, Bonnie felt more relaxed.

Several children are responsible for household chores, while Bonnie is only responsible for purchasing supplies.

We've already used up a lot of the pork, chicken, duck, and goose meat we bought last time. Our whole family, except for the big eaters and the growing children, can all eat a lot.

After breakfast and packing their things, the children were ready to go out.

"Second Aunt, I'm taking them to practice ice skating. We won't be back for lunch."

Gu Xuanyu, Han Bei, Zheng Tao, and the others made a promise. It was rare for them to have no special training this year and they got a vacation on time.

"Go ahead, but be careful when you practice. The ice skates are very sharp, so don't hurt others or yourselves."

Bonnie can't ice skate; I've heard you mention similar cases before.

"I understand, I'll be careful."

Gu Xuanyu left with his younger siblings. He had to repay them properly. Ever since Sanqi confronted him, Milan had never come looking for him again.

"Sanqi, Liujiu, what would you like to eat for lunch? It's on me."

"Brother, why didn't you ask me?"

Seeing the obvious difference in treatment his brother was giving him, Gu Xuanyi deliberately protested.

“Brother Xuanyi, it seems you didn’t contribute when we helped Big Brother get rid of the peach blossoms last time.”

Sanqi said very seriously, "They eat and drink for free, and still have so many demands. How can they be so shameless?"

“Exactly, besides saying you'd write a letter to Mom, you haven't helped at all,” Gu Xuanyu added.

"I know my own limitations, don't I? My words aren't as eloquent as Sanqi's."

Gu Xuanyi quickly surrendered. He was no match for Liu Jiu in martial arts, no match for San Qi in eloquence, and no older than his elder brother. He was just a superfluous person.

Gu Xuanyi even wanted to sing "Little cabbage, yellow in the field..."

I only thought about it in my heart, and dared not sing it out loud, otherwise I would be punished.

At the entrance of the compound, the four siblings met up with Han Bei and his group.

"Hey Zheng Jun, you still have time to go out and have fun? Don't you need to study?"

Liu Jiu was a little surprised to see Zheng Jun. He was already a high school student. Didn't he study?

"I worked so hard to get this day out for fresh air, and I have to go back to serving my sentence tomorrow."

Zheng Jun sounded pitiful, and his older brother slapped him after hearing that.

"You don't know your grades? You're not planning to go to university, are you?"

Zheng Jun dared not speak out against his anger, because his brother had been admitted to a military academy while his grades were not ideal.

"Alright, he finally got a day off, don't criticize him."

Gu Xuanyu looked at Zheng Jun, who dared not speak out against his anger. It wasn't his fault that he wasn't doing well in his studies.

Sanqi looked at Zheng Jun and felt sorry for him. Although her sister also liked to fight, she was intelligent and had good grades.

Zheng Jun has always wanted to beat his sister, but he has failed repeatedly. His academic performance is also not good. I really feel sorry for him.

Liu Jiu looked at her family member Sanqi looking at Zheng Jun and kept shaking her head. Really, she was so young, but she thought a lot. Wasn't she afraid of not growing tall?

A group of people, carrying their ice skates, headed towards the skating rink, laughing and joking.

The house is much quieter now that the child is gone.

Bonnie checked the supplies at home and found that there were still quite a few left, enough to last for a while. She would then go to the courtyard house to get some more.

And the other day, Xu Meifeng helped me make sticky rice cakes. They were authentic Northeastern sticky rice cakes, and they tasted amazing when dipped in sugar.

Xu Meifeng's family tailor shop has been open for a while, but there isn't much work, mainly because they make fewer winter clothes.

Bonnie assigned her the task of knitting a sweater, agreeing that it would cost two yuan per sweater, which was the going rate.

Xu Meifeng initially refused to pay, but Bao Ni disagreed and insisted on finding someone else to do the job, so Xu Meifeng started charging her.

Each person gets a set of sweaters and long trousers, to wear next spring, no rush.

While no one was home, Bonnie took out her novel manuscript, which she had outlined and then refined, and prepared to start writing.

Bonnie's story is about herself, her grandmother and mother from her past life, and many other military wives. She had been conceiving this idea for a long time.

After so much preparation, writing went very smoothly, thanks to the books I read in my spare time over the past few years, as well as some online novels I read in my past life.

After writing three or four thousand words, Bonnie got up to stretch her body; sitting for so long had been tiring.

"Ringling..."

The phone rang, and Bonnie quickly answered it.

"Baoni, this is Han Ye. I have a nice house. Liu Zi is asking if you want to go take a look?"

When Bonnie heard from Han Ye that he had a house, she was quite excited. Over the past few months, she had looked at quite a few, but none of them were suitable.

"Brother Han, I want to go see where it is. Shall we go now?"

"Okay, go and meet up with Liu Zi. He's waiting for you there."

Han Ye gave an address, and Bonnie actually knew it; there were many universities nearby, so it was a good location.

Bonnie thanked Han Ye, tidied up, took the keys, and left.

It's much easier since the kids don't come home for lunch.

More than an hour later, Bonnie got off the bus, looked around, and saw Liu Zi.

Liu Zi is Han Ye's friend. He works at the housing management office. I don't remember his real name, but everyone calls him Liu Zi.

"Sister-in-law, you're pretty fast."

"Liu Zi, thank you for your trouble."

Bonnie felt quite embarrassed, as she was always troubling others.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Brother Han has taken good care of me in many ways, and I've smoked quite a few of your Brother Gu Ye's cigarettes."

Liu Zi was also a member of the compound, but after his father passed away, and with no one to lead him, he gradually became marginalized.

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony with you."

Bonnie knew that in friendships, giving and receiving would make the relationship better and better.

"Sister-in-law, let me tell you, the house is a courtyard house with six main rooms and three rooms each in the east and west wings."

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