Qin Mi couldn't sleep, so he sat up and leaned against the wall to read. Wen Xi couldn't sleep either, so she leaned on his shoulder and read with him.

She had imagined herself and her husband sitting side by side on the bed, reading newspapers and books, after she got married. She never expected that something that didn't exist in real life would actually come true in this mission world.

She didn't know whether all of this in the mission world was real or just a dream.

The next morning, after getting up, Wen Xi rushed into the system kitchen to wash up. She was too lazy to go outside to wash up, as it was really too cold outside.

After tidying herself up, Wenxi brought out steaming hot dumplings with mushroom and pork filling, boiled eggs, and salted duck eggs. The salted duck eggs were already cut up, so you could just pick them up and eat them.

When Qin Mi returned from getting breakfast at the cafeteria, she saw the breakfast on the table. It was worlds apart from the cafeteria's breakfast. However, even this ordinary breakfast at the cafeteria wasn't something everyone could afford. Their unit was able to eat it because of Wen Xi's donation.

Wenxi put the breakfast that Qin Mi brought back into the warehouse, then picked up a piece of salted duck egg, used chopsticks to scoop it out and put it on top of the dumplings, and then started eating the dumplings.

Although she often eats mushroom and pork dumplings, she loves the taste of mushrooms, so she never gets tired of these dumplings.

After finishing their hot breakfast, the two tidied up and went out. Before leaving, Qin Mi checked whether Wen Xi's measures to keep warm were adequate.

Although it's quite cold outside, staying indoors 24 hours a day is very boring, so we still need to take Wenxi out for a walk to relax.

Qin Mi pushed aside the bicycle, helped Wen Xi onto it, and then drove away with her. There were many things to do at the end of the year, and everyone was using their own bicycles, so he had to borrow one.

Wen Xi wrapped herself up tightly and pressed her face against Qin Mi's back, so she wasn't exposed to any wind and didn't feel so cold.

After riding for a while, Qin Mi also began to feel hot all over.

After riding for a long time, they finally arrived at the village they had first helped. Qin Mi didn't bother the village chief, but instead took Wen Xi to wander around and visit the village.

Although the village is still the same village, it is completely different from the lifeless and gloomy place I saw last time. Even though it is winter now, it is full of vitality.

Because the villagers looked so energetic, and their courtyards were filled with the sounds of chickens crowing and ducks quacking, they knew that life would definitely get better from now on.

Moreover, Wenxi provided several kinds of fruit trees to each village. After a few years, when the nuts and fruits are plentiful, everyone's living standards will be able to improve.

Then we came to the pond and saw that the water had frozen into a thick layer of ice, and some of the village's teenagers were skating on it. As long as they don't plant crops that require a lot of water, the pond should have enough water for everyone to grow some crops that can fill their stomachs in the first half of next year, such as sweet potatoes and pumpkins...

If everyone insists on planting crops that require a lot of water, and there's no water next year, it won't matter to her, because she'll probably have already returned to her own world.

Seeing the children having fun on the ice, Wenxi also went down and walked onto the ice, gliding around. She was wearing many clothes, so if she fell, it probably wouldn't hurt much.

Qin Mi wasn't particularly interested in these activities, and since winters weren't this cold where he lived, there wasn't such thick ice. However, for Wenxi's safety, he went down anyway and stayed by her side.

Wenxi played for a while, then stopped and walked to the side hand in hand with Qin Mi. "Qin Mi, when I came last time, didn't we each have two buckets of spring water? If we used them sparingly, they should last for a few months. Now everyone probably doesn't have much drinkable water left. Do you think I should bring out some more spring water?"

"Liangliang, do you still have spring water there?" Qin Mi asked.

“There are still some.” Wen Xi nodded.

"Liangliang, you can decide for yourself. I won't ask you to do these things, because you've already done enough," Qin Mi said.

If Wenxi hadn't descended from the sky and saved everyone, countless people would have lost their lives due to lack of water and food.

"These are all things you traded for; they have nothing to do with me," Wen Xi said with a smile.

She did a lot, but she also gained a lot. She had the energy to support the system kitchen, and Qin Mi also gave her a bunch of treasures, all of which were priceless.

Wen Xi's smile, bathed in the winter sunlight, completely stunned Qin Mi.

She seemed to be enveloped in a divine glow, and even the fine hairs on her face were clearly visible. Qin Mi once again felt grateful that she had met Wen Xi and had such a magical experience.

Afterwards, Wenxi went to the back of the village chief's house, waved his hand, and moved out a batch of spring water. There was also a piece of paper on it that read "Two buckets per person".

With the Lunar New Year approaching, Wenxi moved out more than 100 jin of processed bullfrog meat and asked the village chief to distribute two jin to each family. This meat was given to her by Lin Yiwan, and she herself didn't eat much of it, so she wanted to use it up.

Before leaving, they threw a stone at the village chief's courtyard wall so that the village chief would see it when he came out to check, and then he would know that the mountain god had appeared again.

Qin Mi had a whole day to spare, so the two of them didn't go back early. After leaving the village, they went to the riverbank they had met before.

In the past, Wenxi directly poured water from the system's fishponds into the river to help the people downstream, allowing the river water to flow downstream. But now that no one is pumping water upstream, the river has dried up again.

However, Wenxi is no longer pumping water into her ponds, as she only has two left, which are already being used for aquaculture.

The two found a cave upstream of the river, tidied it up a bit, and then Wenxi took out a small square table and hot pot ingredients. After that, she and Qin Mi cooked and ate hot pot together.

Beef rolls, lamb rolls, tripe, hot pot meatballs, potato slices, lotus root slices, wood ear mushrooms, kelp, cilantro...

Many of the hot pot ingredients were from the original contract, but she hadn't eaten them many times and still had quite a few left. After receiving the supplies from Lin Yiwan, she was able to make many of the hot pot ingredients herself.

Once the hot pot was boiling, Wenxi put all the beef rolls into the pot. The thin beef rolls were cooked in just a few seconds and were ready to eat. Dipping them in some sauce made them incredibly satisfying and delicious.

At that time, meat was scarce, and city dwellers probably only had a few ounces of meat a month. When there was no meat, even if you had meat coupons, you couldn't afford to eat meat. How could you eat meat as much as you can now?