Ruan Jiayu had just put a handful of rice into the iron pot on the stove, intending to cook a pot of rice porridge, when she heard a hurried knock on the door.

Ruan Jiayu's heart tightened. After hesitating for a moment, she tiptoed to the door and asked, "...Who? ...Who is it?"

The peephole on the door had been frozen and cracked, so she couldn't see who was knocking on the door. Ruan Jiayu was the only one at home, so she didn't dare to open the door rashly.

Fortunately, a voice soon came from outside the door: "Sister-in-law, it's me!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Ruan Jiayu quickly opened the door and looked at Sun Yuegui and Xia Shige standing at the door. She asked in surprise, "It's sister-in-law and Shige. The weather is so cold, why are you here?... Come on, come in quickly!"

Sun Yuegui and Xia Shige came in carrying a basket of coal. The elevator was out of service now, so they carried the basket of coal all the way from the 16th floor through the fire escape to the 11th floor, which took quite a lot of effort.

After putting the coal in the living room, Sun Yuegui looked at Ruan Jiayu and replied with a smile: "It was mom who asked us to bring some charcoal over. She knew the heating was turned off and she was thinking about you!"

Ruan Jiayu was somewhat flattered when she heard this. You know, ever since Xia Guozhang started gambling and incurred huge debts several times, the Xia family claimed to have severed ties with their family and would no longer care about them.

Now hearing Sun Yuegui say that the old lady was still concerned about their family, Ruan Jiayu just thought that the old lady had come to terms with it and accepted them again.

Nowadays, life is always better with the care and help of the in-laws.

Thinking of this, Ruan Jiayu smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern! Everything is fine here, and we have no shortage of charcoal. Sister-in-law, go back and tell mom not to worry."

Hearing Ruan Jiayu say this, Xia Shige initially thought she was just being polite, but when they walked into the bedroom, Xia Shige discovered that Ruan Jiayu was really not being polite to them -

It seems that there is no shortage of supplies here at 1101!

Xia Shige stood at the door of the bedroom and looked around. She remembered that there was no furniture in Room 1101. The only furniture were the two folding beds they had moved in before.

But now, there is a fabric sofa next to the two folding beds, and in front of the fabric sofa there is a small wooden dining table with some bowls and chopsticks on it.

There were two large boxes of coal placed against the wall of the room, and a large number of sand rattan cakes and a bag of rice were piled next to them.

Looking at these things, Xia Shige was a little surprised——

This amount of coal is actually more than the last time they delivered!

Even if the central heating system was in use during this period, and my uncle's family didn't consume any coal, how did they get the extra coal?! Where did it come from?

You know, coal is a life-saving thing now, and it is a scarce resource. No one will sell it!

Just when Xia Shige was puzzled, Sun Yuegui beside him suddenly asked, "Huh? Is this quilt you bought new?"

When Xia Guozhang and his family of three moved to Xindu Community, they only brought some clothes with them. Sun Yuegui had packed all the sheets and quilts for them before they moved in. Now seeing a strange quilt on the bed, Sun Yuegui was a little puzzled and thought she had remembered it wrong.

Ruan Jiayu smiled and replied, "I made it myself. Ziyan is afraid of the cold and can't sleep well at night, so I took apart a few down jackets and used the quilt cover to make another quilt!"

Sun Yuegui was even more confused when she heard her say this: "You took apart the down jackets to make quilts?... How come you have so many down jackets?"

To make a quilt, you need at least several down jackets. When Xia Guozhang and his family moved to Xindu Community, they only brought two or three pieces of luggage. Where did they get so many down jackets to unpack?

Ruan Jiayu replied: "They were all brought back by Guozhang and Ziqi!"