Luo Jingyan actually has a cat, but it's definitely an ordinary cat, not comparable to the one in her space.

As the saying goes, it's not cold when it snows, but it's cold when the snow melts. The next day, the sun came out, but the weather was unusually cold. The school leaders were worried that the heavy snow would damage the buildings and injure the students, so they had notified the students not to come to school before the snow fell.

It was freezing cold outside, but Luo Jingyan's room was much warmer than the educated youth dormitory because of its small size and the heated kang (a traditional brick bed).

Luo Changtian took off his shoes and sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) to do his homework, covering his feet with the quilt. Luo Jingyan also sat in bed and continued knitting. Life was peaceful and comfortable.

The other educated youth also stayed huddled in their blankets, afraid to go out.

Zhuang Feifei was thinking about Lu Chengye, who was a future business tycoon, and she wanted to get on his good side as soon as possible.

However, there's no need to rush, because in the original story, Lu Chengye was still unmarried at thirty, which is quite early. She should wait until the weather gets warmer before going out to find him.

Because Luo's parents are coming soon, Luo Jingyan needs to hurry up and make a quilt for them.

She went into the space at night to work overtime, working for two hours every day, and finally finished a quilt before Luo's parents arrived.

The next day was the day that Mr. and Mrs. Luo were sent down here.

Luo Jingyan didn't tell Luo Changtian that at noon, she saw the brigade leader and a squad leader picking up Luo's parents in an oxcart near the cowshed.

Both of them were carrying luggage, and probably because they had been criticized and denounced before, they looked somewhat disheveled and downcast. They didn't look like people in their thirties or forties at all; they looked a little older.

The brigade leader took them to the cowshed, gave them some instructions, and then left with the squad leader in an oxcart.

Luo Jingyan is still afraid to go over, fearing that the captain and the others will come back, and also afraid that her sudden appearance will make it difficult to explain to her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Luo carried their luggage and entered the simple house that had been prepared in advance.

On a snowy day, the house was completely empty, like an icebox, except that it was draft-free.

Luo's mother had suffered from leg pain after being criticized and denounced. Luo's father quickly took the luggage, spread out a quilt for her to sit on and rest, and took out a military overcoat from the luggage bag and draped it over her shoulders.

Looking at the dilapidated house, Luo's mother felt that it was still better than being in prison.

"Zhenhua, will we be staying here forever?"

"It should be."

Despite wearing a military overcoat, Mrs. Luo was shivering from the cold. "Zhenhua, it's so cold here, much colder than Beijing. And we came in this snowy weather, we're really unlucky." She tried to give her overcoat to Mr. Luo, saying, "You're not dressed warmly enough, you can have this."

Mr. Luo refused: "You should wear it. I'm a man, I'm hot-blooded and can withstand the cold."

After saying that, he went to check the earthen bed in the room. "We must get the earthen bed lit up quickly. There is no firewood here. I need to go and gather some."

"Where are we going to get firewood in this freezing weather?" Mrs. Luo asked worriedly.

"Let's dig some firewood out of the snow. If we don't have any, we might not make it through the night and we'll freeze to death here."

As they were talking, an elderly woman with gray hair came in from outside and asked them, "You just arrived today? Where did you come from when you were sent down?"

“From Beijing,” Mr. Luo replied respectfully.

"Is it because your family are capitalists, or because of a political mistake?"

"A political mistake."

The old lady said, “We’re all in the same boat. My family used to be capitalists. I came here three years before you. It’s too cold in here. Is there no firewood? Wait here, I have some and I’ll get you some.”

"Auntie, please don't. You can burn your own food. I'll go out and get some." Mr. Luo couldn't bear to take the old lady's things.

“It’s all snow outside, where are you going to get firewood? We’re in the same boat, and we’re neighbors. I’ll give you some firewood to help you out. Otherwise, if you can’t find firewood, don’t be polite with me.”

Mr. Luo then stopped refusing, and the couple thanked Grandma Zhang together: "Thank you, Auntie. I'll return the firewood to you when I've gathered it."

Mr. Luo followed Grandma Zhang to her house and brought over two bundles of firewood. They also found some kindling and lit the stove.

The chimney in the earthen bed was probably blocked, preventing the fire from starting. The room was filled with thick smoke. After Luo's father cleaned the chimney again, the fire was finally lit.

After closing the door, it took more than an hour for the room to feel warm.

They'll be living here from now on, so the house needs to be cleaned.

Seeing that no one was around, Luo Jingyan saw her father cleaning up the trash from inside the house. She quickly went over and exclaimed excitedly, "Dad!"

When Mr. Luo looked up and saw his daughter, he was stunned and couldn't believe what he was seeing.

After a while, seeing that the person in front of him hadn't changed at all, his expression became excited.

"Jing, Jingyan, Daddy isn't seeing things, is he? I actually saw my daughter here."

“Dad, you’re not mistaken, it’s me. Xiaotian and I came here as educated youth. It’s not convenient for us to talk outside, let’s go inside and talk.”

"well."

Mr. Luo looked around, trying to make sure no one else knew about their relationship.

After he and Luo Jingyan entered the house, Luo's father, standing in front, excitedly said to Luo's mother, "Siqi, look who's here."

Mother Luo was making the kang (a heated brick bed) and hadn't even looked up yet when she said, "Could it be our two children who have come?"

She had basically no hope.

Mr. Luo smiled and said, "See? You were right."

Luo's mother still didn't believe it: "You're just trying to make me happy again."

But when she looked up and saw Luo Jingyan standing next to her father, she felt a sense of unreality.

In a daze, he got off the kang (a heated brick bed), came to Luo Jingyan's side, took his daughter's hand, and felt the warmth of her body before he dared to believe it all.

"Jingyan, it really is Jingyan." Overjoyed, Luo's mother quickly looked Luo Jingyan up and down carefully, then pulled her daughter to sit down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed): "It seems that God has opened his eyes and actually assigned us to the same place. Let your mother take a good look at you."

Luo Jingyan said, "Mom, I never expected that when you were arrested, Xiaotian and I felt it was unsafe in the city, so we signed up to go to the countryside. At first, I thought there was plenty of food here and I wouldn't go hungry, so I told Uncle Liu to register us here. I never expected that you would also come here."

"Where's Xiaotian? Is he in the dormitory at the educated youth settlement?" asked Luo's mother.

"Yes, he goes to school here, but he hasn't been going these past few days because of the snow."

Luo's mother looked her daughter over carefully and was relieved to see that her daughter was even fairer than before and her figure was about the same as before.

"Jingyan, tell your parents how you've been these past few days." Mother Luo was eager to know how her children had been doing.