Before Yu Rujia's family came to Jiangcheng, Gao Guojing was the best cook in their area, and he was often heard showing off at home.

Gao Guojing retorted, "It's because there aren't enough ingredients here for me to showcase my skills. If this place were like the Ten Thousand Mountains of Shangfen Brigade, with plenty of prey and easy access, you would be able to witness my unparalleled culinary skills."

Once he joined the army, he didn't have the freedom that Duofu and others enjoyed. All year round, he was either training or on missions, so his cooking skills were rarely used and there was no room for improvement.

During the meal, Xia Taishun asked Yu Rujia about her future plans: "How long do you plan to stay in the Shangfen Brigade?"

Gao Xiujuan added, "My second sister-in-law called last time and said that she shouldn't have gone back to Beijing in the first place."

“In the past, even though we couldn’t recognize each other in Shangfen Brigade, we could still see each other whenever we wanted. Now that we can recognize each other, one of us is in the south and the other in the north, so it’s difficult for us to even meet.”

Yu Rujia had heard this before. Han Meifeng called her a few months after returning to Beijing, telling her to find a way to go back quickly. If she didn't go back, she would come to Shangfen Brigade to keep them company.

It took a while of persuasion to dissuade her from the idea.

Yu Rujia: "We will return to Beijing in one or two years at most."

Gao Guojing shoveled large mouthfuls of familiar food into his mouth and asked, "After you returned to the capital, did you stay there for an extended period?"

Gao Shujing, who was feeding Duoyi, replied, "That's the plan. That's the old house. Grandpa is getting old, and you're all in Jiangcheng, so you can't be with him."

“Unlike you, I don’t have a fixed place of work, so I can go to Beijing to keep him company.”

Gao Guojing: "What about the Shangfen Brigade? Are you willing to leave it there?"

He was very happy living in Shangfen Brigade, mainly because there was a mountain range there where he could eat meat to his heart's content every day. It was the most prosperous time he had lived in the first twenty-odd years of his life.

If it weren't for joining the army, he really wouldn't want to leave the Shangfen Brigade.

Yu Rujia: "I lived there for ten years, and I really miss it. We'll go back and stay there again sometime in the future."

She plans to contract the large mountain behind her house when the land is allocated to individual households, without making any changes, just so that she can go back and see the familiar place when she has the opportunity.

The next day, snowflakes began to fall outside.

The few country bumpkins had an unusual enthusiasm for snow. When they were in Shangfen Brigade, they often heard about snow in the north, but they had never seen it.

It's not easy to see it in person, how could I not be excited?

Several mischievous children ran outside and reached out to catch snowflakes to play with. They seemed to possess inner strength, impervious to the cold, and could play to their hearts' content.

When no one was looking, Du Le stuck out his tongue and licked the snowflakes in his palm, saying, "It's cool. Add some sugar and juice, and it'll be just like the smoothies we eat in the summer."

Dorjee, holding a handful of snowflakes, said happily, "Let's go inside and find some sugar and juice, and have some smoothies."

Duole said enviously, "Jiangcheng is so nice, there are shaved ice everywhere."

Duoxi hesitated and said, "Snow can't be eaten, can it?"

Dorjee argued, "Snow is the same as the ice we use to make shaved ice in the summer, so it's edible."

Doro scratched his head: "They look the same, but snow falls from the sky, just like rain. It's unhygienic and can't be eaten."

Duo Shou smiled and encouraged them, "You can eat it! I know where the candy is; I'll take you there."

Dorje and Dorje, who were originally determined to eat the shaved ice, immediately threw away the snowflakes in their hands. As brothers, they understood all too well what Dorje was thinking. He had some new idea and wanted to test them out.

They would rather go without food than become their third brother's guinea pigs; that kind of suffering was worse than being beaten up.

The older his younger brother gets, the harder he is to fool, which frustrated Duo Shou. After a pause, he said sincerely, "Really, I'm not lying to you. Maybe I can make you some shaved ice so you can eat it directly, okay?"

Once they get food poisoning, he can use them to test his new drug.

The two brothers, Dorje and Dorje, shook their heads in unison and moved a few steps away from Dorje to prove that they did not want to eat shaved ice.

Dorje exclaimed dramatically, "Third Brother, it's too cold, we won't eat shaved ice."

Duole quickly chimed in, "Yes, shaved ice tastes best when the weather is hot, no need to trouble Third Brother."

This is terrifying! Why is Third Brother targeting them again? No way!

Duo Yi didn't practice martial arts and wasn't among the crowd who weren't afraid of the cold. The little guy was wrapped up like a ball and held in Duo Fu's arms. The two of them, one big and one small, nestled together on a chair.

Seeing the two brothers, Duoji and Duoyi, approaching them, Duoyi stretched out a hand from Duofu's arms and called out to her two older brothers in her soft voice, "Fifth brother, sixth brother, play, play."

Dorje turned around and saw his pink and tender 'little sister'. He opened his arms and rushed over: "Little sister, come here, let Fifth Brother hug you."

With his younger sister by his side, Third Brother would definitely dispel the terrifying thoughts in his mind.

Duofu turned around, preventing him from hugging Duoyi: "You just played in the snow, your hands are cold, you can't hug Duoyi."

Duo Le, who also wanted to play with his 'little sister,' rubbed his hands together to warm them up before reaching out and saying, "My hands are warm, big brother, let me play with my little sister."

Duoyi snuggled against Duofu, a big smile on her soft little face, and pointed at Duole with one hand: "Big brother, play."

Duofu was charmed by that genuine smile and turned him around without hesitation so that he was facing Duole, still holding him tightly: "Duoyi, play with Sixth Brother."

He can play with his older brothers, but he can forget about running outside to catch snow like his disobedient younger brothers.

When Yu Rujia got up and went outside, the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, and a few snowflakes were still falling from the sky.

When I came here yesterday, there was only a thin layer of snow on the ground, not even covering the entire surface. Today, the ground is completely covered.

Gao Shujing brought over a plate of lean meat porridge and two fried eggs: "Rujia, come and have breakfast."

Xia Taishun and Gao Xiujuan both had work to do, so they left early.

Because the number of rooms at home is limited, Xia Jingrong and Gao Guojing went back to their dormitory after their get-together last night. When they're not training, they come over to visit them.

The colder it is, the more comfortable it is to stay in bed. When Yu Rujia got up, she was the only one in the house who hadn't eaten breakfast.

Yu Rujia sat down in front of the hot breakfast and asked, "Shujing, it's snowing outside, can we still go out and play today?"

It didn't snow last night, so we made plans to go out for a stroll around Wuhan today. But the weather doesn't seem like the best place to go out and have fun right now.

Gao Shujing, with a gentle expression, placed a spoon and chopsticks in front of her with his well-defined knuckles: "This kind of snow won't have much of an impact. We can take a walk outside the military area."