Xiao Xuejun deliberately created an opportunity for the two of them; after the movie started, he secretly slipped away.

He didn't show up until the end of the movie.

Lin Yuxi glanced at her watch; it was already 8 p.m. It would take another hour to cycle back from Xinluo Town.

"The movie's over, let's go." Lin Yuxi stood up, supporting herself on her knees with her hands. Her back was a little sore from sitting for so long.

Gu Chen looked at Lin Yuxi, who was so close to him, and walked alongside her. Suddenly, Lin Yuxi stopped, and he stopped too.

The bicycle was parked at the entrance. To make it easier to spot, Gu Chen tied it to a tree and bought some mosquito coils at the store before leaving.

On the way back, the village was completely silent.

Gu Chen parked his bicycle outside the mud-brick house, and Lin Yuxi promptly got off.

"Gu Chen, thank you for today." Lin Yuxi turned around, smiled with her eyes crinkling, and waved to him.

Gu Chen gripped the bicycle brakes, his dark, deep eyes lingering on her for a moment. "Then you should get some rest. I'll take you to pick loquats tomorrow."

Watching Gu Chen's departing figure, Lin Yuxi took out a flashlight and went to the back of the house. The seeds had been sown two days ago, and she didn't know if they had sprouted yet.

To keep the seeds moist, she sprays them with water every morning and evening, because the weather is too dry and she's afraid the seeds will dry out and die before they even sprout.

She shone a flashlight on the plastic film. The temperature dropped at night, causing a layer of condensation on the film. After removing the stones that were pressing down on the four corners, she shone the flashlight on the ground.

etc!

It looked like something was breaking through the ground.

Surprisingly, some bright green shoots have sprouted from the moist soil. Judging from this growth trend, it will be time to thin them out soon.

She mixed the soil with chicken manure from her spatial storage before burying it deep. Sprinkling the soil directly on top of the chicken manure would burn the seedlings. After confirming the seedlings' condition, Lin Yuxi sprayed the soil a few times with a watering can, the water pattering into the ground. She then covered it with a plastic film and pressed it down firmly with a stone.

"Xixi?" Lin's mother heard the noise and came out of the room to watch her daughter spray water on the seeds.

Lin Yuxi put the kettle down. "Mom, why aren't you asleep yet? Did I wake you up?"

"No, I went to queue up last night to call your grandparents, so I'm still awake." Lin's mother shook her head. "Let's deal with these things tomorrow. Come in first, there are a lot of mosquitoes outside."

"Gu Chen took me to buy mosquito coils, I'll light them in a bit." Lin Yuxi carried the mosquito coils into the house. One coil of black mosquito coils could light two strings. There were many mosquitoes in the countryside, so she cut off half of it and hung it on the mouth of a soda bottle to store the mosquito coils.

"When we have this break, your dad and I will help you set up a separate room. It might be a little small, but it will give you your own private space." Lin's mother stood at the door and locked the doorknob.

Lin Yuxi is still sharing a room with two other people, and the bed isn't big, so it's definitely better for her to sleep alone.

The next day.