Xia Youyou was at a loss for words. Seeing Cao An was extremely worried, she could only bite the bullet and said, "Mom, that's it."

Liu Hui understood immediately, and a happy expression began to appear on her face. "Come in quickly! Oh, I should have kept you from going out."

Cao An looked puzzled. Why did his mother become happy?

"Oh, it must be from the mutton hotpot we had last night. That's good news! Wait, mom will prepare something for you right away."

"No, Mom, I have some here. I'll go to the bathroom and change."

"What's going on?" Cao An couldn't bear it anymore. How could a stomachache be considered a good thing?

Liu Hui ignored him impatiently, "Get out now, you have nothing to do here, don't ask nonsense questions!"

Xia Youyou was a little embarrassed. Why did he come so suddenly? Fortunately, he didn't dirty the back seat of the bicycle. The weather was cold, and Cao An had made a cushion for the back seat that morning, so she wouldn't feel cold or uncomfortable.

This body finally had its period when it was almost seventeen years old, which was naturally a cause for celebration. The mother and daughter kept silent and said no more.

Cao An probably guessed what was going on; he'd seen his mother hanging things in the backyard and had a vague idea. He didn't react much, just saying, "Get some rest," and then he left. He had work to do in the fields, and since his sister wasn't feeling well, he'd take her out later.

Xia Youyou changed her pants in the bathroom, put on her menstrual patch, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it was coming, proving that her body had finally returned to normal.

Liu Hui prepared brown sugar ginger tea in the kitchen and brought it into her room.

"You drink first, I'll go light the fire." I didn't add any more wood last night, so it went out this morning. It wasn't hard to light the fire again.

After Xia Youyou finished drinking the brown sugar ginger tea, she put the bowl on the stool beside the bed, lay down, took out a hot pack and placed it on her stomach, sighing comfortably.

This month's event came just in time!

As Cao An left the city gate, he saw a crowd of people gathered at a greenhouse in the distance. He knew something was wrong. He pedaled even harder. Fortunately, there was no snow on the road, but the snow had melted into water, making the already muddy road even more difficult to walk on.

Carefully avoiding puddles, he finally reached the group. Everyone heard the noise and turned to look at him.

Dabao came over very early and found that many greenhouses were crushed.

"Brother Cao, the loss is quite large."

“How many were suppressed?”

"Five!"

There were only ten greenhouses in total, and half of them collapsed at once.

"Go gather the villagers to dig up the snow and make sure the vegetables inside are not damaged."

The villagers were called to the square by the broadcast and began to curse. "It's winter, why are you still coming out to work? Don't you treat us as human beings? I told you not to grow vegetables in winter? You're just looking for trouble!"

Everyone agreed. Who would want to go out to work in such a cold weather? Especially to build a vegetable greenhouse that they didn't know if it would be of any use?

Cao An walked onto the stage in the square. "If you had the time to complain about the time, you could have finished your work long ago and gone home to warm yourself by the fire. Do you have the heart to waste those seeds? I built this vegetable greenhouse for myself. Can I earn work points by serving vegetables? If you don't want to do it, I can go to another brigade. But you must think carefully."

His threats frightened the villagers. None of them were wealthy, and earning five work points for a short while seemed like a good deal. If this vegetable greenhouse could bring profit to the brigade, why let others take advantage? So, they all grabbed shovels and rushed to save the collapsed greenhouse.

Everyone worked together to dig through the snow. The greenhouse was in a terrible state, but only a few of the vegetables inside had been crushed. Cao An breathed a sigh of relief, at least he could finish his work. After everyone rebuilt the greenhouse, he settled into a temporary house there, occasionally coming out to sweep the snow at night to ensure that there would be no more problems.

The mother and daughter waited for Cao An to return home, feeling anxious. Dabao arrived late and told them that Cao An would be staying in the fields for the time being. Liu Hui asked Dabao to wait a while while she returned to the house to prepare warm clothes for Cao An.

Xia Youyou thought of the heating pad she had used today and put one in the package Liu Hui had prepared. To avoid being discovered, she wrapped it in layers of clothes.

Dabao left with his bag, and Xia Youyou was worried. It had snowed for two days straight, and the greenhouse had collapsed last night. Could the makeshift house withstand it? But she couldn't go out right now, and there was no way she could help him solve his problem. She could only worry.

A few days passed like this. Xia Youyou was clean, the snow had stopped, and the warm sun finally appeared in the sky. Xia Youyou packed up, said goodbye to her mother, and went out to find Cao An.

The snow on the road was melting, and the muddy road made it impossible for her to walk. Fortunately, she had anticipated this and had worn rubber shoes. As she walked along, she saw Cao An wandering around in the greenhouse, occasionally shoveling away the snow with a shovel. She stood at the edge of the field and called out to him, "Brother!"

Cao An turned around when he heard the familiar voice and saw that the little girl had become plumper after not seeing her for a few days. He curled his lips and laughed. He couldn't say this directly, or the little girl would go crazy.

The two met in front of the house. "Why are you here? Is the road difficult to walk on?" Cao An saw that her rubber shoes were covered in mud and her pants were also stained with mud. He squatted down and cut some dry grass by the roadside and scraped the mud off her rubber shoes.

Xia Youyou shrank back and said, "Brother, I can do it myself." She felt sorry for him seeing his unshaven beard.

"Don't move. I'll do it for you, don't get your hands dirty."

"Brother, I've brought you food. I've got your favorite goose eggs." Strangely enough, ever since they'd eaten the goose eggs their mother cooked, the brother and sister had both fallen in love with the taste. A bowl of goose eggs, they could just split it.

Cao An's mouth watered. He'd been eating the self-heating pot in his space for the past few days, and now he finally understood why she didn't like it. It showed how greasy it must have been. He didn't want to eat it anymore either!

After helping her clean the mud, I took her to the nearby ditch, held her up and let her legs stretch into the water to shake them, so as to wash off the remaining mud on her rubber shoes.

Xia Youyou was splashing in the water, alternating her feet, and was having a lot of fun.

“Okay!”

"No~ I want to play more!"

Cao An had no choice but to support her and play by the canal for a long time.

Xia Youyou finally stood up after she was tired from playing. "Brother, come in and eat. I put it in the space and it's still warm."

"You only remember to feed me now?"

Xia Youyou felt ashamed that she was so focused on having fun that she almost forgot about the important things.

"I'm sorry~ I was wrong!"

"Yes, you are wrong. You just won't change!" He had no choice but to pull her into the house and cleared a space on the makeshift table. "Take it out. I'm really hungry!" He had only eaten some bread in the morning and was already starving after being busy all morning!

She quickly took out the food, sat down beside him and watched him eat.

Cao An shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth and sighed with narrowed eyes, "Finally, I can eat rice!"