Huang Wanqing had imagined Qin Qingman's home, and Qin Qingman's home was indeed as she imagined, clean and tidy. What surprised her most was that there were two ferocious geese in the Qin family's living room.

Goose Face started yelling "ahhhh" in an unfriendly manner towards the two strangers.

It was Chuchu who went up to play with the two geese for a long time before the two geese stopped calling out to Huang Wanqing and Xiaoshi.

As soon as Wei Ling got home, he started to get busy. He first turned on the stove that had been turned off for the whole day.

Firewood was added to the stove and the temperature in the hall rose rapidly. Qin Qingman and the others then took off their thick cotton coats.

In the corner of the hall there was a large floor-standing clothes hanger with many branches, which could hold a lot of clothes. Qin Qingman thought about it and put the coats of her family of three on the box in the west room, leaving the hanger empty for Huang Wanqing to hang the clothes.

As for Xiaoshi, he casually threw his cotton coat on a chair beside him.

"Everyone come and wash your hands, we'll make dinner later." Qin Qingman was used to washing her hands when she came home, and she had already fetched water for washing hands with Wei Ling.

As soon as Huang Wanqing put her hand into the enamel basin, she screamed in surprise, "Cold water."

Shouldn't we wash our hands with hot water in such a cold day?

Qin Qingman saw that Huang Wanqing had no common sense about life in the Northeast, so she explained in a low voice: "The weather here is very cold. Even though we just came back by car, our hands and feet have been numb without us noticing because we haven't been active. We can't wash our hands and feet with hot water at this time."

"Why?" Huang Wanqing was very curious.

"Although hot water can speed up our blood circulation, it can also cause us trouble. In mild cases, it will cause itching, just like the itching of an ant bite. The itching is on the surface of the skin, in the palms of the hands, and even more so in the heart. This kind of itching may not stop even if you scratch it until it bleeds." Qin Qingman explained further.

Huang Wanqing was so surprised that she exclaimed in a low voice, while washing her hands attentively, "By the way, Qingman, if this is not serious, what is more serious?"

"The more serious situation is that the meat on your hands is cooked and rotten." Qin Qingman's words were not an exaggeration at all.

In later times, which is the information age, such things really happen on the Internet.

Huang Wanqing was frightened and immediately withdrew her hand from the enamel basin, her big eyes filled with fear.

Qin Qingman felt that Huang Wanqing was too much of a flower in a greenhouse, and it would be difficult for her to survive in such a world without someone to protect her, so she said with a serious face: "Wanqing, so in the future, you must not wash your hands with hot water on heavy snow days."

Huang Wanqing nodded obediently.

But Qin Qingman still wants to explain the principle clearly, "If a person's hands and feet are frozen and numb in extremely cold conditions, the nerves will react much slower than usual. At this time, if you put your hands into hot water, you won't feel the high temperature, which can easily cause the brain to misperceive and think the water is not warm enough."

Seeing that Huang Wanqing was listening attentively, Chuchu continued the conversation.

"If it's not warm enough, they will add more hot water, which may exceed boiling water. If your hands are exposed to such a temperature, they will easily get burned, and the meat will rot. If you leave the hot water and encounter ice and snow, the meat on your hands will fall off piece by piece, and only bones will be left in the end."

"I definitely won't wash my hands with hot water on a snowy day." Huang Wanqing was so scared that her tone trembled.

"Sister Wanqing, don't be afraid. This is common knowledge here. Generally, we will inform everyone when there are outsiders." Chuchu looked up at Huang Wanqing. He quite liked the pretty and timid Huang Wanqing.

"Thank you."

Huang Wanqing was too embarrassed to tell Chuchu that she was frightened. After thanking them, she deeply imprinted the common sense that Qin Qingman and her brother had told her in her mind.

"By the way, Sister Wanqing, when the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, you must not only keep your body warm, but also your ears and nose." Chuchu then told Huang Wanqing the common sense of their life, and at the same time pulled Huang Wanqing to the stove to warm herself by the fire.

Qin Qingman saw Chuchu chatting with Huang Wanqing, so she washed her hands and went to prepare dinner with Wei Ling.

As for Xiaoshi, he had already fetched water from the well to wash his hands. Not only did he wash his hands, he also helped wash the sauerkraut, potatoes, green onions, and garlic sprouts.

Huang Wanqing felt much more at ease after coming to the Qin family. She was no longer afraid even without holding Qin Qingman's arm. At this time, she was attracted by Chuchu's words and said curiously, "It turns out that you also need to keep your ears and nose warm here."

As she spoke, she reached out and touched her ears and nose.

Although there was little wind in the car, I could still feel my ears and nose were cold.

"Sister Wanqing, don't pull your ears hard or pinch your nose hard when you are outside in the future." Chuchu looked at Huang Wanqing and smiled.

Huang Wanqing always felt that the children's smiles had a special meaning. "Why?"

"They will be frozen off." Chu Chu stretched out her hand and deliberately pulled her ears and said, "It's cold, and the flesh on the ears is frozen and brittle. If you pull too hard, it can be directly torn off. In the past, there were educated youth from outside who didn't know this and had their ears torn off."

Huang Wanqing's hands immediately returned to her knees obediently and she dared not move anymore.

"Sister Wanqing, I'm not scaring you. This is a true story. When the weather is very cold, you can't pinch your nose outside, even if you have a runny nose. If you pinch your nose, you won't be able to get married in the future." Chuchu looked at Huang Wanqing very seriously.

He was really trying to teach Huang Wanqing the common sense of survival here.

"I... I remember!" Huang Wanqing breathed hard. This was the first time she felt the danger of this extremely cold place.

On the other side, Qin Qingman and Wei Ling were cooking in the kitchen.

There were many people at home today, and the pot was too small to cook on the stove, so the two of them used the big stove in the kitchen.

The pot on the stove is big and has strong fire, so cooking is faster.

At this point, there was not enough time to make the dough for noodles or steamed buns, so Qin Qingman made crispy rice.

Before, several aunts returned some rice to his family, and when they sent meat to Zheng Anguo's family, they also sent some rice and flour. All this rice together was enough to make a meal of porridge.

"Add some extra grains."

Wei Ling saw that Qin Qingman was grabbing rice and felt a little reluctant to give it up.

With so many people, his family can finish all the rice in one meal, and after that, his wife and brother-in-law will have no pure rice to eat.

Perhaps thinking that what he said was a bit petty, Wei Ling explained, "She is from the capital, so she must eat white flour regularly, not to mention white rice. If you feed her rice, it won't show the characteristics of our place, so make mixed grain rice. She can endure hardships, so she can eat mixed grain rice. If she can't eat it, she will go back sooner or later. There is no need to take care of her and make white rice specifically for her."

Qin Qingman thought about it and felt that what Wei Ling said did make sense.

Kaoshan Village is poor, and even the team leader Zheng Anguo cannot eat white rice and white flour every day. The Qin family, for example, only has a few meals of white rice a year. They really shouldn't cook all the rice today just to entertain the guests.

"Sister-in-law, mixed-grain rice is delicious. We often eat mixed-grain rice in our division. Mixed grains are very good food for us."

Xiao Shi, who was squatting in front of the stove and lighting a fire, also interrupted and said something.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you and make some mixed-grain rice." Qin Qingman readily accepted the suggestion.

After running all day, although she didn't do any physical work, Qin Qingman still felt tired after running all day.

I guess my health is not well enough.

She didn't make anything complicated for dinner. Wei Ling was very strong and it was not difficult for her to cut the frozen wild boar. She could even cut the meat into even pieces of varying thickness.

As there were so many people, Qin Qingman simply fried a big pot of pork belly with garlic sprouts and sauerkraut.

The two-finger-wide slices of meat are very easy to cook. Fry the dried chilies in hot oil. After the chilies bring out their aroma, Qin Qingman puts the meat slices into the pot and stir-frys them. Soy sauce is used to color them, salt is used to enhance the flavor, and then sauerkraut is added. Finally, a handful of juicy green garlic sprouts are added before serving.

Qin Qingman did not use bowls or plates to serve the dishes, but directly used the small iron pot on the stove.

This is equivalent to an alternative hot pot. When you have almost finished eating the vegetables in the pot, you can add potatoes and stir-fry bean sprouts.

After the main dish was cooked, Qin Qingman cut some halved fat intestines and halved pork liver, and then prepared to eat.

From the moment the pork belly was fried, Xiao Shi, who was burning the fire, started swallowing saliva.

He finally believed what Du Hongyi and the others said. Wei Tuan’s wife was really good at cooking.

He had clearly watched the dish being prepared with his own eyes, and the cooking steps were similar to those used by the master chef in the division headquarters cafeteria. However, the dish Qin Qingman made was not only delicious, but also made the glutton in his stomach struggle.

It smells really good.

It smelled so good that his stomach rumbled.

Xiao Shi was overwhelmed by Qin Qingman's cooking skills, and Huang Wanqing in the hall was also shocked by the overbearing aroma of the food.

Her family was well off, with a large population and many workers. They had no shortage of food and often ate meat, but she had never eaten such delicious food before. The aroma was so overwhelming that she, a girl, almost wanted to wipe the corners of her mouth.

She was worried that her saliva would flow to the corners of her mouth.

"Comrades, it's time to eat." Qin Qingman held up a pot of pork belly with sauerkraut, garlic sprouts, and glistening under the light.

Wei Ling was carrying a heavy bowl of mixed grains and rice.

As for Xiao Shi, he was carrying a large portion of chopped potatoes and bean sprouts. These vegetables can be stir-fried in the pot when the other vegetables in the pot are almost finished. The stir-fried vegetables will absorb the fat and have a unique flavor, which is very delicious.

"I'll go get the bowl and chopsticks."

Chuchu ran to the kitchen very cleverly, he couldn't wait to eat.

As a result, when I arrived in the kitchen, I saw the cold dishes that Qin Qingman had cut. Although the fatty intestines and pork liver were cold at the moment, when they were brought to the living room and placed on the edge of the stove, the temperature would soon melt the brine in the fatty intestines and pork liver, and they would be the most delicious at that time.

"Chu Chu serves the dishes, I'll get the bowls and chopsticks."

After putting down the rice, Wei Ling returned to the kitchen in time.

There are many people eating today, and Chuchu can't carry so many bowls and chopsticks by herself. He also doesn't trust Chuchu to carry so many. It's a small matter if the child drops the bowl, but it's not worth it if the child is hurt.

Chuchu was also very well-behaved in front of Wei Ling. She listened to Wei Ling and obediently went to serve the plate.

As a result, as soon as he picked up the pig liver with both hands, Wei Ling picked up the fatty intestines, and in his other hand he also picked up a pile of bowls and chopsticks.

"Brother-in-law, you are so awesome." Chu Chu immediately gave him an admiring look.

"Chuchu will be as awesome as my brother-in-law in the future." Wei Ling was a little embarrassed when the word "brother-in-law" came out of his mouth.

"Yeah, I must be as good as my brother-in-law in the future and protect my sister and brother-in-law." Chu Chu made an ambitious promise.

Wei Ling smiled with satisfaction at the child's ambition.

It is very rare for a child to have such a heart, so he needs to be encouraged. Wei Ling did encourage him with words, encouraging the child so much that his whole body became hot and his blood surged. If he hadn't eaten yet, he would probably have gone out for a jog.

Wei Ling was silent.

He doesn't usually praise others, but he never expected that the effect of praising others would be so good.

Qin Qingman came later to pick them up.

Wei Ling and Chu Chu had almost finished taking the food. Qin Qingman only took the chopsticks from Wei Ling's hand. After Chu Chu happily lifted the curtain and entered the hall, Qin Qingman, who was a few steps behind, pulled Wei Ling's arm.

She didn't understand why Huang Wanqing didn't recognize Wei Ling.

Although everyone tacitly agreed not to say Wei Ling's name explicitly, this is not the right reaction for someone who is said to have seen the blind date's photo.

If there was no problem with Wei Ling, then there must have been an accident with Huang Wanqing.

"Is Huang Wanqing your blind date?" Qin Qingman asked Wei Ling in a low voice.

Wei Ling shook his head honestly, "I don't know, but I cleared all my photos when I left Beijing. That means if Huang Wanqing was the blind date arranged by my family, she couldn't have any photos of me."

Qin Qingman was shocked and speechless at this answer.

At the same time, I also gained a certain understanding of the character of Wei Ling's family in Jingcheng.

"I'm going back to the division headquarters to rest today." Wei Ling shared with Qin Qingman helplessly.

Qin Qingman thought about Huang Wanqing's vague fear of Wei Ling and nodded, "Okay, you go back and make preparations, and I'll try to find out what's going on with Wanqing. Maybe things may not be what we think.

"Yeah." Wei Ling was more suspicious. He always felt that there was some conspiracy.

After all, he used to live in the center of power, and was also surrounded by many conspiracies. Today, when he noticed that something was wrong with Huang Wanqing, he immediately started to plot.

"Eat first."

Qin Qingman had vaguely heard Chuchu's voice calling them, and quickly lifted the curtain and entered the hall.

The whole hall was already filled with the aroma of food, and the hot stove brought out the ultimate deliciousness of the pork belly.

Smelling the tempting aroma of the food, the five people, four adults and one child, had a delicious dinner that almost made them swallow their tongues.

The pork belly with garlic sprouts and sauerkraut was delicious. The sour taste was appetizing. The sauerkraut, potato chips, bean sprouts, mixed with the meaty aroma of the pork belly and the dry aroma of the chili peppers, the few of them finished the meal cleanly. Even the last bit of oil and soup in the pot was soaked by Xiao Shi and eaten with rice.

"Sister-in-law, the food you cook is so delicious. I have never eaten such delicious food."

What Xiaoshi said is not an exaggeration at all.

Their division cafeteria often makes mixed-grain rice, but the taste of the mixed-grain rice is always hard to describe.

Rice, corn, and sorghum each require different amounts of water and take different times to cook, so it's difficult to strike a balance. Often the rice will have a just right texture, but the corn will be too hard, or the sorghum will be too soft. The cafeteria has never been able to make the mixed-grain rice taste like Qin Qingman's.

Xiao Shi even thought that even without vegetables, he could still eat several bowls of pilaf.

As a chef, Qin Qingman likes to hear words like this the most, "Xiao Shi, you can come to our house often for dinner when you are free in the future." She knows something about military wives. It is common for military wives to care about unmarried soldiers. In addition to introducing wives to them, they will often cook for them or make dumplings to improve their diet.

"Sister-in-law, I'm leaving my monthly rations to you."

Xiao Shi was not an ungrateful person. In those days, everyone had a ration of food. If he ate one meal that others had, it meant that others would eat one or two less meals.

Qin Qingman also knew the particularity of this era, so she did not pretend to be generous, but agreed with a smile.

Anyway, she would not cook for Wei Ling and other comrades, but if she met them, she would cook whatever they wanted.

Huang Wanqing was filled with envy as she listened to the conversation between Qin Qingman and Xiaoshi.

Although her family is well off, no one can cook as well as Qin Qingman.

As the saying goes, a good chef can conquer the stomachs of people all over the world.

Huang Wanqing felt that she was conquered by Qin Qingman. She even wondered in her mind why she was not a man. If she were a man, she could pursue Qin Qingman, marry her home, and eat the meals she cooked every day.

Thinking of this, Huang Wanqing couldn't help but wipe the corner of her mouth with her hand.

Then I saw Wei Ling's cold gaze.

Seeing Wei Ling's cold gaze, Huang Wanqing finally realized that Qin Qingman was married, and the man in front of her who frightened her was her husband. Trembling with fear, Huang Wanqing carefully moved the bench towards Qin Qingman.

Standing firmly beside Qin Qingman.

Wei Ling almost laughed out of anger when he saw Huang Wanqing's little action.

This girl really doesn't care about him at all, and even wants to pry him apart. If it were still in his previous life, he would want to kill this ignorant girl.

Qin Qingman was very sensitive to Wei Ling's emotions and immediately realized that Huang Wanqing had inadvertently provoked someone again. Looking at the two people who had absolutely no good feelings for each other, she really wanted to slap her forehead and ask the Wei family how they were put together, they were totally incompatible!

"Qingman, can you accompany me to the XXX division headquarters tomorrow?"

Huang Wanqing asked Qin Qingman for help.

"Okay." Qin Qingman glanced at Wei Ling.

After being warned, Wei Ling quietly got up to clean up the dishes. He had no choice but to work to make amends for offending his wife.

Wei Ling stood up, and Xiao Shi and Chu Chu followed to help.

Huang Wanqing wanted to help clean up, but looking at Wei Ling's back, she stood there hesitating. She didn't know why, but she was really born afraid of Wei Ling. Wei Ling didn't look fierce, but rather handsome, but she was afraid of him from the bottom of her heart.

"Wanqing, please sit down. They are all men. Let them clean up and we can sit down and talk." Qin Qingman came to Huang Wanqing's rescue.

"Okay." Huang Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.

At this time, Qin Qingman certainly couldn't ask Huang Wanqing who she was going to see at the XXX division headquarters, so she could only talk about the situation in the capital. Qin Qingman's big villa in the future was in the capital, but the capital a few decades later was completely different from the capital now. She wanted to hear what the capital was like now.

With Qin Qingman leading the topic, Huang Wanqing's thoughts returned to the capital.

Then he slowly told Qin Qingman about a different Beijing city, and laid the foundation for Qin Qingman to go to Beijing in the future.

After Wei Ling took Xiao Shi and Chu Chu to clean up the dishes and the kitchen, they prepared to return to the division headquarters.

It’s getting late, everyone needs to go to bed early.

Wei Ling was sent by Qin Qingman personally.

They have to separate on the first day of their marriage, and emotionally both husband and wife are reluctant to do so.

In the dark night, the two held hands tightly.

"Go to bed early. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." Wei Ling reminded Qin Qingman.

"Okay." Qin Qingman used the light from the distance to linger on Wei Ling's facial features. She was used to having Wei Ling at home, and when Wei Ling suddenly left, she felt empty inside.

"Go back, it's cold outside." Wei Ling didn't want Qin Qingman to catch a cold.

Qin Qingman looked at the tenderness in Wei Ling's eyes and finally stood on tiptoe in the night to lightly leave her mark on Wei Ling's lips. Then she turned around and ran away, disappearing between the lifted curtains in a few seconds.

Wei Ling stared blankly at the curtain where Qin Qingman's back had disappeared for a long time before he reached out and touched his lips.

The residual warmth has long since disappeared, but the touch remains fresh in my memory.

Touching his lips, Wei Ling's mouth curled up slightly, and the coldness on his face softened.

From the Qin family to the division headquarters, Wei Ling's aura was completely restrained, leaving only unspoken happiness, a kind of happiness that is so solid that outsiders cannot interfere.

Xiao Shi secretly looked at Wei Ling while driving.

He envied Wei Ling and was also curious about Wei Ling's change. It was really magical that a cold and hard man could change so much for a girl.

The division headquarters was not far from Kaoshantun, and even though the snowmobile was difficult to drive, we still reached our destination after more than twenty minutes.

As soon as Wei Ling entered the dormitory, he was surrounded again.

"Old Wei, have you really got married?!" Du Hongyi and the other two looked at Wei Ling as if they had seen a iron tree blooming.