When Ning Jing woke up, it was almost 6 p.m.

"woke up?"

Hearing the noise from the inner room, Fu Hongxing's voice came from the outer room.

Ning Jing's face flushed slightly. She realized how useless she was; after walking all day, she had fallen asleep as soon as she got back.

Why didn't you call me?

Fu Hongxing stood up and came out. A moment later, he came back in carrying two bowls.

Lifting the lid, you'll find a bowl of white rice and another bowl of braised pork.

"Eat up. I ate at the cafeteria today and thought it was delicious, so I brought a box home."

Ning Jing's eyes swept over the fatty pork belly, which had much more lean meat than the fatty pork that Fu Hongxing had brought back before.

I picked up the bowl; it was still warm.

It seems that after they finished eating, they saw that I hadn't woken up, so they left me warm in the pot.

"It's delicious. Where's Xiuhua? Have they eaten?"

When Ning Jing came out of the inner room, she didn't see anyone else in the house.

Even the twins weren't there. Ning Jing glanced at the bowl of braised pork that looked barely touched and asked.

"I went to Dazhu's house to play, I should be back soon."

Actually, the twins had started crying earlier, and he was afraid of disturbing her rest, so he asked Xiuhua and the others to take the twins to Brother Dazhu's house to play for a while.

Ning Jing looked up at the outside after hearing what he said.

"It's almost dark outside."

She said with some concern.

"It's right next door, just a few steps away."

Fu Hongxing, however, said it with great reassurance.

You know, when he was a child, after finishing his meals, he would run all over the mountains and fields until the moon was almost hanging on the treetops before returning home.

He was often beaten by his father for this, and his mother cried because he worried her.

Later, it seemed like there was one more person who was worried.

However, at the time, he was extremely disgusted, feeling as if he was being restrained and unable to breathe.

Thinking of this, Fu Hongxing couldn't help but look up at Ning Jing.

She was eating her meal with her cheeks puffed out.

The little mouth puffed out, reminding him of a certain animal.

As if sensing his gaze, Ning Jing looked up at him with a somewhat bewildered expression.

She finished all the rice in her bowl, but only touched two pieces of the meat.

Now, the meat cut in the cafeteria is about an inch square, and two pieces are enough for her to have a bowl of rice.

When Fu Hongxing saw this, he assumed that she was reluctant to eat the meat and was saving it for her younger siblings, so he frowned.

"If you want to eat it, I'll just buy another box tomorrow."

Ning Jing shook her head repeatedly and put the bowl that had been covering the braised pork back on top of it.

"I ate too much meat at night, and my stomach feels bloated."

Besides, you can't bring back meat every day. You've just started working there; don't let it have a bad influence.

Besides, didn't you agree with them to change the cotton?

When will we be able to exchange them? We need to gather the money quickly to make a quilt.

If it gets cold before it snows, a thin quilt is enough to cover yourself without needing to heat the kang (a traditional heated brick bed).

Ning Jing, not wanting Fu Hongxing to bring the food home, directly changed the subject and asked about it.

"It will take at least next month. Cotton is a military supply and it's not easy to buy."

Even if you have a ticket, it doesn't necessarily mean you have something to sell.

Hearing him say that, a trace of worry flashed across Ning Jing's face.

I heard from the salesperson that the sanitary pads can be made with wood ash, straw paper, or cotton.

Of course, cotton is the highest grade and the most expensive, since once cotton is stained with blood, it has to be thrown away.