Seeing Shen Honggang enter, followed by Shen Jingyan, Chen Feng immediately became arrogant, put her hands on her hips, and scolded:

"Shen Honggang, if you're so capable, can't you just slam the door and leave? Why are you back again? And did you come back through the back door, afraid of losing face?"

To her surprise, Shen Honggang and Shen Jingyan didn't even glance at her. Instead, they went back to the small house and quickly packed their things.

Shen Jingyan didn't have much stuff: a roll of bedding, a bag of clothes, and all the food she bought in town yesterday was still in a basket; she could just take it.

Shen Honggang carried his bedding and a large box, while Shen Jingyan carried a basket and some odds and ends.

The father and son came out of the hut without saying hello and headed straight for the forest farm.

Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin were dumbfounded.

"Mom, what's Dad up to? Is he going to move his own bedding after he helps Jingya move?"

Shen Yuqin, flustered and confused, wondered, "Does he not want us anymore, and is he going to move in with Jingya?"

After hearing what Shen Yuqin said, Chen Feng also felt uncertain.

"Let's go, let's go! I want to see where they can move to!"

The mother and daughter linked arms and chased after her.

Shen Honggang helped Shen Jingyan make up the bedding and then cleaned the dormitory inside and out.

During this break, Shen Jingyan prepared lunch.

I steamed rice, made a radish and pork rib soup, and stir-fried some shredded potatoes.

During the post-apocalyptic rescue efforts, she mastered various survival skills, among which her cooking skills were her greatest pride.

With just a big pot and a handful of salt, she can make wild vegetables, which are usually tough and unpalatable, taste delicious.

She has now traveled to the 1970s. Although the country is not yet wealthy, the living conditions are thousands of times better than in the post-apocalyptic world.

She has vegetables, meat, and seasonings, making the dishes look, smell, and taste delicious.

"Uncle, come and eat!"

Shen Jingyan set out the bowls and chopsticks and invited Shen Honggang to eat.

Shen Honggang had just returned from washing his hands outside when he smelled the aroma of food and suddenly felt extremely hungry.

He glanced at the delicious food on the table, swallowed hard, and stammered, "No, Jingya, I'll eat at home."

The better Jingya treated him, the more he felt incompetent and sorry for her.

Seeing his toes pointing outwards, Chen Jingyan quickly grabbed him and laughed:

"Uncle, I've cooked so much, how can one person finish it all? You found me a dorm and helped me move, you've been so busy with all this, it's nothing for you to eat a meal from me, right?"

In the end, Shen Jingyan grabbed Shen Honggang's arm and pulled him to the kang table.

Shen Honggang then sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Northeasterners typically eat on a kang (heated brick bed) with a kang table on it. This saves on stools and chairs and keeps the room warm in winter.

Shen Jingyan served Shen Honggang rice, which turned into soup. She then served him rice in a large bowl, picked out four or five pieces of pork ribs, and shredded some potatoes from the plate, which she then placed on top of the rice.

When Shen Honggang saw Shen Jingyan put the bowl of rice into the pot, he asked with some confusion, "Jingya, who did you save the rice for?"

Chen Jingyan put the pot lid on and went back to the inner room.

"I'll save some for Anzi. He's a young boy, and his appetite is growing every day. He might not get enough to eat at home. He'll definitely come here later, so I'll save some for him."

Upon hearing this, Shen Honggang was so moved that his eyes welled up with tears.

He, as a father, hadn't even thought about feeding his youngest son, but Jingya's cousin was much more thoughtful than him.

Before the two had even finished half of their meal, Anzi burst into the house like a hungry little wolf.

He and his friends had been having a snowball fight around the forest, their little hands and faces turning red from the cold.

"Sister Jingya, I heard from Grandma Xu that you moved to the forest farm, but I didn't believe it! It's true!"

Anzi is a simple-minded child. When he heard that Sister Jingya had moved out, his first reaction was that his own mother and sister could no longer beat and scold him at will.

From childhood to adulthood, he often saw Sister Jingya being beaten. He wanted to protect her, but he was young and weak, and sometimes he would get beaten along with her.

So he was genuinely happy that Jingya moved out to live on her own.

Shen Jingyan took a feather duster and swept all the snow off Anzi's body and head.

Anzi stared at the food on the table the whole time, craning her neck to inhale the aroma.

"Sister Jingya, did you leave me any food?"

Shen Honggang smiled and deliberately put the last piece of pork rib in the bowl into Shen Jingyan's bowl, intentionally teasing his youngest son.

"No, you're too late, we've almost finished eating!"

When Anzi heard that there was no food, he swallowed hard, his mouth watering.

"Sister, is it really over?" He raised his head, clinging to the last glimmer of hope, and looked at Shen Jingyan with his bright black eyes.

Shen Jingyan smiled and nodded, "That's all."

Anzi sniffed and lowered her head, looking aggrieved.

"Then I'll come earlier tomorrow, could you save some for me?"

Having gotten used to Sister Jingya's cooking, the watery soup at home is really hard to swallow.

Seeing that Anzi was about to cry from grievance, Shen Jingyan took out the bowl that she had specially saved for him from the pot.

"Here, I left some for you. I was just teasing you."

"Sis, I knew you were the best to me!"

Anzi didn't even have time to argue with Shen Honggang about being deceived by her own father before she jumped onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and started eating heartily.

"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you, why are you acting like a bandit!"

Shen Jingyan couldn't help but chuckle as she watched Anzi eat.

Inside, the house was warm and filled with laughter, but outside, behind a large tree, Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin could only smell the aroma of meat while standing shivering in the snow.

The mother and daughter were furious, but they couldn't do anything about the people in the house.

Chen Feng really wanted to barge in, overturn the table, and make a scene.

But she was afraid of Shen Jingyan, so she could only hide behind a big tree like a coward and curse her with vicious words that Shen Jingyan could not hear.

"Mom, why don't you apologize to Dad and ask him to come home?"

Shen Yuqin was panicking. "If Dad really doesn't come home and all his salary goes to Jingya, how will we survive?"

Chen Feng didn't listen. Just now, a flash of white light appeared in her mind, and she thought of something very important. With her hands in her sleeves, she walked quickly home with her head down.

By the time Shen Yuqin finished her rambling and turned around, Chen Feng was already nowhere to be seen.

Chen Feng ran home in one breath, found her household registration booklet, and hid it.

"No wonder this girl was in such a hurry to move out; she must want to start her own household! Don't even think about it!"

She originally intended to use Shen Jingyan's marriage to make a good profit from the bride price.

If that brat moves out and starts her own household, where will she get the bride price?

She made up her mind that she would never let Shen Jingyan get the household registration booklet.

Unless you offer money in exchange!

Shen Jingyan had just finished eating, cleaned the table, and was washing the dishes when she heard a man's voice coming from outside.