When she walked out the door, Wei Jingzhuo was already awake. He was a light sleeper, and he already knew when Su Wan sat up.

He glanced at his stiff arm, a hint of helplessness creeping onto his otherwise expressionless face.

It took him a long time to move his arm. He didn't know how she usually slept; sometimes she lay sideways, and sometimes she clung tightly to him with one leg straddling him.

It's as if it's treating itself like a cushion.

He had never seen anyone sleep so restlessly all night, so he simply restrained the person tightly, and only then did the person calm down.

He tossed and turned for most of the night before finally falling asleep in the latter half of the night.

It's strange, he usually hates it when others get close to him, but he was able to sleep soundly with Su Wan by his side.

He himself found it unbelievable.

Su Wan went to the kitchen, boiled water on the stove, and then took out toothpaste and a toothbrush from the apartment to brush her teeth and wash her face.

After washing up, she brought a basin of water into the room and saw that Wei Jingzhuo was already awake. She took out a new set of toothbrush and toothpaste from the apartment for him.

“This is new for you,” she said, “for brushing your teeth.”

She demonstrated it to him, and Wei Jingzhuo understood it after watching it once. He took it, looked at it for a while, and nodded: "What's this thing called?"

“The toothbrush, and that’s ointment,” she said. “It’s much better than your previous ones. You can use it for now. I’ll go to the kitchen to make some breakfast.”

Wei Jingzhuo silently took it, but did not use it immediately. Instead, he looked at it for a long time before starting to wash up.

Seeing that he no longer needed her help, Su Wan left the room and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

She took two eggs from her apartment and made some egg pancakes with some wild vegetables.

Another large pot of lean meat porridge was cooked, and the aroma immediately filled the entire courtyard. As soon as Lu Zhao stepped into the courtyard, he smelled the fragrance.

She ran happily to the kitchen to find Su Wan, "Sister Wan, I'm here!"

As soon as she came in, she rolled up her sleeves and started helping with the work. Seeing that the water in the water tank was almost empty, she took two wooden buckets and went out to fetch water.

In less than half an hour, she had filled the water tank to the brim.

Seeing that she was about to continue fetching water, Su Wan stopped her, saying, "Xiao Zhao, take a rest first. There's food left for you on the stove. Eat it if you're hungry."

"Okay!"

She put down the bucket, looked at the food Su Wan had already served her, and began to eat without ceremony.

After Su Wan brought the food to Wei Jingzhuo, she returned to the kitchen to eat with Lu Zhao.

Lu Zhaoke didn't follow the rule of not speaking while eating or sleeping. While eating, she asked Su Wan, "Sister Wan, what did you plant in the yard yesterday? I saw you busy all afternoon."

Yesterday, she sat on the wall for a long time but still couldn't figure out what those things were.

Su Wan glanced at her as she wolfed down her food. Xiao Zhao looked thin and small, but she was surprisingly strong.

Just now, she carried two wooden buckets to fetch water, and after several trips, she wasn't even out of breath, which shows how strong she is.

She placed an egg pancake on Lu Zhao's plate and said, "That's for eating. The food you ate yesterday was from my yard. If you're hungry, you can fill your stomach and not go hungry."

The key is that the production volume of that stuff is extremely high.

If you plant them all over the yard, they can produce enough food for the whole winter in just two or three months.

She didn't know how long she would have to stay here; the food in the apartment would run out sooner or later.

And this place is very far from the city, so it would be very difficult to buy some food. Besides, the arrest warrants for her and Wei Jingzhuo will be posted outside in a few days.

It's best to be cautious in everything.

So there's no harm in planting them first.

The apartment has plenty of things, but potatoes are the most plentiful, because she always loves to buy vegetables that can be stored for a long time.

She had half a bag of potatoes in the kitchen cupboard.

Xiao Zhao had just finished eating one when Su Wan put another one on her plate, so she took it without hesitation and ate it.

Although she didn't understand these things, she knew the importance of food, and that was a matter of great significance.

Having survived the near-collapse of Youzhou by the Western Rong, there were indeed people starving to death in the city at that time.

Hearing Su Wan say that, she immediately became interested and asked, "If we plant those, will we not have to worry about food this winter?"

Su Wan nodded, "That's right, if we eat sparingly, at least we won't go hungry in winter."

Because the Western Rong people frequently raided Linyuan Village, very few people farmed the land, and most of it was left uncultivated.

Therefore, people here have a much harder time than people in other places.

If those idle fields were planted with potatoes, a crop with extremely high reproductive capacity, the problem of famine could definitely be solved.

"Really?" Lu Zhao stood up excitedly. "Then I'll go back and plant this too."

After she finished eating the food in her bowl, she got up to leave, but Su Wan called out to her, "How can you grow it without that stuff?"

Lu Zhao then turned back, and in his excitement, he almost forgot to ask Su Wan for that thing.

"Sister A-Wan, can I ask you for some of that stuff to take home and plant?" she asked.

Su Wan shook her head. "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, but I only have so many. If you want them, I'll give them to you next year, and you can plant them during the New Year."

When Lu Zhao heard that the planting could only be done after the New Year, he was somewhat discouraged.

Su Wan comforted him, "But don't worry, if you don't have anything to eat where you are in winter, just come here to eat."

Upon hearing Su Wan's words, she burst into laughter.

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