"Don't worry, Mom, Dad, and Grandpa. You can use these new quilts and give us the old ones. Qingxue is still sewing new quilts at home, and we will give you new ones when the time comes."

"Why do I need to keep replacing them? Even at home, I don't change them so frequently."

"That's right, tell Qingxue to stop doing this. There are so many people making quilts, how long will she be able to do it by herself?"

"Don't worry, Mom and Dad. We have a sewing machine at home, so it's relatively easy. Besides, you know Qingxue. She has her own ideas. No one can persuade her otherwise."

In fact, although the old man refused verbally, he was so happy in his heart. It was not because he was greedy for the new quilts, but he felt that even when he was old, he would be remembered by the younger generation. Being remembered by someone is the best gift for them.

"In that case, we won't refuse. As for those old quilts, we'll keep them for now. When the sun comes out one day, we'll clean them up and send them to you."

Zhou Huaian thought about it. It was impossible to get enough sun to dry the quilt in the winter weather here. "Forget about washing it. I have an empty room over there. I'll take it and put it in the empty room. I'll wash it next year, or when the sun comes out someday."

After thinking about it for a while, a few people finally agreed and directly replaced the old quilts in the house.

Zhou Huaian originally wanted to move it and leave, but after looking at the mattress they used, he decided not to take the old quilt away. "Why don't you leave this old quilt on the bed? It will feel warmer."

Father Su refused. "I have a wolfskin mattress on my kang, but I'm not going to change it. Why don't you ask other people if they want to change it?"

This wolfskin mattress was made by my daughter after she went to the countryside. Three or four wolfskins were sewn together and used to pad the entire kang. This is a gift from my daughter, and she doesn't want to change it after getting used to it.

Even when he said this, he felt an indescribable sense of pride, as if he was showing off in front of his son-in-law.

Zhou Huaian really didn’t notice whether he had these wolf skins at home?

Anyway, he only knew that his home wouldn't be cold in winter, so it didn't matter what was on the kang.

He just touched the wolfskin mattress on the kang and confirmed that it was warm, then he felt relieved.

"Since Dad doesn't need it, I'll send it to someone else's room and see if they want a different mattress."

I'm not sure if other people's rooms will be very cold. Although I have been taking care of them for many years, I'm always worried that there are some places that I haven't taken care of.

In the end, I gave away a few mattresses. Actually, they were not enough, but I thought about sending a few new quilts in a few days, and then using the old quilts as mattresses, which should be enough.

Zhou Huaian and Sun Rui chatted with everyone in the cowshed for a while. Seeing that everyone's faces were pale and sallow, they knew that Grandpa Li's herbal medicine was indeed effective. If they didn't know the situation themselves, they would have been easily deceived by their skin color.

Seeing that it was getting late, I went straight home without disturbing the old man’s rest.

After the two of them returned home, they really went back to their own homes and didn't even have dinner yet.

They couldn't fall asleep at night, and it was impossible for the couple to do homework every night, so Su Qingxue took out the cotton cloth and prepared to continue making the quilt.

Zhou Huaian also took a book and read it to pass the time. Although neither of them talked much, except for a word or two occasionally, the atmosphere was still quite warm.

The days passed slowly, and apart from the monthly letters to the children and the package mailed every half month, there seemed to be no major changes in the days.

I just felt a little lonely during the Chinese New Year. It felt like it was deserted without a few kids.

The day before Chinese New Year, the last crop of vegetables grown in the hot springs had just been sold. Combined with the profits from the vegetables grown in the previous two times and the profits from the black market in the second half of the year, the two men calculated there for more than an hour and prepared to divide the money for the Chinese New Year.

Su Qingxue did not sell the meat in the space. She always felt that it was not worth it. Besides, she didn't have to worry about it, so she just kept it for herself.

But the income from vegetables and the black market dividends added up to more than 30,000 yuan. If the two of them split it, each of them got more than 10,000 yuan, which was already a huge sum of money.

In this city, the average annual income is at most three or four hundred yuan, and only city workers can earn that. More than ten thousand yuan is the income for several decades, and it is only the income for half a year, so Su Qingxue is extremely satisfied.

It was just that Bai Jie didn't come when the two of them were settling the accounts, so Su Qingxue guessed in her heart that maybe Sun Rui hadn't told her yet.

Although I feel that this is not a good thing, after all, I am hiding the money I earned from my wife.

But considering that Sun Rui's family members are scattered all over the country and not all of them live well, he must also subsidize others. He may be worried that his wife will be unhappy, so he may come secretly.

Since Sun Rui didn't say much, Su Qingxue and Zhou Huaian certainly wouldn't say much either, and just let the matter out.

The two men prepared the New Year’s Eve dinner the next day, and Su Qingxue and Bai Jie were waiting to eat the ready-made food.

Su Qingxue filled a large basket with various pine nuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, peanuts, and sunflower seeds, and peeled and ate them with Bai Jie in the living room.

No one interfered. When Zhou Huaian and Sun Rui were preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, they made double portions of each dish.

The first half was the New Year's Eve dinner I had with Sun Rui and his wife. After they left, I brought the people from the cowshed over and we had another lively New Year's Eve dinner together.

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