Chapter 52 052 Extremely Cold

After Qin Feng finished cursing, he felt relieved and went to ring the bell to signal the end of the workday with his hands behind his back.

Huang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Qin Feng had finally left. But when he thought about the work Qin Feng had asked him to do tomorrow before leaving, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

He's going to carry manure tomorrow. If he had known it would turn out like this, he would never have gone to risk getting scolded.

Qin Xiaoxin followed Qin Feng home contentedly. As soon as she entered the house, she shared the gossip she had heard that afternoon with Old Mrs. Qin and Ma Dahua.

"I never expected Niu Dabao to be that kind of person. He actually beats his wife. He has no skills, but he has quite a temper."

Qin Xiaoxiao ate while smacking her lips, shaking her head and sighing, as if she was very disappointed in Niu Dabao.

But she didn't know Niu Dabao at all; she only knew that there was such a person in the village.

Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao's disappointed expression, Grandma Qin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"You talk like it's your son, what are you disappointed about!"

Qin Xiaoxiao objected, "No way, Grandma, I've never done anything immoral in my life. No matter what, I could never have a son like that. If I really did have a son who beats his wife, I'd rather strangle him than let him harm others."

Qin Aiguo swallowed a mouthful of soup. "Watch your mouth. You're a young lady, and you keep talking about having babies. People will laugh at you if they hear you."

Grandma Qin glared at him, "Who? Who dares to speak ill of my granddaughter? I'd like to see who dares to say anything bad about my granddaughter to my face!"

My granddaughter can do whatever she wants, she…

Grandma Qin said this subconsciously to protect Qin Xiaoxiao, but halfway through she suddenly realized something was wrong. She changed her tone and looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a smile, saying, "Xiaoxiao, your grandfather is right. It's not good for outsiders to hear this. If you want to say something, say it at home. We won't say it outside."

Qin Aiguo rolled his eyes behind his wife's back, then quickly lowered his head to eat, not daring to let his wife see.

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled and agreed, "Okay, I know, Grandma."

Grandma Qin was overflowing with love when she saw how obedient and sweet Qin Xiaoxiao was.

“My little one is the most obedient, so she deserves a reward.”

Grandma Qin looked around and saw that there was nothing good to eat on the table. Suddenly, she raised her head and saw that Qin Ye had an egg in his hand and was about to put it in his mouth. Grandma Qin saw this and snatched it away and put it in Qin Xiaoxiao's hand.

"You eat."

Qin Ye stared blankly at the egg that had suddenly disappeared from his hand. Hearing what the old lady Qin said, he turned to look at Qin Xiaoxiao—no, at the egg in her hand.

Looks so familiar!

What a coincidence, the one I just had is exactly the same as this...

Ah, all eggs look pretty much the same, almost indistinguishable, but he can tell the difference in size. This one is smaller, so it's obviously his.

Did you eat your eggs today, little sister?

You've eaten, haven't you?

So this is his?

Qin Ye then looked at Old Mrs. Qin, who was smiling and waiting to see Little Qin eat eggs.

Is this his biological mother? Are you sure he wasn't adopted by the Qin family?

Qin Ye looked at Qin Aiguo and Qin Feng with suspicion.

They look exactly the same!

Okay, it's confirmed, he wasn't adopted.

If he wasn't adopted, then his heart is truly cold!

Qin Xiaoxiao was equally bewildered.

Looking at the egg that suddenly appeared in her hand, and then at her older brother who was also looking bewildered, Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Is she going to eat or eat?

While other families favor sons over daughters, her family favors daughters over sons. The men in the Qin family have no status whatsoever; according to her grandfather, they are all spendthrifts and money-losing goods.

Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Qin Ye with sympathy and ate the egg under his "eager expectation".

"Milk, eggs are so delicious."

Grandma Qin laughed, "If it's delicious, I'll cook it for you again tomorrow at noon. I'll cook two for you, both of them."

After saying that, Grandma Qin looked at her eldest grandson with a stern face, "Tomorrow you will help Xiaoxiao with the chores, and you don't need to eat eggs for lunch. I'll give you an extra bowl of porridge."

Qin Ye's heart sank again when he was offered an egg in exchange for a bowl of porridge.

Ma Dahua watched her son's discomfiture with amusement, and in a good mood, she ate another half sweet potato.

After finishing her meal, Qin Xiaoxiao returned to the educated youth settlement. First, she washed and hung up her clothes for the day, and then went back to her room to take a nap.

She's been getting tired of getting up early every day, so she's going to sleep in a little longer today.

It was too hot, so Qin Xiaoxiao closed the door and put a basin of ice on the floor to cool it down.

Even with ice in the room, it didn't cool things down much. Qin Xiaoxiao was too hot to sleep and missed the days when she had air conditioning.

"Sigh! We've fallen so low! Even in this sweltering apocalypse, without air conditioning, we still sleep soundly!"

Unable to sleep, Qin Xiaoxiao simply stopped trying and sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), frowning as she pondered how to make herself more comfortable.

After thinking for a long time, Qin Xiaoxiao actually came up with a solution.

Qin Xiaoxiao drew the curtains and slipped into the space.

After rummaging through the space for half an hour, I finally found two boxes in a corner.

Upon opening the box, neatly arranged inside were handheld mini fans.

It's rechargeable, silent, and has adjustable settings, making it perfect for her current needs.

I took out all the small electric fans one by one, fiddled with them for a while, and found that most of them only had seventy or eighty units of power.

Qin Xiaoxiao then pulled out seven or eight more power strips and plugged in more than twenty small electric fans one after another to charge them.

Since the space has a power source, she doesn't have to pay for electricity, and there's no need for a generator. It saves time, effort, and diesel fuel, so she might as well make a few more.

The small electric fan charged very quickly, fully charging in just half an hour. Then Qin Xiaoxiao replaced it with another batch to continue charging.

Qin Xiaoxiao arranged a row of fully charged mini electric fans along the wall, turning each fan to its highest setting, and finally felt much cooler.

A gentle breeze was blowing, and Qin Xiaoxiao decisively took out a piece of chilled watermelon from her spatial storage and ate it. She couldn't bear to throw away the watermelon seeds, planning to ask Grandma Qin tomorrow if it was possible to grow watermelons.

Qinjiagou grows watermelons on a small, low slope on the side of Maoerduo Mountain. It's a sandy area, unsuitable for growing grains. Qin Feng specifically arranged for them to be grown there to increase the village's income, planning to take them to the purchasing station to exchange for money in the summer.

Of course, each family could get a watermelon, but since there were quite a few people in each household, each person would only get a small piece to taste, and there was no way to eat more.

So Qin Xiaoxiao decided to plant watermelons on the plot of land allocated to her, so that she could have watermelon freedom.

Qin Xiaoxiao's plan was good, but she had no idea that it was no longer suitable to plant watermelons at this time, and that the watermelons would be ready to be harvested in another half month.

Qin Xiaoxiao was happily thinking that she would be able to eat a big watermelon in two months. However, the next day, when she took the watermelon seeds to Qin's grandmother, she saw the complicated and speechless expression on the grandmother's face and realized that she might have made a fool of herself.

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't ask any more questions and quickly went back to the educated youth settlement to check the books. She found out that watermelons could also be planted in July, but a greenhouse was needed. They could also plant a variety of watermelon called Desert 218, but the key point was that this variety had not yet been developed.

Unable to get a watermelon, Qin Xiaoxiao's enthusiasm went to waste, leaving her feeling utterly disheartened.

(End of this chapter)