It has to be said that this woman is really cunning. After scheming to get rid of Wang Wenfang, she set her sights on Zhong Lingling's house.

It was a brick and tile house with glass windows. Since I was renting a house anyway, I approached Zhong Lingling.

She wanted Zhong Lingling to move into another room for her, arguing that the whole house would be very cold if one side of the room wasn't heated in winter.

Yang Wanqiu thought she had done a perfect job, but she didn't expect that Wang Wenqi and his wife had already suspected her.

So naturally they wouldn't rent the house to her. But thinking that what she said made sense, if Wang Wenfang's house didn't have a fire burning in the winter, their house would be cold too.

However, burning coal would be wasteful, firstly because it would be a waste to burn firewood in an empty house, and secondly because the two of them might not have enough firewood to collect. They went to town to look for coal, but they couldn't find a way to buy it.

Because of Wang Wenfang, Zhong Lingling and Chen Shuning's relationship was not as good as before. They also learned how difficult it was to buy coal, so they were embarrassed to ask Chen Shuning for help.

So the couple finally decided to approach Liu Shumei and Dong Weibing, wanting to rent the house to them.

Since they were short of money, they were naturally happy to rent a better place for less money. Not to mention that Wang Wenfang's room was already furnished, which was a good deal for the two of them who didn't have money to buy furniture.

The blue brick and tile house with its glass windows was attractive enough, so Liu Shumei agreed without even discussing it with Dong Weibing.

The two moved to the village before their lease expired, and now the two young couples are getting along very well.

Because Liu Shumei and Chen Shuning had always had a good relationship, and Wang Wenfang was no longer there to stir things up, Zhong Lingling and Chen Shuning's relationship also improved a lot.

So when Zhong Lingling heard that Liu Shumei was going to send hawthorns to Chen Shuning, she quickly told Wang Wenqi to go back first, as she had picked up some frozen jujubes in the mountains today.

These taste just as good frozen, so I thought I'd send some to Chen Shuning.

So the two knocked on Chen Shuning's door.

Chen Shuning, who was alone, didn't feel like cooking, so she planned to make some dumpling soup for dinner.

He had just finished making his dumpling soup when he heard a knock on the door.

He hurriedly called out, "Please come in," and then saw the two people who were covered up tightly.

The daytime temperature in Heilongjiang Province has now dropped below zero, so both of them are wearing thick cotton-padded coats, cotton hats, and even scarves around their faces.

So when she first came in, Chen Shuning didn't recognize who it was until Liu Shumei spoke, and then Chen Shuning recognized her voice.

She hurriedly placed the bowl of dumpling soup on the stove and said, "Sister Shumei, why are you so late? Hurry up and come inside to warm up. You must be freezing. It's getting colder every day."

Liu Shumei quickly waved her hand and said, "I won't go inside. I still have to cook when I get back. I saw a mangrove tree on the mountain today and picked quite a few, so I'm bringing you some. Hurry up and get a basket. This stuff isn't afraid of freezing, and it tastes just as good after it thaws."

"Achoo, achoo! Um, Shuning, take two baskets. Sister Shumei gave you some hawthorns, so I won't give you any. Brother Wenqi found a small patch of jujubes, so I'll share some with you."

Following behind Liu Shumei, Zhong Lingling was a little disoriented as she suddenly entered the warm room from the cold environment. She sneezed twice before she could speak.

Chen Shuning would also bring the two of them delicious food, so she didn't stand on ceremony with them. Since it was all good stuff, she hurriedly and cheerfully took out two small bamboo baskets.

The two of them each poured a full basket of things for her, and Chen Shuning couldn't stop them even when she was standing next to them, which shows that the two of them were very honest.

Chen Shuning had prepared a lot of food during the day. Seeing that the two were about to leave after receiving the food, he quickly stopped them and filled a bowl with the amber walnuts and spiced pine nuts he had made during the day for them.

Chen Shuning was making these two things for the first time today, so when the two of them saw the amber-colored walnuts coated with white sesame seeds and the fragrant pine nuts, they were overwhelmed with saliva and couldn't stop drooling if they wanted to refuse.

The two, who had intended to repay the favor, sighed inwardly, realizing they hadn't repaid it and seemed to owe it even more.

After seeing the two off at the door, Chen Shuning suddenly realized that now that He Chaoyang was no longer watching over them, he could go into the mountains to take a look.

So he quickly called out to the two of them, "By the way, Sister Shumei, Lingling, I also want to go into the mountains tomorrow. When you leave tomorrow, you can't call me back."

It wasn't until Chen Shuning mentioned that he would be going into the mountains with them tomorrow that the two realized something was wrong with Chen Shuning's hut earlier that day.

As always, Zhong Lingling asked the question directly.

"By the way, Shuning, I was wondering why your room seemed to be missing something today. It turns out Comrade Hui isn't here."

You should know that Chen Shuning was the one who loved to run into the mountains right after the autumn harvest, but ever since she came back from her injury, Comrade He has been keeping her from going into the mountains.

So when Chen Shuning mentioned going into the mountains, Zhong Lingling realized that the room was missing the extremely imposing Comrade He today.

Upon hearing Zhong Lingling's words, Liu Shumei also said with a sudden realization, "Oh right, I was just wondering why Shuning was cooking with the door closed today. It turns out Comrade He wasn't here."

"The troops had an urgent mission, so he went back this morning."

Speaking of He Chaoyang, Chen Shuning felt a little sad again. Although she would feel much more at ease without He Chaoyang by her side, she was still a little unaccustomed to the sudden departure of the two of them who had been spending so much time together.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered making snacks all day, even a huge bowl of time-consuming and laborious amber walnuts.

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