Although they were lying in the soft bed, neither of them could fall asleep because their bodies ached all over.

Seeing the bloodstains on Zhong Lingling's face, Chen Shuning thought for a while and then endured the pain in his arms and legs to get up. He went to the woodshed, opened the locked cabinet, and rummaged through it. Actually, he took out a gauze scarf from his spatial storage.

After thinking it over, she put the gloves back in the box. After all, gloves are cheap, and there are many people at the educated youth settlement. If they all come to her asking for them, should she give them to them or not?

Although Chen Shuning didn't lack these things, she didn't want to be taken advantage of and let people know she had a lot of good stuff. If that attracted the covetous eyes of people with ill intentions, wouldn't she easily suffer losses?

Back in the storeroom, he handed the gauze scarf to Zhong Lingling and said, "Lingling, you should wrap your head and face with the scarf before you go to work this afternoon. Otherwise, after a few more days, even your Wenqi brother won't recognize your pretty face."

Looking at the pure white scarf that Chen Shuning stuffed into her hand, even Zhong Lingling, who had seen many fine things, was delighted and couldn't put it down. Her eyes were full of gratitude, but she said without being pretentious, "Shuning, thank you so much. You've really helped me a lot. I was just thinking of going to town to see if I could buy a scarf. But Shuning, this scarf of yours doesn't look cheap. I can't take it for free. I have to pay you how much it costs."

"Forget about money, we'll be neighbors next door from now on, consider this a gift from me to my new neighbors."

The veil Chen Shuning took out was just the cheapest kind of veil from the wedding dress shops in the shopping mall. (It wasn't that Chen Shuning was stingy or unwilling to take out good things, but rather that the wedding dress shops in the shopping mall were all high-end, and the veils there were many exquisite pieces, but those exquisite pieces were out of step with the times. If she really took it out, it would be difficult to explain its origin.)

Chen Shuning was willing to give Zhong Lingling gifts because he saw that although the girl had a bit of a temper, she was reasonable and had no bad intentions, making her someone worth getting to know.

Hearing this, Zhong Lingling didn't mince words. She smiled and hugged the scarf to her chest, saying, "Then I won't stand on ceremony with you."

Zhong Lingling really liked the scarf, and her family had brought her a lot of things when she went to the countryside. She was thinking that she would find something similar to give to Chen Shuning as a return gift later, so she didn't feel any pressure accepting the scarf.

She was already wearing the scarf when she went to work, thinking that it would look really good with her dresses.

But then she thought that she was now in the countryside and had to work in the fields every day, so she probably wouldn't have the chance to wear those dresses again.

Moreover, her face was very important. Although she had some fabric in her bag, even the Dacron fabric was not as comfortable and breathable as this scarf. On such a hot day, Zhong Lingling chose not to make things difficult for herself.

So even though she was very reluctant, Zhong Lingling decided to use the scarf that Chen Shuning gave her when she went to work in the afternoon.

The two had set up their makeshift beds next to each other, and the scarf made Zhong Lingling, who already had a good impression of Chen Shuning, like her future neighbor even more.

He rolled onto Chen Shuning's bed and hugged her arm tightly before she could react. "Shuning, you're so good to me. You have no idea how many village girls I saw at the Children's Palace this morning didn't even cover their faces."

At the time, I didn't understand why, but once I got into the cornfield, I knew what was going on. You know, these villagers are really something; not one of them kindly told me anything.

In the end, Wenqi took off his shirt and used it to cover my face; otherwise, my face might have been unsightly by this morning, not even a few days later.

At this point, Zhong Lingling suddenly sat up and frantically rummaged through the box she had bought, saying, "Oh no, how could I forget about Brother Wenqi? He got cuts all over his arms and face because of me. When I saw him like that after we came out of the cornfield, it broke my heart. I remember my mom brought me some ointment, but where did I put it?"

Zhong Lingling practically rummaged through the box before finding two tubes of ointment. She turned around with a smile and said, "Shuning, you rest first. I'll go deliver the medicine to Brother Wenqi."

Without waiting for Chen Shuning's reply, she ran out like a gust of wind, leaving Chen Shuning to marvel at the truly great power of love.

Rubbing her sore arms, Chen Shuning had just closed her eyes to rest for a while when she heard Liu Shumei's voice coming from the doorway.

"Are you asleep, Shuning? May I come in?"

Hearing the voices, Chen Shuning, though very tired, still sat up and replied, "I'm not asleep, Sister Shumei, please come in."

The room currently occupied by Chen Shuning and his family only has two makeshift beds on the floor and Zhong Lingling's suitcase, so Liu Shumei had nowhere to sit when she entered. She simply leaned against the wooden suitcase to talk.

As one of the leaders of the educated youth settlement, Liu Shumei was obliged to check on the new educated youth on their first day of work, but she was only responsible for the female educated youth.

So as soon as Liu Shumei returned, she went to the old house. Yang Wanqiu and the others were also exhausted on their first day of work. Just like Chen Shuning and the others, they collapsed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) to rest as soon as they got back.

Because she didn't have a good impression of Yang Wanqiu and Yang Xiaohong, Liu Shumei only said a few words as a formality at the old house before heading straight to the storeroom.

To be honest, Liu Shumei really liked Chen Shuning. She was smart and unpretentious. Although she had seen Chen Shuning argue with people several times and heard about how the girl had caused the villagers to suffer in silence as soon as she entered the village, and most importantly, she had stood up for Yang Wanqiu, who was clearly at odds with her, Liu Shumei thought that although Chen Shuning was a formidable girl, she was also a smart one.

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