It's not just Chen Shuning; many people can't understand what Zhong Lingling saw in Wang Wenqi. Aside from his fairly good-looking face and eloquent tongue, he's just a gigolo who can't even take care of himself and has a burden like his sister Wang Wenfang.

So, one intentionally distanced themselves, and the other was so busy taking care of her boyfriend and future sister-in-law that they naturally had little time to interact. As a result, the two, who were originally close friends, ended up only exchanging greetings when they met, even though they lived next door to each other.

Today was no different. Chen Shuning looked out the window and saw Wang Wenfang sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) eating biscuits, while Zhong Lingling was busy preparing dinner inside and outside the house. Chen Shuning was speechless.

However, it was someone else's business, and Chen Shuning was too lazy to care. She understood the principle of not speaking too intimately with casual acquaintances.

Chen Shuning, who went to the woodshed to fetch some firewood to start a fire and cook, was stunned as soon as she entered. She originally thought that the huge pile of wood at the entrance of the woodshed was all of He Chaoyang's work for the day. After all, even with the cheat code of her space, she dared not say that she could get so much wood in a day.

But once Chen Shuning entered the woodshed, she realized that she had really underestimated He Chaoyang's abilities and physical strength.

Not only did they manage to gather so much wood in just one day, but the woodshed was now piled high with neatly bundled dry branches, which made Chen Shuning's already good mood even better.

When she was in a good mood, her enthusiasm for cooking increased, and she took out all the meat, eggs, and vegetables from the space without any hesitation.

As she took the food, Chen Shuning mentally considered what to eat that evening. The meat options included pork, chicken, duck, eggs, and canned luncheon meat. The vegetables included cabbage, radish, cauliflower, pumpkin, potatoes, and the like. These were all available in the village. Chen Shuning didn't dare take anything that wasn't available.

Thinking about the chicken He Chaoyang had for lunch, she decided not to cook chicken for now. She wasn't very good at cooking duck, and she didn't have much time during the autumn harvest. She would study it properly after the winter and then cook it.

As for staple food, I won't steam buns for dinner. I get tired of steamed buns three times a day. Instead, I'll steam a big pot of rice, slice some pork belly to make char siu, and blanch some bok choy and carrots to make a simple char siu rice.

Also, there are many people eating tonight, so it's not good to cook too many meat dishes. After all, everyone here is a former educated youth, and it's not good to stand out too much. Making a fortune quietly is the best approach, isn't it?

So we won't cook meat dishes for dinner. And judging from the fact that there was so much chicken at noon that there wasn't even any soup left, He Chaoyang probably likes sweet dishes, or at least doesn't dislike them, which is similar to her. So char siu rice should be a good choice.

For the main dish, I'll stir-fry some cabbage, stew a big pot of eggplant and potatoes, and make a winter melon and meatball soup.

The meat filling is already prepared in the compartment, making it easy to blanch meatballs.

As for the fact that no one heard you chopping meat and you made meatballs? Just kidding, she chopped meat for most of yesterday afternoon.

Even the old educated youth in the front yard were alerted and came over to see. You're saying I didn't chop the meat into minced meat, and that it's not okay to leave the leftovers from yesterday? We're not landlords, who has to finish all the meat they buy in one meal?

There was also some spinach in the basket that Aunt Guihua had given her. It looked like it was about to wilt. She could blanch some of it while blanching the bok choy, add some soaked wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms, and boil a few eggs to make a cold dish. It was refreshing and low in fat, and it had always been Chen Shuning's favorite.

Just as Chen Shuning was about to start a fire after weighing the food, Wang Chunni and Xu Laidi, who had finished washing up, came over to help.

The three girls were chatting and laughing as they busied themselves in the kitchen when He Chaoyang came back carrying two logs that were about as thick as Chen Shuning's waist.

Hearing the sound, Chen Shuning quickly poked her head out of the kitchen. Seeing that it was He Chaoyang who had returned, she greeted him with a smile, "Brother He, you're back. Dinner will be ready soon. I've already fetched water and it's drying in the yard. Go wash up and come inside to rest for a while. I'll call you when dinner is ready."

Looking at the smiling little girl, He Chaoyang's fatigue from the day's work vanished the moment Chen Shuning called him "Brother He."

He smiled and replied, "No rush. Let me chop these logs and put them in the woodshed first. Otherwise, they'll just get in the way when I walk around."

In front of Chen Shuning's house is a passageway connecting the front and back yards, and the large pile of wood in front of the house does look a bit out of the way.

So Chen Shuning didn't stop him. She swallowed back the words she wanted to say to He Chaoyang to rest, and silently retreated to the kitchen. After thinking for a moment, she went back into the house and took a can of luncheon meat to stir-fry some luncheon meat and cabbage.

The three of them worked together in the kitchen and quickly finished cooking. Wang Chunni and Xu Laidi were in charge of washing and chopping the vegetables, while Chen Shuning was in charge of cooking. In no time, the food was ready.

As Chen Shuning and her group finished cooking, an irresistible aroma slowly wafted through the educated youth compound, causing everyone who smelled it to secretly swallow their saliva.

As if deliberately challenging Chen Shuning, the aroma of food wafted from Chen Shuning's room on the west side, while the aroma of meat wafted from Gu Xinyi's room on the far east side. The two aromas merged in the air and then spread to every corner of the educated youth compound.

At this moment, whether they were old educated youth who had just finished work or new educated youth in the backyard, they all envied Wang Chunni and Xu Laidi, who were able to eat with Chen Shuning, as well as Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi, who had been eating with Gu Xinyi from the beginning.

Look how well they choose their friends! They get to eat such delicious meals every day, while they can only eat boiled vegetables with little oil and salt. Before, everyone ate like this and didn't think anything of it, but now that there's a comparison, it makes everyone feel unbalanced.

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