Ye Shuning didn't know what Li Shaozhong was thinking. He insisted on being her brother, perhaps because he sympathized with her situation.

She didn't want to get too close to anyone related to Yan Jingwen, especially Yan Jingwen's childhood friend Li Shaozhong. She didn't want to get too close to him.

But plans cannot keep up with changes. The original owner's father had a good relationship with the Li family during his lifetime, and she accidentally saved Li Shaoyang, which made her relationship with the Li family closer and closer.

Judging from Li Shaozhong's expression, she couldn't sever her ties with them, so she just let things take their course.

She recalled that the period novel described Li Shaozhong as a serious, taciturn and unsmiling person, but the person in front of her was obviously different from the description in the original book.

Could it be that Li Shaozhong's injury and the Li family incident later caused his personality to change suddenly? I wonder if her previous warning to Li Shaozhong was effective.

She is still very weak now. In the current environment, she can't help the Li family in any way except giving them a reminder. She hopes Li Shaozhong can take her reminder seriously.

After lunch, Li Shaozhong didn’t stay long and prepared to go back.

Looking at the basket of steamed dumplings, Li Shaozhong felt a strange sense of satisfaction for some reason, and was indescribably happy.

Before leaving, Li Shaozhong instructed, "If you have any problems you can't solve in the future, come to me. The oil field isn't far from here anyway. Also, thank you for the dumplings today."

Ye Shuning said, "If you want to improve your food in the future, come to my place. My cooking skills are pretty good."

Li Shaozhong nodded happily, "I won't be polite."

Ye Shuning sent Li Shaozhong out of the yard and watched him ride away on his bicycle.

Li Shaozhong returned to the unit and put the dumplings back in his dormitory before going to the office.

Soon Yan Jingwen came to his office to discuss a previous technical problem with him.

In the evening, when Yan Jingwen got off work, he asked Li Shaozhong to go to the cafeteria to eat together. Li Shaozhong said, "You go first. I have food in the dormitory."

Yan Jingwen said, "Did you buy something delicious? Then you have to share some with me. You can't eat it all by yourself."

Li Shaozhong rolled his eyes at Yan Jingwen when he heard this. "How can you be missing out on all the delicious food? Go buy some porridge or something. I have dumplings in my dorm. Let's eat together."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jingwen hurried to the cafeteria to buy porridge and pickles, and then went to Li Shaozhong's dormitory.

There was a kerosene stove and a small pot in Li Shaozhong's dormitory. He put the dumplings in the pot and heated them slightly.

Looking at the plump steamed dumplings, Yan Jingwen ate one first and said in surprise: "Where did you buy these steamed dumplings? What's the filling? They are so delicious. I want to buy some next time."

Li Shaozhong also picked up the steamed dumplings and started eating. As he ate, he said, "You can't buy them anywhere else. These are dumplings made with wild vegetables that people dug themselves."

Yan Jingwen couldn't stop eating. While eating, he asked, "Do you have any friends here that I don't know about?"

Li Shaozhong glanced at Yan Jingwen and said, "I asked someone to get Ye Shuning a puppy and sent it to her today. It just so happened that she was making dumplings today. I ate there for a meal, and she even brought me the second pot of steamed dumplings."

Yan Jingwen was stunned when he heard this and looked at the dumplings and said, "Did she make these herself?"

Li Shaozhong poured some porridge into his lunch box, nodded, and said, "She made this with wild vegetables she dug in the mountains. I was lucky enough to catch it just in time."

Yan Jingwen didn't expect Ye Shuning's cooking skills to be so good. Even though the steamed dumplings were reheated, they were still delicious. If they were freshly out of the pot, they would definitely taste even better.

Yan Jingwen grabbed a few more dumplings and put them in his own bowl, then asked, "Is she okay?"

Li Shaozhong thought about Ye Shuning's well-organized home and said, "It looks good. The house is well-organized and she has adapted to farm work. She is very skillful. She wove this little basket. I see she has a lot of straw woven items like this at home."

Yan Jingwen felt complicated as he listened to Li Shaozhong talking about Ye Shuning's every detail. He didn't know why he even felt a little envious and jealous of Li Shaozhong.

The two of them shared the dumplings and chatted for a while before Yan Jingwen returned to his dormitory.

At night, he lay in bed and couldn't sleep because he kept thinking about Ye Shuning. Ye Shuning had changed so much that he found it incredible.

Maybe it was because he had never really understood her before and had no idea that she had so many good qualities.

But he told himself in his heart that he and Ye Shuning had no feelings for each other, and that forcing them to be together would not bring them happiness. His previous decision was not wrong.

Yan Jingwen fell asleep with mixed feelings and had a dream, a beautiful dream of living a harmonious and happy life with Ye Shuning.

He didn't want to wake up from such a beautiful dream, but dreams are just dreams after all, and there will always be a time to wake up.

He and Ye Shuning finally separated. Wasn't this what he had always hoped for? His family was also very happy that he had gotten rid of Ye Shuning's entanglement.

Yan Jingwen woke up early in the morning and lay in bed recalling the scenes in his dream. He didn't know what he felt in his heart, but he felt a sour and uncomfortable feeling.

Ye Shuning named the puppy Li Shaozhong brought Huanhuan. With its company, Ye Shuning felt less lonely. Dogs are loyal friends of humans. As long as their owners treat them well, they will always stay with their owners.

Ye Shuning decided to take good care of her Huanhuan, as it would be her companion in the future.

Ye Shuning discovered that the corn planted in the institute's small garden had begun to produce cobs again, with each corn plant now bearing four or five cobs. Normally, it's best to leave no more than two cobs on each corn plant.

However, Ye Shuning felt that the space in the research institute was very special. The first crop of corn had grown very well, so she wanted to save all the corn cobs. If this time was the same as the first crop, the yield would be more than double that of the outside world. In the future, the food produced by this research institute would be enough for her consumption.

After planting this crop of corn, she plans to plant wheat. She prefers to eat white flour rather than cornmeal.

The soybeans and sesame seeds she planted this time grew very well, and the peanuts she planted also grew very well. She dug up the soil and took a look. The peanuts in the field had already grown into small peanuts, and she believed that they would be ready for harvest soon.

She was very satisfied with the growth rate of plants in the research institute's space, so she could grow many crops a year. Although the land was not much, it was enough for her to eat.

The vegetables planted in the two flower beds are growing well, and their growth rate is obviously much faster.

The lettuces had grown very big, so Ye Shuning pulled them all out and planted tomatoes and eggplants instead.

She also has a huge demand for vegetables, and can't live without them every day. The vegetables grown in the research institute seem to be even more delicious, and she prefers to eat them.

She wants to make good use of the land at the institute. In addition to vegetables, she also wants to grow some fruit. There are several types of fruit trees at the institute, and she wants to continue to expand the variety.

Currently, strawberries are what she wants to grow the most. She plans to use the strawberry plants she found in her colleague's dormitory to continue breeding them and grow a large field of strawberries.

The temperature in the institute is suitable, so I guess the strawberries will grow easily.