A group of young men who might not have been familiar to everyone yesterday, but today they chopped a lot of firewood.

They were already very familiar with it.

The four of them discussed it and decided to go to the village to find the production team leader later, as the food problem needed to be solved.

Could we buy some grain from the villagers?

At least they have to get through this winter.

Otherwise, we could buy some grain in the county, but everyone knows the answer to that.

To buy grain in the county, you need two certificates, and given their current situation, it's impossible for them to buy grain in the county.

Watching Jiang Tiecheng carry such a tall stack of firewood all by himself.

The other three male educated youths were secretly astonished.

"Xiao Jiang, you're amazing! You can actually carry such a tall pile of firewood. I'm already panting after carrying just this little bit of firewood."

Liu Junkai pointed to the firewood on his shoulder, which was about the same height as him.

He stood next to Jiang Tiecheng carrying firewood, looking like a dwarf standing next to a giant.

The other two burst into laughter.

"I've always been strong since I was a child. Doing this kind of physical work is no problem for me."

Jiang Tiecheng also laughed heartily, saying that he came here not to talk back to heaven and earth.

You need at least a few friends, and so far, these three male educated youths are all pretty good.

As long as the other party doesn't try to take advantage of you, there's no problem being friends.

Four male educated youths carried firewood back, and along the way they encountered other educated youths who had gone up the mountain to chop firewood.

The two female educated youths who had just been rebuked by Jiang Tiecheng were also fully armed, carrying axes, and went up the mountain with the others.

Seeing the firewood on Jiang Tiecheng's back now, she was filled with rage.

Jiang Tiecheng is clearly so strong; helping them chop some firewood would be a piece of cake for him, but he just won't help.

To put it bluntly, it's selfishness.

They have decided to secretly contact other educated youth to isolate Jiang Tiecheng.

People like Jiang Tiecheng, who are disorganized, undisciplined, and selfish, definitely need to be taught a lesson.

However, some educated youth looked at Jiang Tiecheng with envy, for he had carried such a tall stack of firewood all by himself.

It will burn for at least four days after we get back.

Jiang Tiecheng carried the firewood back to his doorstep, but noticed with keen insight that a layer of firewood was missing from the pile in front of his house.

It snowed for half a day just now, and if it were the original firewood, it should be covered with a thick layer of snow.

But there was only a few scattered snowflakes on the layer of firewood above me.

This is something that can't be proven by the dead, even if he causes a huge uproar right now.

It's impossible for anyone to come forward and admit it.

Did you think that this would force yourself into a corner?

Jiang Tiecheng smiled. It was definitely impossible to put firewood inside the house, mainly because the house was too cramped. Two people living in this house would barely be able to turn around.

We had already put the water tank inside the house, but if we put firewood in as well, there would be practically no room to even step inside.

Because many people knew this, they were certain that Jiang Tiecheng couldn't do anything to them.

Even if you make a fuss about something that has no evidence or basis, it will only make you a laughing stock.

Jiang Tiecheng divided the firewood he had gathered into two portions, just like he had done the day before.

He chopped half of it into firewood of suitable length and kept it for himself.

The other half was sent to Chen Ruixue.

Hearing the commotion outside the house, Chen Ruixue hurriedly asked.

"Is this Brother Jiang?"

In the morning, Chen Ruixue heard Jiang Tiecheng arguing with someone, and she wished she could go out and argue with him.

But after twisting my ankle yesterday, it seems to be even more swollen after I slept all night.

My feet are so swollen I can't even touch the ground.

Chen Ruixue felt apologetic. If it weren't for her, Jiang Tiecheng would have been implicated, and Jiang Tiecheng didn't owe her anything.

As a result, from yesterday to today, Jiang Tiecheng has been busy preparing everything for himself.

"It's me. How's your foot?"

Jiang Tiecheng casually asked in agreement, revealing his affection for Chen Ruixue.

It wasn't out of romantic love; he had been heartbroken by a woman in his past life.

I've never thought about having anything going on with women in my life, and even if I were to marry a wife, I would have to observe her carefully.

The saying goes, "Once bitten by a snake, twice shy."

The reason for trusting Chen Ruixue is purely due to her personal character.

To think that a girl would do so much to help me when she was in such a dangerous situation on the bus.

He was willing to spend all his savings to save everyone on the train.

From any perspective, Chen Ruixue is a girl with excellent character.

Only then would he be willing to help Chen Ruixue.

"Okay, much better, Brother Jiang, you don't need to help me chop so much firewood."

"Once my foot is a bit better in the next couple of days, I'll go up the mountain and hunt for myself."

Jiang Tiecheng clapped his hands after piling up the firewood outside.

He knocked on the door directly.

"May I come in?"

"able."

As soon as Jiang Tiecheng entered the room, he felt that it was cold inside and couldn't help but look at Chen Ruixue with a puzzled expression.

"Has the fire gone out?"

Chen Ruixue struggled to move to the edge of the bed.

What happened to your foot?

Jiang Tiecheng's face darkened upon seeing this. Although Chen Ruixue was limping yesterday, she was still able to walk around and tidy up the house.

This is why Jiang Tiecheng didn't take her injury seriously, but today he saw that she even had difficulty getting out of bed.

Chen Ruixue gritted her teeth, her face slightly flushed.

It's impossible to hide it forever.

"I slept on a heated kang bed all night, and my feet started hurting badly in the middle of the night. When I woke up this morning, my feet were swollen like steamed buns."

Jiang Tiecheng took two steps forward and grabbed her ankle, causing Chen Ruixue to gasp in surprise.

"ah!"

Let me see your feet.

Jiang Tiecheng pushed up her trouser leg and immediately saw that her snow-white ankle was swollen like a steamed bun.

With a furrowed brow, he immediately realized that Chen Ruixue hadn't taken any action after twisting her ankle yesterday.

In addition, I was busy tidying up the dugout yesterday, so it's fortunate that I didn't go up the mountain to chop firewood or fetch water.

If she had done those two things, her foot probably wouldn't be like this today.

Moreover, no other treatment was given for the sprain yesterday, and the patient even slept on a heated kang bed.

He said with a hint of helplessness,

"It's all my fault. I didn't remind you yesterday that you shouldn't have slept on the heated brick bed last night."

“The fire on the kang is out, so be it. You sit on the kang now, and I’ll go out and get some snow.”

You need to apply ice to this area.

"At least it hasn't been 24 hours yet. Apply ice for a while and it will gradually get better."

There were no medicines available at that time, and the educated youth wouldn't bring anything like safflower oil.

In no time, Jiang Tiecheng went out and brought back a large, square block of snow.

It was smashed so hard it was like a block of ice.

Then Chen Ruixue found a towel and wrapped it up.

I applied it to her ankle.

"Don't be afraid of the cold. Even if it's cold, you should keep the ice on for a while. If you feel the ice is about to melt, just call me and I'll go get you some more ice."

"Don't light the kang (heated brick bed) today."