"Xiao Ai, have you finished reading the letter? Is it my turn now?"

He Xiaoai nodded and handed the letter to her sister.

Dada ran over, tugged at the hem of He Ruixue's clothes, and said, "Aunt, my brother said the wind at the beach was as strong as a knife, and it shaved off several layers of skin on his face. Should we send him the perfume that Mom used?"

The sweet smell in her mouth was naturally vanishing cream.

It is packaged in a delicate little jar with a light floral scent.

He Ruixue asked someone to bring back a lot of it from Shanghai. It has a good moisturizing and hydrating effect, but as for the advertised whitening effect, I didn't see it.

Wang Taozhi previously used clam oil and was reluctant to use the more expensive vanishing cream.

Later I saw He Ruixue buy more than a dozen bottles at a time. She basically tried all the brands on the market, under the pretext of choosing the one that best suits her skin type.

As for those vanishing creams that she had put aside after using them only once or twice, they were naturally distributed to the female members of the family.

Don’t say it, you get what you pay for these days.

The popular snow cream does have its advantages. After Wang Taozhi got used to it, she always felt uncomfortable using clam oil when she went back. It was too greasy when applied on her face.

Of course, this is also because Qingyang City is not located too far north and the climate is not dry.

The main function of clam oil is to prevent dryness and cracking, so it would be better to send it to He Xiaoyou.

He Ruixue bent down and tapped He Xiaoai's nose. "Don't worry about it. Show the letter to your mother later. She will prepare it."

On the other side, He Xiaojie quickly skimmed over the contents of the letter and laughed out loud, "After persisting for several months, you finally know how to complain to your family.

He said he hadn't expected the winter there to be so cold, so he asked his family to send him some extra cotton so he could have someone fill his jacket with a few more pounds.

"He doesn't know how to alter clothes, so what's the point of sending cotton? I remember your father had a winter coat that reached his ankles and was made of nylon, which was not breathable.

Send it to him. It can keep out the wind when he goes out and can be used as a blanket when he comes home."

"That one was made just last year. My dad is reluctant to wear it, but I think Mom would approve."

He Xiaojie came over and whispered in her ear, "Aunt, don't be fooled by my mother's indifference every day. She always scolds him for being heartless when he is mentioned. In fact, she cried quietly several times in the past few nights and even wiped away tears when she wrote to him."

"Which mother wouldn't miss her own child? If you go to the countryside, she will show it even more."

He Xiaojie waved her hand, "No, I'm not as stupid as Xiaoyou. I don't want to live a good life and insist on asking for trouble."

As they were talking, Wang Taozhi came back from a walk holding He Xiaoxu.

After reading the letter sent back by He Xiaoyou, she threw the child into Jiang Yanxu's arms and rushed home in a hurry to pack her things.

Wang Taozhi took out the clam oil that she had placed in the corner of her dressing table, and then hesitantly took out a bottle of vanishing cream, muttering,

"Boys have rough skin, so Xiaoyou can use clam oil. If he sees an educated youth he likes, give him a bottle of this. Maybe he can find a daughter-in-law for me."

Then, she turned out He Chunsheng's big cotton-padded jacket and sat in front of the sewing machine to manually fill it with cotton.

It is almost twice as thick, and although it looks bulky, it is definitely warm.

"Don't people in the north wear bear and wolf skins? They're warmer.

Xiaojie, when you write back to your brother, remember to tell him not to waste money in the village and to collect a few more good leathers and send them back so that Mom can make him clothes."

"Mom, he's at the seaside, not in the mountains. I'm afraid he can only wear fish skin."

"If there's none in the village, how could there be none in the county? He's not going to jail, so he can just go to a few more places."

He Xiaojie exposed her excuse and said, "Mom, I think you want to wear it yourself, right?"

"That fur is so heavy I can't even lift my arms. Why would I wear it? If I had to wear anything, I'd wear fox or mink. They're light and beautiful. I heard even the emperor wore them in the winter."

"I knew it."

"You know what? I can't help you at all. I'm just blocking the road. Move over and let me pass."

Wang Taozhi pushed her aside and turned to pack up the food. "Xiaoyou said they only grow one crop a season, and they stay indoors during the winter. There are few trees over there, and I don't know if there's enough firewood."

"With so many educated youth living in one room, if each person could make a few bundles, it would last for half a month. It would definitely be enough."

"I'm afraid someone will be as lazy as your Third Uncle and just wait to use other people's. Sigh, I don't know if honeycomb coal is easy to buy over there."

He Xiaojie grabbed a handful of melon seeds and sincerely felt that her brother had brought all the suffering upon himself and did not deserve sympathy.

He persuaded her, "Mom, don't worry about it. It's close to the coal mine over there, so it's definitely more convenient to buy coal there than here.

Isn't Xiaoyou getting along well with the village leader? Send two packs of Dad's cigarettes to him and ask him to give them away, so he doesn't smoke them secretly at home and choke people to death."

…

Winters at the seaside are long and gloomy. The coast is warmer than inland, but not much better due to the strong wind.

The cold wind was unbearable when it blew ashore in gusts.

When the cold wave comes, although the sea surface is not frozen, the coldness rises from the soles of the feet and penetrates into the bones.

It’s okay to sleep on the kang, but once you get out of bed, you will definitely shiver constantly.

"Comrade He, your package has arrived. I'll deliver it to you."

With the crisp sound of a car bell, a package was placed outside the gate.

He Xiaoyou quickly put on his clothes and went out, his teeth chattering as he said, "Thank you, Erdan. Would you like to come in for a cup of tea to warm yourself up?"

The courier, wearing a dog-skin hat and with his neck tucked into a furry scarf, patted his shoulder through his gloves.

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