Chen Tan checked the front and back yards, came to Heizi, and touched his ears. "Be alert and don't let the thief in."

Heizi lay in the nest, squinting his eyes, without even looking at her.

"Tan Nier, don't worry. With Hei Zai here, no one dares to come in. It's cold outside, come in and sleep."

"Here I come."

Chen Tan stroked Hei Zai again before entering the bedroom.

Qin Li added firewood when he left, and the kang was warm, but Chen Tan couldn't sleep. His mind was full of the tall figure leaving in the wind and snow.

When he woke up the next day, the snow had covered Chentan's knees and was still falling.

She cooked meat and vegetable porridge on a coal stove and heated up a plate of sweet potato balls.

After dinner, she found a wooden shovel and cleared the snow in the yard.

There is a circle of more than three meters wide around Qin Li's yard, and a display table made of broken bricks is built on the edge.

Along the edge of the table, there is a circle of white jade tea trees planted.

She cleared all the snow in the yard and placed it under the display table behind the jade tea tree outside the yard.

After cleaning up, she vaguely heard crying at the foot of the mountain, so she stood by the table and looked down the mountain.

The entire Dongwa team can be seen at a glance.

At this moment, the snow is still falling, and the heavy snow flying all over the sky covers the entire earth with thick white.

It was originally a beautiful scene, but for people today, it is a disaster.

The thatched house of a member of the Dongwa team collapsed, and they probably injured someone, so they cried.

She looked back at the house behind her, which was built of blue bricks and gray tiles.

Just in case, she used the space to collect the snow from the roof.

Then, he looked at Wei Xiao's house at the back of the village. Their house had a thatched roof, but the beams were strong, so nothing happened.

Aunt Wu found a long bamboo stick. Since there was no ladder, she stood on the wooden table and worked hard to clear the snow off the roof.

Chen Tan looked carefully and used the space to help her clear the snow on the roof, leaving only a thin layer.

Then, he collected all the snow on the villagers' roofs into the space.

After entering the house, Heizi stared at her grimly, with some fear in his eyes.

Chen Tan smiled and touched its head, and she knew that this guy was very smart.

"Tan Ni'er, stop shoveling and come in to warm up." Qin Qiuniang shouted from inside the house.

Chen Tan smiled brightly and replied in a crisp voice: "Grandma, I'll be right there."

After entering the room, Qin Qiuniang was sitting on the kang reading a book. She walked over, took out a notebook, and sat cross-legged on the kang to practice calligraphy.

The calligraphy on the copybook Qin Li gave her was vigorous and elegant, full of style and character, and much more beautiful than the calligraphy she wrote in her previous life.

Since she had nothing to do, she practiced very seriously.

She found that Qin Qiuniang's eyes had become clearer and her legs and feet had healed under the care of the spiritual spring water during this period.

So she was given another cup of spiritual spring water every day.

The better the old lady's health, the more relaxed she is.

After a few days of intermittent heavy snow, the sun finally came out.

Qin Li did not come back as agreed.

Wei Xiao came to fetch water for them three times, and Wu Xia came every afternoon to chat with them for a long time.

I also made two sets of autumn clothes, autumn pants, bellybands and underwear for Chen Tan to wear inside.

Chen Tan was not used to wearing a bellyband, so he planned to go to the county town to buy two small covers.

The original owner's body was so tight that she didn't develop at all. She wore thick clothes during this period and didn't bind her chest, perhaps because her life was better.

Two small bumps grew on the flat chest.

If you don't wear bras to shape your figure, it will sag.

She also wanted to crochet two pairs of slippers with wool to wear after washing her feet at night.

It’s a pity that I have to go to the county to buy soles and wool.

So, she looked forward to Qin Li's return every day.

Qin Li returned early in the morning three days later.

This time, he was much thinner, had a much longer beard, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He brought back two sets of hand-knitted sweaters and trousers, two sets of thick new cotton coats, a pair of hand-knitted wool gloves, and a pair of army green wool gloves for Chen Tan.

There were also two pounds of peach cakes, two pounds of White Rabbit milk candies, two pounds of crispy candies, two pounds of egg cakes, two cans of malted milk, two boxes of vanishing cream, four boxes of clam oil and five pounds of mixed fruit candies.

"You and grandma will each have half of the food. Tell me when you're done and I'll buy you more," Qin Li said lovingly before yawning. "I haven't gotten much sleep these past few days due to the rush of work. You take care of the food while I take a nap."

"Wait a minute, drink some water first."

Chen Tan fled into the kitchen.

It would be a lie to say that I wasn't moved. After all, in that era of food and clothing shortages, he worked hard to earn money to support her and her grandmother. The things he bought were only for her and her grandmother, but nothing for himself.

She was deeply touched.

But she was afraid of his sincerity.

After all, she was going to leave and escape from here forever.

She took a large bowl of spiritual spring water, heated it on the stove, and then brought it in.

He was already lying on the bed snoring.

Chen Tan still woke him up, "Brother, drink some hot water before going to sleep."

"Hmm," Qin Li took the bowl with his eyes narrowed. After finishing it in one breath, he muttered, "Silly girl, you even put sugar in it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Tan tucked him in before leaving.

When she came out, Qin Qiuniang looked at her with a smile, "Qin Li will sleep until dark, take out a chicken and thaw it, then stew it for him to eat in the evening."

"good."

She and Qin Qiuniang had not eaten the chicken that Qin Li brought back last time, so they quickly took out two frozen chicken pieces from the ice tank and thawed them with warm water.

Then go and pick up the food.

On weekdays, Qin Li put the food he bought in the kang cabinet on the kang.

After she arrived, Qin Qiuniang gave her the key to one of the cabinets containing snacks and told her to take it whenever she wanted to eat and not to worry about her.

As Chen Tan put the bags of snacks into the cabinet, the old lady smiled and took away two boxes of clam oil, a can of malted milk and a pound of egg cake and put them into another cabinet.

"Grandma is old and has bad teeth, so she can't eat sweets. These two things are enough for me. The rest are yours. Don't keep them, or they will be given away by the mice."

It was obvious that those candies were bought by that boy specially for Tanier, he was just too embarrassed to say it.

Besides, if she didn't make things clear with the girl, she wouldn't touch a single candy.