Although they had known each other for a long time, this was Lu Shi's first time visiting Zhang Weifang's house. The layout of the two houses was almost the same. He took a quick look and went straight to the bedroom.

Lu Shi did not go in directly. He tapped lightly on the glass of the room with his fingers. Zhang Weifang heard the sound and looked up, and saw a figure in front of the window.

She sat up from the bed and walked out in her slippers.

Zhang Weifang was so hungry that she almost fainted. Seeing the lunch box in Lu Shi's hand, she hurried out, took the dishes and chopsticks from the kitchen, and placed them on the table in the yard.

As soon as Lu Shi opened the lunch box, the aroma of hairtail wafted out. Zhang Weifang's eyes lit up at the hairtail and his mouth kept drooling.

"I didn't know what you like to eat, so I just bought some." Lu Shi's face was still calm, but he was very happy in his heart because he found out that Zhang Weifang liked hairtail fish.

"Thank you, I'm just hungry." Zhang Weifang said and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of fish.

She gently bit off the bones on both sides of the hairtail fish, then took a bite of the fish meat. The skin was crispy and the fish meat was fresh and fragrant, very delicious.

Zhang Weifang ate three pieces in a row before putting down her chopsticks. Lu Shi felt a warm feeling in his heart as he watched Zhang Weifang wolfing down the food. He sat quietly by the side and watched her eat.

"Why don't you eat?" Zhang Weifang raised her head and looked at Lu Shi.

"I'm not hungry, just eat it." Lu Shi smiled. It was only five dollars in total. How could he compete with her for it?

This was the first time Zhang Weifang saw a gentle smile on Lu Shi's face. When he smiled, his bright fox eyes became even more charming.

"No, no, it's too tempting," Zhang Weifang quickly lowered her head and continued eating the hairtail fish in the bowl.

Zhang Weifang didn’t like fried noodles very much, so she just picked two chopsticks from her own bowl and gave the rest to Lu Shi.

Lu Shi didn't care and ate up all the remaining fried noodles in one go.

After eating and drinking her fill, Zhang Weifang felt a little better. She looked at the fish bones and remains she had left over and felt a little embarrassed. She had eaten all the hairtail fish, and Lu Shi hadn't taken a single bite.

This was the first time that Zhang Weifang had eaten freshly fried hairtail in all these years. She didn't like the canned hairtail sold in the space mall, and she didn't like seafood herself, so she hadn't eaten it in all these years.

Unexpectedly, the hairtail fish Lu Shi bought this time was so delicious, so Zhang Weifang decided to buy another one tomorrow.

After dinner, Zhang Weifang went to work, leaving the dishes for Lu Shi to wash. Before leaving, she took a can of fish and gave it to Lu Shi as an exchange for the hairtail.

There is almost nothing to do at work in the afternoon. Normally, Zhang Weifang would chat with Xiao Hu, but she is not in the mood now.

After finally getting off work, Zhang Weifang went out immediately. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw Cao Ligang standing on the side of the road. She pretended not to know him and ran straight to her bicycle.

Cao Li had just waited for someone to arrive, so he quickly called out to Zhang Weifang:

"Comrade, wait a moment."

Zhang Weifang saw Xiao Hu behind her and grabbed her, then said to Cao Ligang:

"Everyone happens to be here today, so I'm going to make it clear right now. I never agreed to a blind date with you, understand? If you don't believe me, ask her."

At the bustling gate, Xiao Hu didn't want to let anyone see the excitement, so she looked at Cao Ligang with a smile:

"Xiao Cao, I'm sorry, Weifang doesn't want to go on a blind date. I can't do anything about it. You should go back first. Sister-in-law will introduce you to someone better."

Cao Ligang became anxious and began to stutter:

"No, no, no need, Comrade Weifang, I've chosen you. If you think there's something wrong with me, I can change it."

Zhang Weifang said without further ado:

"Okay, I want to find someone who has never been married, so please change it!"

"Comrade Weifang, although I'm married, I will treat you well. Really, I promise."

Cao Ligang's honest and sincere look reminded Zhang Weifang of Li Hongru. He had also made promises before, but what was the result?

Zhang Weifang now doesn't believe in oaths or promises at all.

In a friendly manner, Zhang Weifang still said:

"Comrade Cao, I have my own children, so I can't be someone else's stepmother. We're not suitable."

Cao Ligang was stunned. He couldn't understand why Zhang Weifang, who had her own children, would dislike his child. However, he tried to fight for it again:

"Comrade Weifang, I will treat your child well. My daughter is very obedient and can help you with work. You can slowly accept her."

In fact, Cao Ligang's conditions are good for most divorced people. However, Zhang Weifang cannot accept it. If she is willing to raise a child for someone else, why would she divorce?

No matter how good other people's children are, they are not hers. She cannot guarantee that she will not be partial to them, and she does not have the heart of a mother, so she will not look for such a family.

When Cao Ligang heard Zhang Weifang's refusal again, he didn't argue any further and left directly.

In his opinion, there are many women and there is no need to force it. Zhang Weifang is good-looking and has a good job, so he wants to fight for her, but he doesn't have to have her.

Zhang Weifang only breathed a sigh of relief after Cao Ligang left. She was most afraid of trouble.

The days that followed passed peacefully. The weather was getting colder and colder. There was no kang or heating, so everyone had to burn stoves.

Most people use ordinary iron stoves that burn honeycomb coal. They are relatively cheap and can be used for both heating and cooking, but they are not warm enough.

Zhang Weifang bought a cast iron charcoal stove and a chimney, but she didn't know how to install or use them, so Lu Shi helped her install them and started the fire.

As long as you add charcoal into it on time every day and take out the ash, the stove will keep burning. It is said that you can also roast sweet potatoes in winter, but Zhang Weifang has tried it.

Regardless of anything else, with the charcoal stove, the house is really warm. I can put a heat pack on my head when I go to bed at night and I won’t feel cold all night.

However, the problem is that without coal coupons, you can't buy coal at all. The coal coupons issued by the neighborhood committee can only buy honeycomb coal, which is used for cooking.

Coal mining was difficult at that time and its use had not yet been liberalized, so Zhang Weifang could not buy coal at all.

There was a space mall, but she couldn't just produce it. In the end, Zhang Weifang had to smash the honeycomb coal into egg-sized pieces, and then use them as charcoal to burn in the stove for heating.

I didn't expect that this thing would burn as warm and pleasant as charcoal, but it costs more than ten yuan a day to keep heating up, not to mention that honeycomb coal is also needed for cooking, so it is very expensive.

Zhang Weifang feels a little distressed that she spends half of her salary on coal every month, but she has to do it to keep warm.

Zhang Weifang couldn't stand cooking and heating in the same room.