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It was a winter morning, the sky still immersed in darkness and all around was silent. However, a faint light had already been lit in Xu Qianjiao's room.
She opened her eyes drowsily and saw that Cheng Jiawen had woken up and was putting on his clothes beside the bed.
"Awake?" Cheng Jiawen heard the voice and turned to look at Xu Qianjiao on the bed. Seeing that she had opened her eyes, he handed her clothes and said, "Hurry up and get dressed. Get ready to go to work."
Xu Qianjiao pouted, gently lifted the quilt, reached out to take the clothes, and said coquettishly: "It's so cold, I don't want to get up."
Cheng Jiawen shook his head helplessly, leaned over and pulled her out of bed, "Be good, put on some clothes, you won't be cold in a while."
"Hmm~" Xu Qianjiao slowly sat up, rubbed her eyes, and then stretched, trying to dispel her sleepiness. Although she was attached to the warm bed, there was nothing she could do. She still had to go to work and could not stay in bed.
The temperature in the room was very low and she couldn't help shivering. She quickly put on thick clothes, a hat and a scarf.
After she put on her clothes, Cheng Jiawen also brought back the water for washing. She squatted in the yard to brush her teeth, then went back to the room to wash her face.
After washing up, she opened the window slightly and a gust of cold air blew in her face.
"Is it okay? If so, let's go have breakfast." Cheng Jiawen asked while making the bed.
"Okay, let's go." The two walked out the door together. In the dining room, Xu's mother had already prepared breakfast for them.
Today's breakfast was sweet potato rice, and Cheng Jiawen and Xu Qianjiao ate it with gusto. The sweet potato was sweet and soft, and the rice was fragrant and delicious. The combination was very delicious.
Mother Xu took out a lunch box from the cupboard and handed it to Xu Qianjiao, "Jiaojiao, you should take this lunch box with you to eat from now on."
Xu Qianjiao took the 90% new lunch box in front of her and nodded, "Okay, I understand."
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Faint sunlight shone on the earth, and a cool breeze gently rustled the leaves. A new day began. After breakfast, Cheng Jiawen and Xu Qianjiao were refreshed and ready to set off.
Cheng Jiawen was riding a bicycle and Xu Qianjiao was sitting on the back seat. The cold wind blew Xu Qianjiao's hair slightly and the sunlight shone on the two of them, making them feel warm and sweet.
When they passed by the village entrance, they saw several young people on a bullock cart heading towards the village. These should be the newly arrived educated youth that Uncle Xu mentioned.
Xu Qianjiao was sitting on the back seat of a bicycle when suddenly she saw a familiar figure on a ox cart.
Xu Qianjiao patted Cheng Jiawen on the back and said, "Look, does that look like Chen Yi, whom I met in the department store before?"
Cheng Jiawen looked in the direction Xu Qianjiao's finger pointed. He carefully identified it and said uncertainly, "It seems so. It looks a bit like it."
The bicycle got closer and closer until it brushed past the oxcart. Xu Qianjiao could clearly see that the person on the oxcart was Chen Yi. She muttered quietly, "Is this Chen Yi's family very powerful? Why did she end up in the countryside?"
Cheng Jiawen said nonchalantly, "Well, who knows? Look, weren't those people in the bullpen very powerful before? Now they've been demoted. So, in these ever-changing times, it's hard to predict anything."
Xu Qianjiao thought about it and nodded in agreement, "Yes, that's indeed the truth."
When the two of them thought of this, they didn't continue to pay attention to Chen Yi's affairs. After all, they had only met her once and had no friendship. Strictly speaking, they didn't know each other at all.
So even though they like gossip, they won't take the initiative to find out anything. They just eat melons if there are any, and forget about it if there are none. Anyway, they won't take the initiative to look for melons to eat.
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After riding his bike for over half an hour in the freezing wind, Cheng Jiawen's hands were already frozen. He parked his bike at the station entrance and said, "We're here."
Xu Qianjiao jumped out of the back seat and looked at Cheng Jiawen. When she lowered her head, she noticed that his hands were red from the cold. She took Cheng Jiawen's hand with heartache and warmed it with her own warmth.
"Is it very cold? Your hands are frozen. How are you? Are you feeling better?" Xu Qianjiao kept warming Cheng Jiawen's frozen hands with her hands, but it didn't help much because her hands were not very warm either.
Xu Qianjiao tried to warm his hand for a long time, but when she saw that his hand was still as cold as ice, she pulled his hand against her face and asked, "How is it? Is it warmer?"
Cheng Jiawen looked at Xu Qianjiao with both heartache and amusement. He pulled his hand back and said, "Much better. No need to warm it up. It will be fine in a while. Silly girl, don't let yourself get cold."
Xu Qianjiao pouted and said distressedly, "No, I want to make you a pair of gloves so that your hands won't get frozen when you ride your bike."
Cheng Jiawen nodded with amusement and said lovingly, "Okay, then I'll wait for your gloves."
"Yes." Xu Qianjiao nodded firmly. She would definitely make the gloves. She saw yesterday that many people would knit sweaters or do other things during their free time at work.
As long as it doesn't interfere with work, the stationmaster won't care about these things. She will go buy wool at noon today and try to knit the gloves as soon as possible.
Cheng Jiawen glanced at the clock in the hall and patted Xu Qianjiao's head. "Good girl, it's almost time. Go to work."
"good,"
After saying goodbye to Xu Qianjiao, Cheng Jiawen rode his bicycle to the slaughterhouse.
"Brother Cheng, you're here?" Xiao Niu, wearing an apron, was tying up a fat pig with a few brothers and preparing to slaughter it. When they saw Cheng Jiawen come in, they greeted him with a smile.
Cheng Jiawen greeted them lightly as he pushed his bicycle in, then changed his clothes and went to help them.
He has been helping out at the slaughterhouse these days, helping to look after the slaughterhouse, and also helping to kill pigs and divide the pork.
Fatty has been very busy these days after the New Year. Cheng Jiawen happened to have some free time after sending Xu Qianjiao to the city for work, so Fatty called him to the slaughterhouse to help. He was just able to help watch over the slaughterhouse and prevent any trouble from happening.
After Cheng Jia came here, he did not do any work. He did not act like a boss and worked directly with everyone. So in just two days, he became friends with everyone and everyone treated him as a brother.
Suddenly, the fat pig that Xiao Niu and the others tied up broke free from the rope and ran around in the yard. Seeing this, everyone hurriedly chased it. The fat pig was completely enraged and rushed straight out the door.
Cheng Jiawen hurriedly chased after it with a knife. When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly sat on the fat pig and chopped it with his knife again and again. Finally, Cheng Jiawen subdued the fat pig at the door.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. "They were so scared! If they ran out, the consequences would be disastrous. If people knew there was a private slaughterhouse here, they would be dead or injured."
Although this slaughterhouse was under the supervision of someone, it would be difficult for them to escape the charges when they were caught red-handed. After all, everything they did was not allowed.
If others knew about this, they might end up in jail or even have to go to reformatory.
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