After delivering the meat, Yan Xiao didn't linger. Thinking of the little girl being home alone, he immediately rushed back.
By the time he returned, the sky was just beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.
With plenty of time, he first went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the little girl.
I made a millet and walnut porridge and a potato and egg pancake.
After he finished making breakfast, he prepared to wake Wen Qinghe up.
I saw that she had already washed up and gotten dressed.
Yan Xiao was surprised that the little girl had gotten up so early today…
Wen Qinghe was not supposed to get up, but last night she was worried that she would oversleep, so she set an alarm for six o'clock.
She was preoccupied with something and woke up before the alarm clock went off.
She only got up to wash up when she heard Yan Xiao cooking in the kitchen.
In this weather, anyone who dares to leave their warm bed is a warrior.
Unfortunately, there was no electricity and no heating.
In her online space, she specifically asked Xiao Chen to prepare a solar-powered heating system.
The item was just too big and didn't belong to current technology. She wondered if Yan Xiao would mistake it for a monster.
Fortunately, Yan Xiao lit a small stove in the room for her. Although it couldn't compare to the year-round warmth of central heating, the room temperature wasn't too low.
After the two finished breakfast together, Yan Xiao took the little girl to drive the oxcart.
In fact, besides oxcarts, the only other means of transportation from the village to the town is a tractor.
Even though it's not the busy farming season, tractors still make a round trip to town every day.
Most villagers and educated youth would choose to ride tractors because they were faster; oxcarts would normally take more than an hour in good weather.
A tractor will take about forty minutes.
The road was bumpy, and the tractor was shaking too much.
Yan Xiao was worried that the little girl's fragile body would not be able to adapt, so he only took her to ride in a slow oxcart.
Old Man Feng from the village was on the oxcart. There were only the three of them on the cart today, and it was quite spacious.
Compared to the crowded tractors, it's much more relaxed and comfortable.
The chilly morning wind relentlessly lashed my face.
Wen Qinghe was caught off guard, and her face turned pale.
Yan Xiao noticed this immediately and quickly pulled open his coat.
His strong body turned to shield her from the cold wind, while his large coat wrapped her petite body tightly.
Given that the two are getting married soon, this behavior isn't too outrageous.
The oxcart swayed and rattled all the way to the town.
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The delivery location for the wild mushrooms wasn't exactly secretive; he would always leave them in a house in town, and someone would come to collect them when the time came.
Yan Xiao simply carried a bamboo basket on his back and took the little girl with him.
When Wen Qinghe saw Yan Xiao lead her to a residential house, he directly picked out the key from the cracks in the broken bricks on the ground in the corner, and then opened the gate to Wen Qinghe's surprise.
Place the bamboo basket in a room filled with mushrooms, and then you're done.
This practiced action piqued Wen Qinghe's curiosity. Are transactions now conducted without the other party's presence?
Aren't you afraid that if you just leave it here, people will default on their payments?
What she didn't know was that the entire house had been bought by Yan Xiao, who used it specifically for trading mountain goods.
He was worried that the little girl would come along and carry those things with a strong fishy smell, otherwise he would have carried them by himself instead of using an oxcart.
Seeing her looking around curiously, he gently patted the little girl's fluffy head.
"Let's go, shall I show Qingqing around the supply and marketing cooperative?"
"Okay!"
She also wanted to find out about the prices at that time.
Now that the busy farming season is over, there are many people visiting the supply and marketing cooperative.
Yan Xiao carefully protected the little girl from being pushed around by the crowd.
Wen Qinghe looked curiously at the dazzling array of goods on the shelves.
Peony-patterned bed sheets with a vintage feel.
Enameled water cups printed with "Serving the People"
Enameled basin with peony pattern.
Retro-style thermos flask
All workwear sets
Every frame is characteristic of its era.
She already has all these items in her online space, but she doesn't feel any desire to buy them.
However, Yan Xiao thought that the two of them would be getting married the day after tomorrow, so he wanted to replace all the things in the house with new ones.
Wen Qinghe watched as Yan Xiao bought new enamel mugs, enamel basins, and thermos flasks.
He even asked the staff at the counter to get him a pair of mandarin duck pillowcases and a bed sheet with big red flowers from the shelf.
She looked puzzled: "Brother Yan, don't we have these things at home?"
Yan Xiao was pleased by a certain word, and a beautiful smile appeared on his lips.
"We're getting married the day after tomorrow. I want to have a fresh start with Qingqing."
After saying that, he took out his money and tickets from his pocket to pay.
Wen Qinghe glanced at the bed sheet, which she had thought looked rather old-fashioned just moments before, but now found it hard to look at directly.
Will this retro-style big red flower eventually be used to cover her body?
She quickly stopped Yan Xiao's enthusiastic shopping desires.
She has plenty of these things in her inventory.
There's no need to waste money.
Yan Xiao was puzzled.
"Brother Yan, let's just forget about this bed sheet."
"Qingqing doesn't like it?"
"Hmm, I don't like it."
Yan Xiao thought about the light blue duvet cover in the little girl's room, and then looked at the bright red flower.
He originally thought that girls liked brightly colored things.
However, everything her beloved Qingqing used was prettier than everyone else's, so that was fine.
He would always ask the girl's opinion before buying anything else.
After they had finished shopping, Yan Xiao led her to the innermost counter.
Unlike the other counters which were packed with people, there wasn't a single person here.
Just as Wen Qinghe was wondering what was going on, she saw Yan Xiao speak to that person.
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