Unexpectedly, they brought food when she invited them to the housewarming party. They must have been afraid she would refuse, so they left the food by the door before she entered.
Wen Xi shook her head and smiled helplessly, then brought the grain in. Since they had secretly left it here without her knowing, they obviously didn't want her to return it. So she would just keep it and bring them something else next time.
Afterwards, Wenxi, Shen Jiaojiao, and Jiang Yue went to clean up and wash the dishes. By the time they finished everything, it was already past 8 p.m.
Wenxi started boiling water for washing up in the evening.
Suddenly, she heard a soft knock on the door. Wenxi put the firewood she was holding into the stove, dusted herself off, and then went outside. She lowered her voice and asked, "Who is it?"
After what happened last night, Wenxi is now extremely wary. She won't open the door to let anyone in unless she knows them or has never met them before.
"It's me, Jin Changfeng." Jin Changfeng's voice came from outside.
Wen Xi let out a soft breath before opening the courtyard gate. She looked at Jin Changfeng, who was carrying a bundle of bamboo, with a puzzled expression. "Comrade Jin, what's this?"
Jin Changfeng didn't answer, but walked straight in. "Didn't you say you wanted to build a chicken coop? Where are you going to build it? What kind of coop do you want?"
Wen Xi was incredibly surprised. She hadn't expected Jin Changfeng to come and help her build a chicken coop. She was immediately touched. She had only mentioned raising chickens to Aunt Meihua at the dinner table, and she didn't even have any chicks yet, but Jin Changfeng had already come to help her build the coop.
"Comrade Jin, thank you. Let's build the chicken coop in this corner!" Wen Xi walked to the corner near the alley and said to Jin Changfeng, "Two meters long and one meter wide will be fine. Then we can build a pavilion so that the chickens can have a place to shelter from the rain."
Jin Changfeng nodded. "I roughly know what kind of product you want. Okay, go ahead and do your thing. Just come check in occasionally. If I do something wrong, tell me and I'll adjust it."
"Then I'll have to trouble Comrade Jin." Wen Xi handed over the task of building the chicken coop to Jin Changfeng, then turned back. She saw Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue standing by the courtyard gate, holding wooden basins and looking at her with smiles. Wen Xi raised an eyebrow and glared at them. "Aren't you going to wash up? What time do you plan to rest?"
"Go wash up now." The two exchanged a glance, then carried the wooden basin to the kitchen, scooped hot water from the pot, and went to the bathroom.
There's a hole in the corner of the bathroom wall for pouring out water; you can pour out the dirty water directly later.
Wenxi refilled the iron pot with water and added two more pieces of firewood to the stove. Once the fire was burning brightly, she went to the courtyard to see if Jin Changfeng needed any help.
However, she didn't have any suitable tools, so she could only squat down next to Jin Changfeng and help him shine the flashlight. She watched as Jin Changfeng deftly and quickly split the long bamboo pole into two sections, sharpening the bottom end to make it easier to insert into the mud.
"Are you alright last night?" Jin Changfeng asked.
Wenxi knew he was asking about being framed for theft yesterday, so she shook her head and said, "It's nothing, it's all been taken care of."
Captain Qian made this public at a meeting today, and as long as Jin Changfeng is in the village, he will know about it.
"I'm sorry, I only found out about this this morning. I came to look for you this morning, but you weren't home. If something like this happens again, remember to come find me." Jin Changfeng looked down into Wen Xi's eyes and said earnestly.
Wen Xi smiled and said, "It's nothing, just some minor troubles. I can handle it. If there are any problems in the future that I can't handle, then we'll talk about it!"
They have no connection whatsoever, so why contact him if there's a problem? Wouldn't it be more efficient to just report it to the police?
After Jin Changfeng finished processing the bamboo, he got up and went to build a chicken coop. Wen Xi also got up, but suddenly everything went black and she swayed. Jin Changfeng quickly reached out to support her. A fragrant breeze wafted towards them, making Jin Changfeng's heart skip a beat.
Jin Changfeng calmed his wildly beating heart, looked down at the clean-cut face, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just got up too fast and might be a little anemic." Wen Xi shook her head. Realizing the interaction between the two, Wen Xi felt a little embarrassed, so she stepped out of Jin Changfeng's arms, then bent down to pick up the flashlight that had fallen to the ground and continued to illuminate the way for Jin Changfeng.
Looking at his empty arms, Jin Changfeng felt a little disappointed, but he quickly recovered and helped Wen Xi build a chicken coop.
Jin Changfeng worked quickly, and finished building the chicken coop in less than an hour. He also built a small pavilion against the corner of the wall to shelter the chicks from the rain, so that they wouldn't get soaked when it rained.
Everything is ready now, except for the chicks.
"Comrade Jin, thank you. I don't have much to repay you with right now, but I'll cook you something delicious when I have time." In her previous life, she had honed her culinary skills to perfection over the past ten years.
Because the old man's mother was a former rich girl with a strange temper and many demands, she treated her like a maid sent by someone else and made her suffer in various ways.
It can only be said that the suffering she endured in her past life has now become her means of making a living. With her cooking skills, she could definitely become very rich and powerful if she opened a big restaurant in a few years.
However, this is contingent on her surviving until then.
She still has an older sister back in her hometown, and she has to be careful. When her brother-in-law gets a promotion and a raise, the two of them will definitely try to take advantage of her again, just like in her previous life.
Jin Changfeng looked down at Wen Xi with deep eyes. Under the bright moonlight, he couldn't see much, but he just couldn't bear to look away. After a while, he turned to leave, but as soon as he reached the courtyard gate, the flashlight in his hand suddenly went out.
"What's wrong? Is the battery dead?" Wen Xi stepped forward and handed over the flashlight in her hand. "Comrade Jin, you can use my flashlight for now! You can return it to me next time."
She brought this flashlight from home because she knew that there was no electricity in the countryside and that people had to fumble around in the dark at night. She just didn't expect that there would be electricity here, except that her own house didn't have electricity!
As for the flashlight she received during the sign-in, she kept it for herself because it was slightly different from flashlights of this era, and she was afraid that the perceptive Jin Changfeng would notice something was amiss.
After all, people like them have long since developed keen eyesight, and no crooked tricks can escape their notice.
"Thank you." Jin Changfeng took the flashlight from Wen Xi. The flashlight still had a faint warmth on it, and the tips of his ears couldn't help but feel hot. He glanced at Wen Xi again and then walked out of the courtyard.
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