After returning home, Wenxi quickly fetched hot water to wash up. They wouldn't keep watch at night, much less get up in the middle of the night to eat dumplings.
The dumplings I've wrapped are all locked in the cupboard. I'll cook them tomorrow morning.
Just as Wen Xi was about to return to her room, Qin Mi handed her something. Wen Xi curiously reached out and took it. "What is this?"
"You'll see once you open it," Qin Mi said.
Wen Xi opened the package and was surprised to see the money inside. "Didn't you just give me your salary? Why are you giving me money again? Even if I'm a big spender, I wouldn't spend your entire month's salary!"
"This is your New Year's money," Qin Mi said earnestly. "I didn't know you before, otherwise I would definitely give you New Year's money every year."
If it weren't for their chance encounter on the street, Qin Mi probably would never have met Wen Xi in his life, let alone known that Wen Xi was the daughter of Pei Xiwang and Wen Xinchun. If his parents hadn't had that accident, if he hadn't been taken away by those awful relatives, would he have been able to grow up with Wen Xi from childhood?
However, even though I couldn't be there to watch Wenxi grow up, it's not bad to be able to watch her grow old now.
"Brother Qin," Wen Xi said, moved, "Brother Qin, you are so kind."
After talking for a while, the two went back to their respective rooms.
After Wenxi fell asleep, Qin Mi quietly got out of bed after lifting the covers.
Wenxi went to bed early and woke up early the next morning. When she came out of her room, she saw Qin Mi. She was surprised to find that Qin Mi had also gotten up early. The two of them then went to the kitchen.
After boiling water to wash up, Wenxi made two cups of malted milk powder, one for herself and one for Qin Mi.
After everyone got up, Wenxi started boiling water to cook dumplings. The dumplings were freshly made the night before and tasted even better than the ones she ordered from the 21st Century takeout shop.
Because the dumplings from takeout shops are filled with seasonings in both the flour and filling, while the dumplings they make themselves are truly authentic, with the fragrance of wheat, and even the soup is exceptionally delicious.
After eating the steaming hot dumplings, Wenxi's forehead was covered in sweat.
Wenxi took out the fruit candies, melon seeds, and peanuts meant to entertain the guests and handed them to Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue. She then took Qin Mi up the mountain, as it would be too boring at home.
As Wenxi walked, she said, "It doesn't seem to snow much here. I've been here for two years and haven't seen snow much. I only saw some unmelted snow when I first came to the countryside, but it was just a thin layer."
"The climate here is warm, and the winters aren't very cold," Qin Mi said. "I haven't seen much snow myself. If you'd like to see snow, I can take you to Mohe sometime. I heard it starts snowing there after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the winter lasts for eight months!"
Wen Xi smiled and nodded. She was a high school graduate, so she naturally knew these things. Not to mention Mohe, in Northeast China, winter usually starts in September, and then the snow should be heavy in October.
We can't travel freely now, but when we can travel freely in the future, we can travel all over the world and make the most of our time on earth.
The two walked on the mountain for a while before coming down and going home. Qin Mi had to go to work tomorrow, otherwise she could have stayed on the mountain a little longer.
The number of melon seeds and peanuts that Wenxi brought out was much less, which meant that the village children had already been here. Afterwards, Wenxi asked Qin Mi to watch the house, and the three of them went out for a walk.
After all, we're on someone else's turf, so we still have to pay our respects during the New Year. It's just a matter of saying a few words; we don't need to do anything else.
When Wenxi went out for a walk, she learned that Yang Liling and Liu Zhigang had been caught in the act of adultery. The two were on the mountain behind their house. Wenxi then remembered seeing a figure that looked like a woman when she returned home last night. She wondered if Yang Liling had gone up to meet the man or if she had gone up the mountain first to wait for him.
When that woman came to her door last time, Yang Liling shamelessly claimed that she did not know her husband, but it turned out that the two of them were still seeing each other in private.
Fortunately, they were caught. Otherwise, wouldn't they have plotted to kill that woman? After all, such things happen all the time. Wasn't one of Wenxi's former mission targets almost drowned by his own father and his mistress?
What Wenxi didn't know was that Liu Zhigang's job was given to him by his father-in-law, who hoped he could protect his daughter. But Liu Zhigang was ungrateful, took over the job, and betrayed the daughter.
Now both of them are being sent to where they belong. The woman took her job back and, with lightning speed, divorced him and published a notice in the newspaper to sever ties.
Gu Ningzhi and Liu Zhigang were colleagues and acquaintances. Upon hearing the news, Gu Ningzhi was so shocked he almost wet his pants. He truly couldn't believe that Yang Liling had gotten together with Liu Zhigang again. This woman was a real menace, relentlessly ruining people!
Fortunately, he didn't keep pestering her, otherwise he didn't know how many times he would have been cheated on. Now he finally understood why Yang Liling wouldn't give him a clear answer.
So that's why she likes this kind of ambiguous relationship!
Feng Xintong is better; she firmly chose him. After this comparison, Gu Ningzhi liked Feng Xintong even more.
He initially just wanted to find someone pretty, because he likes pretty people. Now it's not just because Feng Xintong is pretty, but also because her character is much better than Yang Liling's.
However, he had been pursuing Yang Liling for a while, and he didn't know if she would reveal his involvement. If she did, he would be in big trouble.
Afterwards, Yang Liling was sent back to the Fengshou Brigade to pack her things, and then she was sent to another place to reclaim wasteland. She and Liu Zhigang were not sent together.
While everyone sighed, they couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yang. They had thought Yang Liling was head over heels in love with Jiang Yang, but it turned out that Yang Liling was really a mistress, just using Jiang Yang as a shield.
Jiang Yang was also glad that there was nothing between him and Yang Liling, otherwise he would definitely have been implicated.
Even Zeng Xinghai was glad that he turned away in time and didn't waste his time with Yang Liling. Although Liang Zhaodi had been married and had two children, she was much more serious than Yang Liling.
Yang Liling didn't drag her ex-boyfriends into the mess, because she knew that would only make her punishment worse. After all, it's only been three years. Once she gets to that place, she'll find a way to get the easiest job assigned to her, so she's not afraid at all. It's Liu Zhigang who's going to have a tough time for a while.
But that's a story for another time.
The three of them visited the village officials' homes and some other familiar houses before returning home. Wenxi asked Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to go to the kitchen to heat up the leftovers.
She then asked Qin Mi, "Brother Qin, after I fell asleep yesterday, did you go out for a while?"
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