Luo Changtian knew he was moving today, so after school he didn't go back to the educated youth settlement, but went straight to the new house.
When he arrived at his new home, his sister brought the bedding that had been drying in the yard into the house and was making up the kang (a heated brick bed) for him.
He put his schoolbag on the table, took off his shoes, and climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed): "Sister, let me make the bed. You must be very tired from moving. Go and rest."
Luo Jingyan smiled and said, "Alright then, the rest is up to you."
She got off the kang (heated brick bed) and put on her shoes. Luo Changtian added, "I'll cook dinner tonight too. Sister, you can just wait to eat."
"Okay, I picked some toon leaves in the yard and put them in the bamboo basket in the kitchen. You can do whatever you want with them."
"Sis, can you make it into scrambled eggs with toon leaves? I remember Dad making it so delicious when we were in Beijing."
"Yes, do you remember how your father did it? You can't just stir-fry the toon leaves; you have to blanch them in boiling water first."
"I understand, sis. Don't worry, I'll do my best."
"Okay, I'm looking forward to eating my brother's cooking."
Luo Changtian grinned and chuckled.
Luo Jingyan returned to her room, lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and found the bedding to be freshly sun-dried and very soft. She turned her head and gently sniffed it, still able to smell the lingering scent of sunshine. Perhaps due to the fatigue of moving, coupled with the comfort of the bedding, she unconsciously closed her eyes.
When she woke up again, it was already completely dark outside.
She checked the time; it was past six in the evening. She got off the kang (heated brick bed), put on her shoes, and walked to the kitchen door. She saw wisps of white smoke rising from inside, and Luo Changtian was busy around the stove.
Luo Changtian must have heard her footsteps. He turned around, glanced at her, and smiled, "Sister, you're awake. Dinner is almost ready. We'll be eating soon."
"Um."
Luo Jingyan washed her hands by the basin, and Luo Changtian had already served the food.
Now that the weather is warmer, they no longer need to eat on the kang (heated brick bed). She and Luo Changtian brought the food to the table in the living room.
This was their first dinner after moving.
Luo Jingyan found that Luo Changtian's stir-fried eggs with toon leaves were really good. The toon leaves were still a tender green color, and the cooked eggs were yellow, making them look very appetizing. Luo Jingyan picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, and it tasted very good.
"Chef Luo, your cooking skills have improved a lot. Should I call you Chef Luo now?"
"I wouldn't dare. If I were to call myself Chef Luo, wouldn't that be stealing your and Dad's titles? I'm Little Chef Luo, you're Chef Luo, and Dad is Old Chef Luo."
"Chef Luo."
The siblings uttered the last three words together and then laughed together.
"I wonder if Dad will be angry if he knows we're talking about him like that."
Just then, Luo's father, who was chopping firewood in the cowshed, suddenly sneezed. He raised his hand to rub his nose and thought of his two children. He chuckled, "The children must be thinking of me."
He turned to Luo's mother and said, "I just sneezed, and I think it must be because our two kids miss me."
Mrs. Luo was a little unhappy: "According to you, when you sneeze it means the children miss you, but when I don't sneeze it means the children don't miss me?"
Noticing that Mrs. Luo was unhappy, Mr. Luo quickly said, "Maybe the children miss you and conveyed it through my sneeze. Don't you think that's possible?"
Mrs. Luo smiled and said, "Look at what you're saying. Didn't you ever think that you sneezed because someone was cursing at you?"
"Insult me? Hmph, whoever insults me will have their whole family die."
"Hahaha, your curse is truly vicious!"
"Why can't I retaliate when they insulted me for no reason? But I still think it's because the kids miss me. Oh, the kids miss you too. Tomorrow is a day off, right? The two kids will probably come over."
“I embroidered a silk scarf for our daughter. If they come, let Jingyan take it back.”
After Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian finished eating, Luo Changtian took the initiative to wash the pots and pans so that Luo Jingyan could get some rest.
After Zhuang Feifei moved in, she quickly finished unpacking because she didn't have much stuff.
Her house was taller and more imposing than Luo Jingyan's. They were separated by only a wall. The sense of superiority that her house gave her made her feel very satisfied.
The next day, Luo Jingyan started working in the yard.
There was a Chinese toon tree and two poplar trees in her yard, all planted in a corner, leaving a large area that looked somewhat empty. Since it was springtime, she wanted to cultivate a vegetable garden in the yard and plant some common vegetables. Once the vegetables grew, it would be much more convenient for her to take them out from her spatial storage.
She had ready-made farming tools in her space. While Luo Changtian was at school, she took out the shovels, hoes and other farming tools from her space and spent a day cultivating a vegetable garden of about 20 square meters in the yard.
After the vegetable garden was prepared, she took out vegetable seeds directly from her space, including cucumbers, loofahs, green beans, eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, scallions, cilantro, and also planted a few watermelons and cantaloupes.
After planting the seeds, she watered them with the spiritual spring water, so the seeds would definitely grow better.
After doing all this, she also covered the soil with some corn stalks that had been cut down last year. This not only prevented the moisture in the vegetable garden from evaporating, but also maintained the soil temperature, which was conducive to the germination of the seeds.
Two days later, most of the villagers knew that Luo Jingyan and Zhuang Feifei had moved out of the educated youth settlement.
Firstly, because they were both quite pretty, female educated youth usually attracted the attention of the village's hooligans, especially since they were the two prettiest among the female educated youth.
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