Luo Jingyan used firewood to heat the kang (heated brick bed) in the room, making it exceptionally warm. The heat from the kang radiated throughout the room, making it cozy and warm.
Black Tiger lay lazily on the warm earthen bed. When it saw Xue Yanchen, it slightly raised its eyelids, glanced at Xue Yanchen, and then lazily lowered them again, still looking like it didn't want to move.
In fact, if it weren't for the fear that Xue Yanchen would notice its abnormality, it would have been jumping around in the house long ago.
Sigh, cats have such a hard life just to cover things up.
Once Xue Yanchen leaves, it will be free to do whatever it wants in the house.
Spicy rabbit meat is the best way to keep warm in winter.
With Xue Yanchen and Luo Changtian around, Luo Jingyan didn't dare use the seasonings in her space. She had salt, chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, pepper powder, soy sauce, aged vinegar, scallions, ginger, and garlic in her kitchen, and there was also white wine in the house. She could only use these, but it was enough.
Soak the wood ear mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms in water first, then do the other things.
Xue Yanchen cut the rabbit meat into pieces and then went to start a fire. Luo Jingyan asked Luo Changtian to put the newly made kang table on the kang so that he could lie on it and do his homework.
Lu Jiu'er didn't come today. I don't know if she came here and left because no one was there, or if she didn't come because of something at home.
Luo Jingyan first soaked the chopped meat in clean water for half an hour to remove the blood and impurities from the meat and bones, and then scooped it into a bamboo basket to drain the water.
Add white wine, pepper, and salt to the rabbit meat and mix well. Marinate for about 20 minutes. Heat oil in a pan until it reaches 80% of its maximum temperature. Add the marinated rabbit meat pieces and fry until golden brown.
Leave some oil in the pot, add Sichuan peppercorns and dried chilies and sauté until fragrant. Then add minced scallions, ginger and garlic and sauté until fragrant. Next, add rabbit meat and stir-fry. Add soy sauce and aged vinegar, then add the soaked wood ear mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry together. Add salt and water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about an hour.
Luo Jingyan's spicy rabbit meat was fresh, fragrant, and delicious, with excellent color, aroma, and taste. Luo Changtian was doing his homework in the room while drooling over the aroma.
Even Black Tiger, who was curled up on the kang as if asleep, couldn't help but drool from the corner of his mouth, afraid of dirtying his master's kang, so he got up and squatted on the ground.
Outside the commune, the snow was heavy. A group of educated youth who had just arrived from another province were caught off guard by the heavy snow. They had all taken out their thickest clothes and wrapped them up as much as possible, but they were still caught off guard. They waited anxiously outside the commune for the people from the brigade who would pick them up, hoping to arrive at the educated youth settlement as soon as possible so that they could avoid freezing outside.
On snowy days, the roads are difficult to travel. Normally, they would go to the commune first to wait for the educated youth's village oxcart. However, they all arrived after the educated youth had arrived at the commune.
After the oxcart of the Victory Brigade arrived, the third squad leader read out the list of educated youth assigned to the Victory Brigade. There were four educated youth in total, two men and two women.
"Zhuang Feifei, Chen Yuling, Bai Zhaoguo, Qin Jianjun."
The four educated youths put their luggage on the oxcart.
Zhuang Feifei looked at the squad leader and another strong young man who came to pick them up. Both of them had very ordinary looks and did not fit Lu Chengye's character.
Did Lu Chengye not come? Why didn't he come?
She tentatively asked the squad leader, "Is there someone named Lu Chengye in your village?"
The squad leader said, "How do you know him? His family's background isn't good."
“A relative of mine was a sent-down youth here. He told me that there was such a person in our brigade. I don’t know how they met.”
The squad leader said, "I originally wanted to ask him to come with me to pick you up today, but he's too busy. His neighbor is getting married, and he's helping out at his neighbor's house."
"Oh." Zhang Feifei was very puzzled. She remembered that it wasn't written like this in the book. Why had the plot changed?
She is a time traveler from the 21st century who possesses a personal space. Before her time travel, she spent all her wealth and hoarded ten million yuan worth of supplies in her space.
The book says that Lu Chengye, an insignificant supporting character, will eventually rise to become the richest man. In addition, Lu Chengye is quite handsome, so she wants to take advantage of him. Unexpectedly, the predetermined plot can still change.
She thought for a moment, could it be that there were other time travelers in the book, which caused the plot to change?
It seems we won't be able to get in touch with Lu Chengye today. We'll talk about it when we get to the village.
Educated Youth Settlement
Luo Jingyan ladled the fragrant and spicy rabbit meat she had prepared into an enamel basin. Luo Changtian put away his homework, cleaned the kang table and kang, and prepared to eat.
Xue Yanchen brought the rabbit meat into the house and placed it on the kang table. Luo Jingyan also took the steamed buns out of the pot, put them in a bamboo basket, and brought them over.
After setting out the chopsticks, the three of them took off their shoes, climbed onto the kang (heated brick bed), and sat around the kang table.
It was so warm inside that they all took off their cotton-padded coats. Xue Yanchen was wearing the sweater that Luo Jingyan had knitted for him last time.
Luo Changtian was also wearing a sweater that Luo Jingyan had recently knitted for him. He pointed to Xue Yanchen's sweater and then to his own.
“Brother Xue, is the sweater you’re wearing the one my sister knitted? The one I’m wearing was also knitted by my sister; it was just finished the day before yesterday. Our sweaters fit us both perfectly, except the patterns on them are different.”
He began to study the patterns on the two sweaters.
Luo Jingyan took off her thick cotton-padded coat, revealing a thin padded jacket underneath.
She had just finished getting her sweater and placed it in the bamboo basket on the table. Xue Yanchen glanced at it and realized that she had put hers last.
Luo Changtian's shirt was only finished two days ago, so the one I'm wearing was the first one Luo Jingyan made.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile.
"Let's eat," Luo Jingyan said with a smile.
Luo Changtian was the first to pick up his chopsticks, but he waited until Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen picked them up before he started eating the rabbit meat.
Half an hour later, after they finished eating, Luo Changtian and Xue Yanchen cleaned up the dishes and washed the pots together.
After tidying everything up, Luo Jingyan told Luo Changtian to go back to the male educated youth dormitory to rest. In order to avoid the other educated youth from misunderstanding what they were doing in the room, she decided to go outside with Xue Yanchen.
"Brother Xue, let's go for a walk."
The two got off the kang (a heated brick bed), put on their shoes, and went outside the educated youth settlement, walking in the icy snow.
Opposite the educated youth settlement was a poplar grove, now filled with bare tree trunks and covered in snow.
They walked on the snow, the snow crunching under their feet.
With her back to Xue Yanchen, Luo Jingyan said, "Brother Xue, I want to tell you something."
"What's up?"
"Brother Xue, I can no longer be your shield, I'm sorry."
Upon hearing this, Xue Yanchen paused for two or three seconds before asking, "You've found someone you like?"
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