After spending several months with Yu Rujia, Gao Shujing, being a perceptive man, realized that she had a secret.
He walks around inside and outside the house every day and can better feel the temperature changes, which, although not significant, are real.
An ordinary person might overlook this change, but he always pays great attention to details, and this temperature difference did not escape his notice.
Yu Rujia didn't want anyone to know her secret, so he didn't ask. He believed that perseverance would eventually work, and that Yu Rujia would reveal some of her secrets to him one day.
Captain Huang, unsuspecting, casually replied, "That's true."
After seeing Captain Huang off, Gao Shujing got up from a pile of parts, walked to a basin on the side, poured water into his hands, and washed them. When he was almost done washing, he put his hands back into the basin and started scrubbing them.
After washing his hands, he picked up the basin, poured out the dirty water, changed out of his dirty coat, put on another slightly cleaner coat, and went into the house.
He washed his hands again inside and rinsed the basin he had used to wash his hands with clean water. After doing all this, he entered Yu Rujia's side through the back door as if he knew the way well.
The weather suddenly turned cold these past few days. Even though she set up a temperature-regulating array in the yard, the temperature inside the house was still only around ten degrees Celsius.
The temperature-controlled array she set up didn't maintain a constant temperature all year round, as that would attract too much attention.
To avoid detection, she modified the temperature control system, keeping the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the courtyard at around six degrees Celsius.
She sets the constant temperature to 26 degrees Celsius, and the indoor temperature will tend to be closer to 26 degrees Celsius. For example, if the outside temperature is 36 degrees Celsius, the indoor temperature will be 30 degrees Celsius; if the outside temperature is 1 degree Celsius, the indoor temperature will be 7 degrees Celsius.
This way, the indoor temperature can be kept moderate without anyone noticing anything unusual, since it's normal for the indoor and outdoor temperatures to be different.
Don't underestimate this small six degrees; it's a difference of a down jacket. You need to wear at least three or four layers of clothing outside, but in their courtyard, two or three layers are enough.
In addition to the constant temperature array, Yu Rujia also set up a spirit-gathering array that covered the entire courtyard, which is why the things they planted in the courtyard grew well.
When Gao Shujing came in, Yu Rujia was holding Duolu, who had taken off his coat, in her hand: "Why did you take your clothes off?"
Duolu chuckled foolishly and said, "Auntie, I'm hot."
Thinking of the little ones playing hide-and-seek in the house just now, Yu Rujia reached out and touched the little ones' backs. They were still dry and not sweaty.
Yu Rujia instructed, "Next time you get hot, come over and tell your aunt or uncle. Don't take off your clothes by yourself, okay? If you catch a cold, you'll get sick and have to drink bitter medicine. You won't be able to eat many delicious foods and will only be able to eat porridge like Duoxi."
Duolu and the others will be two years old soon. They have taken the body-strengthening pills and are healthier than children who are a few years old. Although they eat light food, they can eat fried, stir-fried, steamed and boiled dishes without any restrictions.
Upon hearing that he would have to eat the same food as Duoxi, Duolu immediately rubbed against Yu Rujia's arm and said in a soft, coquettish voice, "Auntie, I won't take off my clothes anymore. I don't want to be like Duoxi."
No matter how much delicious food was on the table, the fact that Duoxi could only eat porridge and steamed eggs deeply shocked Duolu, which was the greatest punishment for the food-loving Duolu.
Yu Rujia: "It's not that we don't let you take off your clothes, it's that you can't take them off at will. If you want to take them off, you can come to your aunt and uncle, and we will see if we can take off your clothes depending on the situation."
Gao Shujing found the little guy's coat that he had taken off and pulled him to her side to put it on him: "Duolu, you have to listen to your aunt and not worry your aunt, okay?"
Duolu obediently agreed, and Gao Shujing sent him off to go play with his brothers.
After the little guy ran away, Gao Shujing said, "Our house is nice, it's warm in winter and cool in summer. The temperature here is several degrees different from outside. When the brigade leader came in from outside, I saw that his hands were swollen from the cold."
He didn't ask about Yu Rujia's secret, but only mentioned it tactfully. He could notice the abnormality, and others could too. Captain Huang was fooled by him today. Later, when more people come, they may encounter people who are not so easy to fool.
Yu Rujia pretended not to understand what he meant: "The New Year is almost here, and the weather is so cold. Where has he gone?"
He mentioned it once, but she didn't respond, so Gao Shujing didn't say anything more. A slight temperature difference wasn't a big deal; if someone else felt something was off, he could just brush it off.
Gao Shujing: "I went to the commune. He said it was for the annual summary and New Year's plan, and I couldn't leave. From what he said, my work for the next few months may have to be transferred to other brigades to provide them with electricity."
Yu Rujia: "Are you going to stay in one of those production brigades?"
Gao Shujing: "The furthest distance between the brigades is no more than an hour by bicycle, and I come back every day." If he moved in, Yu Rujia would have to do all the housework by herself, and he couldn't bear to see her work too hard.
Yu Rujia: "It's freezing cold and it gets dark so fast. It must be tough to work outside. If you really have to go, be careful on your way back and forth."
Gao Shujing: "The power lines haven't arrived yet. It probably won't be that soon. By the time they get the power lines, the weather might already be warm."
Yu Rujia: "Has the arrival time for Guojing been confirmed?"
Gao Guojing: "We haven't received a call yet, but judging from the timing, it should be in the next few days."
At Xia Taishun's home in Jiangcheng, they were also talking about Gao Guojing coming to Shangfen Brigade.
Gao Xiujuan stuffed several bottles of malted milk powder into a large bag, muttering to herself, "Guojing, be alert on the train, don't sleep too soundly and get carried away without even knowing it. If anything happens, don't rush to help, just stay put and go to your brother's place quietly..."
Gao Guojing picked at his ear. Ever since he decided to go to Dongyuan Commune, his two parents had been nagging him about these things. He knew what the next sentence would be without even listening.
At first, Gao Guojing would try to struggle and tell them to stop talking, but after realizing it was useless, he stopped struggling and decided that he would just ignore them.
His nonchalant attitude immediately made Gao Xiujuan's face darken. She grabbed his ear and said, "I'm talking to you. Are you even listening?"
The pain of his ear being pulled forced Gao Guojing to move closer to Gao Xiujuan to avoid the pulling pain.
Gao Guojing: "I heard you, I heard you. I slept with one eye open on the train and didn't talk to anyone. I just took care of the things you asked me to carry. Is that alright?"
Gao Xiujuan: "This is your first time going out, and you're all alone. You need to take what I'm saying to heart. Your belongings are important, but you're even more important. You need to get to your brother's place safely, understand?"
If there were other people in the family who were available, she definitely wouldn't have let Gao Guojing go to Shangfen Brigade alone.
Gao Guojing: "Understood."
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