Ye Beiping spent a long time figuring out where the honeycomb briquettes were.
Oh no, there are no honeycomb briquettes.
Finally, Su Qingwen noticed that something was wrong with Ye Beiping. He came over and found Ye Beiping fiddling with the stove. He asked, "Beiping, what's wrong?"
"ah?"
After looking up and meeting Su Qingwen's gaze for a few seconds, Ye Beiping said somewhat awkwardly, "It's okay, I can handle it."
After watching Ye Beiping tinker with it for a few minutes, Su Qingwen understood.
It turns out they didn't know how to use a stove.
"Beiping, let me handle it."
"It's alright, Dad, you go and rest. I can manage." Ye Beiping said stubbornly.
Are you kidding me? He's been reborn, how could he not handle a furnace?
Seeing Ye Beiping's expression, Su Qingwen didn't dare to make a move.
It's obvious they're really going after the stove.
Helpless, Ye Beiping searched the kitchen for a long time but couldn't find any honeycomb briquettes. He could only say to Su Qingwen at the door, "Dad, please stay home with Xinyi for a while. I'm going out to buy some honeycomb briquettes."
"Uh... okay." Su Qingwen certainly wouldn't refuse, but he found Ye Beiping's hands covered in black dirt somewhat comical.
This was the first time I'd seen Ye Beiping looking rather disheveled.
The commotion attracted Su Xinyi, who laughed without any mercy when she saw Ye Beiping's expression.
There was also a black mark on his face that he couldn't identify.
Ye Beiping felt a little ashamed and immediately ran out the door.
"Dad, what happened to Beiping? How did he get into this state? Haha." Su Xinyi laughed while protecting her stomach, afraid of laughing herself sick.
Su Qingwen shook his head helplessly.
"Doesn't Pingba Village have stoves?"
"stove?"
Su Xinyi glanced at the kitchen and immediately remembered something.
"Yes, there are, but ordinary households don't have these things. In winter, people use a broken washbasin to keep warm. Those stoves are used in the offices of cadres. Families in Beiping are not well-off, so they can't afford coal."
"No wonder." Now Su Qingwen understood.
Because almost every household in the city has a stove, which is indispensable for cooking and boiling water.
It also uses coal.
However, in rural areas, firewood is used for cooking, and coal is a significant expense each month.
Ye Beiping ran out of his house, pondered for a while in the stairwell, and had no choice but to ask Grandma Qiu for help.
It's too late to go out and buy it now, and besides, it's not easy to buy; you need a ticket.
Knock knock knock!
Knock knock knock!
"Here it comes, knocking and banging. Can't you let this old woman rest for a bit?" came Grandma Qiu's cursing voice from inside.
The door was opened quickly, and seeing Ye Beiping standing at the door, she was even more annoyed: "You brat, get to the point, or shut up."
Forehead......
This attitude stunned Ye Beiping.
"Um, Grandma Qiu, you use a stove upstairs. I didn't notice yesterday, so I wanted to ask if you have any honeycomb briquettes here. I'll buy some and return them to you tomorrow."
Fearing that Grandma Qiu wouldn't believe him, Ye Beiping even raised his hand and swore, "I promise I'll pay you back tomorrow."
Grandma Qiu frowned, seemingly forgetting that the upstairs cooks with a donkey, while she had long since switched to gas.
"Didn't I say meals were included? You're still cooking?"
Ye Beiping was also a little embarrassed, and chuckled: "Grandma Qiu, my father-in-law is here today, it's not appropriate for him to come here."
Upon hearing this, Grandma Qiu didn't say anything and turned to go to the kitchen.
Ye Beiping did not follow them inside.
A little while later, Grandma Qiu came out carrying a bag and said, "This is all I have here. It's been sitting here for a long time, so it might not be easy to light. Take a look."
"Thank you, thank you Grandma Qiu."
At that point, Ye Beiping had no other choice; he hadn't even considered this issue at the time.
I thought the upstairs neighbor also had a gas stove, and that they would just bring back a gas cylinder at most. Luckily, I didn't order a gas cylinder, or I would have been incredibly embarrassed.
After thanking Grandma Qiu, Ye Beiping ran up the stairs like lightning, leaping three steps at a time.
Grandma Qiu behind him didn't close the door either. She took a deep look at Ye Beiping's back before pursing her lips and closing the door.
There seemed to be many things in his eyes that outsiders couldn't understand at all.
When Ye Beiping returned home, Su Qingwen and Su Xinyi were both standing at the kitchen door.
"You guys... go and rest, I can manage." With that, he plunged into the kitchen.
First, I prepared some newspapers, and then I put all the honeycomb briquettes into the stove.
After looking around, I finally found the matchbox.
Luckily, this matchbox was already here. I don't know how long it's been there or if it's still usable.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
When Ye Beiping struck the match, a childlike smile appeared on his face.
He lit the newspaper and then stuffed it into the stove.
To keep the stove burning brightly, he kept fanning it with his hands and blowing air into it.
A few minutes later, the honeycomb briquettes were lit.
Su Qingwen and Su Xinyi also breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise they really didn't know how Ye Beiping would have fought with the furnace.
"Hehe." Ye Beiping watched as the honeycomb briquettes were lit, then turned and said with a smile, "Dinner will be ready soon. You guys go to the living room and rest first."
Before Su Qingwen could say anything, Su Xinyi pointed at Ye Beiping's hand, her lips twitching.
"Um, why don't you go wash your hands?"
With hands like that, how can you wash rice and cook?
Won't this kill someone?
Ye Beiping then looked at his hands with some embarrassment; they were as black as coal.
In my nervousness, I grabbed the honeycomb briquettes with my bare hands.
This is incredibly embarrassing.
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