November is fast approaching, and people are already wearing warm clothes.
Ye Zhiyu received many more thick clothes and a thick quilt, as both families were worried that she would get cold.
Although we're not working anymore, it doesn't mean we're idle; we need to prepare for winter.
When the weather turns freezing and everything is frozen solid, we'll have to rely on firewood to survive.
So these days, everyone, young and old, has to go up the mountain to collect firewood. Even though some families are large, they still need a lot of firewood.
A group of more than ten people like them in the educated youth settlement is like a big family. Half of them are educated youth who just arrived this year and have never experienced the winter here before. They have no experience and have to be well prepared, otherwise they might really freeze to death. In November, it could snow at any time.
Ye Zhiyu was covered with a thick mattress and a large pure cotton quilt, which should have been very warm, but girls' body temperatures are generally low.
Especially her feet, which would stay warm for half a day, so Ye Zhiyu prepared a new pair of socks and wore them to bed every night after washing her feet. She also filled a hot water bottle and placed it next to her feet.
Early in the morning, she didn't want to get up from her bed, but if she didn't get up, she couldn't shamelessly use the firewood that others had gathered.
Lu Chen was busy, but the Lu family hadn't forgotten her; it's just that Ye Zhiyu was too embarrassed to accept it.
She and Lu Chen are dating now, and ordering her boyfriend around is different from ordering his family around.
Actually, she collected a lot in the space using her spiritual power, but she can't take it out. Everyone knows she's a delicate girl. If she suddenly brought back so much by herself, wouldn't that just make people suspicious?
So, she had no choice but to go up the mountain with them.
Even if it's not warm in bed, it's better than outside. I rolled around and scurried about until I heard some noise outside. Reluctantly, I got out.
The cold air hit us right in the face, and even with scarves on, we couldn't help but hunch our necks and blow our hands into the kitchen.
"Get up, have you washed your face? There's hot water in the pot."
Wu Wenwen was busy preparing a hot meal when she saw Ye Zhiyu come in, so she quickly moved aside to let her cook.
"I washed it. There's some warm water in my thermos, just right."
"That's good. Let's warm ourselves by the fire for a while, and the food will be ready soon."
By the time they reached the top of the mountain, some of the elderly men and women had already carried a bundle of firewood down the mountain.
"Grandpa, so early?"
Lin Yueze greeted them.
"Of course, I'm getting old and can't sleep, so I thought I'd come up here and do some work. I have to do it sooner or later."
"Then slow down."
"Okay!"
Liu Shengnan looked on with envy: "They look so energetic and have such good physiques. I couldn't possibly move that huge bundle."
Wu Wenwen smiled and said, "Don't let your thin appearance fool you. You've been working all year round, so you're actually quite strong. Coming down here is a way of making up for the years or so we didn't work before."
Ye Zhiyu followed silently behind; it was just too cold, and she didn't want to talk.
But her eyes kept darting around, watching Li Xi and Fu Tingshen sneakily avoid the crowd and head down the mountain.
Li Xi blushed as she thought about how these two had been gathering one less bundle of firewood than them lately.
Seriously? Are these two really that thirsty?
In this cold weather, what were you thinking, still thinking about that? I have to admit, you can't argue with that.
And judging from the direction, it looks like a former educated youth settlement. Are they going to do something so thrilling? Aren't they afraid someone might suddenly go back?
She had made Li Xi suffer a lot recently, and it was only because it was cold and she didn't want to move that she allowed Li Xi to have some peace and quiet for a while.
"Zhiyu, what are you looking at?"
Zhou Xue ran up to her and followed her gaze, but there was nothing there; the two had long since disappeared.
Ye Zhiyu looked at Zhou Xue and suddenly wondered whose room those two people were in when they went back to do their business.
Everyone else's rooms must be locked, so it must be their own rooms.
Is it Li Xi's dormitory or Fu Tingshen's?
If it's Li Xi and Zhou Xue's room.
Ugh~ Ye Zhiyu felt a chill run down her spine, and she couldn't help but look at Zhou Xue with pity.
Zhou Xue felt uncomfortable under her gaze. "What's wrong, Zhiyu?"
Seeing that they hadn't caught up after a while, Wu Wenwen also came back.
"What are you two doing? Come on, we've only picked half a basket." Liu Shengnan was full of energy, seemingly not cold at all.
"Nothing?" was Liu Shengnan's reply.
"Zhou Xue, have you noticed any strange smells when you come back to your room these past two days?"
"Taste?" Zhou Xue rolled her eyes upward, trying hard to recall, then clapped her hands, "There is, but I don't know what it tastes like, I can't describe it."
She rubbed her temples, thinking for a long time but couldn't find anything that tasted similar.
"Is it the smell of firewood? We've been burning firewood to keep warm lately, and my blankets smell like that."
"No." Zhou Xue shook her head.
"Um...it's nothing, just asking casually."
As he drove off again, Ye Zhiyu sighed inwardly.
Li Xi, Li Xi, look at you, look at me, oh dear, I wasn't even going to mess with you anymore, and you still offer yourself up to me.
And think about Zhou Xue, that girl is really pitiful, don't blame me.
Ye Zhiyu always knew that the slowest cuts were the most painful. She wanted Li Xi to appear to have gained something, but in reality, she had already fallen from grace. Climbing to a high place and then falling down was the most painful thing.
"Oh!"
When Wu Wenwen and the others turned around, they found Ye Zhiyu had fallen to the ground.
He quickly dropped what he was holding and ran back.
"How are you, Zhiyu? Where did you fall?"
"I sprained my ankle, it hurts a bit."
Wu Wenwen carefully lifted her feet, rolled up her trouser legs, one layer, two layers, three layers, four layers.
"Zhiyu, you really are afraid of the cold." They were both amused and exasperated.
The ankles exposed under the clothes were already red and swollen, looking particularly terrifying.
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