"Then I'll add some more hot water to the stove. You and my grandfather can take a nice bath there. Have a good rest tonight and sleep until you wake up naturally tomorrow. Don't get up early to prepare breakfast. I can go out and eat directly."
She took a ten-day break this time, and she can't skip work tomorrow. Even though her job has no future, there are still people who care about her.
"Okay, then we'll leave you alone. It happens that the state-owned restaurant will be frying dough sticks next Thursday, so you can go there and eat."
They were really tired. The old couple were not very old, but they were in poor health. Few people who had fought in the battlefield in those days were without health problems.
They need to have a good rest. If she really gets sick, it will be her granddaughter who will suffer. They are here to accompany her, not to add burden to her.
Chen Ye sighed inwardly. The days of freedom were over, and the boring days of working were about to begin. Fortunately, she had secretly brought a lot of books back this time, so she could read them while working.
It started snowing a few days after they came back. In the Northeast in winter, it feels like the heavy snow comes one after another, and the whole world seems to be unworthy of any other color except white.
My grandparents moved to the yard next door, and now we eat in their house. It feels quite nice to have the fireplace lit.
"Who knows who is coming so late at night?" They were just about to have dinner when they heard someone knocking on the door. The person must have used a lot of force, otherwise they wouldn't have heard the knock.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wang walked in first, followed by a grinning Cen Zixiang: "Oh, I'm here at the right time."
The old lady quickly took a small broom and swept the snow off her grandson's shoulders: "Why are you here at this hour, kid?"
"Hey, it's snowed a lot and the trails are hard to walk on, so we had to take the train. It's already this late. Can we eat while saying no? I'm starving. I ate four buns this morning and still haven't eaten until now."
Before the old lady could say anything, Chen Ye had already left the room: "I'm going to heat up some steamed buns. You guys can eat first."
The food at home was just right, and it was definitely not enough for the big-bellied man Cen Zixiang. Fortunately, there were a lot of frozen steamed buns at home that could be heated up.
"Okay, I'll put the food on the fireplace and we'll eat together when you come back."
"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you come in and warm up?"
Looking at her grandson standing at the door like a pillar, the old lady grumbled in dissatisfaction, saying that the boy came at the wrong time and disturbed her granddaughter's meal. In an instant, the surprise she had just seen disappeared.
Cen Zixiang... look at this differential treatment.
"I'm with my little sister, and I can keep her company. I also brought some things with me. Grandma, this bag contains wolf skins. My little sister said she wanted to make a carpet for you. This bag contains meat. It's all frozen and I'll put it away."
Cen Zixiang never comes empty-handed. Recently, because of the heavy snow, he goes up the mountain from time to time to take a look. The harvest in the new place is indeed much better than before. He has saved a lot of it and brought it here.
"Okay, go ahead."
Cen Zixiang... Couldn't you be a little more polite and make your grandson, who has been traveling all day, feel better?
Cen Zixiang was mumbling in his heart but didn't dare show it on his face. The heavy snow really pissed off the two old men, and he had nowhere to go.
Cen Zixiang was very familiar with the structure of this place, and he also knew that his grandparents had moved here. He went straight to the kitchen without even entering the door, and saw a small freezer made of ice cubes not far from the kitchen door. He opened the bag and put all the meat inside.
Then he dusted off his hands and opened the kitchen door. A burst of hot air rushed towards him, making Cen Zixiang shiver.
"Why are you here? Why are you here if you don't want to go inside and warm up? I can do it here by myself. I just want to heat up some steamed buns."
Cen Zixiang raised the small cloth bag in his hand and said, "There are sticky rice dumplings in here. Aunt Chuncao and the others asked me to bring them here. Would you like to steam some?"
"Oh, there are such good things?" Chen Ye opened the small cloth bag, which was full of sticky rice dumplings the size of a child's fist, for both young and old.
"Why are there so many? What a waste of materials!"
"A small part of it is made by me providing the ingredients and asking Aunt Chuncao and the others to help make it. My grandparents also like it."
"Then steam five. We can each eat one with sugar. It's delicious. Oh, and let's freeze the rest of Fourth Brother's sausage outside. I'll go to the cellar and get some sausage to cut."
"This red sausage was sent by Uncle Lu and the others. They are waiting for you to come over and eat it."
Knowing that the old leader lives here, Uncle Lu and several other uncles would come to visit from time to time, and they never come empty-handed.
The last time they went back and brought back so many mountain products, they were also thinking of giving them as return gifts to these people, otherwise, how much could they eat with just a few people?
"Oh, it's my sister who cares about me. Bring me some more pickles, and more of the spiciest ones." Cen Zixiang never knew what politeness was when he came to Chen Ye's place to eat.
Chen Ye really wanted to roll his eyes at this man. How could he eat so much? It consumed more food than raising two wolfhounds.
After having a hot meal, Cen Zixiang felt like he was alive again. He was cold and hungry outside that day, and the train was very crowded.
"Little sister, did you see the bag? It contains the wolf skins. Didn't you say you were planning to make a rug for grandpa and grandma?"
Chen Ye was immediately happy: "It's done? I was wondering, it's cold out now, and the floor in grandma's house is still a little cold. I don't know when the wolf skin will be done."
"By the way, there aren't any wolves coming down from the mountain, are they?"
"No, Grandpa Chen guessed it right. It must be a wolf abandoned by the pack. Otherwise, we would have been in real danger that day."
Chen Ye deftly opened the bag and took out the processed wolf skin. To be honest, this wolf skin was not as good as the one they made two years ago. It might be because the three wolves were old and malnourished.
But making a carpet is a luxury: "Grandpa and grandma, what do you think? Do you want me to put one on the kang?"
The old lady came over and touched it with her hand: "Oh, this is good, but it's not necessary for the kang. As long as the fireplace is burning, the room will not be cold at all."
I just felt some coolness under my feet, and even the second floor was warm. It’s great that I can control the temperature myself.
"Then we can use them as carpets. If the upstairs area is small, put one, and downstairs put two. We can even sit on them and drink tea."
The color of wolf skin really has no advantages, but fortunately the house is decorated in light colors, so even the gray wolf skin does not make the house look dark.
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