Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Good Luck

In the darkness, the ambiguous sounds gradually quieted down.

His breathing became steady, and Shi Xiangming reached out and pulled down the cord of the table lamp in front of the bedside table.

This desk lamp was originally supposed to be on the desk in the living room, but because Wang Nian was shy and was too embarrassed to turn on the full light after work, Shi Xiangming simply moved the desk lamp in.

Wang Nian got up in this dim light, washed himself, and put on his pajamas.

"I'll go see if the kids are asleep."

After packing up, Shi Xiangming put on his clothes and stood up, his voice still hoarse from the intense passion.

It’s the first day for the two children to arrive at their new home. I wonder if they will get used to their beds.

Wang Nian didn't go to see what was happening. After he had finished tidying up, he went back to bed.

After a busy day, seeing off Huang Qiuhong and Liu Chaoxian's families, and reuniting with Shi Xiangming, I finally had time to check the situation in the space.

The space is about 30 square meters and is surrounded by thick fog.

Wang Nian tried to walk into the mist. He was able to walk in, but he couldn't breathe. After two or three steps, he had to turn back.

There is a three-layer shelf in the middle of the space, and the bottom is also surrounded by mist.

The shelf seems to be suspended in the air.

The first layer is basic seasoning, including salt, pepper, chili powder, peppercorns, parsley and other natural spices.

The second layer is labeled secondary seasonings, which are processed seasonings that are more common in life, such as MSG, soy sauce and vinegar, which are all on this shelf.

The third layer is various deeply processed sauces and seasonings, including the ginger powder used for frying crispy pork in the evening.

The moment I took down the ginger powder, the mist under the spice rack suddenly dissipated and a new layer appeared.

Wang Nian walked to the shelf and was about to squat down to take a closer look.

Suddenly... the shelf rose up, and the fourth layer was just level with the eyes, as if it knew what Wang Nian was thinking.

In order to verify her idea, she silently recited the spices needed for halved beef in her mind.

As expected, the spice rack came down again, and the spices needed for the brine flew up automatically, appearing in the real world as soon as they were thought of.

Wang Nian waved his hand lightly, and all the spices returned to the jars.

Turning my attention back to the fourth floor, my eyes lit up when I saw the labels on the small jars.

"Flour...broth?"

Various gluten flours, whole wheat flour, and mixed grain flours, almost all the flours used for making pasta are available.

What made Wang Nian happiest was the soup paste in the jars on the right.

With a thought, a piece of milky yellow paste about the size of a soap flew out of the pork bone soup pot.

A detailed introduction to Mingyun Pig Bone Soup Paste instantly popped up in my mind.

Wang Nian didn't want to find out what world Ming Yunzhu came from. After all, since the time travel happened and the space appeared, everything became less surprising.

Not only is pork bone paste delicious, the text describing its benefits is dazzling to read.

In the end, Wang Nian summed it up in one sentence: It is like a tonic.

Bone pastes from chicken, sheep, beef, etc. are more common, while seafood pastes are less common. Finally, Wang Nian also saw a pot of beauty and nourishing pastes made from many kinds of medicinal materials.

"Finally..." Wang Nian felt the excitement of having a golden finger.

After carefully checking the various seasonings, he turned his attention to the area covered by mist.

I don't know what the conditions are for unlocking the next level, but... I can't help but look forward to it.

Crunch——

As soon as he heard the door open, Wang Nian immediately retracted his thoughts.

Shi Xiangming turned off the flashlight, hung his coat on the hanger, and then returned to bed feeling cold.

"Are you asleep?" Wang Nian asked.

"I'm asleep!" Shi Xiangming smiled faintly, picked up a book from the bedside table and opened it: "Recently, the factory received a batch of obsolete auto parts from abroad, and I may be busy for a while."

"Should we disassemble it, imitate it, and then use it on our own cars?"

"You also know about cars?" Shi Xiangming was surprised and delighted. He stretched out his long arms and picked up Wang Nian into his arms, resting his chin on his head: "In the absence of experience, imitation and then surpassing is a very good method."

Wang Nian smiled and rubbed Shi Xiangming's chin with her hair: "I don't know much about cars, but I believe you can definitely make car parts that are 10,000 times better than those made abroad."

Where Wang Nian couldn't see, a smile gradually appeared in a pair of eyes, and slender fingers gently and hotly caressed the soft skin of the neck under the fingertips.

"You work hard, I'll take care of you at home!" Wang Nian said again.

"I feel at ease with you around." Shi Xiangming smiled happily, and his eyes returned to calmness again.

"Then you won't have time to send books to school next week when school starts, right?"

The factory's primary school starts on September 15th, which, as Shi Xiangming just said, happens to be his busiest time.

The kindergarten does not have winter or summer vacations. The fee is 1.5 yuan per month, and children can be sent to the kindergarten at the beginning of every month, mainly for the convenience of working female comrades.

"I can only trouble you." Shi Xiangming sighed, and suddenly thought of the firewood shed. He pinched Wang Nian's earlobe and smiled, "I'll find someone to help build the firewood shed."

The awning that is used to keep out the rain today will have to be finished early tomorrow, so Shi Xiangming really doesn't have time to build a firewood shed.

"I can do it myself!" Wang Nian sat up with confidence, "I helped Master build a cowshed before. A firewood shed is simple, but... I have to spend money to buy bricks."

"Just buy it."

"Then I'll go exchange some tickets, and buy a pencil and exercise book for Shuwen. Shuwen also has to go to school to register and get a ticket..."

Wang Nian counted the things he had to do next one by one.

If you calculate it this way, it seems that he is not much faster than Shi Xiangmingsong, and he may not be able to finish it in ten days or half a month.

It's quiet outside the window.

The lights in the room were dim, and Shi Xiangming's eyes were occupied by the woman in front of him whose laughter was like the clear sound of silver bells.

It turns out that... the trivial life can actually make people feel upset.

***

I don’t know if it was because I was too excited about the future last night or because I felt at ease with Shi Xiangming back by my side, but Wang Nian slept until dawn before waking up slowly.

It was cold under the quilt, and I didn't know how long Shi Xiangming had been up.

When Wang Nian finished getting dressed and walked out of the bedroom, she saw that the door of the small room was open and the two children were busy getting dressed.

To be precise, it was Shi Shuwen who helped Shi Wan put on her clothes.

"Why can't you put your hand in?"

After finally putting his head into the coat, he couldn't get his hands in. Shi Shuwen was so anxious that he was sweating all over and didn't even bother to pick up his half-put on pants.

"Call me if you don't have the right clothes to wear in the future."

Wang Nian walked over, took down the rolled-up woolen coat, and then put on the other sleeve.

With the "protective puppy" of yesterday, Shi Wan acted very close to Wang Nian. As soon as she put on the woolen coat, she hugged him tightly and called him sweetly with her head tilted up.

"Auntie Wang Nian."

Wang Nian gently pinched her cheeks, which were not very fleshy, and asked with a smile, "Did you sleep well last night?"

"It's so warm." Shi Wan's head shook like a rattle. She giggled and gestured, "The bed is this big, and the pillow is this soft..."

"Where's your dad?"

After Shi Wan put on her clothes, Wang Nian opened the curtains and folded the quilt before asking Shi Shuwen who was putting on his shoes.

"Dad has gone to work, let's go to the cafeteria to have breakfast by ourselves."

As soon as Shi Xiangming went to work, Wang Nian was left at home to take care of the two children. Shi Shuwen still felt awkward and didn't even dare to raise her head to look at people when she spoke.

Wang Nian followed his lead and said after a moment’s thought: “I’ll cook noodles. The cafeteria is too far away.”

The two canteens in the factory are close to the single dormitory building, and it takes at least half an hour to walk there.

Instead of doing this, it would be faster to light a fire and cook a bowl of noodles.

Besides...it's a good time to try the pork bone paste soup I just got last night.

After the three of them washed up, Shi Wan still stuck to Wang Nian. The little girl obediently insisted on helping to light the fire, carrying a piece of firewood that was taller than herself and stuffing it into the stove.

"Stop making things worse!"

The awkwardness didn't last long, as Shi Shuwen had to join in helping because of his sister.

Next to them, Liu Chaoxian's family went to school or work, and even Grandma Hu went to the back mountain early to tend to the vegetable garden she used to plant.

"Noodles, such fragrant white noodles."

Among the dowry at the wedding was a bundle of fine noodles, which were bought by Aunt Wu Ying after walking more than ten miles to the next commune.

Wang Nian has only eaten there once since they got married, and Shi Xiangming even skipped breakfast during the few days he returned to Anhuai.

The noodles that were rejected in the previous life are now a good thing. Shi Wan's eyes brightened when she saw Wang Nian take out the noodles.

"Grandpa's family eats black noodles, and grandma said there is no money to buy instant noodles." Shi Shuwen interrupted out of the blue, and Wang Nian was slightly stunned when he heard it.

Soon...she reacted.

This guy is complaining in disguise!

"We don't eat black flour in our family. We will only eat white flour and white rice from now on."

Sure enough, the next second Shi Shuwen couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, like a little cat that successfully stole a dried fish.

What a smart little guy.

"Meaty. The noodles have a meaty aroma."

The seemingly simple plain noodles have a strong meaty aroma wafting out of them. It is indeed the flavor of the pork bone broth that has been stewed for a long time, and it is even more delicious.

"Eat noodles, then we'll go to the mountains to pick wild chestnuts. We'll use the chestnuts to make delicious food for you in the evening."

This is the experience I learned from raising children in my previous life.

If you want to quickly get close to children, the best way is to complete a task together. In the process of completion, a sense of trust will naturally arise.

Although it may be necessary to continue to build trust in order for the two to completely treat you as a family member.

Of course...Shi Wan might be much easier.

The little girl hugged Wang Nian's legs with half of her face pressed against the edge of the bowl, staring at the bowl of noodles intently.

"Let's eat."

There were two benches, one high and one low, so the two children could eat noodles right at the doorstep, while Wang Nian picked up the bowl and walked onto the embankment.

I didn't notice it at first, but when I was picking noodles, I found that the awning seemed to be ready.

Only when we reached the dam did we confirm that the awning had indeed been installed.

Two of the logs are fastened tightly to the wall with wire, and the other two are shorter.

An L-shaped iron pipe was inserted into the head of each wooden stick. Wang Nian only needed to gently pull down the short wooden stick, and the canvas would unfold and immediately form an awning.

If the weather is clear, you can push the stick toward the wall to pull it back without affecting the light at all.

"Is this the advantage of having a science and engineering husband?" Wang Nian slurped a mouthful of noodles and talked to herself with a smile.

Although I didn't understand the working principle of the awning, I just thought it was good. At the same time, I decided to get up early tomorrow so that Shi Xiangming wouldn't go to work on an empty stomach again.

I don't know how early I have to get up this morning to finish the awning before work.

"Be careful, all of you."

Just as Wang Nian was admiring the scene secretly, a woman's anxious reminder suddenly came from the bamboo forest.

Several men in blue work clothes came in gradually, carrying several pieces of furniture. The occasional scratches of bamboo leaves in the bamboo forest made the woman anxiously remind them repeatedly.

Unfortunately, those gay men seemed to be in a hurry. Not only did they not avoid us, but they walked faster and faster.

Wang Nian couldn’t tell what the bright red furniture was made of.

Several people climbed up the stairs carrying the five-box cabinet and walked into the room above Wang Nian's house on the second floor.

In just a few minutes, several people came out again.

The others were busy going downstairs, and only a slightly older middle-aged man greeted the woman who had just climbed to the second floor stairs.

"Sister-in-law, you can handle the rest by yourself. We are still at work... I will leave first!"

After saying that, he ran down the stairs and disappeared into the bamboo forest path.

I was called to help someone move during work hours on Monday. The new neighbor was either very popular or a small leader in the factory.

Wang Nian is more inclined to the latter.

Wang Nian shrugged, but...it had nothing to do with her.

Before he knew it, he had finished his noodles and Wang Nian returned to the stove with the bowl in his hand.

“…”

The two siblings drank up all the soup. Shi Shuwen was trying hard to split the egg in half, while the poached egg in Shi Wan's bowl was still lying quietly at the bottom of the bowl.

"Why don't you eat your eggs?"

As soon as she saw Wang Nian, Shi Wan immediately jumped up and walked over with the bowl in hand: "Auntie, you eat. Brother and I will share."

"One per person, no need to share." Wang Nian put the bowl down and said with a smile.

"Auntie didn't eat the eggs, you eat them!" Shi Wan raised the bowl again.

Shi Shuwen stuffed half of the broken egg into his mouth and put most of it back into the bowl, speaking incoherently.

"Two eggs. My sister and I are small, so one is enough for us."

Wang Nian: “…”

After just two full meals, the two children knew they were caring about Wang Nian.

But she didn't refuse to eat eggs because she couldn't bear to eat them. Instead, she almost choked to death on a fried egg when she was a child in her previous life, and she never ate fried eggs again after that.

At this moment, the round poached egg didn't seem so scary anymore.

Wang Nian didn't refuse the kindness of the two little guys, and took a little with chopsticks and put it into his mouth: "We ate too much meat last night, and Auntie is sick of eggs today. I must cook four tomorrow, one for each of us."

As he said this, he pushed the bowl in front of Shi Wan.

Shi Wan smiled with her eyes curved, her little mouth wide open, motioning Wang Nian to feed her.

"Shuwen, you've eaten all the eggs. After washing the dishes, let's go to the mountain to pick chestnuts."

Finally... the egg went into their mouths smoothly. Shi Shuwen patted his belly with satisfaction and burped.

He had never thought that noodles boiled in plain water could be so delicious, so delicious that he didn't want to waste the soup.

When he thought about his cousins ​​eating such delicious noodles every day, Shi Shuwen turned his back and wrinkled his nose.

Wang Nian had no idea what the young man was thinking. After washing the dishes, he put on the bamboo basket and led the two of them up the mountain.

I have been to the Sanwang Nian in Changshenggou many times.

In the first year after we crossed over, the food we were given was not enough to fill our stomachs, so we secretly went to the mountains to pick wild fruits and vegetables to fill our stomachs.

The wild chestnuts in the mountains mature around the Mid-Autumn Festival. It’s still a little early now, but if you go a few days later you’ll probably only be able to pick the leaves.

In the past, even though the management was strict, some people still risked going into the mountains. Let alone now when the brigade turns a blind eye.

The direction the mother and her two sons went into the mountains was closer than the Red Flag Brigade. Because of the factory construction, all large animals were driven deep into the mountains.

I originally thought I had to continue walking to the top of the mountain before I could get out, but unexpectedly, when I passed the public bathhouse, I found a collapsed wall behind it.

It must have been washed away by the rain a few days ago and there was no time to repair it.

At this time, the sun has just broken through the morning mist, and the green mountains and forests are covered with colorful colors unique to autumn.

Wang Nian didn’t know whether the families of the 431 Factory workers didn’t know there was a hole in the wall that led directly into the mountain, or whether most people in the city didn’t know what was in the mountains.

Just a few steps outside the wall, I immediately saw a tree bent under the weight of hairy fruits.

There was no road in the forest, and it was obvious that no one usually entered the mountain from this place.

"Auntie, what are those?"

The brother and sister, who grew up in the city, had never seen anything like this before. They followed Wang Nian to look up at the tree and asked questions out of curiosity.

Mainly... it smells like a sweet and sour fruit scent.

"Wild kiwi fruit." Wang Nian smiled, walked over to pick a drooping branch and pinched the fruit, smiling even more: "Look, this hairy thing looks like a monkey's face, doesn't it?"

She found that she was very lucky recently as she could see such a big wild kiwi tree when she went into the mountains.

In the first two years of the season, she never saw any ripe fruits. They were picked by hungry team members and taken home before they were ripe.

"Is it edible?" Shi Shuwen was more concerned about this.

"It's edible." Wang Nian said, picking one, peeling it and handing it to Shi Wan, then throwing another one with the skin on to Shi Shuwen, and finally peeling one for himself and putting it in his mouth.

The flesh of the kiwi fruit that ripens on the tree is green with yellow, and it is so juicy that it runs down your fingers when you take a bite.

It is sour and sweet and very delicious, at least for children who seldom eat fruit, it is absolutely amazing.

Just like the meat we had last night!

Wang Nian finished the meal in two or three bites and immediately made a decision.

"Wait for me at the bathhouse entrance. I'll go back and get two woven bags."

If you have good things, you must not wait for the next time. In the end, there will be nothing left after waiting. Today I want kiwis and wild chestnuts too.

"You can't go into this cave without me!"

Before leaving, Wang Nian specifically instructed Shi Shuwen again.

The two brothers and sisters, whose chins were full of green juice, nodded like rattles and had no time to answer.

Wang Nian ran back home and heard from a distance that the family who had just moved into the second floor were standing in the corridor and arguing. It seemed that the two parties arguing were a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law.

The mother-in-law was the short-haired lesbian I saw in the morning. The daughter-in-law was dressed very fashionably, and the red scarf around her neck was particularly eye-catching.

But Wang Nian was worried about the two kids at the time, so she didn't bother to listen to what they were arguing about. She took the woven bag and hurried up the mountain.

She left in a hurry, not expecting that the quarrel between the two also involved their family.

The middle-aged woman was so angry that veins popped out of her forehead. She endured for a long time before she calmly explained, "The room downstairs was chosen a long time ago. It's not something that can be changed just because your dad says so."

"Why can't I change it?" The young woman had her short hair braided into two braids, and the braids swung as she shook her head. "When we got married, we were told that the new house would have a toilet and a garden, but now... there's nothing."

"That's because Xiaohui didn't understand the situation clearly." The middle-aged woman continued to explain patiently: "Besides, the stovetop downstairs was installed by someone else, so we can also install it ourselves!"

The middle-aged woman was named Jiang Fang. She was the lover of Xiao Hua, the workshop director of the second factory area. The young woman in front of her who was giving him a cold shoulder was his daughter-in-law Zhong Manli, who had just been married for two days.

The daughter-in-law of the new house that Jiang Fang had finally applied for was a complete mess. If it weren't for the fact that she lived so far away from her parents' home, Jiang Fang would have been too lazy to bother with her.

Zhong Manli is a city girl. She came all the way from the city to settle down in this mountain valley in order to marry her son. As parents, we are of course very grateful for the dedication of this female comrade.

But Zhong Manli's pickyness gave Jiang Fang a headache. The thought of having to live together for another few decades was unbearable.

"Mom! Tell Dad that I just like the room downstairs." Zhong Manli still didn't give up.

Jiang Fang finally lost her patience and glanced at Zhong Manli coldly: "If you have the guts, go and talk to her yourself. Your dad doesn't have that ability. He doesn't even look at who lives here!" She turned around and went straight into the house.

They complained that the house was small, that there was only a public toilet, and that there was no yard.

Those who don't know might think that everyone in the city lives in a small Western-style house. In fact, Zhong Manli's family of five was squeezed into two rooms in a large courtyard, and their living conditions were much worse than theirs.

I don't understand why my eyes seem to have grown on top of my head when I get to the factory.

And... don’t you even look at who lives down there!

Among the four factory areas of the factory, the director of any factory area has to call Shi Xiangming "Chief Engineer Shi" when he sees him. Even though he is just an engineer on the surface, all the parts research and development of the factory have to rely on him.

When he heard that it was Shi Xiangming who skipped the queue to choose a house, his wife Xiao Hua agreed without saying a word.

At this moment, Zhong Manli looked down at the unkempt yard on the first floor at the end of the corridor and stomped her feet in anger.

In the room, Jiang Fang shook her head and sighed.

She rejected the blind date arranged by her parents and was very free in her love life. After careful selection, she finally chose the one with a small heart.

I don’t know how I’m going to get through the rest of my life.

At the edge of the wall, Wang Nian stopped panting, leaned on his knees and looked at the brother and sister who were sitting on the stone counting ants, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Aunt is here, Aunt we are here!"

Shi Wan stood up and waved excitedly, with one foot on the backpack strap.

The next second, Shi Shuwen pulled out a cloth bag from his backpack. It looked like he had not been waiting there for more than 20 minutes.

He just stood there without saying a word, and even his profile revealed a hint of arrogance.

Unexpectedly, there was no compliment, but Wang Nian frowned: "Where did you pick up the bags?"

Shi Wan pointed to the bathhouse, covered her mouth with her hands, and said alertly: "Brother picked them up when he saw no one wanted them. We can carry the delicious monkey peaches back home."

Seeing that the two of them were obedient and did not go out of the fence, she relaxed her expression and said, "I will make you some delicious food with the kiwis in this bag later."

Wang Nian took the bag, and Shi Shuwen finally lowered his chin and spoke awkwardly, "I asked the grandma who was guarding the bathhouse, and she said we could take it, so we took it."

"Grandma said I can take it away." Shi Wan parroted.

The gray rice bag, although it has been beaten a lot, has no holes, so it can indeed be used to store kiwis.

The mother and her two children crawled back in through the collapsed wall.

Put the backpack under the tree, take out the sickle and cut off the shortened branches.

"You sit here and pick the fruits, and I will pick the ones that are higher up."

Climbing trees was not difficult at all for Wang Nian, let alone a small tree that was only two or three meters tall. He climbed up in no time.

But to the two children, Wang Nian was just like the hero in the comic book, flying up the tree.

Two admiring little faces under the tree stared closely at Wang Nian's every move.

The reason why this kiwi tree is crooked is that the branches are too lush. Pruning some branches will help it produce more fruits next year.

The branches fell down with a rustling sound, and soon they filled the area around the small tree.

Wang Nian stood on a branch of a big tree with the handle of a sickle in his mouth. He did not jump down in a hurry, but took the opportunity to look into the distance.

Unexpectedly, the small hill they were on was almost at the top of the mountain, and just a dozen meters further would be the downhill road.

"Chestnut tree!"

Right at the top of the mountain, a wild chestnut tree rustled in the wind, and the thorny chestnut shells burst open, revealing the brown fruits.

My luck today couldn’t be better!

After observing the situation, Wang Nian quickly climbed down the tree again.

"You guys pick kiwis by the wall, and I'll go to the front to pick chestnuts."

They originally wanted to pick kiwis and then chestnuts together, but seeing that the sun had already risen to the middle of the sky over the mountain, Wang Nian decided to go their separate ways.

I have to hurry home before the lunch rush, otherwise the chestnuts on this chestnut tree will definitely not see the sun tomorrow.

For safety reasons, Wang Nian dragged all the branches to the edge of the wall and let the two of them sit there and pick the branches slowly.

After making sure there was no danger around, Wang Nian immediately put on the backpack and went up the mountain.

***

No. 43 Family Building.

Shi Xiangming was among the crowd heading home for lunch after work today, with two paper bags hanging on the handlebars of his bicycle.

The paper package was wrapped in red paper with hemp rope, and it swayed as the car rode, attracting a lot of attention.

The car stopped at the door of the house. Shi Xiangming looked towards the door expectantly, but found that Wang Nian was not in front of the stove.

The door was closed and the sound of storytelling on the radio echoed.

Shi Xiangming looked into the room through the window and saw the two children lying on each side of the sofa, seemingly asleep.

I opened the door with the key and as soon as I lifted my foot, I immediately felt like I stepped on something soft, with a sour-sweet smell.

Looking down, Shi Xiangming was a little dazed.

The living room is filled with... wild kiwis?

In the city, wild kiwis are considered high-end fruits and can only be purchased by purchasing tickets within the workplace. Shi Xiangming has only eaten one.

But now it's all over the floor, and there's no place to step inside the house.

The sound of the door opening had already awakened Shi Shuwen, but before he could say anything, he saw green juice spurting out due to being stepped on.

"dad."

"Where is your Aunt Wang Nian?" Shi Xiangming picked up the rotten kiwi fruit and threw it away, wiped the soles of his shoes clean, and then carefully moved away to the sofa.

"Auntie Wang Nian has gone to the mountains to carry chestnuts again."

“Did you pick these this morning?”

"Hmm!" Shi Shuwen was very proud of the fruits in this room. He stood on the sofa and gestured: "These were picked by my sister and I and put on the ground to dry."

It took the two of them more than an hour to decorate the room, and when they were done they were so tired that they fell asleep on the sofa.

"Look at all the dirt on your face." Shi Xiangming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly bent down to clear a path to the toilet: "Take your sister to wash her hands and face, eat some cakes, and dad will go pick up your Aunt Wang."

Shi Shuwen nodded quickly and woke up the sleepy Shi Wan.

After Shi Xiangming found out the location, he quickly turned around and left the house, first riding his bike to the warehouse to borrow a cart from someone.

The warehouse and the bathhouse were in the same direction. After a few minutes, Shi saw the wall that Shi Shuwen mentioned and Wang Nian who was struggling to carry a bag.

"Wang Nian." Shi Xiangming had already lowered his voice, but he still managed to scare Wang Nian.

After seeing who it was, he grinned and said, "You scared me." Then he threw the bag to the ground and said, "You came just in time. We can take it home in one trip."

There were three bulging bags of chestnuts and a basket of kiwis.

After loading everything onto the cart, Wang Nian went back and picked up the firewood he had just chopped and piled it all onto the cart.

The main point is... never waste anything.

The firewood was piled up there, and the two of them looked like they were carrying a load of firewood home, and no one even glanced at them on the road.

"You picked up so much firewood!"

Liu Chaoxian held the bowl and looked at Wang Nian with admiration in his eyes.

While he was talking, someone on the stairs poked his head out to look, but quickly looked away.

Wang Nian raised his index finger to his lips, signaling Liu Chaoxian to stop shouting. He looked up to see that no one was watching upstairs, and then he started to move the firewood.

"What..." He was so surprised that he couldn't utter the last word in his mouth. The next moment, Liu Chaoxian also saw the kiwis covering the whole room.

Wang Nian: “…”

Shi Xiangming: “…”

The two children restored the path that had just been cleared to its original state, and they sat on the sofa and enjoyed eating cakes.

"Did you pick it up in the mountains this morning?"

"I'm lucky. I found a kiwi tree next to the wall." Wang Nian answered as he bent down to pick up more kiwis and piled them next to the wall. "Come and take a basket home to eat later."

"How lucky I am!"

To be honest, seeing so many kiwis piled on the ground, Liu Chaoxian was so envious that the food in his mouth lost its taste.

I have lived in Changshenggou for nearly three years and have been to the mountains at least dozens of times, but I have never encountered any edible wild fruits. I can just dig some shepherd's purse in the spring.

"Next time you go into the mountains on Saturday or Sunday, be sure to call me."

"I will definitely call you." Wang Nian agreed with a smile.

Liu Chaoxian happily took a basket home and returned the basket of Chinese cabbage after leaving, saying that Grandma Hu had picked them from her own field in the morning.

When Wang Nian saw the dishes, he slapped his forehead and remembered that the two children had not had lunch yet.

He quickly turned around to look and couldn't help laughing out loud.

There were pastry crumbs all over the sofa, and I guessed that his stomach was already full.

"The old leader of the Academy of Engineering came to Wenxi Township to guide our work and came to see me." Shi Xiangming explained the origin of the pastries.

It's a bit of a stretch to say it's on the way, after all, who would travel for six or seven hours just to see their former employees?

Even though Wang Nian knew there must be other reasons, he didn't ask any more questions. He just smiled and clapped his hands: "Then I'll go cook a bowl of noodles."

Before I could even ask the two children, they jumped up from the sofa and kept saying they wanted to eat too.

"You've finished a bag of mung bean cakes. Can you still eat more?" Shi Xiangming touched Shi Wan's round and bulging belly, and said with a smile: "Don't hurt your stomach."

Their stomachs were full, but when they thought about the taste of the noodles they had eaten in the morning, the brother and sister felt that they could eat more.

"Cook less for them." Wang Nian smiled.

The taste of the pork bone paste is indeed comparable to freshly boiled soup, with a strong aroma of bone marrow, and it melts immediately when put into hot water without any trace of oil.

As for the benefits of eating it to the body, Wang Nian is too hot to wear outer clothes.

After being busy all morning, she was not sure whether it was the effect of the pig bone paste or caused by blood circulation, and needed to observe for a few more days.

The most troublesome part of cooking a bowl of noodles is actually making a fire.

Shi Xiangming put firewood into the stove and suggested: "Why don't we get some honeycomb coal to burn? The boiler room has ready-made honeycomb coal for sale. The weather is about to get cold."

"Then I'll go ask."

Burning beehive coal is definitely much easier than using a wood stove. You can just cover the stove tightly after cooking in the evening, and you can have hot water to wash your face in the morning.

After talking about his family, Shi Xiangming continued to talk about the old leader's visit.

The vice president, Wu Bin, is like a father and teacher to Shi Xiangming.

It was he who initially overcame all objections and retained Shi Xiangming's position as a researcher.

It seems that the apprentices are transferred to work in the mountains, but in fact it is a disguised form of protection. Moreover, there are many opportunities for them to practice in the factory, which can increase their practical experience.

The reason I came here specifically this time was actually because I was worried that Shi Xiangming would give up on himself and abandon his academic research.

"Then why don't you invite Vice Dean Wu to come to our house and rest for two days before leaving?"

"The professor has to hurry back to Anhuai City. There are new projects there waiting for him to make decisions. Besides..." Shi Xiangming suddenly stood up and whispered in Wang Nian's ear, "It should be that the policy has changed. The professor told me to work in Changshenggou with peace of mind."

Some things cannot be said explicitly. Professor Wu only needed a few words for Shi Xiangming to understand. The master and disciple said a few words before parting again.

"The professor knows I'm married, and this is his gift to you."

There were neatly stacked piles of money, including big-ticket notes, dollar bills, and even Mao bills.

"The professor is taking this opportunity to help you!" Wang Nian was touched. He took the stack of bills that were still warm from his body temperature and put them in his pocket without even looking at them. "I'll buy some wool in a few days to knit a sweater for the professor and you can send it to him."

The Chinese cabbage seedlings are crisp and tender. Throw the noodles into the pot when they are almost ready. Then just stir them a few times in the boiling water and they are ready to be served.

Wang Nian couldn't find the opportunity to add the bone soup paste, so before picking the noodles, he asked Shi Xiangming to go into the house to get some soy sauce.

As soon as the person entered, he turned his wrist and the pig bone paste appeared in the palm of his hand.

Why not just put it in the bowl... Any normal adult can tell that this is not ordinary plain noodles.

A piece of pork bone paste is divided into four portions, gradually allowing everyone to get used to the taste so as not to arouse suspicion.

"It's really delicious to put some pork fat in the noodles."

Shi Xiangming immediately noticed the difference in the taste, but he also attributed it to the lard as Wang Nian had thought. He drank up all the soup like the two children before putting down his bowl.

"I'm going to work first. I'll leave the chestnuts for you when I get back from get off work."

He spent some time borrowing a cart at noon, and after putting down his bowl, Shi Xiangming hurried to work, giving specific instructions before leaving.

The chestnuts were picked in such a hurry that some of them didn't even have time to be peeled off the thorny outer shell, and were put into the bag along with the chestnuts.

Wang Nian agreed, and after washing the dishes, he dragged a few bags of chestnuts to the backyard.

"Aunt, my brother and I are here to help."

Wang Nian didn't need to clean up the crumbs. The brother and sister picked up what they could and ate them. When she had the time to take a look at the sofa, there were only some that were too difficult to pick up.

Shi Wan happily ran down from the sofa, ran to the door barefoot and hugged Wang Nian's legs.

Shi Shuwen obediently took a broom and swept the floor, sweeping up the fallen kiwi leaves as well.

Compared to the employer’s children in his previous life who were so spoiled that they needed to be fed at the age of seven, Wang Nian felt that these two children were like angels.

"Then let's peel the kiwi fruit and make some sugar water for you later."

The weeds in the backyard are still being trimmed, some are more than a person tall, and I wonder if there are any snakes or insects in the weeds.

Wang Nian was a little scared. He piled a few bags at the door and quickly closed it. He also had to quickly tidy up the yard.

"Brother, peel the skin and eat the sugar water..."

When the little girl heard that there was food again, she immediately greeted Shi Shuwen happily and very attentively brought a small stool. She was the busiest one.

I picked out the softer ones and filled half a basin with them, then put them in a basket and planned to send it to Huang Qiuhong later.

Hula——

Once the water pipe is turned on, the tap water flows down slowly, forming a trickle.

It's good to have running water, but the water flow is too small. There are not many people living here now. Once more people come in, I'm afraid it will take half a day to brush my teeth.

Moreover, the factory uses groundwater from the mountains, and the water is freezing cold at the end of September. I don’t know if it will freeze in winter.

"I'll help you wash it, it'll be quicker."

"Don't touch cold water, or you'll get frostbite." Reaching out to block Shi Shuwen who rolled up his sleeves to help, Wang Nian raised his chin towards the corridor and said, "I'll help peel the skin later."

Yesterday while having dinner, I noticed that this child had a lot of frostbite scars on his hands, and his hands were wrinkled like those of an elderly person.

As soon as we sent the people away, two children came running in from the bamboo forest, playing.

"It's right in front, right in front..."

The leading child looked to be about six or seven years old, with a red face and snot hanging from his lips.

He pointed at the family building and boasted to the little boy next to him: "My dad said that we will live here in the future, and we don't have to sleep in the same room anymore."

"What a nice house." The little boy in the hat echoed enviously, "My mom said your dad got a promotion, and you and your family will have a good life in the future."

"That's right." The snotty kid patted his chest proudly.

Two female comrades who were a few steps slower than the child walked out of the bamboo forest one after the other. The one with two thick black braids must be the snotty child's mother. She laughed and scolded, "You are so old and you don't know how to wipe your nose." She turned around and immediately saw Wang Nian.

"Comrade, who are you from?" The woman walked to the sink and greeted him enthusiastically. After she said that, she immediately saw the basin of kiwis and changed the subject immediately: "These wild kiwis are quite big. Where did you get them?"

"My parents got this accidentally when they went into the mountains to chop firewood a few days ago. I quickly sent some to you." Wang Nian smiled innocently.

"You are so lucky, sister. This wild peach is a good thing." The woman smiled and looked Wang Nian up and down. Her voice was bright and full of kindness, but her gaze was like poison wrapped in sugar, which made people shudder.

Wang Nian's intuition told her that this person looked kind but had a bitter heart.

As soon as the woman finished speaking, the snotty-nosed kid's hand, which was stretched out to take the kiwi fruit, was slapped, but it was another lesbian who did it.

"Why are you so greedy, kid?"

The child cried out with a bitter face, "Mom." Wang Nian then realized that he had guessed wrong.

The other short lesbian is the mother of the snotty-nosed kid.

"The child is ignorant, why do you hit him?" The braided woman blamed the other party: "Talk to this female comrade, she won't be so stingy."

Wang Nian: “…”

The snotty kid nodded in agreement: "Auntie is still good to me."

The short woman had dark skin, and her mouth drooped, making her look ferocious. She glared at the braided girl fiercely and pulled the snotty-nosed child in front of her: "I teach my son what is right and wrong, and it is not your turn to comment."

"Look, sister-in-law! I just mean well, why are you angry?"

"I'm going to cook lunch soon, so if you have nothing else to do, please go back first."

The short woman didn't give him any face at all and just waved her hand with a dark face.

Wang Nian almost laughed out loud when he saw the woman walking away while talking to the child.

As expected...Green tea girls still have to be confronted openly.