Zhong Mingwei said nothing. He lowered his head and added another handful of firewood into the stove, pursing his lips in a sarcastic tone.
He didn't think this girl was smart. If she was really a smart girl, why would she waste her time on a useless person like him?
This girl is not smart, not only is she not smart, she is also stupid and foolish.
Ah Chou didn't notice Zhong Mingwei's silence and finished squeezing the dough. She went out to wash her hands. When she came back, the dough had floated up. She took a spoon and stirred the pot. She said to Zhong Mingwei, "Turn down the fire. Don't burn it anymore."
"Yeah." Zhong Mingwei responded while moving the firewood at his feet back.
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After the meal was ready, the two of them ate on the kang. Now the small low table was placed directly on the kang. The kang was very large, so it didn't get in the way. When eating, the two of them sat directly on the kang.
"It's getting cold really fast here." Ah Chou said to Zhong Mingwei while drinking a bowl of noodle soup. "Look at the weather, I'm afraid we'll have to wear cotton clothes in another month."
It wasn't cold inside the house, but you had to put on thick clothes when you went out. Ah Chou had forgotten to put on clothes when he went out to wash his hands, so he was extremely cold. He hunched his neck and ran on tiptoe as fast as he could.
"Yeah," Zhong Mingwei nodded, picking up a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks, and said, "I'm not afraid of the cold, I'll heat the kang when the time comes."
"Yeah." Achou responded, but she was muttering in her heart. She had to heat the kang, but that consumed a lot of firewood. Seeing that Ningguta had such a long winter, she was afraid she would have to stock up more firewood, and also meat and vegetables, otherwise when the mountain was covered with snow, she wouldn't even be able to leave the house.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Mingwei obviously did not have the foresight and life experience of Achou. He felt a little strange when he saw her biting a chopstick and not saying anything for a long time.
"Nothing," Ah Chou hurriedly shook his head and suddenly looked at Zhong Mingwei, "How long does it take you to read a book?"
Zhong Mingwei was stunned: "That's not necessarily the case. Generally, I can finish a book in two or three days."
"Oh, so fast." Achou nodded and muttered softly.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Mingwei was puzzled.
"Do you want me to buy you some more books?" Ah Chou's eyes fell on Zhong Mingwei's face. "While it's still warm, I'll buy you some more books to keep. Otherwise, when winter comes, you won't be able to go out and you won't have any books to read. Wouldn't that be too boring?"
"No, these few books are enough for me." Zhong Mingwei waved his hands in a hurry. He was really depressed. Why did they talk about those books every day? He was very surprised.
"Winter is long. I heard it lasts six or seven months. How can those few books be enough to kill time for you?" Ah Chou stressed, while picking up a piece of cold-mixed black fungus for Zhong Mingwei, and said, "Anyway, I have already made an agreement with the owner of the bookstore. I'll buy you some more."
"What did you agree on with the shopkeeper?" Zhong Mingwei frowned and looked at Achou. Although he had never been there to buy things in person, he knew that a place that sold such books must not be a good place, and the shopkeeper was definitely not a good person. Zhong Mingwei naturally didn't want Achou to go to such a mixed place again.
"That is to say, if there are good books like this in the future, ask him to keep them for me," Ah Chou said casually. While eating a noodle dumpling, he said to Zhong Mingwei with a bit of pride, "The shopkeeper is very nice. He said that he will definitely give me a discount next time I go there!"
Zhong Mingwei was completely speechless. He took a long time to let out a deep breath, put down the bowl in his hand, and looked at Ah Chou seriously: "Don't go to that bookstore again."
"What, what's wrong?" Ah Chou looked at his expression, a little at a loss, and leaned over to ask in a low voice, "Is there anything wrong with this book?"
"Yes, there is a problem," Zhong Mingwei said seriously, with a threatening face, "This book was not officially printed. It should have been privately printed by a small workshop under the government. This is a serious crime. If you are caught, you, the buyer of the book, will also be punished. Do you understand?"
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