Didn't you say you had an acquaintance who insisted on going? Do you really think we don't know what you're thinking?
If we didn't only charge the price the supply and marketing cooperative charges for the meat, you two would be so eager to make extra money selling it on the black market.
Everyone knows that the price of things bought on the black market is more than double that of the supply and marketing cooperative. You two should be able to earn at least four or five yuan on this trip.
So don't try to portray yourself as so great, all for the sake of everyone?
"You guys are just doing this to make money for yourselves, not for everyone as you say. You can't be like this, always trying to take advantage."
"How could you, Wang Meixiang, say such things to me...?"
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces change from initial guilt to realization, and now to an air of self-righteousness, Dong Weiwei felt a surge of resentment.
But she couldn't utter a single word of rebuttal, and could only lie on the table and sob. Anyone who didn't know better would really think she had suffered some great injustice.
Sun Xiaoxiao, being a fiery personality, didn't react at first, but after hearing Wang Meixiang's words, she realized what was going on and said sarcastically, "That's right, Dong Weiwei, what's there to feel aggrieved about? You're making money and everyone should be grateful to you. How can you be so shameless?"
Seeing the emotions getting heated, Liu Shumei quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, let's stop talking about it. Who's going to cook today? Hurry up and make them something to eat. It's getting late. Weiwei and Guo Dan have traveled such a long way and must be tired. Hurry up and eat, pack up, and get some rest. If it doesn't snow tomorrow, we'll have to go into the mountains to chop firewood."
"Yes, yes, everyone's quite tired. Xiao Liu, everyone's finished eating over here. You ladies, hurry up and tidy up the table."
At this moment, Feng Baoguo was no longer in the mood he had been when he was eating. Looking at the mess of dishes on the table, he felt a headache coming on.
Chen Shuning and Gu Xinyi hadn't eaten much to begin with, and seeing the commotion, they lost all interest in chatting. They got up, told Feng Baoguo, and went back to the backyard. As for the commotion in the front yard, it was none of their business.
With the two of them taking the lead, the other educated youth in the backyard also said goodbye and left.
The wind and snow outside were still very heavy.
Back in his little house, Chen Shuning found two leftover blue bricks from building the house, washed them clean with water, and placed them on the kang (a heated brick bed) near the window.
She placed a small clay stove filled with charcoal on top, covered it with a wire mesh, and laid out washed red dates, oranges, bananas, sliced potatoes and sweet potatoes on a small kang table next to it. Her favorite melon seeds were also included.
The small iron kettle is brewing hawthorn and apple tea, which contains apples, hawthorn, poria cocos, dried tangerine peel, goji berries, and black tea.
Under the dim light of the kerosene lamp, the charcoal fire in the clay stove cast a reddish glow on Chen Shuningxue's hands as she held chopsticks and turned the oranges over.
The warm house stood in stark contrast to the bitter cold of the north wind and snow outside.
Gu Xinyi, who had just dragged Gao Hongyuan to the front yard to find a suitable stone slab for a clay stove, saw this peaceful and serene scene when she passed by Chen Shuning's house.
Gu Xinyi also bought charcoal, and her purpose was the same as Chen Shuning's. So when she saw that Chen Shuning had bought a clay stove and a small iron kettle, she also bought a set.
As a southerner, she rarely saw snow, so when she saw the scene of snow falling all over the sky, she thought of inviting Gao Hongyuan to sit around the stove and make tea.
However, she didn't keep the leftover bricks after building the house. There weren't many left, so she just gave them to the villagers who were working on the house.
When she wanted to use it, she couldn't find it, so she dragged Gao Hongyuan along to the front yard to find a stone slab.
When he came back, he saw the scene in Chen Shuning's room and immediately didn't want to do it himself anymore.
So she turned to Gao Hongyuan and said, "Brother Hongyuan, I want to go sit with Shuning for a while. Why don't you take the things I prepared in my room back and eat them with Brother Wang? Otherwise they won't be fresh by tomorrow."
Then he pointed to Chen Shuning in the glass window and said, "Take a look and roast it like Shuning does. I've prepared the tea in the small iron kettle."
After thinking about it, Gu Xinyi realized she shouldn't go empty-handed, so she changed the subject and said, "Never mind, I'll go back and get it done for you before I go to Shuning's. I can take some things with me then."
Although it was a bit of a pity that he couldn't enjoy the snow and drink tea with Gu Xinyi, Gao Hongyuan, who always took Gu Xinyi's word to heart, naturally agreed. The tall man, carrying the stone slab, stood behind Gu Xinyi, looking every bit like a little follower.
Chen Shuning, who was focused on roasting oranges inside the house, noticed two dark figures in front of her window. She looked up and saw the two people outside. She waved to them and then went back to fiddling with the things on the clay stove.
In her past life, Chen Shuning loved tinkering with these things. There were quite a few tea sets in her villa in her space. If she usually wanted to make fruit tea, a glass pot would be better.
Chen Shuning likes the way she can clearly see brightly colored fruits rolling around in clear tea soup.
The fruit tea had just boiled, and Chen Shuning was about to pour herself a cup when she heard a knock on the door.
Puzzled as to who would come at this hour, Chen Shuning casually asked, "Who is it?"
Gu Xinyi, standing outside the door, pulled her military overcoat tighter around herself and replied, "It's me. I saw you weren't asleep yet, so I thought I'd come over and chat with you."
The two had a very pleasant conversation today, but Chen Shuning didn't expect Gu Xinyi to come over at this hour.
Thinking that drinking tea alone was rather boring, she quickly agreed and got out of bed to open the door.
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