The next day, Chen Shuning washed up early and turned down the fire in the stove to keep it warm so that his mother and younger brother would be able to come over.
He wandered around the room again but didn't find anything that shouldn't be there. He moved the small table and cabinet on the kang (a heated brick bed) to the ground.
Chen Shuning didn't ask anyone to help him move things. Instead, he used his spatial abilities to first store the kang cabinet inside his space, and then simply moved the cabinet to the ground.
Anyway, everyone knows her family is coming today, so no one should come to her room today. If they see things moved the next day, they can only assume that her family helped move them.
Because of the addition of a cabinet on the floor, Chen Shuning moved the small table that was originally on the floor to the kitchen, making the whole room look cramped.
However, this is the only option for now. Chen Shuning did consider renting the empty room for his mother and younger brother to live in.
Firstly, there was no furniture there, and secondly, it was quite troublesome to keep the fire burning all day in this weather. Most importantly, it was a waste of firewood.
Moreover, she really missed her mother. Both her mother in the previous life and her mother in this life were so good to her. Plus, with those two identical faces, Chen Shuning felt that her transmigration was God's way of making up for the regret of her parents' early death in her previous life.
So in this life, she always tries her best to be good to her family and wants to spend as much time as possible with her mother.
After preparing everything, Chen Shuning began to arm herself, because she would be staying with others that night, so she could no longer wear the thermal underwear she was wearing underneath.
So Chen Shuning wrapped herself up like a ball, wearing a big cotton-padded coat over a little cotton-padded coat, then carried her little bamboo basket on her back, along with a thin quilt and two thick quilts, before going out.
Because there is no train station in Hongqi Town, Chen Shuning and his group needed to go to Wangshan County to pick up the people, which would take about five hours by oxcart.
Once they arrive at their destination, they need to allow the cattle time to rest before heading back, so they have to set off at five in the morning.
It was still dark, so Chen Shuning first went to Feng Baoguo for help to open the gate.
When they arrived at the cowshed, Grandpa Yang had already prepared everything. Through the lantern on the cart, Chen Shuning could see that a thick layer of straw had been laid on the cart.
Chen Shuning smiled as soon as she saw it. Ever since the weather turned cold, Grandpa Yang would always lay a thick layer of straw on the car for her to keep it cool whenever she hired a car.
With practiced ease, she spread her thin blanket on the clean straw that Grandpa Yang had specially selected, and then climbed into the car with difficulty.
He took two water turtles filled with hot water out of the bamboo basket, handed one to Grandpa Yang, and wrapped the other in his own arms. He also put the shoes he had taken off to avoid getting the quilt dirty into the bamboo basket.
Two thick quilts were placed, one to block the wind at the front of the car, which was prepared for Chen Xiaodi when we returned. The other quilt was used to wrap myself up tightly, and I was ready to set off.
Old Yang was clearly used to Chen Shuning's actions. He calmly took the water turtle and held it in his arms. Only after seeing that the little girl was ready did he crack the whip and drive the oxcart away.
Besides water turtles, Chen Shuning would also prepare a pot of brown sugar ginger water and a simple lunch for the old man.
After several unsuccessful attempts to refuse, the old man stopped struggling, and even the old lady found out.
As long as it's Xiao Chen, a former educated youth, hiring a car, she doesn't need to prepare anything.
They would prepare whatever they needed to take with them and bring it back. Sometimes, if the little girl prepared something nice, she would prepare a little more so that the old man could bring it back for her and the children in the family.
So whenever Chen Shuning hires a car, the old lady is always at ease and relieved.
Of course, the Yang family really treated Chen Shuning well. Once, a girl in the village bullied Chen Shuning because she was a local bully.
Before Chen Shuning could retaliate, Yang Lao Er's wife, who happened to be passing by, scolded the girl until she ran away crying.
The three Yang brothers were all skilled hunters in the village, came from well-off families, and all married good women.
Wang Ximei, the wife of Yang Lao Er, is the eldest granddaughter of the village secretary. She has been feisty and capable since childhood. The Wang family is considered a prominent clan in the village, and the old village secretary is highly respected by the villagers.
Although Wang Ximei was feisty, she wasn't unreasonable, so she was always well-liked.
All these reasons combined mean that ever since Wang Ximei stood up for Chen Shuning, no one in the village has dared to bully Chen Shuning, the new educated youth, just because they are locals.
From then on, Chen Shuning had a reason that Old Man Yang couldn't refute for being kind to the Yang family: Yang Ersao was his benefactor who had saved him from dire straits, so it was only natural for her to be kind to her benefactor's family.
The grandfather and grandson set off before dawn and didn't arrive at the train station in Wangshan County until after noon.
As soon as he got off the vehicle, Old Yang fixed the frame and busied himself unloading it from the old ox, feeding and watering his old companion as he ate and rested.
Chen Shuning, who had been catching up on sleep under a thick quilt the whole way, only woke up groggily when the oxcart stopped.
Besides the extra-thick quilt made by Chen's mother and the water bottle filled with hot water, Chen Shuning also secretly carried two rechargeable hot water bottles in his arms, and changed the hot water bottles twice in the middle.
So she slept comfortably the whole way.
Seeing that Chen Shuning was awake, Old Yang walked over with a smile and said, "Now that you're awake, hurry up and perk yourself up. The train won't arrive for another hour. Go warm up in the waiting room, and I'll wait for you here."
Looking at Chen Shuning, who was still a little dazed, Old Yang teased her with loving eyes, "You little girl, you're quite the sleepyhead. This shabby road didn't even wake you up."
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