Even though Gu Xinyi said that, Chen Jiandang still felt particularly sorry for his sister. After everyone rested for a while, when they were preparing to carry firewood down the mountain, Chen Jiandang carried two bundles down the mountain at once, just like the old educated youth.
He got up early and went out to shovel snow. Then, when he heard that the old educated youth were going up the mountain, he followed them. He hadn't even had a chance to see Chen Shuning's rather magnificent woodshed.
Otherwise, this child wouldn't have been so anxious and forced to carry so much firewood down the mountain like those older educated youth who were used to hard work.
The mother and daughter at the educated youth settlement down the mountain had no idea what Chen Jiandang was thinking; they were currently at home discussing dinner.
Looking at Chen Shuning's neatly tidied little kitchen, Qin Yalan felt very gratified, as if her daughter had finally grown up.
Chen Jiandang wasn't there at noon, so Chen Shuning pestered Qin Yalan to make dumpling soup.
Both the original owner and she never tired of Qin Yalan's dumpling soup.
As for dinner, Qin Yalan was still thinking about the time she stayed overnight last night, so she suggested cooking a big pot of stew so that she could send some over to Gu Xinyi.
Chen Shuning had plenty of meat and vegetables, so he took out half a chicken and a piece of pork belly.
I'll stew a big pot of chicken with potato noodles, and then I'll send a bowl to Gu Xinyi.
Chen Shuning planned to make braised pork belly, and then add the dried green beans given by Grandma Yang to make a braised pork belly stew with dried green beans. This was Chen Jiandang's favorite dish, and as the older sister, Chen Shuning naturally had to make it.
The mother and daughter had almost finished preparing dinner when the people who had gone up the mountain gradually returned.
Chen Jiandang managed to carry the two bundles of firewood down his back using sheer brute force.
When they returned to the educated youth compound, Chen Jiandang's face was deathly pale with exhaustion.
It was clear that Qin Yalan and Chen Shuning, who were there to greet him, were quite frightened. Chen Shuning quickly took the firewood behind him and threw it on the ground.
She asked with concern, "What's wrong? You look terrible. Tell me quickly if you feel unwell."
Qin Yalan, who was standing to the side, was also anxious and asked with concern, "What happened?"
With the firewood no longer pressing down on him, Chen Jiandang felt much better and took several deep breaths before saying, "No, it's nothing. I just walked too fast and I'm a little out of breath."
"Sister, could you fetch me a bowl of water? I still have two bundles of firewood on the mountain; I need to go and carry them back later."
Hearing this, both mother and son breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Shuning then slapped Chen Jiandang hard on the back of the head and scolded, "You little brat, what are you showing off for? Didn't I tell you to just come along and have some fun? You don't need to help me with the firewood! Why are you so disobedient?"
Although she was scolding him, Chen Shuning was actually worried about her younger brother. She immediately went into the house, poured a bowl of hot water, thought for a moment, then poured out half of it and added half a bowl of spiritual spring water before handing it to Chen Jiandang.
Then he wasn't asked to go up the mountain to carry those two bundles of firewood, since firewood was the last thing he needed now, except for the ones in the woodshed.
She also had a lot of things she had secretly stored in her space when she went up the mountain, so naturally she wouldn't let her younger brother go through the trouble of carrying firewood up the mountain anymore.
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