Time flies when you're happy, and before you know it, it's the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. He Chaoyang's holiday is coming to an end on this day, and after this holiday, He Chaoyang will not have a holiday for a long time.
So almost immediately after Chen Shuning saw Chen Jiandang off, he started preparing things for He Chaoyang to take back to the army.
He Chaoyang always wore military uniforms, so there was nothing to prepare for this outfit.
Therefore, Chen Shuning mainly prepared food.
Dried meat, a food that is both filling and nutritious and keeps well, is naturally indispensable, and Chen Shuning made a lot of it.
Chen Shuning also prepared a lot of dried fruit. Fruits were too expensive in this era, and although Chen Shuning had a lot, it was not easy for him to take them out. So Chen Shuning made some candied fruit and dried fruit, but the quantity was not large.
Chen Shuning made quite a lot of candied hawthorns. These can be eaten dry or soaked in water. Chen Shuning brought three cans for He Chaoyang, enough for him to eat for a while.
Looking at the bags and packages the little girl had prepared for him, He Chaoyang felt both sweet and heartwarming. His profession obviously prevented him from spending much time with her, so he always felt quite sad whenever they parted.
After seeing He Chaoyang off, Chen Shuning felt sad, but she quickly shifted her attention to other things.
Because she had everything she needed at home, Chen Shuning returned to her days of staying indoors all the time. She went to bed early and got up late every day, and spent her free time watching dramas and reading books in her private space with the door locked. She also enjoyed all kinds of delicious food in the shopping mall. She lived a very comfortable life.
During the day, Wang Chunni and Xu Laidi would often come over with peanuts and melon seeds when they had nothing to do. Oh, and now Gu Xinyi has joined them, so the original trio has become a quartet.
Chen Shuning often wondered if he should get a mahjong set to play, otherwise he would run out of gossip to talk about every day.
Time flew by and it was already May, and the brigade had begun preparations for spring plowing.
He Chaoyang returned once during this period, but it was only a short half-day off, which he got after returning from a dangerous mission.
Also, Tian Mi hasn't returned to Haishi since she went back before the Lunar New Year.
It's likely that the Tian family realized they no longer had any leverage over Gao Hongyuan, and that Gao Hongyuan's heart was never with Tian Mi. So, after Tian Mi returned home, they immediately detained her and prevented her from coming back.
The escape plan of the Gao family and Wang family parents should have gone very smoothly. Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi returned after half a month, although they didn't say anything after they came back.
However, judging from their attitudes, things seem to have gone very smoothly.
Since the two returned, without Tian Mi, Gao Hongyuan's admirer, Gao Hongyuan and Gu Xinyi's relationship has become more stable.
With no one to pay the rent for her, and with some trouble at home, after sending Zhang Tingting a newspaper announcing their public severance of ties after the New Year, Zhang Tingting had no choice but to move back to the front yard.
However, because of Tian Mi's recent exploitation, Zhang Tingting, who was used to good food and drink, became arrogant and offended many people. As a result, Zhang Tingting's life after moving to the front yard was not easy.
Another significant incident involved two middle-aged couples living in the cowshed opposite the educated youth settlement.
I heard that the younger couple were doctors at the hospital. Because the husband had studied abroad in his early years, he was sent to work in this area.
The older couple were said to be physicists; such people are treasures to the nation in later generations.
However, Chen Shuning did not want to attract attention, so he maintained a principle of neither offending nor having much contact with the four people in the cowshed.
Chen Shuning was suspicious of Yang Wanqiu's behavior. She, who was usually the most adept at avoiding danger, was running to the cowshed for no reason.
In particular, Chen Shuning would often show concern for the elderly couple, and he also saw Yang Wanqiu secretly bringing food to the cowshed several times.
Yang Wanqiu's actions, coupled with the plot of the original book, made Chen Shuning wonder if the two couples in the cowshed might also become remarkable figures in the future.
However, Chen Shuning didn't care what big figures the cowshed would become in the future. She just wanted to live peacefully until the college entrance examination was reinstated in seven or eight years. If she could pass the exam and return to Beijing, that would be best. If she couldn't, she could still try to arrange her way back to Beijing.
Because that was not far from the time of the reform and opening up, if her relationship with He Chaoyang had gone smoothly, they should have gotten married by then.
However, she hasn't figured out what to do about her online space after they get married.
In any case, she dared not tell this secret to anyone at the moment.
Spring planting is easier than autumn harvest. Chen Shuning still partners with Wan Guixiang. Since planting requires three people, their group also includes Shen Dayang, the fourth son of the Shen family, a shy and honest young man who blushes when talking to girls.
Wan Guixiang took care of Chen Shuning, giving him the easiest tasks.
Shen Dayang was in charge of digging the holes in front, while Chen Shuning sowed the seeds in the middle.
Chen Shuning only needed to throw the seeds into the hole that Shen Dayang had dug, cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil, and then Wan Guixiang would scoop up a spoonful of farmyard manure that had been fermented last autumn, and finally cover it with another layer of soil. That completed the entire sowing process.
On average, three people were responsible for one plot of land. In a sense, Chen Shuning and Wan Guixiang were taking advantage of them by teaming up. So when Wan Guixiang suggested that the three of them divide the work equally on the first day, Chen Shuning firmly refused.
Anyway, she doesn't rely on work points for a living.
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