The two of them spent more than an hour simply sorting and tidying up the mess on the ground.
During this time, He Chaoyang explained to Chen Shuning which company each item came from, which made Chen Shuning admire He Chaoyang's memory. It was quite an achievement to remember so many things, something she herself couldn't do.
Chen Shuning only vaguely remembered how many things there were and what they were; everything else was a blur. Luckily, He Chaoyang, who had a good memory, was there to help.
While tidying up, Chen Shuning asked He Chaoyang what he had bought and told him what she wanted as a return gift, which He Chaoyang then wrote down.
After packing everything up, it was already past 10 a.m. The two quickly ate something, locked the door, and headed towards the back of the mountain.
After several days of heavy snow, the weather finally cleared up today, and many people took advantage of the good weather to go into the mountains.
This winter is even colder than last year, and those who are diligent are thinking of taking advantage of the good weather to go into the mountains to collect more firewood.
The village's hunting team also took advantage of the good weather to go into the mountains. This year, the wind and snow were heavy, and the hunting team didn't go into the mountains much all winter.
With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, if we rely on the little stuff we have in the warehouse, we're all going to have a tough year.
So when the hunting party saw that the weather had cleared up, they quickly packed their things and went into the mountains, planning to hunt more and distribute more meat to everyone during the New Year.
He Chaoyang and Chen Shuning were heading into the mountains, so they followed the footprints left by the hunting team.
Only when they were near the edge of the deep mountains did the two stop following the tracks left by the hunting party and turn onto another path.
There is a small, unfrozen spring here. In winter, many small animals come here to drink water. Of course, because the spring is a bit small, there are no large prey here.
This was their destination. Although He Chaoyang was carrying a hunting rifle on his back, he only kept it to deal with emergencies.
To deal with these small prey like pheasants and rabbits, He Chaoyang only needed a slingshot and a few pebbles.
Chen Shuning has recently become obsessed with Gu Xinyi's spicy rabbit, but he only mentioned it to He Chaoyang when he went to the military base last time.
Unexpectedly, this person remembered it, and when he came back this time, he got a slingshot and took Chen Shuning into the mountains to hunt rabbits.
In order to spend more time with his wife during the Spring Festival, He Chaoyang asked a few of his comrades who were not going home for the holiday to switch shifts with him. He worked night shifts for more than half a month in exchange for a half-month vacation so that he could spend the Lantern Festival with Chen Shuning.
On the first day back, despite not having slept all night, he packed up and took Chen Shuning into the mountains to hunt rabbits.
He Chaoyang was skilled, and in no time the two of them had killed more than a dozen rabbits. Seeing that it was still early, the two did not rush down the mountain, but instead found a hidden cave and entered the space.
Having already digested their breakfast, the two headed straight for the thirteenth floor of the shopping mall as soon as they entered the space, ready to have a big meal.
Feeling a bit craving seafood, Chen Shuning chose a seafood buffet restaurant. The two enjoyed a delicious seafood feast. Afterward, Chen Shuning took He Chaoyang to the underground warehouse, where they carefully selected and prepared the return gifts to be sent the next day before leaving the space and heading down the mountain.
Back at the educated youth settlement, Chen Shuning handed over all the rabbits to Gu Xinyi to handle, saying that Gu Xinyi could just come and ask her for them whenever she wanted to eat them.
Gu Xinyi looked at the pile of rabbits on the ground, estimating there to be more than a dozen, and asked Chen Shuning with a look of shock, "So many? Did you two find a rabbit burrow?"
Looking at the rabbits scattered on the ground, Chen Shuning smiled proudly and replied, "We didn't find any rabbit burrows, but we did find a small, non-freezing spring. Many small animals go there to drink water. Brother He and I squatted there for more than an hour and caught so many."
"I'll keep it to make spicy rabbit meat. How about it? Do you have space to store it here?"
"Yes, I built a small storage room next to the woodshed! It's still empty now. Even if there were more rabbits, I could fit them there, let alone just these few."
At this moment, Gu Xinyi was truly grateful to Chen Shuning. She wouldn't hesitate to cook for him, let alone provide him with a meal for the entire year.
Seeing that Gu Xinyi agreed readily, Chen Shuning didn't think much of it and casually said, "That place is pretty good. If Brother Gao and the others are free tomorrow, let Brother He take them there. That way, if they want to eat wild game in the future, they can go for a walk and maybe catch a rabbit or pheasant or something."
Upon hearing Gao Hongyuan's name, Gu Xinyi's feigned indifference instantly crumbled like a burst dam, and tears streamed down her face like beads from a broken string.
She hugged Chen Shuning tightly, her body trembling uncontrollably, her sobbing heartbreaking, and even Chen Shuning's heart clenched with her pain.
It's worth noting that since going to the countryside, this strong girl has never shed a single tear, no matter how harsh the working conditions or how her hands were covered in blisters from holding a hoe every day.
However, at this moment, she was crying so heartbreakingly, gasping for breath, as if she had encountered unbearable pain and blow.
Seeing this, Chen Shuning hurriedly pulled Gu Xinyi into the house and carefully helped her sit on the kang (a heated brick bed).
After Gu Xinyi calmed down a bit, Chen Shuning asked softly, "Xinyi, what happened? Did Gao Hongyuan bully you? I'm going to settle the score with him."
No sooner had Chen Shuning finished speaking than Gu Xinyi's tears flowed even more profusely, as if all her grievances and sorrows were being released at that moment.
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