He Chaoyang returned to his unit, Gu Xinyi went to Haishi and there has been no news of her since, Xu Laidi was invited to Wang Chunni's house for the New Year and has been busy there all this time, and even Liu Shumei went home to visit her relatives.
Of course, Wang Chunni also invited Chen Shuning, but Chen Shuning declined, saying it was too cold and he was too lazy to go out.
Everyone in the educated youth settlement who could get along with her was busy with their own things, so Chen Shuning ended up all alone.
Shen Hongmei and Zhou Jihong would occasionally come to bother her, but Chen Shuning's attitude remained the same, and eventually the two stopped coming.
On the other hand, Zhou Jihong and Shen Hongmei have been getting along very well lately, appearing to be even closer than their relationship with Yang Wanqiu.
Of course, Chen Shuning was too lazy to pay attention to their fake sisterhood with their ulterior motives. Every day, apart from eating and sleeping, she was busy preparing for the New Year.
Busy times always pass quickly, and before they knew it, it was the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, but He Chaoyang still hadn't returned.
Knowing he was busy, Chen Shuning wasn't disappointed and simply prepared for the New Year on her own, step by step.
This is Chen Shuning's second year working in the countryside. This year, she followed the villagers' custom and prepared a large basin of dough early in the morning, ready to steam all the steamed buns for the entire first month of the lunar calendar.
Of course, Chen Shuning only said that she was just doing as the locals do, and would never admit that she was just being bored.
Although the dough was made using a dough mixer in the space, just kneading the dough for steamed buns still exhausted Chen Shuning.
After the last batch of steamed buns went into the pot, Chen Shuning couldn't lift either of his arms.
So I decided not to cook. I took out a bottle of Lao Gan Ma chili sauce and ate it with the freshly steamed buns.
Although a timely snowfall is said to foretell a bumper harvest, this year's snowfall is a bit too much. As a result, it's now difficult to even go out, let alone go up the mountain, as the snow is almost up to an adult's thigh.
Fortunately, Chen Shuning is not short of supplies and is also someone who can stay at home. When she has nothing to do, she usually knits sweaters and reads books at home.
During this period, Chen Shuning would lock the door and enter his space as soon as it got dark, watch TV series or read books. Sometimes he would stay up all night if he found a movie or TV series he liked. So Chen Shuning would usually take a nap at noon.
Today was no exception. After lunch, I put the cooled steamed buns into a clean cloth bag and then into the water tank in the woodshed.
This year, many families and villagers in the educated youth settlement followed Chen Shuning's example and froze a lot of ice buckets, but Chen Shuning didn't touch a single one.
Because the ice buckets melted when the weather was warm last year, flooding the woodshed, Chen Shuning simply bought several appropriately sized water tanks and placed them in the woodshed to store water in the summer and store things in the winter.
Just as Chen Shuning was lying on the bed, half asleep and about to fall asleep, he heard a series of urgent gong sounds.
Startled, Chen Shuning jumped up from the kang (a heated brick bed) and shuffled out in her slippers, but thankfully the cold wind outside woke her up as soon as she opened the door.
Knowing he would definitely catch a cold if he went out like that, he quickly closed the door, obediently got dressed, and ran to the brigade headquarters.
Since the start of the off-season for farming, the sound of gongs has been absent from the village for a long time. The urgent sound now must mean something urgent has happened.
On the way, Chen Shuning encountered many villagers who were also running towards the brigade headquarters.
He grabbed a familiar auntie and asked, "Aunt Zhang, what's going on? Why is the gong being struck so urgently?"
And you know what? This auntie really knew what was going on, and she was also a chatterbox. So, while keeping walking, she kept explaining to Chen Shuning, "Hey, it's all because of this damn weather."
The snow has been quite heavy these past two days. I heard that Hu Erlaizi's roof collapsed under the weight of the snow, burying him inside. The brigade leader is leading people to dig him out right now.
Now it was Chen Shuning's turn to be dumbfounded. He had heard of houses collapsing under the weight of heavy snow at night, but it was truly rare to see one in broad daylight.
Moreover, when the meat was being distributed a few days ago, the team leader repeatedly emphasized that everyone must pay attention to clearing the snow off the houses in a timely manner to prevent the roofs from collapsing under the weight of the heavy snow.
Even she, who is afraid of heights, knows to clear the snow off the roof every few days. But it's strange that Hu Erlaizi's roof collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, especially in broad daylight.
So Chen Shuning stopped running towards the brigade headquarters and, together with the aunt who knew the inside story, turned a corner and ran towards Hu Erlaizi's house.
Hu Erlaizi's house is not far from the brigade headquarters. Many villagers who did not know the situation initially ran towards the brigade headquarters, but when they saw that there were many people crowding in front of Hu Erlaizi's house, they all turned around and came here, just like Chen Shuning.
Like many other families in the village, Hu Erlaizi's family lived in three mud-brick and thatched houses. It is said that when the family divided the property, the couple insisted on taking care of their mother and forcibly took her from Hu Laoda's family.
However, Hu Erlaizi suddenly became lazy and rarely maintained or repaired his house, so his house looked much more dilapidated than many other houses in the village, and even houses that were older than his own.
The house that collapsed was the main house where Hu Erlaizi and his wife lived.
The brigade leader was leading people to dig people out of the collapsed house. It was said that the family of more than ten people had squeezed onto the small kang (a heated brick bed) in the main room to save firewood, and now they were all trapped under the roof beam.
As time went by, the Hu family members were rescued one by one.
Although the roof was thatched and light, the beams were solid wood, and one beam was located right above the heads of the family lying down.
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