"Don't you believe me? I'll take you to try it when you have the chance. The three of us brothers stay far away from my mom because we can't stand her cooking."
The two chatted and laughed as they entered Chen Shuning's small house, where four large sacks were neatly piled on the floor next to the wardrobe.
After inviting the guest inside and settling him in, Chen Shuning first climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and opened the window, instantly cooling the previously stuffy room. She then took a teacup to the kitchen to pour the guest a cup of warm water. After thinking for a moment, she poured out the plain water and made a cup of malted milk powder, bringing it into the room with a smile. She greeted him, "Brother He, please have some water and wait for me a moment. I'll go cook now and let you taste my cooking later."
Looking at the busy young girl and the cozy little house, He Chaoyang felt a peace he had never known before. The thought that it would be nice to marry this young girl was also flashing through his mind.
He Chaoyang was never one to hesitate. If he liked something, he would naturally act on it. He took the water glass, drank it all in one gulp, placed the empty glass on the table, and said with a smile, "I'll help you."
"Brother He, could you help me get some firewood from the woodshed next door?" Chen Shuning didn't believe that housework was something women should do, so seeing that He Chaoyang genuinely wanted to help, she smiled and made the arrangements.
A moment later, He Chaoyang carried a small bundle of firewood into the house and said with a disapproving look, "I don't see much firewood in your woodshed. It gets cold early in Heilongjiang Province and winter is long. You'd better start preparing firewood early, otherwise you'll suffer in winter when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow and you won't be able to find any."
Chen Shuning knew that the winters in Heilongjiang Province were long and cold, but her house had just been built and she hadn't really gotten used to the intensity of the work. Unlike the older educated youth who could go up the mountain to collect firewood after work, she still had some firewood in the woodshed that she had traded with the village children for White Rabbit candies.
Of course, she was too embarrassed to say this, and scratched her head somewhat awkwardly, "It's a bit too little. I was thinking of going up the mountain to pick more after the autumn harvest is over in a few days."
Chen Shuning was also very worried. She had originally planned to go to the mountain to collect firewood with the old educated youth after the autumn harvest. Although she was not very strong, she had the space, which was a cheating artifact. She would see if she could secretly hide some firewood in the space while collecting it.
When she came out of the black market today, she specifically asked Hei Zi to keep an eye out for coal for her, just in case she would freeze in the winter because she wouldn't have any firewood.
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