He Chaoyang ate very quickly, and in no time the other plate of dumplings was finished.
Looking at the empty dumpling plate, even though I was reluctant to leave, I still had to go.
He got up and silently washed the dishes and chopsticks. Then, turning his head, he looked at the table full of food in the inner room and couldn't help but say, "Shuning, the food in the army is actually not bad. So you should keep these things. The autumn harvest is tiring enough. If you keep them for yourself, you can save time cooking and rest a little longer."
"How can that be? These are all specially prepared for Brother He. Besides, how tiring can cooking be? And Chunni and I took turns cooking them."
At this point, Chen Shuning seemed to remember something and said with a hint of grievance, "Brother He, do you think my cooking isn't good?"
Seeing the little girl's aggrieved look, He Chaoyang's heart clenched, and he quickly denied it, saying, "No, I love to eat anything you make. I was just worried that you would take all the food with you and then have nothing to eat yourself."
As he spoke, He Chaoyang reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of money and bills, placing them on the table. He then said, "Keep these money and bills. If you need anything else, just write to me and I'll mail it to you."
After hearing He Chaoyang's explanation, Chen Shuning put away her aggrieved expression and said with a smile, "It's okay, Brother He. You saw how many things my mom and brother sent me. Besides, you've helped me a lot. Otherwise, if I had to go up the mountain to collect firewood all by myself, I'm afraid I would have frozen to death this winter."
However, Chen Shuning could not accept the money and tickets that He Chaoyang had placed on the table. So he stuffed the money and tickets into the pocket that He Chaoyang had prepared for him and said with a smile, "Brother He, you are my brother's classmate, so I won't stand on ceremony with you. I will write to you when I have time, but I can't accept this money and tickets."
"By the way, Brother He, you've worked hard for the past two days, and you have to drive early this morning. I was worried you might get sleepy on the road, so I made some mint tea. If you get sleepy on the road, you can drink some. However, it's not good to drink too much mint tea in this season, so try to drink less if you're not sleepy."
The milk tea in the jar is warm. I've also packed a cup for you in this blue cloth bag so you can drink milk tea if you get thirsty on the road.
And that floral cloth bag contains pumpkin cake. I'm worried about crushing it; it won't affect the taste if it's crushed, it just won't look good.
As Chen Shuning stuffed the items on the table into He Chaoyang's hands, he enthusiastically introduced each item one by one.
Hearing He Chaoyang's refusal, she couldn't utter a single word. She could only think about when she could take another vacation and what she should bring back for the little girl. It seemed that there wasn't anything from Harbin that they didn't have here.
Never mind, I'll call Grandma when I get back and ask her to prepare some delicious food from Beijing for him. The little girl seems to really like it.
Chen Shuning had no idea what He Chaoyang was thinking, and she was even less aware that she had already been labeled a foodie in He Chaoyang's mind.
Chen Shuning felt that the other party had helped him so much, so he was willing to do anything he could think of.
The two of them carried large and small bags out of the educated youth compound. Chen Shuning saw them off to the car and watched until the taillights disappeared from sight. Only then did Chen Shuning rub his arms and return to his small room. It was indeed a bit cold outside, and he would have to put on an extra layer when he got back.
It was still dark, but smoke was already rising from the chimneys of many houses in the village.
The comrade in charge of cooking at the old house in the educated youth settlement was already busy in the kitchen.
The backyard, however, remained quiet.
There was still some time before work started, and since she couldn't sleep anyway, Chen Shuning simply locked the door and went into her spatial dimension.
These past two days since the start of the autumn harvest have been really tiring. Every day, Chen Shuning would just take a quick shower in the space before going to bed. You know, sleeping on a heated kang bed in this season feels pretty good.
So ever since the temperature dropped, Chen Shuning hasn't gone to sleep in the space anymore.
However, she hadn't taken a bath in a long time and suddenly wanted to enjoy a nice hot bath.
So once I entered the space, I went straight to the bathroom and turned on the hot water. I didn't dare use aromatherapy essential oils because the smell was too strong, but I could still watch TV and drink fruit tea.
I went to the basement to get a breakfast I picked up from the shopping mall: a sandwich, a mango coconut milk square, a cup of hot fruit tea, and a fruit salad.
After applying a face mask to pamper her face, which had recently suffered a lot from the wind and sun, Chen Shuning took out her tablet and put on a TV series she liked.
It had been a long time since Chen Shuning had leisurely enjoyed breakfast in a warm bathtub while watching TV. She felt that all the fatigue she had been feeling lately had been cured.
But when she saw the reserved and inarticulate male lead in the TV series, for some reason, the image of He Chaoyang would involuntarily flash through Chen Shuning's mind.
Startled by her own thought, Chen Shuning quickly shook her head to clear her mind of the image and began to concentrate on watching TV while eating breakfast.
Qingshan Brigade grows a lot of wheat, so the harvest of wheat alone took seven whole days.
The harvested wheat had to be taken to the threshing ground to dry, and then it was threshed to separate the straw from the wheat grains. Since the brigade had tractors, this didn't take long.
The crushed wheat grains must be dusted before they can be bagged and stored.
Of course, these follow-up tasks are either easy and require few points, or they are technically demanding and not everyone can do them.
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