Seeing that it was only October but already as cold as the coldest days of winter, everyone had a general idea that this winter would be colder than usual. So, most people agreed with Wan Guihua's reasoning and headed home.
In the end, only Liu Guihua and a few others still showed no intention of moving. Seeing that only a few good-for-nothing villagers were left, Wan Guihua didn't bother with them. She greeted Chen Shuning and turned to go home.
It's so cold today. Wouldn't it be better to stay at home on your heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed)? What's the point of coming here to freeze and look at these black stones?
The educated youth worked until after 4 p.m., when it was already getting dark, before they finally transported all the coal back.
To thank the other educated youth for their help, Yang Wanqiu suggested that each of the educated youth who bought the coal cook a dish and treat the older educated youth who helped them to a meal.
Although Yang Wanqiu's suggestion might be suspected of using everyone's resources to curry favor, after all, those who have benefited will always habitually remember the first person who suggested that they benefit.
However, the old educated youth did help, and the others wanted to express their gratitude, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to transport all that coal even if they worked until dark.
Watching the villagers who didn't leave until they had transported the last piece of coal, the educated youth who had bought coal had no doubt that these people might steal coal under cover of darkness.
So when Yang Wanqiu suggested that they cook a meal for the former educated youth, everyone agreed without hesitation.
The older educated youth were also very happy, since the new educated youth were all generous with their hands and were willing to use oil and seasonings when cooking, so the taste was naturally better than the bland boiled vegetables that the older educated youth had.
In particular, the dishes made by Chen Shuning and Gu Xinyi tasted just as good as those made by chefs in state-run restaurants.
So when they heard there would be delicious food for dinner, the fatigue from working just now vanished instantly, and everyone happily went back to wait for it.
Chen Shuning went back and checked that the pickled cabbage was ready, so he decided to make a pork and pickled cabbage stew with glass noodles.
I went out and asked a few other restaurants, but when I found that no one made this dish, I hurried back to get some pickled cabbage.
Although she added two honeycomb briquettes to the stove before she left, she was gone for too long, and when she came back, the fire had gone out.
However, it probably didn't stay out for very long, because her room wasn't cold at all.
After hurriedly removing the ashes from the stove, he relit the fire. He was already used to chopping sauerkraut, cutting meat, and stewing vegetables.
She quickly put the vegetables into the pot, then locked the door and took out a fruit pizza and a glass of strawberry juice from her spatial storage.
Chen Shuning wasn't used to eating from the same plate as the other educated youth, especially since some of them didn't have good hygiene habits.
So Chen Shuning planned to eat something first to fill her stomach, and then eat less and wait until she got hungry in the evening. Anyway, she had no shortage of food.
I happily ate most of the pizza, downed a glass of strawberry juice, and the stew over there was ready.
So Chen Shuning found a storybook, sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), and read while waiting for the others to come and find her to go to the front yard together.
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