After planting vegetables in both flower beds, it was already evening. Ye Shuning was a little tired, so she stopped working.
She took a shower in the dormitory bathroom, then made herself a bowl of fish-flavored shredded pork in the kitchen, steamed some rice in the rice cooker, and made an egg soup.
Although the meal was simple, it was a very good meal nowadays as it contained meat, eggs, and white rice.
Ye Shuning ate up all the vegetables and soup, leaving some rice to make egg fried rice tomorrow.
After dinner, Ye Shuning pried open the door of another dormitory, which was occupied by a middle-aged female colleague. There were a lot of ingredients in the kitchen, and it was obvious that she was someone who loved to cook.
This female colleague is a divorced woman who lives alone with her child. Her child also lives here with her, so her house is full of life.
Moreover, many of the things belonged to her high school children, and there were also quite a few snacks at home, all of which were cheap for Ye Shuning.
Ye Shuning sorted through the kitchen ingredients: a bag each of rice and white flour, along with various grains like black rice, red beans, oats, barley, peanuts, soybeans, and mung beans. She also had several boxes of instant noodles of various flavors. The refrigerator was also stocked with fruit, eggs, yogurt, and more. This family had provided her with a wealth of food, and Ye Shuning was overjoyed.
She looked at the peanuts and several kinds of beans among the miscellaneous grains, thinking that some of the beans might not be able to be grown, but peanuts might be a good try, but she didn't know if they could bear fruit.
I sorted out all the ingredients and snacks and placed them neatly in the kitchen, saving them for later use to satisfy my cravings.
Ye Shuning saw a lot of high school textbooks and study materials in her child's room, which she could use. Although the textbooks were different from those of today, they were still the same, and the study materials could be used.
She went to the county town to see if she could get her current high school textbooks to prepare for the college entrance examination.
After a fulfilling day, Ye Shuning dragged her tired body into bed and quickly fell asleep.
After a day's work, Yan Jingwen returned to his residence. After Ye Shuning moved out, he moved back to his own residence. After all, the office is not a place where people can live permanently.
He was assigned this place because he brought Ye Shuning here, otherwise he, a bachelor, would have to live in a single dormitory like Li Shaozhong.
Looking at the empty house, Yan Jingwen felt mixed emotions, sour and heavy.
Ye Shuning really left, but he didn't feel very happy. He even felt a little upset. There seemed to be a voice in his heart telling him that he had lost something precious.
At this moment, he suddenly regretted his previous indifference and indifference to Ye Shuning.
If he had been nicer to her, maybe she wouldn't have been so insecure and wouldn't have been so disruptive. Even if they broke up, they could still be friends and wouldn't have tried so hard to avoid him like she does now.
But everything is over. Ye Shuning has a new life, and he should devote himself to his work.
Now that he is single, he plans to give up the house and move into a single dormitory with Li Shaozhong.
The next morning, Ye Shuning got up and made herself two egg pancakes and cornmeal porridge. The cornmeal porridge had a sweet aroma and was delicious.
After breakfast, Ye Shuning went back to the research institute. She began to attack the small garden of the institute and cleaned up all the flowers, plants and trees in the small garden.
Ye Shuning took the shovel and dug away the grass and some flowers bit by bit. Fortunately, there were only small ornamental trees in the small garden, no big trees, so digging was not too strenuous.
She spent the whole morning digging up the small garden. She looked at the roses climbing on the iron fence and decided to wait for a few days when the weather was warmer and transplant a few of them to the fence wall in her yard.
Thinking of the fence in her yard, Ye Shuning felt that it needed to be repaired, which was a big project.
But farming was the most important thing right now. She had to ensure she had a balanced diet without going hungry. Her skinny figure was clearly malnourished. She also wanted to grow taller.
After a day, Ye Shuning finally finished tidying up her small garden and planted the corn seeds she had saved for her, along with some peanuts. She then asked the Pan family for two handfuls of soybean and red bean seeds and planted those as well. This was primarily an experiment, so she didn't plant much.
In the evening, Pan Dongshan and his wife came over to see how Ye Shuning had cleaned up. Seeing that Ye Shuning's house was tidy, they felt relieved.
Ye Shuning was very grateful to the Pan family for helping her when she was in the most difficult time. She would definitely repay them when she had the chance in the future.
Ye Shuning didn't dare go up the mountain again these two days. She was afraid that someone would deliver tiles and there would be no one at home.
On the morning of the third day, the tiles were really delivered. Ye Shuning asked how much they cost, but the other party said that the money had already been paid.
As soon as Ye Shuning heard it, she knew it was Li Shaozhong who paid the money. It seemed that she would have to pay it back later when she had the chance.
When Wa arrived at Pan Dongshan, he brought his four sons to help.
The Pan family is a big family. Pan Dongshan has six children, four sons and two daughters. Except for the youngest son who is fourteen years old and still unmarried, the other children are all married.
Ye Shuning did not refuse the Pan family's help, but just wanted to make a good meal to comfort everyone.
With Yang Xiuying's introduction, Ye Shuning got to know Pan's brothers, sisters-in-law, and several of Pan's grandchildren. It would be convenient for them to interact with each other after everyone got to know each other.
Ye Shuning wanted to cook for the Pan family to eat at home, but the Pan family also knew that Ye Shuning had just settled down and had nothing, so there was no way she would eat at her house.
Yang Xiuying insisted on not letting Ye Shuning cook, "Xiao Ning, you just settled down, there's no need to be so distant with us. We just need this meal."
Ye Shuning said: "Your family came to help, how can you not even eat?"
Pan Dongshan said from the side: "Xiao Ning, listen to your aunt and wait until you have the conditions to talk about it. Now you say you are penniless, that's almost the same, so don't be polite to us."
After the roof was finally repaired, the Pan family did not eat at Ye Shuning's place and went back.
Ye Shuning felt uncomfortable and thought about going to town in a few days to take out some food from the space to give to the Pan family.
Other food was difficult to send, but she searched her colleagues' dormitories and found some white sugar, brown sugar, and dates, which could be repackaged and given away.
Some candies, like chocolate and toffee, couldn't be given away as gifts, but fruit candies could. She could buy two more pounds of cakes from the supply and marketing cooperative and that would be enough. At least she couldn't let the Pan family help her for nothing.
No matter how good a relationship is, it needs to be managed. There should be give and take, and you can't just ask for things all the time.
The roof looked much better with the tiles on. At least she wouldn't have to worry about leaks anymore. She'd be living in this house for a few years, so she planned to find a way to replace the plastic sheets on the windows with glass. She could do it herself.
As for the glass, she could take a few pieces from the institute and use them.
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