Zhu Qinghao nodded, thinking that she would see when she got back if there was anything she could prepare for him.
After all, my family is here, and we still need to rely on them in many ways. Besides, they have always treated the Zhu family well. If I treat them even better, it will let people know that they are grateful.
Zhu Qinghao has never been a stingy person. If someone is good to her or her family, she will only be even better to them. So she really doesn't think there's anything wrong with helping Grandpa Ma.
After that, she stayed and chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, and not wanting to keep her family from resting any longer, she went home.
Because of her previous words, Zhu Yanzhi hesitated several times before finally failing to say that he wanted to send her back.
After escaping her family's sight, she entered the space, but this time she didn't go straight home. Instead, she quietly went to see Grandpa Ma, who lived in the next room.
Just as Zhu Qinghao had guessed, the old man was not asleep. He was just quietly smoking his pipe in his room, occasionally glancing outside.
On the other side of the kang (a heated brick bed), the old woman lying there, thin and frail, who looked to be in poor health, must be Grandpa Ma's wife.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Qinghao felt a pang of sadness and left shortly afterward.
What Zhu Qinghao didn't know was that while they were chatting, the old man had gone out to keep watch for them.
After returning home, Zhu Qinghao ladled out the water that had been heating in the pot, carried it to the small room in her space, took a hot bath, and then climbed into her warm and cozy bed.
The combination of a heated kang bed and a hot bath effectively dispelled the cold, allowing her to sleep comfortably all night.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, she realized that she had forgotten to ask if there was a kang (heated brick bed) over at the cowshed. But since it was so cold here in winter, she figured there must be one.
I slept without any dreams.
The next morning, Zhu Qinghao got up early as usual. She had made an appointment with Si Tian to go to the brigade leader's house to exchange vegetables with Aunt Haiying for winter food.
But it's still early, there's no need to rush. We should wait until they've finished breakfast before going over.
Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Qinghao took out some breakfast from her spatial storage, ate it, and then looked around the small courtyard.
It snowed last night, not a particularly heavy snowfall, but a thin layer of snow accumulated on the roof tiles, the trees outside, and in the small vegetable garden by the door.
The fields in the distance are now a vast expanse of white, and everything that was supposed to be brought home has already been stored in each family's cellar.
Looking around, there was hardly any sign of life. The whole village seemed to be in hibernation, waiting for the spring to come and bring it back to life.
After watching for a while, Si Tian from next door came out into the yard, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
Upon seeing her, I instantly perked up, greeted her cheerfully, and then quickly washed up before coming over.
"Okay, you're up really early. I can't get enough sleep, and with the cold weather, I don't want to get out of bed at all."
Si Tian's fair face was full of resentment. She was just a college student who had just finished her final exams and hadn't even had a chance to sleep in for long before she was transported to another world.
She wore it anyway, but as soon as she arrived, she was sent to the countryside. No one could understand the bitterness in Si Tian's heart.
Zhu Qinghao didn't understand her suffering, but seeing the resentment on her face, she reached out and rubbed it a couple of times; it did feel very nice.
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