However, the noodles in Ji Ling's room were hot, but the kang was cold because the two people living in the house had not returned for several days.

Gu Baoshan sat on a chair on the ground, "After you finish eating, I will heat the kang."

"Senior, do you have any extra houses?" Ji Ling interrupted him.

Gu Baoshan said in a daze, "Yes."

"Then let's burn down that house. We'll go over to help later. We can live over there, so we don't have to burn down this one. After all, this isn't Zhu Weidong's dormitory. There are other people living here. It wouldn't be good for us to stay in this room without permission."

Gu Baoshan was a little anxious, "Xiaoling, this is Engineer Zhu's dormitory. Even engineers rarely live here."

"Senior." Ji Ling looked at him.

Gu Baoshan's voice gradually faded away.

Zhu Yaowu had the same idea as Ji Ling, "Senior Gu, I'm done eating. Let's go and heat the kang first."

Gu Baoshan was put on the fire and had to leave with Zhu Yaowu.

Ji Ling ate the noodles slowly while saying to Zhu Heping, "Third brother, please move the bedding from our car over there. Sanmei and I will also find something to clean the room over there."

"You and Sanmei stay in the room. My second brother and I will clean up." Zhu Heping put down his bowl and chopsticks, burped, and left without looking back.

Wang Sanmei leaned over and whispered, "I just went out to relieve myself, and I heard Gu Baoshan and the others talking in the kitchen. The people here have been betting with my brother-in-law and that Lian guy, betting that you know he will be angry."

"Those who are not angry are fools." Ji Ling picked up another poached egg for herself and took a big bite, stuffing her mouth full. "What good wife and good mother? I don't care. Why do you want to make yourself unhappy?"

She turned her head to Wang Sanmei and said, "Remember this, in marriage, if your partner makes you feel unhappy, don't bear it, speak up. If you give in, you will keep giving in, and eventually you will retreat into the dust, lose yourself, and you won't be able to earn a man's heartache. Because if a man really loves you and cares about you, he won't let you give in. He's the one who gives in."

"I understand." Wang Sanmei responded with some guilt.

After all, she had kept her affair with Ji Jianhua a secret from Xiaoling.

After dinner, Ji Ling and Wang Sanmei cleaned up the dishes and went to the kitchen together.

Master Wang was cleaning the kitchen. He heard someone coming in. He looked up and saw it was Ji Ling. He smiled, put down the work in his hands, and took the basins from them.

"Come on, just give it to me. You've worked hard all the way here. It's already the middle of the night. If you wait a little longer, it will be daybreak. Go back and rest."

The kitchen is very large, with fifteen or sixteen large pots of more than twenty inches in size, and many of them are still steaming.

"Master, are you making breakfast?"

"Yes, there are many people in the camp. There are hundreds of people having breakfast every day. This is just for the camp. There are hundreds of people working on the construction site. But they have their own kitchens. We are only responsible for the hundred or so people in the camp. We have to get up early in the morning to make breakfast so that we can prepare meals for hundreds of people."

"Can your bodies handle it?" Ji Ling exclaimed.

"Yes, we work in two shifts, working one day and one night, and resting one day and one night. And once we get busy, we don't feel sleepy anymore."

Ji Ling was in awe, "Master, please hurry up and do your work. We won't bother you any more. We are so sorry to ask you to cook for us."

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m not making it specially for you. There are a lot of hungry people when they come back from the engineering department at night, so I make it for them.” Master Wang smiled.

Ji Ling thanked again and left with Wang Sanmei.

Master Wang sent the man to the door, watched him leave, and then went back into the kitchen, muttering, "Engineer Zhu is really an old cow eating young grass, to find such a young wife."

After giving birth to a child, Ji Ling became charming and lovely, with a sweet smile. She was young to begin with, and in the eyes of older people, she was often seen as a child.

The two of them went in to help spread the quilt. They bought it in Gansu, intending to use it as their own blanket after they came over.

Now they are all used.

"Senior, it's almost dawn. You still have work to do during the day, so go and have a rest."

"It's okay. I drink some tea during the day and I feel energetic. I'm used to staying up late every day after coming here."

Ji Ling knew that what Gu Baoshan said was not polite, but she couldn't feel at ease letting him keep busy.

Finally, he persuaded Gu Baoshan to go and have a rest, and also urged Zhu Yaowu and his brother to go next door.

After locking the door and lying down on the kang, Ji Ling let out a long sigh.

She was so sleepy that her eyelids were fighting each other, "Sanmei, go to sleep first."

I don't even have the energy to be angry anymore.

Wang Sanmei answered her with a low snoring sound.

Ji Ling smiled and fell into a deep sleep without even turning over.

In the next room, Zhu Heping was very excited. "Second brother, how do you think my eldest brother will explain to my sister-in-law?"

"I think big brother would say they are just friends."

"Hey, even Qizhen doesn't know what he has become now, and my brother can still think of him as a boy."

"Brother, you can't tell the difference. Doesn't Lian Qizhen know how to avoid suspicion? I heard that foreign countries are very open. She won't stay there for long. Are the people she studies there also open-minded?"

After saying a lot, Zhu Heping didn't get any response. He leaned over to take a look and found that the person had already fallen asleep.

Zhu Heping yawned, "I hope big brother will come back soon."

He was still waiting to see the fun.

It was already dawn outside and the camp was noisy, but Ji Ling and the others were sleeping in a room at the back, so they were not disturbed.

Zhu Weidong came back from the construction site in a jeep. His originally handsome face looked much older after being blown by the wind and sand, and there was stubble on his chin.

Following closely behind him was Lian Qizhen, who was wrapped in a down jacket, a fur hat, and a scarf on the outside, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

"Zhu Weidong, the plan you proposed is not feasible. Today, you should come up with a new plan based on the points I proposed." Lian Qizhen chased after him and reminded him.

Zhu Weidong hummed lightly.

Lian Qizhen said, "Can you walk slower? I can't even keep up with you if I run."

After she finished speaking, Zhu Weidong slowed down his pace.

The two walked together, and Lian Qizhen said, "I know that you are not satisfied with the plan I proposed, but I have seen many such cases abroad, so I know what kind of problems we will encounter in the future if we follow your plan."

"Overseas countries are overseas countries. My plan only addresses my country's environment and climate. The problems you raised that may arise in the future will not occur in China. I have already told you that."

"Why are you so stubborn?" Lian Qizhen ordered, "I'm the chief engineer, you must listen to me, and you must change it if I tell you to."