Chapter 123 Diligent

The three of them chatted on the kang for a while, and Xia Zhizhi informed them that Cheng Rong would be arriving tomorrow.

As the sky darkened, Jiang Xiurong leaned against the window and looked out at the snow.

It was such a cold day, and no one knew how Tang Mingli and his team, who were still repairing the reservoir, were managing. Jiang Xiurong was a little worried about him. She sighed and lost interest in cooking.

Suggestion: "Let's not cook tonight. Just heat up the buns we brought back in the pot and have a meal together."

Xia Zhizhi and Han Youran had no objection. After all, Han Youran, like Jiang Xiurong, had just drunk a bellyful of water and was quite full.

As for Xia Zhizhi, she just saved some room for a snack at night. What?

You ask Cui Zijin.

Cui Zijin has no right to speak.

The snow stopped not long yesterday. When I opened the door the next morning, the few snowflakes outside had melted away.

But the temperature dropped dramatically.

It's cold and it's good to sleep. Xia Zhizhi wanted to go to the toilet early in the morning, but she didn't want to move. She stayed in bed for a long time and couldn't hold it any longer. She got out of bed in a daze, put on her shoes, put on the cotton jacket that was warmed on the kang, opened the door, and prepared to go to the toilet.

As soon as she opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew in her face, making her shiver and almost wet her pants.

He immediately closed the door, rolled back onto the kang, and went to the toilet in the private room.

Then, with Ah Ju's help, she washed her face, brushed her teeth, applied perfume on her, and Ah Ju braided her hair.

As soon as she left the space, she continued to lie down wrapped in the quilt.

Ah Ju went outside to add some coal to the stove, boiled a pot of water, and filled the two kettles.

Then I filled a basin with water and started cleaning the house.

The kang was burning, and after a night the room was a bit dusty.

Ah Ju first cleaned the house from top to bottom twice, leaving no corner untouched, so that it was spotless.

He also tidied up the cabinets and kang table that Xia Zhizhi had messed up, and put all the things back in their original places.

Then I washed the two sets of clothes she took off yesterday. The weather outside was bad and the sun probably wouldn't be out, but it wasn't a big problem. There was a firewall in the house, so I could just hang the clothes inside to dry. The wet clothes could also be used as a humidifier.

The fire was lit and the head of the kang was a little hot.

Xia Zhizhi rolled up the quilt and rolled from the head to the foot of the kang.

After staying there for a while, he felt that the end of the kang was not warm enough, so he rolled back with the quilt, tossing and turning like a pancake.

Tired of turning over, he lay on the bed and shouted with a grin: "Aju!"

"Here it comes!" Ah Ju understood, took out the cup warmed in the pot, inserted a straw, and brought it to her mouth. She gulped down half a cup and said in a trance: "Is it orange tea?"

“It seems like there are apples in it!”

Xia Zhizhi took another sip: "I think the last time I drank it, it seems a little different?"

Ah Ju praised her: "You are amazing. You can tell the difference right away. There are not many girls as pretty and sensitive as you!"

After boasting, he explained to her: "Last time, I boiled peeled oranges, apples, tea leaves and rock sugar directly. This time, I boiled some orange sauce first, and then added diced apples and brewed tea into the pot."

This one does have a stronger fruity flavor.

"Not bad, not bad, your craftsmanship is getting better and better." Xia Zhizhi was very satisfied.

She suddenly thought of something, wrapped in the quilt like a maggot, looked forward, hung her head upside down on the kang, and said to Ah Ju: "Hurry up and bring the cup over, watch me show you how to drink water upside down!"

Ah Ju immediately put the straw to her mouth and she gulped down the drink.

She was drinking water while standing upside down and making eye contact with Ah Ju. She was just drinking hard when there were bangs on the door.

It's easy to choke when drinking water while lying down, let alone the high difficulty level of hers. Her concentration was suddenly interrupted, and the tea in her mouth that she hadn't swallowed went into her trachea.

Ah Ju hurriedly helped her up and helped her catch her breath, but he couldn't stop her terrifying coughing.

She waved her hands at Ah Ju to indicate that she was fine, put Ah Ju into the space, coughed, kicked off the quilt and went to open the door.

Han Youran was shocked to see her hunched over, her face pale from coughing. He quickly put the porridge in his hand on the stove and helped her onto the kang: "What's wrong? Did you catch a cold?"

Xia Zhizhi coughed and said, "No, cough, nothing happened, cough, cough."

She coughed for a long time before she recovered. The sip of tea made her feel so uncomfortable.

She was a real man who bleeds but never cries, and who only thunders but never rains, but she coughed up a handful of tears.

I will never drink water upside down again!

Han Youran saw how weak she looked and touched her forehead. She didn't have a fever, so she was fine.

Look at her clean, tidy, spotless room, and then look at the wet clothes hanging there.

Han Youran guessed that she must have gotten up early in the morning to clean the house and do laundry, which made her feel cold.

This child is good in every other way except that she is a little too diligent. I’m afraid her body can’t handle it.

Xia Zhizhi rolled over on the bed several times. The braid that Ah Ju had tied for her was long gone. She was thin, her hair was messy, her face was pale, and her eyes were red from coughing. She looked so pitiful.

Han Youran advised compassionately: "Zhizhi, don't be too diligent. Just lie on the kang when you have nothing to do. Try not to get down. It's so cold here. It's not easy to recover from a cold. You are weak to begin with. I don't know how much you will suffer."

Jiang Xiurong also came in with fried eggs and buns, and echoed: "Look how uncomfortable you are coughing. You have to listen to your sister Youran, otherwise you will be the one who suffers."

Xia Zhizhi slumped down on the kang and nodded in agreement.

But she has to get off the kang less often. She just put her head on the kang, so she won't choke if she drinks water while lying down.

Seeing that she looked listless and listless, Han Youran advised, "Zhizhi, get up and have some breakfast?"

Xia Zhizhi shook her head. Her throat was sore from coughing. This might mean she really didn't want to eat. She needed to slow down for a while.

"You have to eat. You have to go pick someone up later. How can you have the energy without eating?" Jiang Xiurong sat over, helped her up, and let her lean on him.

Seeing this, Han Youran took a spoon and scooped a spoonful of porridge and fed it to him: "Come on, be obedient and eat a bite."

Seeing how cautious they were, Xia Zhizhi wondered if she was going to die soon...

The two of them fed her a large bowl of porridge, and then let her lie down. Han Youran tucked the corner of the quilt around her and said, "Rest for a while. I'll call you when the time comes. I'll go with you when we go to pick up the people."

Seeing her half-dead look, Han Youran was worried about her going out on her own. It was freezing cold, and judging from the weather, it was expected to snow in the afternoon.

Because Han Youran didn't know the person she was going to pick up, or else Xia Zhizhi would have wanted her to not go, and it would be the same if she went to pick him up.

Xia Zhizhi had just woken up and was fed a meal, then put back on the bed to continue sleeping.

Who can sleep normally?

But she is not normal.

The kang was warm and she soon fell asleep again.