Everyone happily finished their al.
He Aiguo and a few others volunteered to wash the dishes. In this cold weather, it wasn’t right to let the girls keep working in the kitchen.
Jia Shu and Jiang Xiaoxiao went back to their room.
Jiang Xiaoxiao pulled Jia Shu and took out so things from her bag.
These were things she had specially bought in the county town before coming back to the farm.
One of them was for Jia Shu.
"Here, this is for you."
Jia Shu’s face turned red.
Glycerin oil.
Also known as glycerin.
"Xiao Xiao, you don’t earn much, and we won’t have any wages during winter. You’re spending money recklessly."
"My dear sister, you’re really hard to please. Just take a look at your hands, they’re cracked so badly from the winter. Do you still want these hands? Wash your hands quickly and apply the oil before heating them on the fire.
I’ve heard that if you apply oil before sleeping and wrap your hands with a towel, they’ll improve a lot by morning. If you keep using it for about ten days, your hands will recover. Look at those cracks, they’re bleeding. Do these look like a girl’s hands?"
Jiang Xiaoxiao had long been concerned about Jia Shu.
Jia Shu would do any task at ho, and it was the sa at the work team. She was always willing to take on the dirty and tiring chores.
However, at Kenqing Farm, the winter temperatures were unforgettable.
Hands frequently soaked in cold water could beco cracked.
Jiang Xiaoxiao was prepared, so her hands were fine.
But Jia Shu was different; her hands looked terrifying.
Jia Shu blushed and hid her hands.
"But I can’t spend your money. You worked hard to earn those work points."
"Oh, co on! Fine, fine. You don’t want to spend my money? Spend your own, then give the money for this glycerin oil, two mao and five fen!"
Jiang Xiaoxiao playfully stretched out her hand asking for money.
With an intimidating look.
Jia Shu was both anxious and frustrated.
"I honestly can’t argue with you. You always have a point."
She knew following Jiang Xiaoxiao had benefitted her a lot, and even among the educated youth, who hadn’t gained from Jiang Xiaoxiao?
Jiang Xiaoxiao had brought along two bags of grain.
The white flour used earlier ca from the grain Jiang Xiaoxiao had provided.
If she really calculated like this with Jiang Xiaoxiao and paid her, would they still be friends?
Friends shouldn’t be so calculative, but not giving the money made her feel uneasy.
"Alright, alright. Next ti you visit your family, bring so local specialties from your place. Then it will be fair, right? Shouldn’t we be honest with each other? I consider you a friend, a dear sister, don’t tell you see as an outsider?"
Jiang Xiaoxiao firmly placed the oil into Jia Shu’s hand.
Then she took out soap, washing powder, and shampoo from her bag. The items she brought were used up long ago, and the store here was inconsistent.
Resources were scarce, not sothing you could buy imdiately when needed.
She just happened to pass by the county town and naturally stocked up on these items.
At least they could last until after the New Year. Once spring arrives, the roads will be passable to head back to the county town for more shopping.
Jiang Xiaoxiao knew very well that at their forest farm, after the snow, they’d be stuck indoors.
If wanting to go out, unless you wish to fall into a snow pit.
When she took out the red scarf from her bag, Jiang Xiaoxiao paused.
She almost forgot about it.
She gently touched the wool scarf; it was really warm and felt soft.
Brought it back with her.
She planned to wash it later and return it to Song Moting when it dried tomorrow.
Jiang Xiaoxiao spent the remaining days avoiding Song Moting.
Mainly due to embarrassnt, as she hadn’t decided how to respond to Song Moting’s confession.
Although Song Moting was genuinely nice, a good man.
However, she never planned to marry again in this lifeti. Suddenly, having soone express interest left her unsure.
She didn’t dislike it, but making a decision to spend a lifeti with soone?
She felt a bit scared and apprehensive; her previous life had seen ten years of marriage.
During those ten years, there was no warmth between the couple, only duty and responsibility.
Such an unfeeling marriage made her feel there was nothing to look forward to in getting married.
She didn’t want to waste ti on petty emotional matters.
In her past life, it was a marriage of necessity, but this life offers choices.
Now she was not at all prepared to live with soone else permanently.
Song Moting clearly sensed Jiang Xiaoxiao’s avoidance.
Felt a pang of sadness.
At this mont, he was deeply hurt and questioned his allure.
Back in school, at the courtyard, countless girls would flock around him, even at the educated youth farm.
Song Moting was not especially arrogant, but he knew he possessed traits that attracted others.
He never exploited these traits, yet surprisingly, they had no impact on her.
She even seed indifferent to him.
But Song Moting was the kind to face setbacks with perseverance, growing stronger with each challenge.
If the previous Jiang Xiaoxiao drew his mild interest, now this resistance fired up his ambition.
Perhaps that’s the nature of n.
For them, what is harder to attain often seems the best.
No matter what, life must go on.
With the weather forecast predicting the first snow, everyone discussed their plans.
Preparing to go into the mountains collectively to chop wood.
The firewood in the yard is always welco, especially since Jiang Xiaoxiao suggested during the eting.
During this winter ti, they’ve cleared out two rooms, aiming to nurture as many ginseng seedlings as possible.
She couldn’t anticipate that after she left, Song Moting and others, unfamiliar with farming, actually planted the ginseng seedlings outside, without considering the weather.
This was sheer waste.
Now all that could be done was to redy the situation, as by spring, the seedlings could be transplanted.
Their forest plot is sitting idle; any harvest is a bonus.
Jiang Xiaoxiao already shared with everyone that she knew roughly how to nurture the seedlings, so the room needs to be ward to create a kind of greenhouse, granting suitable conditions for the seedlings to grow.
During this period, everyone naturally wanted to put in effort to ensure next year’s harvest.
After all, entering the mountain post-snow would be difficult.
It’s better to take advantage of the accessible woods now, gathering branches to make a difference.
The stored resources would be enough to ambitiously cultivate the ginseng seedlings.
Reviews
All reviews (0)