coobybook Chapter 7 It’s so cool
Chapter 7 It’s so cool
When Wen Xi squatted on the ground to wash these things, the icy water made her freeze. She had no matches or firewood, so she had no way to boil hot water for washing, so she could only use well water to wash.
At this time, there was another knock on the door. Wen Xi turned his head and saw a strange man standing outside the door, pushing a cart of firewood. Wen Xi was very sure that he did not know this person. He stood up and walked over in confusion. Only when he got closer did he recognize him. Unexpectedly, it was Jin Changfeng, Jin Changfeng in his daily clothes.
"Comrade Jin, it's you!" Wen Xi smiled embarrassedly.
"Comrade Wen, who do you think I am?" Jin Changfeng looked at Wen Xi with a smile on his face.
Wen Xi was a little embarrassed. "You changed out of your military uniform and put on your daily clothes. Your temperament changed instantly. I really didn't recognize you!"
Seeing Wen Xi's shy look, Jin Changfeng did not continue the topic, but said, "Comrade Wen, I see you don't have firewood here, so I sent you some firewood and a basket of straw for kindling, so that you can boil water for yourself at night."
Wen Xi didn't expect that this truckload of firewood was sent to him, and he immediately felt embarrassed. "Comrade Jin, thank you so much. I don't know how to thank you. How about I give you money? Just think of it as an exchange between us? How much money should I give you for so much firewood?"
"Two dollars." Jin Changfeng said.
"What?" Wen Xi asked suspiciously.
"Just give me two dollars for this cart of firewood." Jin Changfeng explained, then delivered the straw to the kitchen and moved the firewood off the cart.
Wen Xi also hurried over to move the firewood, but as soon as she touched the firewood, she felt a sharp pain in her fingers. She couldn't help but scream in pain. Jin Changfeng hurried over, grabbed her hand and checked it. Seeing a tiny piece of wood chip stuck in her finger, a trace of self-blame flashed across his eyes.
Jin Changfeng had no nails, and after trying several times he failed to pull out the small wood chips. He reminded Wen Xi to be patient, and then used his two fingernails together to squeeze the wood chips out of his fingertips bit by bit. Wen Xi's eyes were filled with tears from the pain.
When the wood chips came out, Jin Changfeng finally felt relieved. However, the little girl from the city was very delicate and she started crying when she was pricked by the wood chips.
But he really couldn't bear to let her feel pain, even if it was just a prick of wood chips.
"I... I'll go get money for Comrade Jin." Wen Xi retracted his hand awkwardly, turned around and walked into the house. Seeing that the house was quiet, he was a little surprised. He went to take a look at Shen Jiaojiao's room, but he didn't expect that the girl was sitting on the ground, lying on the edge of the bed, and fell asleep like that.
Wen Xi helped Shen Jiaojiao to the bed and covered her with a quilt. Then he went to Jiang Yue's room. Jiang Yue also fell asleep on the bed, and Wen Xi also covered her with a quilt.
Wen Xi returned to his room, closed the door, took out two dollars from the warehouse of the sign-in system, went out and handed the two dollars to Jin Changfeng.
Jin Changfeng did not refuse and took it directly. If he did not want the money, Wen Xi might not associate with him in the future. For the opportunity to meet next time, he accepted the two dollars.
Jin Changfeng took out a box of matches from his pocket and handed it to Wen Xi, "You just arrived, so you must not have prepared these things. Use this box of matches first."
"Comrade Jin, thank you." Wen Xi didn't know how to thank Jin Changfeng. They had just met, but he actually provided her with so much help.
Jin Changfeng didn't say much. He unloaded all the firewood, piled it in the yard, and left on the wooden cart. Although he wanted to stay here, he didn't want to backfire. It was good to just take it step by step and slowly walk into her heart.
After Jin Changfeng left, Wen Xi closed the courtyard door, returned to the well, and continued to wash the dishes, but before he had washed two, the knock on the door sounded again.
This time it was Captain Qian, who brought rations for the three of them.
Each person has ten kilograms of rice, twenty kilograms of sweet potatoes and twenty kilograms of potatoes.
For three people, that was 30 kilograms of rice, 60 kilograms of sweet potatoes and 60 kilograms of potatoes. When Wenxi came, she also brought 20 kilograms of rice and 20 kilograms of flour. All these things together were enough for the three of them to eat for a while.
They had just arrived in the countryside and had no work points yet, so they had no way to get any food. They could only borrow or buy. To buy meant spending money to buy food, while to borrow food they had to pay it back with work points. Wenxi thought about it and decided to spend money to buy it, because buying food in the village did not require food coupons and was cheap and affordable.
Wen Xi didn't even wake up Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue, but directly gave them all the money for the food. Since she paid more, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue could contribute more in the future!
After Captain Qian left, Wen Xi locked the gate of the courtyard, then went to the kitchen to fetch water, poured it into two iron pots, and then started a fire to boil the water.
The iron pot she brought and the iron pot Shen Jiaojiao brought had been used at home before. In fact, it was not dirty. Just boil some hot water in it. Wenxi brought the smaller pot, which was used to cook and boil water at home. There was no oil, so Wenxi continued to use this pot to boil water for drinking.
After the water was heated, Wenxi cleaned both pots, filled them up again with water, and started boiling it. After it boiled, he poured it into the thermos.
Wen Xi and Shen Jiaojiao each brought a thermos, which was enough for three people. It would be great if they could sign out a thermos when they sign in one day.
After eating two steamed buns and drinking a cup of malted milk, Wen Xi felt much better. After washing up, he wrote a note to Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue, placed it on the table together with the steamed buns, and went back to his room to rest.
The quilt was icy cold in winter, so Wenxi went straight to bed without even taking off her clothes. She waited until the quilt gradually warmed up before taking off her clothes and socks.
This is not the Northeast, so of course we don't have to sleep on a big kang, but the educated youth camp has a large bunk bed with several people sleeping on it, without even a partition. When you turn over, you see a face on the left, and when you turn over again, you see a face on the right. It's scary.
Some people like to point their stinky feet at other people's heads, which is really unacceptable. In addition, a lot of her money was stolen in her previous life. Because there was really no place to hide it, even if she put it in her clothes pocket, someone would touch her pocket.
Having suffered in his previous life, Wen Xi doesn't want to suffer again in this life.
It’s really nice to be able to sleep in a bed by myself now.
Wen Xi raised her wrist and looked at her watch. This watch was bought for her by her second brother when he just started working, using the salary he had saved for several months!
Thinking of her second brother and her parents, Wen Xi's heart couldn't help but ache. She really missed them!