Starting from 1950

After making the bed, Wu Xinxue was about to take off her cotton-padded clothes and trousers and get into the small bed under the covers.

Su Yang stopped her.

"Sister Xinxue, you go sleep in the big bed."

"No need, I'll sleep in the small bed."

"Don't forget, I'm being supported by you, how can I let you sleep in the small bed? Besides, you're taller than me, you should be sleeping in the big bed."

After arguing for a while, Wu Xinxue finally gave in to Su Yang and had no choice but to obediently crawl into bed.

"Wow! It's so warm! Su Yang, you should try it too!"

Seeing this, Su Yang didn't want to spoil her mood, so he took off his cotton coat, wore only his thermal underwear, and crawled into bed.

Of course, he went into his own little bed.

The new quilt was indeed warm. The two lay down for a while, and as the warmth gathered in the quilt, they both felt reluctant to get up.

As dusk fell, Wu Xinxue turned on the light in the room and, using the dim light, began to count her possessions while wrapped in a blanket.

"264,000, plus the 40,000 Aunt Mei gave us, we have a total of over 300,000!" Wu Xinxue raised her head, her gaze towards Su Yang seemingly brighter than the 20-watt light bulb in the room.

Su Yang couldn't help but tease her.

"Don't get too excited yet. Look at this house; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's bare. We need to buy a pot to cook, right? We also need grains and vegetables, right? Then there are bowls, chopsticks, spoons, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. Winter isn't even halfway over yet; we'll need at least a thousand kilograms of coal, won't we? And I won't even mention the other furniture..."

Wu Xinxue listened with a smile at first, but the more she listened, the dimmer her tears became. Finally, in a fit of pique, she wrapped all the money in a small handkerchief, threw it on Su Yang's bed, and said coquettishly, "Couldn't you have waited until tomorrow to talk about it and let me be happy for one more night?"

Su Yang was about to say a few words to Wu Xinxue when he heard a knock on the door. He sniffed and smelled a faint aroma of food.

"They're here!"

He responded, threw off the covers, got out of bed, quickly put on his clothes and shoes, and went to open the door.

Standing outside the door was the kind-hearted Granny Ma, who was carrying two bowls of something in her hands: stewed cabbage with vermicelli.

"What's going on?" Su Yang immediately knew what was going on and asked, somewhat flattered.

"I noticed you two just moved in and couldn't even turn on the stove, so I made two extra bowls of rice and brought them over to you," she said with a smile.

"Oh dear! How can I do that?" Su Yang instinctively wanted to refuse.

Aunt Ma pretended to be angry and said, "I've already brought it here, do you expect me to take it back? Hurry up and take it, eat it while it's hot, my family is waiting for me to come home for dinner."

Su Yang had no choice but to accept the two bowls, feeling warm inside, and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Aunt Ma waved her hand and went home decisively.

"What did that old lady bring? It smells so good!" Wu Xinxue asked, peeking out from under the covers.

"Get up and eat quickly. I'll take the bowls back to the owner after you're done," Su Yang said, placing two bowls of cabbage stew with vermicelli on the table and taking out chopsticks for the two of them from his package.

"I'll get dressed right away!"

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People in Northeast China eat from large bowls with generous portions.

The two of them ate two bowls of cabbage stew with glass noodles until they were stuffed.

After finishing his meal, Su Yang took his empty bowl and knocked on the door of the next room. It was Aunt Ma who opened the door again.

"I'm sorry, there's no water at my house right now, so I brought this bowl back to you without washing it," Su Yang said to Aunt Ma somewhat apologetically.

"It's no big deal! Come in quickly!" Aunt Ma waved her hand dismissively and pulled Su Yang into the house.

Su Yang didn't want to disturb her, but he couldn't resist Aunt Ma's enthusiasm, so he had no choice but to go into the house with her.

Aunt Ma's house is the same size as her own, but it's filled with furniture, making it feel very crowded.

There were two beds, one large and one small, as well as an eight-immortal table, three chairs, a cooking table, and two cabinets.

There were two other people in the room.

A middle-aged man in his forties was sitting across from a boy a few years older than Su Yang at opposite ends of an octagonal table.

There was a chess set on the table, indicating that the two were playing chess after dinner.

The middle-aged man and the young man both dropped their chess pieces and stood up to greet Su Yang when he entered.

"So you're the new guy who moved in today, also from the flour factory? Which workshop did you go into?" the middle-aged man asked.

Su Yang thought to himself that this must be the husband, Comrade Niu, that Aunt Ma was talking about.

He replied with a smile, "I didn't go to the flour factory because I wasn't old enough. My sister went to the factory; she works in the publicity department."

"Publicity Department?"

Niu Yiqun was somewhat surprised, and the young man couldn't help but take a few more glances at Su Yang.

Both father and son worked in the flour mill workshop, so they knew exactly what the publicity department was.

Compared to the production department, the administrative department offers a more respectable job with higher salaries and greater opportunities for promotion.

"Yes, I'll be back at work the day after tomorrow."

"That's great, your sister might even become a cadre in the future."

Thank you for your kind words.

Su Yang chatted with Niu Yiqun's family for a while, found out the location of the well and public toilet in the family compound, and then got up to say goodbye.

Back home, Wu Xinxue had already crawled back into bed.

Her eyes darted around, and she said sweetly to Su Yang who came in, "Su Yang, we didn't light a fire, and it's too cold for me to sleep alone. Let's squeeze in together."

Su Yang glanced at her and said irritably, "Sister Xinxue, you're a woman, how come you're not ashamed at all?"

"Tch! You're just a kid, what am I afraid of?" Wu Xinxue said, pursing her lips.

She wasn't thinking about anything else; she just wanted to sleep next to Su Yang on the train, which felt as comfortable as hugging a small stove.

On such a cold day, it would be wonderful if Su Yang could help warm the bed.

"Sleep in your own room!" Su Yang ignored her, locked the door, and took off his clothes and got into his own bed.

It was indeed chilly inside, but thankfully the blankets were thick enough that it was warm enough to sleep with my head covered.

However, Wu Xinxue got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and was scared to be alone, so she insisted that Su Yang accompany her, which was a bit of a hassle.

After accompanying Wu Xinxue to the restroom, Su Yang couldn't fall asleep again.

Judging that it would be dawn soon, he lay in bed and started thinking about all sorts of things.

"Squeak squeak squeak~!"

Several faint noises were clearly audible in the darkness, followed by Wu Xinxue's scream.

"Ah~! What's this? There's a mouse! A huge mouse!" She frantically turned on the light, scrambled off the big bed, and jumped onto Su Yang's bed without even putting on her shoes.

Su Yang groaned softly as she stepped on his stomach, even through the blanket.

"Sister Xinxue, don't panic."

Su Yang knew that Wu Xinxue was terrified of mice. He patted Wu Xinxue, who was sitting on him, and comforted her, "You go into my bed first, so you don't catch a cold. I'll get up and chase the mice away."

Wu Xinxue nodded, still shaken.

As Su Yang dressed, he searched for the mouse with his eyes.

For some reason, although he didn't see the mouse, he had a vague feeling that it was under the bed, between the two bed legs against the wall.

He dressed neatly, first went over and opened the door, then walked to the bed and clapped his hands to scare them away.

Suddenly, a dark shadow passed by his feet, and he instinctively stepped forward.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

Su Yang felt something soft under his feet, so he increased the pressure and stomped on it.

After a while.

"Player has gained 2 experience points!"