A Young Woman's Heart

That being said, by the time everything was settled, it was already 8 p.m.

The workers were all exhausted.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone." Gao Yuan cupped his hands to the workers and said to the driver beside him, "Uncle Wang, could you please treat everyone to a meal? You can pick me up tomorrow. We'll be staying here tonight."

"Are you going to spend the night here?"

"Hmm, I remember I brought cleaning supplies, right?"

"At the back of the carriage."

"Okay." Gao Yuan turned around and called out to the classmates who were looking at their 'new home' with great joy and curiosity, "Everyone, come and get the cleaning supplies, let's clean up and stay here tonight!"

"oh--!!"

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Chapter Twenty-Five: The Snow Stopped

The heavy snow stopped sometime ago, and even the dark clouds overhead dispersed completely.

A silvery-white crescent moon hung high in the sky, almost blending into the brilliant stars.

"Hey, the moon looks so small tonight," Mo Zhuyou said, pointing to the sky.

"It's not that it's small, but because today is the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the moon is only showing a tiny bit," Mo Xueyao gestured towards the sky, "like a curved line."

"It seems like it's rare to see such a thin and long moon," Mo Zhuyou muttered.

"Perhaps it's because the duration was relatively short?"

"Alright, alright, we can look at the stars later. Let's all clean up! The faster we finish, the sooner we can get some rest!" Gao Yuan called out loudly. "Zhou Yong! Come on, you're in charge of mopping the floor!"

Zhou Yong looked around: "Where's the mop?"

"How can you just use a mop to clean up after the first check-in? Of course you should use a rag!"

"What the hell? You want me to mop the floor with a rag?"

"The place isn't big, stop complaining, hurry up!"

"Damn it, I'm a laborer again."

"If you don't want to do the hard labor, do you expect the girls to do it?" Gao Yuan said with a laugh, kicking his butt.

"Damn it, you kicked me! No way, I'm kicking you back!" With that, Zhou Yong lightly kicked Duanmu Ji.

Duanmu Ji turned his head, his gloomy face full of question marks.

Everyone burst into laughter.

The cleaning work began amidst the chaos and noise.

The boys were responsible for larger and more tiring tasks, such as mopping the floor and wiping the walls, while the girls were responsible for tasks that required more patience, such as cleaning furniture and wiping windows.

The simple housing is fully functional, but the area is actually not very large. The area of ​​the basement, the ground floor, and the half-floor on the ground floor that is only used as a bedroom is only about 80 or 90 square meters.

With eight people working together, the cleaning was actually quite fast.

It took a long time, but it's finally finished, and we can now officially move in.

This sense of accomplishment and satisfaction is simply too wonderful to bear.

Although the construction was handled by the workers, they put in a lot of effort.

For example, everyone drew up blueprints, and Mo Xueyao's design was the main one, combined with the opinions of others, which resulted in the unique little house we have today.

The furniture was also made by everyone together. Although it looks very rough compared to the small house, everyone put in a lot of hard work and sweat.

Even the bed sheets, duvet covers, pillows, and sofa cushions that were still in the boxes were all sewn together stitch by stitch.

It looks unremarkable, but it took quite a bit of time.

The cabin's ceiling is entirely made of skylights, or rather, apart from the fixed frames, the cabin's roof is entirely made of tempered glass.

Furthermore, for easy cleaning in the future, it is equipped with high-tech automated facilities. Just press a button, and it will automatically flush and clean like a car's windshield wipers, with the wastewater being discharged through a special pipe.

"Phew—finally done!" Mo Xueyao stretched out her arms and legs, her bones cracking as she twisted her body.

The irregularly shaped little house is divided into seven sides.

The front and both sides are composed of floor-to-ceiling windows.

If you stand facing the main entrance, the left side is a simple wall made of planks, and it's tilted at an angle, looking like a triangular roof.

Because it's a half-floor bedroom, it wasn't made into a completely open floor-to-ceiling window, but the other walls are floor-to-ceiling windows.

The whole room is very bright because it is almost entirely made of tempered glass. If you don't want others to see inside at night, it's perfectly fine; just draw all the curtains.

Moreover, the nearest village is five or six miles away, and apart from power towers and signal towers, there are no other inhabited buildings around.

At most, there will be people working on the tea plantation during the day.

"Ha, this feels really good," Mr. Xue said with a smile.

"Ah, it's nine o'clock, I'm hungry... Why isn't Uncle Wang back yet? Oh no, I think I forgot to tell him I brought us dinner?"

"Hey—does that mean we're going to go hungry tonight?!" Mo Zhuyou muttered, clutching her stomach. "Ah... I can't take it anymore, sister, can I have a bite...?"

“I don’t have any meat on my body.” Mo Xiao smiled teasingly at Gao Yuan. “If anyone’s going to bite, it should be Gao Yuan. He has a lot of meat on his body.”

"Damn, I'm all fat, I don't taste good!"

Zhou Yong was exhausted and collapsed on the ground. He had done the most work, even cleaning the upper part of the glass that the girls couldn't reach with their long glass brushes. He used a stool to clean each spot one by one, so he didn't have the strength to speak at all.

Duanmu Ji was about the same, but his physical strength seemed to be slightly better than Zhou Yong's.

"Someone's coming," Li Wanyan said softly, looking at the lights shining in the distance.

Before long, a minivan pulled up in the open space in front of the small house.

Qiu Yi crunched through the snow to the front of the house and waved to the students: "Yo—finished cleaning?"

"Teacher Qiu, you're finally here! What did you have for dinner? Did you pack any for us?" Gao Yuan looked like she was starving.

"Package?" Qiu Yi raised an eyebrow. "I thought you guys were making it yourselves."

"Huh? No way? No—?"

"Hahaha—just kidding." Qiu Yi laughed loudly. "It's in the car, go get it yourself."

As he spoke, he picked up the digital camera hanging around his neck and started snapping photos of the small house.

"Wait, is everyone out yet? Let's take a group photo at the door," Qiu Yi called out, gesturing for the group who were about to go to their car to get their dinner to line up at the door.

"Hey—hurry up, I'm so hungry," Mo Xiaoxiao complained softly. "Why do we have to take photos at night?"

"Because it feels better at night. By the way, what name are you planning to give this little house?"

"How about calling it Dream House?" Mo Xueyao suggested.

Gao Yuan shook his head: "It feels a bit rustic?"

"An aurora cabin?" Mr. Xue sought everyone's opinion.

"But there are no aurora borealis here." The younger sister, Mo Zhuyou, stroked her chin and thought for a moment. "Ah, I've got it! How about we call it Cherry Blossom Cottage?"

Mo Xueyao retorted with drooping eyelids, "But there aren't any cherry blossoms here..."

“You can see the Milky Way from here, so let’s call it the Milky Way Hut,” Li Wanyan said softly.

"It still feels so tacky..." Gao Yuan muttered.

"Gao Yuan, shut up!" Zhou Yong put his arm around Gao Yuan's shoulder. "How about we combine the two and call it Silver Dream Cottage?"

Duanmu Ji's lips twitched, as if he had thought of something terrible.

"What the hell! I still dream about the wet dream house!" Gao Yuan nudged his ribs with her elbow. "Go away, you guy with no artistic talent."

"You have an artistic talent, think of one!"

"I think so!" Gao Yuan glanced at him sideways. "I think we should just name it Yao Guang!"

"You've been reading too many novels. I'm from Kaiyang!" Zhou Yong said disdainfully.

Everyone was arguing and chattering, but they couldn't decide on a name.

Finally, Qiu Yi interrupted the argument: "I think we should call it Silver Star House."

"Silver Star?"

Everyone fell into deep thought.

“Since we can’t think of anything else, let’s just use the name the teacher suggested,” Mo Xueyao was the first to agree.

The others nodded in agreement.

Although Gao Yuan still felt somewhat dissatisfied, there was nothing more to say.

After all, continuing to argue would only waste time; he was starving and just wanted to eat something as soon as possible.

"Okay, come on, let's take a picture together, cheese!"

"Cheese!" The girls were in front, and the boys were behind, all making various hand gestures, their faces beaming with happy smiles. The scene was captured in that instant with the click of the camera.

"All right."

"Finally, we can eat!" Gao Yuan was the first to rush out.

"I'm starving! I'm starving!" Mo Xueyao ran over after her.

Everyone ran playfully to the car, while the driver had already taken out the food.

Perhaps to make it convenient for everyone to eat, it's in a fast-food style. If there's a dish you really like, you can share it with someone else.

But perhaps because they were too excited, everyone was restless during the meal, running around and joking.

Mo Xueyao's skirt was covered with bits of snow, and the snow was covered with footprints left by everyone. But perhaps because they had stepped on it so many times and wiped their shoes clean, the footprints were not dirty, and much of the snow retained its original whiteness and purity.

"Gluten, gluten, I want to eat gluten!" Mo Xueyao shouted as she snatched the gluten from Gao Yuan's bowl.

"Hehe, braised pork in hand! Damn, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!" Gao Yuan said, his eyes wide.