"It's okay. It's quite tiring. But thank you very much."
Tan Shaoting shook his head, "It's okay. Let's rest a little longer. It's early today."
Su Yuanyuan's head was like a rattle. "Let's go back quickly. I don't know what's going on with my sheep? What if they freeze to death again?"
Tan Shaoting didn't care, and the two of them stayed for five minutes before moving on.
Because there was no one on the road, Tan Shaoting walked side by side with Su Yuanyuan.
"You don't have a barn now, so you keep this little donkey at my place and I'll help you feed it every day."
Su Yuanyuan felt tired and said, "Thank you, Comrade Tan. Then you can come to my house for dinner every day." She was so unwilling.
Tan Shaoting's eyes were filled with smiles. How could he not see that this girl was unwilling.
"Then it's a good relationship. I'll send the food from my house to your house."
Su Yuanyuan refused in her heart, but how much food can she have as a new arrival? "That's okay, just bring a month's worth of food."
"That's right. It will be warm in a month. I will help you build a barn."
Su Yuanyuan was a little embarrassed. Wasn't she just trying to kill the donkey? But she was really not used to living with others.
So I didn’t say anything. Just kill the donkey.
Tan Shaoting laughed wildly in his heart, thinking that if I have a solution now, I will also have a solution a month later.
The two arrived at home at four o'clock in the afternoon. The first thing they did was to install the iron stove. Tan Shaoting lit the fire, and then they began to unload the coal. All the coal was placed in the west room. There was no way, there were only three rooms.
No one lives in the West House either. That's all.
"Don't look like that, little girl. When it gets warmer, I'll help you build a few houses. Then you can follow your wishes."
Su Yuanyuan nodded helplessly, thinking that by then she would be too busy just farming, which was quite easy to say. Besides, she knew that building a house requires soil. She didn't even have a piece of it.
That's it. Although this coal is not a valuable thing, it is too hard to transport it back. Just put it in the house.
"You can cook, I can do it myself."
Su Yuanyuan looked like she had already unloaded a truck. She could also cook for herself.
"Comrade Tan, what do you want to eat?"
"Anything is fine. As long as you can eat it ready-made."
Su Yuanyuan: You also said that you didn’t do it for food? Who believes it?
"I still have cabbage. Let's eat dumplings to keep warm."
After Su Yuanyuan finished speaking, her eyes lit up when she saw Tan Shaoting.
Knead the noodles and chop the stuffing. Since I went to the countryside alone, I took out a piece of meat and chopped it up.
When Tan Shaoting cleaned up the two donkey carts, Su Yuanyuan just started making dumplings.
"I'll take the two donkeys back and I'll be back soon to help you light the fire."
Su Yuanyuan was sitting by the iron stove making dumplings. It's warm here. It's really not a waste of money. She nodded, "Don't worry."
It was really tiring to be a helper, and Su Yuanyuan felt embarrassed for a second.
Tan Shaoting led two donkeys home.
The water is boiling, and Su Yuanyuan has just been busy making cornmeal for the sheep.
When Tan Shaoting returned home, he also lit a fire. He hadn't washed his hands yet. But the girl didn't let him wash either, so he had to come back.
The donkeys' fodder was prepared last year, and they were filled with water. Then they were given hot water to drink, and then they washed themselves and cleaned themselves up.
I hurried to Su Yuanyuan's house and saw this girl lighting a fire.
"Comrade Tan, please take a rest. You can eat soon."
No, the water is about to boil and the dumplings can be cooked soon.
"Is there any more chili oil and garlic?"
Su Yuanyuan nodded, "Yes, I've done it, just rest."
Tan Shaoting entered the room and felt that the temperature of the room had risen very quickly.
He saw that the table had been placed, and there were two sets of dishes and chopsticks on it. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that this was a good idea.
Tan Shaoting went directly to the kang. Since the little girl felt sorry for him, he would be obedient.
Sitting on the kang, it was now warm. Only then did I feel pain in my legs.
When the dumplings were served, Tan Shaoting couldn't wait to start eating.
“Smells, so delicious.”
Su Yuanyuan ate two more today. Although there was less meat and more cabbage, they were really delicious.
"Su Yuanyuan, why is your cooking so delicious?"
"I have been cooking since I was three years old. I probably cook a lot."
This topic is really not suitable to talk about now. So Tan Shaoting quickly changed the topic.
"You already have a donkey cart. Then you can plant more land."
"I'll try." She felt sad about her small body.
"By the way, I have a lot of soil embryos at home. When I have time, I will help you build a new house."
"New house?" Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "It's good here. That's it. I actually want a yard. It's safer, and with a yard, it shouldn't be so cold."
Tan Shaoting nodded. His yard has a wall, after all, there are livestock, right?
It is because Su Daqiang and his wife are too lazy that they come here to work, that is, their home does not have a courtyard wall.
"Okay, I'll help you."
Su Yuanyuan wanted to have the guts to say no. But she really couldn't do this.
Tan Shaoting ate too much again. After drinking the dumpling soup, he wanted to help with some work, but Su Yuanyuan refused. Tan Shaoting was not polite and lay down on the kang. Now that the temperature had come up, it was really warm.
After Su Yuanyuan cleaned up, she saw Tan Shaoting asleep. But this really didn't work.
But those two days of hard work were all for myself.
Forget it, let's call him after a while, carefully cover him with his coat, and then cover him with his own quilt. This way, he will be warm while waiting for sleep.
In fact, Tan Shaoting didn't fall asleep at all, but he also knew that he had no chance now. So he lay down for a while and resigned himself to getting up, otherwise he would really not be able to go back by then.
After seeing off Tan Shaoting, Su Yuanyuan interrupted and said, "I'm glad I'm gone."
The next day, she didn't get up early. She was too tired. But the bed was cold, so she couldn't get up.
I turned on the stove and was busy serving the ewes. I was too lazy to cook so early in the morning.
Fortunately, Tan Shaoting didn't come over either. At noon, it was steamed buns with Japanese melon and noodles, scrambled eggs with pickles, and a piece of sausage. There was sorghum rice porridge in the pot. This way, we could make more fire.
Tan Shaoting just picked it up. When he was full, he went back to feed the donkeys. Here, the animals cannot eat less, otherwise they will not be able to withstand it.
While Su Yuanyuan was picking up the soles of her shoes, Tan Shaoting came over.
He was not polite and got on the kang directly. "You can't wear these shoes. You have to wear rubber Jiefang shoes to follow your feet."
