Looking at Shen Man's leaving figure, Zhao Wen was not surprised by her words.
After all, they were the ones who rejected me in the first place. If I say this now, I will definitely not come back.
But even though he knew the result, he still had to ask. Whether he came or not was their business, and whether he asked or not was his own business.
Turning around to go back to the main room to rest, Wang Yue saw it coming back and said, "What's going on, he won't come? I've guessed it a long time ago."
Everyone else in the collective household knew about this matter, and Zhao Wen also asked everyone for their opinions first.
Zhao Wen nodded and said nothing. He sat aside and drank some water to quench his thirst.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Wang Yue stopped talking. Although she sometimes spoke like a weirdo, she was not as brainless as Li Tianbao and Chen Zhipeng.
She would never deliberately seek trouble. Originally, her family conditions were not as good as others, so she had never offended anyone.
Shen Man returned to the room, closed the curtains, and then entered the space carrying a kettle.
It's warmer here, so I poured hot water on my body and wiped it. It was too hot from sweating just now.
It was very uncomfortable not being able to take a bath. Now she regretted why she didn't put a bathtub in the space.
But it's useless to put it away, and it's quite choking tossing the water back and forth.
After wiping my body, I have to wash my hair and feet, which is really troublesome.
Shen Man put on clean clothes and then went out to pour water.
After all this fussing, my stomach was already growling with hunger. I cooked a pot of rice and brought it into the space.
There are a lot of self-heating dishes, which Shen Man usually doesn't eat. Today he was too lazy to cook anything else, so he just heated up a braised pork with pickled vegetables and a braised beef.
It tastes really average, no different from fast food, but not as delicious as a box lunch.
Now Shen Man misses the modern society very much, at least he can order takeout.
After dinner, I went back outside to take a nap. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, I was woken up by a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Shen Man rubbed his sleepy eyes, then got up and opened the door.
"Sister Man! It's me!"
Before he even reached the door, he heard Gu Nan talking.
Opening the door, Gu Nan smiled and said, "Are you sleeping? I came here without knowing it."
The two walked into the house, and Shen Man yawned: "I took a short nap, are you okay?"
After saying that, she went to pour a glass of water. There was soaked coconut powder in the kettle, and a strong smell of coconut milk came out.
She usually drinks some of this during the day and plain water in the morning and evening.
Gu Nan took the quilt and said, "My mother asked you to go to dinner. I'm making dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage tonight."
In the past few days, their family didn't ask Shen Man to eat, mainly because there was nothing delicious. In rural areas, basically everyone only eats cornmeal pancakes, and they can only wait until the New Year and the holidays to eat well.
When Shen Man heard that he wanted to eat dumplings, Shen Man was a little helpless, "Are you going to give me all the delicious food in your house?"
Don't blame her for asking, it's true. Every time I ask her to eat, she always eats meat.
Gu Nan smiled and said, "Thanks to you, I am now fat."
She felt that after Shen Man came, the family often ate delicious food. Who doesn't like delicious food? So she was happier.
Seeing what she said, Shen Man didn't reply and sat next to her and took a sip of coconut juice.
It tastes good and is delicious.
"What is this? It's not milk, but it tastes better than milk powder!" Gu Nan took a sip and felt that the taste was very strange.
Shen Man put down the cup and replied: "This is made from coconut powder. There are many good ones sold in the capital, but it is difficult to get them. If I have a chance in the future, I will take you to the capital!"
Although the capital is not as prosperous as it was in later generations, it is definitely much better than here.
There are many attractions and many people.
As soon as he heard about the capital, Gu Nan's eyes were full of expectations, but after thinking about it, he still thought it was impossible.
"Forget it, I haven't even been to Hongqi Township. The farthest away is to the commune. I guess I can go out, I don't know when." She sighed, with disappointment written on her face.
Shen Man didn't say much when he saw her like this. Anyway, there would be opportunities in the future. After the college entrance examination, she would be able to enter the city.
The two chatted for a while, and Shen Man became more energetic and not as dizzy as before.
"Let's go, my mother will be anxious soon." Gu Nan took the last sip of coconut juice, stood up and left.
Seeing this, Shen Man also got dressed and followed.
Arriving at Gu's house, their house had just lit a fire, and Li Mei and Li Jinhua were making dumplings.
The large pot of stuffing does seem to be a lot, and the noodles are not lacking.
I have no choice but to mention it to the Gu family. Nowadays, people can generally eat it. It seems like a joke for a woman to eat thirty dumplings.
Men can eat twice as much, have less belly fat and water, and can eat as much as they want.
"Xiao Man is here, sit on the Kang." Li Jinhua greeted with a smile.
Shen Man said hello and went to wash his hands. How could he sit and wait for food? Even if he is a family, he cannot let others work and sit and wait by himself.
Making dumplings is indeed much faster for four people. All the men in the Gu family have gone to work, and now the ground has melted, so there is a lot of work to do, such as picking up stones.
Gu Linjun didn't know where he went to play, and he hasn't come back yet.
After wrapping the dumplings, Gu Nan continued to sit on the small bench as a fire girl, while Li Jinhua was busy with other things.
Shen Man and Li Mei were the only ones left in the room, sitting by the kang and talking.
Seeing that her face was still fair and tender, Li Mei couldn't help but envy her: "Your face is really fair. Other educated youths have tanned after half a year. How come you are still so fair?"
Women definitely focus on different things.
Hearing her question, Shen Man smiled and said, "If you have nothing to do, just put some cream on. We can't stop working, but we have to take care of ourselves."
As she said this, she took out three bags of cream from her pocket. These belonged to the original owner and had never been used.
I have my own cosmetics stocked in the space, so I won’t use this one.
"I'll give you one bag, and the remaining two bags are for Auntie and Nannan." Shen Man said and gave her one bag, and placed the remaining two bags beside the kang.
The commune sells these things for 50 cents a bag, which is not expensive, but rural people save the money they earn all year round, so how can they spend money to buy these things?
A bag of fifty cents, how much does it cost in a year? This fifty cents is nothing, what about the other fifty cents?
Therefore, most people are reluctant to spend money. Once they open their mouths, they have to buy other things.
Seeing the cream, Li Mei was a little embarrassed to take it.
Although she originally hoped that Shen Man and Gu Chen would get married soon, after getting together for such a long time, she found that Shen Man was a good girl.
"No, just take it." She declined, not intending to ask for these things.
Seeing this, Shen Man stuffed it into her hand grandly, "Take it, sister-in-law, we are not outsiders. I keep the ones I use for myself. The spring wind is strong, so apply some cream to prevent them from drying out."
The words "I'm not an outsider" made Li Mei accept a lot. Seeing that she really didn't lack this thing, she accepted it.
This way I felt less burdened, and when I thought about things worth fifty cents, I didn't say anything more.