Quiet Times

historical

After Yu Yan kept a low profile, Yu Bing enjoyed a rare period of peace.

In the past few months, Wu Jin was mainly in charge of the orchard, fish pond, and farm. Yu Bing was in charge of the processing and sales.

The harvest began in October, so the orchard was quite busy. Everything was happening altogether.

The pear tree, kiwi tree, and persimmon tree all began to ripen this month, so the workers in the orchard worked overtime to pick them. Wu Jin went in to preside over the harvesting work in the field, while Yu Bing took half a day every day to go to the orchard to see the harvesting progress.

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Because the kiwis were resistant to transportation, they were still very stiff when they were plucked. There was still some time before the fruit became soft and ripe, so Yu Bing arranged for someone to bring them to another province to sell.

The persimmons were processed into persimmon pancakes and sold by Yu Bing in bags.

The pears were made into canned fruits. Persimmons and pears belonged to the north. After processing the finished products, Yu Bing and Wu Jin obtained the transportation approval slip and asked Xiao Sheng’s transport team to sell them in the nearest southern city.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.

At Xiao Sheng’s house.

At night, it was study time once again. Xiao Sheng was now working in the food factory. On the surface, he was already a worker. With this as a cover, his family occasionally ate meat openly.

Yu Bing saw that Xiao Li and Xiao Lin were struggling to survive under Xiao Sheng’s awful cooking and couldn’t bear to see them suffer, so every time she bought meat, she would buy more. Then, she would send a bowl of veggies to the Xiao family every few days to improve their quality of food.

After a while, Xiao Sheng simply bought some meat and placed them at Yu Bing’s house. He asked Yu Bing and Jiang Chun to help his family cook twice a week every time they cooked as compensation.

The two families were already so familiar with each other, so Yu Bing and Jiang Chun didn’t refuse. However, they would send back some of the other veggies they made every time.

After more than half a year, Xiao Lin and Xiao Li had grown a lot taller. There was finally some flesh on their faces, and they were no longer as scrawny as before.

It was snowing outside and two braziers were placed in the living room on the left and right, warming up the room.

Every time Yu Bing came to the Xiao family’s house, she would first give Xiao Li a lesson before teaching Xiao Lin.

At this moment, Xiao Lin and Xiao Li were sitting beside the brazier.

Ever since Xiao Lin became Xiao Li’s teacher, his grades had indeed improved greatly. In order to not make any mistakes in class for Xiao Li at night, he even started paying more attention in class.

Yu Bing and Xiao Sheng sat at the table.

Yu Bing looked at the snow as she marveled, “Time passes so quickly! I’ve been in He Mountain Village for a year and a half now.”

Xiao Sheng felt a little emotional when he heard this. Last year, he was only Yu Bing’s business partner, but this year, he had become her boyfriend. Xiao Sheng chuckled when he thought of this.

Yu Bing turned around curiously and asked, “What are you laughing at?”

The smile on Xiao Sheng’s face was very gentle as he asked, “Do you still remember the scene of us meeting on the back mountain?”

Yu Bing thought about it and laughed. “Of course I remember. Your gaze almost scared me to death! At that time, I really felt that you wanted to kill me to silence me.”

Xiao Sheng smiled and said, “At that time, I felt so unlucky. I hadn’t been seen for so many years, but you saw me. Moreover, you were an intellectual from the city. We weren’t familiar with each other, so I thought you might report me. At that time, I was prepared for the worst.”

“But after that, I was glad that we met that time!”

After Xiao Sheng finished speaking, he looked at Yu Bing fixedly. As Yu Bing stared back at him, she felt that Xiao Sheng’s usually cold eyes when he looked at others were filled with tenderness. He was smiling and his eyes were shining like the starry sky, mesmerizing Yu Bing.

“Hahaha, Brother, your deskmate is so funny.”

“That’s right! The next time he does something stupid, I’ll remember and tell you when I come back.”

The two of them, who were immersed in each other’s gazes, were interrupted by the chatter beside them. When they came back to their senses, they felt their faces heat up and their gazes drifted elsewhere. However, they couldn’t help but smile.

When Yu Bing thought of the one-year promise she had set, she hurriedly warned herself not to be mesmerized by his good looks and to hold on for the test!