Time Travel to the Educated Youth Era [Space]

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But after a few days, time entered the month of Leon. The temperature in the north dropped suddenly. The river in the early morning was covered with thin ice and it was chilly.

The bluestone walls and floor tiles in the west room were getting more and more hot, and the quilt that Tao Xiang originally covered herself with from the Tao family could no longer withstand the freezing cold at night. She felt cold when she got up in the morning. Although the quilt was warm, she was still frozen when she touched the cold air outside.

It's just the beginning of winter, and I don't know how I will survive the cold month of Leon. It seems that I have to find a way to get another thick quilt, Tao Xiang thought after a few cold days.

A chicken crowed three times in Gadatun. Tao Xiang, who had curled up under the quilt, struggled to get up, took the cotton jacket covering the quilt and put it on quickly. Today was a rare day for the town to have a big market, and she had to follow the ox cart in the village to the post office to mail a letter.

Tao Xiang, who had dressed well, was sitting at the desk combing her hair in front of a small mirror. At this time, she heard Grandma Chen coughing twice in the main room, followed by the sound of Chen Dangui getting up from the couch. Accompanied by the loud yawn of the farm girl in her sleepiness, the door of the west wing was pushed open with a creak, and a new day began with a "bang".

"I don't know what's going on today, it's very cold, winter doesn't seem to come so quickly in previous years..." Grandma Chen, who was lying on the bunk bed, leaned against the headboard and fumbled and pinched the ball of thread on the old blouse, while muttering.

Tao Xiang, who came out of the small compartment, heard this and replied casually: "That's right, I always feel cold when I sleep at night recently, as if the wind blows into the seams of my bones."

Grandma Chen became serious when she heard it: "Oh, is it that the two windows are leaking? Ask a bricklayer to fix it for Tao Zhiqing tomorrow."

"It's not a big deal, it's still stuffy after sealing it up, it's good like this." Tao Xiang smiled and waved his hand to refuse.

Tao Xiang certainly didn't want to seal up the two small windows. They were just holes, and couldn't be opened or closed like the big windows. She was also hoping that after a coal stove was burned in the compartment for heating, there would be a place for ventilation and exhaust gas.

As the two were talking, Chen Dangui, with slightly damp hair, came in from outside with a basin of hot water with smoky air to wash Grandma Chen's face. It seemed that she had been out for a short time, and her movements were quite agile.

Seeing this, Tao Xiang stopped talking and also went out to the yard with her own basin to wash.

The thermos bottle that I brought with me from afar was very useful during this period. When the weather got cold, the water in the bottle was always hot. It was carefully selected by the uncle and aunt of the Tao family, and the heat preservation effect was excellent. The water in it was still hot the next day after being left overnight, saving the trouble of boiling it again.

Tao Xiang had taken care of Grandma Chen for a long time before, and she was too lazy to boil water in the morning, so she always put the thermos bottle outside the compartment and shared it with the grandparents of the Chen family. Anyway, the capacity was large, so it was enough for washing.

Chen Dangui had already lit the big stove and was cooking breakfast. Tao Xiang picked up the thermos bottle next to the stove, but it was light inside, and the weight was beyond her expectation.

Tao Xiang was surprised to pour the only remaining water in the bottle into her own toothbrush cup. She had just filled it halfway, but it was gone when she washed her face. She had clearly asked Chen Dangui to fill the thermos bottle last night.