
Summer is usually followed by autumn, so after summer comes autumn which is characterized by a change in leaf color, a decrease in temperature, and natural preparation for a long winter.
Villagers are currently busy with planting grains such as soybeans, green beans, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and also corn. This planting is very important for their lives in winter so as not to experience hunger.
Kiki today felt very free thanks to Fang xionan's help, but she also had to help Lingling move into her house. Kiki is worried that if Lingling looks inside her house, her secret will be uncovered. Therefore, he tried to tidy up the situation in his kitchen, as if he often cooked there.
Before Lingling's arrival, Kiki began tidying up and filling her kitchen with common cooking utensils, such as a frying pan and some other cookware.
He also filled the kitchen warehouses with foodstuffs such as dried sweet potatoes, dried corn, dried sausages, and smoked meats. Jars containing rice, sugar, salt, oil, and various spices are also filled to look like a house that is often used for cooking.
All this he did was to make Lingling unsuspecting or knowing that in fact he rarely cooked.
As Kiki had thought before, some time later, Lingling arrived hugging some of her belongings.
"Buddy, where's my room?" ask with enthusiasm.
"Oh, my gosh, I forgot to tidy up your room, sorry, it's such a mess hehehe" Kiki said, scratching her head. Actually, he had forgotten that in the room was a soap mold that he had not had time to remove before.
LingLing smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll clean it myself."
Quickly, he ran to the room allocated for him. When he opened the door of the room, he was surprised to see a large and long board with the fragrance of flowers inside.
"Kiki, what is this stuff?" tanyakanya.
"Oh, Lingling, I'm sorry to bother you, but I'll get it out in a minute. There's an absolutely empty sundries room there, you can put the printed board stuff there" Kiki explained.
But LingLing did not really listen to what Kiki said. He directly advanced forward and inspected the item.
"Hey, this seems weird, but why does it look like soap?" lingling.
"Hahaha, of course it's soap. I made it myself and used it myself hahaha," replied Kiki, feeling a little embarrassed.
The fact that the item was soap made Lingling surprised.
"I've never seen soap this white. Oh, Kiki, it smells good too, you know. But it's a pity to wash clothes with this" he commented.
"LingLing, this is not soap to wash clothes, but soap to wash your body when you take a bath" Kiki explained.
LingLing's eyes twinkled, and she stared at Kiki from head to toe.
"You should smell good all day. Apparently, you're wearing a special soap for your skin. Is it by wearing this, you won't be browned in the sun? Look at your sunbathing skin, but it's not brownish, it's so fragrant, soft and slippery."
Kiki did not have a clear answer, so she simply nodded her head and agreed with what LingLing said.
LingLing also felt the need to give something as a welcome. "Oh, as a welcome, I'll give you one. But save, okay? Making this isn't easy, and it doesn't cost much either, hehehe," LingLing said, trying to keep from giving away too much.
Kiki tends to be stingy, she doesn't want to share too much with LingLing, who will probably become a white-eyed wolf in the future.
Yes let's hope, if Lingling won't be an ungrateful person.
LingLing did not know what was on Kiki's mind, but she was very happy to get a bar of soap as a welcome gift.
He immediately tidied up the room that had been allocated for him. Although there was not much to tidy up as the room was originally quite empty, including one grain of dust.
This room is usually used for the winter, equipped with a kang that also serves as a heater. For now, the kang serves as a simple bed.
Making a bed in the countryside is not so complicated. Simply take some straw to spread over the kang, then place a mat woven bamboo on it. Some villagers do this privately, and they only pay a few cents if the youth education team helps him.
After tidying up the mat, LingLing placed a blanket on it. This way, he could feel there was a soft side under his body even though it was not as soft as a Dulux mattress. It was the custom of the Qingyuan villagers when they rested at night.
LingLing quickly tidied up her bed and started thinking about the wardrobe.
In the Wang family home, there was a wardrobe, but it did not belong to LingLing.
"I have a few things in the sundries room. Wear it if you want it," Kiki said again when she remembered that she brought a lot of stuff home while going to the garbage collection station. One of them is the closet.
LingLing did not think long. He immediately ran into the sundries room and picked up a wardrobe and a small table with broken legs.
This girl tried hard for half a day to clean up the room. After all the effort he put in, he was satisfied with the result.
"Okay, now the room is done. I'll go to the youth education team to eat," LingLing said.
Kiki did not stop LingLing from going to lunch with the youth education team, as there was a food ration Lingling was indeed there.
"Okay, then, meet again in the fields," said Kiki.
LingLing simply nodded and then completely left Kiki's house feeling satisfied.
Kiki shook her head, then went to the bathroom to take a shower. He felt confused because the space used to function as a bathroom, so now with LingLing living there, he did not know where to go when he wanted to take a shower.
This is the problem that arises when there is one additional person at home.
While Kiki was thinking about the bathroom matter, Ling Jing walked happily away to the youth education team.
Like the past few days, Lin Xuni had indeed been in charge of cooking all day, so she was exempt from the cost of food.
"Xuni, how can I help you?" he said to Lin Xuni.
Lin Xuni did not know what Ling Jin was thinking, but his face was not very friendly during cooking.
When Ling Jin asked, Lin Xuni slightly glared but still replied, "Help me bring everything forward."
Ling Jin was in a good mood, so he did not consider the change in Lin Xuni's facial expression.
Soon after, several other members of the educational youth team returned one by one from the fields.
In fact, if counted, there are 13 people in the youth education team at the moment, with 5 of them being girls.
Aside from the youth education team that came first like Kiki, there were also some youth education team members who came early. They were the seniors here, so the treatment towards them was clearly different.
So when Lin Xuni agreed to become a chef, she was not only serving one or two people, but all members of the educational youth team. Cooking for everyone was actually very tiring, but for the sake of achieving his goal, Lin Xuni felt that it would be fine.
"Xuni, your cooking is increasing day by day, even beating the cuisine of the chef in the country restaurant, hahaha," some senior education youth team members said as they ate.
"Since Xuni became a chef, I think I've been a little fat. Thank you, Lin Xuni, for your hard work as a chef in our youth education team."
"Today there is only mushroom soup with spring shoots, but in your hands everything is delicious. Lin Xuni, I think you will become a good wife in the future. I don't know who the lucky guy is."When those words were spoken, a few eyes glanced at Fang Yan.
Fang Yan had lately indeed forgotten his obsession towards Kiki, but that did not mean he was looking at Lin Xuni with other eyes. To him, such an overly aggressive girl would not be attractive.
However, Lin Xuni instead felt that his approach had improved and his move towards Fang Yan was getting closer to success.
The atmosphere on the dining table became awkward when Fang Yan did not give a reaction to what the others had said. Some felt sorry for Lin Xuni, while others thought that this was a personal matter that did not need to be interfered with.
Ling Jin, in order to break the silence, gave the news that he had come out of the Wang family and was now living in Kiki's house.
Gu Lenglei immediately responded suspiciously, "Did the Wang family intimidate you so much that you decided to leave?"
Ling Jin shook his head, "No, not out of intimidation. I just feel uncomfortable there. They were big men, and I was just a little woman. Last morning I asked Kiki and she agreed, so I moved quickly, worried she would change her mind, hahaha."
"Congratulations on your move" said one of their friends.
"Oh, I don't bring gifts this time,"they've been friends for a few months so it's natural to give each other gifts but right now everyone is living below the poverty line so what gifts they can give.
Ling Jin knew what they thought was tea so he said, "no need for gifts Actually I was also given the same gift Kiki anyway, oh guess what, what gift did I get from him??"
Some people began to guess what gift Kiki had given Ling Jin as a welcome.
"Kiki keeps the most tickets so I thought it was a ticket, right"
"Ohh I know maybe he gave you a bowl of bacon"
"Ohh dinner together??"
in the end all the answers got the headband from Ling jin.
"You're all wrong, actually Kiki gave me a bar of soap," Ling Jin said happily. However, his happiness instead made people laugh, especially Lin Xuni.
"Just soap and you're so happy? I guess it was meat, hahaha," sneered Lin Xuni.
"Actually, this is no ordinary soap, which costs only three cents in the cooperative.But the special thing is this is a soap that is special for bathing and the aroma is extraordinary. If you don't believe me, just look, I brought it in the pouch," Ling Jin said as he showed a bar of soap with carved leaves that were pure white with red spots like flower petals.
"Wow, is this soap? it seems even good to eat," said a young educationist who was interested in the aroma.
"I've never seen soap like this, it's white and the smell of flowers is so fragrant" said one young education girl.
"You're interested, right? Come on, I'll tell you guys. It is a bath soap, not for washing clothes or utensils. What makes it special is Kiki who makes it her own. I saw it with my own eyes. It is also good for softening and whitening the skin. Look at Kiki's skin that isn't sun-tainted" Ling Jin said.
"Wow, seriously? He made it himself, and this can whiten the skin as well?"soon the topic of conversation leads to how clear kiki skin when they are both sunbathing in the field.
"the strength of the youth education team is actually our slippery and soft skin. But everything has changed since we went to the fields 'we are now like a country girl with rough skin and ugly"
Everyone thought so, which they were worried about one day having a chance to return to the city but by then the skin was already contaminated and they could not turn around again after that.
But really a bar of soap can make their skin can remain soft and also clear.
The dining atmosphere that originally praised Lin Xuni's delicious cuisine, now turned into talk of a fragrant bath soap.
Lin Xuni felt displeased because he should have been the one getting the attention, not Kiki who wasn't even here.
"Damn it, Kiki, you always steal my attention.Lingling, you.you have to pay!" lin Xuni said inwardly.
"LingLing, does Kiki want to sell me a bar?"lin xuni said as she gently touched Ling jin's shoulder.
Actually, he's not touching, but he's only stealing a week of the girl's age. Who asked him to show off.
Ling jin had no idea what was happening but she was happy to be able to promote the existence of the soap. He could see if Kiki made it in a number that was not a bit impossible Kiki was just saving for his own use instead.
So at lunch this time, she actually promoted this Kiki-made soap .