Whether Shen Weimin was just looking for an excuse to keep her from going out much or not, now that he'd said it, a trip with him in a few days was unavoidable.
After seeing Shen Weimin off from Baizigou the following afternoon, Xu Changqing scrapped her original plan to visit the mining district and spend a couple of days away.
Still, even with that plan on hold, it was impossible for her to be idle. With the start of the twelfth lunar month, nearly all the work, both inside and outside the house, was in preparation for the New Year.
First, the hunting party organized by the village before the heavy snows sealed the mountains was about to return. So, she teamed up with her great-uncle's and maternal uncle's families to chisel ice, haul the blocks home, and build an ice cellar.
After finishing the work for her own family, she even helped build an open-air ice cellar for Brother Gangzi, who wasn't home. And just like that, the day of Sister Xiaoyu's wedding arrived.
