Winter days were short and the nights long. With the snow, Xu Chunxi didn't linger at her parents' home. After a bowl of noodles, she left at the same time Xu Dageng headed out.
Xu Changqing had originally wanted to walk her aunt to the brigade courtyard to rent a horse-drawn sleigh, but she gave up on the idea after hearing her aunt say she still needed to visit her first and second great-uncles before leaving.
While it was still light out, she quickly carried several armfuls of firewood into the house. With the weather getting colder and colder, it might even snow again tonight.
Perhaps because of the appearance of her biological grandfather, her little old lady hadn't moved back to the old courtyard early this year just to save firewood. Still, the room wasn't very warm.
