Snow Arrives

It snowed all night.

Early Wednesday morning, because of morning self-study, Jiang Ning next door circulated his cultivation technique and twisted Tongtong awake from beneath her blankets.

Xue Yuantong groggily opened her eyes. Seeing how bright it was outside, she instantly woke up and panicked. Oh no, I woke up late and missed breakfast at the cafeteria!

Damn it, why did the alarm fail?! She fumed.

Driven by anger, Xue Yuantong struggled out of her warm blankets, only to discover it was six in the morning. She had not overslept at all.

It had been a false alarm, but after all her tossing about, much of the warmth had escaped from her blankets. Now fully awake, she had no desire to go back to sleep.

After getting dressed, Xue Yuantong pushed open the door and ran outside. She could not help narrowing her eyes. It was not sunlight, but snow blanketing the ground.

Wearing her small cotton shoes, she stepped into the snow. They sank straight down, and she immediately shouted, "The snow is so deep!"

From the bedroom next door came Aunt Gu's scolding. "If you keep yelling this early in the morning, you can shovel the snow today!"

Xue Yuantong made a face at the bedroom door and smugly ran off to wash up.

At Chuchu's house.

Chuchu was cooking in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of snow being shoveled, her mood inexplicably lightened.

Jiang Ning was shoveling snow from her family's courtyard.

Normally, she would have had to take care of such chores alone. Who would have thought Jiang Ning would take the tools himself? All she needed to do was cook.

It was not particularly strenuous work, but having someone lend a hand was an experience Chuchu had rarely known.

This little surprise in everyday life