Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

The two returned to Chen Jie's yard, parked their bicycles, and went back inside. Chen Jie turned on the heater and said, "You must be starving. Sit down and rest for a bit. I'll go change my clothes and then come cook for you."

"Thank you, godmother. I am indeed hungry. I set off from the village early this morning. What's good for lunch?" Liu Xiangyang looked at her expectantly.

Chen Jie's voice came from the bedroom door, "I prepared braised pork for you. You haven't had it in a long time, have you? I'll treat you to some good food later."

"Great! I'd almost forgotten what braised pork tastes like!" Liu Xiangyang exclaimed, taking off his coat and tossing it on the sofa. "Steamed buns will do too."

"Aren't you going to eat rice?" Liu Xiangyang was startled by the voice behind him.

"Hmm, steamed buns with braised pork are absolutely delicious." He turned around and saw Chen Jie standing behind him.

The heavy wool coat had been taken off, revealing her perfect curves.

Where are your eyes darting around?

"I've prepared rice for you today, so please make do with that. After your training, your godmother will prepare steamed buns and braised pork for you, okay?"

"Thank you, godmother, you're so kind to me."

"It's just steamed buns. Did you not have anything to eat during the busy farming season in the village? Is it really necessary to be so craving?"

"Hehe, I mainly want to eat what my godmother makes. How many people in the whole of Harbin can get that kind of food?"

"I'm not going to argue with you anymore. You help me wash the rice and put it on the stove. I'll make you braised pork."

"I promise to complete my godmother's mission."

Chen Jie blushed and spat at Liu Xiangyang before getting busy preparing the braised pork.

At the dinner table, Liu Xiangyang's mouth was stuffed full. "Godmother, this is so delicious! I think even a state banquet chef wouldn't be this good."

"Is it that delicious? Let me try it." Chen Jie picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. "This is the taste of my usual cooking. Is it really that delicious?" Chen Jie asked him happily.

"Seriously, it's just my taste, even better than my mom's cooking."

"Godmother, don't move." Liu Xiangyang reached out and wiped the braised pork sauce off her mouth, then put the sauce on his hand into his mouth and ate it. "Don't waste it."

Liu Xiangyang let out a burp and patted his stomach: "I'm so happy. It will be so painful later. After the training, when I go back to the village, I will never be able to eat your cooking again, Godmother."

"Then come to Harbin this weekend, and your godmother will cook for you. Or, if your godmother has time, she can come to Dongsheng Village to see you and cook for you."

"Wouldn't that be too much trouble for my godmother?"

"What trouble? Your godmother is happy to do all this for you." Chen Jie looked at Liu Xiangyang with a happy expression.

Seeing Chen Jie's expression, Liu Xiangyang also looked at her and said, "Thank you, godmother, I love you to death."

"Go sit for a while, your godmother will tidy up your bedding." Chen Jie stood up and walked towards the bedroom.

"I'll help you." Liu Xiangyang followed her into her bedroom.

He saw Chen Jie kneeling on the bed, folding the blanket. When she saw him come in, she said, "Then help me hold that corner of the blanket and fold it over."

"Godmother, you gave me your blanket, what are you going to use?" Liu Xiangyang quickly stopped Chen Jie when he saw her preparing to give him her blanket.

"I have heating at home and I have other blankets. I don't know if the kang (heated brick bed) in your dormitory is warm enough, so I need to prepare a thick blanket for you."

"Are you worried that your godmother will get cold? There are other blankets at home. Hurry up and pass me a corner of the blanket."

Liu Xiangyang handed her the corner of the blanket, and soon packed up the blanket and pillow.

"Xiangyang, when you're in training, your godmother can't visit you. But if you're covered with her blanket, it's the same as her taking care of you."

"When your godmother takes you there later, ask her how long the training will take."

Liu Xiangyang walked up to Chen Jie, took her hand, and asked, "Godmother, why are you so good to me?"

"Because I have no family left, only you. If I'm not good to you, who else can I be good to?" Chen Jie explained, her worries stirred up.

"What happened, godmother, tell me," Liu Xiangyang pressed Chen Jie down onto the bed and sat down next to her.

Chen Jie's lips twitched slightly, and she pondered, "I don't know if this is my fate. I'm not from Harbin, I'm from Beijing, just like you."

"My mother died less than a month after I was born. By the time I finally grew up and got married, the political movement started, and he was labeled a counter-revolutionary and died in prison."

"To avoid implicating me, he divorced me while I was in prison. My father sent me to Harbin, and it's been more than six years now."

With tears in her eyes, Chen Jie looked at Liu Xiangyang, raised her hand and touched his face, "You look so much like him, especially your eyes. The first time I saw you, I thought he had been reincarnated to find me."

"That day you asked me to be your godmother, and I don't know why I agreed."

"Godmother, you won't be alone anymore. I'll take care of everything." He reached out and wiped away Chen Jie's tears.

After the two finished packing, Liu Xiangyang suggested, "Godmother, let me treat you to a movie."

"Going to the movies is something you young people do. I'm too old for that. People will laugh at me if I go to the cinema." Chen Jie's eyes were full of expectation, but she refused out loud.

"Godmother, you don't look your age at all. When I first met you, I thought you were a secretary. If you weren't sitting behind your desk, I would have made a fool of myself."

"Come and see for yourself. When you stand next to me, you look just like my sister." Liu Xiangyang pulled Chen Jie to the mirror in front of the wardrobe and put his arm around her shoulder.

Chen Jie stared blankly at her reflection in the mirror, where Liu Xiangyang was holding her in his arms. She couldn't help but recall that on her wedding day, he had also held her in the same way.

"Godmother, I have a gift for you. Don't move from here."

Liu Xiangyang ran out of the room, reached into the small cloth bag he had brought, and took out the camera from the storage space.

"Ta-da! Godmother, look what this is!"

"Where did you get this camera?" Chen Jie asked in surprise, looking at the camera in his hand.

"When we were drinking last time, I decided to buy a camera. I want to preserve your most beautiful image forever, so that future generations will know that there is such a beautiful woman as your godmother."

"I even learned a few tricks from that photographer. He praised me as a genius, saying my photography skills are top-notch." He said to Chen Jie with a smug look on his face, holding up his camera.

"What a beauty! You're almost a haggard old woman," Chen Jie said with a deep smile in her eyes.

"Godmother, I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that. If you weren't my godmother, I'd want you to be my girlfriend." Liu Xiangyang tentatively took the first step.

"So you don't have a girlfriend right now?" Chen Jie suddenly looked at Liu Xiangyang with intense eyes.