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Lin Fan's figure appeared outside the courtyard. He looked at the surrounding expanse of white, a thick layer of snow covering the ground.
Even a casual stroll was incredibly difficult, every step a challenge!
Withdrawing his gaze, Lin Fan couldn't help but mutter to himself, "In the blink of an eye, it's almost the New Year..."
Just as Lin Fan was filled with reflection, he heard footsteps behind him. Zhang Yan's figure appeared beside him.
"Husband, what are you thinking about..."
Before Lin Fan could even react, Zhang Yan was beside him, her hand reaching out to hold his arm.
"Nothing, I just can't believe how fast time flies, it's almost the New Year..."
As he spoke, Lin Fan reached out to embrace Zhang Yan's willow waist, pulling her into his arms.
At that moment, Zhang Yan seemed to have a thought.
Her eyes, as they met Lin Fan's, flashed with a love that went unnoticed.
She thought back to her difficult life in Koushan Tun before Lin Fan came to the countryside.
Forget eating meat every day, she wouldn't even get a taste of it once a year!
But with Lin Fan's arrival in Koushan Tun, and Zhang Lao San's intervention, they naturally came together.
Now, Zhang Yan had become completely Lin Fan's.
Sometimes, Zhang Yan even doubted if it was all a hallucination.
Although their relationship had progressed this far, they were only nominally together, not legally married.
But whether it was the people of Koushan Tun or Zhang Yan herself, they had all accepted their relationship.
In this era, that piece of paper was crucial in the city.
Without it, it was considered an illicit relationship. If caught, they would definitely be punished.
Especially in that "crowded courtyard", if Lin Fan dared to go without a license, he would be immediately reported.
But in a place like Koushan Tun, as long as they had performed the ceremony and slept together, they were considered husband and wife!
In the entire Koushan Tun, probably less than half of the couples had that piece of paper.
Therefore, Zhang Yan had never brought up the issue of registering their marriage. Or perhaps, she simply didn't care.
For Lin Fan, this was the best possible situation.
Most importantly, as long as they didn't register their marriage, Lin Fan's hukou (household registration) would remain in Si Jiu Cheng.
As long as he survived these tumultuous years, when the time came for the educated youth to return to the city, he wouldn't be affected in any way and could return to Si Jiu Cheng smoothly.
Moreover, Lin Fan never considered leaving Zhang Yan behind and returning to Si Jiu Cheng alone.
He would simply take Zhang Yan with him back to Si Jiu Cheng!
"This is the first New Year I've spent in Koushan Tun..."
"This is also the first New Year I've spent with my wife..."
Seeing Lin Fan's gaze fall on her, Zhang Yan's face couldn't help but show a look of pure happiness.
After a long moment, Zhang Yan finally struggled slightly, turning and walking toward the courtyard.
"Husband, you sit here for a while, I'll go prepare lunch..."
Zhang Yan didn't stay with Lin Fan any longer. She left him with a sentence and went straight to the kitchen.
As he watched Zhang Yan's busy figure in the kitchen, a satisfied smile appeared on Lin Fan's lips.
轰隆隆
Just as Lin Fan was lost in his thoughts, watching Zhang Yan busy in the kitchen, his mind was suddenly filled with a booming sound.
Feeling the anomaly in his mind, Lin Fan instantly snapped back to reality.
With a thought, his consciousness immediately entered the Myriad Worlds Junk Station.
Above the space where the Junk Station was located, a spatial vortex appeared, countless pieces of garbage pouring out from the vortex.
After a full several tens of breaths, the spatial vortex slowly dissipated.
At that moment, a mountain of garbage from another world piled up on the ground where the Junk Station was located.
Seeing the garbage from this harvest, Lin Fan couldn't help but frown.
Compared to the first time, when he received the alien beast corpse and the Great Force Bull Demon Fist cultivation technique.
Or the second time, when he received those books encompassing various knowledge, giving him a plentiful harvest.
This time, the garbage Lin Fan saw at a glance was from the real world.
To be precise, it came from a world not much different from this one.
The only difference was that the world these garbage came from might be slightly more developed than this one.
From the mountain of garbage, Lin Fan had only to glance to see familiar items.
Like drink bottles, aluminum cans, and various other miscellaneous household waste...
Even without his physical body entering the Junk Station, Lin Fan could already feel the pungent odor emanating from the mountain of garbage.
Speechless!
Lin Fan, who had been full of anticipation, felt a deep disappointment in his eyes.
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