After the grain was distributed, transporting it became a problem.

Luo Jingyan asked Luo Changtian to watch over the other grains while she carried them back. When she carried a sack of grains, she didn't seem to be struggling at all, which really shocked everyone around her.

After Luo Jingyan had moved most of the grain, Luo Changtian told her to rest, and he carried the grain back to the educated youth settlement bit by bit himself.

After returning home, Luo Jingyan prepared school supplies for Luo Changtian. The schoolbag was brought from home; he already had his own books, so she just put his pen and notebook in it.

The next day, after breakfast, she took Luo Changtian to school. On the way, they met several children who were also going to school at Qianjin Brigade. Luo Jingyan gave each of them two fruit candies and told them to accompany Luo Changtian to school from now on.

The children all nodded in agreement. Luo Changtian was lively and loved to boast, and he quickly became familiar with the children.

Luo Jingyan only accompanied Luo Changtian for one day. On the second day, she let him go to school with the other children.

Now that Luo Changtian's schooling issue has been resolved, Luo Jingyan needs to start working on repairing the house, moving out of the girls' dormitory, and dealing with the breakup with other people in the know.

Before this, she tried her luck and went out to look for a house. As expected, there were no vacant houses in the village. She and Luo Changtian needed two spare houses. The houses in the villagers' homes were good enough for their own families. There were spare houses in the old bachelor's house, but Luo Jingyan would definitely not go there.

Furthermore, not understanding the villagers' personalities might make partnering with them more troublesome than partnering with educated youth.

The dilapidated house in the educated youth compound first needed to have its roof repaired, the walls inside repainted, and the windows covered with newspaper. The wooden door was still usable, but she planned to build another one and then remove it when she moved out.

Repairing the house required men to do the work, and it would be best to find bricklayers from the village, but her first consideration was the male educated youth from the educated youth settlement.

They lived in the same courtyard, so of course she would give these people the opportunity to make money. If they refused, she would go find the village's bricklayers.

Before that, she needed to talk to Tong Jianxin and Shen Ruyi about moving out of the dormitory.

She moved out because she liked quiet, and Shen Ruyi naturally wouldn't stop her.

"Jingyan, are you really not afraid of that room?"

"I'm naturally brave, I'm not afraid."

Tong Jianxin had no objections and agreed immediately. Luo Jingyan went to the brigade leader's house and asked him to help find two or three bricklayers. The brigade leader quickly found some people, all of whom were experienced bricklayers in the village.

The house was repaired in just three days, and the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) inside was also rebuilt.

The roof was rebuilt with wood, thatch, and mud. Because the house had adobe walls, the whitewash would easily peel off. The interior walls were coated with a mixture of mud and chopped wheat straw. Luo Jingyan planned to paste some newspaper on it later.

Once the house is repaired, it needs to be aired out for at least a few days before you can move in.

Luo Jingyan hadn't broken up with the educated youth group yet and hadn't offered the bricklayers a meal, so she gave each of them extra wages—five cents a day. They could only earn a maximum of four cents a day working, so they were very satisfied.

Subsequently, Luo Jingyan proposed to the other members of the educated youth settlement to break up their partnership.

Luo Jingyan's cooking skills aren't very good, so no one had any objections to her sharing the cooking.

Before distributing them, Luo Jingyan needed to take care of the pots, pans, and ladles, which wasn't difficult; she had them in her spatial storage.

I bought a set from Li Baojun's house last time, and I also bought a set for my own home. The pots, pans, and ladles are all similar in style, so I can take them out and use them.

She first went to Zhang Laibao's house, rented his cart for one cent, went out for a drive, pushed it to a secluded place, took out the set of pots, pans, and ladles she had used, as well as a large water vat she had collected from the Li family, put them on the cart, and then pushed it back to the educated youth settlement.

Seeing that Jingyan was buying things quickly and noticing that the pot in the car wasn't new, Song Yinglan asked, "Jingyan, where did you buy this pot?"

"I bought it from a fellow villager in the next brigade." She had already prepared her explanation.

After cleaning the house, she moved all her belongings from the girls' dormitory into it.

The older educated youths didn't dare to enter that room, and among the new educated youths, Du Yinan and Lin Shanshan didn't get along with Luo Jingyan. Only Jiang Manyue helped Luo Jingyan move her things.

Du Yinan had originally planned to sleep in Jiang Manyue's place after she moved out, but Jiang Manyue took advantage of her proximity and immediately moved her own bed after Luo Jingyan moved her bedding away.