"So what if I dislike you? You're so fat, it's hard for you to even walk. You take up two beds by yourself."

Lin Chuchu remained silent; she didn't want to live with those people.

Just as an argument was about to break out, the Party Secretary shouted angrily.

"What are you doing? Do you think you're here to enjoy yourselves? Do you really think you're some kind of pampered young masters? If you don't want to squeeze in, fine, then build your own houses!"

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent. Apart from those who couldn't bear it any longer and married the villagers, the rest of them had no money at all. How were they supposed to build houses?

Mu Chen's eyes lit up, and he walked up to the village secretary and asked in a low voice.

"Secretary, I don't know how much it costs to build a house?" He then explained, "I don't need it to be too big, just enough for two people to live in, with a small stove to cook for ourselves. When we leave, the house will belong to the village."

Lin Chuchu's eyes lit up, and she looked at the village secretary as well.

The village secretary pondered for a moment. These educated youths would leave sooner or later. Even if they stayed in the village, they would still be villagers, but the houses would still belong to the village.

The village party secretary and the brigade leader walked aside and whispered to each other for a while.

"The house can only be an adobe house, with a stove and a kang (heated brick bed). If two people want to live there, we'll add a partition in the middle. It will cost 40 yuan in total. Would you build it?"

After speaking, she looked at Mu Chen expectantly.

Mu Chen nodded, took out 40 yuan and handed it over, "Secretary, we want to move in as soon as possible, we hope you can do so quickly."

The village secretary's smile widened even more. "Don't worry, the adobe houses are no trouble at all. They can be built in three days, and you can move in the same day."

He was naturally very happy to receive forty yuan for free.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chuchu quickly stepped forward, "Secretary, could you also help me calculate? I'm just one person, all I need is a kang (heated brick bed) and a stove. It's smaller than theirs. Can you tell me how much it would cost?"

"You want to build one too?" The Party Secretary glanced at Lin Chuchu with surprise, but was actually quite pleased.

"25 yuan, just 25 yuan is fine, but the kang can only be wide enough to fit an extra kang table."

Lin Chuchu immediately agreed and took out 25 yuan from her pocket and handed it over.

The village party secretary counted the money, then looked at the others and asked, "Do you need to build houses?"

The others remained silent, pondering. Where would they get the money to build houses? They couldn't afford it.

Just then, Meng Wanyin walked over and took Lin Chuchu's hand. "Chuchu, can you take me with you? Don't worry, I'll pay you back the money little by little."

Wow, is this some kind of scheme to get something for nothing?

"Is she stupid?" Lin Chuchu shook her head apologetically. "Sister, I'm so sorry, I don't have that much money. I only have so little on me, and I'll have to borrow all my food from the brigade this month."

Some people, once you're hooked, you can't shake them off, just like my aunt and her family.

Meng Wanyin's smile froze, and she nodded gently, "It was my fault, sister. I'll start building it next month after the family sends the money."

The village party secretary led the three to see the site, which was right across from the educated youth settlement, next to a ditch that wasn't very deep.

Lin Chuchu pointed to a spot next to the ditch and said, "Uncle Party Secretary, I want this spot."

A ditch on one side prevents the possibility of building another house there, meaning there are neighbors only on one side.