After the new educated youth were settled, the brigade leader took them to the brigade headquarters to complete the formalities and collect their rations.

It wasn't until he turned and walked a few steps away that the brigade leader seemed to remember something and called out to the larger brick house, "Wang Zhiqing, the new educated youth are going to the brigade headquarters to collect their rations. Hurry up and come out with us, otherwise Accountant Wang will have to make another trip to the brigade headquarters later."

The village accountant also has to work. When he returned to the village, he passed by Accountant Wang's house and asked him to collect the new educated youth's grain during his lunch break. So it's best to collect it all at once, so as not to delay Accountant Wang from starting work in the afternoon.

Following the captain's shout, someone did come out of the house, but it wasn't Wang Wenfang, who had just been transferred to the Qingshan Brigade, but his brother Wang Wenqi.

This made the group of female educated youth who came with them a little envious. It's good to have an older brother, after all, they were all really exhausted at the moment.

Look at those people who have older brothers and sisters-in-law. They not only got to live in brick houses as soon as they arrived, but now their sisters-in-law are helping them pack their luggage, and their brothers are helping them collect food. Meanwhile, the person in question is comfortably resting on the kang (a heated brick bed).

When the brigade leader returned with the new educated youth who had received their grain rations, the older educated youth in the compound were already getting ready to go to work that afternoon.

The two groups met at the gate of the educated youth settlement. In fact, the voices in the courtyard were so loud that most people inside the house could hear them, not to mention that the brigade leader had even led people into the old house to take a look.

Although everyone tactfully kept quiet while looking at the old house, the sound of so many people's footsteps was still quite loud.

Everyone was tired from work, and there was only a short break at noon. The team leader didn't call them, so everyone tacitly chose to be lazy and not get up.

When they encountered this, the other educated youth were fine, but the two people in charge of the educated youth settlement looked a little embarrassed.

"Captain, these must be the new educated youth. Come in quickly." Feng Baoguo deliberately ignored the grain bags in the new educated youth's hands, greeting them as if they had just arrived.

The brigade leader didn't think too much about it. The reason he didn't wake up the older educated youth wasn't because he genuinely felt sorry for them working so hard. He just wanted the new educated youth to have a direct comparison of the old and new houses, so that he could rent out as many of the newly built houses as possible.

So, upon hearing Feng Baoguo's words, he quickly waved his hand and said, "It's alright, it's alright. The new educated youth have all decided to rent houses in the backyard, so you don't need to settle them in for the time being. You can get to know each other after work tonight. You should hurry up and leave so as not to be late for work this afternoon."

The brigade leader looked around and found Chen Shuning, who was still a little dazed, at the back of the crowd. He smiled and greeted her, "Little Chen, wait a moment. This Gu, the educated youth, also wants to build a house. Take her to your house to take a look later. I'll talk to your squad leader and we won't deduct your work points if you go to work late."

Chen Shuning, who had just woken up, hadn't even opened her eyes wide enough. She heard that some new educated youth wanted to build a house and wanted to go to her room to take a look. The important thing was that she could work for a while at night without losing work points. So she softly said "hmm" and turned around to walk back.

Looking at the dazed little girl, the brigade leader had a headache, but he still turned to Duan Hongxia, who was in the same team as Chen Shuning, and instructed her: "Duan, tell Chuncao later that I need to talk to Chen Shuning about something. She will be at work later. Tell Chuncao to record Chen Shuning's work points normally."

It was just a simple message, and Duan Hongxia readily agreed.

Chen Shuning, still half asleep, returned to the front of the house, took out his key, opened the door, and then opened his eyes to look at the person following behind him.

This person was stunningly beautiful. Yang Wanqiu was already very beautiful, but the woman in front of him was even more beautiful.

She has a pretty oval face, fair skin, big and bright eyes, a small nose, and cherry-like lips that are slightly pouty. Her lips are naturally red without any makeup, making her look as tempting as a ripe cherry.

She is tall and slender, about 1.65 meters tall and weighs about 90 kilograms. In this day and age, when people are generally struggling to get enough to eat and wear, she is considered tall. For example, Chen Shuning is only 1.6 meters tall.

Having lived two lives, Gu Xinyi was beautiful from a young age, so she was already used to Chen Shuning's amazed gaze. She smiled generously and introduced herself, "Hello, I am Gu Xinyi. I'm sorry to trouble you."

Chen Shuning was stunned when she heard the name. The reason was simple: her best friend in her previous life was named Gu Xinyi, and it was while accompanying her to look at wedding dresses that Chen Shuning was transported to this world.

However, Chen Shuning was only stunned for a moment. After all, there are many people with the same name in this world. So he smiled and introduced himself: "I am Chen Shuning. There's nothing wrong with me. It's just that the house is a bit messy. Please don't laugh at me."

Of course, this was just Chen Shuning being polite. The room was very clean and cozy, and even Gu Xinyi, who was a time traveler, took a liking to it at first sight. As a result, both the structure of the house and the furniture arrangement were based on Chen Shuning's style.

Since Chen Shuning has been living here for a few days, she has decorated the small house when she has free time. For example, the shelf in the kitchen where she used to store odds and ends is now covered with a blue and white floral curtain.

An embroidered curtain with carp playing among lotus flowers was hung on the door between the kitchen and the bedroom, and a set of celadon tea set was placed on a small table on the floor inside the room.

There was also a straw mat on the kang (a heated brick bed), and a tablecloth made of the same fabric as curtains covered the small kang table. On the white porcelain plate on the table were uneaten melon seeds and a trash box made of newspaper with melon seed shells still visible inside.

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