Yes, it can be arranged. This is also to provide a backup plan for Uncle Shen and his family. When the two families are in contact, if Uncle Shen and his family come here one day, they can suffer less hardship and fatigue, right?

Thinking of this, he slipped into the space, found some stationery, and began writing a letter.

I didn't plan to send anything to Uncle Shen and the others this time. Not only was there not enough time, but it was also inconvenient for me to take the items out of my spatial storage right now. I'll send them after the house is built. However, I don't know if my mailed luggage has arrived yet. I'll go to the post office tomorrow to ask. Also, I need to take care of the subsidy matter. These are all things to do, and I'll be busy tomorrow.

The next day, just as dawn broke, he got up and ran around the village a few times. When he returned, he found the water vat was empty, so he went to the well and fetched several buckets of water. Seeing that it was getting late and knowing that Uncle Huang, who was driving the oxcart, would be leaving soon, he quickly washed up and went out.

After I left, I didn't know that when Aunt Gu got up early to cook, she saw the water vat was full and was wondering about it, muttering to herself. Gu Zhengrong, who happened to be passing by, overheard her and asked, "What are you muttering about?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just remembered that the water tank was empty last night, but when I woke up this morning, it was full."

"Was it the boss who went out to fetch the water?"

"How could that be? You know what kind of person your son is."

"Just ask and you'll find out."

"What do you want?" Grandma Gu asked as she came out from the inner room.

"Mom, you're up," Aunt Gu greeted her first, and then recounted what she had seen that morning.

Grandma Gu said after hearing this, "This old woman thought it was something serious. You mean who carried the water? It was Mianmian. I heard her get up this morning and go out for more than half an hour. She came back covered in sweat, carrying those buckets and carrying pole. What happened?"

"How old is she? Can she carry that?" Aunt Gu asked.

"Yes, old woman, why didn't you wake the eldest son up this morning and make him fetch water?" Grandpa Gu chimed in.

"This girl is incredibly strong," Grandma Gu said.

"How is this possible?" Grandpa Gu asked in disbelief.

"If you don't believe me, just ask the eldest son. I only heard it from him, and to be honest, I don't believe it either. If I hadn't seen her carrying water back several times this morning, who would believe it?" Grandma Gu said.

"Boss, what happened? Tell me in detail," Grandpa Gu asked.

After Gu Zhengrong recounted what he had seen when he went to the commune to pick up the educated youth yesterday, he heard his father say, "No wonder she doesn't want to live at home. With her strength, she must have a big appetite. When you assign her work, just make sure it's enough for your wife, otherwise she won't have enough to eat."

"Old man, isn't it too heavy?"

"No, she's strong and has a big appetite. She'll feel uncomfortable if she doesn't eat enough. It's better to let her do more work and have a full meal."

"Alright, Father, I understand. It's not the busy farming season now, so she can earn six work points a day. During the busy season, she can earn eight to ten work points, which should be enough for her to eat."

"It's alright if it's not enough. Her parents are martyrs, so they should receive some subsidies. Besides, didn't we hear yesterday that her parents' comrades are still taking care of her? With some additional support, she should be able to eat her fill and not starve. As long as she's not ungrateful, anything is fine."

"Okay, I got it. They'll arrange for the house to be built this morning when we go to work. She lives alone in a small place, so they'll just build a high wall around the yard. It won't take more than a few days."

"That's true. We need to get this done quickly, and also prepare the mud bricks and stuff we talked about yesterday."

"Alright, Father, don't worry."

Sitting on the oxcart, Chen Enpeng asked me, "Comrade Li Mianmian, how are you feeling staying at the villager's home?"

"Not bad, what's wrong?"

"It's alright, just that I haven't been getting enough rest."

"That's true, there's a kid next door who cries a lot at night, I didn't get much sleep," Chen Junjie chimed in.

"Don't you plan to move out on your own?" I asked.

"What, move out?" Chen Junjie asked.

"Comrade Li, what do you mean?"

"Yes, I'm moving out. I talked to the team leader last night, and he's already set up a house for me today."

"Comrade Li, do you mean you're paying for the house yourself?" Chen Enpeng asked directly.

"Yes, it won't cost much. The house isn't big, just a kitchen, a bedroom, and a storage room, about 40 square meters. Then we'll fence off the yard and our private plot, and build a simple woodshed, all made of mud bricks and wood. It'll only cost a hundred or two hundred yuan."

Chen Enpeng thought about it and it really wasn't expensive. He was somewhat tempted, so he asked, "How much would it cost to hire someone to help build the house? It's not allowed now..."

"We still have to pay them, since we don't care about their meals, right? But we can't buy mud bricks with money; we have to barter for them. The members of the brigade are all short of sugar, cloth, and other things. As long as we have something, we can exchange it for what they lack, right?"

"That's definitely a good idea," Chen Junjie said after hearing it.

"Has Captain been busy lately?" Chen Enpeng asked.

"They must be very busy. Yesterday, I heard from the team leader that they plan to have the commune members make more mud bricks so they can build a row of small single rooms, each with a kang (heated brick bed). They also said that when educated youth come, they can stay there, and they'll build a canteen or something."

Chen Enpeng didn't react much to these words. He knew that the current policy required one person from each household to go to the countryside. In the future, more and more educated youth would go to the countryside, and living together would definitely cause endless trouble. To be honest, he was afraid of trouble and would rather build his own small courtyard and live his own comfortable life.

Chen Junjie and Chen Enpeng were both educated youth from the same place, Jinshi, and they were even cousins, all within five generations. Their families were on good terms, and the two had grown up together like brothers. If their families hadn't encountered some trouble, they wouldn't have been sent to the countryside at the same time. Besides, to protect them, their families had given them most of their money, so sharing with others wouldn't be convenient. Even with single rooms, it wouldn't be as good as having their own courtyard. Chen Enpeng and Chen Junjie exchanged a glance and knew what to do: they would go back and ask the brigade leader if they could build their own courtyard.

Seeing them like this, I knew they also wanted to live on their own. Building their own houses would be a bit conspicuous, but if they lived together, it wouldn't be so conspicuous, right? Besides, even if a large number of educated youth went to the countryside, they wouldn't be afraid, would they? But what I didn't expect was that things would change.