After Wen Nuan left, she returned to the path she had taken before and continued walking towards the captain's house.

But sometimes I think of that man and feel a little angry. I am doing good things, but why am I treated as a bad guy and guarded against?

"Oh, forget it, don't think about it anymore, let's go to the captain's house first to find out if there are any ready-made houses in the village!"

Putting aside the previous troubles, Wen Nuan quickened her pace and arrived at the captain's house in just two or three hours.

“Knock, knock…”

"Who is it?"

A middle-aged woman's voice sounded, and Wen Nuan guessed that this person should be Zhang Cuifen, the captain's wife.

"Auntie, I'm Wen Nuan, a new educated youth in the brigade. I have something to ask, so I want to come and visit the brigade leader."

“Squeak…”

The door opened from the inside, and Zhang Cuifen held the child in one hand and held the door with the other.

"Newly arrived Wen Zhiqing? Your team leader hasn't come back yet. Come back after work!"

"Auntie, I came here specially to visit you. It's the same as if you were here even if the captain was not here. Maybe you know what I want to know better than the captain does!"

Wen Nuan passed the liquor and canned food in her hand to Zhang Cuifen. Zhang Cuifen glanced at them but did not take them. She stepped back two steps and said:

"Then come in first. It's not easy for you educated youth to come here from so far away. If you can help me in any way, I will definitely not refuse!"

Wen Nuan understood and immediately walked in with her things, and helped to close the door.

"Come in and sit wherever you want. Everyone in the family has gone to work, leaving only me and this little devil!"

The child in Zhang Cuifen's arms looked only five or six months old and very cute.

"This must be your grandson! He's so cute and fair-skinned!"

"Haha, you look intimidating, and you look cute, but you actually have a bad temper!"

The child seemed to understand what his grandmother said and hummed a few times in protest, which was particularly amusing to watch.

Wen Nuan placed the liquor and canned food on the table, then took out a three-foot-long cloth coupon from her pocket.

"This is my first visit to your house, and I didn't bring any gift for the little baby. This cloth coupon is my gift to you!"

"Oh my, I can't take this. Put it away quickly, or your captain will be furious when he comes back!"

"What are you talking about? What does this have to do with the captain? What's more, I really want to ask you for help, but you don't accept it. I'm too embarrassed to ask for it!"

The three-foot cloth coupons were too attractive to Zhang Cuifen.

In the countryside, you can only see something during the New Year. Don't look at her husband, the team leader, who is very poor at other times.

She had long wanted to make a new quilt for her grandson, and the cloth coupons came at a very good time.

"No, really no, just tell me what's wrong, I'll help you if I can, but forget about the cloth coupons."

Holding back the heartache, Zhang Cuifen once again rejected Wen Nuan's cloth coupons. Wen Nuan didn't care and put the cloth coupons on the table.

"Auntie, I actually didn't come here for anything else this time. I just wanted to find out if there are any extra empty houses in the village.

As you know, there are more than 30 people living in the educated youth center now. More people means more noise. I prefer quietness, so I want to move out and live alone.

If I build a house myself, it will take a long time and cost a lot, so I thought it would be nice to rent an empty house for a few years. ”

"You want me to help you rent a house?"

"Yeah, that's it!"

Zhang Cuifen thought about it and decided that this was not a big deal, but it was really difficult to deal with the house.

"There is indeed an empty house in our brigade, but, how should I put it, this house is a bit taboo!"

Wen Nuan frowned.

The meaning of taboo is nothing more than that someone has died in the house, it is a haunted house, or something strange has happened.

"What do you mean?"

"You know, houses in the countryside are generally more expensive, but this house used to be the house of the Wu family, a local noble.

You know, starting from the first few years, there was unrest everywhere, and the Wu family was labeled as a faction.

The Wu family's old couple could not bear the blow and died of illness in the house one after another. The eldest son of the Wu family and his wife were seriously injured and died, and the other hanged himself.

In this way, although the Wu family's house was returned to the public, it has been abandoned there, and the main building has collapsed for some unknown reason.

Now only the two uncles and nephews of the Wu family live in the former stable. There is also a gatehouse near the road, and the former servants' room is empty. If it is cleaned up, it should be possible to live there."

"Uncle and nephew of the Wu family?"

"Well, it was Master Wu's youngest son and grandson. When the Wu family got into trouble, the uncle and nephew were fourteen and three years old respectively.

Your team leader couldn't bear it, so he asked for instructions from his superiors and allowed the two children to be kept in the team for reform.

As long as you know, our identities are quite sensitive, so few people interact with us."

I don't know why, but Wen Nuan suddenly remembered the child she had just rescued, who said he was nine years old...

Wen Nuan had already made a rough guess about the identities of this uncle and nephew. If nothing unexpected happened, the people she just met were the uncle and nephew of the Wu family.

Thinking of this, Wen Nuan couldn't help but hesitate. The man was fierce and looked like a bad person. In addition, the uncle and nephew had sensitive identities, and someone had died in that yard.

Wen Nuan couldn't make up her mind for a while.

"Auntie, are there no other empty houses?"

Zhang Cuifen shook her head.

"Every household in the brigade is fully occupied, so there is no room for an empty house!"

"Okay, I'll think about it again, but if you really need to empty the house in the meantime, you must remember to tell me!"

"That's no problem. Auntie, I won't say anything else, but I'm definitely well-informed about this. If there's real news, I'll tell you as soon as possible."

"Well, I'm relieved by what you said, Auntie. It's getting late, so I won't delay you from taking care of the child. I'll leave first!"

"Okay, I'll take you there!"

"No, no, just hold on to the child. I can walk by myself."

Wen Nuan waved her hand and walked out quickly. The three-foot-long cloth ticket was pressed under the wine bottle on the table.

Since they came to give gifts, Wen Nuan would not take them back. Moreover, she could see that the captain's wife's eyes lit up when she heard about the cloth coupons.

Gifts should touch the heart of the person. By getting in touch with the captain's wife, it will be easier to handle big and small matters in the future.

As expected, after Wen Nuan left, Zhang Cuifen found the cloth coupon under the wine bottle, and she had a very good impression of Wen Nuan, the new educated youth who was good at dealing with things.

Not long after Wen Nuan returned to the educated youth point, the new educated youth who had gone to the commune came back, each of them carrying large and small bags of bought things.

Especially Zhang Zhenzhen, whose hands were almost full. When she saw Wen Nuan coming out, she even held her things and pushed them forward, saying proudly:

"Oh, today's trip to the commune was really successful. I bought so many delicious foods. Tomorrow we have to start working. Some people who don't have any stock will have to eat coarse food!"

Wen Nuan rolled her eyes, looking down upon Zhang Zhenzhen's childish behavior. She turned around and went into the house without saying a word.

Zhang Zhenzhen showed off to no avail, and immediately became very angry. In the end, she could only return to her dormitory angrily with her things in her arms.

Yu Fei was curious as she watched the two of them exchange glances, so she came over to ask Wen Nuan and Zhang Zhenzhen what they were celebrating.

Wen Nuan looked at Yu Fei and saw that she was there to watch a good show. She didn't want to pay any attention to her. She didn't want to be the object of other people's entertainment.

Unable to get an answer from Wen Nuan, Yu Fei reluctantly went to find Zhang Zhenzhen. Unfortunately, Zhang Zhenzhen had a bad temper and would never tell her embarrassing stories.

How could she admit that she didn't quarrel with Wen Nuan in the train? She would never admit it even if she was beaten to death!