Yang Shengnan had no objection: "I brought mine too, I also have a washbasin."
“Okay, you guys stay in the inner room, and I'll stay in the outer one. That way, we can effectively avoid both the dangers on the mountain and in the village.”
After a pause, Gu Yunyang continued, "However, in a few days, I plan to find a piece of land in the village and build two houses myself."
This is my hometown. I have no family left in Beijing.
"I'll definitely settle down here in the future. Having my own house will be more convenient. There will definitely be other educated youth coming here in the future."
Han Xue paused for a moment, then Yang Shengnan laughed and said, "What's wrong with that? We don't want to live with other people either."
When the time comes, Han Xue and I will build two rooms next to yours. Once we put up a wall, we'll be safe hiding inside. We can also keep each other company and look out for one another.
You agree, right, Han Xue?
Yang Shengnan nudged Han Xue, who then realized what was happening and quickly nodded, "Yes, we don't lack that little bit of money."
When it comes time to build a house, we can build it together.
Her family is not short of money, and she doesn't want to live with others.
The best option is to build a house together outside.
Gu Yunyang was speechless: "You guys should keep a low profile in the future."
Whether you're another educated youth or a villager in the brigade, don't act like you're too rich.
He gave the two of them a deep look, then went to get a bucket, untied the bags of grain from his luggage, put a rope over the bucket, and went to fetch water.
Yang Shengnan quickly said to Han Xue, "He's right, let's keep a low profile."
"If it's anything good, just hide it and eat it in private. Just don't let anyone know."
Han Xue was a little confused, but after thinking about it, she agreed.
Over there, Gu Yunyang arrived at the well and looked inside; there was still quite a bit of water.
There must be a relatively abundant groundwater here, so despite the widespread drought, this well is only about two meters below the ground.
He threw the bucket down, then swung the rope left and right, successfully turning the bucket sideways.
Gu Yunyang filled the bucket with water, carried it into the house, and brought over Han Xue and Yang Shengnan's washbasins. He filled each washbasin with water, and that was about enough water for the bucket.
Yang Shengnan said, "You fetched water, which was hard work."
"Next, we'll leave the cleaning and tidying up to the two of us."
It was already evening, and it was getting a bit dark.
But Gu Yunyang still lit the candles and placed them on the windowsill.
He nodded: "Okay, but there's a lot of dust and debris on the ground. I'll clean up the larger pieces first. I see there's a bamboo broom over there; I'll sweep that up later. As for the rest of the dust, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Gu, I'm here. I brought a broom; you should need one, right?"
Gu Yunyang had just picked up the broom and hadn't even started when he heard a sound coming from the doorway.
When I came out, I saw Gu Changzhu standing there, showing a set of white teeth and smiling very sincerely.
"I knew you'd have to clean the rooms. Even if you don't clean other places, you still have to clean the rooms. I've been here before, but the village elders wouldn't let us come, so apart from a little dust, there wasn't anything else. It's nothing like the landlords' houses in those villages, where the village children even urinate. If educated youth were to stay there, that would be..."
As Gu Changzhu spoke, he fanned his nose with his hand.
Just thinking about that scene made Gu Yunyang feel nauseous.
The two girls were the same; they were thinking that it was fortunate that the elderly people in Dongshan Village were sentimental and could stop the children.
Otherwise, just thinking about those beds with kids peeing on them, the smell...
Perhaps they felt that since they had only been there for one day, they wanted to move out and build their own house.
"Alright, stop joking. Since you're here, you must be planning to help us clean the house, right? Then hurry up and stop dawdling. It'll be dark soon, time to eat, wash up, and go to bed."
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