The sun shone on the small courtyard of the family quarters. The ultraviolet rays on the plateau were particularly strong. Xie Wan wrapped a headscarf around his face and stood in his own small courtyard.
"Our courtyard is not the largest. It only has three rooms. I gave the largest one to Wang Haitao because he has a large family. Do you have any objection?"
Qin Muye explained in a flattering manner.
Wang Haitao is Zhang Xiaolan's husband, a battalion-level officer. Logically, his residence should not be bigger than Qin Muye's.
Xie Wan had no objection, three rooms were enough.
There are only two people in their family, so at most they can leave one guest room for Xie Yuanchao, and another room to be used as a living room and study. There is no problem.
Even so, Xie Wan still complained that the yard was too empty.
Looking around, there was a well-maintained vegetable patch in the yard, but there were no more seedlings.
It should be that the previous residents used to grow vegetables here.
There is a dry toilet in the southwest corner of the yard, which was cleaned quite well by the previous owner before he left.
The stove is in the southeast corner. It is an earthen stove commonly seen in rural areas. Apart from a large water tank half a person's height, there are naturally no pots, pans, or anything else.
There are two bamboo poles for drying clothes in the middle of the yard, with several rusty iron hooks on the edges of the poles.
Looking inside the house, there was nothing except a bare earthen kang. It was truly a bare house.
Xie Wan let out a long sigh.
This will be her home for the next two years.
As soon as Qin Muye saw his wife's face, he knew he had messed up.
When changing shifts, Li Yufeng and Zhang Xiaolan even loaded the honeycomb coal from their homes onto the truck.
He packed up their clothes and quilts and brought them over, and left the rest at his home in South City.
He thought that Xie Wan would have to go back to attend the graduation ceremony after completing his six-month internship. If he could really be seconded to Tibet, it would not be too late to move later.
"Xiao Wan..."
Xie Wan looked back at her husband and guessed what he was thinking.
Qin Muye might be unsure whether she would be willing to come back after graduation after interning in the harsh environment of southern Tibet for half a year.
"Don't worry, since I promised you, two years means two years."
Qin Muye smiled foolishly. He didn't feel guilty at all because his wife saw through his little thoughts. Instead, he felt happy.
"Really? As long as you're not afraid of hardship, Chu Jiangnan, I'll take care of it.
He got a great credit for stealing my wife this time, so I asked him to second you, and he dared not disagree. "
Xie Wan snorted and said unhappily, "Who's afraid of hardship? Am I such a spoiled person in your eyes?"
Qin Muye lived with Xie Wan, so he naturally understood that there were some differences between her and the women of this era.
If you say she is hardworking, she is much more particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation than others. If you say she is afraid of hardship, she is more hardworking than anyone else whether she is working or studying.
Xie Wan herself knew that it was a good thing that she had space, otherwise she might not be able to adapt to the harsh environment of that era, especially in the plateau where supplies were extremely scarce.
"There's nothing in this place, how can people live there?"
"Buy it. I'll take a day off tomorrow and drive you to Linzhi City to buy everything."
Qin Muye swore a solemn promise, but as soon as he finished speaking, the orderly came to him and said that there was something going on in the regiment.
Qin Muye went to see Xie Wan timidly.
Xie Wan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Go ahead, I'll clean it up myself."
Xie Wan closed the gate, put his hands on his hips and started planning.
"Clean it up first, then move out some of the things that can be used in the space, make a bed, and make sure people can sleep on it."
Xiaozhi's family was released.
Xie Wan gave each mouse a small rag and asked them to help clean the windows.
Then she realized that there was no well in the yard.
It is really too luxurious to use the spiritual spring water in the space to wipe the windows.
Xie Wan went out to ask someone how the water problem here was solved.
There is a circle of family compounds, and Xie Wan's home is in the middle of the first row. Qin Muye said that Zhang Xiaolan and Li Yufeng's home are next to it.
Xie Wan went to knock on the gate next door.
Zhang Xiaolan's eldest daughter came out and opened the door.
"Aunt Xie!" The big girl is already thirteen years old this year and can already do housework. When she heard Xie Wan ask where there was water, she went home and fetched a bucket of water.
"Auntie Xie, please use this bucket first. I will go to the river to fetch you some water."
How could Xie Wan let a little girl fetch water for him?
She took out a few White Rabbit candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Da Niu's hand, saying, "I don't have a bucket at home, so I'd like to borrow your bucket for water. Just take Auntie to the river."
There are four children in Zhang Xiaolan's family, the youngest of whom is only three years old. When they saw Xie Wan gave White Rabbit milk candy to her sister, they swarmed up and called her "Auntie Xie" sweetly.
Xie Wan gave everyone a few.
The eldest girl was unhappy, she put her hands on her hips and taught her brothers a lesson: "Since you ate Auntie Xie's candy, you have to help Auntie Xie with work."
The second son, Wang Xiaojun, hurriedly said to Xie Wan, "Auntie Xie, my brother and I will help you collect firewood. I know where to find firewood. I will definitely bring you a bundle of firewood before noon."
There are actually corn stalks in Xie Wan’s space that can be used as firewood.
But if she always burns corn stalks, people will start to wonder where she gets so many corn stalks.
"Okay, thank you Xiaojun and Xiaobing."
Xie Wan first carried the bucket of water given by the big girl back home, cleaned the large water tank in the kitchen, and then followed the big girl to fetch water.
Xie Wan really didn't expect that the place to fetch water would be so far away, and it would take more than ten minutes to walk there.
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