Qiao Jianguo led a few people into the courtyard. Sun Yuqi took a look and saw that this was the brigade headquarters. The courtyard seemed very large, with more than ten rooms and a large warehouse. There should be food in there!
Qiao Jianguo walked to a door and knocked.
"Is Accountant Zhang here?"
"Come in."
Hearing the response from inside, Qiao Jianguo pushed open the door and walked in, followed by Sun Yuqi and others.
Accountant Zhang, who looked to be in his thirties, was wearing a blue cotton-padded jacket and was sitting at the table writing something.
After entering the house, Qiao Jianguo said with a smile.
"Accountant Zhang, these are the educated youth who arrived yesterday. They're here to collect their rations today."
Accountant Zhang then put down the pen in his hand, looked up at a few people and nodded.
"Come with me first," he said, standing up and walking out the door with Qiao Jianguo.
Sun Yuqi and others followed and stopped at the warehouse door. Accountant Zhang opened the door.
"It's all weighed. Take it, but before you go, come and sign here to prove that you have received your rations. But first, let me make it clear that these grains are loaned to you. After the autumn harvest, they will be deducted from your work points."
Qiao Jianguo said from the side.
"Don't worry, Accountant Zhang. I've explained everything clearly to them."
A few people walked forward and saw that each of them had a bag of cornmeal, which weighed about 30 kilograms, and a bag of sweet potatoes, which weighed about 50 kilograms.
At this time, Qiao Jianguo was already walking over pulling a cart.
"Come on, everyone, load the food onto the cart and we'll take it back. We'll bring the cart back later."
After the two brothers Zhang Jianlin and Zhang Jiansong helped move the food for Sun Yuqi and others onto the cart, they went to Accountant Zhang's office.
After signing their names, several people pushed the cart back to the Youth League compound.
After finishing packing, Sun Yuqi was still thinking about what she heard Liu Jingjing and Qian Yumei say this morning, whether she could also live in a room alone. She just looked around and saw that there were twelve rooms in this yard, and four of them were currently unoccupied.
"Qiao Zhiqing, do you know what you should do if you want to live in a room alone?"
Qiao Jianguo didn't feel strange when he heard Sun Yuqi say that she wanted to live alone, and smiled.
"Sun Zhiqing wants to live alone. We have two options here in our construction team. One is to rent a house in our yard. One room costs 24 yuan a year, which is 2 yuan a month. If you don't want to live in this yard, you can also build another room next door, but you have to pay for the construction of the house yourself."
Sun Yuqi thought for a moment and asked again, "Qiao Zhiqing, do you know how much it would cost to build a house ourselves?"
"This one's probably around forty to sixty dollars."
Sun Yuqi had just looked around and saw that five houses had been built next to the educated youth's courtyard. She also saw people coming in and out of there. Now she thinks they must be educated youth too!
After thinking about it, she decided to build a house outside the Youth League Home. After all, her adoptive mother had left her a lot of money. She counted it that day and found it was about three thousand yuan. She could still afford the few dozen yuan to build a house.
"Qiao Zhiqing, I want to build another house outside the Zhiqing compound, but I just arrived and don't know how to arrange it."
Qiao Jianguo smiled upon hearing this and said, "This is easy to handle. I'll take you to the captain's house later. He can take care of all this."
After hearing this, Lu Yao, who was standing next to him, also hurried forward and said.
"Qiao Zhiqing, can you take me with you? I want to build a house too."
Qiao Jianguo nodded and said, "Then take the food to the house first. I will take you to the captain's house."
Seeing Qiao Jianguo taking the two of them to the captain's house, Qian Yumei and Liu Jingjing, who were sitting in the yard basking in the sun, were filled with envy.
Hey, Yumei, I didn't expect that among the educated youth who came this time, these two are not only good-looking, but also the richest!"
Qian Yumei was making a piece of clothing without even raising her head.
"The money of rich people belongs to them too. We don't need to envy them. It's our family's fault!"
Liu Jingjing said depressedly, "My family is not poor, but because I am a girl, I was abandoned when I went to the countryside. I found a job, but in the end I gave it to my brother and I went to the countryside."
Qian Yumei knew that Liu Jingjing was unwilling and tried to persuade her.
"Jingjing, think positively! Maybe in a few years, when the college entrance examination is resumed, we can apply for university. By then, we will have to go back to the city."
Liu Jingjing glanced at Qian Yumei and said, "Just dream on. I think your dreams are more realistic."
Qian Yumei smiled without saying anything, lowered her head and continued to make clothes. Liu Jingjing did not notice the strangeness in Qian Yumei's eyes.
Sun Yuqi still took out half a pound of brown sugar from the things she bought and took it with her. She still needed to bring some gifts to the captain's house.
The captain's house is quite nice, with five blue brick and tile houses in a row, and six side rooms on the left and right.
Qiao Jianguo didn't knock on the door, but shouted loudly.
"Aunt Mei, is the captain home?"
Then I heard the sound of a door opening from inside.
"Who is it? Come on, wait!"
Footsteps were heard, and then the door opened. A woman in her forties stood in the door. She had short hair that reached her ears, some of it was gray, but not many wrinkles on her face.
"Qiao Zhiqing! Your uncle is in the house, come in!"
As he said this, he stepped aside and walked into the yard, revealing Sun Yuqi and Lu Yao behind him.
Aunt Mei was also stunned when she saw Sun Yuqi and Lu Yao, and then she smiled.
"These are the educated youth who just arrived yesterday! Oh, these two girls are so pretty!"
Aunt Mei's words made Sun Yuqi and Lu Yao feel a little embarrassed, and their faces turned red.
Seeing this look, Aunt Mei burst out laughing.
"Okay, okay, Auntie was just joking, come in quickly."
After thanking Aunt Mei, Sun Yuqi casually handed over the half pound of brown sugar she had brought.
"The first time I came, I gave some brown sugar to the children at home."
Aunt Mei didn't expect that this female educated youth was not only good-looking but also quite capable.
But she was also an old hand, and she graciously accepted the brown sugar from Sun Yuqi and the can of malted milk from Lu Yao.
Qiao Jianguo stood in the yard without saying a word, watching Aunt Mei enthusiastically lead the two of them into the house.
As Aunt Mei entered the house, she saw the team leader Zheng Chengwei smoking a pipe. The smell of smoke in the house was very strong and a bit choking.
Aunt Mei said as she entered the house.
"Old man, stop smoking. There are two girls here. You have to be careful too."
Zheng Chengwei reluctantly took down his pipe and knocked it against the edge of the kang.
"Qiao Zhiqing! What brings you here?"
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