After finishing his meal, Mo Yucheng called the brigade leader to leave. Standing outside the courtyard, he said, "Uncle Captain, it's like this. I know that there isn't enough room for the educated youth in our village, and there aren't any extra houses in the village to live in either."
I've been here recently, and I was thinking of building two rooms myself. That way, when we come to visit Ningning, we can stay for a while.
As for the house in the village that we'll move back to the city in the future, is that alright with you?
Yang Chunlin thought about it for a while and then agreed. His third daughter-in-law was no pushover, and the child must have seen it too.
"Okay, I'll go to the village and explain it later, so everyone will know what to say."
However, your houses can only be built near the educated youth settlement, so that we can make arrangements accordingly.
"That's for sure. We agreed this afternoon that we'd discuss finding people and buying building materials."
I think it's not the busy farming season yet, so having more people will make things faster. As for the clay we need, we can just ask someone in the village if they have any; that will also speed things up.
"Okay, I'll go talk to the Party Secretary and the others, and I'll also ask around to see if anyone has any clay bricks, so that we can all get together faster once we've chosen a spot."
"Okay, how much will it cost for two rooms plus a kitchen and woodshed? I'll give you the money first so you can get things done."
Yang Chunlin thought about it and mentally calculated what kind of house they would live in.
Your house would cost around 100 yuan in total. Our house saves on timber, so it's cheaper.
After saying that, Mo Yucheng handed 11 large coins to the captain. The captain counted them and found one extra, so he wanted to return it, but Mo Yucheng didn't accept it.
"If there's anything else that needs to be taken care of, I'd appreciate it if you could take a look."
"Hey! This is the drink I should finish. You're making me feel weird."
"Uncle, look at what you're saying. Building this house will require a lot of your hard work. I don't know anything about it, so we're counting on you."
"Alright then! Let's try to finish building the house as soon as possible, so we can move in after letting it air out for a few more days."
After the two agreed, they went about their own business. Grandma Yang knew that Song Yining and his family wanted to build a house, and after thinking about it, she agreed.
Song Yining and Mo Yucheng went to check out the location of the educated youth settlement first. Fortunately, there were open spaces around them, so they chose a place a little further away from the settlement.
That way, when the educated youth build houses in the neighborhood, they won't be affected, and they can live a quiet and peaceful life without being disturbed. For security, the walls can be made higher, and some broken glass can be placed on top of them.
The two were discussing the orientation of the house when the brigade leader and others came over to show them how to build it. After agreeing on the plan, they found someone to lay the foundation first.
Song Yining didn't stay any longer, letting Mo Yucheng and the others do what they wanted. She went back to tidy up Mo Yucheng's room first.
Yang Jiahao has a room that belongs to Yang Erge, but it has been unoccupied for a long time.
Let him stay here for now, and he can move to the other side once the house is built.
Yang Sansao has been behaving herself lately. Seeing that her family is frequently having a better life, she no longer dares to cause trouble.
As for the small teams under Mo Yucheng, they had already entered from the other side of the mountain.
They searched in the nearby mountains, slowly making their way towards this area. Those people were always out early and back late, so they must be in the mountains.
Mo Chenzhi and his group entered the mountain from another location, and they have already been conducting a search and follow-up investigation around the mountain.
The mountains here are continuous and the roads inside are rugged and dangerous at any time, so villagers rarely come up the mountain.
They were mainly active around the foothills, which allowed tomb raiders to dig everywhere in the mountains without any restraint.
They also found several excavation marks in the surrounding area, indicating that the interior had been almost completely looted.
Judging from the traces, these people have been entrenched here for many years and know the terrain like the back of their hand.
Before they came, they searched for many old maps in the local area, province, and city, and compared them one by one before entering the mountains.
After everyone went to sleep that night, Mo Yucheng went to survey the surrounding area. It was far from the house, and he saw those people carrying things down the mountain at night.
He didn't dare get too close. The two mice had recently been sent out by Song Yining to track what those people were doing.
Xiao Hui followed those people up the mountain and saw them searching for some ancient tombs. Among them was a remarkable Taoist priest who was looking for a dragon vein or something.
The Taoist priest was very alert. It was he who noticed the unusual feeling about Song Yining, who had been coming over every night recently.
But he couldn't find it, and thought he was just imagining things.
Based on the rats' investigation, Song Yining realized that those people had indeed made arrangements well in advance.
It is now 1975. Before liberation, those people had already ventured deep into our territory to search for our country's treasures.
They also want to use Taoist priests to disrupt the country's feng shui, so that our country will be slowly eroded by them.
When Shen Shiyu heard that Song Yining wanted to build a house at the educated youth settlement, she had her own ideas.
She couldn't let Song Yining outdo her, so she took the day off to call home and explain what was going on here.
Shen Shiyu got up very early in the morning without eating breakfast, and went to ride in Old Man Yang's oxcart to the commune.
Upon arriving at the commune's state-run restaurant, Shen Shiyu ordered herself a fragrant meat bun, filled her stomach, and then headed to the post office to make a phone call.
“Dad, Song Yining didn’t arrive late. She stayed at the brigade leader’s house. Yesterday, another man came to build a house for her here.”
She made me feel like I was nothing again. How are things going on your end? I'm so worried about you.
"Let her build it! Let's see if she can live in the house. You just wait and see. The house won't be yours after it's built. Look how restless she is every day."
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