Captain Wang readily accepted the money. "Okay, after I've talked to them, I'll give you some rental slips. Your place is a bit out of the way, so if anything happens, I'll put a bell on it. You can ring it if you need anything."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded, and after looking around again, she found that there was a small area in the backyard where she could grow vegetables or fence off a space to raise chickens.
The wall is quite damaged, so she plans to do some minor repairs to the house; living comfortably is very important.
Seeing Lin Xiaoxiao's satisfied expression, Captain Wang thought to himself that this girl was quite brave, as there were no people living for hundreds of meters and she wasn't afraid at all.
"Uncle, I'd like to repair some of the doors and windows, as well as this section of the wall. I'll need your help with that."
Upon hearing this, Captain Wang said, "Repairing the house is easy. There are a few people in the village who know how to do it. I can ask them to come and help. I'll get you a few skilled workers, and I guarantee it can be done tomorrow."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded: "Alright, Uncle, I'll have to take care of these things."
Captain Wang said, "This is not difficult, don't worry about it."
Upon learning that Lin Xiaoxiao was about to go to the educated youth settlement to pick up her luggage, Captain Wang went with her.
“Then let’s go together. On the way back, I told the villagers nearby to keep an eye on your side.”
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't stand on ceremony. After all, she would be living here in the future, and there was no harm in getting along well with the captain.
Before leaving, Lin Xiaoxiao took one last look at the house, her anticipation growing stronger.
Meanwhile, in the girls' dormitory of the educated youth settlement, Li Mei and several other newly arrived educated youth were tidying up their rooms for the day.
Because no one had slept on it for a long time, there was a lot of dust on the kang (heated brick bed), and it took three or four wipings with a cloth to clean it thoroughly.
Not only that, but the nooks and crannies were also covered with tiny spider webs, which gave Li Mei and the others a real headache.
Although two educated youths previously lived in this room, they were too exhausted after work each day to clean the entire room.
“Do you think we should make a cabinet too? We can’t keep keeping our things in bags all the time,” one of the educated youth suggested.
This idea was agreed upon by others, since it was indeed inconvenient to carry everything in a cloth bag.
So the older educated youth said that there were people in the village who knew how to make cabinets and such, and they could buy them if they needed them.
Upon hearing this, the new educated youth immediately planned to go and take a look once it was all set up.
As everyone was discussing, they heard the sound of a tractor coming from outside. The older educated youth saw that it was the brigade leader and greeted him, "Captain, is there something you need?"
Captain Wang waved his hand: "It's nothing, I just came to pick up Lin Zhiqing's luggage. She's moving out."
The people in the educated youth compound were a little surprised, but because the brigade leader was there, they didn't say much.
The older educated youth didn't say anything, but a couple of brainless new educated youths started to jump out and say, "Captain, we're all new educated youths, so why can she move out and I have to sleep in this dormitory?"
That idiot is Sun Yue.
Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to speak.
Captain Wang, standing to the side, frowned as he spoke. Despite his easygoing manner towards Lin Xiaoxiao, when he lowered his expression, he still exuded the imposing aura of a village chief.
When he looked at Sun Yue, Sun Yue's body couldn't help but tremble.
"You little brat, you don't think before you speak. That's someone else's house, it's empty over there. Whoever wants to live there can live there. What's your problem with that?"
"Or do you think that the distinction between educated youth and villagers should be clearly defined?"
That room has always been empty. They don't usually want to let the educated youth live there. It's not just that Captain Wang doesn't want to say it, but even Old Hu doesn't like the educated youth. He just looks down on these educated youth who don't like to work and only want to take advantage of others.
He found Lin Xiaoxiao very agreeable today and was happy to help her.
Sun Yue sensed the captain's displeasure and wanted to say something more, but when she saw Zhao Xiaojun's eyes, she fell silent: "No, I didn't mean that."
"That's right, I just envy Lin, the educated youth, for being able to live outside."
That old man is really awful. She was just asking a simple question, why was he being so fierce?
Don't let her catch you off guard, otherwise she'll definitely write a letter of complaint to the Revolutionary Committee. Let's see how arrogant she can be then. Let's just let you run rampant for now.
After saying that, Sun Yue felt she had lost face, so she hurriedly ran away.
He had only run a couple of steps.
"ah!!"
Sun Yue seemed to have tripped over something and fell flat on her face.
Zhao Xiaojun, who was standing to the side, sighed deeply and went to help the person up. Then he also prostrated himself in gratitude.
He landed perfectly, right on top of Sun Yue, his upper front tooth hitting the back of Sun Yue's head.
Sun Yue seemed to have really been swayed by Zhao Xiaojun's influence; tears streamed down her face, shocking everyone in the courtyard.
Several people who saw this were trying to suppress their laughter.
It wasn't that Sun Yue and the others couldn't walk; it was that Lin Xiaoxiao secretly threw two pebbles from behind.
I told you not to talk so much; you'll have a long life ahead of you.
After this little incident, Lin Xiaoxiao went inside to get her things and saw Li Mei offering to help her carry them. Lin Xiaoxiao then took out a few White Rabbit milk candies for her.
Li Mei couldn't refuse, so she happily accepted it.
The educated youth on the side saw that Li Mei got to eat White Rabbit milk candy just for helping someone watch their luggage for a while. They thought to themselves, if they had offered to watch Lin Xiaoxiao's luggage, would they have gotten milk candy too?
Only Sun Yue looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's back as she sat on the tractor, her eyes filled with jealousy and resentment.
That woman is a slut. She managed to hook up with someone in the village so quickly. She's obviously no good. Lin Xiaoxiao, you just wait.
Many people envied Lin Xiaoxiao. When they came to the countryside, they also wanted to stay in the courtyards of the villagers, but the villagers were unwilling, and the village chief was unwilling to mediate, so they could only squeeze into this educated youth courtyard.
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