Although Wuhe Village is relatively remote, it has no shortage of houses.
The educated youth settlement was located in a large courtyard with seven rooms, and all the rooms were quite spacious!
Nowadays, five male educated youths share one room, and seven female educated youths share one room.
The reason is simple.
The other rooms were drafty and leaky, making them uninhabitable, but the two rooms they were currently staying in had been fitted with kang beds.
Winters in Northeast China are extremely cold; it's almost impossible to endure without sleeping on a kang (heated brick bed). Moreover, everyone sleeping on the same kang saves a lot of firewood.
Upon returning to the educated youth settlement, the first thing to do was prepare lunch.
Without eating, they went straight to the home of Cai Dafu, the village party secretary.
Cai Dafu and his family were having dinner when Gao Yan arrived, and they politely invited him to join them.
Gao Yan smiled and said that he had already eaten.
"Xiao Cao, is something the matter?"
"Uncle, I'd like to rent a house on my own, that's why I came to ask for your help."
Gao Yandao said.
Although he was there to complete a mission, he didn't want to share a bed with other men.
As the village party secretary, Cai Dafu was naturally very knowledgeable about village affairs, so he asked, "What kind of house do you want to rent?"
"Uncle, could you please introduce it to me?"
Gao Yan handed Cai Dafu a cigarette.
Cai Dafu said, "Old Li in the east of the village is an old bachelor. He has two empty rooms. The rent for one room should be two yuan. There is also Widow Chen's house. It also has an empty room. The room is a bit small. It costs about one yuan and fifty cents. Oh, and there is a landlord's house at the entrance of the village. However, it has been empty for many years. The furniture inside has been moved out. It is barely habitable. The rent is 10 yuan."
"I like peace and quiet, so I'll rent the landlord's house!"
Gao Yan thought for a moment and said.
"Then I'll take you to see it first!"
A few minutes later, Cai Dafu led Gao Yan to a dilapidated courtyard, took out a key to unlock the rusty iron lock, and pushed open the door to find the garden full of weeds.
The courtyard is divided into front and back yards, with more than a dozen rooms of various sizes. Fortunately, the roofs of two rooms in the front yard are intact, but the roofs of almost every room in the back yard are damaged.
"These two rooms can be lived in if we tidy them up!"
Cai Dafu said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Alright, let's sign the agreement!"
Gao Yan pretended to hesitate for a moment, then agreed.
"Xiao Cao, have you thought this through?"
Cai Dafu cautioned, "A monthly rent of 10 yuan is not cheap!"
"No need to think about it anymore. My parents gave me a lot of money when I went to the countryside!"
Gao Yandao said.
"Alright, let's go back and sign the agreement!"
After signing the agreement and paying the rent, Gao Yan took the keys and went to the courtyard at the entrance of the village to start cleaning.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Gao Yan goes to clear the land every morning, but he can complete the task in a maximum of two hours.
He spent the rest of his time repairing the yard and making furniture.
Although he didn't know anything about carpentry, there was a carpenter in the village who, after reading the carpenter's memories through a soul seed, made him a top-notch carpenter in no time.
Therefore, in just a few days, Gao Yan had already built himself a wooden bed, a wardrobe, and a set of tables and chairs.
Many villagers came to visit after hearing the news.
Then someone asked if they could make some furniture for them as well.
Gao Yan readily agreed, but stated that he wanted the grain, not the money.
Therefore, over the next two weeks, Gao Yan made new furniture for more than ten villagers' homes.
Meanwhile, the family had accumulated a large amount of grain and wild game.
This made the other educated youth extremely envious, but they couldn't do anything about it. After all, Gao Yan could earn 10 work points in just two hours a day, while they had to work all day and might not even be able to complete the task!
That day.
Gao Yan was cooking in the landlord's house.
And it was cured pork stir-fried with cabbage.
A knock sounded on the door.
Gao Yan went to open the door and found Wu Xiaojun, Ma Xiaodong, Xu Yanhong and Sheng Jiaojiao coming together.
"Why are you here? Come in quickly!"
Wow, what a big yard!
"Cao Jianjun, you actually live in such a big place all by yourself!"
"Feel free to look around, I'm still cooking some vegetables in the pot!"
Gao Yan smiled at them, then went into the kitchen!
Gao Yan had renovated all the rooms in the front yard, but they were still empty, except for the living room and his bedroom, which were furnished with furniture he had made himself.
As for the backyard, Gao Yan ignored it for the time being and simply cleaned it up.
A short while later.
Gao Yan brought the food to the living room and invited the four of them to eat together.
The aroma of the cured meat made all four of them salivate.
"Comrade Cao Jianjun, you live such a good life! Rice and cured meat, unlike us who eat sorghum rice with pickled vegetables every day!" Xu Yanhong said jealously!
"Hey, as you all know, I've been helping the villagers make furniture lately, and they all gave it to me as gifts. They're so incredibly kind, I couldn't refuse!" Gao Yan began to speak at Versailles, while simultaneously inviting the four of them to eat together again!
"This isn't right, what will you eat if we eat it!" Wu Xiaojun swallowed again.
"There aren't many dishes, but there's plenty of rice. But if you want some, go to the kitchen and get it yourself!" Gao Yan said dismissively.
"Then we won't stand on ceremony!"
The four of them abandoned all pretense of modesty and went to the kitchen to get bowls and serve themselves rice.
Gao Yan cooked enough rice, so all four of them ate several bowls, and even Sheng Jiaojiao and Xu Yanhong finished three large bowls of rice.
After finishing the meal.
Feeling a little embarrassed as she touched her bulging belly, she took the initiative to clear the dishes.
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