When a layer of white ice mist condensed on the grass and trees, Dujia Village, which had just finished the autumn harvest, welcomed another group of new educated youth. Men and women filled an ox cart, which made Village Chief Du, who had already known the news, look upset. This was because the people in this group were pale and thin, even worse than the group led by Huo Yang.
After sending the people to the educated youth center, Village Chief Du, with a dark face, explained the work point system in the village and then walked away with his hands behind his back, leaving Xu Zhizhou looking at the newcomers in the yard with a headache. Although he wanted to retreat, Xu Zhizhou finally said with a stiff upper lip, "There are three main rooms. The middle one will be used as a dining hall and living room, and the east and west rooms will be your dormitories. The east one will be bigger, and the west one will be smaller. You can choose. If you want to buy furniture or something, you can find a carpenter in the village without a ticket. You can cook together. If you are not used to the food, you can cook by yourself. There is only one stove, so you can cook by yourself." Let's discuss. As for the wing rooms on the east and west sides of the courtyard, we old educated youth built them ourselves. If you want to build some, go find the village chief. There's land behind the house, but it's not big. You can consider it. Also, there's one day off each month when you can go to town to mail letters. Of course, the postman will come to the village every few days. Besides that, you can exchange vegetables with the villagers, or pick them in the mountains. But if you don't know where to get wild vegetables, ask the villagers first before going. You can also find out about them with Du and Qian Zhiqing, they arrived earlier than you. Does anyone have any other questions?"
The eleven or twelve people in the courtyard looked at each other and found that Xu Zhizhou's explanation was very detailed. Although they were not very satisfied with so many people crowded in one room, Xu Zhizhou also said that if they wanted to build a house, they would have to pay for it. Although there were one or two rich people among them who had just arrived, it was not easy for them to be the first to take action.
Looking at the quiet new educated youth, Xu Zhizhou breathed a sigh of relief. "Since there's no problem, you can go back to your rooms and rest up. The village chief sympathizes with your initial discomfort and will let you rest for a day. Tomorrow you can go to work to the sounds of the clappers. However, the village is hard to come by during the winter, so most people hibernate. Your grain has just been transferred in, and you don't have any work points, so I don't think it will be much. If you want to borrow grain, you can come to me tomorrow. I'll take you to the village committee and write an IOU first, and then use your work points to pay it off. In a word, the more you work, the more you earn. If you want to live a better life, then work hard and don't be lazy."
After saying this, Xu Zhizhou didn't care about the group's reaction. Feeling tired, he turned around and went back to the house. Du Jiang, who had nothing good to watch, shrugged his shoulders, looked at Qian Meili, and went back to their rooms.
Seeing that Xu Zhizhou had left, Bai Yongjun did not stay any longer.
As the old educated youth left, the new educated youth looked at the educated youth center, which looked like a slum in a town, and felt as if they had changed places but also as if they had not changed places. After standing for a while, a cold wind blew, and the group of people couldn't help shivering, and then they all carried their luggage and walked towards the main house.
The furnishings of the main house were just as Xu Zhizhou had introduced, and so were the rooms on both sides. After everyone had roughly taken a look, Guan Chuan, one of the older male educated youth in the group, spoke first, "We have more male educated youth, so that taxi will be used as the dormitory for the male educated youth. There are fewer female educated youth, so you can squeeze into the smaller one now. If you want to build a house, you can go to Brother Xu." After saying that, Guan Chuan, who had been running all the way, didn't care about other people's reactions. He immediately carried his luggage to the dormitory on the left, chose the innermost position, and threw his luggage up. He didn't even bother to spread out his bedding, and lay down. After lying flat, Guan Chuan sighed with comfort.
The other people in the main room were stunned for a moment when they saw Guan Chuan who entered first. It was the sound of luggage falling to the ground that reminded them. Now it was okay and there was no need to discuss it. The remaining male educated youth carried their luggage into the room.
There were only four female educated youth, and although they felt the room was small, Guan Chuan had already taken the initiative, and they could not call them out or kick them out. They could only carry their luggage back to the room and tidy up in frustration.
Du Jiang was tidying up the clay pots against the wall while listening to the noises here. After confirming that there was no noise, she got up and started to tidy up the herbs spread out by the window. The Xanthium sibiricum had been dried very well, plus the three layers of herbs accumulated on the shelf. Du Jiang decided to go into the city to deal with them after the work in the field was completely finished in two days. It was a good time to go shopping and do some big shopping. After all, not many people go to the city in winter, and she would probably have to stay in bed for the winter.
Du Jiang was planning his beautiful future life, while the neighbors were also looking at the marriage certificate on the table. Aunt Du smiled from ear to ear at the name and the red official seal on it. Uncle Du was no less impressive. He reached out and patted Li Hongjun on the shoulder two or three times, "Hongjun, now that you and Tianniu have obtained the marriage certificate, you should move into the same room tonight. After the work in the fields is finished, we will have a banquet. Although we have distributed wedding candy to the village some time ago, after all, you are not considered husband and wife until the banquet is held."
Hearing this, Li Hongjun smiled shyly. "I'll listen to Dad. My parents' packages just happened to arrive. They can't come to the wedding banquet. Although I'm marrying into the family, I still have to give the betrothal gift. I'm just afraid it won't be enough to buy the three major items. But I asked my parents for industrial tickets and 300 yuan. Dad, why don't we replace our house with a large blue brick and tile house?"
When Aunt Du heard about the betrothal gift of 300 yuan and industrial coupons, her eyes widened and her voice suddenly rose in pitch, "What? Your family gave 300 yuan?"
"Mom, don't think it's too little. There's nothing I can do about the fact that I have so many brothers. Besides, my parents also sent me a letter of severance, saying that they will have no contact in the future and they don't need me to support them in their old age. After all, a son who is married off is like water spilled."
Looking at Li Hongjun's shy look, Tianniu's mouth twitched uncontrollably. Could she say that this man's parents were forced? Either give him one thousand or three hundred to sever ties, anyone would know what to choose. Moreover, she was being asked to do something like this, a man with a white face and a black heart, with no hope at all. When she thought of the letter Li Hongjun showed her, Tianniu's head was confused. She couldn't imagine why the filling inside the white-skinned glutinous rice dumpling was black.
Just when Tianniu was absorbed in the matter, she had something in her hand. She looked down at the dozen big trinkets stuffed into her hand by Li Hongjun, and then looked at the other party's enthusiastic eyes. Okay, as long as this person dares, she will dare too. Tianniu is fearless, so how can she be afraid of breaking off relations with someone?
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