As soon as we finished here, Liu Li came to the kitchen and invited everyone to eat.
When we walked into the main room, everyone was already sitting around the table. Wan Fang was distributing the food. Today's staple food was steamed buns made of cornmeal mixed with wild vegetables. Each person had a bowl of corn grits porridge with a bowl of cold wild vegetables in the middle.
Xu Manman looked around but didn't see Zhou Ming and Yang Lili. Just as she was thinking about it, Yue Feng asked, "Aren't Zhou Zhiqing and Yang Zhiqing eating?"
"They cook on their own and don't use the main kitchen." Liu Li replied.
While they were talking, the old educated youth had already started eating. Yue Feng didn't ask any more questions. Seeing this, he quickly took the wild vegetable steamed bun and started eating it.
Xu Manman took a bite and found that the texture was indeed as rough as the legend said. She could finish a whole steamed bun with wild vegetables with just the porridge. The wild vegetables were only a little salty and very astringent. Even people from Guangdong might not be able to eat this original flavor.
Just after finishing the meal, they heard some noise outside the yard. Xu Manman stuck her head out to take a look and saw two thin middle-aged men coming in with tools in their hands. They were probably there to help with the kang. Xu Manman called a few new educated youth to go out and greet them.
"Is Li Zhiqing here?" asked the man walking in front.
Li Mao went up to him and said, "Yes, Uncle Dashan, you are here."
"Well, the village chief said the new educated youth need a kang (kang bed)? How many rooms are there? How do we do that?"
Li Mao called Xu Manman and the others over and pointed to the rooms they had rented. "These are the new educated youth who arrived today. They rented these rooms and we have to sort them out."
"Tell Uncle Dashan and Uncle Dajin how you want to do it. These two are the best craftsmen in our Hongsheng Village." Li Mao turned to Xu Manman and others and said.
Xu Manman nodded and thought about it. She guessed that no one else had ever slept on a kang and had no idea what it was like. She had looked at the structure of a dormitory bed before and referred to her experience of watching TV dramas for so many years. She already had an idea in her mind. She might as well start with herself and make a sample.
"Uncle, this is the room I rented. Come and take a look." Xu Manman led the two into the west wing.
"I want to build a 2-meter-wide and 3-meter-long kang here, then build a fire wall and a stove in front. The windows, door frames and door panels all need to be replaced." Xu Manman told Liu Dawei about the general plan.
Liu Dawei looked around the room and nodded, "This isn't very difficult. Earthen bricks can be used for the kang and stove, but green bricks are needed for the fire wall. The doors and windows also need to be replaced, which will cost more. You have to do all the work and materials, so I have to tell you this in advance." This is not a small amount of money, so Liu Dawei felt it was better to make it clear.
"I know, how much does this whole thing cost?"
Liu Dawei turned around and discussed with Liu Dajin, then turned to Xu Manman and said, "This room of yours, including the labor cost, will cost 40."
Xu Manman nodded and said, "Sure, please help me look at other houses."
Two people then went to other rooms, and the remaining five people had basically the same requirements as Xu Manman, which was that the others did not need to replace the door panels. The cost for the large room was 35, and the cost for the small room was 30.
Both parties were very satisfied with the negotiation. After Liu Dawei and Liu Dajin measured the dimensions, they said they would finish work in the afternoon and bring people and materials to start work. It was estimated that it would be completed in about 10 days, before the autumn harvest.
After watching the whole process, the old educated youth also had a new understanding of the new educated youth. Renting a house and renovating the whole house is equivalent to spending all the income they earned through hard work for half a year.
After the two left, everyone went back to their rooms for lunch.
Xu Manman lay on the kang, eyes closed, her consciousness entering the space. She looked around but couldn't see anything new. The steamed buns she'd packed yesterday were still in the kitchen. Hmm? Why was the door glowing? Could there be a surprise somewhere?
I opened the door with my consciousness, and a sharp roar came from my heart.
This is the legendary planting space!
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