Unlike the smooth and harmonious life on Xia Tiangao's side, Li Min's face fell as soon as he saw the huge difference between the earthen brick and thatched houses here.
The Third Granny and the Village Chief were both very old people, so they could naturally see what the little girl was thinking, even though she hadn't learned to hide her expression yet.
Before Li Min could say anything unpleasant, the village chief brought the person out.
"Are you not satisfied with this house?" The village chief asked directly after leaving the yard.
"This house is too bad. The roof is covered with grass and there are not even tiles. How can people live in it?" Li Min was disgusted. The outside was so bad that it probably wouldn't be much better no matter how clean it was.
Liu Daming was lucky. "All the houses in the village are like this. The house that Xia Zhiqing rented just now was also made of mud bricks. Why can't people live in it? If you only want to live in a house with blue bricks and big tiles, then the only option is the Zhiqing site."
"Of course there is one, it's over there." Xu Manman pointed to the blue brick house on the side.
"There's a whole family living there, and there's not enough room for their own family, so how could they rent out the house?" The village chief knew the situation of each family very well, and that was the old branch secretary's house.
"Well... since this house is not suitable, Village Chief, can you help me find another better one?" At this time, she also knew that she had to speak softly when asking for help.
Liu Daming was tired and waved his hands, "No more, no more, let's go back." Then he turned and left.
Li Min wanted to chase after him and continue talking, but was stopped by Chen Meizhi.
"Why are you stopping me? I still need to go to the village chief to find a house."
"The village chief said there's nothing, so it must be gone. Actually, this house is quite clean..."
"It's covered in dirt inside and out, how can it be clean? If you want to live here, you can. I won't rent it to you anyway." After saying that, he turned around and left.
Chen Meizhi hurried to follow.
Xia Tiangao moved out the next day with his luggage and food. It was said that he would eat with the three members of the Li family, father and son, and his food and accommodation problems were solved at once.
Li Min was still unwilling to live in the mud brick and thatched house of her third mother-in-law. She went to see the village chief several times, but there were limited houses in the village. The two houses she could find at that time were the result of the village chief shamelessly visiting the family and negotiating with them.
There is no such store after that village, and no matter how many times she asked, she still couldn't find one.
Li Min could only continue to squeeze into the big bunk bed. She was scolded on the first day, and she did not dare to vent her anger on Xu Meili and Liu Li. It was only Chen Meizhi who suffered.
Since Xia Tiangao moved out, their original dining companions naturally dispersed. Zhao Xin persuaded Lin Zuxin to eat together with the other boys.
Li Min, who can't cook, naturally works with Chen Meizhi. Chen is responsible for cooking and washing dishes every day, while Li Min just waits to eat the ready-made food.
However, although Li Min has a bad temper, he is nice to himself and not stingy to the people around him. When he is hungry, he will take out the canned food and meat he brought with him and share them with Chen Meizhi.
This is probably one of the reasons why Chen Meizhi has always stayed with her.
Life at the educated youth site was temporarily stable. The heavy work in the fields had been done, and all that was left was catching insects, weeding, and watering the crops. Compared to the summer harvest, it was much easier.
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At noon that day, Xu Manman got off work and saw her cousin, whom she hadn't seen for nearly a month, at the door.
"Cousin, you guys are on vacation!"
"Well, I went to the commune this morning and brought back the package."
Xu Manman saw the huge package at his feet and asked, "So many this time?"
Chen Ming carried the package and followed her in. "This big one seems to have been sent from your uncle."
Xu Manman understood. The last time she sent a letter, she said that it was difficult to find seafood here, so she asked her aunt to buy some and send it over. She also enclosed fifty yuan with the letter and asked her aunt to send half of it to Haishi's home.
She thought about the amazing purchasing power today, and such a big bag was incredible.
Xu Manman used scissors to open the package and took out kelp, seaweed, dried shrimp, dried squid, dried oysters, dried scallops, sea cucumbers, sandworms, dried small fish... one by one, and finally filled the kang.
Also coming was a reply letter from the aunt. She first gently criticized Xu Manman's behavior of sending the package, and told her that if she wanted to eat, just ask, and she would have enough of these things. She said that the food from Hai City had also been sent, and she returned the 50 yuan that Xu Manman had sent to her intact.
Looking at the reply, Xu Manman was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She had originally wanted to ask her aunt to help with some purchases, but she didn't expect that she would have to pay for it out of her own pocket, resulting in a huge loss.
Why can't I spend this money?
She decided that next time she went to the commune, she would directly ask the post office to remit the money, and she would also "threaten" her aunt that if she didn't accept the money, she would not dare to ask her for help next time.
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