Liu Wenzhe's calm face also revealed a hint of joy at this moment.
"Those who are staying at the educated youth camp, please put your luggage in the room and rest for a while. For those who want to rent a house, I will take you to see the team leader." Wang Aiguo looked at the few people.
Liu Xiaoxiao and Bai Xiaozhu took the packages and went straight into the room where the female educated youth lived. Song Mingzhe glanced at Mu Yunxi and went into the room where the male educated youth lived.
Mu Yunxi and Liu Wenzhe stood where they were.
The two brothers Jiang Bei and Jiang Kai looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.
Jiang Bei spoke first.
"Wang Zhiqing, please take us to see the team leader. We all want to rent a house."
"Okay, follow me." Wang Aiguo walked straight out and led the way.
When they were halfway there, they happened to meet the team leader who was going to the fields. After learning the reason, he took them directly to the brick house.
"There are still four vacancies. Those are the ones that are unlocked. You can choose a room. It's one dollar a month, and the rent is paid every six months. Once you've chosen, come to me and pay the money. I'll go back and register your files."
The team leader then introduced several educated youth living there. The one living in the room next to the living room was a couple who moved out and rented a house after getting married, while the one living in the outermost room on the right was a male educated youth.
Mu Yunxi visited the small courtyard, which was concave in shape.
In the middle is the living room, with a room on each side. The one on the right is the kitchen, and the one on the left is locked.
There were three rooms on either side of the living room. The one on the right, connected to the kitchen, was a woodshed. The middle room was empty, and the outermost room was locked. It must have been where the male educated youth the village chief mentioned lived.
The three rooms on the left were empty. There was nothing in the room except a wooden bed.
There is a vegetable patch behind the courtyard and a well near the kitchen.
Mu Yunxi chose the outermost room on the left.
Liu Wen Ze quickly glanced at Mu Yunxi and chose the room next to Mu Yunxi.
Jiang Bei was still hesitant about which to choose. Seeing Liu Wen Ze pick the second room on the left, he immediately chose the empty room across from him on the right.
Several people paid one year's rent to the team leader.
Before leaving, the captain gave instructions to several people.
"After you have rested, go to the brigade to collect rations. You don't have work points yet, so you can borrow food from the brigade first, or buy food yourself."
After thanking the team leader, the few of them went to the educated youth site to move their luggage back, then cleaned the room and made the beds.
After everyone had tidied up their rooms and came out, Jiang Bei suggested,
"Let's go to the brigade to get food first. After that, I want to go to Carpenter He's house to make a cabinet and a box. If you need, you can go with me. I just asked for directions."
Mu Yunxi raised her eyebrows. He was indeed a community expert. He had found out so much in such a short time.
Several people followed Jiang Bei to the brigade to collect two months' rations, 30 kilograms of rice and 30 kilograms of sweet potatoes.
Mu Yunxi and Liu Wenzhe bought it directly with money.
Liu Wen Ze naturally had plenty of money, while Mu Yunxi thought it was impossible for her to work diligently every day to earn work points, so it was better to pay her.
Besides, Mu Yunxi felt that the price of food the brigade gave to the educated youth was quite affordable. Rice was 30 cents per pound, no ticket was required, and sweet potatoes were only 10 cents per pound. There was really no need to borrow from the brigade.
You have to know that if you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy rice now, you need a ticket at 30 cents per pound.
After receiving the food, the group of four came to Carpenter He's house.
Jiang Bei knocked on the door, but no one answered after waiting for a while. Jiang Bei knocked again, but there was still no movement from inside, so he shouted loudly,
"Is anyone there?"
After a while, a man in his forties or fifties, covered in sawdust, limped towards them. He looked at the four of them and asked,
"Who are you looking for?"
Jiang Bei said with a smile on his face,
"You must be Uncle He, right? We are some newly arrived educated youth and would like to ask if you can help us make boxes."
Hearing that they wanted boxes, Carpenter He took them to the backyard.
Carpenter He heard from the team leader last month that another group of educated youth would be arriving in the village soon, so he made some more things during this period: cabinets, boxes, wooden racks, wooden basins, wooden barrels, small wooden tables, small stools...
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