Chapter 361 Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s 23
After the start of the school year, things got busy. Students these days are always studying. Jiang Yue was also studying. Because there are subtle differences between different worlds, many books, although they are similar, are still different in the details, and sometimes they can provide her with some new ideas.
It's been a while since the gift package was sent, but Jiang Yue hasn't noticed any significant changes yet. She doesn't know what the government is thinking. Yao Ling and Wang Liang came to visit her at school over the weekend, saying they were going to treat her to a nice meal. Zhang Wei will also be coming over soon.
After Wang Liang and Yao Ling arrived, Jiang Yue showed them around the school. After Zhang Wei arrived, the group went out for roast duck. After dinner, they strolled around together, during which Zhang Wei mentioned a classmate buying a house.
"Isn't it said that private buying and selling is prohibited now?"
"It's not possible, but there's always a way around the rules. One of our classmates bought a house from an old professor, and then he secretly gave the professor some money. The professor took him to the neighborhood committee to complete the formalities, so that the house was officially left to his nephew."
He said that if you want to buy a house, you can go directly to the neighborhood committee. Sometimes you can buy a house there, but there are very few houses available.
"Okay, everyone, keep an eye out and see if there's an opportunity to buy one."
After returning to school, the intense study life resumed. Among the four, Jiang Yue was the first to buy a house. This was because Jiang Yue cheated by sending a puppet to find a house. Mainly, she didn't have time and wanted to buy a house as soon as possible. It's no exaggeration to say that more people means more trouble.
The house she bought belonged to a retired teacher from the affiliated high school. It was a small courtyard house in a hutong (alleyway). The courtyard was not big, but it was very well maintained. Because many people want to buy apartments now, and this small courtyard house was a bit expensive, it was Jiang Yue's turn to buy it.
Over the weekend, Jiang Yue went back to the yard to take a look. In the past few days, the puppet had tidied up the yard. The sun was shining brightly, and Jiang Yue lay down in the yard for a while. While she was sunbathing, the neighborhood committee came over, asked Jiang Yue about her situation, and made a record: "Did you buy this house? Who were the people who came to the house before?"
"Oh, that's an elder of mine. I was too busy with school to ask someone to come and clean it up."
After registering her information, the neighborhood committee left. When it was time to eat, Jiang Yue went out to buy some groceries and cooked herself a meal. The reason she was in such a hurry to move was that she couldn't stand eating in the cafeteria anymore. Everyone knows what a cafeteria is; it can ensure you have a balanced diet and won't go hungry, but it's not exactly delicious now. But that's a different story in the future.
I stayed here overnight. There were two families with lots of kids next door, so it was a bit noisy, but that's normal these days. Nowadays, soundproofing houses relies entirely on walls, so it's understandable that the soundproofing is poor. I originally wanted to buy some food in the morning, but there were too many people, so I decided to eat at the school instead. I strolled over to the school.
Before class started, I wrote a letter to Yao Ling and the other two, inviting them to come over for the weekend. I thought about it and realized that the TV cabinet was still missing a TV set. I didn't need the money, but the tickets were hard to get. Things are different now than before. There are many neighbors around, and it would be difficult to explain to some people who want to get to the bottom of things. I would have to get it through proper channels.
However, it's really difficult to do this when it's neither a holiday nor a festival. If it were close to the New Year and there were competitions, we could at least get a few tickets. Now we're just waiting to try our luck and see if we can buy them by the end of the year. In the following days, I participated in a group competition with my classmates and finally won a prize: a large tea mug and a fountain pen.
On Sunday, Jiang Yue went to her new home early in the morning. After cleaning the house, she bought some groceries and used her exchanged meat coupons to buy some ribs and meat. She also bought back the items that had been missing in the previous survey. When Jiang Yue returned from the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Liang was already playing chess with Grandpa He.
When Jiang Yue returned, she saw the two of them. After going over, she looked at the chess game between Wang Liang and Grandpa He. Well, if Grandpa He knew how to play, Wang Liang should be checkmated soon. As Jiang Yue expected, Wang Liang was quickly defeated.
"Young man, your chess skills are not good enough; you need to practice more."
"Grandpa, I didn't want to take advantage of an old man like you, that's why I was being accommodating!"
"Oh? You let me win two rounds?"
After the old man finished speaking, Wang Liang launched into a series of excuses, saying that he had gotten up too early and his mind was not clear, or that he hadn't played for a long time and his skills had become rusty, etc. He was really bad at chess but loved to play. Even after ten years in the countryside, his chess skills hadn't improved much. Amid the old men's laughter, Wang Liang withdrew, saying as he left, "Old man, my friend is back. I'll let you off the hook today."
"Stop bragging and come help me get some things."
Jiang Yue couldn't stand it anymore and quickly called the person over. Grandpa He looked at Jiang Yue and said, "Xiao Yue, is this your classmate?"
"Yes, Uncle He, we were sent to the countryside together as educated youth, and we both got into university."
"Oh, you're all quite capable. Go ahead and do your work, I'm going to play chess."
After saying goodbye to Grandpa He, they returned home. The two looked around the house and found everything else to be nice, but it felt a bit small. After asking about the price, Wang Liang felt it wasn't worth it: "I've been asking around these past few days, and the houses I have there are bigger than yours, and they're cheaper."
"You bought one too? How come I didn't know?" Yao Ling asked in surprise.
"It's not finalized yet, the formalities aren't finished. I was planning to tell you after everything was done."
"Good lad, he's been keeping it well hidden."
"Hmph, you're one to talk! You've been getting really close to that boy in your class lately, and I can't even find you anymore!"
"A boy! What boy!"
Jiang Yue overheard the key point amidst her busy work, put down what she was doing, and came over to look at Yao Ling, looking like she was about to be tortured if she confessed honestly.
Yao Ling rolled her eyes and said irritably, "They're having a great time there. We're members of the same group, so it's normal for us to be together sometimes."
"Is that sometimes? It's obviously every day."
The two were arguing nearby. Jiang Yue watched them, resting her chin on her hand. Something was off about these two. They seemed like a pair of bickering lovers. Hmm, something's not right. I never noticed it all these years. It's only been three months since school started, and summer vacation hasn't even begun yet, and they're already having an affair?
The two argued for a while before noticing Jiang Yue, who was looking on with a curious expression. The two of them were thick-skinned, and even after being discovered, they acted as if nothing had happened. Jiang Yue didn't expose them and just watched the show, which was much better than reading the newspaper.
Zhang Wei arrived around 10 o'clock. Like Yao Ling and Wang Liang, he brought food. He brought an old hen, so it seemed they would have something to eat today. Zhang Wei looked at the house. He didn't think the house was small. It was good enough to have a yard now. It was enough for Jiang Yue to live alone.
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