Along the way, Qin Hanshu had gained a basic understanding of Zhao Ru's behavior and style. She was someone who felt weak and wanted to rely on others for everything.
Her little secret desire to live with him was blatantly obvious on her face.
Qin Hanshu frowned and said, "What do you mean by abandoning you? I'm not your mother."
Zhang Kangmei chimed in seriously, "That's right, she's not your mother, you're using the wrong words!"
Zhang Yao couldn't help but purse her lips, but quickly turned her back.
Zhao Ru froze, the pitiful expression she had been putting on her face instantly stiffening and becoming somewhat distorted.
The slight feeling of closeness she had towards Qin Hanshu vanished instantly.
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There are many types of cave dwellings. In terms of construction methods, there are three types: one is to dig a hole directly into the mountain wall, another is to build it on flat ground using adobe bricks, and the third is to dig it underground.
The cave dwellings built for the educated youth were definitely the cheapest option, dug into the mountainside, which are commonly known as earthen cave dwellings.
Almost all the families in Haowan Village live in earthen cave dwellings.
Although earthen cave dwellings are warm in winter and cool in summer, they also have obvious drawbacks, such as poor ventilation, poor lighting, and high humidity in summer, which makes them prone to fleas and other small insects.
More importantly, earthen cave dwellings are at risk of collapse, and there have been cases of people dying in collapses in the past.
If a family is well-off, they will choose to build a kiln on flat ground.
Those with better conditions built brick and tile houses.
For example, Secretary Zhou's family lives in a spacious and bright five-room brick house.
However, among the nearly two hundred households in the entire Haowan Village brigade, only a handful can afford to live in brick houses.
Qin Hanshu and Ma Chaoyang discussed it and decided not to be too high-profile. They decided to build earthen cave dwellings like the ones used for the educated youth's dormitory.
With the dormitories under construction, the newly arrived educated youth couldn't just wait around; they quickly got involved in agricultural labor.
However, this was during the calm period before the autumn harvest, when there was relatively little farm work. They only needed to work five or six hours a day, and the tasks assigned to the new educated youth were all easy, which they could manage.
However, life wasn't so easy for the newly arrived educated youth from the Production and Construction Corps at Guangming Farm, which was 60 miles away from Haowan Village.
Compared to the educated youth who were sent to the countryside, the educated youth in the Production and Construction Corps, although they received a monthly salary of 31 yuan and did not have to worry about work points, had a much higher labor intensity than the educated youth who were sent to the countryside.
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps has strict management, and there is no such thing as shirking or evading labor.
Three of the newly arrived educated youth from the capital collapsed from heatstroke after only two days of labor.
One of them was Hu Wenwen.
In the infirmary, Hu Wenwen, who had been lying there for half an hour, finally woke up slowly.
She looked around in fear and confusion for a while.
Then, his face lit up with joy.
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