Chapter 25 Improving the Quality of Life
"Uncle Wu, are you in trouble?" Zhou Ziwen asked curiously.
"Alas, we received a notice today saying that a group of educated youth will be going to the countryside in the next two days. We don't know how many will come this time, and we don't know how to arrange it!"
Wu Dagang sighed. In recent years, the sending of educated youth to the countryside has been their most troublesome problem.
The first is the resettlement issue, and the second is the food issue.
Their village can barely be considered a wealthy village, but the annual grain output is limited.
For every additional educated youth, they would give out an extra portion of food.
In the eyes of many villagers, the educated youth came to the countryside just to steal food from them.
Not everyone is like Zhou Ziwen, who works hard and never complains or feels tired.
Many educated youth who went to the countryside could not bear the hardships there, were slow at work, and looked down on the country people.
This is also one of the reasons why most villagers dislike educated youth.
"A new batch of educated youth are coming? Where will they live?" Zhou Ziwen was a little surprised.
He knew the Youth League Home. There were only three rooms in total, one for men, one for women, and the remaining one was a woodshed and kitchen.
There was only one kang in a room. After they built their own house, there was just enough space for ten people to live in one room.
Just think about it, what would it feel like if ten people slept on one kang?
If more people continue to come, the houses in the Youth League Institute will definitely not be able to accommodate them.
"We are also worried about this!" Wu Dagang was a little annoyed, which was why he complained to Zhou Ziwen after seeing him.
I just want to find someone to talk to.
"Haha, I can't help you with this. How about we renovate the Youth League Home?" Zhou Ziwen shrugged and said casually.
It was easy for him to talk without any concern. After all, he had already moved out, and it was not his responsibility to accommodate the new educated youth.
"It's not that simple. It's not that we are reluctant to give up those materials. It's mainly because they have used the land of the Youth League Institute to grow vegetables." Wu Dagang glanced at Zhou Ziwen unhappily. Why did he feel that this guy was gloating?
"Hey, what are you afraid of? Things will work out when the time comes. At worst, we can gather the people from the Youth League Institute together to discuss it." Zhou Ziwen said.
Since the village is willing to provide materials to renovate the houses, let the educated youth in the Youth League House vacate the space.
After all, the Youth League Home was located in the production team's building. If you really want to be serious, you have to make room for it.
"We should indeed discuss this with the Youth League Institute." Wu Dagang pondered for a while and felt that this was a good idea.
The new educated youth are coming, and the Youth League should step forward and make decisions on how to accommodate them.
After all, this matter was decided by the higher-ups and they couldn't change it.
After chatting with Wu Dagang for a few more minutes, Zhou Ziwen prepared to go home for dinner as it was almost time.
Of course, before leaving, he asked for leave again.
Originally, asking for leave only required telling the team leader, but Zhou Ziwen thought that since he was already at Uncle Wu's house, it would be the same to just ask for leave from him.
When he arrives at the branch tomorrow, Uncle Wu will naturally help him with it.
When he returned home, the Chen sisters had almost finished cooking.
In fact, they both know how to cook, but Chen Qiaoyi is obviously not very talented in cooking, and the dishes she cooks are never as delicious as those made by Chen Shiying.
Chen Qiaoyi is very self-aware of this. In her family, it is Chen Shiying who cooks, and she can only play the role of assistant.
Maybe because we just moved today, the meal today is very rich.
I don’t know who they asked to exchange a smoked fish for, and made a braised fish.
There is also shredded potatoes and stir-fried cabbage.
The staple food is white flour steamed buns.
Although there were only three dishes, Zhou Ziwen thought it was already very rich.
After all, during the few days he came to the countryside, he had not tasted meat except when he went to the county town and today.
When it comes to eating meat, Zhou Ziwen thinks it is a big deal.
In his previous life, he was a meat lover. Since traveling to this era, he can tolerate everything else except that he has no oil in his stomach and always craves meat.
As the old saying goes, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water.
Now that we're in the countryside, we have to find a way to get some meat to eat.
At present, there are not many ways to get meat, but there are also many. One is to buy it with money, but you need a ticket to sell meat, and he doesn’t have much of this. It’s okay to satisfy your craving occasionally, but it can’t solve the fundamental problem.
Or he could go fishing in the river. His home happened to be not far from the river, so he had plenty of time to fish after work.
But he would have to wait for fishing. His fishing skills were not very good. If he wanted to get any results, he had to wait until his fishing skills improved.
In a few days, the second AFK position will be opened. He plans to AFK his fishing skill and go back there once his skill level is higher.
Of course, eating fish alone is not enough, he also needs meat. He has already made up his mind that when he goes to the county town tomorrow, he will go to the market to buy two hens to raise.
You can't raise too many chickens, only two. If you exceed that number, you'll be making a mistake.
"Sister, Yiyi, I plan to buy two chickens when I go to the county town tomorrow. Do you want to buy them together?" While eating, Zhou Ziwen told the two sisters about raising chickens.
"Can we raise chickens?" Chen Shiying was a little tempted, but afraid of getting into trouble.
"I've found out everything. As long as there are no more than two, it's fine." Zhou Ziwen said.
He had actually inquired about this matter, and found that those in the village who had the means basically raised two chickens.
However, there are also people who find it troublesome and are unwilling to raise them.
After all, chickens also need to eat food. Although they can be raised in the wild and allowed to eat insects outside on their own, they still need to be fed after returning home.
Some families don't even have enough food for themselves, so naturally they don't raise poultry.
"But we don't seem to have much food!" Chen Shiying hesitated.
"If it's gone, just spend money to buy it!" Zhou Ziwen said.
Raising chickens and eating eggs was one of the solutions he came up with.
It’s not necessary to eat eggs, it’s mainly because the body needs nutrition.
As a martial artist, if your nutrition is not adequate, there will be big problems.
It doesn't matter if I spend a little more money to solve this problem.
Zhou Ziwen calculated that when he went to the countryside, he had more than 800 yuan. Building a house and furniture cost him about 200 yuan, and now he has more than 600 yuan left.
Now that the house is built, there won't be much money to spend next. Six hundred yuan will be enough for him to use for a long time.
When your life becomes stable and you become self-sufficient, you will spend even less money.
Not to mention, his family had already agreed that they would continue to send him money in the future.
In other words, he has no shortage of money.
If you have enough money, of course you should improve your quality of life.
"Then let's raise two! If things don't work out, we can kill them and eat their meat."
The two sisters of the Chen family discussed it and decided to raise two chickens.
However, they have never raised one before and are worried that they won’t be able to take good care of it.
These two sisters are not short of money and regard raising chickens as a hobby.
If you raise it well, raise it; if you don’t, eat the meat. It’s important to be flexible.
(End of this chapter)
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