Chapter 14 Renting a House

For a long time, no villagers suggested that the educated youth move in.

The village chief said with embarrassment: "The only empty cowshed in the village, if you are willing, you can stay there temporarily."

Li Cheng and Han Fei heard this and immediately took their luggage and went there, followed by the other four male educated youth.

The remaining six female educated youth had not yet been settled. The village chief said that the house would be repaired after the rain stopped and they would not stay there for too long, but still no villagers said anything.

They could only ask the female educated youth to live in the kitchen temporarily.

After the villagers left, the female educated youth cooked porridge with mixed grains, and they all looked sad.

Do they have to squeeze into the kitchen until the house is repaired?

The kitchen doesn't even have a door.

After finishing her meal, Tang Xiaotian came into the house and saw Shen Jiale eating corn cakes calmly. She thought she had a place to live, so she was not in a hurry.

"Jia Le, are you really going to live in Lu Mingfeng's house? Aren't you afraid that he has a purpose for you?"

"It's normal to have a purpose. No one will help you for no reason. You have to give something. However, I'm not going to live in Lu's house."

"Ah? If you don't go, where will you go?"

"There are plenty of places. Wait until I finish my meal and take you to find a place to live."

Tang Xiaotian was very happy that Shen Jiale was willing to take her.

After eating the cakes, Shen Jiale took some things from the box, held an umbrella, and took Tang Xiaotian out.

Seeing Tang Xiaotian like a stray cat eager to be adopted, Shen Jiale couldn't help but think of her experience in her last life.

At that time, the female educated youths were crowded in the kitchen. After the rainstorm ended, the village chief said that the house was not worth repairing and had to be rebuilt.

The male educated youths temporarily moved into the cowshed. The female educated youths had no place to live, so they went around looking for villagers to borrow houses to live in.

Tang Xiaotian stayed at Zhou Da's house. After the house was built, Tang Xiaotian married Zhou Da.

When they first got married, Zhou Da was nice to her, but her mother-in-law was a difficult one. Seeing that her son cared about his daughter-in-law, she tortured Tang Xiaotian in various ways.

She was asked to get up before dawn to grind the mill and go to work. There was endless work to do every day, and she had to serve Zhou Da at night. If she was not satisfied, she would be beaten by Zhou Da.

Coupled with the instigation of her mother-in-law, in just half a year, Tang Xiaotian was tortured to the point that she had no light in her eyes.

She started working as soon as she woke up, like a walking corpse, until she got pregnant, her mother-in-law let her go.

When she found out that she was giving birth to a daughter, her mother-in-law immediately changed her attitude, and did not take care of her during the confinement period, leaving her to take care of the child with a tired and weak body, and to cook for the family.

In the next few years, she gave birth to two more daughters.

After the college entrance examination was resumed, while others were seizing the time to review for the college entrance examination, she stayed at home to take care of the children, do housework, and do farm work, and her mother-in-law urged her to give birth to a boy.

It was many years later that we heard about her again, and we learned that she died of heavy bleeding during childbirth.

While I felt sorry for Tang Xiaotian, how could my own experience be any better?

After being raped, she had nightmares every night. With her father in trouble, Jiang Haoran's concern became her lifeline.

Wang Yanhong fanned the flames and praised Jiang Haoran like a flower, so she agreed to Jiang Haoran's pursuit. After

the educated youth institute could no longer live, the three of them rented a house in the village. Jiang Haoran proposed to her on the grounds that she had nightmares every night and it was convenient for him to take care of her.

But, do we have to rent a house after marriage?

Jiang Haoran said, first go to the village to get a certificate to confirm the relationship between husband and wife. It is better to build a house of your own with the educated youth institute instead of building a new house.

She took out all her money to build a new house. After the new house was built and moved in, she told Jiang Haoran about her father's affairs.

Jiang Haoran was shocked at the time and blamed her for not telling him earlier.

Now think about it, if Jiang Haoran had known that his father was in trouble, he would definitely not marry himself.

Later, seeing that his brother still insisted on sending money to him, Jiang Haoran still respected her. In fact, it was just that there was no better person for him to choose at that time.

...

Shen Jiale went to Grandma Zhou's house in the village.

There are two people in her family, the grandfather and the grandson are in the army, and only Grandma Zhou lives alone.

In her previous life, after her father passed away, Shen Jiale stopped her brother from sending money, so life was very difficult. In the most difficult time, it was Grandma Zhou who lent her money for emergency.

When she arrived at Grandma Zhou's house, Shen Jiale took out three taels of brown sugar from her pocket and handed it to Grandma Zhou, and explained her purpose.

Grandma Zhou's house did have an empty room, which was reserved for her grandson to live in. Her grandson usually didn't like others to move into his room.

Shen Jiale said, "Grandma Zhou, we will move out after the new house is built. We will clean the room thoroughly, and I will pay you rent."

Tang Xiaotian tugged at Shen Jiale's sleeve, but Shen Jiale didn't respond to her. He took out 1 yuan and handed it to Grandma Zhou.

"Grandma Zhou, this is our one-month rent."

The village director called on the villagers to give up their houses for the educated youth to live in, but didn't say that he would pay rent, so no one was willing to let the educated youth live in their homes.

If everyone was willing to pay rent like Shen Zhiqing, they would definitely rush to let the educated youth live there.

Grandma Zhou took the money with a smile and asked the two to move in.

...

When we arrived at the Youth Institute, we heard that Shen Jiale had found a house, and everyone wanted to go with him.

Shen Jiale said, "We have to pay rent."

When they heard that they had to pay, they all fell silent.

Shen Jiale was about to leave with his suitcase, but saw that Tang Xiaotian didn't move.

"Why are you just standing there? Do you still want to sleep here at night?"

Tang Xiaotian shook her head.

She didn't dare to sleep all night last night.

"Then why don't you leave quickly?"

"I thought it was free to stay here."

Tang Xiaotian's family was not as rich as the Shen family. There were many brothers and sisters in the family, and they had to rely on themselves after they got out.

She was reluctant to spend a penny of the money she had except for buying necessities for girls.

Shen Jiale looked at her searching look and said, "Mr. Zhou doesn't want money, are you going?"

Tang Xiaotian immediately shook her head. She would not dare to live in a strange man's house even if she had two courages.

Shen Jiale did not say that he did not need her to share the rent.

When people blame others for being greedy, they often forget that others' greed may be nurtured by their own indulgence.

"If you don't go, I will go alone." After saying that, she stopped persuading him and left alone.

Seeing that Shen Jiale really left, Tang Xiaotian hurriedly chased after him: "Can I owe it to you first? I will pay you back when the food is divided."

"Okay."

So the two moved to Grandma Zhou's house.

Grandma Zhou asked the two that if they ate together, they could give her the food and she would help cook. If they wanted to cook alone, they could use her pot and bring their own oil and salt.

Shen Jiale took out a month's food and handed it to Grandma Zhou without saying a word.

Tang Xiaotian said she cooked by herself because she wanted to save money and pay Shen Jiale back.

At noon, Grandma Zhou cooked sorghum rice and fried vegetables. The vegetables were a little salty, but they tasted good.

There were two beds in the room. The two made the beds and went to bed to take a nap.

This was the first peaceful sleep Shen Jiale had after his rebirth.