Tang Baozhu shook her head. She didn't know either. Maybe it was because in the world of novels, female supporting characters would suddenly become less intelligent when they met the female lead. She couldn't think of any other reason besides that.
"Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Lifang."
"Hello everyone, my name is Tang Baozhu."
After the girls finished their introductions, it was the boys' turn to introduce themselves.
"My name is Zhao Jun."
"Hello everyone, my name is Xiao Hao."
"Hello everyone, my name is Wang Jiakang."
"Qian Ye".
This concise introduction piqued Tang Baozhu's curiosity, and she did indeed think he was a cool and handsome guy, just a bit too cold.
"Hello everyone, my name is Sun Jiamin."
"Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Lusheng."
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him. They had heard that the name meant a child born on the road, so everyone looked over at him in unison.
Zhou Lusheng is probably a shy person. Everyone was staring at him, which made him very embarrassed, so he quickly lowered his head and looked at the ground.
Fortunately, the next person to introduce him broke the awkward silence.
"Hello everyone, my name is Li Jianmin."
After all the new educated youth had finished their introductions, Zhang Jianguo spoke up first, "Since everyone already knows each other, let me start with the older educated youth. My name is Zhang Jianguo. I've been in the countryside for four years now, and I'm practically a local now. If you can't understand what the villagers are saying when you go out, you can ask me to translate."
"Thanks."
Tang Baozhu followed suit and thanked them profusely. It was quite good to have someone who understood the local dialect; at least there wouldn't be any communication breakdowns. Since she had inherited the original owner's memories, and the original owner had stayed here for a year or two, understanding the local dialect wasn't a problem, but speaking it was a bit difficult.
"Next up is my turn. My name is Wang Tielin, and like Jianguo, I've been here for four years."
"Hello everyone, my name is Wu Tonglin, and I have been working in the countryside for two and a half years."
"Hello everyone, my name is Li Feifei. Like Brother Jianguo, I have been working in the countryside for four years."
Tang Baozhu noticed that Li Feifei was staring at her when she said those words, and she even called Zhang Jianguo "Brother Jianguo" to show how close they were. Could Li Feifei think that Tang Baozhu was trying to make a move on Zhang Jianguo?
She silently rolled her eyes in her mind, pretending not to hear. She figured the female lead wasn't very confident either, since she had to declare her ownership in advance.
"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Xiaoxue, and I have been working in the countryside for a year."
"Hello everyone, my name is Zheng He. I came here with Xiaoxue, and it's been about a year."
Tang Baozhu was a little puzzled. Why were there only one or two of them when they came to the countryside and were assigned to the same place, but this time she was assigned thirteen people?
"Now that everyone has been introduced and you all know each other, let's start assigning accommodations. The four rooms on the left will be for the women, and the four rooms on the right will be for the men. The middle room will be where everyone cooks and eats. Of course, each of your rooms also has a kang (heated brick bed) and a small stove. If you want to eat alone, that's fine too. Please take a look at how the dormitories are assigned."
"Lin Xiaoxue, Zheng He, and I will share a room! The three of us originally shared a room, but it's just too cold in winter. It'll be warmer if we all squeeze in. However, we'll have to prepare our own firewood for heating the kang (heated brick bed) in winter. You can decide whether it's better for us to share a room or live separately."
Before the selection process even began, the female lead, Li Feifei, mentioned that the three of them would be living in the same room. Considering that there is heavy snow here for five or six months of the year, there is indeed a lot of waste firewood.
Tang Baozhu felt that since she had the fire crystal, it shouldn't matter if there was less firewood, and she was more comfortable living alone.
"Then I'll live alone! I like living alone, it's more convenient."
Zhang Jianguo was a little worried when he saw that the new female educated youth was going to live alone, after all, the winter was unimaginably cold, with temperatures dropping to minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius being normal.
"Tang Zhiqing, are you sure you want to live alone? The coldest winters here can drop to minus 30 degrees Celsius. Are you sure you can manage on your own?"
"I'm sure it's possible, thank you for your concern."
The remaining five women discussed it and decided to sleep together. The room was big enough, and the kang (heated brick bed) inside was quite wide, so it was just right for five people to sleep, and there was even some room to spare.
Sheng Xueli was probably worried that Tang Baozhu would take the room next to the main house, so after dividing the rooms, she quickly ran inside with her luggage.
It's utterly speechless. I would definitely prefer to sleep in the room in front of the main house on the left. You can tell at a glance that the room in front was probably built later, and it's not as big as the rooms in the main house.
The male educated youth were divided into two dormitories, with three people sleeping in each room. Tang Baozhu was about to carry her luggage into the room to unpack when Zhang Jianguo stopped her.
"Everyone, hold on for a moment. Regarding tonight's dinner, should we bring out the food first, or what?"
"Comrade Zhang, there's no need to cook for me. I have some pastries here. I don't want to eat."
As long as the conditions were similar, no one who had just arrived in the countryside came without bringing anything with them. In the end, all the newly arrived educated youth stopped eating and prepared to eat some snacks instead.
"Comrade Zhang, I'd like to ask where the washing and toilet facilities are?"
"The toilet is in the backyard. The people have cultivated some land in the backyard to grow vegetables and eat. The shower room is also in the backyard."
After he finished speaking, Zhang Jianguo blushed, which puzzled Tang Baozhu. He was just asking a question, what was there to be shy about? He was just too innocent.
Tang Baozhu suddenly realized that it might be because she was no longer pure, and felt like a woman who was no longer ashamed.
Tang Baozhu walked into the house and saw a stove on the right as soon as she entered. In front of it was a place to put firewood, built with mud bricks. There were no pots on the stove, it was empty. Behind the stove was a mud wall, and behind the wall was a kang (a heated brick bed). The kang was quite large, and it seemed that it could sleep three or four people without any problem.
The whole house was built with mud, and the surface was covered with yellow mud. Several newspapers had to be pasted on the walls, otherwise the mud on the walls would definitely fall off everywhere.
There wasn't a single piece of furniture inside, not even a stool. It felt like something was missing. Looks like I'll have to go to the commune tomorrow to buy things like spatulas.
As for furniture, I don't know if there are any carpenters in Xiaosang Village, so I don't need to buy a lot of things. I'll just buy a box with a lock, a dining table, a kang table, a wooden basin, and a wooden bucket. That should be enough.
Before it gets completely dark, I'm going to ask the old educated youth if they know any carpenters. If they do, I can buy one now, so I won't be too busy tomorrow.
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