Li Lin and Hu Yingying went to the back and saw that the doors of the two rooms on the east and the two rooms on the west were locked, so they knew that someone was living there.

So the two of them looked at the rest of the house and finally chose two equally large rooms in the middle.

When I came out, I realized that only Hu Yingying and I chose a single room, and the rest of them lived in a mud house.

Zhang Jun looked at Li Lin and Hu Yingying who were coming over and asked: "Have you made your choices?"

"We've chosen." Li Lin and Hu Yingying nodded.

"Then I'll start to explain. Since you've just arrived and don't have any work points, the brigade will lend you 20 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 20 kilograms of potatoes, 30 kilograms of corn, and 10 kilograms of sorghum rice."

After Zhang Jun finished speaking, he glanced at everyone and said, "These are all after the autumn harvest. You have to pay back the work points you earn. Our brigade believes that the more work points you earn, the more food you get. If you don't earn work points, you will starve, or you can use the money to buy food."

"If you agree, come with me to the brigade headquarters now. If you don't agree, go find a place to buy food yourself." Zhang Jun looked at the few people in front of him who were silent, and reminded them again.

"Agree, agree." If they didn't agree to lend them food for free, they would be foolish, so everyone agreed.

"Then you can come with me, taking the letter of introduction. I will use it to transfer your household registration to the commune tomorrow."

"From tomorrow on, you will officially become a member of the Ma family team, so earn your work points and don't let yourself go hungry." After Zhang Jun said this, he asked them to put their luggage away quickly.

Li Lin entered the house with her luggage and looked at the kang that could sleep two people and the stove at the door, her eyes full of smiles.

Then he put all his things on the kang, opened his backpack, took out the letter of introduction and put it in his pocket, and also put a few big unity notes in his pocket.

Then he took out a padlock with a key from the space, went out to lock the door, and saw Hu Yingying also locking the door.

The two looked at each other, burst out laughing, and then went to the front yard hand in hand.

Zhang Jun drove a bullock cart and led a few people to the brigade headquarters. He took out the grain borrowing form and ink pad, and asked everyone to put their fingerprints on it.

Take the letter of introduction they handed over and put it away.

He then took out the rental agreement that Fang Zhiqing had written, looked at the two people in front of him and asked, "Are you renting by the month or by the year?"

"By year." Li Lin and Hu Yingying looked at each other and thought that annual rent was more cost-effective, so they said

But Li Lin then remembered that this was 1970, and there were still seven years before the university entrance exam, and there would be many more educated youth going to the countryside in the future.

He looked at Zhang Jun and said, "Captain, I want to rent it for five years. Can you help me change it to a five-year agreement?"

Not only Zhang Jun was surprised, but even the people around him looked at Li Lin in shock.

"I feel like we won't be the last group to go to the countryside. What if someone comes later and pays earlier than I did? Then won't I have to move again?"

Li Lin's expression did not change at all when being looked at. Instead, she said confidently: "None of us can tell when we will return to the city, so it is very important to have a stable room of our own."

"Linlin is right. Then I will also pay the rent for five years." Hu Yingying felt that what Li Lin said made sense, so she said that she would also rent for five years.

"Okay, okay." Zhang Jun excitedly revised the agreement, handed it over, and said to the two girls: "Don't worry, if any of you can return to the city in the future, come to me to return the money, I promise to return it to you."

"Thank you, Captain." Li Lin and Hu Yingying signed the agreement, paid the money, and followed the captain out to get food.