Chapter 12: Cleaning the Room
After collecting the money, Captain Jiang continued, "You all arrived relatively late, but you are lucky. Our brigade has an early autumn harvest this year. It is now the end of September, and we have finished the harvest. The grain and other things have been distributed, and there is not much farm work left.
You just arrived and didn't have any money, so the brigade lent you 50 kilograms of food each, which consisted of 10 kilograms of sorghum rice, 15 kilograms of sorghum flour, 15 kilograms of corn flour, 5 kilograms of corn grits, and 5 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
These things are not free. They will be deducted from the work points you earn later. You should save the food and eat it until the autumn harvest next year. If it is not enough, you can spend money to buy it from the team or the commune. It is up to you.
Okay, I've said everything I need to say. Come with me, I'll take you to the back to look at houses. After you choose one, you can follow me to the brigade to collect food. The accountant will also issue you the receipts for your rent and payment."
As soon as the team leader finished speaking, five educated youth came into the yard, two men and three women.
The team leader saw the people coming in and called out to one of the female educated youths, "Deng Zhiqing, these are the new educated youths. These two women will be sleeping in the dormitory with you. Please make arrangements. You guys can stay in the single room and come with me."
After saying that, without waiting for others to react, he called Shi Luo and the other three and went to the backyard.
"Okay, choose now, hurry up."
The single rooms in the backyard are connected in a row. They have the same toilet shed as the front yard, but there is an extra well. Therefore, the educated youth in the front yard have to fetch water from the backyard.
There is no big kitchen in the backyard, but it doesn’t matter. There is a small earthen stove in each room, which makes cooking very convenient. It’s also okay if you don’t want to use the big kitchen in the front.
Xia Tian lived in the second room. The first room was occupied, so Shi Luo lived in the third room, and Xie Chen and the other two lived in the fourth room.
Shi Luo entered the house and took a look. It was okay. The earthen stove was right at the corner of the door, which made ventilation convenient. There was also a window in the house, which made the whole room look much more transparent. The window paper was also pasted on it, but it looked a little yellow. Shi Luo decided to replace it after buying some window paper.
Shi Luo put his luggage on the kang and took out a lock that the Shi family had used before from the space. He locked the door and went to the front yard to find the village chief.
Seeing that there was no one around the captain, Shi Luo was tapping his pipe at the door, so he quickly took out a pack of Fengshou cigarettes from his pocket, opened it, and handed one to the captain, saying with a smile, "This is what I brought from home. Try it and see if your pipe or mine is better."
The captain took the cigarette and glanced at Shi Luo. This kid looked spoiled but he was quite capable. "Then I'll take it. If you have anything to say, just tell me.
Shi Luo listened to this and smiled as usual, "What can I do? I just want to ask you who in our team can do carpentry.
I just moved out of my house, which is too empty. I want to buy some furniture like boxes, stools, and kang tables.
By the way, I'm also looking for a good family. I'd like to exchange some food for winter."
The captain nodded and said, "You are a person who knows how to make a living. My second son is a carpenter. He made some furniture when he heard that the educated youth were coming a few days ago. After you get the food, I will take you to my house to pick some.
As for food, you can go to Yangzi's house next to the Youth League House. Their family is very nice, so you can just ask them directly."
After the two men finished talking, the other five educated youths came out slowly.
The team leader first took six educated youths to the brigade to collect food, and after loading the food, he watched them leave.
The captain stopped the group, thought for a moment, and said, "Shi Zhiqing just said he wanted to go exchange furniture with me. You all just got here too. If you need anything, I'll take you along."
Hearing this, Xia Tian, Li Zhe and Xie Chen stayed, and Shi Luo of course did not leave either.
Su Niannian and Lin Yue were reluctant to spend the money, so they just left with the food.
"Come on, I'll take you to my house. You can change the furniture and get to know the house. It will be convenient for you to come to me if you need anything in the future."
Shi Luo exchanged a small kang table, a kang cabinet, a cupboard, two wooden boxes, three mats, two backpacks, a chopping board, a small stool, a high stool, two buckets, a large wooden basin, and a broom tied by the captain's wife at the captain's house. He also exchanged two of the newly woven steamed bun trays next to him.
Shi Luo and Captain Jiang's second son, Jiang He, agreed on a price and agreed that Jiang He would help deliver the items to the Youth League Home and then pay them.
After Jiang He and a few others had selected all the things and loaded them onto a cart, they followed a few educated youths who were carrying food to the educated youth compound.
After Shi Luo returned to the educated youth camp, he put the food in his room, took the money for buying furniture from his bag and put it in his pocket before going out.
After Jiang He collected the money, he helped the others move their belongings into the house and put them away.
After putting all the furniture in its proper place, Shi Luo opened his bag and packed his things.
Put away all the things that can be placed outside, and put small locks on everything that can be locked. Lock it up and you will feel at ease.
Finally, Shi Luo took out the small bag containing the pot from the space. Shi Luo put the pot on the earthen stove to try it out. It turned out to be just the right size.
Looking at the two mats left on the kang, he climbed onto the kang and used the pins in the space to nail the two mats to the earthen wall to prevent dust from falling from the wall.
It was the end of September now. Shi Luo thought about the weather and thought that he might need to heat the kang a little at night. Even if he didn't, he would need firewood to boil water for bathing.
Although there is hot water in the space, it is ridiculous to take a shower without smoke coming out of the chimney.
If I said I wanted to take a cold shower today, people would think I was crazy.
Besides, there is a reborn person living next door, so it is better to pay more attention to some details.
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