After Lu Yuan left, Mo Lijuan gritted her teeth and finished her breakfast. She angrily washed the dishes and then left home for the educated youth settlement.
She wanted to check on the situation of the educated youth. Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue's attitudes had made her feel extremely humiliated today, and she didn't want to stay under someone else's roof and have to put up with their attitude anymore.
But when she arrived at the educated youth settlement, she found that the conditions there were completely different from those at Lu Yuan's home.
The room was small enough, but several people had to squeeze onto one kang (heated brick bed). If she came, there would be nowhere for her to stay.
Before she could say anything, Lin Xiaofang asked her how her stay at her cousin's house was.
Do you live in a room by yourself? Can I come and stay with you?
Mo Lijuan gave an awkward smile. "I'm staying here by myself, so it's inconvenient to bring people over."
She wanted to complain about how badly Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue treated her, but she swallowed the words back.
We can't say anything now. We can't let people know that they don't get along. We're new here, and if we don't have Lu Yuan's connections, what will we do if we get bullied in the future?
We'll have to wait until she's established herself here.
She said, "If you feel that there is not enough room at the educated youth settlement, you can rent a room from a commune member's home, just like Xiao and the other educated youth."
Lin Xiaofang pouted. If she wanted to rent it, she would have done so already. Wouldn't this mean she had to pay out of her own pocket? She didn't have much money to spend on these things.
"Forget it, let's just wait it out. Anyway, the brigade leader said he's going to build us new houses."
Mo Lijuan's mind raced. Was a new house going to be built at the educated youth settlement?
Now that the new house is built, can she move in?
Even if we move here, there are still five or six people in one room, so it's not comfortable for just one person to live alone.
But if she doesn't move in, she can't be bothered to put up with their attitudes.
I'm really torn, but I can only take it one step at a time.
Lu Guoan brought the men from the village to the educated youth settlement and started making adobe bricks again. He gathered all the educated youth together and talked to them about building houses.
“This is your business. The villagers will help, but you also need to do it yourselves. It's not busy with farming right now, so you don't need to go to the fields. Just get the house built first.”
As he spoke, he pointed to a large open space next to him.
"Originally, the plan was to build the house along with the current one, but after discussion, the team decided that since we were going to build it, we might as well build a new educated youth settlement, make the houses bigger, and everyone could move into the new houses."
This was an idea Lu Yuan gave him before he left today. After all, the original Sun family lived in a brick house, so to avoid conflicts about who lived in the brick house and who lived in the mud house, everyone would move together and no one would have a choice.
The Sun family's house is now vacant, but the production team can still sell it.
Alternatively, if some educated youth did not want to live in the mud-brick houses at the educated youth settlement, they could pay to rent them.
This way, the brigade can at least increase its income.
Lu Yuan also considered that if the house were built bigger, it would be able to accommodate more educated youth if they came to stay in the future.
Most importantly, if the educated youth settlement is large, the younger sister-in-law can no longer use the excuse of overcrowding to stay at their house.
Lu Guoan led all the educated youth to tell them about the approximate size and design of the houses.
The plot of land that Sun Changsheng left to Sun Ziqiang was not small. Including the yard, it was about 300 square meters, plus a private plot that was even larger, totaling about one acre.
Lu Guoan had previously planned to build houses for the Sun family, which wouldn't require much land, and such a large area could be reserved for other villagers to use as homesteads later.
Now that the decision has been changed, the educated youth settlement and the Sun family's settlement will be separated, and this land will be entirely allocated to the educated youth settlement.
The house has a simple layout, which is a bit different from the original educated youth settlement. The kitchen was built behind the main room.
It was divided into three sections: the main room and kitchen were in the middle, one in front and one behind. The two sides were the dormitories for the educated youth.
The dormitory has two large communal sleeping areas with a corridor in the middle. Each large communal sleeping area can accommodate about 8 to 10 people.
When the educated youth heard that the house was so big, they were secretly delighted, which meant that they would no longer have to squeeze together to sleep.
Xiao Fan listened to the captain's rambling, lost in thought.
Finally, after Lu Guoan finished speaking, he raised his hand and asked, "Captain, I want to ask, after the educated youth settlement is built, do we who are living in the commune members' homes have to move back?"
Lu Guoan shook his head, "That depends on your wishes."
Xiao Fan then asked, "Since we can stay at the villagers' homes, can we also build our own houses to live in?"
Lu Guoan glanced at him and nodded, "Okay, but you'll have to pay for the separate house yourself."
Xiao Fan nodded, "Then, Captain, the land for building the educated youth settlement is quite large. Could you allocate a small plot for me so I can build a house?"
Lu Guoan resolutely refused.
“No, once this house is renovated, there will be a yard in the front and a private plot in the back. Since there are many of you, the private plot can't be small. Besides, we also need to build a latrine for you. If there's no extra land, we'll give you more.”
Xiao Fan was disappointed. It seemed he would have to continue living in the Lu family's house, which he really wasn't used to.
Just as he was feeling disappointed, he heard Lu Guoan continue speaking.
"However, now that the new educated youth settlement has been built, the houses where the educated youth lived are now empty. If any of you do not want to live in the educated youth settlement, you can rent or buy them."
"What's the price?" Xiao Fan asked in surprise.
"One hundred is fine with me." That's the price they paid when they bought it.
"If you rent, it's one yuan per room per month."
Upon hearing that it would only cost one yuan a month, Xiao Fan remained calm, but Yu Shaoheng's eyes widened in surprise.
Yu Shaoheng was the polite and well-mannered male educated youth who rented a room with Xiao Fan. He was sixteen years old and full of curiosity about the life of educated youth.
If I remember correctly, they are currently renting a house for two yuan a month, which is more than double what the brigade leader said.
Suddenly, she suspected that she and Xiao Fan had been tricked.
She nudged Xiao Fan and whispered, "Have we been tricked?"
Xiao Fan glanced at him indifferently, without answering, giving him a look that let him figure it out himself.
The rent price was what he said yesterday, how could I have been scammed?
He looked at Lu Guoan and said, "Captain, I want to rent a room."
Yu Shaoheng hadn't yet understood the meaning behind his look, but he immediately declared, "I also want to rent the captain."
Lu Guoan was very happy that two of the three rooms had been rented out.
"Okay, we'll rent it to you two. Is there anyone interested in renting the remaining room?"
The youth settlement was built so big that it wasn't crowded, and nobody wanted to spend money to rent another room. It wasn't like they had too much money to spare.
One yuan a month, that's 12 yuan a year. As many former educated youth know, earning 12 yuan in the countryside is no easy feat.
Mo Lijuan's eyes flickered. The two men renting the room were one aloof and the other a fool, but they were the best-looking of all the male educated youths, and their families were clearly well-off.
Either of them would probably have a family background a hundred times better than Lu Yuan's.
"Captain, I'll rent it." she said softly.
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