Chapter 91 New House
Feng Ying was telling the truth.
Wei Yang's conditions sound really good.
Song Lubai's heart was also moved after hearing this.
Her household registration has been transferred to Xinjiang Province, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, she should settle down there in the future.
"Since he's such a good catch, why isn't he married yet at 26?"
Feng Ying was taken aback. "That's right. At our age, our families are already arranging marriages for us. Logically speaking, even if he's in the army, the officers and leaders would be thinking about arranging marriages for the unmarried people under his command. He shouldn't be still unmarried at this age."
Feng Ying patted her on the shoulder, "We still can't rush things. Anyway, we don't know which unit we'll be assigned to, so let's take our time to find out."
Song Lubai smiled and said, "You're more anxious than I am."
Feng Ying explained, "We just have an innate admiration for soldiers and people, and he's an officer, so in my eyes he's a responsible man."
She counted on her fingers and said, "Military officers must have high salaries, and he's good-looking too. He seems reliable; he seems to have all the advantages."
Not only Feng Ying thought this way, but Song Lubai also naturally had a sense of trust in the military and people.
As the two were talking, the tractor chugged up and pulled up nearby.
Zhao Aiguo drove his tractor to the intersection, with the instructor on the back, loaded with grain and some farm tools.
Once inside the truck bed, the two men saw a large bag of hard candies wrapped in cardboard placed next to the vegetables.
"Life in our company is getting better; we can all afford to buy candy now."
The instructor laughed and said, "What? Eight couples in the company are getting married in four days. We'll distribute these candies to everyone on that day."
As the instructor spoke, he reached into the unsealed bag and pulled out a handful of candy for the two of them.
The candy under the wrapper is white, and it only tastes sweet with no other fruit flavor.
This is the cheapest kind of candy on the market, and it's a rare treat for Song Lubai and her friends.
"Congratulations, Comrade Zhao."
When Zhao Aiguo heard this, he turned around and his mouth was grinning so wide it almost reached his ears.
Feng Ying asked the instructor, "Only eight couples have gotten married. There are still many unmarried men in our company. What will happen to the rest?"
There are at least 150 single men.
The instructor said, "There's no rush. I heard from above that several more batches of people will come this year. If they don't come this year, they'll move people here next year or the year after. When that happens, the company commander and I will go and ask for more female comrades."
When the tractor returned to the 25th Company's camp, the main force that had gone to work had not yet returned.
A house has been built on a pile of bricks not far from the dugout. The instructor said it was a completed toilet and it was ready for use.
This is really good news! Everyone no longer has to sneak behind the mound to use the toilet like thieves.
Besides the completed toilet, the construction team is building houses. The foundations are almost finished, and brick houses are taking shape.
The instructor looked at the houses with a smile in his eyes. Standing under the shed, he said to Song Lubai and the other woman from the cookhouse who had already started cooking, "We've actually gotten a good deal. Although our company was sent here to reclaim wasteland and we live in dugouts, and the food and vegetables we're given aren't very generous, our company is about to become the first in our branch farm to live in all-brick houses. The other companies don't live in dugouts, but they live in mud-brick houses. Once our company's brick houses are all built, the brick factory will start making bricks for the other companies. Who knows when they'll live in brick houses?"
Song Lubai said, "This is called losing one thing and gaining another. From now on, everyone in our company will be able to live in brick houses."
The dugouts were easy to dig, but none of them had doors. Although they were cool in the summer, they were not warm in the winter and there was no way to light a fire for heating.
After a while, the construction team will finish building the brick houses and clear as much wasteland as possible before the end of the year, so that the production team can achieve self-sufficiency next year.
Although Song Lubai only stayed here for a few months, seeing the scene before her, she felt boundless hope for this place.
After the instructor left, the girls busy at the stove looked at Song Lubai and the other girl and asked, "How are Wang Qun and Sun Hong doing?"
"He still needs more time to recover, but he's fine now."
The girl shook the water off her hands and approached, asking softly, "They weren't... you know, were they?"
Song Lubai glanced over and stared intently at the woman, while Feng Ying's face also fell.
"Who's talking nonsense? They were only injured, nothing else. Who's spreading rumors behind their backs?"
Song Lubai looked at Lu Shuangshuang, who was chopping vegetables at the cutting board and hadn't paid any attention to them.
Her intuition told her that Lu Shuangshuang had been gossiping behind her back.
After the apology incident, Lu Shuangshuang ignored the newcomers whenever she saw them.
The girl quickly waved her hand: "I was just asking, I didn't tell anyone. It's best if no one knows, otherwise it would be too pitiful."
Lu Shuangshuang, who was chopping vegetables with her head down, had a slight smile on her lips.
Seeing her like this, Feng Ying wanted to say something harsh, but then she felt it was pointless to argue with such a person, and making a scene would only damage Wang Qun and Sun Hong's reputation.
"There's still an hour or two before dark. You should all get out of bed. You've been slacking off for so many days. Do you still want to slack off now that you're back?"
Lu Shuangshuang's words infuriated Feng Ying, but Song Lubai pulled her back and said, "Let's go, we really should go to the fields."
Halfway there, Feng Ying was still cursing: "We're going to take care of patients. It's easier in the hospital than on the ground, but who wants to slack off? How come in her mouth, their injury is a good thing?"
Song Lubai: "It's not worth arguing with her. If we do, we'll just get angry. There's no need for that. Anyway, we'll be leaving in a few months."
Compared to five days ago, the canal has advanced quite a distance, and the soil that the women have hauled has been piled up on the wasteland into large mounds.
The two joined the team turning over the soil, took shovels and began digging, spreading the soil evenly on the surrounding small plots of land, and then mixing the new soil with the "old soil".
I worked up a sweat in no time and remembered the days I had been sweating profusely in the fields a few days ago. The calluses on my palms started to itch and hurt.
As darkness fell, everyone dragged their weary bodies back to the camp. Passing by the brick houses that were taking shape but were not yet finished, everyone's eyes were filled with smiles.
Whether they come from the city or the village, seeing these brick houses makes them feel hopeful about the future.
Everyone works so hard just so they can have a place to live and enough to eat. Once the land is cleared and crops are planted, life in the production team will get better!
"Company commander, how will the housing be allocated? Will there be enough to go around?"
The company commander, carrying a hoe in the crowd, said while smoking, "We'll make sure there's enough for everyone. Once it's built, the first batch will be allocated to married couples, one adult and two children, three suites per family."
The bachelors protested: "Why are they the ones who have wives and get housing first? We don't even have wives, and we're even left behind in housing allocation."
The company commander glared and said, "In our company, married people have always lived separately. How can couples live separately all the time? We have to prioritize young couples. But don't worry, according to the plan, all of us will have houses to live in. Our houses are definitely enough."
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