As Yu Mingxiang was making plans, Gu Guanhai's voice came from above her head.
"Why?"
She subconsciously looked up and asked.
"Because this courtyard is close to the mountains, where wild animals often roam."
Gu Guanhai looked down at her and said, "It's not safe to open the door too many times!"
Yu Mingxiang: ...
Security is a major issue.
Her idea of opening another door vanished instantly.
Despite the unexpected arrival of Gu Guanhai, time was of the essence, and Yu Mingxiang's family was quickly settled in.
That afternoon, Yu Mingxiang went to the village carpenter and paid for three beds and three wardrobes to be made.
Hedao Village is located at the foot of the mountain, where there are plenty of trees. Carpenters have also stockpiled a lot of timber. Large pieces of furniture like beds and wardrobes would cost several tens of yuan each in Beijing, but here, Yu Mingxiang only spent seventy yuan to get them done.
However, it will take three days to make the furniture.
Yu Mingxiang originally thought it would only be three days. She would find a family to let the eldest couple stay for three days, and she and the second brother would gather some dry grass, lay out some mattresses, and make do. However, she did not expect that when she returned from the carpenter's house, there were already three beds set up in the front yard, and Gu Guanhai was cleaning them.
"This bed is..."
Yu Mingxiang pointed to the beds and asked hesitantly.
"I borrowed it from my neighbor."
Gu Guanhai looked up and smiled at her, "These are all old beds, you'll have to make do for a few days, don't mind."
Yu Mingxiang: ...
She was prepared to sleep in hay, so how could she complain!
"Thank you so much!"
Yu Mingxiang stepped forward to take over the job of wiping the bed, but Gu Guanhai avoided her.
"You can't just say thank you verbally, can you?"
He glanced in the direction of the kitchen in the west room and said, "I'll wipe the bed, you go cook?"
"good!"
Yu Mingxiang didn't say a word.
They were new to the area and didn't know anyone. Someone had helped them borrow a bed, so it was only right that she treat them to a meal.
So, the three children cleaned up in the backyard, Gu Guanhai wiped and reinforced the bed in the front yard, and Yu Mingxiang went into the kitchen.
The firewood in the kitchen was readily available; Yu Mingxiang didn't know whether it was already there or whether Gu Guanhai had gone out to get it.
She didn't think much of it.
Smoke soon rose from the chimney, and the aroma of food filled the courtyard.
Villagers who had finished work looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw the smoke rising from the courtyard at the edge of the village.
"The drunkard's courtyard was sold?"
"What are you selling? It should be Guan Hai. Didn't Aunt Gu kick him out when he came back yesterday? I saw him going to find some drunkards a while ago. Can his uncle just stand by and watch him have nowhere to stay?"
"Haha, you know, that Guan Hai guy is really something. Why can't he just get a wife and settle down? He's never home, and when he is, he always gets beaten up. He's really something else."
"..."
The villagers were chatting and laughing when the educated youth settlement was established.
The old educated youth, who knew that six new educated youths would be coming to the village today, only saw two of the newcomers and were curious about where the other four had gone, so they couldn't help but ask Wu Xiangju.
"You mean that family of four? They're not simple people."
Wu Xiangju thought of Yu Mingxiang's face, which was more than ten years younger than her own, and couldn't help but say sourly, "She comes from a wealthy family and has received commendations from leaders for donating money. How come she's sharing a dormitory with us poor educated youth? She bought a new house as soon as she arrived in the village."
"And he even fought over the yard with an old bachelor in the village. He's pretty formidable!"
The old educated youth's face immediately darkened upon hearing this.
There were more than a dozen educated youth sent to the countryside in Hedao Village. Some of them built houses next to the educated youth settlement, or bought farmhouses or rented farmhouses. The rest of the educated youth who were crammed into the settlement were from poor families who could not afford to buy or rent houses.
The less you have to worry about something, the more you fear what people will say.
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