"I'm sorry, ladies, there's only room for one person. I suppose you two don't want to be separated, so I'll have to stay here."
Zhu Qinghao smiled faintly and didn't say anything. She was afraid that this person wouldn't go in and would insist on sticking to them.
Si Tian turned her head and chuckled to herself. She wasn't really willing to live with them anyway, so she didn't feel like she was being made difficult.
Upon seeing Zhu Pandi enter the room, the person in charge of the male educated youth hesitated for a moment before bringing Shi Qiang in as well.
Outside, only Zhu Qinghao and Huang, the educated youth who didn't want them to come in, and the brigade leader scratching his head, trying to come up with a solution, remained.
After waiting for a while, Zhu Qinghao took the initiative to go to find the captain.
"Captain, if there's really no room, then let's just leave it at that. Everyone's blankets are quite thick in winter, so it's really inconvenient to be too crowded."
Are there any vacant houses for rent in our village? I'm willing to pay to live there myself, even if the location is a bit remote.
Hearing Zhu Qinghao say this, Huang Ying, who was under the eaves, finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that the two of them would insist on squeezing in with them.
She wasn't worried at all about the two of them not being able to rent a house. There were two people in their educated youth settlement who had built their own houses before, but now one of them got married and left, and the other was taken back to the city by her family, so the house just happened to be empty.
It wasn't that no one in their educated youth settlement had their eyes on those two rooms; it was just that the brigade leader had said that once the educated youth left, the houses would belong to the brigade. They could live there if they wanted, but they would have to pay.
So everyone who was originally itching to do something calmed down. If it's free, who would want to spend money?
This is also why they dared to block people from entering the house; either they paid for the rent themselves, or the brigade leader compromised and made the house available for the educated youth to live in for free.
No matter which option they choose, they can maintain a relatively comfortable state without having to squeeze in.
The captain had already thought of those two rooms, but since they didn't ask, he felt awkward asking them to pay for them.
Now that Zhu Qinghao had brought it up herself, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned his attention to Si Tian, wanting to see what she would say.
After meeting his gaze, Si Tian immediately stated:
"Captain, I'm also willing to pay for my own rent, but I want to live alone. I wonder if there are any such rooms available for me and Zhu Zhiqing to each rent?"
Wang Fulin slapped his thigh in delight:
"Yes, yes, it's a bit far from the educated youth settlement, at the foot of the mountain over there. The main issue is that the village land is very valuable and can't be easily occupied. If you don't mind..."
"I don't mind!"
Zhu Qinghao and Si Tian answered in unison, then smiled at each other.
It's good that it's secluded, after all, they are both people with secrets.
After confirming the details, the captain immediately asked Wang Weiguo to help load the two women's luggage onto the tractor, and then drove them chugging towards two small courtyards at the foot of the distant mountain.
Upon arriving at their destination, Zhu Qinghao and the others looked around both courtyards. The environment was quite nice, clean and bright, with each courtyard consisting of a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a woodshed. There was a small vegetable garden in front, and a well between the two courtyards.
Aside from being a bit remote, it's perfectly fine.
Both of them were very satisfied and immediately decided to rent it.
"Captain, that's great. We'll rent this place, one room each. But you probably won't be arranging for anyone else to stay here with us, right?"
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