"Captain, I wonder how long it will take to build the new dormitory for educated youths?" Wang Yuman asked
"It will probably take more than a month. It's the busy farming season right now, so we can only start building after work."
"How much does it cost per month to live with a villager?" Qin Fang asked
"One yuan a month. As for the money for meals, food or tickets, you can discuss it among yourselves." The captain did not even look at Qin Fang, and said in a not very friendly tone.
"It's so expensive. This is the first time I heard that people have to pay for renting a house in the countryside." Qin Fang, the big firecracker, rushed to the front again.
It wasn't that she had to pick a fight with the team leader. It was because her family had taken away her subsidy for going to the countryside and only gave her 30 yuan, and she didn't have many food coupons. She needed one yuan a month.
She was worried that she wouldn't live long enough to receive work points.
Not to mention Nanqiao's current dead look, completely ignoring her, it's unknown how much effort it would take to get benefits from her.
The captain was about to get angry when he heard this, but the director of women's affairs next to him stopped him and gave him a look, so he stopped.
"My dear young educated youth, I am the director of women's affairs in the village. You can just call me Aunt Xiumei. We have reported this matter of living in the villagers' homes to the commune in advance. The amount of money is also determined by the commune. If you don't want to, you can go to the town to apply. Otherwise, our brigade can also repatriate you. What do you think?"
After listening to the words of the women's director, Qin Fang also stopped thinking. It was indeed her impulse just now. Now that she was scolded by her, she didn't dare to say more.
If she is deported, she will be publicly criticized and no company will hire her.
So Qin Fang could only shut up.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Aunt Xiumei continued, "You guys discuss it and make a decision as soon as possible. Everyone is waiting to go home and cook."
"Captain, I can live in a villager's home," Nanqiao said, raising his hand.
Seeing that Nanqiao agreed to live with the villagers, Shen Nian pulled the corner of Nanqiao's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Qiaoqiao, can I go with you?"
"Of course you can," Nanqiao replied without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, Shen Nian quickly raised his hand and said, “Captain, I agree, but can I be assigned to the same villager’s home as Qiao Qiao?”
The captain originally had a bad impression of these two overly pretty girls, thinking that they were good-looking but could not do any work. But seeing how cooperative they were, he softened his attitude and said calmly, "Of course, but if we live in two separate rooms, we will pay for our own things."
“No problem,” Shen Nian responded cheerfully.
"What about you three?" the captain asked unhappily.
"Or, I can go live with the villagers too." Dong Jiayan glanced at Su Mu who didn't even glance at her, and her tone was a little aggrieved.
Her family background is also average, but in order to maintain her image as Bai Yueguang, she can't speak up and compete with Wang Yuman and Qin Fang, so she hopes that Su Mu can fight for her the opportunity to stay at the educated youth point, so that she can be closer to Su Mu.
But Su Mu didn't even look at her.
After waiting for a long time without any response from the other two, the captain lost his patience and said sternly, "Hurry up, it's getting dark soon, how long do you want us to wait for you?"
Seeing this, Qin Fang spoke first and said, "Then I will live... in the educated youth camp. Jiayan, you and Yuman are better off than me, you shouldn't mind, right?" After saying that, she looked at the two of them with confidence.
Dong Jiayan's face froze. Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she said, "No...I don't mind."
Wang Yuman said nothing, but rolled her eyes when no one was looking. Although they were friends, they were also very formal. Qin Fang was used to taking advantage of others, so it was not surprising that she behaved like this.
Seeing that the two did not react, the captain continued, "That's settled then."
"You two should go to Xiumei's house. Aren't you going to live together? Her old house is just big enough for you two to live in," the captain said, pointing at Nanqiao and Shen Nian.
"One of you two should go to Mrs. Wang's house, and the other should go to Aunt Zhao's house." The captain pointed at Mrs. Wang and Aunt Zhao to Dong Jiayan and Wang Yuman.
"Okay, go ahead, buy whatever you need in the next two days. The day after tomorrow the new educated youth will officially start working." After saying that, he led the new educated youth to the educated youth site.
As for the educated youth who were temporarily staying in the villagers' homes, they were following the villagers to their homes.
The villagers that the team leader arranged this time were all well thought out. They were all elderly people over 50 years old. In addition to the elderly couple, there were their son and daughter-in-law, and some children. It was suitable for female educated youth to live in.
As for Aunt Xiumei's old house, it was built in recent years because her children and grandchildren grew up and could no longer live there, so they built a large red brick and tile house, leaving the old house empty.
When Nanqiao and Shen Nian followed Aunt Xiumei to the old house, they saw this clean and tidy yard.
"Originally there were three sleeping rooms here, but some sundries couldn't fit in, so I piled them in the room on the shady side. There's also a main house and a house on the sunny side, one big and one small, but they're not much different, you can choose whichever you want."
"Auntie, Nian Nian, I'll live in the smaller one." Shen Nian had no objection to this. She didn't really care about the size of the room. A smaller room could make it more cozy.
"Then, you come." Aunt Xiumei took Nanqiao to the side room, and Shen Nian went to another bedroom alone.
Nanqiao opened the door and saw a big kang inside. It was not small. There was a place inside and outside the room where the kang could be heated. There were two big kang cabinets on the kang against the wall. There was a table and a chair next to the kang.
It's not very comfortable, but it's enough for Nanqiao to live here.
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