Chapter 49: First Arrival at the Educated Youth Point
They have finally figured out that Bai Suli loves to compare, so she will keep her distance from now on.
They settled down here, and the old party secretary and his nephew Yang Shaoling came back. Seeing that there were a lot more things in the car, the old party secretary glanced at them leisurely: "Let's go when everyone is here."
Forty minutes later, two bullock carts slowly entered the village.
During this period, Bai Suli wanted to show off what she had just bought several times, but unfortunately Yun Yi and Geng Erhong did not answer her words, which made her depressed.
An ox cart took them directly to the educated youth point.
At this time, work was also finished in the village, and the educated youth had just entered the hospital.
Hearing the commotion outside, someone came out to greet him: "Secretary, have you brought this person back?"
This man was talking to the old party secretary, but he looked directly at the ox cart. When he saw the luggage in the ox cart, a hint of calculation flashed in his eyes.
The old party secretary introduced to the educated youth who had just got off the oxcart: "This is Xie Lizhu, an old educated youth from the educated youth point."
After speaking, he shouted into the courtyard: "Is Wang Jianhui back?"
Wang Jianhui, who had just washed his hands in the courtyard, heard the old party secretary’s cry and walked out quickly: “Here he comes, he comes, he just washed his hands.”
The old branch secretary pointed to the people beside the bullock cart and said, "These are the new educated youths. You can take care of the arrangements and take them to the accountant to register and receive their rations."
Looking at the tired-looking new educated youth, he said: "This is the person in charge of the educated youth spot, Wang Jianhui and Wang Educated Youth. Just follow his arrangements. You can have a day off tomorrow and start working the day after tomorrow."
Bai Suli was the first to be unhappy: "Secretary, we have been riding the train for so long, then a car, and then a bullock cart. Our bodies are almost falling apart. Can't we be allowed to rest for a few more days?"
The old party secretary gave her a sideways glance: "If you don't work, you won't get work points. If you don't work, you won't get food. You can think about it yourself."
After saying that, he called his nephew and drove the bullock cart away.
Wang Jianhui saw that the old party secretary and the others had left, and looked at the new educated youth: "You have heard what the old party secretary said, please come in and settle down first."
He shouted into the courtyard: "Qiao educated youth, please bring the female educated youth into the house first to make arrangements."
There are three rooms in the Educated Youth Point, with a shared kitchen in the middle. Male and female educated youths each occupy one room.
As soon as Qiao Zhiqing, who responded, came over, Bai Suli complained: "Can this house be habitable?"
Qiao Zhiqing, who was still smiling at first, suddenly became serious: "There are houses like this in the village. If you don't like it, you can build a house with your own money."
When Yun heard this, she suddenly became energetic: "Qiao Educated Youth, can we educated youth go out and build houses by ourselves?"
Qiao Zhiqing heard the question and looked at Yunyi: "Yes, we can build it, but when we leave, the house must be owned by the village."
Yun Yi then remembered that when Shao Guangming was chatting with the old party secretary, the old party secretary said that several of them lived outside. It turned out that they had built their own houses.
Yunyi felt confident now, and thought about taking a look at the house in the educated youth spot first. After all, she had just arrived, so it was not too late to learn more about it before making a decision.
Qiao Educated Youth didn’t care what the new arrivals thought, so she said, “We female educated youth live in the West House.”
The room was not too big to begin with. A large kang took up half of the space, and there were a few cabinets on the opposite side, leaving only an aisle. She now made a decision in her mind.
Looking at the kang, there were already four sets of bedding laid out. If the three of them were squeezed in, the newcomer might not even be able to turn over.
Qiao Yuxiang was just worrying about how to live when she heard Bai Suli who followed her say: "It's okay if the house is broken. The kang is only so big. How can we live in it?"
(End of this chapter)