Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chen Lei and Zhao Chunjiang took the cigarettes and their attitudes instantly improved. They were willing to smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay. You just arrived, so we must arrange a place for you to stay. Wait a minute, we will move the cabinets and make room for you to sleep."

By the time Luo Chengli had finally put his luggage on the kang and packed up a bit, and came out to look for his sister Luo Xinci, the small group in the backyard had also gotten up and were ready to go to work.

Fu Biao stretched lazily and stepped over the threshold. Seeing Luo Chengli, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Hello, new here. I'm Fu Biao. What's your name, brother?"

Luo Chengli smiled kindly, "Hello Comrade Fu Biao, my name is Luo Chengli, you can just call me Xiao Cheng."

Luo Chengli? Fu Biao and Chen Jinghan looked at each other. His surname was Luo, and his generation name was Cheng. He might be related to Luo Chengxin.

Luo Chengxin is Chen Jinghan's partner in H City and also his personal friend, but Fu Biao and Xiong Lijin have both heard of him.

Others also came over and simply said hello.

Jiang Yu held a wide-brimmed straw hat in his hand and glanced at the four newcomers indifferently.

The girl who lived alone used certain body language to show that she had a crush on the only male educated youth, but the female educated youth who had eyes and eyebrows somewhat similar to the male educated youth obviously did not like her. The other girl who was holding the arm of the female educated youth moved her eyes around, scanning Chen Jinghan, Xiong Lijin and others.

Xue Li would probably feel happy. It seemed like these four people were not quiet either, so she would soon have something to eat.

"Let's go." Jiang Yu took the kettle handed to her by Xue Li. It was filled with Xue Li's homemade drink, which was still cool. She liked it very much, so she often exchanged wild fruits for drinks with Xue Li.

Xue Li hung the olive green kettle on his body, then picked up the backpack for collecting grass for pigs and followed Jiang Yu.

The male educated youth also took their farm tools and followed.

Only four new arrivals were left standing in the patio, not knowing what to do for a moment.

It was not until Guan Wenbin saw them from the other end of the alley before he left and reminded them to get rations that they realized they had to go to the brigade headquarters.

"Brother, we have nothing in our room. We need to build a kang and buy some tables and chairs. I don't even have a place to put my clothes." Luo Xinci complained to Luo Chengli, "I don't know if there are newspapers in the brigade. I need newspapers to paste on the walls. These mud walls fall off as soon as you touch them. They are so dirty."

Luo Chengli didn't expect that there was nothing in the empty house, so he had to wait until he went to get rations to ask the team leader to find someone to build a kang and buy furniture.

I originally thought that as long as I talked to the team leader, these troubles could be solved immediately. Who knew that Zhuang Shouren would actually say that he would have to wait until the busy farming season was over before he would have time to make the kang. Starting tomorrow, we have to rush to harvest corn, and everyone is very busy.

"Then what should we do when we sleep?" Yuan Jiaojiao's voice was soft and she looked at Zhuang Shouren with her big eyes, like a helpless little animal.

Zhuang Shouren shuddered and shook his head. "There are a few door panels at the brigade headquarters. You can take them back and make do with them. It will only take about half a month."

"Half a month?" Even Li Fenfang looked bitter.

Zhuang Shouren secretly licked his teeth. What's wrong with half a month? When the harvest begins, you can fall asleep just by lying on the grass. How can you be willing to complain about sleeping on the door or the bed? "The kang will have to wait, but you can go to Old Liu's house to exchange the boxes and other things now. You can take the rations back first. I'll take you there when I come back from the fields."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Captain." Luo Chengli smiled, thanked him, picked up his and his sister's rations and walked out of the brigade headquarters.

"I'll take out the door panels for you, and you can carry them back later." Zhuang Shouren said, and went to the warehouse to carry three door panels and put them outside, then hurried to the field.

The newly arrived educated youth began to repeat what Jiang Yu and the others had done before, changing things and arranging the house. Because they couldn't build a kang for the time being, the female educated youth needed to replace two long benches and put the door panels on top to make a bed.

Yuan Jiaojiao and Luo Xinci both expressed their disgust at this, and even started to discuss whether they could stay with the educated youth who had come before for a while.

"We're not staying here for free. We can give them food or money. We'll discuss it after they get off work." Yuan Jiaojiao put down her luggage and planned to ask people before making a decision. If they could stay here, then they wouldn't have to clean up the place for now. Anyway, they would have to move bricks and dig holes to build a kang, which would make the place dirty.

Luo Xinci also put down the bag containing quilts. "The two female comrades in the backyard look quite clean. I wonder if we can live with them? I haven't seen the one in the front yard before. I see that room is quite big. They are all girls, so they can fit in if they squeeze in." She was talking about Fang Qianqian's room. It was the same size as theirs and the kitchen, and it was square.

"The windows in the front yard have no glass, and the house is not bright enough. It's better to live in the backyard. It's also close for us to come back and get things." Yuan Jiaojiao took out a bag of peach cakes from another bundle and gave one to Luo Xinci. The two of them began to eat in small bites.

There was a sound of moving things outside the door. The next second, Li Fenfang called out in a coquettish voice, "Brother Chengli, I am really sorry to bother you. Let me pour you a glass of water. The weather is so hot. There are some things in the back that need your help to move. But Brother Chengli, you are so strong, so amazing!"

Luo Xinci stood up quickly, put the unfinished peach cake in a handkerchief, then rushed out, opened the door and shouted, "Brother, why didn't you tell me you were thirsty? I just made some sugar water, give me your cup and I'll pour some for you to replenish your energy."

Luo Chengli had just taken Li Fenfang's water and was about to drink it. After hearing what his sister said, he casually said, "Then pour me some. I'll drink it later."

Luo Xinci stamped her feet, then her eyes turned and she saw the wooden barrel on the ground. "Oh, Li Fenfang, you changed so many things. It's true that children from poor families grow up early. You've prepared so much that I don't even know what to change. Now I can just copy your homework~"

Li Fenfang turned pale and gritted her teeth secretly. After a moment, she raised her lips and smiled calmly, "You have such a capable brother to take care of you, so of course you don't have to be too sensible. What else do you need? Your brother and I have to go to the carpenter's place, and we can help you order it."

It's as if she and Luo Chengli are a family. It's really Sima Zhao's intention! Luo Xinci clenched his fist behind his back, "No need, my brother and I can go together, Li Fenfang, you should also take a rest. As a girl, don't be like an old ox, busying back and forth."

"I'm not tired. Your brother is tired because he's moving the big things. If Xinci wants to go with us, we can work together to lift the boxes. We can finish moving earlier and rest earlier." Li Fenfang took the ceramic jar that Luo Chengli had used to drink water and put it back into the house.

Luo Xinci glared, "Who wants to move things with you?" Then she glared at her brother, "What a fool! You're drinking water from another girl's water jar? Are you crazy?"