Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Xue Li was leaning against the wall, with a large pillow behind her that she had taken out from her space and given to Jiang Yu. She watched Jiang Yu methodically put long nails, screws, and oddly shaped iron blocks into the enamel basin to remove rust.

When the solution in the basin met the rust, fine bubbles emerged and a slightly pungent smell emanated from it.

However, this was not the first time that Jiang Yu had done this. Xue Li had smelled it several times and had gotten used to it.

However, she still opened the window to get rid of the smell. Just because you are used to the smell doesn't mean it doesn't stink, so she quickly changed the air.

"You have the window open, so don't talk nonsense." Jiang Yu could sense someone strolling around outside the courtyard wall, but it was unknown whether they were taking a walk or doing something else.

Xue Li said, "I just wanted to tell you. When I went to chat with Zhuang Cai'er today, I heard from the villagers that Uncle Six will go to the south after the snow melts after the New Year. His son will take a leave to pick him up. Should we move out of here?"

The first image that came to Jiang Yu's mind was the old man holding the gold-inlaid jade pipe. The pipe looked old, the gold was dark, and the jade was dirty, but it was a finely crafted item and would still be valuable no matter how long it was used.

Sixth Uncle, although he is called Sixth Uncle, he is actually only 50 years old this year. It is just because of his seniority that he has a say in the village. Of course, the most important reason is that he was very famous when he was young.

When he was young, the Sixth Master trained with the guards of Yijiabao for a few years. Later, he didn't want to work for the Yi family, so he went out to make his own living. When he came back, he had a bad reputation, saying that he had killed people. The villagers were very afraid of him.

"We wouldn't even move in with him. I'm afraid he'll suspect we're trying to steal his stuff." Jiang Yu lowered his voice. A man like that must have a lot of stolen goods hidden in his house, so how could he dare to rent it to someone else?

Xue Li understood immediately. It seemed that the Sixth Uncle was also involved in the Yi family’s affairs.

"So we won't move? But there will definitely be more educated youth going to the countryside. Our place is full now. What should we do in the future? Will they squeeze one more person into our single room?" Xue Li is a person who needs space after all. She can't say that she has good food and doesn't eat it. But if we can't keep our personal space, what will we do with extra meals in the future? Go to the mountains?

Jiang Yu didn't even raise his head. "Li Fenfang's room can accommodate one more person. Fang Qianqian and Yuan Jiaojiao's rooms are larger. If you don't mind, we can squeeze in a few more people."

"Will they be happy about that?" Xue Li felt uncertain.

Jiang Yu shrugged, "No one is happy about this, but this youth education center is the property of the construction team, and no one can disagree with it."

Xue Li scratched her head. She remembered the novels she had read before, where they all paid for their own houses and lived alone. Would that work? Or should they all pay for their own houses and move out? "What do you think if we pay for our own houses..."

"First of all, although our household registration has been moved here, we have no land. Do you think the village is willing to allocate land for us to build houses?" Jiang Yu felt that it was unlikely. The village concentrated the educated youth at the end of the village not only for the convenience of management, but also because they knew very well that the educated youth and the villagers were not one family and had to be kept apart.

"We can just spend money to buy it." Xue Li felt that as long as it could be settled with money, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Jiang Yu finally looked at her. "Do you know how many families in the village have more than a dozen people living together? Why don't they separate and build their own houses? Is it because the head of the family is unwilling to let go of the economic power? Yes, but this is not the only reason. Haven't you seen the distribution of houses in the village? They are full, there is no room."

"Ah?" Xue Li had never seen it before. There were some places in her village that she had never been to. However, considering the population of the construction team, it seemed normal that there was no foundation. All the better land nearby had been reclaimed for growing crops.

Their village is not known for being a highly productive village for nothing; it is all due to the power of numbers and the vast land.

Well, the dream of building a house with my own money was shattered. That wasn't right, "Then people can live in the mountains, right?" Xue Li decided to struggle.

"Why don't you tell me what kind of people live up there? The old people who were sent down live behind the pig farm, and Yichi is the only descendant of a landlord in the village. If you lived halfway up the mountain, it wouldn't take even a day for your bad reputation of associating with the five black categories to spread." Jiang Yu felt that Xue Li's IQ was like the legendary stock, sometimes high, sometimes low, and fluctuating constantly.

Xue Li felt aggrieved and lay down on the table with a pout.

Jiang Yu took out the iron products that were not seriously rusted, put them on a clean cotton cloth, looked at Xue Li who looked listless and said, "Don't even think about making trouble. You were still scolding me this morning. Look how good you are. Didn't you say you wanted to live a quiet life in the village? Keep a low profile. You are planning to spend money to build a house. How can you be so low-key?"

Xue Li sighed and complained, "That's because I don't want to live with others. It's so much more comfortable to be alone."

Jiang Yu thought about the fragrance coming from the house next door from time to time, and felt that Xue Li must have her reasons for insisting on living alone, but it was almost impossible to build a house alone in the construction brigade. "It's a bit early for you to worry now. Who knows if someone will marry someone in the village and move out in the future? Maybe your worries will be solved before the new educated youth arrive."

"How is that possible? I don't think anyone in the front yard wants to marry someone from the village." Xue Li felt that the probability was almost zero.

Jiang Yu thought about Guan Wenbin, who was entangled with Ma Yanna and often accepted Hong Xiuxiu's favors. If his affair was exposed, he would definitely find someone to take over. "It's useless for you to worry now, or are you envious of Yi Chi's cabin after seeing it?"

"Yes! I'm so envious! He lives alone in a remote place with no one to disturb him. It's so comfortable." Xue Li sighed and said insincerely.

Jiang Yu pulled the corner of his mouth, "You are a cultured young man, but you still want to live in seclusion? What, have you seen through the world? Then Chen Jinghan will make a fuss."

Xue Li bared his teeth, "Let him make a fuss~ If he makes too much noise, it's not like I can't take him with me."

"Oh, look how proud you are. But with you and Chen Jinghan like this, when are you going to confirm your relationship?" At least he could put a label on her so that those in the village who were jealous of Chen Jinghan wouldn't have any bad ideas.

Xue Li raised a finger and shook it, "You don't understand. Dating is not as interesting as it is now after the relationship is established. Ambiguity is the most touching. The excitement of pulling back and forth, the confusion of seeming to be right and wrong, and the feeling of uncertainty are the most exciting."

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows. What's going on? His IQ is suddenly back online? No, it's his EQ.

She didn't know that these words were actually learned by Xue Li from the Sea King sisters in his previous life. A naive person can't play this game.