Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

There is only one educated youth training center in Xishui Village.

In recent years, many educated youth have arrived. Many villages did not have educated youth sites at the beginning, so they were arranged to live with the villagers.

Some female educated youth suffered losses while living in villagers' homes and were forced to marry villagers. Living with villagers also led to many trivial matters.

As time went by, the villagers refused to accept the educated youth into their homes. The village had no choice but to give them the house of a former landlord at the west entrance of the village.

The courtyard of the educated youth center in Xishui Village is very large, and there are many houses, but they are rather dilapidated and only a few of them are habitable.

The educated youth also slept in pairs in one room. Compared with the educated youth in other villages who had to share a large kang with six or seven people, the living environment of the educated youth in Xishui Village was much better.

It is now 1976. Those educated youth who should have started a family from the previous batches of educated youth who went to the countryside have already done so, and there are not many left in the educated youth sites.

The remaining educated youth were used to living there and had never thought about having a room to themselves.

Lin Qingyan knew clearly that the college entrance examination would be resumed in 77, and the educated youth would return to the city one after another, and this educated youth station would be abolished.

But she still had more than a year before she could leave, and she had too many secrets. She didn't want anyone to discover her and lock her up for research, so she had to have her own private space.

Lin Qingyan carried her things and walked to the door of the village chief's house. She stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Excuse me, is the village chief at home?"

"Who?"

At this time, the village chief's wife opened the gate and walked out. Seeing Lin Qingyan still holding something in her hand, she hurriedly and warmly welcomed her in.

Xishui Village is at the foot of the mountain, 5 kilometers away from the nearest village. The entire village covers a large area. Basically every family in the village has a large yard, which is built in scattered areas and neighbors are far apart.

Lin Qingyan was not afraid of being seen by other villagers when she carried the things into the yard. Although it was already dark, she could still see clearly with the moonlight outside.

Lin Qingyan brought a pound of brown sugar, a pound of White Rabbit milk candy, and a few juicy peaches.

These were what she bought while working in Modern Times. She kept them in the space and just took them out and carried them when she came here.

After Lin Qingyan entered the yard and sat down, the village chief Wang Tiezhu pretended to be angry and said:

"You're here now, why do you need to bring anything? It's not easy for a girl like you to go to the countryside alone, and you were sick a while ago. Take the things back quickly and keep them for yourself."

Lin Qingyan said with a smile:

"Uncle, I didn't give this to you for free. I need your help with something!"

No matter how stupid Lin Qingyan was in her previous life, she knew that she couldn't take the village chief's words seriously, otherwise she would really be a fool.

"I'm just a small village chief. I'll do my best to help if I can. Take the things back. Tell me more about it."

The village chief's wife stood beside the village chief, looked at the things Lin Qingyan brought and placed on the stool in the yard, and secretly pulled the village chief's clothes.

Her little action did not escape Lin Qingyan's eyes. After her rebirth, her eyesight and hearing seemed to have become more sensitive.

"Uncle, I really need your help, and maybe Aunt's help as well. I want to build a kitchen at the Youth League Center."

Lin Qingyan quickly stated her purpose before the village chief spoke.

"What? Why do you want to build a kitchen? Don't you guys always eat together at the Youth League Center? Did someone bully you?"

The village chief never thought that this quiet-looking little girl came to him to build a kitchen.

"No, no, there are a lot of people at the Youth League Point. I am much weaker after falling into the water last time.

My family sent me some money and tickets yesterday so I could make up for it, but you know, with so many people..."

Lin Qingyan looked at the village chief and his wife embarrassedly, and was hesitant to speak.

"This girl needs to take good care of her health. What kind of kitchen do you want to build?"

The village head's wife said this, but she was muttering in her heart that the city kids were just spoiled and couldn't do farm work well.

I am very particular about eating. My family spoils me and even gave me money to build a kitchen. Is it because I have too much money?

Lin Qingyan’s purpose was naturally not just to build a kitchen.

She just wanted to take it step by step and find a reason to talk about things. She simply talked about today's cooking.

He also made it clear that he needed to replenish his energy, so eating alone was unavoidable.

If it was just a simple meal, she could just set up a pot, but she secretly wanted a private space.

So he asked tentatively: "Village chief, how about I build a separate house in the backyard? It doesn't have to be too big, just a room that can accommodate a kang and cook."

The village chief looked at the little girl in front of him, who was looking at him timidly. Thinking of his own girl, he felt a little soft-hearted.

"There's no need to build a separate house. Aren't there still a few dilapidated houses in the youth camp that are uninhabitable? Find someone to repair them and build a stove next to them. With those walls, we can save some money."

The village chief thought silently for a moment before speaking to Lin Qingyan.

"Yes, after the house is repaired, we will build an enclosed porch where we can put the stove. The stove will be warm enough through the fire wall and the kang, so we won't feel cold in winter."

The village chief's wife enthusiastically gave Lin Qingyan some advice.

Seeing that the village chief agreed, Lin Qingyan finally felt relieved.

Since it was a house renovation, there was no issue of purchasing the foundation of the house. Lin Qingyan could live in the renovated house, but the house still belonged to the educated youth site and the village.

Lin Qingyan did not object to this, knowing clearly that she would leave after staying for no more than a year.

What's more, after seeing the space and the world decades later, I will not have the idea of ​​occupying this house.

"You don't need to buy blue bricks to repair the house. Many families in the village have mud bricks. You can buy some mud bricks and repair the walls that can be repaired. For the walls that cannot be repaired, tear them down and rebuild with mud bricks.

It doesn’t cost a lot of money. Building a new house now costs about a few dozen yuan, but renovating a house like the one at the Youth League Center would cost about 20 yuan.”

"As for tables, chairs and furniture, you can go to the village and find Wang Dali to make them for you. He has great craftsmanship. I asked him to make all the furniture for my home, and it doesn't cost much."

The village chief's wife introduced it enthusiastically.

“It doesn’t cost money for the villagers to help, just provide a meal.”

Lin Qingyan thought that things that could be solved with money would be better solved with money.

"Uncle, how many people do you think would be suitable? How many days would it take to finish the cleaning?"

"If 3-5 people buy ready-made floor tiles and just do the repairs, it will take about three days."

"Uncle, it's not very convenient for me to cook here. I'll give you one dollar each and not provide lunch. Is that okay with you?"

Lin Qingyan didn't want to owe anyone a favor, so she asked the village chief.

"Okay, I'll find you three good workers and the job will be done in about three days."

After reaching a consensus, they finally decided to buy mud bricks from the villagers, and the village chief's wife helped to make furniture. After the autumn harvest, the village chief would ask the villagers to help repair the house.

Lin Qingyan calculated that after renovating the house, the remaining money she had would be almost used up.

I have to thank my parents here for their tolerance and love for her, and I am also glad that the remittance has not been spent by Wang Cheng yet.

After the matter was settled, Lin Qingyan thanked the village chief for a long time before leaving with a relieved look on her face, waiting for her own room.