His predecessor failed

When it was getting dark, Su Zhuzhu realized that there were still many problems, such as how to take a shower, where to get water and boil water, and most importantly, where was the toilet. She quickly slipped away to find Liu Yuanyuan.

"Well, I've already asked Sister Xiaoling. Boiling water for a bath is not a big deal. You can go to the kitchen and boil water in a big pot, and then take it to the bathroom. There is a public bathroom at the end of our corridor."

Su Zhuzhu looked at the distance between the kitchen and the bathroom. With her physique, if it was winter, by the time she got from the kitchen to the bathroom, the water would probably be cold. Moreover, there were many people in the educated youth institute, and it would take a lot of time for them to take turns to boil water for a bath.

"These can still be overcome. The only thing is that public toilet. I've been there. The smell is just too strong and it's far away. There are only two wooden boards inside that wobbly, and there are bugs all over the floor. It's so disgusting that I almost vomited my dinner." Liu Yuanyuan was a little discouraged. She didn't expect the conditions in the countryside to be so bad.

Su Zhuzhu could imagine that scene, and she didn't want to see it, so she discussed with Liu Yuanyuan about building a small kitchen, bathroom and toilet by herself.

Liu Yuanyuan's eyes lit up. They were not short of money, so this was a good idea. She just didn't know whether the team leader would agree.

I looked around while I could still see clearly and found that there was a backyard behind their room. It was quite large. It used to be a vegetable garden, but now everyone eats in the cafeteria and no one in the Youth League Institute cooks or grows vegetables, so it has been abandoned.

The two decided to open a back door in the house and build a small kitchen in the backyard connected to the bathroom, so that it would be convenient to boil water for bathing. Moreover, the food in the cafeteria was average, so if they were hungry, they could cook their own food. As for the toilet, Su Zhuzhu planned to find a way to get some cement, build a better one to avoid the odor, build a septic tank, and connect the sewer to the outside.

Su Zhuzhu thought about it again and suggested asking Duan Xiaoling if she wanted to join them. It wouldn't be crowded for three women to use the room, and if they did, the cost would definitely be shared equally. This had to be agreed upon in advance.

So the two of them went back to their rooms to get some food and went to Duan Xiaoling's room. After they explained their purpose, Duan Xiaoling politely refused. She had already gotten used to the life here, and now she was not well off, so she would not help them to renovate the small kitchen.

Because the male educated youth all lived opposite, after asking Duan Xiaoling, the two went directly to the team leader's house, and the team leader's Aunt Chunxiu opened the door.

After calling "Aunt Chunxiu" affectionately, the team leader came out of the house.

Peng Yuanqiao saw that it was the two girls again, so he knew that something was wrong. However, the superiors had told him to take care of two of the educated youth in this batch, and he had just sent two kilograms of brown sugar to his family, so he did not hesitate to ask if there were any other difficulties.

Su Zhuzhu told the team leader in detail about their plan to build a small kitchen, bathroom and toilet in the backyard.

"It's fine if you want to rebuild the house, but the cost is not low, you have to bear it yourself. Also, if you return to the city in the future, this house will belong to the team, and the team will not convert the money into compensation for you."

"That's no problem. I just want the captain to introduce a few people to us so that we can build the house earlier while it's not the busiest time yet."

The team leader told them to go directly to his nephew, the tractor driver who came to pick them up that day. They were all good workers and could build it quickly with just a few people.

Worried that they would not be able to get back to work in time the next day, Su Zhuzhu and Liu Yuanyuan rushed to find Peng Aiguo.

Because cement was needed in the bathroom and toilet, they planned to use blue bricks. Finally, they decided to cover the entire package for 200 yuan. In addition to the cement, they had to find a way to get it themselves, and the 200 yuan also included the wood for the doors and beams. After all, it was in the countryside, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there was plenty of wood.

When asked about the construction period, which would take about a week, Su Zhuzhu said that work could start tomorrow and the cement would be brought back in the next few days, so there would be no delay.

After settling this major matter, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. They returned to the Youth League Institute with flashlights, quickly made their beds, washed up and went to bed. In the afternoon, they notified the new Youth League members that they had to go to the fields to weed the next day.

Su Zhuzhu planned to endure it for the next few days, and wait until she returned to her room and closed the door before going to the space to take a shower and go to the toilet.

At dawn, there was movement at the Youth Institute, and Su Zhuzhu got up quickly, changed into a new set of work clothes and Liberation shoes. After washing up, she took out sunscreen from the space and put it on, put on a straw hat, stuffed a pair of factory white gloves and a thin white silk scarf in her pocket, drank a few sips of water, put on a military green water bottle, and went to call Liu Yuanyuan.

Liu Yuanyuan did a good job of preparation, and her mother also considered all aspects of what would be needed for going to the countryside.

After eating whole grain steamed buns and sweet potato porridge in the canteen, everyone gathered under the big camphor tree and assigned tasks. The new educated youth could not be too demanding, so the male educated youth were assigned to dig the vegetable plots and turn the soil. Su Zhuzhu and Liu Yuanyuan went to pull weeds in the vegetable plots, and picked up grass roots after turning the vegetable plots.

Although the intensity of the work was not great, squatting in the vegetable field for half a day also exhausted them. Fortunately, they wore gloves, otherwise their hands would be covered with blisters. They were rubbing their legs during lunch. Looking at the taro rice in the bowl, Su Zhuzhu really had no appetite, but she didn't want to give people the impression that she was wasting food, so she told the male educated youth that she couldn't eat so much and gave half of it to others.