Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

Tan Yuan had lived in a temporary shelter in her previous life. The conditions there were indeed simple. The beds were made of wooden boards and two frames. How could they not be hard?

She carried two bags herself. Nianlin still had the candy given by Tan Yuan in her mouth. It was sour and sweet, and tasted like a green apple.

She also helped carry two bags of Tan Yuan's luggage and walked into the house.

There are only two rooms in the temporary shelter, a bedroom and a living room, both of which are equipped with several wooden beds.

There are three boys and three girls. It is inconvenient for girls to live in the living room, so it is assumed that the three girls live in the bedroom.

When Tan Yuan walked in with her things, she saw Li Xiu wiping her tears in anger while making the bed with her hands.

She knew that life in the countryside was hard, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult. The bed was just a wooden board without even a mattress. Yet she thought there was one, so she brought sheets and quilts with her. How could she sleep at night on such a hard bed?

"Grandpa Zhao said there's some straw in the house. Why don't you spread the straw on the wooden boards? That would be better."

Tan Yuan suggested that in her previous life, she didn't bring as many things as Li Xiu. They were all food that couldn't even cover her. She slept on a wooden bed covered with a thin cloth.

This time I have learned my lesson and prepared everything.

The air in Shu is humid. When it is hot in summer, people feel like they are being steamed in a steamer. When it is cold in winter, they feel like they are in an ice cellar, and even the joints between their bones are cold.

Unfortunately, there is rarely any sunshine in winter, so the quilt will be wet when you sleep at night. Even if you sleep all night long, the bed may still be cold at dawn.

This time, Tan Yuan prepared everything from mattresses to quilts, and even glass bottles left over from canned food.

After hearing her suggestion, not only Li Xiu, but also several male comrades began to spread straw on their beds. Although straw was not very practical, it was better than sleeping directly on wooden boards.

"Linlin, I have extra mattresses here. I won't need so many in this hot weather, so I'll give you one."

As she spoke, Tan Yuan unpacked one of the luggage, which contained bed sheets, quilts and other things. She took out one of them and handed it to Nian Lin.

"I've refurbished this, so you can use it without worry."

Nian Lin was silent. This man was too enthusiastic and she didn't know how to refuse him. Of course, if she refused, Tan Yuan would just pretend not to hear her and continue doing her own thing.

She didn't notice at all that Tan Yuan's way of addressing her changed from Comrade Nianlin at first to Nianlin and now to Linlin in just a few days.

Since she couldn't refuse, she had to accept it. It didn't matter if it was her own bed, she had to help Tan Yuan fix it first.

Although her family was well-off, Nianlin's mother died early, so having a stepmother was like having a stepfather. With younger brothers and sisters, her life at home was not much better.

Nowadays, no matter what the family conditions are, you have to do the work yourself. Paying money to hire someone is called landlord mentality and will be criticized.

So Nian Lin has been doing her own things since she was a child, and she is also responsible for all the household affairs of her younger brother and sister-in-law. If she had not had her grandfather to protect her, she would have been unable to survive in the Nian family long ago.

Nianlin could do most of the work. She was quite strong because she had been exercising with her grandfather since she was a child. She didn't want to take advantage of others, so she didn't say a word and rushed to help Tan Yuan with the work.

After making the bed and cleaning the room, I heard a child's voice at the door.

"It's for me."

After leaving these words, Tan Yuan ran to the door and saw a child of seven or eight years old standing at the door with a backpack on his back.

"Are you the sister my grandfather was talking about? This is for you. And my grandfather said that the backpack will be for you to use first."

The person who came was Zhao Xiaosi, the grandson of Old Man Zhao. He put down the basket on his back, which contained a lot of cucumbers and vegetables. In Tan Yuan's eyes, the value of these things far exceeded the candies that Tan Yuan gave her.

"My grandfather also said, if you have anything to ask, just tell me and let me help you."

Zhao Xiaosi didn't think there was anything wrong with this. They were given a candy each, so it was his duty to help with the work.

The candy is still in his pocket. Whenever he feels hungry, he takes it out, licks it, and puts it back. This way, he can eat it for a long time.

Tan Yuan felt embarrassed to order the child to help with the work, so she just asked him a few questions and let him go.

"Come on, come on, everyone has worked hard, come and have a cucumber."

This cucumber was just picked from the ground, and the thorns on it are still fresh, which looks very tempting.

There is no pesticide, you can just wipe it lightly with your hands or clothes and eat it directly.

"Mmm, so crispy and sweet! Was this what the kid just gave us?"

Chen Jianjun took a bite of the cucumber, his eyes still glancing into the backpack.

"That child just now should be Mr. Zhao's grandson, right?"

Nian Lin suddenly spoke.

"I just saw Comrade Tan Yuan give Uncle Zhao some candies."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Jianjun was so embarrassed that he stopped chewing in mid-air.

"Eat, eat it all. Everyone hasn't eaten fresh fruits and vegetables for a few days. Eat more. I can't finish all this."

Tan Yuan chuckled. She didn't expect that Nian Lin, who usually didn't like to meddle in other people's affairs, would actually speak up for her. This was a symbol of the progress of their friendship.

With her laughter, the atmosphere became good again.

But Chen Jianjun now glanced into the backpack intentionally or unintentionally.

If this was given to them, the educated youth, then he could eat it at will, but if Tan Yuan exchanged her own things for it, he would not be so shameless.

"We've cleaned up here. We'll have to light a fire and cook. I've looked around and there are all the pots and pans here, but there's nothing else. We need to find a way to get some."

"Grandpa Zhao just told us to pack up and go to the brigade committee. He said they'll distribute our rations. Should we go now? We also need to borrow some buckets and knives so we can get firewood and water when we get back."

Tan Yuan made suggestions and arranged them very well, and no one objected to her words.

When the educated youth went to the countryside, some places were generous and gave them 10 to 20 kilograms of food rations, while other places did not give them any.

Regardless of whether the street level will distribute food or not, when they arrive at the rural area, the brigade will provide them with enough rations to sustain them until the next time the brigade distributes food.

After the autumn harvest, the grain that needs to be handed over to the state will be handed over to the commune, and the remaining grain will be calculated according to work points. The more work, the more you get, and the less work, the less you get. Those who do not want the grain can convert it into money.

It is estimated that there will be two months before the next food distribution. Based on the calculation of 15 kilograms of food per month, Tan Yuan and her group each received 30 kilograms of food.

They borrowed buckets and farm tools from the warehouse keeper in charge of the production team, and several people carried the food back to the educated youth site.

The people in the brigade all drank natural spring water. They simply split bamboo into two halves, hollowed out the middle, and connected the sections together to lead the spring water to the members' homes.