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

There are many people at the educated youth site, not only educated youth who went to the countryside, but also educated youth who have started families.

These days, there are not enough houses to live in, whether in the city or in the countryside.

There is more space in the countryside and more accommodation, but no one has the spare money to build a house, right?

The first batch of educated youth went to the countryside in December 1968, which is almost eight years ago.

People get married early these days, and many educated youth who went to the countryside have started families.

Some of them were with the members of the brigade, and some of them were with the educated youth.

Some of these people settled down directly in the brigade, but since there were not enough houses in the brigade, they simply moved to the educated youth site.

There were limited houses at the educated youth settlement, and it was difficult for married couples to live in the same room with others, so single or newly arrived educated youth had to squeeze in.

So when you squeeze to the end, it is inevitable that your living environment will be worse.

Tan Yuan and the other two were assigned to the same room, which had three beds, bunk beds, which could accommodate six people in total.

Now that Tan Yuan and the other three have moved in, and there are two more people in the room, there is only one empty bed left in the room, which is filled with miscellaneous items.

What is even more unbearable is that this room is not far from the toilet, and the window faces the toilet. When a gust of wind blows, the stench of fermented feces and urine rushes straight into people's noses.

The amount of fertilizer distributed by the commune every year is limited. If everyone wants to eat the vegetables they grow themselves, they must have enough fertilizer, so they can only use farmyard manure. The fertilizer that the educated youth used to use in the toilet and fermented naturally is a treasure.

It is no exaggeration to say that every year there are people who are beaten and scolded because they use too much fat.

But the smell is too pungent, Li Xiu complained.

"It's better to live comfortably in a resettlement area."

The resettlement site is a bit small, but at least it doesn't smell bad. There are only three of them in one room. Any place is better than this youth educated youth site.

She kept fanning Tan Yuan with the palm-leaf fan, hoping that she would feel more comfortable.

Tan Yuan lived in this room for more than two years in her previous life. Later, more educated youth came and there was no room for them, so she vacated the room for them, and the living environment became slightly better.

She won't tell Li Xiu now. It's still okay at this time. It will be unbearable when there is strong wind and heavy rain.

"Let's go sit in the yard."

Tan Yuan suggested that after several decades, she really couldn't help smelling this smell again, so she should smell it as little as possible.

The educated youth site had a large courtyard paved with bluestone slabs, with several large water vats placed on the side. Mountain spring water was guided by bamboo, and the water drops fell into the water vats, making a "ding-dong, ding-dong" sound, which was very pleasant to hear.

Li Xiu found a bench for Tan Yuan to sit on.

"Yuanyuan, if you need anything, call me. I'll go cook."

She brought back a fish sent by the Shuwaizi Brigade, and used the pickled radish that Qian's mother gave her before she left to make soup, which was perfect for Tan Yuan's health.

I just don’t know whether Wang Dong and the other three are eating with the people at the educated youth site or continuing to share meals with them.

Li Xiu is the eldest child in the family. Nowadays, in families with many children, parents usually work to earn money and work points. The older children raise the younger ones, and the younger ones raise the younger ones. They all grow up this way.

Cooking and doing housework are not difficult for girls. Although they didn’t know how to use a clay stove originally, they have learned it almost all the time after going to the countryside in the past few days.

However, less than half an hour later, Tan Yuan heard the sound of footsteps, followed by another quarrel.

There is Li Xiu's voice!

"Oh no! How could I have forgotten about this!"

Tan Yuan slapped her forehead. How come her brain also stopped working if her eyes weren't working well?

They are not in a temporary resettlement site now, this is a youth educated youth site.

With so many educated youth living together, everything in the house was shared by them. Even a piece of firewood was picked up by others with great effort in the mountains. It was not a good idea for these newcomers to rashly go over and make a fire to cook.

Their eyesight is not very convenient, and they haven't been back to this educated youth camp for many years, so their memory is actually a little fuzzy. It is inevitable that they will fall while groping around, which will cause trouble for them.

Tan Yuan shouted anxiously.

"Xiu Xiu, what's going on?"

It would have been fine if she didn't say anything, but as soon as she did, the voice on the other end became even more smug.

"I was wondering how you could be the only one here. Turns out there's a little thief inside!"

The sound became louder and closer, and finally rushed into Tan Yuan's yard.

"No, just tell me what you have to say. I'll apologize to you and I'll go to the mountain to collect the used firewood this afternoon and return it to you."

Li Xiu followed behind and pulled her. In her eyes, Tan Yuan was no different from a disabled person who needed care. How could she dare to let anyone make trouble next to Tan Yuan and make her anxious?

"Oh, you have to pay, of course you have to pay. How dare you use someone else's things without even saying hello? I want to see what your accomplice looks like!"

The voice was so close that Tan Yuan recognized it immediately. Wasn’t this person Tian Cuiying?

After so many years, I heard her voice again and it was still the same as in my previous life, as loud as a firecracker.

Tian Cuiying has a good name. She sounds like a lady, but in fact she is the complete opposite. She has no scheming at all.

Tan Yuan had no opinion about Tian Cuiying. Having lived in the same room with her for two years, she already knew her pretty well.

Tian Cuiying speaks loudly and has the habit of yelling when something happens. In addition, her words are unpleasant, so many people don't like her.

But in fact, she is not scheming, and all the bad things are instigated by her good friend, Luo Linlin.

Luo Linlin and Tian Cuiying were from the same group of educated youth who went to the countryside. She was a person who could not stand any loss and would tell Tian Cuiying if she was not satisfied with anything.

"Xiaoying, don't say that. They are all new here and don't know much. It's not nice to say that."

This was exactly what her cousin said. If she didn't know it was impossible, Tan Yuan would really suspect that they were born of the same mother.

"Linlin, you're just too soft-hearted. Just because they're new here, you can do this? This is too much!"

"I really don't know. I will return it to you, Xiaoying, the educated youth. After I finish my meal, I will go up the mountain to collect firewood. I will definitely not take advantage of you."

Li Xiu was so anxious that her face turned red. She never thought that she would get into such trouble just when she was preparing to light a fire to cook. God knows she had just lit the fire and had just cut the fish and had no time to put it in the pot.

"Hmph, you're the one who called me Xiaoying and Tian Zhiqing. You newcomers just don't know the rules. How can you touch other people's things? Hurry up and return the things you touched, and then I can let you go for Linlin's sake!"