"Secondly, you should find someone to share a room with, two people sharing a single room, which can save half the rent or food."

"If these two share the cost, the rent for a single room will be very cheap, only five yuan per person per year. Wouldn't that be more comfortable than living in a dormitory?"

"Of course, I won't force you. If you still want to stay for free, then you'll have to wait for me to arrange for someone to repair the kang (heated brick bed)."

The brigade leader was quite fair, giving the male educated youth two options to decide. However, some of the male educated youth felt that not having a place to stay wasn't their problem, but rather a dereliction of duty on the part of the brigade leader.

The brigade leader should compensate them with free single rooms. Why should they have to go through all the trouble of staying at the villagers' homes or paying for a single room?

Therefore, even though the other educated youth thought the brigade leader was being very fair, the five male educated youths from poor families still started arguing with the brigade leader, their unspoken message being that they wanted the brigade leader to agree to let them stay in single rooms for free.

"This room is empty right now, why can't we stay here?"

"The educated youth settlement only applied for one main house, but we allocated two rooms for you to live in for free! This is the policy, and I will naturally abide by it! However, these single rooms are considered the property of the brigade, so you will have to pay to rent them!"

"According to policy regulations, charging for a single room is reasonable, legal, and justified! Don't give me that nonsense! Free accommodation is out of the question! It's not like we won't build you a kang (heated brick bed)..."

"How long will it take to build that kang (heated brick bed)? How will we get food while we're staying with the villagers..."

The argument between the two sides was quite heated, but the brigade leader insisted on his principles and refused to budge an inch, which made the five male educated youths who wanted to take advantage of the situation somewhat anxious.

However, this also gave Yun Shu and other veteran educated youths an opportunity to get to know the personalities and ways of dealing with this new wave of educated youths, and to decide their attitude towards them in the future.

……

The family that had decided to rent a single room seemed to be in good condition, so the man's overall demeanor was somewhat different from the other male educated youth.

Of course, the difference Yun Shu mentioned was that this male educated youth was clearly more 'confident' than the others.

At least while the remaining five male educated youths were haggling with the brigade leader until their faces were red, he was still very interested in looking around at the environment and layout of the educated youth settlement, and casually letting his less-than-proper gaze drift towards the female educated youths, as if he were choosing prey.

When he saw a pretty female educated youth, he would give a pretentious and self-important smile, and when he saw Yun Shu and Jing Shu, his eyes would light up instantly.

He shed his previous nonchalance, subconsciously touched his slightly oily hair, straightened his clothes, and gave Yun Shu and Jing Shu a particularly 'gentlemanly' smile.

Yun Shu and Jing Shu: "…………"

"Σ_(???」∠) Ugh! So greasy!" At this moment, two 21st-century souls successfully achieved resonance.

Unable to bear watching this self-important attempt at flirting, Yun Shu covered her eyes, feeling utterly disgusted. Lin Jing Shu, on the other hand, was ashen-faced, her hands trembling from the greasy sensation. She forced herself to turn around and glance at Jiang Xiucheng before feeling a sense of relief.

After the two sisters barely regained their senses, they looked at each other and involuntarily shuddered. They then decisively turned around and went back to their room to eat something refreshing like lemons.

However, Zhu Zhiguo on the other side was displeased by Yun Shu and Jing Shu's reactions. His gentlemanly (greasy) smile couldn't be maintained, and his face immediately turned much uglier.

After all, in his eyes, he was excellent in terms of conditions and outstanding in appearance. Any woman who took a liking to him should be overjoyed and excited, crying and shouting that she wanted to be with him, date him, and then try every means to marry into his Zhu family.

Instead of the two women who are now treating him with such disrespect.

Zhu Zhiguo was somewhat displeased, but he also understood that he couldn't be reckless when he first arrived. He needed to figure out who the two female educated youths were before deciding on his attitude.

If these two female educated youths are of good standing, then their little tempers are acceptable; at worst, he can just be a little more gentlemanly.

If his family wasn't well-off, then he would really show those two just how 'popular' he, Young Master Zhu, was.

……

Unaware that the new "Pig Prince" was another lunatic, Yun Shu and her companion were completely captivated by the clinginess and lost interest in the ensuing arguments, as they had nothing to do with it anyway.

And there's also Du Yujiao, that little trumpet flower, there; she'll tell them whatever she hears later.

After spending half a day in their respective rooms processing what had happened, Yun Shu and Jing Shu finally managed to cleanse their eyes. A short while later, Du Yujiao rushed into Yun Shu's room, grabbed Yun Shu who was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with her eyes closed, and ran to Jing Shu's room next door.

With a strong urge to confide, she explained to Yun Shu everything that had happened after they returned to their room. The five young educated youths had no chance against the brigade leader, who was a clever old man, and reluctantly chose to stay at the villager's house and wait for the brigade leader to build up the kang (a heated brick bed).

You don't have to pay for the time you stay at a fellow villager's house. You can put your food at the educated youth office and cook together, but you have to come back to help out. If you eat with the villagers, the food is better than at the educated youth's place, but you have to give the villagers a small amount for cooking.

But it was obvious that they were unwilling to pay the fire-starting fee, and decided to come back and eat with the old educated youth for all three meals a day.

Chen Hua and the others had no objections. Although there was more food and more work, there were also more people to take turns, which made things easier for them.

"The main problem is that these new educated youth don't have much money! Out of ten, only two can afford a single room!"

"But the two guys in the single rooms aren't much better. What's that guy's name... Zhu Zhiguo! He immediately told Chen Ming and the others to help him clean the room, he doesn't know anything about manners or politeness!"

"His tone was so annoying, as if Chen Ming and the others were his farmhands or servants, and then I spat at him."

"That girl named Shen Qingmo is also a bit strange. She looks delicate and frail, like she's about to cry even before she says a word. She keeps asking Jiang Xiucheng and the others to help her move her luggage..."

As she spoke, Du Yujiao suddenly shuddered. She cowered by the stove, warming herself by the fire while talking to Yun Shu and the other person.

"I don't know why, but I felt uneasy the moment I saw Shen Qingmo. I think this Shen Qingmo is quite formidable, even more so than that crazy woman Yang Yue."

"You two should be careful! Especially Lin Jingshu, I have a feeling she might have a crush on Jiang Xiucheng!"

Animals' intuition can be quite accurate sometimes. Yun Shu and the other looked outside and saw Jiang Xiucheng politely helping Shen Qingmo carry her luggage, while Shen Qingmo was staring intently at Jiang Xiucheng...

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