Era: Winning since educated youth went to the countryside

Chapter 5: Staying at the Wu Family
"Let's borrow it. That's easy to say. I happen to have an extra room in my house. You can come and stay at my house for a few days!" Wu Dagang said.

"Thank you, Secretary Wu." Zhou Ziwen thanked him happily.

Now I finally don’t have to crowd into the Educated Youth Yard with other people.

"Don't be too anxious to be happy. I don't need your money, but you need to prepare the food yourself." Wu Dagang said.

"Having a place to live will help me a lot. I will prepare the food myself." Zhou Ziwen nodded hurriedly.

Although Wu Dagang did not accept any money from him, Zhou Ziwen was not prepared to live in vain. After all, they lent him a place, which solved a problem.

As for how to repay then, he needs to think carefully.

But we can talk about this later. It will take several days to build the house anyway!

"Secretary Wu, can we also stay at your house?"

Seeing that Zhou Ziwen had successfully borrowed the money, Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi hurriedly came over.

Compared with Zhou Ziwen, they are the ones who need a place to live more. After all, they just had a quarrel with the old educated youths and they don't want to go back to live there.

If it was just the two of them, maybe they wouldn't dare to ask to stay, after all, they had heard some bad rumors.

But with Zhou Ziwen, they have the courage.

It's not that Zhou Ziwen is relied upon, but a herd mentality.

What's more, the place where they stayed was Secretary Wu's house, which made it safer.

"Okay, I happen to have two rooms left in my house, so I can lend them to you." Wu Dagang nodded with a smile.

But in response to the eager looks from other educated youths, he was helpless.

There are only two more rooms in his house, one is lent to Zhou Ziwen, and the other is lent to the two Chen sisters. If there are any more, they will be gone.

"Thank you, Secretary Wu." The two Chen sisters hurriedly thanked them.

"It's okay. We are all fellow villagers from now on, so we should help each other." Wu Dagang waved his hand.

Once the housing problem is solved, the next thing is easy.

There was a cart at Wu Dagang's house. Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters went back to the Educated Youth Institute, took their luggage to the branch, and transported the food they had prepaid to Wu Dagang's house.

Wu Dagang's home is a typical rural house in Northeast China.

The house is not big, with a total of five rooms, three bedrooms, a living room, and a woodshed. Next to the woodshed is the toilet. The conditions of the house are pretty good.

Wu Dagang has two sons. They went to serve in the army a few years ago. They were the only two sons left at home, so they had two rooms available.

Wu Dagang's wife's surname is Chen, and everyone calls her Aunt Chen.

Aunt Chen welcomed the arrival of sisters Zhou Ziwen and Chen Shiying very much.

After all, people like to be lively when they get older. Since the two sons of the family went to the army, the family has not been so lively for a long time.

"You haven't eaten yet. We just made some light meals at home. Let's eat together!" Aunt Chen looked at Zhou Ziwen and the others kindly, and she liked them more and more.

Zhou Ziwen was born handsome, with an unruly face and a faint smile that always seemed to have some magic power, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Not to mention Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi, they have exactly the same pretty faces, it's impossible to tell who is who, and the delicate face protein is so red that people can't help but want to take a bite.

In fact, when Zhou Ziwen came to borrow the cart just now, Aunt Chen knew that they were coming, and specially added two dishes for this purpose.

"Thank you, aunt. I happened to bring a bottle of good wine. I'll drink some with Uncle Wu later." Zhou Ziwen was not polite, but he wasn't going to eat for free.

This time when he went to the countryside, his family had prepared a lot of things for him, including food, drink, and other things for him. If he hadn't been unable to carry them, Zhou's mother would have wanted to pack all the belongings at home for him.

"Hey, you kid, why are you so polite? You want to drink, but my house...isn't...none." Wu Dagang originally had a straight face and was about to get angry, but when he looked at the Maotai that Zhou Ziwen pulled out of his luggage, his voice sounded... It got smaller and smaller, and finally I couldn't speak anymore.

There was also a greedy expression on his face, and his throat rolled involuntarily.

Wu Dagang has no other hobbies in his life. One is smoking and the other is drinking.

As the saying goes, smoke never leaves your hand, drink never leaves your mouth, and live to be 99.

At his age, he likes to take a few sips when he has nothing to do.

If you encounter good wine, it will be even more unbearable.

Zhou Ziwen's bottle of Moutai is a good wine that Zhou's father has collected for many years. Over the years, Zhou's father can be heard showing off from time to time, but he just can't bear to drink it.

As a result, when Zhou Ziwen went to the countryside this time, Zhou's mother brought him with her, saying that it would be useful for him to meet leaders and other things, so that he could make connections.

No, now is the time to have a relationship.

"Haha, Uncle Wu, I'm not polite, and you shouldn't be polite either. It's our first time going to the countryside and we don't know anything. We still need your guidance." Zhou Ziwen said with a smile while holding the wine bottle.

"Hey, you are asking the right person. Let me tell you, there is nothing in this village that I, Old Wu, don't know about..."

Speaking of this, Wu Dagang became more energetic and began to talk endlessly.

Zhou Ziwen opened it with great discernment and filled it with him.

"Tsk tsk!"

"This good wine is different and refreshing."

"By the way, you want to build a house, do you have any ideas?"

The wine was not for nothing, no, after just a moment, Wu Dagang became concerned about their practical problems.

Hearing this, the two sisters Chen Shiying also focused their attention. They also wanted to build a house, which could be compared with Zhou Ziwen's house.

"I've really thought about this, but it's a little different from the original plan. Uncle Wu will help me refer to it."

"I plan to build a two-bedroom apartment with one living room as the bedroom and the other as the kitchen."

“The stove in the kitchen is connected to the kang in the bedroom, so there’s no need to burn another kang in the winter.”

There are two types of fire kangs in the Northeast. One is the kind at the Educated Youth Yard. The fire kang is burned separately and there is a tunnel for burning the fire under the kang.

The other is what Zhou Ziwen just said, using the cooking stove and the heated kang to be connected, so that when cooking, the heated kang in the room can be heated, which is trouble-free and convenient.

"The area doesn't need to be too big. Anyway, I live alone, so it's enough."

Zhou Ziwen expressed his thoughts.

Initially, he planned to build only two rooms, one for sleeping and the other as both a living room and kitchen.

But when I thought about it later, I felt that it was not appropriate. The kitchen and living room were together. It didn't seem like that.

It's better to spend more money to separate the two places. Anyway, his requirement for area is not high, it's just one more wall.

"It's a good idea. I can help you buy some bricks for the fire pit and stove from the production team, but I won't be able to buy too many bricks." Wu Dagang lit the cigarette bag and took several puffs with squinted eyes.

"So it is best to build an adobe house. It is not difficult to build. Most people in our village will keep some adobe houses."

"It depends on whether you are willing to spend money. After all, these adobe bricks are reserved by them for building their own houses."

(End of this chapter)