Reborn in the red age

Chapter 34 New and old educated youth meet

(After studying the old-fashioned rural mud houses in Northeast China, I found that the layout of the house in the previous chapter was unreasonable, so I changed it again)
The two men and two women walked into their respective rooms. Well, dormitories may be more appropriate to describe them.What catches the eye is a long north-south kang, which can probably sleep six or seven people. The smell is quite unpleasant, a combination of foot odor and cigarette smoke to form various weird smells.

Qingfeng Li couldn't stand the smell and didn't care about the mosquitoes. He quickly went over to open the window for ventilation.

The kang does not need to be burned alone but is connected to the stove in the kitchen. When cooking in the kitchen, the domestic heat will pass into the kang in the bedroom. The wall near the kitchen is a warm wall paved with bricks. The female educated youth room next door The layout is the same as here.

In the Northeast, houses will have two magical features: fire walls and fire pits, which are equivalent to heating in later generations, but are much worse than heaters. The fire pits are heated unevenly, and firewood must be added frequently.

There are two smoke outlets on the stove, one is used directly to the outside of the house in summer, and the other is used to connect to the stove in winter. When not using the stove, block the smoke outlet that connects to the stove, so that you can usually cook in the kitchen. It won't affect the bedroom either.

The area of ​​the dormitory is not large. In addition to the kang, there is only a narrow corridor. There is only one table in the room with some water jars, thermos bottles and other objects placed on it. There are no electric lights in the room, only a kerosene lamp on the table. illumination.

"Um, is this room a little dirty? Do you want to clean it?" Wang Weimin couldn't help but frowned as he looked at the dirty bedding on the kang and the cigarette butts scattered on the ground.

Qingfeng Li also sighed deeply. It seemed that his roommate was not a clean person. He gently patted Wang Weimin on the shoulder and comforted him: "Okay, let's live together. From now on, we will live together every day." We all have to work in the fields. This is just a place to sleep. You have to clean up your own place. We can’t care about what others say.”

In later generations, Qingfeng Li has been living on campus since high school. During his seven years of dormitory life, he knew what would happen if he met a roommate who didn't like to be clean. After you clean up here, it won't take long for it to become dirty again. , just take care of yourself and don’t meddle in other people’s affairs.

Men and women are different. A man will get into a fight even if he doesn't argue for a few words. It's okay if he's convinced. But if he's not convinced, there will be more conflicts in the future. It's not worth it for his personal cleanliness.

Wang Weimin was not a diligent person. When he heard what Li Qingfeng said, he thought it was true. After taking out his dirty clothes and dusting the straw mat twice, he started to make the bed directly.

While the two were making the bed, Hu Jiabao walked in from their room with a rag. As soon as he entered the boys' dormitory, he immediately choked on the smell inside. He covered his nose and walked in again, frowning and saying: "Comrade Li, Comrade Wang, I have a rag here that I can lend you to wipe it with."

"It's okay, there's no need for it. We've already put it on the bed. We men don't pay that much attention." Li Qingfeng waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need that thing.

The smell of the dormitory was quite strong, and Hu Jiabao was unwilling to stay any longer. After hearing that Qingfeng Li and the others were not using it, he quickly left.

Both girls loved to be clean. They worked hard in the house for a long time. After cleaning it thoroughly, they followed Qingfeng Li, who had already packed up, and went out together to head to the brigade headquarters.

From the brigade accountant, the four people received 18 pounds of rations for the month and 7 yuan of living expenses.There is no shortage of food in the Northeast, and the food distributed to educated youths is sufficient without deductions. If you are in a place where food is scarce, don't expect to receive enough monthly rations.

On the way back carrying the food, Ma Wenhui raised a question about eating for four people: "I see there is only one pot in our courtyard. Do we eat together when we eat? If so, then we women must eat it." But you men, don’t we women have to suffer?”

Hu Jiabao also quickly echoed, expressing some concern about this way of eating.

It’s not that these two girls are petty and fussy, but the monthly ration of the educated youth in the first year is only [-] kilograms. In this era of lack of oil and water, it is just enough to eat, let alone go to the fields to earn work points. This small amount of food is definitely It's not enough to eat. No one wants to go hungry. It's normal to have this worry.

"You must eat from the same pot. You can't go down to the fields and cook your own meals after work, right?" Wang Weimin didn't have this worry. He was a man and had no problem of not having enough food for himself, so he answered without hesitation.

After glancing at the two girls who looked worried, Li Qingfeng thought for a while and then comforted him: "Don't worry, there are not no female educated youths in the educated youth area. They must have considered this issue before eating. When they come back from the fields, Let’s ask them how they eat. If it’s not good for you girls, you can open the fire and cook for yourself.”

With Qingfeng Li's comfort, the worry on the two people's faces was a little less, but they still looked worried.

Returning to the small courtyard for educated youth, Li Qingfeng and the other three had taken the train for several days and their clothes smelled very strong. The three of them first changed into clean clothes and carried buckets to fetch some water from the well in the courtyard. Come and get ready to wash the dirty clothes.

These days, the old-fashioned manual pressure water pump has not yet appeared in rural areas, let alone tap water. It is good to have a well at home.

After the clothes were washed, the five educated youths who had gone to work also came back one after another. They were three men and two women.These five people may have been in the countryside for a long time, and they no longer look like city dwellers. Their clothes are patched, and they have hoes on their shoulders. They look like young farmers.

Two groups of young people, old and new, introduced each other. One of the two women was Wang Xianglan, from Modu, and the other was Zhao Haixia, from Guangzhou.

After hearing who these two people were from, Li Qingfeng felt a sense of emotion in his heart. They are all good places, especially Zhao Haixia. If this is reopened, wouldn't she be a proper charterer?

Among the three male educated youths, there is little potential to be a landlord. One is from Hebei, and he wears glasses and looks a bit like an intellectual. His name is Qian Aimin, the other is a simple and honest-looking man from Shandong, his name is Sun Guoqing, and the last educated youth is from Northeast China. The man's name was Zhou Yongjun. After a few minutes of contact, he gave Li Qingfeng a very open and bright impression, which was also consistent with Li Qingfeng's impression of Northeastern men.

But after all, it was the first time we met, and everyone greeted each other with smiles. In such a short period of time, we could not tell whether the other person was good or bad. After ten days and a half, we would know who the other person was.

(End of this chapter)