Chapter 20 Cleaning up the small room

Wen Xin walked to the yard and happened to meet Zhao Wanqing coming out, "Wanqing, do we want to go get the food together first?"

"Okay." Zhao Wanqing nodded when she heard this.

Then the two called the other three people to go to the brigade headquarters to collect the food, carrying their own cloth bags with the food.

Nowadays, you basically have to bring your own cloth bags to carry food. You can also use the ones sent by the brigade, but you have to return them or use work points to pay for them.

After getting the food, they returned to the Educated Youth Institute. The only food the village lent to the educated youth was cornmeal and potatoes. Even thinking about it, it is impossible to have fine grains. Nowadays, most villagers are reluctant to exchange all their work points for fine grains, and most of them are exchanged for coarse grains, and then a small part of them are exchanged for fine grains. Otherwise, life would be unbearable.

After arriving in the yard, Wang Yumei saw that few people had not entered the room yet, so she said, "I think we have a quite large open space in the backyard. I can put some vegetables here so that we can eat more conveniently. What do you think?" Woolen cloth?"

"Okay, no problem. I have to go to the villagers' houses and ask if they can get some vegetable seeds." Wen Xin nodded in agreement.

"Shall we go now?" Zhang Yingying asked.

"How about we go to the village first and ask where we can buy furniture? Let's buy the big things we need in the house first." Zhao Wanqing looked at everyone and said.

"I think it will work." Wen Xin also had this intention and quickly agreed.

The four of them first went to the front yard and called Lin Kai, asking him if they wanted to join them, and he agreed. So a few people went out to inquire.

"Where are we going to ask if there are any furniture builders?" Zhang Yingying was a little curious. No one was familiar with the village.

"Let's find out from the villagers." Wen Xin thought for a while and replied.

After coming out of the Educated Youth Home, Wen Xin saw that the door next to her was open, so someone must be at home.

He walked up and knocked on the door, "Is anyone home?"

A voice came from inside, "Who is it? Come in."

Several people walked in and saw a woman washing clothes. The woman looked at the five of them, with a flash of understanding in her eyes, and said, "You are the new educated youths, what's the matter?"

"Auntie, we just came here today and are not familiar with the village. We would like to ask you which household in the village can buy furniture. We want to buy something." Wen Xin replied.

"You go straight along the road and turn left. You can buy furniture at the first family, the Lin family." The woman knew their purpose and pointed the way happily.

"Okay, thank you, Auntie." Zhao Wanqing also nodded her thanks and put a few fruit candies aside, "Let's give this to the kids at home to sweeten their mouths."

"Hey, you little educated youth are so polite, you just need to give directions." When the aunt saw Tang, she declined, and she couldn't stop the smile on her lips.

"It should, it should." Zhao Wanqing didn't say any more.

"By the way, Auntie, do you have any vegetable seeds here? We just came here and want to exchange some seeds to grow some vegetables for ourselves. Don't worry, we will exchange them for something." Wen Xin wanted to take this opportunity to solve the problem of seeds.

"Yes, there are seeds. Can I get them for you now?" The aunt nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

"No, no, we'll find aunt when we come back after moving the furniture." Wen Xin felt reassured, "Then we'll leave aunt first, and you can continue your work."

After saying that, a few people left the yard.

Following the path pointed by the aunt, the group quickly found the Lin family who was building furniture.

Lin Kai took the lead and knocked on the door, "Is Uncle Lin at home?"

Someone soon opened the door and saw the five of them and asked, "Who are you looking for? What's the matter?"

The person who opened the door was a child of seven or eight years old. Lin Kai put a candy in his hand and said, "We are new educated youths who want to come over and pack some furniture."

When the child heard this, he turned around and shouted, "Mom, the educated youth are here, looking for daddy to buy furniture."

A woman quickly walked out of the room. When she saw the five of them, she greeted them with a smile on her face, "Come in quickly. Your Uncle Lin is at home."

After entering the door, I went to the yard and saw a man planing wood. Next to him were several cabinets that had not had time to be polished. This should be Uncle Lin.

"Old Lin, the educated youth are here to pick out furniture." The woman called Uncle Lin.

When Uncle Lin heard this, he stopped what he was doing and looked at them with a simple smile, "You guys take a look at what you need. Everything in this room is ready. You can take it away directly if you like it. I won’t make it for you if you don’t have it.”

Several people said hello and went into the house to pick out furniture.

There are kang cabinets, wardrobes, tables, benches, etc. inside. Although the style is not new, the craftsmanship looks good.

After looking at it for a while, Wen Xin chose a kang cabinet, a three-layer storage cabinet, a table, two stools, and a small water tank and small ladle.

The things Zhao Wanqing picked were similar to Wen Xin.

Zhang Yingying and Wang Yumei each had a kang cabinet and a bench. They bought the cabinet and table together.

Lin Kai picked a kang cabinet, a shelf, a table and a bench.

Because Lin Kai planned to partner with the educated youth in Qianyuan, water and firewood would naturally go together. You have to buy your own backyard. The four girls discussed it and jointly bought a large water tank, a ladle, and two wooden buckets to make it easier to carry water when the time comes.

After going out, I told Aunt Lin what I had picked. Aunt Lin saw that they had picked a lot and was very happy, so she said, "Uncle Lin will send these things back to you later."

When Wen Xin heard this, she felt very happy. It was really not easy for them to take back so many things. "Then I'll trouble Uncle Lin."

After thinking about it for a while, I discussed it in a low voice with Zhao Wanqing and the others, and asked them if they wanted straw mats to put on the kang. They all agreed.

Wen Xin also asked Aunt Lin, "Auntie, do you have any straw mats? We want to lay them on the kang."

"Yes, I can make it up. How many do you want?" Thinking of getting another income, Aunt Lin's face was full of smiles.

"We want three small ones and one big one." Wen Xin thought about their rooms and reported the number to Aunt Lin.

"Okay, no problem. I've made it up at home and will send it to you later." Aunt Lin readily agreed.

While they were talking, Uncle Lin was doing woodwork silently and did not interrupt. He looked very silent.

Seeing that they had already agreed on what they wanted, they said, "I'll deliver it to you later. Just pay me after you receive it."

Several people all agreed.

Carpentry is a rare private job that can make money nowadays. After all, every family uses it, and the wood comes from the mountain, so it belongs to the collective. Therefore, we have to pay some money to the village to pay for the wood on the mountain. But compared with wood money, it is still profitable, and the family is counting on this to increase their income.