Chapter 14: Buying Furniture

Lin Aodong said hurriedly,

You’re welcome. We are all educated youths who went to the countryside.

We should help each other. If you have any difficulties in the future, come to us old educated youths.

After Su An found out the location, she took Sun Xinxin out. As for Wang Zhaodi, she didn’t want to take this woman with her.

After leaving the educated youth point, on the way, Su An said to Sun Xinxin, Xinxin, you have seen the situation of the educated youth point.

The environment is not good and the food is not good.

When the time comes, I want to build a house and move out. This way I can live in a quieter place and I don’t have to hide my food.

Sun Xinxin had the same idea as Su An, but she didn’t expect to be able to build a house by herself. She asked Su An in surprise, Can we go out and build a house? Will the team leader let us build one?

It’s not a big problem. As long as we pay for it ourselves, we can also solve the accommodation problem of the educated youth. I think the team leader should have no objection.

Sun Xinxin was a little excited when she heard Su An’s words, An An, then I will build a house with you, how about we pay for it together?

Su An gave a suggestion that she could build the house alone. When she finished building it, Sun Xinxin could live with her.

Sun Xinxin frowned, An An, then wouldn’t I be taking advantage of you?

Su An explained, we are friends now, so there is no need to bring up this little thing. Your identity is sensitive.

If you use money to build a house, I’m afraid that woman Wang Zhaodi will use your identity to make trouble again. So if you can be low-key, be low-key, it can save a lot of trouble.

Sun Xinxin immediately understood Su An’s intention. She was thinking about her. Compared with normal people, she is the child of a capitalist, and her identity is indeed more sensitive.

But Sun Xinxin didn’t want to take advantage of Su An, so she suggested, An An, how about this, we will each pay half of the money for building the house, but nominally it is you who built it, what do you think?

Su An had no objection to this, knowing that the girl didn’t want to take advantage of her.

After the two of them finished talking about this, they went to Uncle Meng’s house first.

Seeing the two new female educated youths, Sister Meng praised them for being so pretty. It’s not that there haven’t been female educated youths in the production team, but none of them are as pretty as Su An and Sun Xinxin.

She could already foresee that the young men in the production team would be fascinated by the two new female educated youths.

Su An directly told Uncle Meng the purpose of their visit, which was to buy straw mats.

Uncle Meng had woven a lot of straw mats at home, and seeing that they wanted them, he took out two straw mats.

Uncle Meng, how much is this straw mat?

Uncle Meng thought that this thing was not worth much, so he asked for two cents from each person as a token of his appreciation.

Su An and Sun Xinxin both felt that the price was too cheap, and the people here were really honest and simple.

The two bought straw mats and went directly to the home of Zhang Youliang, the carpenter.

Zhang Youliang’s family was considered to be relatively well-off in the production team.

Because he was a craftsman, he could help make furniture to earn money. Zhang Youliang’s son now learned to make furniture from him.

Other people’s houses were made of adobe, but the Zhang family even built a half-brick house.

Seeing the two new girls who looked unfamiliar, Zhang Youliang knew that they were probably new educated youths.

Are you here to buy furniture? Zhang Youliang asked when he saw people coming.

The two nodded, Yes, Uncle Zhang, we want to buy a wardrobe.

Zhang Youliang asked the two to come to his house to choose for themselves. He has a ready-made wardrobe. Of course, if you are not satisfied, you can customize it.

Su An and Sun Xinxin both think that it is enough to buy a wardrobe for use, and it does not need to be too good.

It is convenient to buy this kind of finished product, and you can use it as soon as you buy it back.

If it is a temporary customization, it will be a lot of trouble, and you have to wait at least a few days before you can use it.

They brought a lot of luggage today, and they can’t just put the things on the ground.

In the end, Su An and Sun Xinxin each bought a wardrobe. The wardrobe is not big, but it is no problem to put one person’s things.

The price of the wardrobe is not expensive, and together with the cost of wood, it is only three yuan. Su An and Sun Xinxin both think it is a good deal.

After paying the money, Zhang Youliang said to the two, you two young educated youths probably can’t move the wardrobe. I will send it to you later.

Su An waved his hand and said, No, Uncle Zhang, I can carry it myself.

Su An said, and carried the wardrobe away directly. Knowing that Sun Xinxin was weak, Su An carried her wardrobe along with hers.

One on each shoulder, each wardrobe weighed at least dozens of pounds, but Su An carried them and walked briskly.

Zhang Youliang opened his mouth wide when he saw this. My goodness, how can this girl have so much strength? Even a grown man can’t carry two large wardrobes at once.

Sun Xinxin was used to Su An’s great strength and quickly caught up with her. Su An carried the wardrobe and she held two straw mats.

On the way back to the educated youth site, because it was lunch time, no one met anyone, otherwise someone would be shocked to see Su An carrying two large wardrobes.

Su An carried the wardrobe back and packed up the luggage with Sun Xinxin. They first spread the straw mat on the kang and then wiped it clean with a towel. After the straw mat was dry, they spread the bedding on the straw mat.

It was only August now, it was not cold, it was even a little hot, so the bedding they brought was very thin. But when winter comes and it gets cold in the Northeast, they will have to bring heavy quilts.

Su An had sent the quilts before going to the countryside, but it will probably take a while for the stuff to arrive in Liao Province. When the quilts arrive, they can just go to the county town to get them.

After making the bed, they packed their things into the closet. Su An didn’t organize the package and just stuffed it into the closet.

Sun Xinxin had also packed up, Su An packed her up, and took out two locks, one for himself and one for Sun Xinxin.

It’s best to lock your own closet, after all, you don’t know if the person living with you is a human or a ghost, so it’s safer to lock it.

Especially for someone like Sun Xinxin who comes from a well-off family, she brought a lot of good things to the countryside.

It would be bad if someone stole her things if they were targeted.

Seeing Su An and Sun Xinxin’s wardrobes locked, a female educated youth named Zhang Liping taunted them sarcastically,

You still locked your wardrobes? Are you on guard against us? Do you think we are thieves and will steal your things?

Seeing Zhang Liping scolding Su An and Sun Xinxin, Wang Zhaodi became excited and followed Zhang Liping to echo,

That’s right, you are on guard against us like thieves.

What do you two mean?