Chapter 14

Wu Guangqian didn’t think much about it: “Zhao Zhiqing and He Zhiqing’s house.”

Li Chunfen nodded and said nothing, thinking to herself: If Chu Zhiqing’s house is leaking, she might as well let him live in her own house.

The little girl is pretty and quiet, and doesn’t look like someone who would cause trouble.

As for the other two female educated youth, Li Chunfen still needs to think carefully about it.

No matter how Zhao Jiayun collapsed in the house, Chu Sangning cooked by herself. Today they ate instant noodle dumplings that she had dug out from the space. She could cook it almost as long as she had hands.

Chu Sangning never treats himself badly, so he put some ham and two beaten eggs in it, poured some seasoning on it, opened the lid and the aroma spread out, and even Zhao Jiayun, who was screaming in the room, could smell it.

He Yueyang hugged his quilt and said softly: “Jiayun, the smell is coming from Chu Sangning’s room.”

“Do I need you to tell me? I don’t know it myself.” Zhao Jiayun was in a bad mood and didn’t give He Yueyang a good look. She spoke in a very aggressive tone.

When Jiang Zongzhen brought the others over, they heard Zhao Jiayun’s loud voice at the door. He walked in with a serious face, his eyes and brows full of sharpness.

“What are you talking about? I want to hear it too.”

Zhao Jiayun walked out despite the pain in her feet, and burst into tears the moment she saw Jiang Zongzheng, “Captain, why is the room leaking?”

Her tone was so harsh that people who didn’t know might have thought she was questioning the captain. Jiang Zongzhen’s face didn’t look good either.

“Don’t cry, I’ll take advantage of the rain to arrange a place for you to live.”

There were many people who came with Jiang Zongzhen. Some of them came to watch the fun. When they heard that some educated youth were going to live in other people’s homes, they rolled their eyes and wanted to sneak away.

In those days, when my own family can’t even afford to feed themselves, how can I have the leisure to support another educated youth?

Seeing that everyone behind him had left, Jiang Zongzheng clenched his fist, put it to his mouth and coughed twice, “If anyone lets an educated youth live here, they will be given an extra 50 work points, and the village will give them an extra 10 kilograms of grain.”

Fifty work points! Ten kilograms of food! The villagers were instantly tempted and wanted to have the educated youth live in their homes.

“Captain, my house is fine. I have room at home.”

“My house is also fine. I’ll let Pan Di and Zhao Di live in the pigsty. I also have room at home.”

“As for the location, my home is definitely the best, Captain. My children are still young, and it is most convenient for the female educated youth to live in my home.”

The villagers raised their hands excitedly, scrambling to get in front of Jiang Zongzheng. There were so many people and so many noises, it was a mess, and Jiang Zongzheng couldn’t hear a word.

Seeing the crowd getting more agitated, he shouted loudly: “Don’t talk, don’t talk.”

“It won’t do if there’s no room at home, and it won’t do if the boys at home are unmarried by the age.” As the team leader, Jiang Zongzhen must have thought carefully.

It doesn’t matter for male educated youth, but female educated youth still need a reputation, and it definitely won’t work if there are teenage boys at home.

Jiang Zongzhen’s words eliminated a large number of people, naturally including Luo Yiping’s family.

Luo Yiping’s mother was indignant and grumbled in the crowd: “Why can’t a young man be allowed to live here? Our Yiping is a good boy, and he is a good match even if he lives with an educated youth.”

She didn’t dare to speak loudly due to the captain’s authority, but those in the crowd with sharp ears clapped their hands and started laughing wildly when they heard her words.

“How can you be so shameless? Your son is a good match for the educated youth. You are just bragging about yourself.”

“Why are they not a good match? Yiping is the only one in the area who is honest and hardworking. He is a down-to-earth child.”

Seeing that the crowd was about to start quarreling again, Jiang Zongzheng shouted until his throat was about to break, but no one listened. Fortunately, a few young and strong men shouted a few times and finally calmed the situation.

Jiang Zongzheng looked at the dilapidated house of the educated youth and thought for a moment before deciding to have everyone move out. In addition, Wu Guangqian told him that someone was climbing over the wall in the middle of the night.

It was probably done by a few hooligans in the village who couldn’t get married. If anything happened, it would be bad for anyone, so they might as well just stay at their fellow villagers’ homes.

The male educated youth was easy to deal with, as he was a strong laborer after all, and was quickly snatched away by several families. Only Zhao Jiayun, He Yueyang and Chu Sangning were left.

Luo Yiping’s mother looked Chu Sangning up and down, then suddenly raised her hand and shouted, “Captain, um, um, Chu Zhiqing, please follow me. My home is big.”

“Hey, why did you get selected? I wanted Chu Zhiqing to follow me.”

The two women refused to give in to each other and started pulling each other’s hair. Jiang Zongzheng knew what they were thinking and the more they did so, the more he dared not let the female educated youth pass.

He waved his hand to signal the three female educated youth to come forward, and pointed out a few people with similar family conditions and simple minds to them, “You can choose for yourselves.”

Zhao Jiayun became anxious when she saw this. She had to go to Luo Yiping’s house, otherwise…how could she cultivate their relationship?

“Captain, I’m going to Aunt Luo’s house.” Zhao Jiayun pretended to be hesitant and said with a chuckle.

“Yes, yes, come to my house, Chu Zhiqing can come too.” Luo Yiping’s mother waved happily, as if she had picked up a great bargain.

How could it not be a great bargain? Zhao Jiayun had sent me food before, and Chu Zhiqing’s clothes, food and drinks were all the best. It was like inviting two gods of wealth home.

Chu Sangning was unwilling, and neither was Zhao Jiayun. When they heard what Luo Yiping said, their faces changed, as if they were angry and humiliated, and they silently cursed: “You old woman, you are so greedy.”

“No, Chu Zhiqing, which house do you want to go to?” Jiang Zongzheng wisely rejected Luo Yiping’s fucking request.

Chu Sangning’s eyes slightly raised, a smile appeared in her eyes. Before she could say anything, a child’s voice suddenly came from below: “Sister, come to our house.”

Jiang Panan was like a little kid hiding in the crowd, standing on tiptoe trying to make Chu Sangning see him.

Following behind him was Lin Xiuzhi, who also said, “Yes, come to our house.”

Chu Sangning had a faint smile on her face. The sunlight shining on her porcelain-like skin made her look like she had walked out of a painting.

“Captain, I’ll go to Aunt Jiang’s house.”

“No, what should I do?” He Yueyang stopped Chu Sangning and hurriedly interrupted their conversation.

Zhao Jiayun went to the Luo family, and the Jiang family invited Chu Sangning over. Don’t think that He Yueyang didn’t know that the Jiang family was the family introduced by the team leader that day, and their house was better than others in the village.

Why did Chu Sangning take all the good things? He Yueyang asked the captain with red eyes: “What about me? Whose house should I go to?”

“Where do you want to go?” Jiang Zongzheng’s voice was cold, mixed with a hint of helplessness.

“I’m going to the Jiang family.” He Yueyang said calmly.

“Captain, I was the one who chose first, right? And it was also me who was invited by Aunt Jiang.” As soon as Chu Sangning finished speaking, Lin Xiuzhi nodded in response.