Chapter 52: Visiting the Village Chief

Lin Weiwan stopped and looked at Du Shanshan, “I’m going to build another house.

I wonder if the village chief will agree.

I’m going to ask him.”

Du Shanshan’s eyes lit up when she heard about building another house. Seeing how several people lived together, she was afraid that she would have to stay in this country for a few years. She did have this idea, but she didn’t make the decision as quickly as Lin Weiwan.

“Lin Weiwan, wait for me. I’ll go with you.” Du Shanshan hurried back to the room to take out her shoulder bag, only to find that her things were not suitable for taking out. The outer packaging alone would not work.

She could only follow out empty-handed, and followed Lin Weiwan a little embarrassedly.

Not far from the educated youth point, Du Shanshan hugged Lin Weiwan’s arm, “Slow down, this road is a bit bumpy.”

“Lin Zhiqing, I’ll help you carry it.” Du Shanshan said, reaching out to Lin Weiwan’s bulging cloth bag.

Lin Weiwan looked at the enthusiastic Du Shanshan, and the corners of his mouth rose. “No, thank you for your kindness.”

Du Shanshan was a little embarrassed by Lin Weiwan’s look and took her hand back.

Watching the two people leave the educated youth point, Ye Jibai looked at the slender figure and felt a little worried.

Although Xu Xiaohong lowered her eyebrows, she immediately noticed that Ye Jibai was distracted and glanced at the gate.

She glanced sideways and saw Lin Zhiqing and Du Zhiqing leaving. Was Ye Zhiqing interested in Lin Zhiqing?

As for Du Shanshan, Xu Xiaohong didn’t take her seriously. She didn’t know what happened to that guy. He was darker and thinner than herself, and looked like a refugee.

Even if his facial features were okay, they were covered up by his dark, thin and shriveled appearance.

Lin Weiwan knocked on the door of the village chief Li’s courtyard.

“Who is it?” Aunt Li was washing dishes in the yard and heard the knock on the door.

“We are the new educated youth. Is the village chief at home?” Lin Weiwan asked.

When the village chief’s wife heard that it was a new educated youth, she quickly wiped her wet hands on her apron and opened the gate.

“Here she comes, here she comes.”

Aunt Li’s eyes lit up when she saw the fair and beautiful educated youth in front of her.

“Hello, auntie. My last name is Lin Weiwan. This is the new educated youth, Du Shanshan. We are here to see Village Chief Li and you.”

Lin Weiwan followed the village chief’s wife into the house.

“Okay, hey… old man, the new educated youth Lin and Du are here.”

After entering the house, Lin Weiwan was asked to sit on a stool.

“Auntie Li, this is some food I brought for you and the village chief. Please accept it.” Lin Weiwan opened the cloth bag and put the things on the kang table.

Du Shanshan’s face turned a little ugly when she heard Lin Weiwan’s words. She came with him.

Although she didn’t bring anything, the relationship between them was not bad. Why didn’t Lin Weiwan cover up for her?

If she came empty-handed, how would the village chief see her in the future?

Zheng Wenxiu was shocked. A young educated youth actually gave so many things. He must have something to ask of his wife.

Li Changgui tapped the pipe in his hand twice and glanced at his wife.

Zheng Wenxiu quickly closed the doors of the inner and outer rooms to prevent anyone from coming in and seeing it.

“Is Lin Zhiqing here because of what happened on the ox cart today?” Li Changgui saw that all these things were taken by Lin Zhiqing.

“Village chief, I am not here because of her. Since I came to Dongsheng Village, I am a member of the village. I believe that the village chief and the team leader will handle this matter properly.

I came to visit today because I wanted to visit the village chief uncle and aunt when I came to Dongsheng Village.

After all, I am young and may not do many things well and offend people. I hope that uncle and aunt will be more tolerant in the future.

Also, I missed the house.”

Lin Weiwan said politely and went straight to the point.

Li Changgui took a puff of his cigarette. He didn’t expect Lin Weiwan to miss the house. Aunt Li had already warmly prepared two cups of sugar water and brought them to the two of them.

“Lin Zhiqing, building a house is not a trivial matter. This house is not cheap. And the homestead is not easy to get. Even if I agree, the elders in the village will not agree. And the

Zhiqing site can accommodate people, why do you want to build a house yourself?”

“Uncle Li, I want to build a house in the backyard of the Zhiqing site, is that okay? I have a light sleep and a bad sleeping posture.

Although the Zhiqing site can accommodate people, you know that it is difficult for female Zhiqing to turn over because there are so many people.

If I move out, everyone will have more space. After working all day, everyone wants to have a good sleep.”

Lin Weiwan did not mention the dirty things with the old Zhiqing, but only mentioned that it was because of her own reasons.

This made Du Shanshan couldn’t help but look at Lin Weiwan deeply. If she did this, she would definitely use this matter as a raft.

“The backyard of the Zhiqing site, that’s fine, what kind of house do you want to build?” Village Chief Li looked at the extraordinary Zhiqing Lin.

Zhao Chunhua’s family came to him about what happened this morning. Originally, he thought that he would wait until the Zhiqing came back in the evening to deal with the problem of the new Zhiqing beating people.

I didn’t expect that my cousin Dasheng would come back and tell me the whole story.

I just went to Accountant Li’s house with the team leader to explain the matter.

“Uncle Li, I will just build a dry-rammed earth house like the ones in the educated youth camps now. After all, we are going to the countryside to receive re-education, so we can’t be too extravagant.”

Lin Weiwan didn’t ask for much. The earth house has its advantages. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. We only live in it for three years.

“How big do you want to build it?” Li Changgui liked the way this educated youth Lin spoke. He was not pretentious or beating around the bush.

“Uncle Li, I want to build a one-and-a-half-room house, similar to the houses in the female educated youth camps now, but a little smaller, so that I can save some firewood for heating in winter, and it will be enough for me to live alone.”

Lin Weiwan felt that the house didn’t need to be big, otherwise it would be a waste of firewood for heating in winter.

Anyway, he had space, and he could put the things he used frequently outside and put the things he didn’t use frequently inside.

“Why not build it more spacious?” Li Changgui glanced at Lin Weiwan, and then glanced at Du Zhiqing who came with Lin Weiwan.

“No, I can live here comfortably with a two-meter outer room and a two-meter wide kang, which I can put in a kang cabinet.

It’s enough for me to live in. After a long time, it’s inevitable that I will have conflicts. I came here just hoping to be in a good condition to work and build a new countryside.

The house built by Uncle Li will still belong to the village after I leave, but I have a request, that is, no matter how many people come to the educated youth site in the future, whether there is enough space or not, no one else can live in the house I built.”

Lin Weiwan looked at the village chief Li and said, if anyone was allowed to live in, what would be the point of moving out.

“Of course. Some families in the village do have some earth bricks. As for red bricks, I’ll ask my nephew to go to the brickyard to get them for you. The total cost will be between 40 and 50 yuan.

As for the builders, I’ll find six skilled people in the village to build the house in the few days before the autumn harvest.

They can only come when they are not busy.

The labor fee is 50 cents per person per day.