Chapter 5: Borrowing to stay at Wu’s house
“Borrowing to stay, that’s easy to say, I happen to have an extra room in my house, you can come and stay at my house for a few days!” Wu Dagang said.
"Thank you, Secretary Wu." Zhou Ziwen thanked him happily.
Now I no longer have to crowd into the Educated Youth Yard with other people.
"Don't be too quick to be happy. I don't need your money, but you need to prepare the food yourself." Wu Dagang said.
"Having a place to live will help me a lot. I will prepare the food myself." Zhou Ziwen nodded hurriedly.
Although Wu Dagang did not charge him money, Zhou Ziwen was not prepared to live in vain. After all, they lent him a place, which solved a trouble.
As for how to repay then, he needs to think carefully.
But we can talk about this later. It will take several days to build the house anyway!
“Secretary Wu, can we also stay at your house?”
Seeing that Zhou Ziwen had successfully borrowed the money, Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi hurriedly came over.
Compared with Zhou Ziwen, they are the ones who need to stay more. After all, they just had a quarrel with the old educated youths and they don’t want to go back to live.
If it was just the two of them, maybe they wouldn't dare to ask to stay, after all, they had heard some bad rumors.
But together with Zhou Ziwen, they have the courage.
It’s not that Zhou Ziwen is relied upon, but a herd mentality.
What's more, the place where they stayed was Secretary Wu's house, which made it safer.
"Okay, I have two rooms left in my house, so I can lend them to you." Wu Dagang nodded with a smile.
But the other educated youth looked at him eagerly, showing that he was helpless.
There are only two more rooms in his house, one is lent to Zhou Ziwen, and the other is lent to the two Chen sisters. If there are any more, they will be gone.
"Thank you, Secretary Wu." The two Chen sisters hurriedly thanked them.
"It's okay. We are all fellow villagers from now on, so we should help each other." Wu Dagang waved his hand.
After the housing problem is solved, the next thing is simple.
Wu Dagang's home had a cart. Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters went back to the Educated Youth Institute, took their luggage to the branch, and transported the prepaid grain to Wu Dagang's home.
Wu Dagang’s home is a typical rural house in Northeast China.
The house is not big, with a total of five rooms, three bedrooms, a living room, and a woodshed. Next to the woodshed is the toilet. The conditions of the house are pretty good.
Wu Dagang has two sons. They went to serve in the army a few years ago. They were the only two sons left at home, so they had two rooms available.
Wu Dagang’s wife’s surname is Chen, and everyone calls her Aunt Chen.
Aunt Chen welcomed the arrival of sisters Zhou Ziwen and Chen Shiying very much.
After all, when people get older, they like to be lively. Since the two sons of the family went to the army, the family has not been so lively for a long time.
"You haven't eaten yet. I just made some light meals at home. Let's eat together!" Aunt Chen looked at Zhou Ziwen and the others kindly, and she liked them more and more.
Zhou Ziwen was born handsome, with an unruly face and a faint smile that always seemed to have some magic power, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Not to mention Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi, they have exactly the same pretty faces, it is impossible to tell who is who, and the delicate face protein is so red that people can't help but want to take a bite.
In fact, when Zhou Ziwen came to borrow the trolley just now, Aunt Chen knew that they were coming, and specially added two dishes for this purpose.
"Thank you, aunt. I happened to bring a bottle of good wine. I will drink some with Uncle Wu later." Zhou Ziwen was not polite, but he was not prepared to eat for nothing.
This time when he went to the countryside, his family prepared a lot of things for him, including food, drink, and other things for him. If it wasn’t for the fact that he couldn’t carry them, Zhou’s mother would have liked to pack all the belongings at home for him.
"Hey, you kid, why are you so polite? You want to drink, but my house...isn't...none." Wu Dagang originally had a straight face and was about to get angry, but when he looked at the Maotai that Zhou Ziwen pulled out of his luggage, his voice sounded... It got smaller and smaller, and finally I couldn't speak anymore.
There was also a greedy expression on his face, and his throat rolled involuntarily.
Wu Dagang has no other hobbies in his life. One is smoking and the other is drinking.
As the saying goes, smoke never leaves your hand, drink never leaves your mouth, and you will live to be ninety-nine.
At his age, he likes to take a few sips when he has nothing to do.
If you encounter good wine, you can't help it.
Zhou Ziwen's bottle of Maotai is a good wine that Zhou's father has collected for many years. Over the years, Zhou's father can be heard showing off from time to time, but he just can't bear to drink it.
As a result, when Zhou Ziwen went to the countryside this time, Zhou's mother brought him with her, saying that it would be useful for him to meet leaders and other things, so that he could make connections.
No, now is the time to have a relationship.
"Haha, Uncle Wu, I'm not polite, and you shouldn't be polite either. It's our first time going to the countryside and we don't know anything. We still need your guidance." Zhou Ziwen said with a smile while holding the wine bottle.
"Hey, you asked the right person about this. Let me tell you, there is nothing in this village that I, Old Wu, don't know..."
Speaking of this, Wu Dagang I got excited and started talking endlessly.
Zhou Ziwen opened it very discerningly and filled it for him.
“Tsk, tsk!”
"This good wine is different and refreshing."
"By the way, you are going to build a house, do you have any ideas?"
The wine is not free, no, that's all. Yes, Wu Dagang became concerned about their practical problems.
Hearing this, the two sisters Chen Shiying also focused their attention. They also wanted to build a house, which could be compared with Zhou Ziwen's house.
“I have really thought about this, but it is a little different from the original plan. Uncle Wu will help me refer to it.”
"I plan to build a two-bedroom apartment with one living room, one room as a bedroom and the other as a kitchen."
"The stove in the kitchen is connected to the kang in the bedroom, so there is no need to burn another kang in winter."
There are two types of heated kangs in the Northeast. One is the one at the Educated Youth Yard. The heated kang is burned separately and there is a tunnel for burning the fire underneath.
The other option is what Zhou Ziwen just said, which is to use the cooking stove and the kang to connect, so that when cooking, the kang in the room can be heated, which is trouble-free and convenient.
“The area doesn’t need to be too big, since I live alone, it’s enough.”
Zhou Ziwen expressed his thoughts.
At the beginning, he only planned to build two rooms, one for sleeping and the other as both a living room and a kitchen.
But when I thought about it later, I felt that it was not appropriate. It didn’t seem like the kitchen and living room were together.
It is better to spend more money to separate the two places. Anyway, his requirement for area is not high, it is just one more wall.
"It's a good idea. I can help you buy some bricks for the fire pit and stove from the production team, but I won't be able to buy too many bricks." Wu Dagang lit the cigarette bag and took several puffs with squinted eyes.
"So it's best to build an adobe house. It's not difficult to build. Most people in our village will keep some adobes."
"It depends on whether you are willing to spend money. After all, these adobes are They kept it for building their own houses”
(End of Chapter)