After explaining clearly, Director Li helped them move their things into the yard and left.

Du Ruo and Li Qiuju started to tidy up the sundries in the house.

It was getting late at this time, so Du Ruo and Li Qiuju had to clean up the wing room first in order to accommodate people at night.

Li Qiuju was a little anxious, "Sister, we don't have a broom."

"Yes," Du Ruo calmly opened a wooden box, and under Li Qiuju's surprised gaze, he took out two wooden brooms, some rags, and two washbasins
With tools, it's quicker to put away.

Du Ruo is tall, holding a broom to sweep the thick dust and cobwebs on the wall;
Li Qiuju cleaned the floor and the dust on the kang.

The East Wing is about [-] to [-] square meters in size, and the cleaning speed of the two of them is quite fast.

It's just that there is too much dust. When sweeping, the dust created a cloud of dust, which made Du Ruo and Li Qiuju cough again and again.

Sweep the dust out of the house, and the house will look much more pleasing to the eye.

The two were cleaning when a middle-aged woman came in suddenly.

The woman is tall, a little taller than Du Ruo, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, she looks very neat.

"Are you busy?"

Hearing voices, Du Ruo hurried out, saw the woman, and asked with a smile, "Who are you?"

Sun Huniu smiled heartily, "I am the women's director of Mushroom Village. I heard from Party Secretary Li that you are here, so I will help you clean the house."

Only then did Du Ruo notice that Sun Huniu was still holding a broom in her hand.

Du Ruo hurriedly said, "Hello, hello, thank you very much, but the house is not big, the two of us can clean it up, so I don't bother you."

"What's the trouble?" Sun Huniu said with a smile, "From now on, we will all be from Mushroom Village. It's getting late, and it will get colder soon, so let's clean up quickly."

After Du Ruo thanked them, the three got busy again.

Director Sun is a quick worker. He took the washbasin to the village to get a basin of water. It was not too cold. After wetting the rag, he wiped the house where it could be wiped.

He also helped Du Ruo and the others move the dilapidated tables, chairs and benches from the main room to the outside.
After moving outside, Director Sun said with a smile, "Although these tables and chairs are broken, they can still be used after repairing them. The man in my family is a carpenter. If you are willing, I will ask him to repair it for you tomorrow. "

Du Ruo smiled, "That would be great, thank you Director Sun."

"What's your name, Director Sun?" Sun Huniu laughed, "You can just call me Big Sister Sun!"

Du Ruo responded with a smile, "Okay."

The three of them chatted while working, and Du Ruo got a lot of useful information from Big Sister Sun.

For example, there are a total of ten educated youths in Mushroom Village, including them, there are now a total of twelve.

One of the female educated youths has married Li Zhishu's son and is now a primary school teacher in the village.

The female comrades in the village can't stay idle at home in winter, she organizes to weave straw mats, or wait for the weather to be a little warmer, and go to open up wasteland!
When Du Ruo heard this, her heart gasped.

In such a cold day, do you want to open up wasteland?
Li Qiuju asked, "Sister Sun, it's so cold, can you move the frozen soil?"

Sister Sun said loudly, "If you can't dig, you have to dig. There are more people and more power!"

Du Ruo could only nod his head.

Director Sun also said, "We have a large reform-through-labor farm in the north of Mushroom Village, and a military reclamation group in the east."

Du Ruo and Li Qiuju listened silently.

After the three of them cleaned the house, Director Sun brought them a barrel of coal to help them light the kang.

After a while, the room, which was as cold as an ice cellar, gradually became warmer.

Director Sun stayed for a while, then said with a smile, "This kang is not bad, and it can still be used."

He also said, "Your food relationship has been transferred to Mushroom Village. You come with me and get the food."

He asked again, "Do you have cloth bags?"

Du Ruo hurriedly said, "Yes!"

Du Ruo found some cloth bags, and the two followed Director Sun to the gate. Director Sun took out the key from his pocket, opened the door, and led them into the yard.

The first courtyard is larger than the second courtyard, but the layout is the same, they are all typical courtyards.

Director Sun opened the room on the left. After entering, Du Ruo saw a stack surrounded by iron sheets. Director Sun took Du Ruo's cloth bag and said to the two,
"It's filled with wheat, and each of you has five catties of fine grain," Director Sun said while filling the grain.

"There is a stone mill in the village, you can grind the wheat into flour by yourself tomorrow."

Du Ruo responded, "Hey," and stepped forward, holding the cloth bag so that Director Sun could conveniently store food.

After feeling that it was almost the same, Director Sun put down the ladle in his hand, "This ladle is about three catties of grain, and there is only a lot of grain in it. If you don't believe it, you can borrow a scale and make it into a scale."

Du Ruo hurriedly said, "What are you calling it, how can I not believe you?"

"If we don't even trust you, who else can we trust?"

Director Sun was very happy when he heard this, and said to the two, "Let's go, I'll take you to pack sorghum."

Du Ruo and Li Qiuju have 45 catties of grain each month.

Du Ruo asked Li Qiuju to send ten catties of wheat to the backyard first, and finally returned to the backyard with eighty catties of sorghum.

Seeing Du Ruo walking like flying with [-] catties of grain, Sun Huniu praised, "Sister, look at your slender arms and legs, and you look really pretty. I didn't expect you to have a lot of strength!"

Du Ruo smiled honestly, "Natural, natural."

After the house was cleaned up and the food was given, Sun Huniu invited, "It's getting late, don't you guys stop cooking, why don't you go to my house to eat?"

Du Ruo smiled and refused, "Sister Sun, we brought a lot of food when we came, and we can eat it as soon as it is warmed up."

"Forget it today, let's go visit another day."

Sun Huniu felt that Du Ruo's words were polite, but not annoying.

After all, the two sides are not very familiar with each other, since Du Ruo refused, then forget it.

Sun Huniu responded with a smile, "Okay," and hurried home.

It was already dark at this time, the three of them had been cleaning the main room before, but the kitchen was not cleaned.

Du Ruo took out four eggs from the cloth pocket he carried with him, as well as two frozen steamed buns and Li Qiuju to simply fill his stomach.

After eating, Du Ruo said to Li Qiuju, "You can't stand the cold, you can rest indoors, I'll clean the kitchen, we have to cook tomorrow."

Li Qiuju hurriedly said, "Sister, I'm in good health, I'll go with you."

Although Li Qiuju's health is not good, she doesn't want to hold Du Ruo back. Du Ruo has done enough for her.

Du Ruo saw that Li Qiuju insisted, so he had no choice but to say, "That's fine!"

"If you feel too cold and uncomfortable, go back to your room and rest."

Li Qiuju responded with a smile, "Okay!"

It was dark, and when the two cleaned up the kitchen, they could only use the flashlight.

The kitchen is quite big, so Du Ruo moved all the sundries outside and piled them in a corner.

By the time the kitchen was cleaned up, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Du Ruo and Li Qiuju were exhausted from the day, so they quickly went to bed after cleaning up.

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