Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

Song Shuangshuang said that she could repair the house by herself, and the village chief did not stop her.

I explained to Song Shuangshuang that the house was the property of the village and could only be rented to her. Moreover, even if she returned to the city in the future, the village would not return the money for repairing the house to her.

Song Shuangshuang readily agreed. Wouldn't this save money and time than building a house?

"You two go back first, and come to the village committee office to find me after work tomorrow night. Take the canned food back with you, there's no need to deal with all this." The village chief agreed to let Song Shuangshuang and her brother move out, but he had to discuss with several other village cadres before deciding how much rent to charge for the yard.

As for the two cans, the village chief thought that the rent collected from Song Shuangshuang would be counted into the village's public account and used to subsidize the village, so he didn't plan to collect it.

"Anyway, we are sorry to trouble you, so please keep it for yourself. We two siblings will not disturb you any more, and we will leave first." Song Shuangshuang and her brother stood up, said goodbye to the village chief, and hurried out.

The village chief's wife chased after the brother and sister and sent them out, then returned to the house and asked her old man what to do with the two cans of food?

The village chief asked his wife to collect them first and save them for when people from the commune came to eat.

"How much do you plan to charge for Jiang San's house? The house is in such a mess that it will cost a lot to repair it."

The village chief was also confused, "4 yuan a month?" If it was any less, he was afraid that the villagers would know and disagree.

The village chief's wife also thought the price was appropriate.

"How could these two children be so miserable? Song Zhiqing lost his good job and was signed up to go to the countryside. Little Song Zhiqing was beaten and sent to the hospital. How could they be so wicked? Old man, you have to speak up for these two children and not ask them for too much money." Who would be willing to let their own children go to the countryside, especially two of them at once?

It must have cost the family a lot of money just to get these two kids together.

Fortunately, we came to their village.

"Okay, you're just soft-hearted."

"You talk as if you have no heart." The village chief's wife rolled her eyes at him and went out to continue washing clothes.

Here, Song Shuangshuang and her brother came to the captain's house again, and took out the cans before entering the door.

The captain was sitting in the yard drinking tea. Seeing Song Shuangshuang and her brother coming with some gifts, he guessed that the matter they had discussed with him before was almost done, and they came to thank him, but they definitely could not accept the gifts.

So the captain deliberately put on a stern face and asked, "What is Song Zhiqing doing?"

Facing the captain, Song Shuangshuang was not so restrained. She said she came to thank the captain for his advice that day and for taking care of her and her brother.

The captain said that he didn't do anything to help the siblings, and asked Song Shuangshuang to take the things back.

As a result, Song Shuangshuang put the can at the door and ran away, not giving the captain time to react.

The captain walked to the gate, picked up two cans, looked at the backs of the siblings running away, shook his head and went back into the house. This girl is really smart!

"Dad, who's here?" Bai Han was fetching water in the backyard. When he finished his work and came to the front yard, he saw the team leader holding two cans in his hands. The person who had just spoken was gone.

"No one, go and give the things to your mother and ask her to put them away."

"Oh." Bai Han obediently took the can and brought it into the house.

He was not curious at all about who sent it. He would find out when the time came by seeing which family in the village had good things happen to them.

After giving the gifts, Song Shuangshuang felt relieved. It was a foregone conclusion that the brother and sister would move out. It all depended on what the village chief would decide on rent to charge them tomorrow.

She expected to earn about 40-50 yuan a year, and the cost of repairing the house would be about - yuan? ? It should be about the same, after all, the yard is quite big.

If she builds the house herself, it would be a problem whether the village could grant her land. Even if it were granted, the place would definitely not be big, and in the end it would not be hers. She might even have to pay to rent the land.

And she has to spend money to build the house.

She and Song Youlin each lived in a room, and there had to be a kitchen, so there were three rooms in total. In addition, there was a toilet and a small warehouse for storing firewood, and a courtyard wall had to be built.

If she doesn't build a big brick and tile house, she will have to use wood to make beams when building an adobe house. The wood is not free, as everything on the mountain is collective and she has to buy it from the village.

Glass and roof tiles all cost money. You can't use thatch to make the roof. Won't they freeze to death in the winter?

Oh, yes, we also need to build a kang.

Not counting the labor cost, this house would cost over a hundred yuan. After all, the house was still in the village, and she couldn't turn it down.

So she might as well rent a house. Although the cost is not much different, the money for renting the house goes to the village, so it is much more feasible than building a house by herself.

Just make sure that they don't have to move out halfway.

The brother and sister returned happily to the Youth League Home, planning what to do the next day on the way.

"Tomorrow night after work, we will go to the village committee office to find the village chief. After we come back and have dinner, we will take some things to find Aunt Chang and Aunt Wang and ask them to help us find someone to repair the house."

"Okay, then I'll bring out two more cans later?"

"No, just take the candy." She was afraid that Aunt Chang would chase her out if she took the canned food.

The siblings decided not to tell the educated youth about moving out until it was finalized. Although everyone had to know about the construction after it started, at least they couldn't tell anyone before it started, in case someone interfered.

The next day, Song Shuangshuang greeted Tan Anjing and said that she and Song Youlin would come back later for dinner, and asked her to save some food for them.

After work in the evening, Song Shuangshuang did not rush to the village committee office. She waited until most of the educated youth had returned before going to the village committee.

When the two arrived at the village committee office, the village chief, the team leader and the accountant were already waiting in the office. The team leader asked the brother and sister to come in and sit down to talk.

The captain first glanced at the village chief before asking Song Shuangshuang if she had decided to rent the dilapidated yard. If so, the two of them would have to find a way to repair it themselves. Also, if they returned to the city in the future, the village would not refund them the cost of repairing the house, so they had to think it over carefully.

Because there are many rooms in that yard, a well and open space for growing vegetables, the rent is 4 yuan per month, and the money is paid into the village public account.

Song Shuangshuang didn't hesitate and took out five big unity notes from her pocket and gave them to the accountant.

“I’ll give it to you for one year first.”

The accountant was so quick that he couldn't react. He didn't expect Song Shuangshuang to come up with so much money at once.

The village chief and the captain did not expect this either. They thought the girl planned to give it once a month.

Watching the accountant collect the money, Song Shuangshuang asked the village chief, "Since I rented this house, the right to use it belongs to me, right? The village won't suddenly take it back, right? Should we write an agreement or something?"

Song Shuangshuang was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that someone would get jealous and find a reason to kick her out. Where would she live then?

The captain immediately understood what Song Shuangshuang meant. "You have already paid the rent, so you have the final say on this house. If you want an agreement, I will write one for you."

Song Shuangshuang smiled embarrassedly. "I'm just in case. If someone pays more than me, then I won't have repaired the house in vain. And the village has guarantees, so they don't worry about me defaulting on the rent."

That being said, everything that should have been written in the agreement was intact, and Song Shuangshuang even asked the accountant to give her the change and write a receipt.

Looking at the agreement and receipt in her hand, Song Shuangshuang folded them up happily and put them in her pocket.

Oh, by the way, because Song Shuangshuang gave it for a year at a time, the village chief decided to give her some change and only charged her 45 yuan.

He thanked the three leaders present with a smile, and praised them one after another. The village chief's head was buzzing, so he drove them away.

Song Shuangshuang was kicked out, but she didn't feel embarrassed at all, and the smile on her face didn't diminish at all.

He patted his pockets and called Song Youlin back to the educated youth center. "Dear brother! Let's go back and eat!"

The three village leaders in the room... were in a very subtle mood.