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At the same time, we also learned from them that in order to appease the cadres who went to the countryside to devote themselves to rural construction, the higher authorities would arrange housing for the family as soon as possible.

Also, considering that I had just arrived in the countryside and had no population rations, I could still get food from the grain station in the first month, but as for the rest of the month I would have to find a way myself.

In other words, except for the first month, the family doesn’t have to worry about food and drink?

From now on I have to rely on myself. Fortunately, my family has enough food, either superficially or secretly, otherwise I would be really worried.

But even so, we can't tell others clearly that we have enough food to eat?

Ugh!

Anyway, there is no need to worry about the first month, and you can take this opportunity to buy some things for your home.

Otherwise, after a long time, it may not be so easy to buy something else.

Along the way, the other party also learned about his family's situation. In addition to Guo Huaian's inconvenient legs and feet, he also has three young children.

If it weren't for special circumstances, how could he be on the list of cadres going to the countryside?

Fortunately, they were nice people and took their own situation into consideration, so they asked what kind of house they needed to build.

In their opinion, since they have already gone to the countryside, it is impossible for them to leave, so they might as well quickly arrange the most important things first.

Speaking of the house, before coming here, they had already discussed how to build their own house. This is what Guo Huaian told them.

“There are five people in our family, so it stands to reason that we should build three or four rooms, a place for reception and dining, two bedrooms, and a kitchen.

But before I came to our place, I specifically inquired about it. Our local houses, especially the houses where the villagers live in the countryside, are the same as those in the Northeast, so just build three houses.

In this way, the kitchen is in the middle and the bedrooms are on both sides.

But then again, as you can see, among the three children in our family, one is a little girl.

Even though she is still young, we cannot let her live with her brothers forever.

In this case, we will need three bedrooms, but we also know that it is not easy for us who live in the countryside.

After much thought, I decided that it would be more appropriate to build three rooms first.”

"How can this be done?"

"That's right, Comrade Guo, just let me know if you need anything. Besides, besides a place to live, don't you have any other requirements?"

"Yes?

Comrade Guo, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Comrades, don't be anxious. Listen to me first. What I mean is that these three rooms need to be built a little bigger. Can't we just separate them in the middle?"

“If that’s the case, then it’s not impossible.

In our countryside, the size of a house is primarily determined by the wood used. In this case, let's follow Comrade Guo's advice.

But in this way, even if it is separated in the middle, the room is relatively smaller than other houses."

"It doesn't matter if it's smaller, as long as it can fit in."

"That's great. We'll make arrangements right away."

"Then I'll trouble you two comrades."

"It's not a problem. I just don't know if Comrade Guo is planning to build a brick house or..."

"We don't need to build brick houses, we can just build mud houses. We are here to settle down in the countryside, not to enjoy life here, so why should we build brick houses?

If I build a brick and tile house, how can I integrate with my fellow villagers?

To be honest, if my legs and feet were not in such a bad condition, I would not even plan to use tiles for the roof of my house.

But you can see that it is not convenient for me to do this, so I can only trouble you, don’t you agree?”

“How can you say it’s troublesome?

Then let’s do as Comrade Guo says.

Tell me the dimensions of the house you want to build, and I will immediately organize people to build it in a few days."

"Then I'll trouble you. In addition to building three main rooms, can you help me build a pigsty?

After all, if you go to the countryside and settle down, you have to raise pigs, otherwise it won’t look like the real deal.”

"Yes, in that case, we'll help you cover the chicken coop later."

"Thank you very much."

"Thank you for what?

This is what should be done.”

"No."

From what they said, they were planning to help build the house, which would be convenient for their family.

In fact, if I wasn't worried about the gap between us and the country people, it would be nice to just build a brick house with their help.

But considering what will happen later, it is better to build a mud-brick house. Although the mud-brick house does not look very good, we can't care too much about it. It is better to keep a low profile.

Speaking of our family’s requirements for this house, it is true that it has three main rooms when viewed from the outside.

If you look from the inside, it is a layout of one large and four small rooms. The area of ​​each room is not too small, measuring four meters long and six meters wide.

The largest room in the middle is the kitchen, which can also be used as a dining room in summer.

Except for the bedroom on the west side, which was separated by two doors in the middle, the one bedroom was converted into two bedrooms for three children to live in.

The two sons live outside so that they can notice anything if something happens at home and cultivate their sense of responsibility from an early age.

My daughter lives in the room on the west side. The only downside is that the small bedroom is a bit dark.

Then just open a small window on the back wall. Otherwise the air in the room won't circulate and it will be extremely dark. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

As for the bedroom on the east side, it was where he and Guo Huaian lived.

It can also be used as a living room in winter, but there is no other way because the weather in the north is cold and we cannot entertain guests for meals outside in winter.

When I told Guo Huaian my idea, he also said it there.

"In this way, from the outside it really looks no different from other people's houses, right?

But it looks pretty good from the inside. I would say that there is a small room in the middle of the room we live in, and the door is in our bedroom. In this way, even if there is a lot of food in the house, no one can see it.

"How can there be any surplus food?"

"There is no extra food, so is there nothing else?

In the countryside, even extra wild vegetables are good things.

Don’t let a guest come to your house and rush to the bedroom. But you can’t put all your things on the surface either. Otherwise, others will know what’s in the house, right?

Another thing is, if we don’t sleep on a kang, it would be nice to build a separate kitchen and warehouse. I can inquire about sleeping on a kang.”

"Then let's do as you say, but this way the room will seem a little small."

"Just be small!