Chapter 71 Uncomfortable Adjustment (3/3)

Yan Yu then took Xiao Bai, who had eaten and drunk her fill and had been coaxed by Ruan Tang, to water the small vegetable garden he had cultivated in the backyard.

Just then, a loud banging came from the neighboring yard.

Immediately following was Zhao Weiguo's honest and simple voice.

Before long, Yan Yu led a large group of people around from next door.

Zhao Weiguo and Chen Siming were followed by Gu Jinzhou, Shen Yishan, and Lin Xiangnan.

"Ruan Ruan!" Lin Xiangnan greeted Ruan Tang with a hearty laugh as soon as he saw her.

Ruan Tang quickly got up and invited the others to sit down at the stone table under the camphor tree.

Yan Yu walked into the kitchen with complete ease, took out a few bamboo cups, poured a cup of warm brown sugar water for Ruan Tang and handed it to her before pouring some for the others. He then sat down next to Ruan Tang, his possessiveness evident.

Lin Xiangnan took a sip of water, scratched his head, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Yan, Ruan, we've discussed it, and now that the wheat harvest is over, the team said they can give us educated youth a day off tomorrow. We'd like to go to the commune to buy some things, and we were wondering if you'd like to come?"

“Yes, yes, yes,” Shen Yishan followed behind, nodding like a chick pecking at rice, “I’ve used up so many things, if I don’t buy more, I won’t have any left.”

After Shen Yishan finished speaking, Lin Xiangnan continued, "There's something else. We feel that it's not good to keep staying at the villagers' homes like this. Didn't the brigade leader say he was going to build a settlement for us educated youth? We wanted to ask for your thoughts."

The courtyard fell silent for a moment after he said that.

Ruan Tang turned her head, her watery almond-shaped eyes looking at Lin Xiangnan and Shen Yishan, and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Yan Yu and I definitely won't be living in the educated youth settlement, so we won't be involved in building the house."

“Right, you bought a house, so you definitely won’t live in the former educated youth settlement.” Lin Xiangnan slapped his forehead, remembering this.

Ruan Tang paused, then asked casually, with a hint of curiosity, "Did the brigade leader say... how should the educated youth settlement be built?"

They hadn't asked the brigade leader about this yet, but Zhao Weiguo, who had returned with Chen Fengshan that afternoon, had overheard it and said in a muffled voice, "From what the brigade leader said, it seems like they're going to build a large communal dormitory to save money and space."

"A shared dormitory?" Shen Yishan frowned, somewhat displeased. She had just gotten used to living with Lin Xiangnan alone, and she wouldn't be comfortable in a shared dormitory.

Lin Xiangnan looked at Shen Yishan and said, "The dormitory is too inconvenient. Why don't we ask the brigade leader if we can pay extra to build a single room? Or you and I can build a room together. It's better than squeezing in with strangers in the future."

Shen Yishan stared wide-eyed incredulously and asked, "You mean... there will be new educated youth coming in the future?"

Ruan Tang picked up her cup, slowly took a sip of the sugar water, a faint smile playing on her lips, and casually replied.

"That's hard to say." (This chapter has been read. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)