The thatched roof and walls are made of straw and mud.

There are several rooms in the house. Looking through the window, it is dark inside.

A female educated youth opened the door and came out. She looked at the people standing outside and asked, "Are you the new educated youth?"

Everyone nodded.

Su Qian saw that the yellow floral shirt on this female educated youth was obviously a little too short. It was tightly wrapped around her body and the buttons on her chest were about to explode.

The female educated youth's hair is not long, with two short braids on the left and right, and the bangs on her forehead are permed into curls.

"Why are there so many people here?" The female educated youth muttered in a low voice, and Susie heard it with her sharp ears.

Then the female educated youth said: "Then you settle down first. By the way, my name is Yu Xue."

Tian Xiaohui stepped forward and asked, "Where should we move our luggage?"

Yu Xue pointed to a room, "This room is empty, and female educated youths can live in it."

She pointed to the other side and said, "There is only one male educated youth living in that room. The male can live there."

Uncle Xu helped several people unload their luggage and pushed the cart away.

Su Qian walked to the room that Yu Xue pointed to, opened the door and took a look. The room had a compacted mud floor, and the walls inside were not painted. It was no different from the outside. The wooden windows were covered with spider silk, and the corners

There was a pile of straw, and some disassembled wooden shelves and boards leaning against the wall.

Tian Xiaohui poked her head out from behind Su Qian and screamed, "Oh my god, can anyone live in this house?"

Zhao Tingting stood nearby, her face turned green.

Susie is a person who has very high requirements for environmental hygiene, but she knows that in this era and in this place, she can't pay so much attention to it, so she can only grit her teeth and endure it.

When she walked into the house, she first smelled a musty smell.

She looked at the straw in the corner, where the musty smell probably came from.

She turned back to Tian Xiaohui and Zhao Tingting and said, "We have to get these straws out first, otherwise, this house will be unlivable."

Zhao Tingting was a little worried about Su Qian now, so she nodded quickly, "You have to get it out, it smells so big."

Tian Xiaohui suddenly said: "Wait a minute, the musty smell is too strong. Smelling it too much is not good for your health. I'll go get a mask first."

Her mother is a doctor. When she came out this time, she took a few cotton gauze masks from home and put them on. They were originally intended to be used as dishcloths, but they came in handy now.

Tian Xiaohui opened her travel bag and took out three masks, one for each person.

Susie didn't expect to have to wear books and a mask.

She put on her mask, took out a large bundle of straw from the corner, and placed it in the yard.

The three of them moved back and forth and soon emptied the straw.

In the corner where the straw had been placed, various small insects were crawling and running around on the ground.

Tian Xiaohui screamed and waved around with a broken broom.

Su Qian felt nauseated when she saw the bugs, but it was funny when she saw Tian Xiaohui's look, "This won't work, there are too many bugs, and it will be miserable if they crawl on you when you sleep at night."

Zhao Tingting trembled when she heard this.

Su Qian took the broken broom from Tian Xiaohui's hand and said, "Go to the village and ask from house to house to see which house has mugwort leaves. Bring some to smoke the house, otherwise you won't be able to live here."

Tian Xiaohui nodded and ran out.

Susie untied the bed roll, took out the enamel basin wrapped inside, fetched a basin of water from the stove, found a sportswear, tore it into several pieces to make rags, and wiped the windows and doors in the house first.

Once, Zhao Tingting and she took the wooden shelves and wooden boards to the yard and scrubbed them.

Tian Xiaohui went there for about half an hour and came out panting holding a large bundle of mugwort.

Susie saw that the mugwort was all dry, "There are matches in the stove, light them, close the doors and windows, and have a good smoke."

Tian Xiaohui lit mugwort, closed the door and came out, and soon thick smoke came out from the crack in the door.

Yu Xue smelled the smoke and came out, "Oh, what are you doing? Don't burn the house down!"

Susie said: "It can't be burned. Everything in the house has been taken out, and the fire is not big, but the smoke is big."

Yu Xue stood outside the house and asked again: "What do you guys plan to do for dinner tonight?"

Susie was squatting and cleaning the wooden shelves. When she heard her words, she stood up and asked, "How do you eat?"

Yu Xue said: "It's busy farming now, so we eat together. The six of us work shifts. The person on duty doesn't go out to work and is responsible for cooking, washing dishes, cleaning the house and carrying water."

"Otherwise, I would have to cook after work, which would be too tiring."

After she finished speaking, she waved her hands hurriedly, "But don't count on me today. I can't cook for so many people by myself."

"Besides, you didn't share the rations, so who gets to eat it?"

Yuan Gang came over from the male educated youth's room at this time. Hearing Yu Xue's words, he asked: "I heard that rations are given according to work points. We don't have work points, how can we divide the food?"

"It doesn't matter. The captain will lend you some food first and then deduct it after you have your work points."

Su Qian thought for a while and said, "Yu Xue, could you please cook our meals together tonight? I'll lend you two kilograms of rice first and return it to you after we receive the food."

Seeing Yu Xue's expression of reluctance, Su Qian added: "Just cook the rice, we will figure out how to cook the food ourselves."

She estimated that none of the people who came here knew how to use this kind of rural earth stove. In the cities, coal stoves were all used.

No matter what, the problem of filling your stomach must be solved first.

Yu Xue hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "It's time to cook, so I'll scoop out two more cups of rice." Then she went to the stove.

Zhao Tingting waited for her to leave, then threw down the rag and said, "This young lady from Haicheng is very delicate. She watches us busy going in and out, but she doesn't even offer to help. She even asks her to cook!"

Tian Xiaohui is not very happy either. This is not the same as the life she thought of jumping in line. We are all in the same group. Shouldn't everyone help each other?

Susie didn't answer their words. She was used to the indifference of later generations, and she agreed with the saying - helping you is a matter of affection, not helping you is a duty. There is nothing to blame.

Seeing that the wooden shelves had been wiped clean and the wormwood in the house was still smoking, she pulled Tian Xiaohui over and said, "Let's go to the village to buy some eggs, otherwise we won't have food to eat at night."

Zhao Tingting hesitated to speak next to her. Su Qian turned to her and asked, "Tingting, do you want to go together?"

Zhao Tingting quickly said: "Yes, yes."

It wasn't that she wanted to go, she was just here alone, unfamiliar with the place, and felt panicked.

Yuan Gang followed, "Then I'll go to the brigade headquarters to see if the captain has finished work."

Tian Xiaohui had just found mugwort and roughly knew the way to the village, so she pointed the direction to Yuan Gang, and he strode away.

Not far after the three girls left the yard, they soon saw a house.

Su Qian was about to go there when Tian Xiaohui stopped her and said, "No one is there, I just went there."

She pointed to a nearby house, "Go to that house. There is an aunt named Lan in that house. She is very kind. She was the one who told me just now that Uncle Xu's house has mugwort. She also raises chickens, so there should be eggs.

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Chapter completed!