504: Chapter 505 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 22_1 504: Chapter 505 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 22_1 Commander Guo briefly explained the situation of the company.
Shen Jie didn’t know what the others were thinking, but she only had one thought, and that was to finish early so she could take a good shower.
Then lie on the kang and rest well.
Although she had been sleeping every night these days, the rest hadn’t been good enough.
Everyone present felt that Commander Guo was unusually long-winded, but they could only wait patiently since he was the leader.
Commander Guo also knew that everyone had co a long way and was very tired.
Anyway, he had already explained everything that needed to be explained, “The company is new, and the houses are under construction.”
“If you choose the straw huts, it’s two people per room.
I guarantee that by the end of September, they will all be finished and you can move into new hos.”
“If you choose to live in the brick houses, one house has two rooms, with four people in each room.” Commander Guo also knew it was a bit excessive to say so.
But there was no choice, considering there weren’t many brick houses, this was the only arrangent possible.
The choice between a double room and a four-person room was easy, and many people quickly made their decision.
“Brick house.”
“Straw hut.”
Everyone stated their preference, and although so chose straw huts, overall, more people chose brick houses.
Feng Dan looked at Shen Jie, “What’s your choice?”
“I choose the straw hut since it’s just the two of us, there won’t be any snoring sounds.” Shen Jie casually ntioned her reasoning.
Actually, Feng Dan had wanted to choose the brick house, but upon hearing Shen Jie’s choice, she considered whether to express her own opinion.
After hearing Shen Jie’s reasoning, however, Feng Dan completely changed her mind.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t live in a brick house, just that it would be delayed slightly.
“Okay, let’s settle for the straw hut,” she agreed.
Zhao Yu also quickly changed his mind, “Huo Lei, let’s stay in the straw hut.”
“I’m fine with either.” Huo Lei indicated he had no problem with it.
Soon, everyone decided on the houses they would move into.
Although so people changed their minds after hearing Shen Jie’s reasoning and thought it made sense,
Still, the number of people choosing brick houses remained higher.
Now that the choices had been made, Commander Guo quickly arranged for the allocations.
As for Shen Jie and Feng Dan, who had chosen the straw huts this ti, of course, they moved into the straw huts.
The doors of the straw huts were open, waiting for their new occupants.
Since it was only temporary accommodation, Shen Jie didn’t bother to switch and directly found a place not too far from the water tap, where it wasn’t too noisy, and was well-ventilated.
Huo Lei and his crew didn’t bother choosing much either and picked a set next door.
After all, no matter which straw hut they chose, it wouldn’t turn into a flower.
Having chosen their huts, Shen Jie pulled out a padlock that had been prepared at ho, “It’s a good thing I ca prepared.”
Commander Guo had ntioned that with the notice received by the new educated youth, they could go to the administrative office to buy things, but who had the energy for that now.
“How about we take this opportunity to bathe now while there are hardly any people?”
Although it might seem Shen Jie wasn’t listening attentively to Commander Guo’s speech, she actually heard all the key points he had made.
“Good idea,” Feng Dan responded, quickly pulling out a change of clothes and grabbing her toiletries before heading to the bathroom for a bath.
Just as Shen Jie had thought, when they arrived at the bathroom, there were only two or three people inside.
The two glanced around and quickly undressed to take their showers.
You have to realize that there were not many taps in the bathroom, only about twenty, yet there were many female educated youth, at least a hundred or so.
Shen Jie did not want to wait any longer as she was feeling uncomfortable all over.
As she bathed, she began to feel irritated.
Just now, why did I forget to ask the old educated youth if there’s a carpenter on the farm, she wondered.
If there is, she would like to find a carpenter to make a bathtub for bathing.
Even if it cannot be brought back when returning to the city, it would still be useful during the few years in the Northeast.
Also needed is a footbath tub—Shen Jie, who had already been an educated youth once, knew just how great this thing was.
Soaking your feet in it after a busy day on the farm was truly beyond ordinary comfort.
Then a rack also needed to be made, to place the washbasin and footbath tub, and a chest needed to be crafted as well, to store so private items.
She didn’t know what the size of the room would be when moving into the house with brick walls, or whether there would be room for a wardrobe.
This way, clothes and quilts could all be put away.
The two of them bathed in the bathroom for a long ti, feeling almost as if they were about to scrub their skin off.
If it weren’t for the fact that the bathing brigade had already arrived, Shen Jie felt that she could have bathed even longer.
After changing into clean clothes, they ca out and saw people continuously arriving.
They felt so fortunate in their hearts.
“Thank goodness we ca early.” They were thankful that they hadn’t thought of packing up and had just dumped their stuff and rushed to the bathroom.
What they didn’t know was that it wasn’t that no one had thought of the potential crowding at the baths.
Of course, the idea was to co bathe without tidying up first.
But the kang was only so big, everyone wanted to sleep at the edges, and no one wanted to be in the middle.
Indeed, there had been quite a fuss over the sleeping arrangents.
When they got back ho, they packed up while discussing the things Shen Jie had in mind.
“Alright, let’s make a bathtub together,” Feng Dan suggested readily, not seeing anything amiss with the idea.
If she had a choice, Shen Jie would of course prefer one bathtub per person, but now one tub was shared by the whole family.
Since everyone was a young girl, there shouldn’t be many problems.
With both agreent and consideration, they settled on what to do, “Later we’ll ask the old people on the farm if there’s a carpenter.”
Since they were building sothing, they naturally wanted to be ahead of the crowd, “We need to be quick, and get it done before everyone else thinks of it.”
Otherwise, with so many new educated youth, there would definitely be a high demand for items.
Feng Dan was utterly persuaded by Shen Jie’s words, “Okay.”
Just then, they heard a knock on the door and turned to see Huo Lei.
They looked at him with puzzlent, and he straightforwardly explained his purpose, “There’s an old carpenter in a village not too far from here, with really good skills.”
“A lot of people on the farm have asked him to make things for them, do you need his services?” Huo Lei felt that Shen Jie and Feng Dan definitely needed these things.
“Yes, yes, we need them.” Wow, Shen Jie decided she had to give Huo Lei a good person award; he truly was a good Samaritan.
“Then let’s set out now.
By the way, do you know what you want to have made?” Huo Lei was concerned that the two of them might not know exactly what they needed.
“We have so ideas.” Shen Jie ntioned the items they wanted to have made.
Huo Lei calculated and rembered they had forgotten to ntion making a rack, “You’ll need this too.”
“Right, aren’t you going to make tables and stools?”
“Why would we make those?” Shen Jie obviously found these items to be necessary but hadn’t yet put them on the agenda.
“Indeed.” Feng Dan also felt there was no need to bother with that, “The two of us can make tables and stools.”
“When we move to the brick-and-tile house, in case the others we live with don’t want to make their own…”
Feng Dan certainly didn’t want to end up, at that ti, with the other two unwilling to pay yet still using the tables.
They couldn’t just start a quarrel over such a trivial matter.
Huo Lei said no more.
He and Zhao Yu didn’t care about the money, but Shen Jie and Feng Dan’s family conditions were average.
For them to take on these expenses was indeed a bit of a pressure.
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