"Excuse me, is this Captain Zhou's house?" Coming to the courtyard of Zhou Changzhu's house, Ye Tan stood outside the courtyard and asked.

Hearing the voice, it was a woman in her forties, she stepped forward to open the courtyard door, and asked with a smile, "Are you here to find my family's Lao Zhou?" ”

This woman is Captain Zhou's daughter-in-law, surnamed Tong, named Tong Meifang, she looked at Ye Tan Miansheng, knowing that there were a few new intellectuals in the village yesterday, so she knew that this should be one of those new intellectuals, I am afraid that she came to Zhou Changzhu to talk about things.

Ye Tan smiled and nodded: "You are Aunt Zhou, my name is Ye Tan, I am here to talk to Captain Zhou about something, and in addition, I want to ask you about something." ”

After listening to Ye Tan's words, Tong Meifang said "oh": "You are Ye Tan, I heard my old Zhou say, you want to find Carpenter Liu to make some cabinets, don't you?" ”

"Yes." Ye Tan nodded.

"Come on in." Tong Meifang greeted Ye Tan with a smile.

Ye Tan entered the courtyard gate, and handed the brown sugar and fruit candy in his hand to Tong Meifang: "Aunt Zhou, this is the first time you come to the door, this is a little careful." ”

"Oh, you kid, come here, get something." Tong Meifang hurriedly refused, but the smile on her face deepened, this girl is a polite person, but the fruit candy is okay, this brown sugar is more expensive, and now the town is fine, but it is not easy for the people in the village to buy brown sugar.

"Auntie, take it, it's just a little heart." Ye Tan smiled and put the thing in Tong Meifang's hand: "Besides, I don't have to work hard for my aunt to help me." ”

Tong Meifang saw that Ye Tan really wanted to give, and thought about the fact that now her daughter-in-law has just become pregnant, and after all these years, she has finally become pregnant, so she has to make up for it, so she took it by the situation: "Okay, that aunt will accept it with a cheeky face, and if you don't understand anything in the future, come and ask your aunt." ”

"Eh, thank you, auntie."

At this time, Zhou Changzhu came out of the house and asked, "Who is here?" ”

Ye Tan greeted with a smile: "Captain Zhou." ”

"Ye Tan." Zhou Changzhu remembered that Ye Tan said yesterday that he was going to find Carpenter Liu to make a cabinet, so he said: "It's just right, let your aunt take you to Carpenter Liu's house in a while, what do you want to fight, just tell Carpenter Liu directly." ”

"Captain Zhou, I still want to talk to you about something." Ye Tan said hurriedly.

"What's the matter? Come inside and talk about it. Zhou Changzhu had a good impression of Ye Tan, he was not hypocritical, he took the initiative to live in the utility room, but he helped him solve a big problem, so he didn't mind helping Ye Tan more where he could.

"That's the case, I saw that there was still a vacant lot in the backyard of our educated youth point, this is not a place for female educated youths to live, so I thought, can I build a house to live in at my own expense, Captain Zhou, don't worry, you can help me say hello to find someone to build a house, how much money should be paid, I will pay by myself." After entering the room and sitting down, Ye Tan told Zhou Changzhu his thoughts.

In the meantime, a woman in her twenties poured a glass of water for Ye Tan, put it next to her, and smiled kindly at her, this is Zhou Changzhu's daughter-in-law Yu Juan, her mother-in-law just told her that Ye Tan sent three taels of brown sugar to their family, just enough to supplement the nutrition of the child in her belly.

Ye Tan also responded with a smile and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”

Zhou Changzhu listened to Ye Tan's words, and immediately understood what Ye Tan meant: "Do you want to live by yourself?" ”

Ye Tan smiled a little embarrassedly: "Well, is it okay?" ”

"It's not impossible." Zhou Changzhu thought about it, although there was no precedent for this in the village before, but it was still possible, after all, no matter what, the house on the female intellectual's side was not enough to live in, and she had to build a new house.

But if Ye Tan pays for the house by himself, not to mention that the village doesn't have to pay for it, those who build the house can still get cash directly, and both parties are cheap.

But what should be made clear in advance must be made clear: "However, Ye Tan, you also know that although you pay to build a house, the foundation still belongs to the village, that is, you paid to build a house, you can only live, but the house cannot belong to you, and the house will be returned to the village in the future, as for the money you pay to build a house, it can only be counted as the cost of the village to temporarily use the foundation for you, you see, can you accept it?" ”

"Yes." Ye Tan didn't think that the money for building the house could be recovered, she just wanted an independent space, after all, the secret on her body was too big, in case someone found out, I was afraid that there would be big trouble: "However, Captain Zhou, since I paid for the construction of the house, I hope that during the period when I live in that house, I will have the right to use the house independently, and the village can no longer arrange for others to live in my house, is it okay?" ”

"Okay, no problem." Zhou Changzhu is not an inkblot, he agreed directly, after all, people paid to build a house, if they didn't have their consent, they would stuff people into other people's houses, so what's the matter? He can't do such a cheeky thing.

Seeing that Zhou Changzhu agreed, Ye Tan's mood also jumped up, and he hurriedly said: "Captain Zhou, then please help me call someone to build a house, in addition, I also want to build a kitchen alone, and I also want to cook alone." ”

"Yes." Zhou Changzhu nodded, even if Ye Tan didn't say it, he also wanted to build a kitchen together, the open space in the backyard was not close to the kitchen in the front yard, if there was no fire pit in winter, this place could freeze to death: "You see if there is anything else you want, if there is no problem, I will arrange someone to go to the brick kiln tomorrow to pull bricks, and then organize people to build a house, how much it will be at that time, I will tell you." ”

"No problem." Ye Tan thought for a while, and then said, "How much money is needed in total, Captain Zhou, just tell me." ”

Zhou Changzhu smiled: "Okay." ”

Seeing that Ye Tan and Zhou Changzhu had finished talking about things, Tong Meifang said to Ye Tan with a smile: "Then while the sky is still bright at this time, let's go to Carpenter Liu's house now." ”

"Okay." Ye Tan got up and said goodbye to Zhou Changzhu, and followed Tong Meifang to Carpenter Liu's house.

On the way to Carpenter Liu's house, Tong Meifang touched Ye Tan's hair and said pityingly: "You are too thin, fortunately, although we are a village here, the water and soil raise people, you are still young, and you can raise it back slowly." ”

Because of the abuse of more than ten years, the original owner was not only not tall, but also yellow and thin, and his hair was dry and dull.

Ye Tan thought that his current appearance really didn't look like a rich person, and then he had to build a house and fire himself, so it was inevitable that no one would suspect it, and even have any other ideas, so he briefly told Tong Meifang what happened to the original owner, and said at the end: "Fortunately, the leaders in the factory gave me justice, although I still have to go to the countryside, but I also helped me make some compensation." ”