Zhou Qinglan is not one of those girls who have no ambition and only wants to get married and enjoy happiness.
Besides, she and Sheng Xiping are not married yet, so how can they just let Sheng Xiping take care of them without doing anything.
So when she heard that she could become an inspector, she was overjoyed and almost jumped with joy.
"Really? Can I really be an inspector?
Oh, that's great, I will definitely learn from Sister Chen."
It would be great to have a skill and be able to earn money to support herself. Of course she would be happy with it.
When Sheng Xiping saw Zhou Qinglan's joyful look, he couldn't help but laugh too.
"Then you quickly pack your luggage and clothes, and move to my house with Li Xue and Wang Lin.
I think everything has been sorted out here, but I'm really worried about you guys living here."
It's time to go to work in the mountains soon. Most of the male educated youths have packed their bags and gone home. It's deserted here.
"Okay, then I'll talk to Li Xue and the others." Zhou Qinglan happily turned around and entered the room to talk to the other two female educated youths.
Li Xue and Wang Lin were naturally very happy when they heard this, so they quickly packed their luggage.
In fact, I didn’t have much, just a set of bedding and a few changes of clothes.
The luggage is rolled up and tied with leg straps, the washbasin is tied together, and clothes and other supplies are put into the pockets.
I happened to be carrying my luggage, a bag in one hand, and a thermos in the other. This was all my belongings.
The local female educated youths also packed their things, so everyone came out together and locked the door.
Just as Chen Weiguo came to pick up Liu Hongxia, Wang Jianshe, who had nothing to do at home, came over to take a look at the excitement.
Sheng Xiping reached out and took Zhou Qinglan's luggage, while Chen Weiguo also carried Liu Hongxia's luggage on his shoulders.
Wang Jianshe took a look and saw that Li Xue was a thin and small person, and it was a bit difficult to carry a large luggage, so he went over and reached out to take it.
"Let me get it for you."
Li Xue felt quite embarrassed and her face turned red, "Thank you."
Wang Lin and several other female educated youths were left without help, so they simply took their luggage and walked to the forest farm.
In this way, the group left the collective household, and Chen Weiguo escorted Liu Hongxia home.
Wang Jianshe helped and sent Li Xue's luggage to Sheng's house.
As soon as Zhang Shuzhen saw everyone coming back, she greeted Zhou Qinglan, Li Xue, and Wang Lin with great enthusiasm to enter the room.
"The west room has been tidied up, and the kang is lit with fire. The three of you can live at home without worrying about anything.
Normally when you go to work in the mountains, you don’t need to clean up the house. I have the kang and hot water.”
Zhang Shuzhen is such a warm-hearted person, not to mention that she has a daughter-in-law whom she has never married, so why not take good care of her?
"Auntie, let's come and live here, so you have to worry about it.
Thank you, ma'am. We will pay you the rent later." Both Li Xue and Wang Lin felt quite embarrassed.
They followed Zhou Qinglan to live in the Sheng family, so they couldn't be forgiven. They were so warm and considerate, thinking about them in every aspect.
The two of them were thinking about it, no matter what they said, they had to express it.
"Oh, no, no, no, you guys, just settle down and don't think about anything.
The house remains idle even if it is unoccupied, and I still have to light a fire in the winter.
It would be great if someone lives in the house and the house still has life." Upon hearing this, Zhang Shuzhen had to be polite.
In this way, the three girls' luggage was placed on the west room kang.
The Sheng family's house is newly built, and the west room is neatly tidied. Zhang Shuzhen just cleaned it again, and there is nothing to do.
So Zhang Shuzhen called several young people to the east room, made tea for them, and chatted with them for a while.
Zhang Shuzhen had only met two girls, Li Xue and Wang Lin, before, but didn't know them well.
Now that I want to keep them at home, I definitely need to ask more questions.
I have to say that these older women are really capable of asking about other people's situations.
In just a few words, I asked him all the general information.
Li Xue's family is from the line engineering team, and Wang Lin's family is from Sentie.
Li Xue is 19 this year and graduated from high school. Wang Lin is 18. She gave up high school after one year and went to the mountains to become an educated youth.
"You both studied in No. 1 Middle School? If you think about it this way, Li Xue, you should be one year younger than me. Why don't I seem to have seen you before?"
When Wang Jianshe heard that Li Xue was also a student of No. 1 Middle School, he felt strange, as he had never seen him before.
"My family moved here from the Wangou Forestry Bureau in 1969, so we came late." Li Xue explained in a low voice.
After saying this, Wang Jianshe and the others understood.
In 1969, everyone was busy digging tunnels. There were so many students in the school, including junior high school and high school. It was normal for a new classmate to be unfamiliar.
These people are of similar age and are all alumni of No. 1 Middle School, so the more we talk, the closer we get.
Wang Jianshe didn't know what was going on. He had never seen him so eloquent before, but he had a great time chatting with Li Xue today.
When Zhang Shuzhen saw this, she simply went to the kitchen to grab some food, cooked a few more dishes in the evening, and invited Wang Jianshe and Zhou Qinglan to have a meal with them. It was a welcome ceremony for the three girls.
When the girls saw this, they rushed to help. Li Xue and Wang Lin secretly found food stamps and planned to give them to Zhang Shuzhen in the evening.
Nowadays, no one's family has much food. It's a courtesy for them to keep them to eat, but you can't take advantage of them.
When the children of the Sheng family came back from school in the evening, they discovered that there were several more people at home. In addition to Zhou Qinglan and Wang Jianshe, there were also two beautiful sisters.
Sheng Yunfang and the others were naturally curious, so they went to inquire in a low voice.
After learning that Zhou Qinglan and the two beautiful sisters would live at home, the two girls were so happy that they hugged Zhou Qinglan and refused to let go, shouting that they would also sleep in the west room that night.
"Auntie, let Yunfang and Yunfei live with us. It just so happens that I can watch them reading at night."
Zhou Qinglan likes these two girls from the Sheng family very much. Anyway, the West Room Kang is not small and the place is spacious.
"Mom, just agree. We promise not to mess around and not affect my sister's rest."
Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei held Zhang Shuzhen's arms and begged.
If this is left to future generations, it would be more demanding. When the daughter is older, she should have a separate room.
But right now, I really don’t have this concept. Many families have seven or eight people, and about ten people sleep on the same bed.
When some families' sons get married, they just hang a curtain in the middle or sleep on a kang. How can they afford to give their daughters a separate room?
Ordinarily, the Sheng family now has a total of three kang beds, which is a condition, but Zhang Shuzhen didn't think about it at all.
At this time, her daughter proposed to live with Zhou Qinglan and the others. Zhang Shuzhen thought about it. Anyway, there was plenty of room at home, so she could live wherever she liked.
"Then we have agreed that we are not allowed to disturb these three sisters' rest.
People have to go up to the mountains to work during the day, so don't go crazy and make noise at night."
Zhang Shuzhen first sets rules for her daughter, so as not to annoy others and make them embarrassed to say anything.