Chapter 36 Door-to-Door Delivery
"I heard that some educated youth are coming to you. Your uncle Yonggui got some wood from the mountains and made two kang cabinets. If you want, you can move in now." Aunt Zaohua welcomed the two into the house.

The houses here basically have a stove right at the entrance. You have to pass the stove before entering the inner room and take off your shoes to get on the kang. There are two kang cabinets stacked on the kang on the west side of the upper room. The original wood is coated with tung oil twice. The workmanship is not exquisite, but the size is right and very practical.

Next to it was a wooden basin about half a meter high and half a meter in diameter. It was also newly made and smelled of tung oil. Xu Qinghuan fell in love with it at first sight.

She picked out a kang cabinet, two kang mats, and a wooden basin. She originally wanted to buy a table and a large cabinet. The package she sent by mail would take at least a week to arrive, and the cotton quilt would need a cabinet to fit it. But considering that the room at the educated youth site was so small, she had to give up the idea for the time being.

Aunt Zaohua was a nice person. Since the kang cabinet was difficult to move, she asked her youngest son to use a cart to deliver the things Xu Qinghuan bought, and also gave Xu Qinghuan a backpack for free.

Said she would need it in the future.

The kang cabinet cost three dollars and fifty cents, the kang mat cost thirty cents, and Xu Qinghuan paid four dollars for the wooden basin, so the total cost was eight dollars and ten cents. It was not expensive at all, and it would last for ten or eight years without breaking down.

Xu Qinghuan still had two thousand four hundred and seventy-one yuan and eighty-four cents in his hand.

On their way back to the educated youth site, Qiao Xinyu took Xu Qinghuan around another road and saw two isolated houses at the foot of the mountain. One of them was actually a large blue brick and tile house with two courtyards and a half-acre yard inside. Xu Qinghuan was a little surprised and asked, "Whose house is this?"

"The landlord's old house here was originally occupied. I heard that his family grew too large, so they moved to where our brigade headquarters is and built two large houses. The house here has been empty ever since. Later, as you know... no one dared to live there anymore."

Qiao Xinyu saw that the sisters' eyes seemed to be shining, "You are not planning to take over this house, are you?"

Xu Qinghuan nodded fiercely, "Is it not possible? Can't I buy it?"

Qiao Xinyu thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible. It's just that, you see, although this place is close to the brigade headquarters, there's only one family nearby, and it's also very close to the mountains. It's said that wild animals often come down from the mountains. Also, do you know who lives next door?"

Qiao Xinyu pointed to the low adobe house next to the large blue brick and tile house and asked.

Xu Qinghuan had no idea and shook his head. "Is this family very cruel?"

"How can he not be brutal? You should remember the man driving the tractor today, right?" Qiao Xinyu said with some fear.

Xu Qinghuan nodded. "Jiang Xingye, the one who saved my life, isn't he a good person?"

Qiao Xinyu touched her heart, as if she had said something terrible to a sister, "He's still a good man? Do you know what his reputation is in the production team?"

Xu Qinghuan smiled and shook his head, very curious, "What reputation?"

Could it be that the future boss really had a bad reputation when he was young? He was just a loafer, a village bully, a lazy, ruthless person, what else could he be?

"No one in the entire production team wanted to talk to him. They avoided him like the plague. It was said that there was no one, from the youngest to the oldest, who he hadn't beaten. No one dared to provoke him. If you spoke to him, he would glare at you with a murderous look that could eat you. He would ignore you and would start a fight if you disagreed with him."

Qiao Xinyu became more and more afraid as he spoke, and lowered his voice, "I heard that he almost killed someone. Anyway, I don't dare to provoke him. I'm afraid he will hit me."

Xu Qinghuan gasped. She hadn't expected the Admiral's Brigade to treat Jiang Xingye this way. She couldn't help but feel a surge of anger, and her voice was filled with resentment. "That's for a reason!" Qiao Xinyu exclaimed in disbelief, "What reason?"

Xu Qinghuan didn't think much about it, "In short, that person must be a bad person, and a very bad person!"

Jiang Xingye was too young at that time and he was seriously injured, but no one thought from his perspective.

The person who caused this murder was Jiang Xingye's mother, and it was also his biological mother who served as a witness to accuse Jiang Xingye.

Because the matter involved Jiang Xingye's family affairs, Xu Qinghuan was not in a position to tell the specific reason, but he always felt that it was extremely unfair for him to be misunderstood and excluded like this.

Qiao Xinyu was extremely puzzled. "No, Huanhuan, how did you know? Did you know him a long time ago?"

Xu Qinghuan thought to herself, "Oh no!" She was so focused on defending the boss that she ended up using too much force. "Of course... I don't know him. I just thought he was a good person. He just saved me. If he wants to kill him, he must not be a good person."

Qiao Xinyu breathed a sigh of relief. She did not doubt this explanation because the two grew up together and were too familiar with each other. Even if Xu Qinghuan said that he knew Jiang Xingye, Qiao Xinyu would not believe it.

"Okay, just stay away from him in the future. Remember, we will go back to the city in the future, so stay away from all the male comrades in the production team." Qiao Xinyu cared for her sisters like an older sister.

"I know!" Xu Qinghuan wanted to cling to the boss's golden thigh, but it would be better not to mention it for the time being, as she was afraid of scaring her sisters.

The two men walked away, and a man walked up slowly from the bottom of the hill. His narrow eyes were as sharp as a beast's, with some ferocity. He stared at Xu Qinghuan's receding back, his thin lips slightly raised, with a hint of sarcasm in his coldness.

If it’s not Jiang Xingye, then who else could it be!
He had heard everything the two of them said clearly. He hadn't expected the new educated youth to be so cute and silly. He had just lent a hand, but she had directly identified him as a good person!
It’s really not easy for such a person to be able to live well until now!

At the entrance of the educated youth point, the old ox finally arrived. The newly arrived educated youth were unloading their luggage. Walking over ten miles had almost cost these people their lives.

Seeing Xu Qinghuan and Qiao Xinyu coming back from somewhere, Ma Lijuan and Lu Nianying were so jealous that they were going crazy.

They wanted to ride in a bullock cart, but the team leader wouldn't let them. He said animals were more valuable than people. What kind of logic is that!

Seeing Xu Qinghuan and the other girl walk by without even glancing at their luggage piled on the ground, Lu Nianying felt extremely aggrieved. "Xu Qinghuan, we are still sisters. Now that we are in this unfamiliar place, can't you lend a hand?"

She pointed at the luggage on the ground and accused.

Xu Qinghuan paused, glanced at her and said, "Sister? Don't you know your origin? My mother may have abandoned me, but my father and mother were married in a formal way, and had children. Who do you think you are, a scoundrel with an unlucky father, and you want to pretend to be my sister!"

There were other educated youth at the door, all coming to greet the newcomers. The cowherd and the team leader had not left yet. There were also many other team members who had come to watch the fun. When they heard these words, they were all full of gossip and wished Xu Qinghuan could explain it in more detail.

The color drained from Lu Nianying's face. She looked at Xu Qinghuan in disbelief. How did she know? How could she know? Someone told her, but who else could it be but Song Wanlin?
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