kingnovel Chapter 949 Captain's Visit
Chapter 949 Captain's Visit
As for the captain, after meeting with the cadres who went out to inquire about the situation and exchanging information, he sent everyone away to make preparations.
After sending the bicycle home, he hurried out of the house.
At Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao's home, the two were doing the final check.
Since the family was preparing to welcome some outsiders, the two of them naturally had to put away some valuable things or things that were not easy to display in public.
Even the large amount of fine grains that Liu Jingxue sent over yesterday were originally stored in the cellar, but now most of them have to be hidden.
Fortunately, ever since they had seen the hidden cellars in the cowshed, the two men had secretly dug two cellars in their own home, in addition to the one they asked the villagers to help them dig when they built the house, so it was no problem to hide the grain and bacon.
Of course, the coarse grains distributed from the production team did not need to be stored.
Everyone knows that their two families are well-off, so they must have fine grains, and they can also leave some outside.
After getting up in the morning and having breakfast, the two of them began to tidy up the house and prepare to welcome guests.
The two had just finished their work and sat down to rest when they heard a knock on the gate and a call at the door.
"Are Zhou Zhiqing and Zhao Zhiqing at home?"
Zhao Junhao debated carefully, "It seems to be the captain's voice."
"Rather, they want us to vacate a room for the educated youths in the youth training center to live in," Zhou Mingxuan said.
Zhao Junhao nodded, "That should be it."
Zhao Junhao frowned, a little undecided.
"Mingxuan, do you think we should agree as soon as he asks us, or should we decline?
If we agree as soon as he mentions it, it would be too easy for us to talk to him.
If there are more educated youth coming and there is not enough room for them, he will arrange for them to stay with us because he thinks we are easy to talk to.”
“Good people are often bullied, good horses are often bullied, so we definitely can’t agree to it just because he mentions it.
At least you should ask the reason, and then make things difficult for him so that you can take the opportunity to make conditions.
I'm not going to let the two new male educated youth move in.
Didn’t Brother Zhou say that those two people were not good people?
As for those female educated youth, Chen Jiaojiao and Liu Zhaodi were not easy to deal with either.
You know the troubles they caused in the production team.
We have to make an agreement with the captain first, and only after he has put a tight spell on them will we allow them to move in."
Zhou Mingxuan glanced at Zhao Junhao and said, "You probably don't want them to move in and take advantage of you, right?"
Zhao Junhao heard this and shook his head frantically, "No, I don't want to be entangled by them.
We have to bargain with the captain and ask him to set some rules for them first."
Zhou Mingxuan stood up, picked up the thick cotton jacket hanging on the hanger beside him and put it on.
“We’ll just play it by ear then.
Okay, let's go open the door. We can't keep the captain waiting."
The captain called out twice, waited for a while, knocked on the door again, and finally heard a response from inside.
"Here it comes. Here it comes."
Zhou Mingxuan opened the gate and saw the captain standing outside. He pretended to be surprised and asked, "Captain, why are you here?"
"What? You don't welcome me?" the captain asked deliberately.
"How could that be possible? The captain can come to our house. We can't even ask for it. How can we not welcome him?"
Zhou Mingxuan said, and then invited people in, "Captain, please come in."
The captain originally didn't want to go into the house. After all, it was a special situation now, so it would be better not to visit other people's houses. He wanted to stand outside and talk things out.
But then I thought, I should go and see how big their kang is and how many people can sleep on it.
Although Xiaoxue said that sleeping with three men was not a problem, Xiaoxue only heard it from her brothers, so it would be better to see it with her own eyes.
After making up his mind, the captain simply followed Zhou Mingxuan's words and walked into the yard.
“Although I hired someone to help you build this house, I have never come in to take a look after it was completed.
I really want to see how you two have kept the house clean today. I hope it is not a mess."
Zhao Junhao heard this and said with a smile, "Maybe the captain will be embarrassed.
After all, it’s just two rough guys like us, so it might be a little unsatisfactory.”
"That shouldn't happen. You guys come from a military family after all, so you must be good at housekeeping."
The captain followed the two men into the house.
He didn't plan to stay long, so after entering the house, he didn't take off his equipment.
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao's house has only three rooms besides the toilet and woodshed, with a kitchen in the middle and rooms on both sides.
After the captain entered the house, he stood at the door of the two rooms and took a quick look. After seeing the size of the kang in the room, he had an idea in his mind. He stopped wandering in the house and went straight out of the house and into the yard.
Zhou Mingxuan, who already knew the captain's purpose, still greeted him.
"Captain, what are you doing outside? You should sit inside.
I'll make you some tea.
I brought some good tea from home during the Spring Festival and I will make you a cup of good tea."
The captain waved his hand quickly and said, "No need to make tea, I'm not thirsty.
I don't understand tea. If I were given good tea to drink, it would be like a cow chewing a peony, what a waste.
You should keep it for yourself.”
The captain was worried that the two of them were going to make tea and were not prepared to take off their masks and drink tea here, so he quickly stopped them.
"Zhou Zhiqing, Zhao Zhiqing, I came here today to ask for something.
You guys should stay here and talk in the yard."
Although they knew that the current situation was not suitable for the captain to stay for tea, as two people who were unaware of the situation, they still had to pretend.
Otherwise, the captain would think that they don't value him, which would leave a bad impression on others.
“Tea is for drinking, there is no such thing as wasting it.
The captain has come here with great difficulty, and it is not impolite if we don’t even offer him a cup of tea.
Captain, please stay in the house. Let us serve you a cup of tea."
Zhou Mingxuan said this and went to make tea.
The captain tried his best to persuade them to give up the idea and stand in the yard to talk as he wished.
Zhou Mingxuan winked at Zhao Junhao.
Zhao Junhao understood and said, "Captain, you just said you need our help.
If you have any questions, please let us know. If we can help, we will definitely help.”
Although he knew that Zhao Junhao's words might just be a polite remark, his words still made the captain feel relieved.
He sorted out his thoughts and spoke carefully.
"Due to some issues, our production team's educated youth site has to be temporarily requisitioned for a period of time. The educated youth living there have to be temporarily moved out and resettled somewhere else for a period of time."
The team leader smiled bitterly, "But because of some unpleasant things that happened before, the villagers in the production team are unwilling to let the educated youth live in their homes, and the educated youth are also unwilling to live in the villagers' homes.
I was thinking that Zhou Zhiqing and Zhao Zhiqing have two rooms, and you two have always had a good relationship, so could you two live in one room and free up one room to accommodate the educated youth.
I see that your kang is quite big, so it is no problem for three male educated youth to sleep on it.
Can you allow one more male educated youth to sleep in your room?"