In Songling Village, team leader Xu Wenchang had just returned home from the brigade headquarters when he saw his wife, Ma Jiuxiang, enter the courtyard with a dark expression. "What's the matter with you?"
Ma Jiuxiang threw the vegetables she was holding onto the stone table in the courtyard. "That courtyard of Educated Youth Jiao and Educated Youth Yan has been rented out by the village! Do you know about this?"
Team leader Xu Wenchang nodded. "I just went to the brigade headquarters. They told me about it."
Ma Jiuxiang raised her eyebrows. "So, what are we going to do now?"
Team leader Xu Wenchang took out a dry tobacco pipe from his pocket, filled it with tobacco, lit it, and took a leisurely puff. "Renovating that house… they spent twenty yuan just on materials, and they also paid the helpers. Asking them to move out now might not be possible."
Ma Jiuxiang flared up. "Then how do we explain this to the in-laws? And what do we say to Xingwang when he comes back?"
