SIAS Chapter 235.2

From that day on, even during the tiring autumn harvest, they would squeeze out time to study.

In order to save some cooking time, they decided to eat together, just like they did in previous gatherings, estimating the cost together and then splitting the bill.

Each person would be responsible for one day, rotating weekly.

After dinner, they would talk about their recent learning progress and situation, and discuss some topics.

Gradually, Yi Qingqing, the ‘slow bird’ who had been flying for a long time, and Yun Guyuan, who relied purely on his ingenuity, became recognized as the most solid students in the study group. No matter what difficult problem they encountered, they could always get the answer from the two people.

Until mid-October, the autumn harvest was still in full swing in Xiangshui Village Brigade when the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination was finally announced.

When the news arrived, the educated youth were still working in the fields.

Then there was a burst of celebration, some weeping with joy, but then there was also a wave of nervousness and anxiety.

The college entrance examination is scheduled for December 10th, which is less than two months away.

The old educated youth had been sent to the countryside for several years and had long forgotten most of what they learned in high school.

Some people, like Tang Lan and Zhou Yanhong, who were more astute, noticed that Li Mengxue, Yi Qingqing, and their group seemed to be studying recently, so they went to the scrap station to get some textbooks to look through. It was a bit more relaxing at the moment; at least they had books to read after work.

But the other old educated youth who had little interaction with Yi Qingqing and the others didn’t read much and didn’t even have all the textbooks on hand.

Lu Xianjin, who had failed to pursue Wang Lingling, couldn’t reconcile with Gao Xiaoxiang, and was even resented by the village chief’s family, kept a few books around to appear more refined, but they weren’t textbooks.

He had been living a very dark life for the past two years. Since that fever, his health had deteriorated significantly, and he was often secretly bullied by the village chief’s family. The villagers gossiped about him behind his back.

He was almost giving up, but now, finally, there was hope.

The college entrance examination!

He had to get into university and return to the city, leaving this filthy place behind!

He immediately went to ask for leave from the captain. He didn’t want to participate in the upcoming autumn harvest. He just wanted to go back and review. He didn’t want to do any of this work for even a second!

“You have to work for your job as long as you can. If you quit early like this, you will have one month’s work points deducted!”

The captain and the village chief’s family were on the same side, but the captain wouldn’t go so far as to withhold Lu Xianjin’s work points and prevent him from taking leave.

Lu Xianjin was not the only one who did this. The captain even gave a direct order that the educated youth could ask for leave and not participate in the upcoming autumn harvest, but a certain number of work points would be deducted.

In fact, the deduction of work points was to trick Lu Xianjin. If there were no Lu Xianjin, Zhao Youtian would not have mentioned this at all, so the word ‘certain’ was very subtle.

A month’s work points are a certain number of work points, a day’s work points are also a certain number of work points, and a single work point is also a certain number of work points.

People do what suits them. It would be a pity for these young kids who have never worked in the fields or done heavy labor, and are good students, to stay in their brigade. Those who are educated should go to school.

When they were not around, the brigade had so much land to cultivate. Even without them, wouldn’t they still have so much land to cultivate?

To be honest, the work points given to many educated youths were a reflection of the brigade’s care and consideration. They couldn’t really let them starve to death.

So Zhao Youtian still strongly supported them all taking the college entrance exam. Studying was still more suitable for them.

 

 

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