Two years later, Lin Shan, the store manager of the Haicheng specialty store, has finally been transferred back to the food factory!

Over the past two years, through his own efforts, he has made the Haicheng franchise store the number one in sales.

His abilities are evident to all.

Lin Yu turned on the loudspeaker and told the factory workers, "Don't worry, even if I and the other educated youth leave, our food factory will not collapse."

Who says there's no talent in our rural areas? In the past two years, when our factory selects outstanding employees, have you noticed that more and more local young people are taking the stage?

Whether it's me or the other educated youth, we all arm ourselves with knowledge. As long as our young people continue to learn and keep moving forward, the food factory will only reach new heights!

Her words were passionate and inspiring, which ignited the workers' competitive spirit.

Yes, who says their factory doesn't have talent? Haven't those young people started to show their abilities in the last two years?

Lin Yu continued, "Next, we will announce an appointment: Lin Shan, the store manager of the Haicheng franchise store, will temporarily serve as the director of the food factory, effective immediately."

Now the workers felt even more at ease.

The workers from Lianhua Brigade all knew that Lin Shan had served as a reserve brigade leader and was very capable in handling affairs.

The other workers were very familiar with his name; he was the store manager of the Haicheng franchise store, and his store was the top seller every quarter.

For the past two years, he has received the Outstanding Employee Award from the factory every year.

Therefore, the workers had no objections to Lin Yu handing over the food factory to him.

Not only did they have no objections, but they also felt much more at ease.

After all, this man is Director Lin's older brother. To put it bluntly, as long as we can get this man on board, we won't have to worry about Director Lin neglecting the food factory.

Lin Shan's return reassured the workers at the food factory.

For the Lin family, the happiest thing is that he and Zhou Hehua can go home!

In the past two years, Lin Shan and his wife have rarely returned home due to their busy work schedules.

Tie Dan is already ten years old and can take care of himself even though his parents are not around.

But Coco is only six years old, and she needs her parents' company even more.

With this in mind, Lin Shan and Zhou Hehua didn't feel much reluctance to leave Haicheng.

From the first day Lin Shan went to Haicheng, he knew that he would eventually return to the Lotus Brigade. Now the opportunity had finally come, and he felt only excitement to face the unknown challenges.

Zhou Hehua was especially worried about her two children at home, so she was naturally very happy to be able to go home.

So the two quickly finished handing over their work and set off back to Lianhua Brigade.

With Lin Shan in charge, Lin Yu was finally able to focus most of her energy on her studies.

The three Lin sisters did not go to the food factory's study room. Instead, they gathered with Ou Manqing and Song Meili and studied at Ou Manqing's home.

All of them had a solid foundation, and their learning progress was actually quite different from that of the educated youth.

Studying together can not only slow down your own learning progress, but may also put pressure on others.

Of course, Zhou Huanan will not be affected, as he has always maintained his study habits and has a very solid foundation.

However, he was always the leader of the educated youth team and could not leave the team, so he led the educated youth to study in the study room.

Of course, it wasn't just the educated youth; in recent years, the brigade has placed great emphasis on education, and young people with high school diplomas who plan to take the college entrance examination have also joined in.

For a moment, the entire brigade seemed to be shrouded in an invisible layer of air.

The strong learning atmosphere made everyone in the community lower their voices.

Even the number of people causing trouble and arguing has decreased significantly.

In the environment created by everyone, both educated youth and local young people had the time and space to study properly.

More than a month has passed quickly. It seems like just yesterday we heard the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, and today is already the day of the official examination.

Before the exam, Lin Yu encouraged everyone via radio, saying, "This exam is the first college entrance examination in ten years. There are millions of participants, and the admission rate is not high."

Whether we succeed or not, at least we tried. If we don't succeed this time, there's always next time. I hope everyone won't be too discouraged by one failure.

She recalled the various suicides that occurred during each college entrance examination in later generations, but that was in a later era when society offered more opportunities.

The current situation is that many people see this exam as their last straw.

Lin Yu was afraid that they would give up on him because of one setback.

When they heard that millions of people had taken the exam, everyone was shocked.

Many people already have a general idea of ​​the college entrance examination admission rate.

Even if you fail, it just means that you are not one of the top talents in the country.

The learning time was too short this time. If we don't succeed this time, there will be another chance.

Although Lin Yu's words of encouragement may not have had a significant impact, they at least planted a seed in their hearts.

Tell them there is still hope ahead, that they are not at their wits' end.

Even those with a solid foundation felt quite anxious after just over a month of study, let alone those who crammed at the last minute.

But no matter how anxious or nervous I was, the exam time still arrived.

The test centers for this exam were scattered; some people were assigned to primary and secondary schools in the county town, while others were assigned to schools in the suburbs.

Based on the distance, the Lianhua Brigade divided the people taking the college entrance examination into two groups.

They were picked up and dropped off by the team's vehicles.

During the two days of the exam, the candidates stayed close to the main group, not daring to fall behind. (Note)

Everyone rallied together, encouraging and supporting each other.

Lin Yu was assigned to a middle school in the county town, along with Song Meili and Lin Jing.

Ou Manqing, Zhou Huanan, and the others were assigned to another primary school nearby.

They rode in the group's bus and went to school with the group to take the exam.

Lunch was prepared by the food factory canteen, one serving per person.

The person leading the group was Lin Yuan. He had found the guesthouse in advance and borrowed a stove to heat up their meals.

We'll continue the exam in the afternoon after lunch.

After leaving the examination room, no one checked the answers; they quietly followed the car back to the brigade to rest.

The weather was kind to us; it was sunny for two days straight.

They passed the college entrance examination smoothly.

On December 21, the college entrance examination finally ended.

Everyone returned to the brigade and resumed their normal lives.

Daily life may seem unchanged, but they all know that everything is different now.

Regardless of whether they were accepted or not, the educated youth had the opportunity to leave...

Note: In 1977, the college entrance examination was set independently by each province, and the examination time varied.

Because there were too many test takers, some exams were divided into preliminary and final exams. For example, "Mathematics and Chinese were tested in November, and Geography and Politics were tested in December."

The author has simplified this: the exam is completed in two days.