"Important announcement: Starting this year, the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) will officially resume..."

All workers, farmers, educated youth who went to the countryside or returned to the city, and recent graduates who meet the requirements are eligible to apply.

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This year's college entrance examination will be held in a month...

Upon hearing this news, the educated youth working in the fields were stunned, but after a moment of realization, they were all in an uproar.

They put down their farm tools, their eyes filled with tears, and excitedly spread the news.

Meanwhile, across China.

This news was like a thunderclap in spring, waking up millions of young Chinese people from their long-dormant dreams.

The long-closed door has finally reopened, and the long-suppressed dreams can finally be released.

…

The announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination came suddenly, and there is only a little over a month left before the exam.

This caught everyone off guard.

Those who want to take this opportunity to escape their current situation are mostly educated youth who have been sent to the countryside, and the college entrance examination is currently their only chance to return to the city.

When responding to the policy and going to the countryside, everyone only brought their personal clothes and important money.

Who would still carry heavy textbooks to the countryside?

After all, going to the countryside is about life, not about poetry and distant places.

But nowadays, the daily grind is relentless; I work during the day and am so exhausted at night that I just collapse into bed.

How many people can still remember the knowledge from books?

Many people have already forgotten what they learned.

Now that we need to pick it up again, with neither books nor materials, how easy is it?

Everyone was filled with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.

Those who acted quickly have already asked their families for help in buying study materials, some have written letters, and some have made phone calls.

At this point, it's a matter of who can seize the initiative.

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"Knock knock knock..."

A series of urgent knocks came at the door.

Wen Qinghe was half asleep when she was startled and her body trembled.

"Don't be afraid, I'll go open the door, okay?"

Yan Xiao patted the little girl gently on the back before getting up to open the door.

It was afternoon.

The little girl didn't sleep much last night and is catching up on sleep now.

Yan Xiao opened the door with a cold expression.

The person outside the door suddenly shuddered.

"Hey, Xiao Yan's home? Where's your wife?"

The person who came was Aunt Zhang, a notorious gossip in the village. Because her name reflected her personality, everyone called her Zhang the Gossip.

Upon seeing Yan Xiao inside the door, Zhang Suizui instinctively felt a little scared, but he couldn't help craning his neck to look behind him.

Yan Xiao frowned slightly, blocking her view.

She was the one who started the gossip about the little girl in the past.

Yan Xiao suppressed the irritation in his eyes and said expressionlessly, "What is it? My wife is sleeping."

"Hehe, well, isn't there an exam coming up? I came to borrow two books for my DouDou?"

Zhang chuckled awkwardly, but inwardly she thought: "Why is she sleeping in broad daylight! People from big cities are so delicate. Everyone else is frantically searching for study materials, and she can still fall asleep."

This couple is truly something else; without any elders in the family, they have absolutely no ambition!

Yan Xiao: "What book?"

Zhang Suizui: "It's high school review materials. I heard that Tiezhu's wife's books were given to us by your wife. Do you think we could borrow a couple of them too?"

"No."

After Yan Xiao finished speaking indifferently, he prepared to close the door.

"Hey, how could there not be?" Zhang Changshe quickly blocked the door.

“At this time, your wife doesn’t need them herself, so we can’t let those books gather dust. My DouDou is counting on them to get into college!”

Yan Xiao paused in his action of closing the door.

"Who said my wife doesn't need it? Whether my wife needs it or not, we don't have the book you want right now."

With a "snap," the door slammed shut.

Zhang Suizui, who was outside the door, got a nose full of dust.

Having failed to achieve their goal, they had no choice but to return home dejectedly.

She didn't dare to curse them aloud, but secretly she had already cursed the couple with all sorts of vicious words.

However, Yan Xiao was not lying; he and Wen Qinghe had almost finished their review.

All the materials and helpful books were also sent by Wen Qinghe to Tang Lingling.

Now the two of them only spend two hours each day doing tablet exercises to reinforce their learning.

Everything is ready now, all that's left is the exam.

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Red Star Brigade, the brigade leader's house.

"I'm really sorry about this. Have a good trip!"

Chen Guiru saw off another group of people who came to borrow books.

She wiped the sweat from her brow, went back to the main room, grabbed a teacup, and gulped down the tea.

"Sigh, the last time I talked this much was on the day that brat got married."

These past few days, because of the resumption of the college entrance examination, someone said that her daughter Lingling had books, and her house has been so lively that the threshold has almost been worn down.

These people came in clamoring to borrow books.

Are you kidding me? They have students preparing for the exam in their family, but doesn't Lingling in her family need to?

Thinking of her daughter-in-law, Chen Guiru felt a surge of joy.

Lingling started studying a year earlier than everyone else, and she owes it all to Wen Qinghe.

Now, Lingling is not only learning herself, but her husband Tiezhu is also benefiting from it.

She was worried that if her daughter-in-law passed the exam and saw the world, she might look down on her husband, Tiezhu.

Before she could voice her doubts, her daughter-in-law had already discerned them from her expression.

I proactively told her, "Mom, if you're really worried, then I won't take the exam. I was originally thinking that if I passed, I could take you and Little Stone to see the world."

But I didn't want to upset Mom. Actually, it would be fine for our family to stay in Hongxing Brigade from now on.

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