Xue Fu listened obediently and nodded, "I understand, I understand."

But deep down, she still felt that she wasn't so stupid after all.

Surely you can tell a bad guy from a bad guy?

But Xue Fu dared not refute.

But... well, sometimes she really is a bit carefree and thoughtless.

However, Xue Fu hadn't finished speaking. Besides her complaints, she had something else to say.

With all that groundwork laid, she now has no choice but to mention her good comrade, 'Gu Chong'.

"Going to the countryside to work was really tough. During the day we had to work in the fields, and at night we had to cook when we got back to the educated youth settlement. It was so miserable. And the food wasn't good either. I had ration coupons and money, but I didn't know how to cook or prepare special meals..."

Xue Fu glanced at her parents' distressed expressions, preparing her next words.

But the next sentence left Mr. and Mrs. Xue, who were looking distressed, speechless.

Fortunately, I found a good partner.

Ji Yazhi & Xue Mingcheng: ...cough, cough!!!

I knew this brat wasn't holding back any nice words!

"Gu Chong helps me with chores, cooks very well, and listens to me a lot. He taught me how to raise fish, and he still comes to help me. And last time when someone was choking me, he was the one who arrived just in time to save me..."

When Gu Chong's merits were mentioned, Xue Fu became more talkative.

She looked like she'd struck gold, talking to herself for a while before realizing her parents hadn't reacted.

Only then did she raise her eyes to look at their expressions.

As Xue Fu lifted her eyelids, she noticed the speechless look in her mother's eyes, her face clearly saying, "How could you be so spineless?" and "You got tricked so easily?"

...

Ji Yazhi laughed in exasperation: "So you really did hire a male nanny to serve you here."

"Mom, don't be so harsh... Oh, if you're going to be my boyfriend, you're supposed to take care of me."

Xue Fu tried to argue a couple more under her breath, but she also admitted that she was a little guilty and lacked confidence.

She lowered her eyes and touched her earlobe: "If we're going to count it that way, male nannies... well, that's true."

Ji Yazhi: ...

Xue Mingcheng: ...

Seeing her daughter's smug expression after getting the benefit, Ji Yazhi's eyelids twitched repeatedly, and she told herself: The child is grown up, don't hit her, don't hit her.

Ji Yazhi raised her hand and tapped her smooth forehead: "You better behave yourself. In a while, your father and I will take you back to the city."

Xue Fu's eyes lit up immediately: "Really! They can even transfer me back!!!"

Of course we'll go back to the city if we can! Xue Fu isn't stupid.

"Your dad and I will go back and work on it. It should be within the next two months. We'll find you a simple job to fill in and get your household registration transferred back."

Ji Yazhi continued, "The college entrance examination will be reinstated next winter, 1977. Rongrong, you must take the exam for me."

In modern times, Xue Fu is a female high school student who has just taken the college entrance examination and graduated.

Her college entrance exam score was pretty good; she could go directly to a good local school, right next to her home.

But having to take the college entrance exam again after time travel is painful to even think about.

Especially given this historical context, Xue Fu had to put in a lot of effort to memorize the political and historical materials characteristic of the era.

Her father, Xue Mingcheng, chimed in, adding, "The minimum education level in our family is at least a bachelor's degree!"

Xue Fu, who currently only has a high school diploma: ...

Xue Fu smiled and hummed twice, "Okay."

She had originally planned to go to university.

Seeing her daughter nod and agree without hesitation to be transferred back to the city, Ji Yazhi sighed silently. Sure enough, her child was a bit dim-witted.

Ji Yazhi asked proactively, "After you went back to the city, did your boyfriend stop caring about you?"

Xue Fu said confidently, "Long-distance relationships are possible!"

Ji Yazhi & Xue Mingcheng: ...

Are you really not going to break up with me?

Xue Fu straightened her expression and said seriously, "He's a really good person. I like him a lot, and I don't want to break up."

Ji Yazhi and Xue Mingcheng exchanged a silent glance, both seeing the other's helplessness.

Why does my daughter seem so love-obsessed?

It's not that they're not enlightened, but they feel that their daughter is too young, only eighteen, and her understanding of society is practically a blank slate.

They were afraid she would be deceived; they were worried about her.

"He's... Gu Chong, right? How old is he?"

Xue Mingcheng then remembered to question him about this matter.

He couldn't help but frown, fearing that his daughter had been tricked away by someone.

Xue Fu answered honestly, "Twenty-two, twenty-three at the beginning of the year."

Xue Mingcheng's furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

Fortunately, I'm not that old.

Xue Fu thought her father was just curious about Gu Chong.

In an attempt to gain favor with Gu Chong, she began to speak of his admirable virtues.

Towards the end, her father couldn't bear to listen anymore; the bitterness of seeing his daughter being taken advantage of welled up in his heart: "Rongrong, that's enough. Dad knows."

Xue Fu took her parents back to the educated youth settlement.

There's no one at the educated youth settlement right now; they've all gone to the commune to distribute pork.

Xue Fu put the things her mother and father brought her from Haicheng into the house.

They brought mainly food: canned meat, canned fruit, a can of malted milk powder, and a can of goat milk powder.

Xue Fu was like a little squirrel enjoying a bountiful harvest, diligently carrying these things into her granary.

But then she remembered something.

She turned to ask Mr. and Mrs. Xue, who were circling the educated youth settlement, carefully examining the surroundings, "Mom and Dad, where are you staying tonight?"

"There are no guesthouses in the village; they are only in the town."

Inside the educated youth settlement, there was an empty bed in the female educated youth dormitory after Li Jing left, so she could discuss it with Liu Ling and Zheng Peipei.

However, as far as she knew, there were no empty beds left in the male educated youth dormitory. There was nowhere for her father to sleep.

Ji Yazhi replied from the other end: "Then let's go to the town's guesthouse."

Xue Fu walked over and asked, "Did you have breakfast when you came over this morning?"

She glanced down at her wristwatch; it was almost noon.

She was figuring out how to have lunch.

As usual, she took her parents to Gu Chong's house to resolve the matter.

But this seems a bit excessive.

Or we could head to town now and eat at the state-run restaurant there.

This way, they can still go to the guesthouse to check in without having to make the trip back and forth.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck me.

She could also ask Captain Zhou Jianguo for a letter of introduction and stay at the guesthouse with her parents tonight!

Xue Fu's heart skipped a beat, and just as she was about to tell him her plans, there was a knock on the door of the educated youth settlement.