Chapter 064

Liang Youtian couldn't help laughing again.

He looked at Su Yun and Han Ting and said, "What on earth are you two singing about?"

This is so sincere and heartfelt that it seems like the real thing.

The quota was given to the person who deserves it the most. Why is she crying here and saying that it is impossible?

Even if this quota is not given to Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan, it will not fall on her.

What was she thinking, saying such things while crying?

Could it be that this spot belongs to her?

Others may not know what Su Yun is thinking, but Han Ting knows.

Su Yun came out of her depressed mood, ignored Liang Youtian's sarcastic attitude, and couldn't hold back her emotions. She turned to look at Han Ting and asked in a trembling voice, "What's going on? Didn't you say..."

She held back from saying the following words.

After all, she didn't know what specific method Han Ting used, and whether he could tell her directly.

They were afraid that if they said something wrong, they would get into trouble in front of Liang Youtian, which would not be a good thing for them.

In the eyes of Liang Youtian and Su Yun, Han Ting felt like a clown at this moment.

Previously, he went to the brigade's granary in the middle of the night with Chaozi and Guogai to steal grain, was caught red-handed by Wu Changming, and was then escorted to labor camp. He never felt as embarrassed as he does now.

His brows furrowed even more tightly, and he held his breath in silence without answering Su Yun's words.

He also wanted to know what was going on. Were the team leaders like Liang Youtian so stubborn that they ignored the arrangements and instructions from above and cancelled the quota that should have been given to him, or was it that Tong Rui was playing a trick on him?

Judging from Liang Youtian's puzzled and speechless attitude, the brigade headquarters probably really did not receive any arrangements or instructions from above. He also did not believe that a small village cadre would dare not act in accordance with the instructions from above.

Therefore, the problem is most likely with Tong Rui.

Thinking of this, Han Ting did not continue to stand in front of Liang Youtian and act like a clown.

He still had to continue living in the Tanxi Brigade, and naturally he couldn't offend Liang Youtian because of his attitude and his emotions, so he just said, "We understand, thank you Captain Liang for your help."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the office.

Seeing Han Ting leave, Su Yun naturally stopped standing there.

She raised her hand to wipe the tears from her eyes, turned around and followed Han Ting out of the office.

Liang Youtian sat behind his desk, watching Han Ting and Su Yun walk out of the office.

He couldn't help but muttered in a low voice as he looked away: "You must have been kicked in the head by a donkey..."

***

Su Yun followed Han Ting out of the brigade headquarters.

Because she thought she would definitely get a place and return to the city smoothly, she suddenly heard such a result from Liang Youtian and she simply couldn't accept it in such a short time.

She was both devastated and anxious, and wanted to chase Han Ting to find out what was going on.

But when she saw Han Ting's face was extremely gloomy and ugly, as if it was covered with layers of dense and impenetrable dark clouds, she forced herself to hold back, clenched her fingers and did not ask any more questions eagerly.

Han Ting did not take the initiative to explain more to Su Yun.

Because no matter how he explained it, it seemed like he was making excuses for his own incompetence.

He patted his chest and told Su Yun that he would definitely help her get the quota and return to the city.

Because he was confident about the matter, he and Su Yun had talked a lot about what would happen after they separated, and said a lot about how they would miss each other.

So no matter what I say now, it will be like slapping myself in the face.

Just like that, the two of them didn't say anything along the way.

Han Ting returned to the educated youth center with a gloomy face. After entering the yard, he saw Chaozi and Guogai coming out of the kitchen to call him to eat. He did not say a word in response and turned directly into the boys' dormitory.

Chaozi and the pot lid were left out to dry.

I don’t know what happened to Han Ting all of a sudden.

They were stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Su Yun and asked, "What's wrong with Brother Ting?"

Su Yun shook her head slowly at them twice without answering.

Han Ting didn't want to say anything, and she couldn't possibly say it in the yard. After all, Li Qiao and Hu Yang were all in the dormitory, and they would inevitably laugh at them if they heard it.

Chaozi and Guogai looked at each other, exchanged glances, and went to the dormitory together.

When they entered the dormitory, Hu Yang, Wang Xiangqian and Sun Yao just came out and went to the kitchen to cook together.

Chaozi and Guogai entered the dormitory one after another, only to see Han Ting sitting in front of a broken wooden table.

He held a pen in his hand and a piece of red grid letter paper under his hand, and it seemed that he was about to write a letter to someone.

There was not a single word written on the letter.

Chaozi and Guogai looked at each other again, and then Guogai said, "Brother Ting, who are you writing to? Anyway, you can't send it tonight, so write it after dinner."

These words seemed to suddenly ignite Han Ting's anger again.

Han Ting threw the pen in his hand heavily onto the table, and then pushed the letter paper out.

When he returned to the dormitory, he immediately took out paper and pen.

After this happened, he wanted to write a letter to Tong Rui, but after sitting down, spreading out the letter paper and picking up the pen, he couldn't write a single word, including Tong Rui's name. He had no idea how to start writing.

He had made plans. After deciding to return to the city, he wrote a letter to Tong Rui to thank her for her help. If I have the chance in the future, I will thank her in person.

Before he went to find Liang Youtian just now, he trusted Tong Rui very much.

He understood Tong Rui's personality and character, and knew that since she had promised him, she would definitely help.

But after learning the results from Liang Youtian, he is no longer so sure.

After all, the facts were there—Tong Rui did not help him accomplish this task.

He wanted to write a letter to Tong Rui, but he was just feeling angry and wanted to ask what was going on.

Did she deliberately agree to him but not help him, making a fool of him, or was there some other hidden secret?

The reason why I couldn't put pen to paper was that I realized that I had no idea what attitude and position to take to ask Tong Rui this question. No matter how I asked it, it would be very embarrassing.

Besides, letters travel very slowly on the road, and writing to Tong Rui would not solve any problems. By the time the letter reached Tong Rui, she didn’t know how long it had been since she returned to the city.

Sending a telegram is fast, but it is too expensive.

It is impossible to get things sorted out by telegram.

Even if we can ask clearly, things have already come to this point, so what problem can be solved?

No matter whether Tong Rui was deliberately playing tricks on him or had some hidden secret that prevented her from helping him, it would not change the current outcome.

He wrote this letter to relieve his emotions, but it had no other purpose.

When he sent that telegram to Tong Rui before, he had already put aside his dignity and lost face. If he continued to ask more questions, he would only appear shameless, which he could not do.

So, I could only hold my anger in my heart.

No matter how unhappy you are, you have to grit your teeth and bear it.

Chaozi and Guogai were stunned again by Han Ting's action.

The two of them were already speculating, and Chaozi asked carefully, "Could it be...something unexpected happened to the quota for returning to the city?"

Han Ting still didn't answer.

He stood up from the table and said, "Let's eat first."

Judging from Han Ting's condition, this should be the case.

Chaozi and Guogai didn't ask any more questions and left the dormitory with Han Ting. They called Su Yun and the four of them sat down in the kitchen to have dinner.

Compared with Han Ting, Su Yun's face looked more sad and depressed.

Chaozi and Guogai naturally did not bring up this matter in the kitchen. After dinner, when they had fed the pigs and chickens, the four of them went to the small river near the educated youth site and sat down before they brought up the matter seriously.

With Chaozi and Guogai around, Han Ting felt less nervous. He no longer tried to hide things for the sake of saving face and said everything he wanted to say in a low voice.

It was only at this moment that Su Yun found out that Han Ting had sent a telegram to Tong Rui asking for help in order to get a place for her to return to the city. Tong Rui agreed, but in the end they did not get a place to return to the city.

After Han Ting finished speaking, the four of them fell silent.

Chaozi lowered his head and shook the small stone in his hand, and soon threw one into the river in front of him. Su Yun lowered his head and said nothing, while Guo Gai raised his eyes to look at the sky which was not yet completely dark.

Then it was the pot lid, who was the most impatient, who spoke first.

He lowered his gaze to look at Han Ting and said, "Tong Rui is really something. If she can't help, she can just say she can't help, or just don't reply to the telegram. She replied and said she could help, but the result was like this. Giving people expectations and then disappointing them, making people happy for nothing, this is much more hurtful than not giving people expectations directly. Brother Ting, do you think she deliberately took revenge on you because you dumped her and didn't reply to her letter?"

Han Ting's gaze fell on the lake and he took a deep breath silently.

Things are already like this, complaining won't solve anything.

Chaozi said in a relaxed tone: "Since it's already like this, let's just forget it. If I can't go back this time, I'll wait for next time. I think there will definitely be a chance in the future."

Han Ting still didn't say anything, he knew how much Su Yun wanted to go back.

Su Yun lowered her head and pinched her fingers. After a while, she suddenly sniffed, and it sounded like she was crying again.

Hearing the voice, Chaozi turned and looked at Su Yun.

Seeing her crying, he quickly comforted her, "Why worry? Life in the countryside is a little harder, but don't we have Brother Ting? As long as Brother Ting is here, he won't let you suffer any injustice."

Su Yun turned her face away and endured it.

Then she wiped away her tears and replied, "I'm fine, I just suddenly miss home."

Guo Gai spoke for Han Ting again, "Brother Ting really tried his best. If this was his own problem, he would never ask Tong Rui for help. He would not even accept Tong Rui's help. He is not a face-hungry person. If asking Chu Xia would be helpful, he would definitely go to Chu Xia for you without hesitation. But you also know that Chu Xia has already told us... and now it's no use asking anyone else because the approval has been passed."

Su Yun nodded again, "Yeah, I know."

There was nothing she could do about it. No matter how unwilling she was to accept it, things had already happened.

***

Because Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan were returning to the city for recruitment, they needed to return to the city within the specified time and report to their arranged jobs, so the procedures for returning to the city were completed relatively quickly.

Since submitting the application form, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan began to prepare for leaving. The most important thing, of course, was to hand over the school work to the next teacher.

There is no need to take over the noodle stall, it can be directly taken over by Wang Xiaoyan and Li Xisheng.

Chuxia also taught Wang Xiaoyan how to make the sauce. As for whether she can make it taste like it, that depends on her understanding and skills.

Time soon came to the day before returning to the city.

Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan worked together for half the morning. They said a solemn and sincere farewell to the students at school, shed a few tears, and there was no work to do in the afternoon.

So Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan spent the remaining half day dealing with some daily matters.

In addition to food and work points, other aspects of life that required time were the three hens that each of them raised and the two dormitories and kitchen that they had built.

Because it is now the autumn harvest season, it will not be long before grain is distributed again.

The food distributed last time is almost finished by now, and there is not much left, so it is not troublesome to return the food and settle the work points.

It is naturally difficult to buy and sell hens privately, so Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan also gave the chickens to the team.

When receiving the work points and money for the hens from Qin Xue, Liang Youtian took the initiative to bring up the house issue and said to Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan, "The land was originally collective, but the house on it is yours. After you return to the city, you will not be able to use the house, so our brigade has discussed it and plans to take your house and continue to use it as a teacher's dormitory for the school. It will be the collective property of our brigade in the future. Of course, the house is earned by your hard work, and the brigade will not encroach on anyone's labor results. We will give you the money you deserve. What do you think?"

The team has considered the issue to this point. What else do Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan have to disagree with?

But you still have to be polite, and after being polite, you still have to accept the money.

Of course, you can keep your own money from work points and hens.

As for the money they got from the house, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan didn't need to discuss much. At that time, all the money was divided equally, including the two pots, each of them paid for one, so they just divided it equally now.

After taking the money back to the dormitory, Lin Xiaohan gave half of it to Chu Xia.

Chu Xia was not polite with him and directly reached out to take the money. After receiving it, she counted it carefully to make sure the amount was correct, and then happily put the money into her own purse.

All the things have been dealt with, and all that is left is the final packing.

Because their life in the countryside was generally hard, they didn't have much more luggage than when they came here, so they just packed it up briefly in the evening.

This day has been so busy that I haven't had a moment of leisure.

After packing her luggage and washing up, Chuxia relaxed and lay down on the bed, taking a long breath.

She felt mixed emotions at the thought of leaving here and going home early tomorrow morning.

There is the excitement of finally breaking free from the constraints of the settings, taking a big step towards freedom, and being able to go home, but there is also a sense of unreality and trance, and some understandable reluctance to leave.

Of course, there is also the matter of not getting enough energy from Lin Xiaohan.

After lying like this for a while, Chuxia sat up again and picked up the mirror to look at her face.

The face she saw in the mirror was still delicate and beautiful, and still clear in every detail, not only the long and dense eyelashes, but even the texture of the skin could be seen clearly under the light.

It looks like everything is fine in the mirror, but in the eyes of others, there is no change.

After looking for a while, Chuxia put down the mirror and thought, tomorrow is the last day.

Tomorrow morning she and Lin Xiaohan will set out from the village together, go to the county town and take the train back to Beijing. They will still be together throughout the whole process, and she can still feel the energy from Lin Xiaohan.

Just hold on till this last day, we’ll talk about the rest later.