Chapter 38 Passerby A in the 1970s Rural Life Story 12

No one can fake it perfectly, not even Jiang Yue, especially in front of the two female leads. Li Mengqi is particularly clever. Liu Ruyan may be carefree and not pay attention, but that doesn't mean she's stupid. However, Li Mengqi couldn't have survived the apocalypse and become the strongest in the base without some brains. Living together day and night, she inadvertently exposed herself.

As soon as Li Mengqi finished speaking, Liu Ruyan couldn't wait any longer. She dragged Li Mengqi to Jiang Yue's house. Jiang Yue had just finished tidying up the house and was about to go to bed when she heard a knock on the door. After Jiang Yue got dressed and went out into the yard, she heard Liu Ruyan's voice. Jiang Yue thought that the two of them had left something behind, so she went to open the door. Liu Ruyan didn't say anything and went into the house angrily.

Jiang Yue was a little confused, but then suddenly remembered something and looked at Li Mengqi. Li Mengqi smiled and nodded. Jiang Yue was also a little troubled. Actually, Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi had a tacit understanding about confronting Liu Ruyan. Putting aside Liu Ruyan, the two of them were also somewhat tacitly aware of each other. One was that Jiang Yue knew Liu Ruyan had a secret, but she didn't tell him. The other was that Jiang Yue knew Liu Ruyan had a secret, but she pretended not to know him.

Jiang Yue closed the door, it seemed the two of them would be sleeping at her house tonight. When Jiang Yue entered the house, Liu Ruyan deliberately turned her head away and snorted. Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi smiled and ignored her. The two poured themselves a glass of water and started drinking. Liu Ruyan couldn't hold back anymore and turned to look at Jiang Yue: "Don't you want to talk to me about anything?"

Jiang Yue only said that she was a person who traveled here from the Republic of China era. She also asked number 8888, and they said it was fine. If it really didn't work out, she could just abandon the mission and leave. There were other mission takers from other departments who directly revealed their identities and cooperated with the country. Jiang Yue didn't tell them everything, only about the events of the previous world.

After saying that, the two of them were filled with envy. Jiang Yue, on the other hand, was not very happy. She felt bad about the repeated separations. After turning off the lights, the three of them lay on the kang and had a frank conversation. Suddenly, Jiang Yue remembered something and took out three bottles of cola from her space. She handed them to Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan and said, "Come and drink cola."

As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn't help but burst into laughter. Li Mengqi also laughed heartily a moment later. Liu Ruyan, who was next to her, blushed and covered her head with the blanket, squirming like a squirrel. The two rascals next to her also laughed non-stop. After a while, Liu Ruyan calmed down and crawled towards Jiang Yue. Soon, the three of them started playing around.

The story about Coca-Cola comes from a summer when Liu Ruyan was taking extra classes and really wanted to drink some. So she mysteriously took three aluminum kettles and handed them to Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi, saying, "Come and try Liu's sparkling water."

When Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi took the can and brought it to their lips, they smelled the cola and froze. Liu Ruyan thought they were afraid to drink it and explained for a long time. Seeing that Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi were still frozen and dared not drink it, she thought they were afraid of the color and bubbles of cola and mocked them. In fact, Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi were controlling themselves not to laugh, afraid of giving themselves away.

After that, every time Liu Ruyan took out a Coke, she would make them laugh a little. Jiang Yue had been holding back for a long time, and today she finally got her revenge. After making a fuss for a while, it finally stopped. Then Jiang Yue asked Li Mengqi why she had confronted Liu Ruyan today. Li Mengqi told her what happened today, fearing that Liu Ruyan would take out so many books on her own initiative.

The two then lectured Liu Ruyan for a long time. Liu Ruyan finally said dejectedly, "I just wanted to help them. I remember they only had the chance to take the college entrance examination once or twice at the very beginning, and then they didn't have the chance anymore."

Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi were certain that Liu Ruyan's idea was correct, but the method was too crude. The three of them discussed it again and then went to sleep.

The next day, all three of them woke up late. After breakfast, Jiang Yue and the others went to the brigade leader's office. When they arrived, some other educated youths were also looking for the brigade leader, hoping that he could help them find some books. The brigade leader took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Wang, it's not that I don't want to help, but I'm just a roughneck and have never paid attention to these things. You all know what kind of person I am. I can only try my best to get you a set from the commune."

After Jiang Yue and the other two went inside and waited for them to finish speaking, the brigade leader asked again, "Xiao Yue, Li Zhiqing, Liu Zhiqing, what are you three doing here?"

"Captain, the three of us are planning to set up a tutoring class at the farm headquarters to provide free tutoring for those in our village and among the educated youth preparing for the college entrance examination."

Before the brigade leader could speak after Jiang Yue finished speaking, Wang, a educated youth standing next to her, asked in a trembling voice, "Comrade Jiang Yue, is what you said true?"

When Wang, the educated youth, saw Jiang Yue and the others nod, she was so excited that she cried and thanked them profusely. After thanking them, she ran to the educated youth compound to tell them the good news. The brigade leader also asked them to confirm if it was true and whether it would affect their studies. Jiang Yue said no, they could treat it as a review.

After the team leader confirmed it was true, he thanked the three children on behalf of the village's children. He then announced through the loudspeaker that the current schedule was three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon, a total of six hours a day, to allow time for reading and reviewing. After saying this, the three left and went home. This was the solution they had come up with yesterday: tutoring others was entirely voluntary and anyone could come whenever they wanted.

The next morning, Jiang Yue and the other two went to the farm headquarters. There were many tables and chairs of all kinds on the ground, and some people were even squatting to listen to the lesson. The village had somehow gotten a blackboard. After class started, Jiang Yue gave everyone a test first. She copied the questions onto the blackboard and said, "This morning is all about doing practice questions. I want to assess your abilities. Don't even think about copying other people's answers or copying from books, because it's pointless."

In the afternoon, Jiang Yue and her two classmates graded the test papers and divided them into three classes: very poor, poor, and good. Based on the current situation, basically no one would pass the exam. The three of them assigned students to teach, and it was up to them to work hard. A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the exam was in three days. Jiang Yue did not conduct the exam on the last day, as it would only affect everyone's mentality. She encouraged everyone and then the tutoring session was over.

In the days leading up to the college entrance examination, the brigade leader modified the tractor, laid out cotton quilts on it, and even built a shed on top. The village also spent money to buy a bag of brown sugar so that people could drink a cup of brown sugar water when it was cold. Every day, they drove around to pick up and drop off people to avoid any accidents on the road that might delay them. They did everything they could, and the rest was up to fate.

After the exam, Jiang Yue and the other two compared their scores. Liu Ruyan was a little nervous and lost more than twenty points. Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi were fine, it all depended on how the teacher graded them.