Faced with the villagers' dissatisfaction, the village chiefs could only pretend not to know and immediately assign them jobs.

If you still have time to complain, then you definitely don't have enough work to do.

Hehehe!

Gu An'an didn't miss a thing that happened in the village, because the village chief always wanted to share things with them.

"An'an, we've received another call today to place an order. At this rate, we won't have enough produce to sell in the surrounding villages."

The village chief's voice was full of excitement, "But don't worry, I've already reached cooperation agreements with villages further away, and if all else fails, other communes are also waiting in line, so there will definitely be no shortage of supplies."

Gu An'an was not worried about this. That's how it is these days. As long as you can find a sales channel, you can make a steady stream of money.

Unlike later generations, where competition was fierce and only a very few could make money.

"By the way, Professor Yuan was picked up yesterday. He told me to tell you that the wind is about to change, so study hard and wait for the right opportunity."

When this was mentioned, the village chief was more serious than ever. It wasn't just the village that had developed in recent years, but also him.

Having heard and seen more, he became more perceptive than before. Now that the people in the cowshed are slowly being reinstated, it means that the world is about to return to normal.

Professor Yuan was one of the first to go to Xiaowang Village for re-education. Although Xiaowang Village did not treat them with beatings and scoldings like other places, life there was still difficult.

However, since Gu An'an came to Xiaowang Village, the village has been severely short of people. Gu An'an suggested that the people in the cowshed be placed in other places so that they could use their talents to help Xiaowang Village.

At first, people didn't understand, but when they realized that these people could really help the village, they began to truly accept them.

For this reason, everyone in the cowshed remembered Gu An'an.

So, when Professor Yuan, a university teacher, learned that he was going back, he wasn't thinking about himself, but rather reminding Gu An'an and the young people of Xiaowang Village to study hard, saying that things might be turning around soon.

"Professor Yuan has gone back? That's great."

Gu An'an was genuinely happy for him. He was a refined and knowledgeable man, and such a person should be placed in a more important position, rather than being buried in the village for the rest of his life.

"Yes, not only Professor Yuan, but Lao Fang was also taken away recently. Since they returned to the city, the others have had hope and their mental state is better than before. But what does Professor Yuan mean by this? Does it mean they can retake the college entrance exam?"

Although he had a guess, the village chief felt that the guess was a bit too bold.

Over the years, even though everyone has been hoping for it, no one has dared to have any illusions, for fear that thinking too much will cause mental problems.

"I think this is very likely. If there is no plan to reinstate the college entrance examination, why bring back an old professor like Professor Yuan? If it is just a workers', peasants' and soldiers' university, it does not need so many teachers."

"As I said before, our country needs talent to develop, and talent needs to be cultivated. You can't just leave someone in the countryside and expect them to grow into a towering tree on their own."

“Uncle, if there are suitable people in our own village, we can give them a proper reminder. When they become successful, they might turn around and help the village.”

"The same goes for those educated youth. If the college entrance examination is reinstated, they can study full-time if they want to. Whether they pass or not depends on themselves."

"Okay! If that day ever comes, I definitely won't stop you."

He's a grandfather now, how could he do such a despicable thing? Besides, their village doesn't need those educated youths to do the work.

After hanging up the phone, the village chief specifically spoke to Zhou Yue and the others about the matter, and then gathered together the village's educated children, urging them to make the most of their time to study.

"Uncle, what do you mean by that? Why are we suddenly talking about middle and high school level material?"

“An’an asked me to tell you this.”

He didn't explain much, only saying that Gu An'an had said it, and the children all took it to heart.

"Since it was Sister An'an who said it, she must have her reasons. We should just listen to her."

“Yes, my mom says that since we’re not smart, we have to learn from smart people so that we don’t go down the wrong path.”

Zhou Yue and the others were quicker to think, since Gu An'an had already given them a heads-up.

"No, I have to call home and ask Dad to get us some review materials."

"Okay, if that day ever comes, we've already made preparations in advance, and we're sure to have a good outcome."

In the days that followed, they became even more diligent than before, spending their time either working to earn money or reading and doing exercises.

Seeing how serious they were, Li Yumei quietly joined the group and went to the mountains less often.

"Reading books again? You don't actually think you can reinstate the college entrance exam like they believe, do you? Don't dream about it! If we were going to reinstate it, we would have done it long ago. Why wait until now?"

Qin Xue's life was not going well. Even though the village was now well-off, those country bumpkins still looked at her with contempt because of what she had done in the past.

But her enemies were doing better and better, which she couldn't accept.

Hearing her jealous tone, Li Yumei didn't even look up and said, "I can read if I want, it's none of your business! You should spend your time worrying about yourself!"

"you!"

Qin Xue was so angry that she wanted to hit someone, but she didn't dare. If she did, everyone in the room would unite against her and make her pay!

She truly hated the unity of these people.

Taking a breath, she tried to calm her tone, "I'm just concerned about you. You'd be better off finding a good man to marry, otherwise you'll be an old spinster."

Li Yumei is three years older than Qin Xue, which would be considered an older single woman in this day and age.

Qin Xue thought her words would provoke Li Yumei, but the other party just smiled faintly and said, "You don't need to worry about that. At least I'm willing to get married, and I can still find someone willing to marry me. You're different. Your affair with Xie Yuan has caused quite a stir. Even if you wanted to find someone in the village to take over your relationship, no one would be interested in you."

Qin Xue was shocked by the other party's sharp tongue. In her anger, she didn't care about anything else and reached out to tear up Li Yumei's book, but Li Yumei slapped her across the face in quick succession.

"Don't push your luck!"

After saying that, he threw Qin Xue's things out of the room, saying, "Our room can't hold a Buddha like you."

Then the door closed in Qin Xue's disbelief, and no matter how much she knocked, it wouldn't open.

"They're making a scene again!"

Zhang Zhaodi listened to the shouting and cursing in the courtyard with a sense of helplessness. Some people just can't see reality.

"Ignore her."