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Choosing to stay in Qijia Village was so that I could be with him in the final stage of my life!
Yes, the child has flown far away, but at least he's still here!
"Okay!" Grandma Qi smiled. "Let's be happy every day and live a good life."
The two elderly people felt the warmth from each other's wrinkled hands. They had some regrets, but they were content with life as it was.
Even though their son Qi Shuliang is not in Qijia Village, Qi Dazhu will take good care of them and be filial to them, so they have no worries at all.
Grandma Qi was very thoughtful. After her adopted son's family left and He Tiantian also left, she found Aunt Liu, Qi Daniu's mother, in the village to help with cooking and housework, and paid her a monthly salary.
In this way, she can accept being taken care of by others with a clear conscience; otherwise, she would feel uneasy.
The college entrance examination has brought a lively atmosphere to Qijia Village Primary School.
The young people in the village were very excited. Secretary Qi contacted Professor Wang, and Professor Gu gave them a lecture that evening.
Elementary school students have to attend classes during the day; we can't stop their classes just because we're tutoring adults.
So Secretary Qi waved his hand and decided that children would attend classes during the day and adults would attend classes at night.
There were no electric lights in the classroom, so everyone had to use candles and oil lamps to listen attentively to the teacher's lectures.
Professor Wang and Professor Gu, looking at the classroom packed with students, felt their passion rekindled.
Those were eyes yearning to learn, eyes brimming with hope.
Many of the educated youth from Hujia Village, Wangjia Village, and surrounding areas had no hope of returning to their hometowns. After hearing that they could take the college entrance examination, they were like headless flies, searching for books, hoping to cram at the last minute, pass the exam, and leave this place.
Hearing that there were professors giving extra lessons at Qijia Elementary School, many people came to listen to the lectures.
There wasn't enough room to sit inside, so I stood by the window to listen.
Huo Yingjie received two sets of study guides, including the exam syllabus, sent by Huo Yingjun from Yanjing.
Huo Yingjun was very thoughtful. Knowing He Tiantian's personality, if he only sent one set, she would lend it to a friend. So he sent two sets directly, giving one away and keeping one for himself.
Professor Wang was very happy when she received the exam syllabus. With it, she and her husband could provide targeted explanations, which would save a lot of time and allow them to better control the level of difficulty, thus enabling them to teach more effectively.
Huo Yingjie wrote to Chief Engineer Sun, saying that he wanted to take the college entrance examination.
Chief Engineer Sun expressed his approval and suggested that Zhou Yuanchao also take the college entrance exam, but Zhou Yuanchao was unwilling.
Huo Yingjie's personnel file is still at the Nanshi Weapons Research Institute. It will be transferred out after he is admitted to university.
Before Huo Yingjie graduated from university, he received a special allowance from the Nanshi Weapons Research Institute. This meant that Huo Yingjie received not only subsidies from the university but also the special allowance from the Nanshi Research Institute while attending university. Even if he didn't work, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to support his family.
He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie studied at home. Sometimes, when Wang Lei and others couldn't copy the questions in the classroom, they would come to He Tiantian to borrow reference books. They were very serious about it.
I have to work during the day, so I can only study at night.
Just as He Tiantian was studying hard and doing practice problems, an uninvited guest arrived at her home.
"Does He Tiantian live here?" A woman's voice rang out from the doorway.
Upon hearing a woman's voice, and one he'd never heard before, Huo Yingjie, who was about to open the door, went straight inside. He didn't want an unfamiliar woman looking him up and down.
Some people's gazes are merely well-intentioned; others, however, harbor ulterior motives.
Huo Yingjie hated that kind of look.
Seeing Huo Yingjie go inside, Wang Shuping smiled, thinking that this son-in-law was quite interesting. She walked to the door and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Li Yuanyuan! I'm from the same hometown as He Tiantian!" Li Yuanyuan said urgently. This was her only chance. If she couldn't leave the countryside this time, she would never be able to return to Nanshi in her life.
Upon hearing that it was someone from the same hometown, Wang Shuping guessed that the person outside was an educated youth. She opened the door and found a young woman with a rather sorrowful expression.
"Come in, Tian Tian is inside. I'll call her out," Wang Shuping said, inviting Li Yuanyuan in.
He Tiantian heard someone calling for her and came out of the house, supporting her back.
The woman in front of him looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen her before.
"Sweetie, you haven't changed at all over the years, you're still so beautiful," Li Yuanyuan praised. She hadn't made a mistake; it was He Tiantian.
He Tiantian frowned. Who was this? She couldn't remember.
“You are…” He Tiantian hesitated, afraid of calling the wrong name.
Li Yuanyuan quickly said, "I'm Li Yuanyuan! You know, we boarded the educated youth train together, remember?"
Upon hearing this, He Tiantian remembered that on the educated youth train, the entire train was full of people from Nanshi, and among the few assigned to Taoyuan County was a woman named Li Yuanyuan. It seemed that Li Yuanyuan had been assigned to Shanyangdaogouzi.
Because of the distance, which was quite far, dozens of miles apart in the east and west of Taoyuan County, he lost contact with Li Yuanyuan after that.
So why is Zhou Yuanyuan here after all these years?
"I remember now, what brings you here?" He Tiantian nodded. After such a long time without contact, there must have been a reason.
Seeing that He Tiantian remembered, Li Yuanyuan was even happier. When her eyes fell on He Tiantian's stomach, she was also taken aback. "You also got married locally?"
He Tiantian thought about it; she and Huo Yingjie had gotten married here, so she nodded and said, "Yes!"
"So you're going to stay here for the rest of your life? Don't you want to go back to Nanshi?" Li Yuanyuan asked anxiously. "Now we can take the college entrance exam, and we can leave here through the exam."
He Tiantian nodded again and said, "I'm studying too."
"Could you lend me some study materials?" Li Yuanyuan asked directly. "I heard there are teachers giving lectures in your village. Could you lend me your notebook?"
“I didn’t go to class; I studied on my own,” He Tiantian said. “I remember you graduated from high school, so if you review, you should be able to remember it quickly. Some of our people teach classes in the evenings; you can go and listen in.”
It wasn't that He Tiantian wouldn't lend it, but rather that she needed to see it herself, and besides, she didn't have that much of a relationship with Zhou Yuanyuan.
From Liu Lingli, He Tiantian realized that some people won't necessarily remember your kindness just because you treat them well. With unfamiliar people, it's best to maintain a distance, and that's fine.
He Tiantian was even less familiar with Li Yuanyuan, and didn't know what kind of person she was, or what had happened to Li Yuanyuan over the years.
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