With these two large sacks of stuff, Zhong Wanwan lost all interest in shopping and decided to head straight back to the farm to quickly build a stove so that cooking would be much easier!
Xia Ning was also eager to go home and was anxious to find out who could rent a house, otherwise, if they waited a few more days until the autumn harvest, they would have no way to move!
Before, there was no hope, so we could only endure it. Now that there's hope of moving out, who would want to live crammed together with a bunch of people!
Zhong Wanwan went to the window first to find the aunt from before and got her a plate of fish in tomato sauce and a plate of braised pork, so she could take them back to Zhong Songbai and Zhong Baiyang to try.
The aunt felt quite embarrassed about misunderstanding Zhong Wanwan. When serving Zhong Wanwan food, she not only picked the biggest fish, but also gave her several extra pieces of braised pork.
After buying the vegetables, Zhong Wanwan and Xia Ning each carried a sack and set off. When they arrived at their destination, the two jumped onto the back of the tractor.
When the two arrived, all the other educated youth had returned, except for Bai Yueyao and Tang Zixuan.
When Zhong Wanwan saw that the two hadn't returned, she had some guesses in her mind.
It seems the two of them went to the rats' place to move things again. I wonder what their reaction will be when they see that everything is gone.
Sure enough, when the two returned, they looked completely dejected. Had they gone to the recycling center and discovered that everything was gone, hence their dejection?
Zhong Wanwan was very happy that she could make these two unhappy!
After having a good time, Zhong Wanwan stroked her chin and pondered how to find the things the two of them had hidden.
She didn't care about the few things the two of them took. After all, they only had a few pockets on them, and how much could they possibly carry? It couldn't compare to what she had stored in her spatial storage.
The main problem is that these are all the things the two of them have left. If she takes them away, they will definitely start to suspect each other.
To sow discord between the two, she was still determined to find what they had hidden.
Zhong Wanwan carefully recalled how the book described the location where the two hid the things.
She remembered that the two of them initially found a dead end, and buried the body in a hole dug in the corner of the dead end.
She didn't remember the exact location of the dead end, only that the mark was made by Bai Yueyao, with the last character of both of their names written inside a circle.
This location is hard to find. There are so many dead ends in Anxian County. I don't know when I'll be able to find it.
Fortunately, the two of them wouldn't switch positions anytime soon, which gave her plenty of time.
She refused to believe that she could search every alleyway and still not find a dead end!
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After a bumpy ride, the tractor finally made it back to Hongxing Farm.
Upon returning, Zhong Wanwan heard some exciting news: the farm was selecting a tractor driver.
The reason Zhong Wanwan hadn't paid attention to the farm's selection of tractor drivers was mainly because in the original book, Director Wei only released the news before the spring of the following year. She didn't expect that Director Wei would release the news ahead of time this time.
But after a moment's thought, Zhong Wanwan understood.
In the original book, the reason why Director Wei only mentioned selecting two tractor drivers before the beginning of next spring was to leave a way out for her apprentice Zheng Nannan.
Now that Zheng Nannan is her apprentice, she naturally doesn't need this backup plan, which is why the news came out so early.
Zhong Wanwan hadn't given much thought to who should be the tractor driver on the farm. As long as it wasn't Bai Yueyao, anyone could be the tractor driver!
But now that she and Xia Ning have a good relationship and she just ate a nice meal treated to by him, she can't help but think more about Xia Ning.
The autumn harvest on the farm over the next month or so will be so tough that even the villagers will have to work themselves to the bone, let alone these educated youth who are not good at farm work!
Zhong Wanwan felt she should remind Xia Ning that she should try to get these things herself.
Zhong Wanwan put her things at home and then hurriedly went out to find Xia Ning.
Xia Ning was asking a few questions to the little ones when she saw Zhong Wanwan coming over. Xia Ning waved and said:
"Zhong Zhiqing, it's perfect that you're here. Listen to what's going on, and you can give me some advice later!"
Zhong Wanwan pulled Xia Ning aside and stated her purpose directly:
"We'll talk about that later. I have something more important to tell you right now!"
"You know that Director Wei wants to select a tractor driver, right? What are your thoughts on that?"
Xia Ning heard the news, but there weren't enough good things for the villagers on the farm, so how could it be for the educated youth?
Xia Ning shook her head and said:
"There's no use thinking about it. Would Director Wei really leave the young people on the farm unused and instead use us, the educated youth from outside?"
Xia Ning is right. In the original book, if it weren't for Director Wei remembering Bai Yueyao and thinking that she knew a lot about tractors, the story would have been very different.
It's impossible for Director Wei to leave the young people on his own farm unused and instead use Bai Yueyao, a newly arrived educated youth.
However, Zhong Wanwan felt that anything was possible with human effort. As long as Director Wei did not announce the candidate, Xia Ning was not without hope.
If there's even a sliver of hope, it's worth a try.
Moreover, with the autumn harvest just around the corner, as long as Xia Ning learns to drive a tractor before the harvest, her chances are very good!
Zhong Wanwan thought for a moment and said:
"Actually, there's still some hope. But if Director Wei releases the news after the autumn harvest, then you really have no chance at all!"
"But now, as long as you can learn to drive a tractor before the autumn harvest, there's a high chance you'll be chosen!"
Xia Ning thought Zhong Wanwan's analysis made a lot of sense, and she looked at Zhong Wanwan with bright eyes and said:
"Although I can't drive a tractor, I'm pretty good at driving a jeep."
"Could you tell me the key points of cranking a tractor? Once I learn how to crank it, I'm confident I can drive it away!"
Zhong Wanwan heard that Xia Ning could drive, and felt that she had a better chance of success. Zhong Wanwan shook her head and said:
"Just telling you the key points isn't enough. Go to bed early tonight, and come to my house tomorrow morning before dawn. While I'm repairing the tractor, you can not only learn how to operate it, but also try driving it a few times!"
No matter how flowery the adjectives are, none are as convincing as Xia driving the tractor away as soon as he got behind the wheel.
Xia Ning was deeply moved to hear Zhong Wanwan's thoughtfulness towards her and said:
"Zhong Zhiqing, I'm not good with words, and I don't know how to express my gratitude, but I consider you my friend!"
Zhong Wanwan nudged Xia Ning's shoulder and teased:
"Oh dear, Xia Zhiqing, I thought we were already friends. Turns out I was just being presumptuous!"
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