on the other side.

It was Qiao Yu who called Xiaoyong.

After hearing Qiao Yu's hint, Xiao Yong quickly understood what was going on and ran home excitedly.

Halfway through the run, the speed slowed down.

If he and his fourth brother really pass the college entrance examination, what will happen to his fourth sister-in-law?

When he saw the open courtyard door, his fourth brother was feeding the chickens in the chicken coop. His fourth sister-in-law put the dishes and chopsticks away, and without turning her head, she shouted to his fourth brother, "Where is Xiaoyong? The food is getting cold!"

As soon as Dawei raised his head, he saw Xiaoyong.

A few minutes later.

Zhou Ermei asked curiously, "Xiaoyong, what did the second aunt say?"

Xiaoyong glanced at Dawei, who wondered, "Why are you looking at me? Just answer whatever she asks you."

Xiaoyong: "Mom asked us to prepare our high school textbooks and review them well. She went to Beijing to check on us during the New Year."

Dawei paused for a moment, as he was still struggling over what to eat first. Then, he looked up in disbelief, "You mean..."

Xiaoyong nodded: "If that's the case, I can sell my job and the house here..."

He looked at Zhou Ermei and said nothing more.

Zhou Ermei didn't understand at first, until Dawei replied, "The job can indeed be sold, and the house can be transferred... and let the second sister live in it, right?"

I almost let it slip.

They are husband and wife in name only.

"You mean, the college entrance examination will be resumed then?"

Dawei and Xiaoyong looked at each other and nodded.

Dawei: "I realized it when I was in middle school. It is impossible to supply talents to the country if we only have workers, peasants and soldiers in college."

Xiaoyong nodded and said, "My parents also said that the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University system would not last for a few years."

Zhou Ermei: "That's good."

Xiaoyong asked her curiously, "Sister-in-law, my brother and I are definitely going to take the college entrance examination. What about you? Do you want to join us?"

Zhou Ermei shook her head, "I'm not that kind of person. I struggled so hard to get into high school, and as for college... I guess it would be hard to even get into a junior college.

As long as you seize the opportunity of time, you can become a hero. My opportunity is not in the college entrance examination.

I have a feeling that taking the college entrance exam will mean I will lose everything I have now, and getting a diploma will not add any bricks and tiles to my path.”

This was the first time she expressed her views.

She thought the brothers would laugh at her, or look down on her, or even show a hint of contempt in their eyes.

It was as if he was saying to her: Who do you think you are? Can you predict the future? If your future is useful, can a sow climb a tree? That's the college entrance examination! Graduates of universities are assigned to government agencies, which is far beyond ordinary positions!

But unfortunately, nothing, nothing at all.

Their expressions remained serious, but after listening to her words, they nodded in approval.

"Fourth sister-in-law, that's a good idea."

Dawei: "If you want to run a good factory, taking this path, it is true that learning, socializing, etc. are more important than a diploma. When the country resumes the college entrance examination, it will definitely make other important decisions. For ordinary people, such a policy will change their lives if they seize the opportunity.

I support your decision."

It was not too late yet. Previously, Dawei would take her back to her parents' home to rest. But today, after a call from her aunt, the two brothers had something important to discuss. So she went back to her parents' home alone.

Zhou Ermei's eyes were silent, and no one knew what she was thinking. When she met an acquaintance on the road, she greeted him and walked on.

Then, as if he thought of something, he turned back.

She looked at each other.

The other person is called Honghong. We have been good friends since childhood. We used to pick pig grass together when we were young, and we were in the same class in elementary school. We even sat at the same table and talked about everything.

After graduating from elementary school, the two of them seemed to have reached a dividing line. It wasn't obvious, but they talked much less.

She took the initiative to look for Honghong, but she was busy looking for someone else, and she also had to prepare for the junior high school entrance exam and continue her studies.

After graduating from junior high school and high school...

Then she was appreciated by her second aunt and is now the acting deputy director of the Hongqi Snack Factory. Both of them no longer look like they did when they were children.

She still wanted to ask.

"Honghong, how have you been lately?"

"Okay... Second sister, what's wrong?"

After they got married, one was busy with both housework and outside work, while the other was doing great things in the factory. The former had several children, while the latter had just been married for a short time.

They were usually just nodding acquaintances, and Honghong didn't understand why the other person called her.

“I actually have a question that I’m confused about.”

"Ah? There's something you don't know about my second sister?"

Zhou Ermei frowned slightly. Although she didn't like the other person's tone, she didn't take it to heart.

Zhou Ermei: "One place for a worker-peasant-soldier college and one place for career advancement, which one would you choose?"

Honghong looked at her with an even weirder look in her eyes, "Of course it's a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University! University graduates will be employed in government agencies! No matter how good the job is, how good can it be?"

"You think so?"

"Yeah! Not just me, everyone thinks so, right?"

yes.

This is how normal people think.

She is clearly an outlier among ordinary people, so why do the brothers agree with her idea?

Oh no.

At this stage, she is just an outlier among ordinary people. If time proves that she is right and she succeeds, then her current ideas will be advanced ideas...

Are those who go against the wind the outliers? It is possible that they have seen a brighter future and encountered an opportunity to leapfrog ordinary people.

"Thank you." After figuring it out, Zhou Ermei no longer dwelled on it and left quickly.

Honghong looked at her from behind and muttered, "She's sick."

Then he went towards home.

Honghong got married when she was sixteen. They met when they were twelve, worked for the family for a few years, and then got married after covering the skin for half a year. Now she is twenty-two years old, has given birth to eight or nine children, and spends all day around the children and the stove.

When the construction of the Hongqi Snack Factory was confirmed, her husband urged her to get close to Zhou Ermei, hoping that she could get a job.

She felt that her man was overthinking. Can a job quota be obtained by just getting close to him? It would be better to prepare money and get a job.

Unfortunately, even if they earn enough work points every day, they can only barely support their children. Saving money to buy a job? It's simply wishful thinking!

Her husband has been muttering recently: We are from the same production team and went to the same primary school, why is there such a big difference between us?

The implication is that she is not as good as her second sister.

Although she had resentment and distance towards Zhou Ermei in her heart, and avoided her every time she saw her, she also went back in anger at that time.

"If I had the same family background as my second sister, with my parents supporting me until I graduated from high school and even buying me a job, would I marry you? Don't you see how poor your family is? They only gave a few dollars as a dowry!

Hey, you are not still thinking about eating swan meat, coveting the second sister? Don’t you see who you are? Can you compare with Zhou Dawei? His father is a military officer! His mother is a military doctor! He can also paint and looks good! "

"Okay, I told you to squat on the road to the factory all day, it turns out you were targeting Zhou Dawei! Don't you see how many children you've given birth to? You're so dirty and dusty, you're almost a grandmother! Do you have any sense?"

If you say something bad to me as a couple, I will dislike you a little, and marriage and life will become just trivial matters.

Poor couples have many worries.