Chapter 42 New Educated Youth Arrives
“Ahem.”
The captain walked over with a limp, smoking a pipe.
He wouldn't come to the educated youth site unless there was nothing wrong. Now that he's here, something big must have happened.
Seeing the educated youths' nervous expressions, the team leader blew out a smoke ring and raised his hand to suppress it: "Don't be nervous, I have something good to tell you today."
"We have a place at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University for our village, and the village primary school is short of two teachers. You must seize the opportunity."
The educated youth burst into exclamations, especially the older ones who had been there for a few years. They thought they would have no hope in settling down in the countryside for the rest of their lives, but they didn't expect there was still a chance to leave.
To attend the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University one must first have good character. Dang Aiguo and He Qiuju did not meet the character requirements and were directly rejected.
As for the five new educated youth, it is even more impossible, simply because they have little experience.
Li Xiuzhu loves to gossip and has a bad reputation in the village, so she has no hope.
The quota for workers, peasants and soldiers will be chosen from among Zhang Wei, Han Wenjun, Li Kequn, Liu Hongmei and Wang Lan.
These five people became competitors at this moment and they were very excited.
Wang Lan said, "Captain, I give up. I'm not smart enough to get up here. Let's give the opportunity to others."
Liu Hongmei also said: "Captain, I give up too."
The captain nodded: "In that case, then I'll give the positions of substitute teachers for the elementary school to you two."
Liu Hongmei and Wang Lan hurriedly thanked the team leader. This was a pleasant surprise. As substitute teachers, they would not have to work so hard.
Li Xiuzhu was extremely jealous. Why did they let them be substitute teachers? In her opinion, the team leader was biased.
Zhang Wei, Han Wenjun and Li Kequn looked at each other, realizing that they had two fewer competitors.
Zhang Wei was extremely conflicted. It took two or three years to study at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. If he was lucky enough to be recommended, he would never have any chance with Bai Wei again.
He was struggling in his mind over whether to choose his future or his beloved woman.
In order to demonstrate fairness and justice, the team leader convened all members in the brigade for a secret ballot in the afternoon.
The final result was that Li Kequn was passed unanimously. He has a cold personality and is usually low-key, but he has a very good reputation in Zhuzuiling.
Zhang Wei lost the opportunity, so now he doesn’t have to worry about it and can stay and continue to be a bootlicker.
The night before Li Kequn left, the educated youth gathered together for a good meal to see him off.
The next day, just after sending the people away, the team leader came over with two young people, a man and a woman.
Everyone had a bad feeling in their hearts. No way, could it be that the educated youth came again?
Sure enough, the captain's next sentence confirmed their guess.
"These two are the new educated youth, Wang Nana and Hu Bing."
They are good-looking, the man is called Hu Bing, a tall and long-legged handsome guy.
His temper couldn't be seen at the moment. When he introduced himself, his eyes stayed on Li Qingge's face for a few seconds longer, which made Gongsun want to punch him in the face.
The new female educated youth introduced herself: "Hello everyone, my name is Wang Nana, I am from Beijing, and I am Gongsun Shinian's childhood sweetheart. We grew up together."
Gongsun Shi Nian first glanced at Li Qingge nervously.
Then he interrupted her next words and said, "Comrade, first of all, I don't know you well, and secondly, I don't have any childhood sweethearts, so please don't try to establish a relationship with me."
Wang Nana didn't expect Gongsun Shi Nian to speak without showing her any mercy, and her face turned red.
Wen Shaoqing joked, "If growing up in the same compound is considered childhood sweethearts, then Gongsun must have more than ten childhood sweethearts."
[Haha, these two are so aggressive in their words, they are really like Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick. Look at Wang Nana, her face is twisted with anger.]
Gongsun and Wen Shaoqing turned their heads to look over and indeed saw Wang Nana's distorted face.
She forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I overestimated my own abilities. I apologize."
Tears fell drop by drop to the ground, as if one had suffered a great injustice.
Wen Shaoqing couldn't stand women who cried all the time: "That's enough. People who don't know would think we bullied you."
Han Wenjun was an impulsive person, and when he saw Wang Nana crying, he couldn't help himself.
"How dare you say that? It was you two who bullied a girl."
"You." Wen Shaoqing wanted to rush up and fight him.
Gongsun stopped him: "That's enough, don't argue with someone with a brain disease."
Han Wenjun looked at Gongsun Shi Nian angrily but dared not say anything.
The two men he feared the most at the educated youth point were Gongsun Shi Nian and Mu Chuan. These two men came from prominent family backgrounds, so they didn't dare to say a word even after being scolded just now.
The feeling of humiliation made it difficult for him to breathe.
"Han Zhiqing, thank you."
Wang Nana was so close to him that Han Wenjun blushed. He waved his hand casually and said, "You're welcome."
Wang Nana looked at Gongsun Shi Nian's back ambitiously. She came to the countryside this time just for him.
The elders in the family said that the Gongsun family and the Bai family had broken off the engagement, and her chance had come.
She scanned the crowd and looked at Bai Wei in the corner. What a waste! She had ruined a good hand of cards.
Feeling the contemptuous and hostile look, Bai Wei turned around and glared at her fiercely.
When they were in the compound, the two had different views.
Bai Wei and Wang Nana dislike each other and have been sworn enemies since childhood.
"Oh, isn't this our Miss Bai?"
Bai Wei didn't want to pay attention to her, knowing that this person must have something up his sleeve.
"Don't go, it's been a while, let's catch up."
Wang Nana grabbed Bai Wei's clothes.
She looked her over provocatively, then said contemptuously, "Bai Wei, how did you become like this? Your skin is rough and dark, like a country woman. If I knew you were sent to the countryside, I would have thought you went to Shanxi to dig coal."
“Hahahahahaha.”
She covered her mouth and laughed so hard that she fell backwards.
Li Qingge: If you know how to curse, curse more.
She sat on the stool, leisurely eating chestnuts, with a gossipy gleam in her eyes. Seeing Bai Wei's face turning blue because of Wang Nana's anger, her eyes almost spit fire.
When everyone went back to the house, Li Qingge still had a look of regret on his face. It was over without even pulling hair, and it was too unsatisfying to watch.
In February, good news came from the village that the commune was going to provide tractors to Zhuzuiling and Xinghua brigades.
The team leader was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night. No one in his team knew how to drive a tractor, and he couldn't make up his mind who to choose to learn how to drive a tractor.
Early in the morning, with dark eyes, he gathered all the members and educated youth together and talked about the tractor.
He followed the customary practice of asking, “Does anyone know how to drive a tractor?”
The crowd that was chattering just now suddenly fell silent.
"I can."
A lazy, sweet voice came from the back of the crowd.
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