Xue Fu blushed slightly, but before she could say anything—that she didn't want to get married so early—she heard him say, "I want to see what the situation is like in Haicheng."
Gu Chong offered his explanation.
After all, he was going to settle down in Haicheng afterward.
I need to find out about the situation there beforehand so I can know how I'll make a living in the future.
Xue Fu blushed, embarrassed by her own wild imagination, and stammered, "Oh... I see... that's how it is... It's good, not bad..."
After she calmed down a bit, her face flushed with embarrassment, she nodded: "Of course we can go together."
However, she still had one concern: "If we go to Haicheng, will you be able to get a letter of introduction from the captain?"
It takes four days to travel from Qingtang Village to Haicheng and back, and if Gu Chong wants to conduct on-site investigations in Haicheng, it will definitely take another two or three days.
Gu Chong: "Okay."
"That's good."
Xue Fu breathed a sigh of relief, then cheered up.
When she returned in April, Gu Chong accompanied her on the way, which made her very happy.
Today is the last day of rest before resuming work, and Xue Fu tidied up her bed and room at the educated youth settlement.
After all that was done, she went to stay at the Gu family's house.
Even though staying at the Gu family home was boring, she preferred to sit there and daydream.
Gu Chong went out in the afternoon and didn't return until evening.
He said he went to see Zhou Zhi about business, so Xue Fu didn't ask any further questions.
"By the way, when does Xiaofei start school?"
During dinner, Xue Fu remembered this matter.
Gu Fei groaned at the thought of school starting again. He had a wonderful winter break and didn't want to go to school at all.
Gu Chong answered for him: "Next Monday, there are only a few days left."
"oh oh."
Then Xue Fu asked the question that children hate the most: "Xiao Fei, have you finished the homework your teacher assigned during winter break?"
The next second, Gu Fei let out a painful "Ouch!" and Xue Fu covered her mouth and chuckled triumphantly.
"Then we need to hurry, there are only a few days left."
Gu Fei: "Understood."
He sounded a little guilty: "Actually, it's not much different, just a few small prints."
Xue Fu: "Then good luck!"
Gu Fei looked miserable: "Um..."
On the day of resuming work, Xue Fu was woken up early by the village's loudspeaker. The team leader, Zhou Jianguo, announced that they should gather at the open space at the village entrance at eight o'clock for a work resumption meeting to assign tasks for the spring season.
Xue Fu took a deep breath and then slowly sighed.
The good days of rest are over, and it's time to turn into a busy little bee again.
She glanced at the time, rolled over, got out of bed, and started getting dressed.
The weather has been gradually warming up these past few days, just as Liu Ling had predicted.
In two more days, Xue Fu thought that she wouldn't need to wear a cotton-padded coat anymore in this weather.
Gu Chong still brought her food over with his rice bowl. After she finished eating, the two of them walked together to the open space where they were supposed to meet.
She encountered many people on the way, and many of them finally saw Xue Fu. They greeted her and asked how her trip back to Haicheng was and whether she had a good New Year.
The questions were all casual and polite, and Xue Fu answered them all politely.
Gu Chong stood there like he was invisible, and no one asked him any questions.
However, because he was there, no one dared to ask Xue Fu those 'excessive' questions.
A sparse crowd gathered in the open space at the village entrance. Xue Fu looked around and found that the educated youth had all gathered in the right-hand area, forming a small group of their own and not mixing with the villagers. She then looked away.
She didn't bring Gu Chong over; the two of them simply chose a spot to stand.
Team leader Zhou Jianguo had arrived long ago. He stood at the front, where a step had been erected sometime earlier, and he was standing on it so he could see the people below.
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Zhou Jianguo first took the roster and called out names, noting down those who were absent. Then, he loudly and clearly began the resumption of work meeting.
Zhou Jianguo first announced some news.
"I told some of them when I met them before, well, I'm going to tell everyone today that our team will get a tractor later this month."
Zhou Jianguo applied for the tractor license two years ago, but it has not been approved yet.
During the Spring Festival this year, the commune finally received news that his application had been approved.
Their Qingtang Village is about to become the second village in the commune to own a tractor.
Zhou Jianguo was quite proud for a while during the first month of the lunar calendar, feeling extremely honored.
"Wow! Really?! That's amazing!"
"This is much easier. I used to envy the village next door for having a tractor. Now we finally have one too."
"Hey, when will this tractor come to our village? I really want to go and have a good ride and a good feel for it. I'll even invite my son Tiedan along!"
"......"
As soon as Zhou Jianguo finished speaking, the audience became noisy. He shouted "Silence!" several times on stage before the audience finally quieted down a bit.
Zhou Jianguo coughed, "I haven't finished yet. Everyone, please be quiet and let me finish."
"We have tractors, but we don't have tractor drivers yet. Does anyone in our village know how to drive a tractor?"
Zhou Jianguo glanced down a few times, hoping someone would raise their hand in response.
But all he heard was his subordinates saying, "How could anyone possibly know how! Where did we get these tractors to drive before?"
That's true, how could anyone possibly do that?
Zhou Jianguo also realized that he was overthinking things.
He exhaled a puff of white breath and continued, "Since no one knows how, we need to select tractor drivers first. Whoever becomes a tractor driver will get eight work points a day from the scorekeeper. Anyone who wants to sign up, come here to register before tomorrow morning."
"Those who sign up will go to the commune for unified training. Once the people are selected at the end of the month, the tractor will be driven back from the commune."
The announcement of the registration caused an uproar.
Zhou Jianguo immediately registered several names who wanted to sign up.
Next to Xue Fu was a village man who had registered. His face was filled with excitement and enthusiasm, and he looked confident and sure of victory.
She glanced at Gu Chong beside her and found him with his head down, as if he was thinking or as if he had no interest in anything around him.
She leaned closer and whispered, "Do you want to sign up?"
She thought the work points for tractor drivers were quite appealing; she could earn eight work points just by driving a tractor without having to work in the fields. If she weren't leaving in April, she would have actually been quite keen to sign up.
Gu Chong leaned towards her and said, "Yes, I will. I'll go register in a bit."
Xue Fu's eyes lit up; she was very supportive!
"OK!"
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