"The older sister who brews wine with Grandpa at the distillery, but she doesn't have many sheets of paper left. Sigh, I'd better not ask her for them," Little Stone said.
Upon hearing this, the cousins all sighed. They had all planned to ask for some, but the other party didn't have much paper left. Would they still give them some?
They decided to give up the idea of getting paper.
So, the children arrived in an airplane and left empty-handed.
Once home, Little Stone was almost no longer sad. Tomorrow she would ask her sister for another piece of paper, this time folding it into a paper airplane. She would keep it safe and make sure the other children in the family never saw it again, so they wouldn't fight over it with her.
Luo Changtian finished primary school in Qianjin Brigade and was about to go to junior high school in the county.
He was always the top student in his class in elementary school, so getting into the county's junior high school was no problem for him. He successfully got into the best junior high school in the county, the No. 2 Middle School.
With summer vacation just around the corner, I, who have just entered junior high school, must register and pay tuition before the summer vacation to be officially admitted to the school.
Considering her and Luo Changtian's identities, Luo Jingyan inquired with the principal of the Qianjin Brigade about the admission requirements of the county's No. 2 Middle School before Luo Changtian graduated, wondering if students with educated youth status would be treated differently.
The principal told her that educated youth had local household registration and grain rations, and their school registration was also local, just like local candidates, and would not be subject to any restrictions. Only then did Luo Jingyan feel relieved.
Today, Luo Jingyan is going to accompany Luo Changtian to register for junior high school in the county. She asked the brigade leader for leave in advance and asked him to issue her a household registration certificate. She doesn't need to go to the winery for the whole day.
After breakfast, the siblings took an oxcart from the village to the county town.
Inside the distillery, Little Stone kept thinking about asking Luo Jingyan for paper airplanes. After breakfast, not long after Uncle Li went to the distillery, he also slipped out of the house.
He didn't bring his younger cousin this time, mainly because he was afraid that his younger cousin would also ask Luo Jingyan for paper, and if they asked for too much, he was afraid that Luo Jingyan wouldn't give them any.
He is not old enough to go to school yet. Even when he is old enough, it depends on whether his family allows him to go to school. In any case, he is very free now and has no intention of going to school for the time being.
He spent his days idly strolling around, at most gathering some pig feed for the brigade to earn some work points. He was free and carefree, quite content.
He heard from the school children that school was like a birdcage. Once they went in, the teacher would close the door, and they could only come out when the teacher opened it. They felt very uncomfortable inside and had to learn some boring things, which was almost like suffering.
Little Stone didn't want to go to school.
He strolled over to the outside of the bar and then went inside.
Uncle Li frowned when he saw him: "Why are you here again?"
Luckily, Luo Jingyan wasn't here today, otherwise I was afraid she would complain about Xiao Shitou causing trouble.
"I've come here to play for a while."
Little Stone looked around the winery but didn't see Luo Jingyan.
"Grandpa, didn't my sister come today?"
"My sister took the day off today. She's going to accompany her brother to register for high school in the county town, so she won't be coming today."
"You're not coming even for a single day?"
Then he won't get the paper to fold into an airplane, and he'll have to wait another day. The waiting time is very uncomfortable, and Little Stone really wants to have a new paper airplane to play with right away.
"Yes, what do you want with Sister Luo?"
Little Stone searched through Luo Jingyan's notebook and said, "Grandpa, the paper airplane my sister gave me yesterday is broken. I still want to play with it. I want my sister to give me another piece of paper."
Uncle Li knew where Luo Jingyan's data book was, but since Luo Jingyan wasn't here, he couldn't touch her things without permission.
Firstly, he doesn't have that right, and secondly, it wouldn't be good if he accidentally knocked down or damaged something useful.
"Stone, your sister isn't here today. Let's talk when she gets here."
"Grandpa, can I play here?"
"Sure, but just like before, don't let me touch things you're not supposed to touch, and don't go places you're not supposed to go. In short, you must listen to Grandpa, understand?"
"I understand, Grandpa."
Uncle Li was afraid that he would take Luo Jingyan's data book, so he tore up the paper airplane and quickly found the data book and hid it.
Little Stone didn't specifically look for Luo Jingyan's data book. He played in the winery for a while and then left to go somewhere else.
When Zhuang Feifei arrived at the distillery in the morning, it was already open. However, she didn't rush to help Xue Ningnan and just glanced inside before leaving.
No. 2 Middle School of the County
When Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian arrived, many students who lived near the county town or lived in the county town had already arrived. They voluntarily formed a long queue outside the admissions office, and Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian were at the very end of the queue when they arrived.
It was more than half an hour later when they finally registered. Luo Jingyan handed over the materials Luo Changtian needed for registration. The person in charge of new student admissions was a female teacher wearing glasses. As soon as the teacher saw that Luo Changtian was an educated youth, who was from out of town, she immediately threw the materials to Luo Jingyan.
“Educated youth from other places do not meet the enrollment requirements.”
"Why doesn't it meet the requirements? My younger brother graduated from the village primary school here. His household registration, school registration, and grain ration are here. Why can't he go to school here?"
The bespectacled female teacher glanced at Luo Jingyan: "Whether it meets the requirements or not is not up to me. Yours is too complicated. Go to the side and wait until everyone else has finished reporting."
"But their primary school principal said he could enroll like local graduating students, without any restrictions."
The female teacher gave her an impatient look: "Can an elementary school principal have any say in middle school matters? I'm the admissions officer for the middle school, and I'm the one who calls the shots."
After the female teacher finished speaking, she ignored Luo Jingyan and waved to the students who were about to register: "Next."
Luo Jingyan seemed to notice something was off about the female teacher's gaze; perhaps she was deliberately making things difficult for her under some pretext.
They were sent-down youth, so of course they came from other places. Coming from other places meant they had no connections or background in the local area, and they could be bullied and exploited by the locals.
Think about the experiences of those educated youth she learned about from modern history. Aren't they typical examples of outsiders being bullied by locals?
Maybe the teacher wanted her to give him a kickback.
Hmph, all crows are black.
Instead of waiting on the side, she pulled Luo Changtian and walked to the other side.
"Sister, am I really not going to be able to register? If I can't register, I won't go to university. I'll learn winemaking from you instead. Anyway, I don't have the chance to go to university, so don't worry about it anymore."
He felt awkward about starting school every time, so he preferred not to go to school at all.
"Stop talking nonsense. You're so smart, it would be a waste if you didn't go to school. Don't forget what your sister told you: you're never too old to learn. Don't say that going to school is useless. Even if you don't go to university, there are still many places where you'll need knowledge. Let me tell you, brewing wine also requires culture."
"But Uncle Jiu never went to school and can't read a single word, yet he can still brew wine, can't he?"
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