Su Li felt sweet inside. Gu Huanian lowered his head and was about to kiss the tender red lips he had been longing for when he heard a knocking sound from outside the courtyard.
Su Li quickly pushed the man away and straightened her clothes.
Opening the courtyard gate, one could see Zhang Xia standing outside.
When Zhang Xia saw her come out, she smiled and said, "Comrade Su, I came to ask if you have any high school textbooks?"
In fact, Zhang Xia knew that Su Li had the book; Chen Shengnan had brought it back to the educated youth settlement and read it before.
When she asked casually, Zhang Xia said it belonged to Su Li.
The reason she asked if there was any was to give Su Li an excuse to say no.
If she says she doesn't have any, then she won't lend it to her.
"Wait a moment, I'll go get it for you."
Zhang Xia was surprised that Su Li was so easy to talk to, and thanked her, saying, "Thank you. I will finish copying the book as soon as possible in the next two days and return it to you as soon as possible."
Su Li took the book out of the room and handed it to Zhang Xia.
"Thanks"
"We're all former educated youth, no need to be so polite."
No sooner had Zhang Xia left than Zhang Fan arrived.
Su Li didn't even have time to close the courtyard gate. However, when Zhang Fan arrived, he happened to see Zhang Xia carrying books away from Su Li's house.
I immediately regretted not coming sooner.
Seeing Zhang Fan's dejected look, Su Li smiled and said, "What? You're borrowing books too?"
Zhang Fan nodded, somewhat regretfully, and said, "I just saw Zhang Xia borrow a few books from you. Do you have any more?"
Actually, he didn't have much hope, since he had just seen Zhang Xia holding several books, and he guessed that Su Li had lent them all to her.
Zhang Fan is the kind of person who learns from his mistakes and corrects them. When he first went to the countryside and took the train, he was tricked by Zhao Meilan once.
He never trusted a woman's words again, and he would avoid any place where women were arguing.
Su Li shook her head, and Zhang Fan became even more frustrated when he saw her shake her head.
It seems he needs to hurry to the bookstore in town, or he'll probably be out of things if he's too late.
After all, now that the college entrance examination has been reinstated, who wouldn't want to leave the countryside to go to university?
"But I have other materials and exercises, do you need them?"
Zhang Fan was incredibly excited upon hearing Su Li's words; "Yes, yes, we need it so much! Su Zhiqing, you are truly the most beautiful and kind-hearted person I have ever met."
Su Li returned to the room and gave him the materials and exercises she had used before.
She already knows all of this, so there's no point in keeping it now.
Zhang Fan received these items as if they were priceless treasures; "Comrade Su, thank you so much. I apologize for what happened on the train earlier. I'm sorry."
Su Li didn't mind; "Take it and use it! There's no rush to return it."
"Thank you, thank you so much!"
Zhang Fan now wishes he could kowtow to Su Li.
After borrowing the books from Zhang Fan, Zhang Xia immediately asked the brigade leader for leave.
Zhang Xia had a few good relationships with people at the educated youth settlement, and her idea was for them to copy the book together.
Since it was a textbook, she was worried that Su Li would have to read it herself.
She herself needs to take the college entrance exam, and she can't let others' studies be delayed.
As soon as she entered the educated youth settlement, several female educated youths saw her carrying books and surrounded her. They had planned to go to town early the next morning; those with money would go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books, and those without money would go to the purchasing station to see if they could find any old books.
There really isn't anyone like Zhang Xia who borrowed all the high school textbooks on her way out.
"Xiaoxia, where did you borrow this book from?" Qin Zhen, whose face bore a very long scar, asked.
"I borrowed it from Su Li."
When Zhang Xia mentioned Su Li, a hint of jealousy flashed in Qin Zhen's eyes.
Back then, Sun Yingzi stabbed her in the face, disfiguring her. Sun Yingzi also wanted to kill Su Li.
She escaped unharmed.
She's getting prettier and prettier, and she's even found a battalion commander as her boyfriend.
But she was disfigured and would have to live with such a hideous face for the rest of her life. How could she not be jealous?
"Xiaoxia, can I borrow your book to take a look? You can't read so many by yourself anyway."
Hearing Qin Zhen's words, the other female educated youths chimed in, "Yes! Xiaoxia, can we borrow it to take a look?"
Zhang Xia wasn't stingy at all. She said to the group, "This book belongs to Su Li. I told her I only need to borrow it for two days. You can read it if you want. Let's start copying these books together from today and try to finish them in the next two days. Then we can take turns reading the copies. What do you think?"
Qin Zhen was somewhat displeased upon hearing this; "That's too much trouble. We might as well just go to town and buy it instead of spending that time copying it."
When Zhang Xia heard her say that, she said, "If you want to copy, you can take turns reading it. I won't force you if you don't want to copy, just don't come here to freeload."
Qin Zhen curled her lip and said disdainfully, "I'm not participating. I'll go to town to buy it tomorrow. My family isn't short of money for books. Let whoever wants to copy it copy it."
After hearing what she said, several families with relatively good financial conditions decided not to participate.
Zhang Xia counted, and including her, there were only five people included.
The male educated youth were also surprised to see that Zhang Fan had borrowed the materials, and they all wanted to borrow them from him as well.
Zhang Fan wasn't stingy; he just said he would look at the important ones first, and only after he had finished looking at one would he lend out another.
He didn't want to lend it out only to find that the other party wouldn't give it back when he wanted to see it later.
So he's just using these things to benefit others.
The next morning, most of the educated youth went to the brigade leader's house, having basically asked for leave.
The brigade leader could also see that these people had no intention of going to work. After all, there was only one month left until the college entrance examination, which was a major event in their lives.
The team leader simply gave them a break of more than ten days, since there wasn't much work to do in the fields anyway.
He didn't want to be the kind of bad person who ruined other people's future.
The educated youth were overjoyed to hear this, but Su Li wasn't in a hurry to go to town.
After all, the oxcarts were probably packed to capacity today, and she didn't want to squeeze in with them.
Since the brigade leader had given them a holiday, she decided to go for a walk in the mountains.
Let's see if we can pick some more mushrooms and put them in our space.
After all, once I leave this place, I may never come back again.
She treated the mountain as a tourist attraction, since it was so beautiful.
Su Li changed into a simple black short-sleeved shirt, carried a basket on her back, and walked outside.
They happened to run into Lu Huai, who was about to leave.
Lu Huai walked up to her and asked with concern, "Su Li, you must know about the college entrance exam. Are you planning to take it? Do you have any study materials?"
"Yes, I plan to participate. I have the book," Su Li said succinctly.
Lu Huai didn't have any; he only had some practice materials he had previously obtained from the purchasing station.
I originally wanted to ask Su Li about the information I was going to share with her.
He was relieved to hear that she had it.
"That's good. If there's nothing else, I'm going to town now."
Su Li nodded.
She walked up the mountain along the village path, and after walking for an hour, she finally saw mushrooms of various shapes.
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