Unable to get the flower, the two little ones turned red with anxiety, their mouths uttering anxious trembling sounds.
Chaochao seemed not to hear her, and turned to shout behind her, "Yangyang, Tangtang, hurry up, you're too slow."
"At your speed, how can you possibly outrun Uncle Gu's rooster!"
"Do you still want to go to Uncle Gu's house to play?"
Yangyang and Tangtang really wanted to shout that they didn't want to go, but there was nothing they could do. Their older sister was a "dictator" and wouldn't listen to them at all.
They were just pecked by Uncle Gu's rooster. They can just stop going to Uncle Gu's house in the future. Why do they have to exercise like this?
Tangtang looked at Yangyang with a resentful expression, "It's all your fault! If you hadn't told everyone about this, my sister wouldn't have looked down on them for being weak and insisted on training them!"
Yangyang was also innocent; he had only casually made a comment about Uncle Gu's powerful rooster, but he didn't expect to receive such great love from his sister!
I regret it!!
But there's no going back in this world.
To help her younger siblings become stronger and avoid being bullied by the rooster, Chaochao even brought out her training plan from when she was three years old and insisted on forcing them to follow it. The two little ones didn't want to accept their older sister's "arrangement" at all.
Yangyangyang and Tangtang were completely resistant and didn't want to practice at all. They just wanted to sleep a little longer every morning. Their pitiful appearance was simply heartbreaking.
Their unscrupulous father, in order to openly and legitimately order his sister around, comfortably dumped the two of them on his "dictatorial" older sister.
From then on, their once carefree and leisurely days were gone forever, replaced by a disciplined daily routine of getting up early to train and going to bed early at night.
In the early morning, before the first rays of sunlight had fully pierced through the thin mist, the two little ones were dragged out of their warm beds by Chaochao and began their day's "arduous" training, their little hearts filled with helplessness and grievance.
But unfortunately, they were no match for Chaochao, and their resistance was ruthlessly suppressed.
In August 1977, the air was filled with the chirping of cicadas.
Suddenly, the village loudspeaker crackled to life, and then an exhilarating announcement echoed throughout the village: "The college entrance examination has been reinstated!" This news was like a thunderclap, instantly causing a stir in everyone's hearts, especially among the educated youth.
Over the years, very few educated youth remain in the former educated youth settlements.
Most of them had already resigned themselves to their fate after years of waiting, especially the educated youth who came around the same time as Xie Yan.
Liu Yihong is one of the rare ones who is not married.
The main reason is that he has a teaching job and doesn't need to work in the fields every day; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to keep going!
Even Shen Jianguo, who was very picky back then, got married. And that guy had only been married for less than two years. He waited and waited, and only got married when he saw that there was really no hope of returning to the city.
He married the daughter of the commune accountant, and through this connection, he easily obtained a temporary job in the commune. Not only that, but he later used this connection to successfully enter the Workers-Peasants-Soldier University, proving himself to be quite capable.
In fact, the Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Universities of today are not as bad as later generations have described.
Those who were selected for the Workers-Peasants-Soldiers University in that era were all outstanding individuals, none of them were bad. They were all exceptionally talented in their respective fields. Even if they got in through connections, they still had to be very capable and respected by others, otherwise they would have been reported long ago.
These talented individuals thrive in universities. Even if the teachers aren't perfect, not all teachers are bad, and there's always the library.
Those who could attend worker-peasant-soldier universities all knew the importance of knowledge, and the libraries there were always packed with people. After graduation, they shone brightly in various industries.
Therefore, even though the college entrance examination has been reinstated, as long as Shen Jianguo doesn't do anything reckless, his future prospects won't be too bad.
Gu Che got married too, yes, that Gu Che.
He and Zhang Shiyu were entangled for quite some time before they finally tied the knot.
Their lives are like an idol drama, which Xie Yan found incredibly entertaining.
(To find out what happens next in this idol drama-like life of the two, please look forward to the author's next book!)
After getting married, they did not choose to stay in the village, but went to the county.
Gu Che bought a house near Zhang Shiyu's workplace and began their sweet and happy life in the county town.
Although many educated youth chose to marry locals or local girls, their eyes still glistened with tears of excitement when they heard the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination.
This meant they had hope of returning to the city, the place they had longed for day and night.
Even after all these years of development, life in Xiliu Village is now almost the same as in the city, and people are living a very fulfilling life.
However, in the hearts of the educated youth, that distant city was their true home.
That place holds their childhood memories and countless cherished recollections; it is the powerful belief that kept them going through countless sleepless nights on the crowded kang (heated brick bed) in the educated youth settlement.
After a tiring day of work, when they looked out at the moonlight, their thoughts would always drift to the familiar streets and warm lights. It was this belief that sustained them through the most difficult years, and this belief has been engraved in their bones.
In recent years, at Xie Yan's suggestion, Xiliu Village has undergone tremendous changes.
As you enter the village, you'll find that every household has electricity. When night falls, bright lights replace the dim kerosene lamps, illuminating every corner.
The village's vegetable greenhouses are thriving. From afar, rows of white greenhouses gleam in the sunlight, resembling a white ocean. Inside, tender vegetables thrive, exuding a fresh aroma.
Thanks to the development of Xiliu Village, the surrounding villages have also become prosperous.
The villagers not only have enough to eat, but they also eat well.
Many villages followed suit and started doing vegetable greenhouse business.
As apricots gradually fall out of season, peaches come into season, and delicious canned peaches are freshly made. After that, whenever fruit ripens, they sell a small portion fresh and make the majority into canned fruit.
The commune secretary personally took charge of sales.
At first, the sales of canned goods were not ideal, but the Party Secretary worked tirelessly, going from store to store and market to promote them.
His dark face was covered in sweat, but even when he was rejected, he always wore a determined smile, believing that his canned goods were so delicious that they would definitely sell.
He also encouraged the others, saying, "Don't worry, we'll definitely be able to sell them. Remember those who rejected us. Once our canned food market opens up, they'll be begging us, but we won't sell to them!"
"snort!"
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