Chapter 063
It was early morning and the sky was bright.
Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan sat face to face in the kitchen eating breakfast.
Chuxia ate the steamed bun slowly. While chewing, she glanced at Lin Xiaohan twice.
After swallowing the steamed bun, she smiled and asked, "Do I look any different today?"
Hearing this, Lin Xiaohan also looked at Chu Xia.
His eyes stayed on Chu Xia's face for a moment, and he replied, "Yes."
Is there any change today?
Chu Xia's eyes immediately showed expectation, and she looked at Lin Xiaohan with bright eyes and continued to ask: "What changes?"
Lin Xiaohan said: "You've become even more shameless."
Chu Xia: “…”
She extinguished the expectation in her eyes, removed the smile on her face, pursed her lips slightly and did not ask any further questions.
Over the past few days, she has become more shameless day by day.
This is all because she is worried that after returning to the city, they will be separated and she may not be able to see him again. It will be even more difficult to get the energy from him, or even she may never get it again.
But this is not something that can be useful in a hurry.
So now in early summer, my mentality is relatively calm, and I just think - do my best and leave the rest to fate.
Of course she didn't tell Lin Xiaohan about this.
After eating two bites of steamed buns, she shamelessly talked to Lin Xiaohan about the return to city indicators.
She looked at Lin Xiaohan and said, "It's been four or five days since I heard that the brigade had a quota for returning to the city, and the quota hasn't been allocated to any specific individuals yet. Do you think there will be any accidents?"
Lin Xiaohan looked at her and asked, "What kind of accident could happen?"
Chu Xia thought: "Of course, the indicators were given to people other than us."
Lin Xiaohan asked: "Among the ten of them, who is more qualified than us to get these two indicators?"
Chu Xia certainly felt that the ten of them were not qualified, and the quota in the novel was only given to her and Lin Xiaohan, so she gave it to Su Yun for Han Ting.
Seeing that Chu Xia didn't say anything, Lin Xiaohan asked more directly: "Who are you worried about?"
Chu Xia pursed her lips slightly and answered truthfully: "Han Ting and Su Yun."
She wasn't worried at all.
But after waiting for these few days, she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. After all, Han Ting has the aura of the protagonist, so she is a little worried that he might not be able to escape the plot of the novel.
Lin Xiaohan didn't seem worried. He just said, "They are the least qualified to get the quota. If they really get it through some means, I will make sure they can't go back."
Chu Xia stared at Lin Xiaohan for a while.
Then she suddenly leaned over to Lin Xiaohan and asked in a low voice: "Do you have them in your hands..."
Then he raised his two thumbs and hooked them together, "What's the evidence?"
Lin Xiaohan didn't answer.
Chu Xia smiled again and said, "Can you give it to me too?"
Lin Xiaohan: "It's enough that I have it, what else do you want to do?"
Chu Xia said: "Of course it's to secure a place. If you get the quota and I don't, can you stand up for me?"
Although she knew that the college entrance examination would be resumed soon, and even if she couldn't go back this time, she could return to the city by passing the college entrance examination, she still wanted to go back this time.
After all, she didn't know whether she could get into college.
If she fails the exam, it's hard to say how long she will have to stay in the countryside.
Even from the perspective of taking the college entrance examination, it would be better to return to the city to review. Not only are there tutoring classes to attend, but it will also be easier to find review materials, and the probability of being admitted to university will be greater.
After hearing Chu Xia's words, Lin Xiaohan looked at her in silence for a while.
He didn't tell Chu Xia about the evidence, and just said, "Let's wait and see."
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Chuxia didn't ask any more questions.
Just take a look at it. At the moment, it is indeed just her own imagination.
When the school bell rang, Chuxia stopped thinking about it for the time being.
Although she was looking forward to returning to the city this time, she still had to do her current work well. She could not be perfunctory just because she was back in the city. She had to be responsible for her students.
Finished half a day of classes.
Because there was no water in the kitchen tank, after school, Lin Xiaohan went to the yard of the brigade to fetch water according to the division of labor, and Chuxia also went with him.
The two men went to the yard of the brigade headquarters to pump water from the well.
Just when I had filled two buckets of water and was about to carry them back on the pole, I suddenly heard Liang Youtian's voice coming from the Revolutionary Committee Office: "Comrade Xiaolin, Comrade Xiaoxia, it's great, come over here, come."
Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan turned around and saw Liang Youtian standing outside the Revolutionary Committee office.
They didn't leave anymore. Lin Xiaohan put down the carrying pole in his hand and went to the office with Chu Xia.
Entered the office.
Lin Xiaohan asked first: "Captain Liang, what do you want to talk to us about?"
Liang Youtian had already sat down behind his desk.
He raised his head slightly, smiled and said to Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan: "It must be a good thing to find you. Our team has been allocated two quotas to return to the city. You should have heard about it, right?"
When Chu Xia heard the words "return to city indicator", the nerves in her brain subconsciously tensed up.
Her expression tensed slightly, and she nodded along with Lin Xiaohan, "Yes, I heard about it."
Liang Youtian smiled and said, "Then I won't beat around the bush. After these two indicators came down, our brigade discussed this matter several times. This morning, we held a formal meeting and conducted a formal vote. The voting result was not surprising. It was you two."
As he spoke, he handed the two pieces of paper on the desk to Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan, "Take these two application forms and fill them out. Make sure the information is accurate. Give them to me this afternoon. I have to go to the Commune Revolutionary Committee tomorrow, so I'll hand them over to you at this time."
It’s impossible to tell what Lin Xiaohan’s mood is, but Chu Xia’s heart is already pounding with excitement. Of course she didn't show it, and she was still in a tense state.
Lin Xiaohan didn't accept the application form, and Chuxia wasn't in a hurry to accept it either.
Lin Xiaohan said, "Captain Liang, if we leave, what will happen to the children in the school?"
I knew he was a man who would do everything in his power to put on a show.
Chu Xia pursed her lips and said, "Yes, Captain Liang, if we leave, there will be no teachers in the school, right?"
Of course she knew in her heart that this was not a problem at all at the moment.
Liang Youtian said as expected: "You don't have to worry about this problem. Secretary Weijun graduated from high school at the end of last year. If you leave, he will take over the school affairs. Besides, aren't there ten other educated youths?"
Lin Xiaohan took the application form, sighed heavily, and said, "Chu Xia and I worked hard to recruit these children to the school. I thought I could teach them until junior high school, but I didn't expect that I could only teach them until the second grade. I really don't want to let them go."
Chuxia didn’t know how much truth there was in Lin Xiaohan’s words, but she really couldn’t bear to leave these children in her heart, after all, they had been with them for such a long time.
Of course she really wanted to go home.
She also took the application form and echoed, "Me too."
Liang Youtian still smiled and said, "If you have time in the future, come back to the village and have a look."
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan nodded and said, "Okay, if we are free in the future, we will definitely come back to see them, and we will also come back to see you and the secretary and the others."
Such words of reluctance to part are enough to be said a few times; saying too much will sound boring.
Liang Youtian stood up from his chair and said, "Okay, that's it. You guys go back and fill out the application form and hand it to me." He also had to go home for lunch.
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan naturally did not waste any more of Liang Youtian's time.
The two of them went to the yard with Liang Youtian. Liang Youtian left first. Lin Xiaohan handed the application form to Chuxia, went to the well to fetch some water, and went back to the dormitory with Chuxia.
The two men came back from the brigade headquarters and did not show any signs of performance along the way. As soon as she entered the kitchen, Chuxia couldn't hold back her laughter any longer and covered her face with the application form.
Lin Xiaohan is not as emotional as her.
He poured the water from the bucket into the water tank and said calmly, "Don't be silly and laugh. Hurry up and cook."
After saying that, he picked up two empty buckets and went out to continue fetching water.
Chuxia covered her face with the application form and smiled for a while before she could hold it back.
Then she looked at the application again and said, "It seems I was overthinking it."
After saying that, she took the application form back to the dormitory, carefully placed it on the table, and pressed it down with a book.
Back in the kitchen, Chuxia happily scooped water and started cooking.
Lin Xiaohan fetched water back and forth while she cooked. When Lin Xiaohan filled the water tank, she also prepared the meal.
The two sat down to eat.
Chu Xia looked at Lin Xiaohan while eating and said, "How can you act so calm even when facing something like this? You can go home soon, aren't you happy?"
Lin Xiaohan said: "It's expected."
Chu Xia said: "It's expected and I'm very happy too."
These few days in early summer, I have become very thick-skinned.
She looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked again: "Do you think we can meet again after we return to the city?"
Lin Xiaohan raised his eyes when he heard this.
Looking at Chu Xia, he asked back, "After returning to the city, do you plan to continue to stick to me like this?"
Of course I didn't want to do that originally.
Chu Xia smiled at Lin Xiaohan and did not answer the question.
Lin Xiaohan looked at her for a while and didn't ask any further questions.
He lowered his eyes and continued to eat, thinking in his heart - is she reluctant to leave him?
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In front of Lin Xiaohan, Chu Xia did not hide her happiness and impatience.
After finishing her meal, she handed Lin Xiaohan's application to him, then immediately returned to her dormitory, sat down, picked up a pen, and carefully filled out her own application.
After filling it out, carefully place it between the pages of the book.
When it was time for afternoon classes, he brought the application form and the books to school and left them in the office drawer for the whole afternoon. Then, after school in the evening, he gave them to Liang Youtian.
Liang Youtian received the application.
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan naturally came back and waited.
The approval process after filling out the application form is actually just a formality of stamping.
The quotas are originally given from top to bottom, and who the quota is given to is decided by the brigade. Whoever the brigade gives the application to is the one who will return to the city.
Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan were just waiting for all the procedures to be completed and for the brigade to give them a definite date to return to the city. Then they would pack their luggage and move their household registration back.
Also waiting like them were Han Ting and Su Yun.
Of course they were waiting for different things.
After receiving the telegram message from Tong Rui, Han Ting was waiting for someone from the brigade to come to him, talk to him about the return to the city quota, and hand him the application form.
Although Tong Rui and her father were far away from the Tanxi Brigade, this matter could still be done quickly by making a phone call.
In the end, I waited and waited but nothing happened.
After waiting for three or four days, Han Ting and Su Yun could no longer hold back. So after work in the evening, the two of them went to find Liang Youtian to ask about the situation.
When Liang Youtian heard them asking about the return to the city quota, he smiled and said, "What does this have to do with you?"
These words and the tone of voice are naturally unpleasant to hear.
But Han Ting didn't show it, and only said: "Captain Liang, what you said is that this is the return quota for educated youth, and we are educated youth, how can it have nothing to do with us?"
Liang Youtian looked at Han Ting, smiled for a while, then turned cold and said in a deep voice: "There are twelve educated youth, and the quota given by the higher authorities is two. How did you perform after going to the countryside? Do you want me to tell you from the beginning? I'm telling you this, even if there are ten quotas, it won't be your turn."
After hearing this, Han Ting's face instantly became embarrassed.
Su Yun also froze in an instant, and after a moment she looked at Han Ting nervously and panickedly.
Han Ting clearly told her that the matter was settled and there would be no accidents. Why is it like this now?
Han Ting was also a little confused, and his brows slowly furrowed.
He looked at Liang Youtian for a while, then asked pointedly, "Who will be given the quota? Didn't the higher-ups give instructions?"
Liang Youtian didn't know what he meant, so he answered him directly in a stern voice: "The instructions from above are clear in black and white. Whoever performs well, contributes the most, and receives the most praise will be given the opportunity!"
Han Ting: "So, the two places have been given out?"
Liang Youtian: "What do you think? Not only has it been given out, it has also been approved!"
Even the approval has been passed? ?
Han Ting suddenly felt like there was a blockage in his chest.
Su Yun, who was standing next to him, was completely stunned.
Her heart was beating hard as she thought—
how so?
That can't be true.
This absolutely cannot be the case!
Han Ting told her that he would definitely be able to let her return to the city.
She had had this dream so many times, and the scene of Han Ting handing her the application form became more and more real. She should have a share of the return to city quota!
She didn't believe it, but she didn't give up.
Unable to hold it back any longer, she looked at Liang Youtian and asked, "Who did you give it to?"
Liang Youtian was getting more and more angry. "Why are you two asking questions like that? Who did you say you gave it to? Who else could you give it to? This is obvious. Apart from Xiaolin and Xiaoxia, who among the ten of you is worthy of these two places?"
After hearing this, Su Yun's eyes instantly became wet.
She blinked and tears fell down in strings.
She still didn't believe it, shedding tears while shaking her head and said, "Impossible."
The indicator is hers. She has been looking forward to it for so long. It is impossible for it to become Chuxia's!
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