The news came suddenly and urgently, and there was no time to prepare. The school gave the two students and the leading teacher a day off each to go back and pack up and go to Lan City to participate in the provincial competition.
Qiu Yuling did not return to Qiuzhuang. She went back to change into thick cotton shoes, a thin cotton jacket, and a rabbit fur vest.
Then I simply packed a change of overalls and trousers. I also told my grandma to lock the door when I was in the house and not to be reluctant to eat or drink.
He went to Zhou Xiaonan's house again, took a small bag of dried dates, asked Zhou Xiaonan's mother to take care of her if she had any problems, and then set off.
Return date uncertain.
"Ah? You don't know when you'll be back yet? Then take more money with you and more tickets. We have enough food and drink at home, so take everything you can. A poor family makes a rich journey..."
The old lady gave a lot of instructions and took out all the tickets in her hand and gave them to Qiu Yuling. Qiu Yuling did not refuse. She felt at ease with the old lady, and she would never lose anything.
On the weekend, Li Qingmei steamed a pot of saxaul buns at home, put them in her pocket, and rode her bicycle to the county alone.
"Mom, let me see if the kang is ready. It's almost ready for sleeping. Let's spread the kang mat and start using it."
She took off her shoes and felt it inside and out. "Hmm, it's almost dry. I heat the kang every day, so my body will be warm and I won't feel cold anymore."
Mother Qiu didn't know that her daughter was going to the provincial capital to compete. She just thought that Qiu Yuling would come back to the house to eat at the appointed time as usual.
"Mom, I'll cook for you at noon. You take a rest first. I'll wash my hands and cook after I've laid out the mat and felt."
"I'm not busy. We're just having lunch at noon. It doesn't matter if we go earlier or later."
"Ah? Yuling won't be back until noon?"
"No, the kid said the school took her to Lan City to participate in some academic competition. She left the day before yesterday. Time was very tight, so she left the next day after receiving the notice. She was afraid that if she returned to the village, she would be delayed and miss things, so she didn't go back."
"Who did she leave with? How did she leave?" Li Qingmei didn't care about the work in her hands and let go to find out.
The old lady tried her best to explain what she knew to her daughter. "We have a teacher to lead the team, and Lingling is very smart. Just focus on taking care of the family."
"Don't worry, I'll show you something." The old lady sent Li Qingmei to bolt the gate, then called someone into the wing room and locked the door from the inside. Then she went forward, lifted the tiger skin, and touched the loose brick...
"Oh my god, what kind of fairy cave is this?" Li Qingmei no longer cared about whether her daughter had settled down safely. She was completely frightened by the scene in front of her.
The old lady lit the kerosene lamps in the four corners, pointed to the pile of grain and told Li Qingmei to try to carry some back every time she came back, and not to yell at her and ask where the money came from and where it was spent.
"No, mother, you mean Yuling got a box of things here?"
"What? Are you still thinking about it? If you are a heartless kid, if you have an idea in mind, just hide it secretly and do what you want. Your daughter is lucky in making money and she values friendship. Even if she doesn't give you money, it's not much harder for her to get food, drink, and toilet supplies than to give you money."
"Mom, that's not what I meant. I just think this kid is too arrogant. She dares to carry so many things by herself."
"Humph! Why don't you dare? Lingling is better at hiding things than you, and she's more calculating than the rest of you. I'm revealing my secret to you, firstly to help the family out of trouble, and secondly, to let you cover up for the child. I'm not asking you to take advantage of your status as her mother and dictate things."
Not to mention that Li Qingmei didn't have time to think about controlling her daughter. Even if she did, her mother would have dragged her down and talked her into it until it became clear.
Anyway, she understood. What the old lady meant was that there are capable people in every dynasty. Don't think that because the child is your own, or that the child is young, and then take it for granted that he will be the master of the family. Some people are born different, and God sent them down to earth to experience tribulations...
After hearing her mother's mythological description and threats, Mrs. Qiu completely gave up the idea of holding the doll in her hand. According to the old lady, her daughter was the reincarnation of a fairy from heaven, and if she stood in front, she would be blocking the baby's good fortune.
Qiu Yuling had no idea that her grandmother could come up with such a deceptive story to help her avoid being constrained by her parents. At that time, she was eating two skewers of lamb in a state-owned restaurant in Lan City.
"Teacher, state-owned restaurants in big cities are different. They even have lamb skewers."
Zhao Xiaotang and Qiu Yuling thought the same thing, but although his face looked expressionless, he was so nervous that he was almost at a loss for words.
Wu Zirong urged the two students to talk less and eat quickly. After that, she would take them to visit the universities in the provincial capital, so that they could experience the influence of a higher education institution in advance and strive to mobilize the morale of the troops to the greatest extent.
"The preliminary round is just a preliminaries. The schedule is very tight this time. The results will be out tomorrow. If we pass, we can continue competing. If we don't, we've seen the world. When we go back, we'll all study hard and strive to get out of that sand pit..."
"Teacher Wu, there are only two people from our school participating in the competition. Do you think we have a good chance of winning?" Zhao Xiaotang couldn't help but ask.
"Huh~ Just two people? You have to understand, this isn't our school, this is our county. The fact that you're standing here is already half the battle. There are many counties and towns that haven't even managed to secure a spot in the competition!"
These two students are among the best in the entire school. Before Qiu Yuling took the second-year junior high school entrance exam, Zhao Xiaotang's grades had always been at the top, but Qiu Yuling's strength remained unchanged despite several major and minor tests, so these two are the best among this group of students.
Wu Zirong was afraid that the two of them would show their weakness here, so he took them to eat and visit Lanzhou University instead of locking them up in the guesthouse to do exercises. This was to boost their morale and build their self-confidence.
Sure enough, both students realized that they were able to get out not because of luck, but purely because of their own excellence, and the cowardice they had just felt was thrown away.
Of course, Qiu Yuling has a good attitude and she has always had clear goals.
Managing the family, governing the country, and pacifying the world? What a joke! She had already completed her past life. In this life, being a good farmer and living a comfortable life until old age would be enough.
As for these efforts, they are simply laying the foundation for tomorrow's comfort, nothing more!
The three of them walked around for a long time until they were hungry, and then they went back to the guesthouse.
The school provided food and accommodation for this trip, but Qiu Yuling was eating public food, so she couldn't be too free. She privately found the teacher and paid the extra meat coupons and money, asking the teacher not to tell Zhao Xiaotang so that he would feel more comfortable eating with her.
In fact, her main purpose was to be comfortable, but she couldn't really feel comfortable eating for free and being picky, so she had to resort to this last resort.
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