Chapter 330: If you have an idea, go for it
Once Wang Chengying fell ill, Li Guangwen was the only laborer left in the family.
Li Lai Yu went to the brigade to ask the doctor to give injections and prescribe medicine, but all the efforts did not work and the condition became more and more serious. In March, when the weather was a little warmer, the trees sprouted and all things revived, Wang Chengying could no longer go out to the fields.
Li Lai Yu knew that she not only had physical problems accumulated over the years, but also had mental problems, and this disease was incurable.
Apart from cooking, washing clothes and pickling seasonal vegetables, she spent the rest of her time making clothes.
She had never made new clothes before, but she could imitate Wang Chengying's old clothes and make them look pretty good.
The fourth day of April is Qingming Festival, which is really not a good day.
Li Lai Yu finished making new clothes for Wang Chengying and put them on her when she got up in the morning.
Perhaps it was because she was happy about wearing new clothes, but Wang Chengying smiled for the first time in a long time, and her spirits improved a lot. She held Li Laiyu's hand with her skinny hands, with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes: "In my life, I have experienced happiness and suffered sins. Now I can die with my eyes closed."
Li Laiyu's nose felt sore, and tears suddenly rolled down her eyes: "Grandma, don't say that. I will definitely have a promising future. You have to take care of yourself. Your blessings are still to come. Our family will definitely live a good life."
Wang Chengying grinned, but her throat was wheezing and she was gasping for breath.
"I know, I know, you are a capable person. Your mother-in-law won't be able to see it. You should take good care of yourself..."
"Grandma, stop talking and have some sleep."
Wang Chengying has been sleeping for two months. At this moment, she is extremely awake. She has never been so awake before.
"Sleep. I'm afraid I won't wake up this time. I've been dreaming about your grandfather lately. He said he was coming to pick me up and told me to hurry."
Li Lai Yu didn't say anything and just listened to her chattering.
Li Guangwen, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw that she had not come out for a long time and followed her into the house.
As soon as I entered the room, I heard Wang Chengying's breathless voice: "This is just a dream. All I have done in my life is drag him down. He left early. I just wanted to be far away from me. How could he possibly come to pick me up——"
Li Lai Yu felt that it might be because he had committed too many sins in his previous life and was destined to be unlucky, otherwise how could this happen? He only had so few relatives in this life, and all of them died early.
She had never seen her uncle Li Guangwen cry before. The grown man in his twenties knelt in front of Wang Chengying's grave and cried hysterically like a child.
Li Lai Yu looked at the grave in front of her with a blank expression. The home she had finally gotten was gone just like that. The people were gone, so how could she have a home?
After he was buried in the earth, Li Guangwen cried enough and said to her in a hoarse voice: "Xiaoyu, there are only two of us left. It's just the two of us. Yaoda will work hard and will definitely raise you up."
Li Laiyu looked at the rolling hills in the distance with a wooden face, neither sad nor happy.
Having lived two lives and experienced too many joys and sorrows, she felt that nothing and no words could stir up any ripples in her heart. However, as the people in the cowshed were rehabilitated one after another and the educated youth returned to the city one after another, her heart was stirred when the news of the college entrance examination came.
She wants to leave here.
She said to Li Guangwen: "Uncle, I want to take the college entrance examination."
Li Guangwen was stunned for a moment, then looked at her with amusement: "Gaokao? Xiaoyu, although I can't read a single word, I still know about the Gaokao. It takes many years of education for a well-educated person to take the Gaokao. You look at Xi, you couldn't even get into high school after graduating from junior high school, let alone college."
"You are well, our life is good now. In two years, when you are old enough, we can choose someone who is good to you and knows how to live a good life. Then we will have another person in our family."
Li Lai Yu glanced at him and emphasized again: "I want to take the college entrance examination and go to college." She had never thought about getting married.
Is it possible that she is reborn just to live and get married?
No, she lives to live, and more importantly, she lives for herself.
She wanted to follow her heart and do everything she wanted to do in this life as well as in her previous life, as simply as possible and live just for herself.
Li Guangwen didn't expect her to be so stubborn. He pursed his lips and smiled, "You have to be able to pass the exam. It's not easy. You can't just pass it if you say you can."
Li Laiyu nodded: "I know."
She had never been to school, but she knew everything that Hu Laixi learned and had read it all, especially the Chinese, politics, and history that required memorization. She had read it all and remembered it all.
There are still two months before the college entrance examination, so she still has time to review. She has prepared a set of high school textbooks and has read a lot of them.
Did all those intellectuals and educated youth who were preparing for the exam go to high school?
No, their educational levels vary, but aren’t they still fighting to return to the city and take the college entrance examination?
It's always good to have ideas, but the worst thing is to have no ideas at all.
Although she is a woman, she was very knowledgeable in her previous life. Now she has learned these things, and with the support of space, there is no reason why she cannot accomplish this task.
She never felt she had to stop studying just because she couldn't go to school. After all, the cultural knowledge in this world was both similar and different from her previous life. For example, politics and Chinese, even at high school, were far inferior to what she learned in her world. But math, on the other hand, was much more advanced than what she learned there. Even the most advanced "arithmetic" there was still far more superficial than what she learned in high school. Then there were physics and chemistry, which she had never encountered before. Time was limited, so she could only strive to consolidate her strengths and avoid mistakes. Playing to one's strengths and minimizing one's weaknesses was also a strategy.
Li Guangwen felt that she was just a dreamer all day long. She had no idea what she was thinking as someone who had never attended school for a single day yet still wanted to take the college entrance examination.
What was Li Lai Yu thinking at that time? She just wanted to take the college entrance examination and then leave that place.
This is the poorest and warmest place she has ever been to, but the people who gave her warmth are gone, and she feels there is no point in staying here.
She is a stubborn person. She will do what she wants to do no matter what. Nothing can stop her except death.
She had inquired with the educated youth in the team and learned that as long as she was admitted to university, her household registration and food supply would be transferred. Not only that, she would also receive a subsidy for going to university, so she would have no worries.
In fact, even if she didn't have the subsidy, it didn't matter. As long as she could leave this place and go to a wider world, she would be able to show her talents. Staying here would only restrict her for various reasons. Even the things she had saved in the space wouldn't let her starve to death. Besides leaving some money for Li Guangwen, the rest of her money was enough for her to use.
The reason he applied to Hua University was because it was far enough away from Cen'an. Hua University was in the capital, similar to the capital of his past life. It must be very prosperous, completely different from the small city of Cen'an.
If you want to go, go further. If you want to go, go to a good place.
Such thoughts might seem a bit too arrogant, but that's just how she is.
So others studied for their future and career, but she just wanted to change places and start anew. After leaving Xiangshuigou, she was completely free, and from then on she could do what she wanted to do and what she loved to do without having to compromise.
She never thought that she could make friends despite her bad personality, and she never thought that anyone would like her.
It’s not that she doesn’t understand Xu Qingming’s feelings, but she can’t respond.
She had lived two lives, her hands were stained with blood, and after experiencing life and death time and time again, there was no warmth in her heart, and she could not give him any response.
Moreover, she had finally found freedom and didn't want to be bound by anything anymore. Love and romance were too troublesome and too far away from her, completely unsuitable for her.
She now has her own house, her own savings, and her own things to do. This is the wish she wanted to realize in her previous life and even in this life. Now that it has been realized, she feels very good and does not want to change it because of anything or anyone.
Xu Qingming really didn't know what the girl in front of him was thinking. If two people like each other, how can it be a bondage? It's clearly a concern! Isn't it good to have someone care about you?
But having said this, he knew in his heart that if he continued talking, they might not even be able to be ordinary friends, and that was not what he wanted.
He simply brushed it off, took a sip of tea, and slowly asked, "Are you free this evening? Let's go to Wanwan's place. She's probably complaining about me in her heart if you just leave two packages and don't show up!"
What he actually wanted to say was, "Are you free this evening? Can you come with me for dinner?" This was something Ms. Wang Mengfang had been looking forward to for a long time. But after his recent confession had been rejected without a trace of hesitation, he knew that Li Laiyu would definitely not accept his invitation.
Li Lai Yu had no objection to going to Wen Wan's place.
She still liked Wen Wan very much. She had seen many young ladies from aristocratic families like Wen Wan before, who were pampered and loved by everyone, but were also doting and arrogant, which made people extremely disgusted.
However, Wen Wan is different from those women.
She was born into a good family, was the apple of everyone's eye, and was beautiful, but she didn't have the bad habit of looking down on others. She was independent-minded, had a good personality, and was organized in everything she did. She had her own ideas, but she also considered others.
Perhaps her inner world was too cold, Li Lai Yu herself didn't know that she was actually longing for sunshine, otherwise she wouldn't have unknowingly approached Wen Wan.
Apart from Hu Laixi, who grew up with her, Wen Wan is her only friend here.
Wen Wan was packing the two large bags that Xu Xu Qingming had brought back for her. She knew from the moment she opened them that Li Laiyu had helped buy them. It wasn't that she was disparaging her brother, but she knew Li Laiyu well. He was interested in making clothes, and he had both skills and insight, so his choices were naturally different.
There are quite a few accessories and fabrics. Although the quantity is not large, there are many varieties, which are not available in the capital.
I have to say, these things are really to her liking.
But Li Laiyu was a little too timid. Everyone knew that Yangcheng was a very chaotic place now, but she actually went there like that. Even with Xu Qingming following her, she was still very bold.
Having said that, her seventh brother really tried his best this time. He finally came back after five years in the countryside, and went out again for the New Year. He didn't know how he would be punished by his family when he came back!
She and Lu Chun'e were busy packing up here, and Zhou Mingli couldn't help much. He looked around and called Lu Donglin: "Come on, I'll take you out for a walk." Brother-in-law, it was the first time they met, so they should have a good communication.
Lu Donglin pursed his lips and turned to look at Wen Wan.
Wen Wan said, "Go ahead. There's nothing to do right now anyway."
Only then did Lu Donglin wash his hands and follow Zhou Mingli out.
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