Xu Yan looked at the money in his hand, then looked at the book.
“It’s alright, take it,” Xie Zhuo said.
“That’s just how he is,” Xie Zhuo said, glancing down at the high school math textbook in the basket as Xu Yan continued to stare at Xie Fuwei who had just gone in. “He doesn’t really like it… and he’s still thinking about going to college.”
Xu Yan turned her head to look at him.
“His son used to be my classmate,” Xie Zhuo said. “High school classmate.”
After saying that, noticing the slightly surprised look in Xu Yan's eyes, she raised an eyebrow and said, "What, the educated youth settlement makes up stories about me not having gone to school every day, and you yourselves actually believe them?"
“No,” Xu Yan didn’t know what to say.
She didn't hear from the other educated youth at the settlement that Xie Zhuo had never been to school.
She saw it in the original text.
The original author repeatedly emphasized that he had never been to school, and also said that he was ugly, had a bad temper, and was vulgar in his behavior and speech. How could someone like him expect Sun Jiarou to be interested in him?
That's just wishful thinking!
“His son’s name is Xie Yaozu,” Xie Zhuo continued, not paying much attention to Xu Yan’s attitude. “He has always been a good student since he was a child. He was probably influenced by his family. He said he wanted to go to university when he was in elementary school.”
"But no one expected that just when we were about to graduate from junior high school and go to high school, the college entrance examination was suddenly canceled."
Xie Zhu squinted and tapped his fingers lightly on the handlebars. "Although many places had already suspended classes at that time, our place was relatively remote, so the impact was not that great. Classes were not completely suspended until the year when the educated youth went to the countryside."
Xu Yan had also read a few historical novels. He couldn't remember the others, but he did remember the key dates.
She roughly calculated that Xie Zhuo should have been 17 years old at that time, and in his second year of high school.
“He’s always been stubborn and gets stuck on things,” Xie Zhuo continued, “He’s always thinking that the college entrance exam will suddenly be reinstated someday, so…”
"I don't know how he got to the cowshed. When he was caught, he was learning a foreign language from a foreign language teacher. And then he died."
Xie Zhuo's tone softened a bit when he got to this point.
Xu Yan could tell that he wasn't in a good mood when he said these things.
She wanted Xie Zhuo to stop talking, but then she heard Xie Zhuo speak again.
“His father only had him as his son, and he doted on him. From childhood to adulthood, he never let him do anything except study. I never expected it to end like this.”
"So he gets a little... "
"Hmm," Xu Yan nodded, glanced at Xie Zhu a few more times, and seeing that he had fully recovered, sat on the back of the bicycle.
Then he patted Xie Zhuo on the back and said, "Let's go."
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