Chapter 342: Is the College Entrance Examination going to be resumed?

Not long after returning to his camp on the island, Li Zhan came back and asked curiously, "Where did you go today? Xiao Li from the island's logistics said he came to look for you, but you were not in the room."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It was too hot, so I went to the beach to get some fresh air. I happened to meet some fishermen, who gave me a lot of sea urchins. I just gave them to Lao Zhao in the cafeteria. Lao Zhao said we should add a dish of sea urchin stewed eggs tonight."

Li Zhan looked at her half-believingly, and then said, "The sea has been rough these past two days, so don't go there too often, or you might get swept away by the waves. The training and exercises here will end the day after tomorrow. You should rest in your room. Once you get on the boat, you won't be able to sleep well because of the bumpy ride."

Xia Juanjuan stuck out her tongue. Fortunately, she didn't confess that she went diving in the sea.

Just going to the beach to enjoy the breeze, I'm afraid she will be swept away by the waves.

If you knew she went diving, wouldn't you be furious?

"Okay! You are the captain, I will definitely listen to you!" Xia Juanjuan smiled cunningly.

As she said that, she suddenly came forward and hugged his neck, her eyes moist, and she laughed softly: "It's a pity that you are on a business trip this time. Next time, let's bring the children to the south beach to play. Then we can find a deserted beach..."

She leaned close to Li Zhan's ear and said with a smile: "I'll show you in a bikini..."

Lizhan had never heard of bikini. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is bikini? Is it the traditional clothing on this island?"

Xia Juanjuan was both amused and confused. She took a pen and paper, drew a simplified Chinese character on the paper, and said, "A bikini has only this piece and this piece of cloth, and the rest is naked..."

Li Zhan: "..."

Xia Juanjuan observed his reaction, and then she noticed that Li Zhan's face turned red. She couldn't help but lean on the bed and laugh: "Hahaha...you actually blushed. Hahaha..."

Li Zhan couldn't help but feel itchy when he saw her like that, but he couldn't help laughing.

Before Xia Juanjuan could finish rejoicing over the misfortune, Li Zhan had already pressed on and said with a grin, "Is it fun to tease me? There's no need to wait until later, I want to see it right now."

Xia Juanjuan was a little panicked. She felt like she had disturbed a hornet's nest.

"Now, now I'm wearing a swimsuit, what now... Hey, you bastard, don't take off my clothes... It's almost time for dinner..."

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As expected, the dinner included sea urchin steamed egg. Although it didn't have the original flavor of eating it raw, it was still quite delicious.

Two days later, the ship set out from the island as planned and began its return voyage.

On the way, they stopped at a port in Fujian Province for supplies. Xia Juanjuan went ashore briefly and had fried oysters and satay noodles on the dock.

Then we headed north. There was nothing special along the way.

After sailing for more than ten days, we finally returned to Kelp Island.

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru brought their six children to the dock to pick them up.

Seeing Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan standing on the deck, the triplets jumped up and down and shouted "Dad, Mom!"

Having not seen them for over a month, Xia Juanjuan really missed them and waved her hands vigorously.

After getting off the boat, Li Zhan and his team had to report to the headquarters. Xia Juanjuan, a non-staff member, went home directly with Lin Yuru and the children.

On the way, Xia Juanjuan carefully asked Lin Yuru about their meals in the past month, whether the children were sick, etc. She was relieved after hearing that nothing was wrong.

When they got home, Xia Juanjuan took out the gifts she had agreed to bring for them. Each person received a large conch shell, and she also took out a lot of coconuts from a large bag.

Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan stared in amazement at the large green round objects and a few smaller brown furry balls. They asked curiously, "What are these?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "This is called a coconut. It is a tree that only grows on the coast of the south. It contains juice and is sweet."

As he said that, he took a kitchen knife from the kitchen, cut a cut at the top, and then cut away the softer part of the green skin until the hard shell inside was exposed. He then poked it tentatively with a chopstick. If there was a soft spot, it meant he had found the soft eye on the coconut. He would poke a hole in it with the chopsticks, then take a bowl and pour out the coconut milk inside.

Xia Shuangshan, Lin Yuru and the six children all watched Xia Juanjuan perform magic tricks intently and even forgot to make a fuss.

In a short while, Xia Juanjuan finished five or six coconuts. She gave some coconut juice to everyone and let them taste it.

It was sweet, refreshing and delicious. Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan couldn't help laughing and said, "This thing is really rare. The watermelon still has flesh. Is it just water inside? The key is that it is sweet. I never thought I would see this kind of thing after growing up."

Green coconuts usually don't have much coconut meat, so Xia Juanjuan put them aside and opened a few old coconuts with brown shells. After getting the juice out, she continued to completely break open the coconut shells and take out the coconut meat.

He smiled and said, "In addition to coconut milk, there is also coconut meat in older coconuts, which can be used to make soup. Let's drink coconut chicken soup tonight."

The triplets finished their drinks and came over and said eagerly, "Mom, I want more!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "No. We have finished today's portion. There is no more. You guys should wait for the chicken soup in the evening."

The triplets' faces were wrinkled with disappointment, and they sighed heavily like little adults.

However, thinking about having chicken soup in the evening, I became happy again.

Xia Juanjuan gave two coconuts to Liu Huifang and Lin Qiaomei respectively, and told them how to drink it, and asked them to let their children taste it.

As for Zhou Qingqing, she didn't send any.

Zhou Qingqing was arrogant and ignored everyone. That was fine, but she was jealous of Xia Juanjuan because she was better than her in everything, so she made up a lot of bad things about Xia Juanjuan behind her back.

Later, she was caught red-handed by Xia Juanjuan. Xia Juanjuan didn't show any mercy and directly retorted, leaving Zhou Qingqing speechless.

The situation was hostile now. Xia Juanjuan naturally couldn't rush over to make things uncomfortable.

However, this incident still made Zhou Qingqing very angry.

Her man was originally supposed to be on the patrol mission in the southern waters, but she thought the trip would take too long, so she instigated her man to turn it down. Now, seeing that the coconuts Xia Juanjuan brought back had no role for her, she was extremely angry.

However, there is something even more infuriating to come. This time, the patrol along the territorial waters line and the joint training exercises with friendly troops stationed on the southern islands were commended by the two military regions. Participants were awarded military merits according to the size of their contributions, generally third-class merits, and those who were not so good also received a commendation.

Zhou Qingqing's man naturally didn't have these. Deputy Battalion Commander Zheng was also angry that his wife was holding him back, so he had a fight with Zhou Qingqing.

But in fact, Deputy Battalion Commander Zheng also had selfish motives at the time. Life on the ship was not as comfortable as on the island after a month's absence, and he didn't want to go. Zhou Qingqing was making trouble at home and wouldn't let him go, so he was just taking advantage of the situation.

Now that he had no share of the military merit, he couldn't bear to be angry with himself, so he took it all out on Zhou Qingqing.

However, this is all for later.

Xia Juanjuan came back after delivering the coconuts.

That night, there was coconut chicken soup and sea urchin stewed eggs. Lizhan knew that the sea urchin was probably taken out by his wife from the space.

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru didn't understand what it was and thought it was some kind of shellfish. They even praised the shells for being very delicious.

The coconut chicken soup was also delicious, and the chicken was freshly killed today, an old hen with eggs of different sizes still in its stomach.

The next day, Xia Juanjuan took another boat trip to Emerald Island.

She had a lot of coconuts in her room, so she took out three, as well as an old hen, and gave them to Yue Sizhu and the others.

My father-in-law and mother-in-law were also very grateful.

My father-in-law smiled and said, "This is a fruit that only grows in the south. We have only seen it in books."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "In the summer, we just want to drink something sweet. In addition, coconut meat can also be used to make chicken soup. I brought another chicken for you."

After chatting for a while, Xia Juanjuan went back.

It's already June.

In the following days, Xia Juanjuan did nothing else but concentrate on reading books and textbooks at home to prepare for the college entrance examination.

In addition to herself, she also urged Li Zhan to learn along with her.

If possible, she wanted Lizhan to take the first year college entrance examination with her.

Of course, after the Lizhan exam, it is estimated that you will not go to an ordinary university, but directly connect with a military academy. It is hard to say what the specific policy will be now, but it is always right to prepare first.

The announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination came in October, but before that, a lot of rumors had already leaked out.

Lizhan had heard some of it, so he asked quietly, "Juanjuan, are you planning to... take an exam to go to college in the future?"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment. How did he know that the college entrance examination had to be resumed?

But when he thought about it, apart from other things, there were also educated youth who went to the countryside on the island, and he was just an ordinary citizen. After all, he was in the organization, so it was normal for him to know some information.

She asked quietly, "Is there any news?"

Li Zhan nodded, not hiding it from her, and smiled with bright eyes, "It is said that the college entrance examination may be resumed next year. This should be the prelude to major changes."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment. How could it be next year? It should be December this year, right?

However, she soon figured it out.

Maybe it was just because it was originally planned for next year, but was implemented ahead of schedule.

Maybe this time and space is next year? That would only be a delay of half a year, not a big problem.

Xia Juanjuan still plans to prepare according to the plan to be implemented in December.

She suddenly asked, "But, if the college entrance examination is really resumed and I take the exam and pass, I will take the children back to Beijing. Then you..."