The initial passion, anticipation, hope, and innocence have been buried along with the sweat in the land they cultivate day after day.
Returning to the city has become their most persistent and most distant dream. They seem to have become just a passerby in the hometown where they were born and raised.
Many people let go of their attachments and stay in this land to start families and raise children in order to survive, turning themselves into locals.
Some people will do anything to get back to the city, even hurting themselves, selling themselves out, and using every possible means.
If it were Xu Manman, without any memory, without knowledge of the course of history, without a golden finger, and she was trapped on this land for years and months, could she hold on?
Xu Manman asked herself: She can't do it.
If she stays in darkness for too long, she will forget what light looks like.
The opportunity to attend the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University became a visible lifeline for them.
After calming down from the initial excitement and regaining their sanity, people felt a little complicated after the ecstasy.
Especially those who already have a partner or a family here
After all, the number of places is limited, and it is impossible for both of them to be selected.
If I really choose to go to college, what will happen to those who stay behind?
This issue has become a constant dilemma in the hearts of these young people.
At this time, Wang Wei was glad that he was single and there was nothing he couldn't give up.
Not long after work the next day, Chen Ming also came over. I guess their village also announced this matter.
Chen Ming felt very complicated. The policy required that every family must have one child go to the countryside. As the eldest child in the family, he took the initiative to apply to go to the countryside and gave the opportunity to stay in the city to his younger brother.
At the beginning of the year, I was completely confused. From a scholar who had never touched water in the spring, I became a farmer with his back to the loess.
More than ten years of study here is not as real as the blood blisters on my hands. After being confused, I can only choose to accept my fate and muddle through every day.
When his cousin went to the countryside, he initially only took on the responsibility of taking care of his younger siblings. However, as time went on, it was not so much that he took care of his cousin, but rather that she supported and cared for him.
The companionship of his cousin was like a ray of light, illuminating his invisible future life.
It made him find the meaning of life again. When he was satisfied with the status quo, the news of the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University hit him hard.
Going to college was his dream, but it was also a distant dream that was out of reach for him after he went to the countryside.
But he knew very well that as a new educated youth who had been in the countryside for less than a year, even if he had sufficient knowledge reserves, his chances of getting this place were almost zero.
He couldn't leave his cousin alone to survive in the countryside. If he went back to the city, he would take his cousin with him.
Chen Ming was determined in his decision, but what if his cousin really wanted to go?
He looked at Xu Manman cautiously, "Manman, do you want to go?"
Xu Manman shook her head. "I won't go. We just arrived in the countryside not long ago. We can't even get through this hurdle in the village. Let's not waste our time."
The point is that the college entrance examination will be resumed in two years, and she can go to college. Why should she compete with others for a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University? She has read many novels.
In the eyes of most people, this is an opportunity to rewrite their lives. For this spot, they fight tooth and nail, reporting, framing, and all kinds of means emerge one after another. Why should she bother to wade into this muddy water?
Moreover, when the college entrance examination is resumed, the existence of these workers, peasants and soldiers will become very embarrassing. After all, they did not pass the examination properly and their cultural levels are uneven.
Chen Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Xu Manman's reply. He was still thinking about how to persuade his cousin if she really wanted to go.
"Cousin, do you want to go?" She couldn't just say that the college entrance examination was going to be resumed, but her cousin really wanted to go, so it didn't seem right to stop him. She still had to think about how to talk.
"I'm not going!"
"Cousin, this Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University...huh? What did you say?" Xu Manman looked at him in surprise.
Chen Ming looked at her with amusement. His cousin looked so cute like this. "I said I'm not going."
“But everyone wants to go.”
"I don't want to go. I will go back to the city, but not now." He wanted to take the person in front of him back with him.
Although Chen Ming didn't say it out loud, Xu Manman understood by looking at his eyes, "Cousin, I~" Her eyes instantly turned red.
"Manman...Manman, don't cry." He was frightened by Xu Manman's tears and was at a loss.
Xu Manman burst into laughter, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Chen Ming seriously and said, "Cousin, we will definitely return to the city!" She wanted to go to college with her cousin.
Chen Ming also smiled and nodded, they would definitely go back.
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