After staying in the library until the sun went down, the brother and sister went to the cafeteria together to finish their meal before preparing to return to the dormitory.
Before they parted, Xu Manman told Chen Ming, "Cousin, after classes officially start, everyone will be busy. From now on, you can eat with the people in the dormitory. I'll go to the library when you're not in class. If you can see me, we can go together. If not, you don't have to wait for me deliberately."
I have said before that their class is very special. School starts in winter, and they have to complete the tasks of an entire academic year in one semester. The teaching tasks should be very full. Everyone is an adult, and the university campus is relatively quiet, so there is no need for two people to be tied together.
Since she went to the countryside, Chen Ming has been spending all his time around her except for his normal work. Xu Manman feels that it is time to tear her away from her cousin.
"Okay, get along well with the people in your dormitory, and come to me if you have any problems." Chen Ming knew his cousin's ability to live well, and although he was still a little worried, he was not too worried.
After separating from Chen Ming, Xu Manman turned around and returned to the dormitory.
The fifth child, who was sitting by the door, was the first to see her. "Youngest, you're back. The counselor asked someone to pick up the books this afternoon. I brought your books back for you." He pointed to the books on the table and said,
"Thank you, Fifth Sister."
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Yang Yang felt very happy when she was called sister. She had been the youngest in the family for so many years, and now she finally became the elder sister. It felt really good.
Xu Manman took the book and flipped through it. These were textbooks for large classes, and there were no textbooks for professional courses yet.
Looking up, she saw that the other few people who were not moving were also studying seriously with books at the table or on the bed. Xu Manman swallowed her saliva and thought, "So they are starting to get excited."
Yang Yang's personality was a bit jumpy. Seeing Xu Manman coming back, he couldn't calm down. He leaned over and whispered to Xu Manman, "Hey, youngest, your cousin is also in our school?"
"Yes, he's in the computer department. We both went to the countryside in Taipei before, and we passed the exam together this time."
Yang Yang was a little envious. "That's great. I have companions when I go to the countryside to study. I wanted to go to the countryside with my classmates, but my parents wouldn't let me."
Xu Manman looked at the innocent girl in front of her and didn't know what to say for a moment. Those who could get into Peking University and Tsinghua University from other provinces had top grades, which meant that their IQ was high enough. But this girl could say such words, which showed that she was obviously an inexperienced greenhouse flower, and her EQ might be a little low.
Before Xu Manman could even organize her words, her elder sister, Huang Lijuan, said, "You're still a little girl. You think going to the countryside is all fun? Very few people like the youngest and his cousin can get into college together. In our village, only two people got into college this year, and the remaining 19 didn't."
"Then they just need to continue reviewing and take the exam next year." Yang Yang disagreed.
"How could it be so easy? During that period, everyone was studying full-time. This year's rations were not enough. Moreover, more and more people will take the exam, and there will be only a few places in the school. Will the difficulty of the questions and the admission scores become higher and higher?
Those educated youth who failed to get into university and could not return to the city could only stay in the countryside, working from the moment they opened their eyes every day, and worrying about where their next meal would come from after they had finished one.
"But my classmates told me that the countryside is wonderful, with green mountains and clear waters, and abundant resources. There's so much food and vegetables grown in the fields that we can't even eat them all. And we don't need tickets to buy anything like in the city. If we're hungry, we can just go up the mountain and catch a rabbit for a meal."
As soon as these words came out, not only the eldest brother and Xu Manman, but also the third and fourth brothers looked over.
"Is your classmate a boy or a girl? Did she really go to the countryside?" asked the third child, Wang Zhen.
Yang Yang replied, "My female classmate, her cousin went to the countryside. Her cousin wrote to her and told her all that. Two years ago, she also signed up to go to the countryside. Several classmates in our class went with her. I wanted to sign up too, but my parents wouldn't let me."
The fourth child, Li Xiaochun, asked, "What's her family like? How many brothers and sisters does she have?"
"I have quite a few brothers and sisters at home. I have two older brothers, an older sister, and a pair of younger siblings."
After hearing about the family situation, Xu Manman also understood that the previous policy was that each family should send at least one person, and Xu Manmanman also signed up to go to the countryside for this reason.
With so many brothers and sisters, Yang Yang, the daughter who is in the middle and is destined not to be favored, will probably have to go to the countryside whether she wants to or not.
Xu Manman asked Yang Yang, "Did the female classmate who went to the countryside with me at that time come from a well-off family?"
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